Agile Job Trends in the Midlands

Agile Software Development
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Agile skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 10 8
Rank change year-on-year -9 -2 -5
Permanent jobs citing Agile 743 660 1,368
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.23% 11.50% 12.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.48% 13.51% 16.25%
Number of salaries quoted 493 402 712
10th Percentile £35,100 £32,500 £36,350
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,875 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +2.39% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,250 £68,113
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £84,842
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -2.99%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

Agile falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,930 4,886 8,421
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.92% 85.17% 77.86%
Number of salaries quoted 7,063 2,978 5,162
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,968 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Agile relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Agile job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Agile
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Agile.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Agile

Agile
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Agile in the Midlands over the 6 months to 5 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Agile in the Midlands

Agile
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands -11 454 £55,000 -8.33% 243
East Midlands +3 289 £55,000 - 134
Agile
England

Agile
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 27 (3.63%) Confluence
2 14 (1.88%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 10 (1.35%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.67%) CMS
5 4 (0.54%) PowerFactory
5 4 (0.54%) SAS
6 3 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.40%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.27%) Apache
7 2 (0.27%) IIS
8 1 (0.13%) Documentum
8 1 (0.13%) Drupal
8 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.13%) nginx
Applications
1 11 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.35%) MS Visio
3 8 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.54%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.54%) Revit
7 3 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.27%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.13%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 20 (2.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.81%) Oracle Applications
4 4 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.54%) Primavera
4 4 (0.54%) SAP EHS
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.27%) Shopify
5 2 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.27%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.13%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.13%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.13%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 236 (31.76%) Azure
2 151 (20.32%) AWS
3 75 (10.09%) Power Platform
4 58 (7.81%) Azure DevOps
5 39 (5.25%) SaaS
6 36 (4.85%) Power Automate
6 36 (4.85%) PowerApps
7 35 (4.71%) Microsoft 365
8 30 (4.04%) Dynamics 365
9 25 (3.36%) Serverless
10 18 (2.42%) GCP
11 17 (2.29%) IaaS
12 13 (1.75%) AWS CloudFormation
12 13 (1.75%) PaaS
13 11 (1.48%) Amazon S3
13 11 (1.48%) Microsoft Copilot
14 10 (1.35%) AWS Lambda
14 10 (1.35%) Azure Logic Apps
15 9 (1.21%) Azure AKS
15 9 (1.21%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.21%) DNS
2 4 (0.54%) Internet
3 3 (0.40%) HTTP
3 3 (0.40%) Hyperconnected
4 2 (0.27%) Firewall
4 2 (0.27%) LAN
4 2 (0.27%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.27%) VoIP
4 2 (0.27%) WAN
5 1 (0.13%) Broadband
5 1 (0.13%) Network Security
5 1 (0.13%) RTSP
5 1 (0.13%) SCTP
5 1 (0.13%) SMS
5 1 (0.13%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.13%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.13%) VLAN
5 1 (0.13%) VoLTE
5 1 (0.13%) Wireless
5 1 (0.13%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (7.81%) Power BI
2 50 (6.73%) MongoDB
3 45 (6.06%) Azure SQL Database
4 25 (3.36%) Elasticsearch
4 25 (3.36%) SQL Server
5 16 (2.15%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (1.35%) DynamoDB
6 10 (1.35%) MySQL
6 10 (1.35%) NoSQL
6 10 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (1.35%) Power Query
7 9 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (0.94%) Oracle Reports
9 7 (0.94%) Relational Database
9 7 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (0.81%) Data Lake
10 6 (0.81%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 5 (0.67%) NonStop SQL
12 3 (0.40%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 56 (7.54%) JIRA
2 41 (5.52%) Git
3 22 (2.96%) JUnit
4 20 (2.69%) Cucumber
4 20 (2.69%) Selenium
5 17 (2.29%) GitLab
5 17 (2.29%) Maven
5 17 (2.29%) Postman
6 14 (1.88%) Jenkins
6 14 (1.88%) Mockito
7 13 (1.75%) Gatling
8 11 (1.48%) XCUITest
9 10 (1.35%) JMeter
9 10 (1.35%) Zephyr
10 7 (0.94%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.67%) REST Assured
11 5 (0.67%) SoapUI
11 5 (0.67%) Visual Studio
12 4 (0.54%) Oracle Forms
12 4 (0.54%) TestRail
General
1 217 (29.21%) Social Skills
2 192 (25.84%) Finance
3 89 (11.98%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (8.88%) Public Sector
5 41 (5.52%) Retail
6 40 (5.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 37 (4.98%) Law
8 35 (4.71%) Influencing Skills
9 25 (3.36%) Manufacturing
10 23 (3.10%) Organisational Skills
11 21 (2.83%) Legal
12 15 (2.02%) Banking
12 15 (2.02%) Marketing
13 14 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
14 12 (1.62%) Advertising
15 10 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
16 9 (1.21%) Games
17 7 (0.94%) Fire and Rescue
18 6 (0.81%) Aerospace
19 4 (0.54%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 152 (20.46%) Developer
2 136 (18.30%) Senior
3 93 (12.52%) Lead
4 92 (12.38%) Analyst
5 52 (7.00%) .NET Developer
5 52 (7.00%) Project Manager
6 48 (6.46%) Architect
6 48 (6.46%) Business Analyst
7 44 (5.92%) Delivery Manager
8 39 (5.25%) Software Engineer
9 32 (4.31%) Senior Manager
10 29 (3.90%) Senior Analyst
11 23 (3.10%) Senior Developer
12 21 (2.83%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 21 (2.83%) Software Developer
13 19 (2.56%) Account Manager
14 18 (2.42%) Digital Analyst
14 18 (2.42%) Full-Stack Developer
14 18 (2.42%) Junior
15 17 (2.29%) Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (13.59%) .NET
2 83 (11.17%) React
3 56 (7.54%) ASP.NET
4 52 (7.00%) ASP.NET Core
5 51 (6.86%) .NET Core
6 44 (5.92%) REST
7 41 (5.52%) Node.js
8 38 (5.11%) CSS
9 34 (4.58%) HTML
10 29 (3.90%) Playwright
11 25 (3.36%) Entity Framework
12 24 (3.23%) ASP.NET Web API
13 23 (3.10%) RESTful
14 22 (2.96%) Blazor
15 20 (2.69%) Spring
16 16 (2.15%) LINQ
16 16 (2.15%) Next.js
17 13 (1.75%) AngularJS
17 13 (1.75%) AWS CDK
18 11 (1.48%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 55 (7.40%) Product Ownership
2 32 (4.31%) Enterprise Software
3 31 (4.17%) Greenfield Project
4 28 (3.77%) Mobile App
5 26 (3.50%) Cloud Native
6 18 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
7 16 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (1.88%) Management Information System
9 12 (1.62%) AI Agents
10 11 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
11 10 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (1.35%) Onboarding
12 9 (1.21%) Cyber Defence
12 9 (1.21%) Driving Licence
12 9 (1.21%) Low-Code
13 8 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (1.08%) PMI
13 8 (1.08%) Virtual Team
14 5 (0.67%) IoT
14 5 (0.67%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 29 (3.90%) Linux
2 18 (2.42%) Windows
3 11 (1.48%) Apple iOS
4 9 (1.21%) Android
5 7 (0.94%) Unix
6 5 (0.67%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.40%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.27%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (25.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 183 (24.63%) Mentoring
3 151 (20.32%) Problem-Solving
4 147 (19.78%) CI/CD
5 125 (16.82%) Coaching
6 124 (16.69%) DevOps
7 119 (16.02%) Stakeholder Management
8 106 (14.27%) AI
8 106 (14.27%) Scrum
9 92 (12.38%) Test Automation
10 88 (11.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 86 (11.57%) Full-Stack Development
12 83 (11.17%) Decision-Making
13 77 (10.36%) Roadmaps
14 72 (9.69%) Microservices
15 71 (9.56%) Analytics
16 68 (9.15%) Business Intelligence
17 67 (9.02%) Business Strategy
17 67 (9.02%) Waterfall
18 65 (8.75%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 163 (21.94%) SQL
2 128 (17.23%) C#
3 90 (12.11%) JavaScript
4 66 (8.88%) Java
5 62 (8.34%) TypeScript
6 42 (5.65%) Python
7 21 (2.83%) PL/SQL
8 19 (2.56%) Bash
9 16 (2.15%) C++
9 16 (2.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 16 (2.15%) PHP
9 16 (2.15%) PowerShell
10 4 (0.54%) C
10 4 (0.54%) RPG
10 4 (0.54%) RPG IV
10 4 (0.54%) RPG/400
10 4 (0.54%) Swift
11 2 (0.27%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.27%) R
11 2 (0.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 86 (11.57%) Degree
2 73 (9.83%) Security Cleared
3 69 (9.29%) SC Cleared
4 21 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (2.69%) PMI Certification
6 15 (2.02%) Azure Certification
6 15 (2.02%) PMP
7 12 (1.62%) CISSP
7 12 (1.62%) ISTQB
7 12 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (1.48%) ISEB
9 10 (1.35%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.35%) Master's Degree
10 7 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (0.94%) CISA
10 7 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (0.94%) SSCP
11 6 (0.81%) Oracle Certification
12 5 (0.67%) CISM
13 4 (0.54%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (11.57%) QA
2 58 (7.81%) Accessibility
3 21 (2.83%) GDPR
4 20 (2.69%) Data Quality
5 14 (1.88%) NIST
6 10 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.35%) SLA
7 9 (1.21%) PMO
7 9 (1.21%) WCAG
8 7 (0.94%) GRC
8 7 (0.94%) ITGC
9 3 (0.40%) Software Quality Assurance
10 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.27%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.13%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.13%) NCSC
11 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 49 (6.59%) Docker
2 4 (0.54%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.40%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (0.40%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 61 (8.21%) Kubernetes
2 26 (3.50%) Terraform
3 9 (1.21%) Grafana
4 3 (0.40%) Ansible
4 3 (0.40%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.40%) HP Fortify
5 2 (0.27%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.27%) Puppet
6 1 (0.13%) Argo
6 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 137 (18.44%) Microsoft
2 38 (5.11%) Oracle
3 28 (3.77%) SAP
4 21 (2.83%) ServiceNow
5 17 (2.29%) Salesforce
6 11 (1.48%) Databricks
6 11 (1.48%) Google
7 9 (1.21%) IBM
7 9 (1.21%) IFS
8 6 (0.81%) MuleSoft
8 6 (0.81%) OpenAI
8 6 (0.81%) Pega
9 5 (0.67%) Facebook
9 5 (0.67%) Workday
9 5 (0.67%) YouTube
10 4 (0.54%) Apple
10 4 (0.54%) dotdigital
10 4 (0.54%) Dynatrace
10 4 (0.54%) Infor
10 4 (0.54%) Veracode