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 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 9 4
Rank change year-on-year -19 -5 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 493 958 956
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.92% 12.14% 19.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.37% 14.07% 21.34%
Number of salaries quoted 340 436 747
10th Percentile £38,625 £38,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year - - +1.07%

All Process and 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 5,893 6,808 4,480
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.67% 86.29% 92.66%
Number of salaries quoted 3,389 3,056 3,520
10th Percentile £27,250 £31,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,656 £38,750 £36,376
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 7 December 2025.

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 7 December 2025. 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 -20 331 £61,750 +2.92% 412
East Midlands -16 158 £55,000 -3.25% 317
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 23 (4.67%) Confluence
2 8 (1.62%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.22%) SAS
5 5 (1.01%) Apache
5 5 (1.01%) IIS
6 4 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.81%) CMS
7 3 (0.61%) WordPress
8 2 (0.41%) Appian
8 2 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.20%) nginx
Applications
1 18 (3.65%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.83%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.61%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.61%) Trello
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.20%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.20%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 29 (5.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.22%) Shopify
3 3 (0.61%) Maximo
3 3 (0.61%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.41%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 2 (0.41%) iTrent
4 2 (0.41%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.20%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.20%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 144 (29.21%) Azure
2 77 (15.62%) AWS
3 58 (11.76%) SaaS
4 51 (10.34%) Power Platform
5 42 (8.52%) Azure DevOps
6 41 (8.32%) Dynamics 365
7 22 (4.46%) GCP
8 21 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
8 21 (4.26%) PowerApps
9 18 (3.65%) Power Automate
10 14 (2.84%) Serverless
11 10 (2.03%) PaaS
12 8 (1.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 8 (1.62%) Amazon EC2
12 8 (1.62%) Azure Data Factory
13 7 (1.42%) GitHub
14 6 (1.22%) Amazon S3
14 6 (1.22%) Entra ID
14 6 (1.22%) Snowflake
15 5 (1.01%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.43%) DNS
2 7 (1.42%) DHCP
2 7 (1.42%) Firewall
2 7 (1.42%) VPN
3 5 (1.01%) HTTP
3 5 (1.01%) Internet
3 5 (1.01%) LAN
3 5 (1.01%) WAN
4 4 (0.81%) FTP
4 4 (0.81%) Modbus
4 4 (0.81%) SMTP
4 4 (0.81%) SSH
4 4 (0.81%) SSL
4 4 (0.81%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.61%) 3G
5 3 (0.61%) GPRS
5 3 (0.61%) GSM
5 3 (0.61%) Network Security
5 3 (0.61%) RS-232
5 3 (0.61%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.48%) Power BI
2 25 (5.07%) SQL Server
3 21 (4.26%) Data Warehouse
3 21 (4.26%) MySQL
4 12 (2.43%) Data Lake
5 10 (2.03%) NoSQL
6 9 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (1.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (1.62%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (1.42%) Big Data
8 7 (1.42%) Tableau
9 6 (1.22%) BusinessObjects
10 5 (1.01%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 5 (1.01%) Metadata
10 5 (1.01%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.81%) DynamoDB
11 4 (0.81%) Pentaho
12 3 (0.61%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 3 (0.61%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 51 (10.34%) JIRA
2 39 (7.91%) Git
3 14 (2.84%) Jenkins
4 13 (2.64%) Selenium
5 10 (2.03%) JUnit
6 9 (1.83%) GitLab
6 9 (1.83%) Postman
7 7 (1.42%) Mockito
8 6 (1.22%) Cucumber
9 5 (1.01%) JMeter
9 5 (1.01%) Rational DOORS
9 5 (1.01%) Subversion
10 4 (0.81%) Katalon Studio
10 4 (0.81%) Maven
10 4 (0.81%) Vagrant
11 3 (0.61%) git-flow
11 3 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
12 2 (0.41%) Gatling
12 2 (0.41%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.41%) TestRail
General
1 161 (32.66%) Social Skills
2 125 (25.35%) Finance
3 61 (12.37%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (7.91%) Public Sector
5 34 (6.90%) Law
6 31 (6.29%) Marketing
7 30 (6.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 28 (5.68%) Legal
9 19 (3.85%) Local Government
10 17 (3.45%) Retail
11 16 (3.25%) Presentation Skills
12 15 (3.04%) Organisational Skills
13 14 (2.84%) Manufacturing
14 12 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
15 9 (1.83%) Fire and Rescue
16 8 (1.62%) Banking
17 7 (1.42%) Telecoms
18 6 (1.22%) Advertising
18 6 (1.22%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 102 (20.69%) Developer
2 67 (13.59%) Senior
3 64 (12.98%) Lead
4 48 (9.74%) Analyst
5 35 (7.10%) Architect
6 31 (6.29%) Project Manager
7 24 (4.87%) Data Engineer
8 19 (3.85%) Business Analyst
9 18 (3.65%) Senior Developer
9 18 (3.65%) Software Engineer
10 16 (3.25%) C# Developer
10 16 (3.25%) Dynamics 365 Developer
10 16 (3.25%) IT Manager
11 15 (3.04%) Java Developer
11 15 (3.04%) PHP Developer
12 14 (2.84%) IT Project Manager
12 14 (2.84%) Lead Developer
13 12 (2.43%) Product Owner
13 12 (2.43%) Software Developer
14 11 (2.23%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (11.36%) .NET
2 27 (5.48%) React
3 26 (5.27%) HTML
4 24 (4.87%) CSS
5 19 (3.85%) Spring
6 18 (3.65%) REST
7 14 (2.84%) Laravel
8 13 (2.64%) .NET Framework
8 13 (2.64%) RESTful
8 13 (2.64%) Spring Boot
9 11 (2.23%) Symfony
10 10 (2.03%) Django
10 10 (2.03%) jQuery
10 10 (2.03%) XML
11 8 (1.62%) CakePHP
11 8 (1.62%) CodeIgniter
11 8 (1.62%) EDI
11 8 (1.62%) Flask
12 7 (1.42%) AngularJS
12 7 (1.42%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 48 (9.74%) Product Ownership
2 29 (5.88%) Cloud Native
3 19 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
4 14 (2.84%) Management Information System
5 13 (2.64%) Data Centre
5 13 (2.64%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (2.23%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (2.23%) Onboarding
7 10 (2.03%) NHS
8 9 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (1.83%) IoT
9 7 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.22%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.01%) Embedded Systems
11 5 (1.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (1.01%) Legacy Code
11 5 (1.01%) Low-Code
12 4 (0.81%) Data Structures
12 4 (0.81%) Legacy Applications
12 4 (0.81%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.26%) Linux
2 20 (4.06%) Windows
3 5 (1.01%) Mac OS
3 5 (1.01%) Windows 10
3 5 (1.01%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.81%) Embedded Linux
4 4 (0.81%) VMS
5 3 (0.61%) AIX
5 3 (0.61%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.41%) Amazon Linux
6 2 (0.41%) Mac OS X
6 2 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.41%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 2 (0.41%) Unix
7 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.20%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (22.92%) DevOps
2 104 (21.10%) Continuous Improvement
3 93 (18.86%) Problem-Solving
4 78 (15.82%) CI/CD
4 78 (15.82%) Stakeholder Management
5 75 (15.21%) Mentoring
6 69 (14.00%) Scrum
7 59 (11.97%) Project Management
8 58 (11.76%) SDLC
9 54 (10.95%) Waterfall
10 52 (10.55%) Software Engineering
11 51 (10.34%) Project Delivery
12 47 (9.53%) Roadmaps
13 45 (9.13%) Analytics
14 44 (8.92%) Migration
15 43 (8.72%) CRM
16 41 (8.32%) Test Automation
17 38 (7.71%) Microservices
18 36 (7.30%) AI
18 36 (7.30%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 101 (20.49%) SQL
2 74 (15.01%) C#
3 60 (12.17%) JavaScript
4 52 (10.55%) Python
5 43 (8.72%) Java
6 33 (6.69%) TypeScript
7 22 (4.46%) PHP
8 13 (2.64%) PowerShell
9 12 (2.43%) Bash
10 9 (1.83%) C++
11 8 (1.62%) Groovy
12 6 (1.22%) Shell Script
13 5 (1.01%) C
13 5 (1.01%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.81%) Go
14 4 (0.81%) Perl
14 4 (0.81%) R
14 4 (0.81%) Ruby
14 4 (0.81%) Scala
15 2 (0.41%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 54 (10.95%) Degree
2 42 (8.52%) Security Cleared
3 35 (7.10%) SC Cleared
4 21 (4.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 14 (2.84%) ACCA
6 13 (2.64%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (1.83%) Azure Certification
7 9 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (1.83%) PMI Certification
8 8 (1.62%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.62%) PMP
9 5 (1.01%) ISTQB
9 5 (1.01%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.01%) MCP
10 4 (0.81%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.61%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.61%) IBM Certification
11 3 (0.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 3 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (11.16%) QA
2 11 (2.23%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.03%) PMO
4 8 (1.62%) SLA
5 7 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 6 (1.22%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (1.01%) GDPR
8 4 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.61%) COBIT
9 3 (0.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 3 (0.61%) MISRA
9 3 (0.61%) NIST
9 3 (0.61%) WCAG
10 2 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.20%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.20%) NIST 800
System Software
1 33 (6.69%) Docker
2 14 (2.84%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.01%) Firmware
4 3 (0.61%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.41%) DFS Replication
5 2 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.20%) Apache Flume
6 1 (0.20%) HDFS
6 1 (0.20%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 33 (6.69%) Kubernetes
2 28 (5.68%) Terraform
3 7 (1.42%) Grafana
4 6 (1.22%) Ansible
5 3 (0.61%) Kibana
6 2 (0.41%) Nagios
6 2 (0.41%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.41%) Red Hat Satellite
6 2 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.41%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.20%) Argo
7 1 (0.20%) CA Service Virtualization
7 1 (0.20%) logstash
7 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.20%) Nessus
7 1 (0.20%) Oozie
7 1 (0.20%) Puppet
Vendors
1 72 (14.60%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.48%) Databricks
3 19 (3.85%) Oracle
4 15 (3.04%) SAP
5 12 (2.43%) Salesforce
6 10 (2.03%) IBM
7 8 (1.62%) Siemens
8 7 (1.42%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.22%) Google
10 4 (0.81%) Adobe
10 4 (0.81%) Guidewire
10 4 (0.81%) Informatica
10 4 (0.81%) JD Edwards
10 4 (0.81%) Talend
10 4 (0.81%) VMware
10 4 (0.81%) Zoho
11 3 (0.61%) Cloudera
11 3 (0.61%) Dynatrace
11 3 (0.61%) Splunk
11 3 (0.61%) Workday