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 2 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 10 8
Rank change year-on-year -9 -2 -5
Permanent jobs citing Agile 735 659 1,367
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.22% 11.53% 12.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.45% 13.54% 16.24%
Number of salaries quoted 490 400 716
10th Percentile £34,975 £32,500 £36,275
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,563 £44,702
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,875 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.97% +0.65% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,438 £67,653
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £84,357
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -0.76%

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 9,862 4,867 8,420
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 70.00% 85.16% 77.80%
Number of salaries quoted 7,016 2,971 5,201
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 £67,250 £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% - -11.29%

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 2 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 2 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 -11 447 £55,000 -8.33% 206
East Midlands +2 288 £55,000 - 105
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 (3.67%) Confluence
2 13 (1.77%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 11 (1.50%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.82%) CMS
5 4 (0.54%) PowerFactory
6 3 (0.41%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.41%) SAS
7 2 (0.27%) Apache
7 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.27%) IIS
7 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.14%) Documentum
8 1 (0.14%) Drupal
8 1 (0.14%) nginx
Applications
1 11 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.22%) MS Visio
3 8 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.54%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.54%) Revit
7 3 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.27%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.14%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 19 (2.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.82%) 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 (0.14%) 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
Cloud Services
1 228 (31.02%) Azure
2 147 (20.00%) AWS
3 73 (9.93%) Power Platform
4 56 (7.62%) Azure DevOps
5 38 (5.17%) SaaS
6 36 (4.90%) Power Automate
6 36 (4.90%) PowerApps
7 35 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
8 30 (4.08%) Dynamics 365
9 24 (3.27%) Serverless
10 17 (2.31%) GCP
11 16 (2.18%) IaaS
12 13 (1.77%) AWS CloudFormation
12 13 (1.77%) PaaS
13 11 (1.50%) Amazon S3
13 11 (1.50%) Microsoft Copilot
14 10 (1.36%) Azure Logic Apps
15 9 (1.22%) AWS Lambda
15 9 (1.22%) Azure AKS
15 9 (1.22%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.22%) DNS
2 4 (0.54%) Internet
3 3 (0.41%) HTTP
3 3 (0.41%) 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 (0.14%) Broadband
5 1 (0.14%) CTI
5 1 (0.14%) DHCP
5 1 (0.14%) FTP
5 1 (0.14%) Intranet
5 1 (0.14%) SMS
5 1 (0.14%) SNMP
5 1 (0.14%) SSL
5 1 (0.14%) VPN
5 1 (0.14%) Wireless
5 1 (0.14%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (7.62%) Power BI
2 50 (6.80%) MongoDB
3 45 (6.12%) Azure SQL Database
4 25 (3.40%) Elasticsearch
4 25 (3.40%) SQL Server
5 15 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (1.36%) MySQL
6 10 (1.36%) NoSQL
6 10 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (1.22%) DynamoDB
7 9 (1.22%) Power Query
7 9 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
8 7 (0.95%) Oracle Reports
8 7 (0.95%) Relational Database
8 7 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (0.82%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 5 (0.68%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.68%) NonStop SQL
11 3 (0.41%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 55 (7.48%) JIRA
2 39 (5.31%) Git
3 21 (2.86%) JUnit
4 20 (2.72%) Cucumber
4 20 (2.72%) Selenium
5 17 (2.31%) GitLab
5 17 (2.31%) Postman
6 15 (2.04%) Maven
7 13 (1.77%) Gatling
7 13 (1.77%) Mockito
8 12 (1.63%) Jenkins
9 11 (1.50%) XCUITest
10 10 (1.36%) JMeter
10 10 (1.36%) Zephyr
11 7 (0.95%) Cypress.io
12 5 (0.68%) REST Assured
12 5 (0.68%) SoapUI
12 5 (0.68%) Visual Studio
13 4 (0.54%) Oracle Forms
13 4 (0.54%) TestRail
General
1 217 (29.52%) Social Skills
2 190 (25.85%) Finance
3 92 (12.52%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (8.71%) Public Sector
5 41 (5.58%) Retail
6 38 (5.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 37 (5.03%) Law
8 35 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
9 25 (3.40%) Manufacturing
10 23 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
11 22 (2.99%) Legal
12 16 (2.18%) Marketing
13 15 (2.04%) Banking
14 13 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
15 12 (1.63%) Advertising
16 10 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
17 9 (1.22%) Games
18 7 (0.95%) Fire and Rescue
19 5 (0.68%) Aerospace
20 3 (0.41%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 150 (20.41%) Developer
2 135 (18.37%) Senior
3 91 (12.38%) Analyst
4 90 (12.24%) Lead
5 53 (7.21%) Project Manager
6 52 (7.07%) .NET Developer
7 47 (6.39%) Business Analyst
8 46 (6.26%) Architect
9 44 (5.99%) Delivery Manager
10 38 (5.17%) Software Engineer
11 32 (4.35%) Senior Manager
12 29 (3.95%) Senior Analyst
13 22 (2.99%) Senior Developer
14 21 (2.86%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 21 (2.86%) Software Developer
15 19 (2.59%) Account Manager
16 18 (2.45%) Change Manager
16 18 (2.45%) Digital Analyst
17 17 (2.31%) Full-Stack Developer
17 17 (2.31%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (13.74%) .NET
2 81 (11.02%) React
3 56 (7.62%) ASP.NET
4 52 (7.07%) ASP.NET Core
5 51 (6.94%) .NET Core
6 42 (5.71%) REST
7 40 (5.44%) Node.js
8 38 (5.17%) CSS
9 34 (4.63%) HTML
10 29 (3.95%) Playwright
11 25 (3.40%) Entity Framework
12 24 (3.27%) ASP.NET Web API
13 23 (3.13%) RESTful
14 22 (2.99%) Blazor
15 19 (2.59%) Spring
16 16 (2.18%) LINQ
17 15 (2.04%) Next.js
18 13 (1.77%) AngularJS
18 13 (1.77%) AWS CDK
19 11 (1.50%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 55 (7.48%) Product Ownership
2 32 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
3 31 (4.22%) Greenfield Project
4 28 (3.81%) Mobile App
5 24 (3.27%) Cloud Native
6 18 (2.45%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (2.04%) Management Information System
7 15 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (1.63%) AI Agents
9 11 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
10 10 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
10 10 (1.36%) Low-Code
10 10 (1.36%) Onboarding
11 9 (1.22%) Cyber Defence
11 9 (1.22%) Driving Licence
12 8 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (1.09%) Virtual Team
13 7 (0.95%) PMI
14 5 (0.68%) IoT
14 5 (0.68%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 26 (3.54%) Linux
2 17 (2.31%) Windows
3 11 (1.50%) Apple iOS
4 9 (1.22%) Android
5 6 (0.82%) Unix
6 4 (0.54%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.41%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.14%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (25.71%) Continuous Improvement
2 181 (24.63%) Mentoring
3 146 (19.86%) Problem-Solving
4 142 (19.32%) CI/CD
5 125 (17.01%) Coaching
6 120 (16.33%) DevOps
7 118 (16.05%) Stakeholder Management
8 104 (14.15%) Scrum
9 101 (13.74%) AI
10 91 (12.38%) Test Automation
11 90 (12.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 85 (11.56%) Full-Stack Development
13 83 (11.29%) Decision-Making
14 77 (10.48%) Roadmaps
15 71 (9.66%) Microservices
16 70 (9.52%) Analytics
17 67 (9.12%) Business Intelligence
18 66 (8.98%) Business Strategy
18 66 (8.98%) Project Management
19 65 (8.84%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 161 (21.90%) SQL
2 128 (17.41%) C#
3 88 (11.97%) JavaScript
4 64 (8.71%) Java
5 61 (8.30%) TypeScript
6 41 (5.58%) Python
7 20 (2.72%) PL/SQL
8 18 (2.45%) Bash
9 16 (2.18%) C++
9 16 (2.18%) PHP
10 15 (2.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 15 (2.04%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.54%) C
11 4 (0.54%) RPG
11 4 (0.54%) RPG IV
11 4 (0.54%) RPG/400
11 4 (0.54%) Swift
12 2 (0.27%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.27%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.14%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 85 (11.56%) Degree
2 69 (9.39%) Security Cleared
3 65 (8.84%) SC Cleared
4 21 (2.86%) PMI Certification
5 20 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (2.31%) PMP
7 14 (1.90%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.63%) CISSP
8 12 (1.63%) ISTQB
8 12 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (1.50%) ISEB
9 11 (1.50%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.22%) DV Cleared
11 7 (0.95%) CISA
11 7 (0.95%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (0.95%) SSCP
12 6 (0.82%) Oracle Certification
13 5 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.68%) CISM
14 4 (0.54%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (11.84%) QA
2 57 (7.76%) Accessibility
3 22 (2.99%) GDPR
4 19 (2.59%) Data Quality
5 14 (1.90%) NIST
6 10 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.22%) PMO
7 9 (1.22%) SLA
7 9 (1.22%) WCAG
8 7 (0.95%) GRC
8 7 (0.95%) ITGC
9 3 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
10 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.27%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.14%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.14%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.14%) NCSC
11 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 46 (6.26%) Docker
2 5 (0.68%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.41%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (0.41%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 58 (7.89%) Kubernetes
2 24 (3.27%) Terraform
3 9 (1.22%) Grafana
4 3 (0.41%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.41%) HP Fortify
5 2 (0.27%) Ansible
5 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.14%) Argo
6 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.14%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 135 (18.37%) Microsoft
2 37 (5.03%) Oracle
3 27 (3.67%) SAP
4 20 (2.72%) ServiceNow
5 17 (2.31%) Salesforce
6 12 (1.63%) Google
7 10 (1.36%) Databricks
8 9 (1.22%) IBM
8 9 (1.22%) IFS
9 6 (0.82%) OpenAI
9 6 (0.82%) Pega
10 5 (0.68%) Facebook
10 5 (0.68%) MuleSoft
10 5 (0.68%) YouTube
11 4 (0.54%) Apple
11 4 (0.54%) dotdigital
11 4 (0.54%) Dynatrace
11 4 (0.54%) Infor
11 4 (0.54%) Veracode
11 4 (0.54%) Workday