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 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 10 8
Rank change year-on-year -9 -2 -6
Permanent jobs citing Agile 709 654 1,593
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.22% 11.57% 13.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.49% 13.54% 16.81%
Number of salaries quoted 483 393 917
10th Percentile £32,600 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -1.79%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -0.54%

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 9,463 4,829 9,474
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.69% 85.42% 78.66%
Number of salaries quoted 6,728 2,902 6,127
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,063 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,544 £77,500 £75,309
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 23 July 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 23 July 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 -11 426 £55,000 -8.33% 178
East Midlands +1 282 £55,000 -1.79% 106
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 34 (4.80%) Confluence
2 11 (1.55%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 6 (0.85%) CMS
5 5 (0.71%) SAS
6 4 (0.56%) PowerFactory
7 3 (0.42%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.42%) IIS
8 2 (0.28%) Apache
8 2 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.14%) Documentum
9 1 (0.14%) Drupal
9 1 (0.14%) nginx
Applications
1 11 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.27%) MS Visio
3 8 (1.13%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.56%) AutoCAD
5 4 (0.56%) Revit
6 3 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.28%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.28%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.14%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 17 (2.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.71%) Oracle Applications
4 4 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.56%) Primavera
4 4 (0.56%) SAP EHS
4 4 (0.56%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.28%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.14%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.14%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.14%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.14%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 213 (30.04%) Azure
2 128 (18.05%) AWS
3 70 (9.87%) Power Platform
4 56 (7.90%) Azure DevOps
5 36 (5.08%) PowerApps
6 35 (4.94%) Microsoft 365
6 35 (4.94%) Power Automate
7 32 (4.51%) SaaS
8 28 (3.95%) Dynamics 365
9 23 (3.24%) Serverless
10 17 (2.40%) GCP
11 15 (2.12%) IaaS
12 13 (1.83%) AWS CloudFormation
13 12 (1.69%) Microsoft Copilot
13 12 (1.69%) PaaS
14 11 (1.55%) Amazon S3
15 10 (1.41%) Azure Logic Apps
16 9 (1.27%) Azure AKS
17 8 (1.13%) Amazon EventBridge
17 8 (1.13%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.27%) DNS
2 4 (0.56%) Internet
3 3 (0.42%) HTTP
3 3 (0.42%) Hyperconnected
4 2 (0.28%) Firewall
4 2 (0.28%) LAN
4 2 (0.28%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.28%) VoIP
4 2 (0.28%) WAN
5 1 (0.14%) DHCP
5 1 (0.14%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.14%) Network Security
5 1 (0.14%) RTSP
5 1 (0.14%) SCTP
5 1 (0.14%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.14%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.14%) VLAN
5 1 (0.14%) VoLTE
5 1 (0.14%) Wireless
5 1 (0.14%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (7.62%) Power BI
2 50 (7.05%) MongoDB
3 45 (6.35%) Azure SQL Database
4 26 (3.67%) SQL Server
5 25 (3.53%) Elasticsearch
6 12 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (1.41%) MySQL
7 10 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (1.27%) NoSQL
9 8 (1.13%) DynamoDB
10 7 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
10 7 (0.99%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
11 6 (0.85%) Power Query
11 6 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (0.71%) NonStop SQL
12 5 (0.71%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 4 (0.56%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 3 (0.42%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 60 (8.46%) JIRA
2 33 (4.65%) Git
3 17 (2.40%) Cucumber
3 17 (2.40%) Selenium
4 15 (2.12%) GitLab
4 15 (2.12%) JUnit
5 14 (1.97%) Postman
6 11 (1.55%) Gatling
6 11 (1.55%) Maven
6 11 (1.55%) XCUITest
7 10 (1.41%) Jenkins
7 10 (1.41%) Mockito
7 10 (1.41%) Zephyr
8 9 (1.27%) JMeter
9 6 (0.85%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.71%) SoapUI
11 4 (0.56%) LoadRunner
11 4 (0.56%) Oracle Forms
11 4 (0.56%) TestRail
11 4 (0.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 202 (28.49%) Social Skills
2 174 (24.54%) Finance
3 89 (12.55%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (9.45%) Public Sector
5 43 (6.06%) Law
6 40 (5.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 40 (5.64%) Retail
7 35 (4.94%) Influencing Skills
8 21 (2.96%) Manufacturing
9 20 (2.82%) Legal
10 17 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
11 14 (1.97%) Banking
12 13 (1.83%) Marketing
13 12 (1.69%) Advertising
13 12 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (1.27%) Games
14 9 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.56%) Fire and Rescue
16 3 (0.42%) Billing
16 3 (0.42%) iGaming
Job Titles
1 139 (19.61%) Developer
2 129 (18.19%) Senior
3 92 (12.98%) Analyst
4 80 (11.28%) Lead
5 53 (7.48%) .NET Developer
6 48 (6.77%) Business Analyst
6 48 (6.77%) Project Manager
7 46 (6.49%) Delivery Manager
8 44 (6.21%) Architect
9 34 (4.80%) Senior Manager
10 31 (4.37%) Software Engineer
11 30 (4.23%) Senior Analyst
12 21 (2.96%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 20 (2.82%) Software Developer
14 19 (2.68%) Account Manager
14 19 (2.68%) Digital Analyst
14 19 (2.68%) IT Manager
15 18 (2.54%) Change Manager
15 18 (2.54%) Product Owner
16 17 (2.40%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (14.10%) .NET
2 74 (10.44%) React
3 55 (7.76%) ASP.NET
4 52 (7.33%) ASP.NET Core
5 50 (7.05%) .NET Core
6 41 (5.78%) Node.js
7 36 (5.08%) CSS
8 33 (4.65%) REST
9 32 (4.51%) HTML
10 25 (3.53%) Entity Framework
11 24 (3.39%) ASP.NET Web API
12 22 (3.10%) Blazor
12 22 (3.10%) Playwright
12 22 (3.10%) RESTful
13 16 (2.26%) LINQ
13 16 (2.26%) Spring
14 15 (2.12%) Next.js
15 13 (1.83%) AngularJS
15 13 (1.83%) AWS CDK
16 10 (1.41%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 56 (7.90%) Product Ownership
2 31 (4.37%) Enterprise Software
2 31 (4.37%) Greenfield Project
3 26 (3.67%) Mobile App
4 25 (3.53%) Cloud Native
5 18 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
6 15 (2.12%) Management Information System
7 11 (1.55%) AI Agents
7 11 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
8 10 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (1.27%) Cyber Defence
9 9 (1.27%) Driving Licence
9 9 (1.27%) Low-Code
9 9 (1.27%) Onboarding
10 8 (1.13%) Virtual Team
11 6 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (0.71%) IoT
12 5 (0.71%) Mobile Computing
12 5 (0.71%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.10%) Linux
2 17 (2.40%) Windows
3 11 (1.55%) Apple iOS
4 9 (1.27%) Android
5 5 (0.71%) Unix
6 4 (0.56%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.42%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.14%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (24.40%) Mentoring
2 172 (24.26%) Continuous Improvement
3 131 (18.48%) CI/CD
3 131 (18.48%) Problem-Solving
4 125 (17.63%) Coaching
5 116 (16.36%) DevOps
5 116 (16.36%) Stakeholder Management
6 90 (12.69%) Scrum
7 89 (12.55%) Test Automation
8 87 (12.27%) AI
9 84 (11.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 83 (11.71%) Full-Stack Development
11 78 (11.00%) Decision-Making
12 77 (10.86%) Roadmaps
13 68 (9.59%) Analytics
14 66 (9.31%) Microservices
15 64 (9.03%) Business Intelligence
15 64 (9.03%) Business Strategy
16 60 (8.46%) Project Management
17 59 (8.32%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 158 (22.28%) SQL
2 127 (17.91%) C#
3 79 (11.14%) JavaScript
4 57 (8.04%) Java
4 57 (8.04%) TypeScript
5 39 (5.50%) Python
6 16 (2.26%) Bash
6 16 (2.26%) PHP
6 16 (2.26%) PL/SQL
7 15 (2.12%) C++
7 15 (2.12%) PowerShell
8 13 (1.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (0.56%) RPG
9 4 (0.56%) RPG IV
9 4 (0.56%) RPG/400
9 4 (0.56%) Swift
10 3 (0.42%) C
11 2 (0.28%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.28%) R
11 2 (0.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 80 (11.28%) Degree
2 58 (8.18%) Security Cleared
3 53 (7.48%) SC Cleared
4 19 (2.68%) PMI Certification
5 18 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (2.40%) PMP
7 14 (1.97%) Azure Certification
8 13 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (1.69%) CISSP
9 12 (1.69%) ISTQB
10 11 (1.55%) ISEB
10 11 (1.55%) Master's Degree
11 7 (0.99%) CISA
11 7 (0.99%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (0.99%) SSCP
12 6 (0.85%) DV Cleared
13 5 (0.71%) CISM
13 5 (0.71%) CITP
13 5 (0.71%) Oracle Certification
14 4 (0.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (11.57%) QA
2 48 (6.77%) Accessibility
3 19 (2.68%) GDPR
4 16 (2.26%) Data Quality
5 14 (1.97%) NIST
5 14 (1.97%) SLA
6 11 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.99%) GRC
7 7 (0.99%) ITGC
7 7 (0.99%) PMO
7 7 (0.99%) WCAG
8 3 (0.42%) Software Quality Assurance
9 2 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.28%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.14%) NCSC
10 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 39 (5.50%) Docker
2 5 (0.71%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (0.28%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 49 (6.91%) Kubernetes
2 22 (3.10%) Terraform
3 10 (1.41%) Grafana
4 3 (0.42%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.42%) HP Fortify
5 2 (0.28%) Ansible
5 2 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.14%) Argo
6 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.14%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 135 (19.04%) Microsoft
2 33 (4.65%) Oracle
3 26 (3.67%) SAP
4 16 (2.26%) Salesforce
4 16 (2.26%) ServiceNow
5 12 (1.69%) Google
6 9 (1.27%) Databricks
6 9 (1.27%) IBM
7 8 (1.13%) IFS
8 6 (0.85%) OpenAI
8 6 (0.85%) Pega
9 5 (0.71%) Dynatrace
9 5 (0.71%) Facebook
9 5 (0.71%) Workday
9 5 (0.71%) YouTube
10 4 (0.56%) Apple
10 4 (0.56%) DIgSILENT
10 4 (0.56%) dotdigital
10 4 (0.56%) Infor
10 4 (0.56%) MuleSoft