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 6 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 9 4
Rank change year-on-year -20 -5 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 488 814 873
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.24% 12.51% 16.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.66% 13.91% 18.94%
Number of salaries quoted 349 403 756
10th Percentile £38,500 £38,550 £34,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £48,750 £43,625
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 £84,013 £79,188
England median annual salary £65,300 £67,500 £65,066
% change year-on-year -3.26% +3.74% -3.61%

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 6,371 5,854 4,609
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.49% 89.95% 87.91%
Number of salaries quoted 3,518 2,560 3,790
10th Percentile £28,223 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,044
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
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 6 January 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 6 January 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 -19 332 £62,000 +3.33% 174
East Midlands -19 152 £55,000 -8.33% 143
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 22 (4.51%) Confluence
2 8 (1.64%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.23%) CMS
4 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.02%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 5 (1.02%) SAS
5 4 (0.82%) Apache
6 3 (0.61%) IIS
6 3 (0.61%) nginx
6 3 (0.61%) WordPress
7 2 (0.41%) Appian
8 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 14 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
1 14 (2.87%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.66%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (1.43%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.61%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (0.61%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.61%) Trello
5 1 (0.20%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.20%) Simulink
5 1 (0.20%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 24 (4.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.64%) 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%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.20%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 144 (29.51%) Azure
2 64 (13.11%) AWS
3 54 (11.07%) Power Platform
4 46 (9.43%) Azure DevOps
4 46 (9.43%) SaaS
5 36 (7.38%) Dynamics 365
6 20 (4.10%) PowerApps
7 19 (3.89%) Microsoft 365
8 18 (3.69%) Power Automate
9 13 (2.66%) GCP
10 10 (2.05%) Azure Data Factory
10 10 (2.05%) PaaS
10 10 (2.05%) Serverless
11 6 (1.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 6 (1.23%) Entra ID
11 6 (1.23%) GitHub
12 5 (1.02%) Amazon S3
12 5 (1.02%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (1.02%) IaaS
13 4 (0.82%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.05%) DNS
2 6 (1.23%) DHCP
3 5 (1.02%) VPN
3 5 (1.02%) WAN
4 4 (0.82%) Internet
4 4 (0.82%) LAN
4 4 (0.82%) Modbus
4 4 (0.82%) SSL
4 4 (0.82%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.61%) 3G
5 3 (0.61%) GPRS
5 3 (0.61%) GSM
5 3 (0.61%) HTTP
5 3 (0.61%) Intranet
5 3 (0.61%) RS-232
5 3 (0.61%) RS-485
6 2 (0.41%) Broadband
6 2 (0.41%) Firewall
6 2 (0.41%) FTP
6 2 (0.41%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (6.15%) Power BI
2 25 (5.12%) Data Warehouse
3 23 (4.71%) SQL Server
4 22 (4.51%) MySQL
5 18 (3.69%) Data Lake
6 9 (1.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (1.64%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.43%) Relational Database
9 6 (1.23%) Metadata
10 5 (1.02%) BusinessObjects
11 4 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.82%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.82%) Pentaho
11 4 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.82%) Tableau
12 3 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.41%) Crystal Reports
13 2 (0.41%) MongoDB
13 2 (0.41%) RDBMS
13 2 (0.41%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 50 (10.25%) JIRA
2 36 (7.38%) Git
3 11 (2.25%) Selenium
4 10 (2.05%) JUnit
5 9 (1.84%) GitLab
5 9 (1.84%) Jenkins
6 8 (1.64%) Mockito
7 7 (1.43%) Maven
7 7 (1.43%) Subversion
8 6 (1.23%) Postman
9 5 (1.02%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.82%) Rational DOORS
10 4 (0.82%) Vite
11 3 (0.61%) git-flow
11 3 (0.61%) JMeter
12 2 (0.41%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.41%) Gatling
12 2 (0.41%) Katalon Studio
12 2 (0.41%) NUnit
12 2 (0.41%) TestRail
General
1 155 (31.76%) Social Skills
2 130 (26.64%) Finance
3 63 (12.91%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (9.43%) Public Sector
5 36 (7.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 33 (6.76%) Law
7 28 (5.74%) Legal
7 28 (5.74%) Marketing
8 18 (3.69%) Local Government
8 18 (3.69%) Retail
9 15 (3.07%) Manufacturing
10 14 (2.87%) Organisational Skills
11 13 (2.66%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (2.05%) Electronics
14 9 (1.84%) Fire and Rescue
15 8 (1.64%) Banking
16 6 (1.23%) Billing
16 6 (1.23%) Military
Job Titles
1 102 (20.90%) Developer
2 70 (14.34%) Senior
3 68 (13.93%) Lead
4 51 (10.45%) Analyst
5 31 (6.35%) Architect
5 31 (6.35%) Project Manager
6 27 (5.53%) Data Engineer
7 24 (4.92%) Business Analyst
8 22 (4.51%) IT Manager
9 19 (3.89%) Senior Developer
10 18 (3.69%) Java Developer
10 18 (3.69%) Product Owner
11 16 (3.28%) IT Project Manager
11 16 (3.28%) Senior Data Engineer
12 15 (3.07%) C# Developer
12 15 (3.07%) Dynamics 365 Developer
12 15 (3.07%) PHP Developer
13 14 (2.87%) Delivery Manager
14 12 (2.46%) Consultant
14 12 (2.46%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (10.86%) .NET
2 26 (5.33%) React
3 24 (4.92%) CSS
3 24 (4.92%) HTML
4 17 (3.48%) REST
5 16 (3.28%) Laravel
6 14 (2.87%) Spring
7 13 (2.66%) EDI
8 12 (2.46%) .NET Framework
9 11 (2.25%) Symfony
10 9 (1.84%) Middleware
10 9 (1.84%) RESTful
10 9 (1.84%) Spring Boot
11 8 (1.64%) CakePHP
11 8 (1.64%) CodeIgniter
11 8 (1.64%) jQuery
12 7 (1.43%) AngularJS
12 7 (1.43%) Playwright
13 6 (1.23%) Node.js
13 6 (1.23%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 52 (10.66%) Product Ownership
2 22 (4.51%) Cloud Native
3 21 (4.30%) Enterprise Software
3 21 (4.30%) Management Information System
4 12 (2.46%) Onboarding
5 10 (2.05%) Data Centre
5 10 (2.05%) NHS
6 9 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (1.02%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.02%) Embedded Systems
9 5 (1.02%) IoT
9 5 (1.02%) Low-Code
9 5 (1.02%) Virtual Team
10 4 (0.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (0.82%) Legacy Code
10 4 (0.82%) Mobile App
10 4 (0.82%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.71%) Linux
2 16 (3.28%) Windows
3 4 (0.82%) Mac OS
3 4 (0.82%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.61%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (0.61%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (0.61%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.41%) Mac OS X
5 2 (0.41%) Unix
5 2 (0.41%) VMS
6 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (21.72%) Continuous Improvement
1 106 (21.72%) DevOps
2 101 (20.70%) Problem-Solving
3 83 (17.01%) Stakeholder Management
4 70 (14.34%) Scrum
5 69 (14.14%) Mentoring
6 68 (13.93%) CI/CD
7 66 (13.52%) Project Management
8 60 (12.30%) Waterfall
9 55 (11.27%) SDLC
10 52 (10.66%) Project Delivery
11 50 (10.25%) Roadmaps
12 48 (9.84%) Analytics
12 48 (9.84%) Migration
13 47 (9.63%) CRM
14 41 (8.40%) Coaching
15 40 (8.20%) Decision-Making
15 40 (8.20%) User Experience
16 39 (7.99%) Business Intelligence
16 39 (7.99%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 97 (19.88%) SQL
2 64 (13.11%) C#
3 56 (11.48%) JavaScript
4 42 (8.61%) Python
5 39 (7.99%) Java
6 34 (6.97%) TypeScript
7 24 (4.92%) PHP
8 15 (3.07%) Bash
9 10 (2.05%) PowerShell
10 8 (1.64%) C++
11 7 (1.43%) C
11 7 (1.43%) PL/SQL
12 6 (1.23%) Go
13 5 (1.02%) R
13 5 (1.02%) Scala
14 4 (0.82%) Groovy
14 4 (0.82%) Ruby
15 2 (0.41%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.41%) Perl
15 2 (0.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 55 (11.27%) Degree
2 39 (7.99%) Security Cleared
3 28 (5.74%) SC Cleared
4 20 (4.10%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (3.07%) PMI Certification
6 13 (2.66%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (2.66%) PMP
7 10 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.64%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.43%) Master's Degree
10 5 (1.02%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.82%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (0.82%) CITP
11 4 (0.82%) MCP
11 4 (0.82%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.61%) IBM Certification
12 3 (0.61%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.61%) MBA
12 3 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (13.11%) QA
2 12 (2.46%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.05%) PMO
4 9 (1.84%) GDPR
5 8 (1.64%) SLA
6 7 (1.43%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 5 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 3 (0.61%) MISRA
9 3 (0.61%) WCAG
10 2 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.41%) COBIT
10 2 (0.41%) NIST
11 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.20%) JSP 440
System Software
1 26 (5.33%) Docker
2 11 (2.25%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.61%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (0.61%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 26 (5.33%) Kubernetes
2 22 (4.51%) Terraform
3 7 (1.43%) Ansible
4 3 (0.61%) Grafana
5 2 (0.41%) Argo
5 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.41%) Nagios
5 2 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.20%) CA Service Virtualization
6 1 (0.20%) Control-M
6 1 (0.20%) Kustomize
6 1 (0.20%) Nessus
6 1 (0.20%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.20%) Puppet
Vendors
1 78 (15.98%) Microsoft
2 35 (7.17%) Databricks
3 25 (5.12%) Oracle
4 16 (3.28%) Salesforce
5 14 (2.87%) SAP
6 8 (1.64%) IBM
7 6 (1.23%) Google
7 6 (1.23%) Planon
7 6 (1.23%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.23%) Siemens
8 5 (1.02%) Talend
8 5 (1.02%) Zoho
9 4 (0.82%) Adobe
9 4 (0.82%) Remedy
10 3 (0.61%) Cisco
10 3 (0.61%) Cloudera
10 3 (0.61%) Guidewire
10 3 (0.61%) Informatica
10 3 (0.61%) JD Edwards
10 3 (0.61%) QAD