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 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 10 7
Rank change year-on-year -9 -3 -5
Permanent jobs citing Agile 682 630 1,880
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.39% 12.41% 13.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.73% 14.04% 17.21%
Number of salaries quoted 459 360 1,210
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,375 £35,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,725
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 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,443 £78,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -5.38%

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 8,821 4,487 10,927
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.70% 88.36% 78.99%
Number of salaries quoted 6,202 2,590 7,516
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% +2.11% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £77,500 £75,000
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 26 June 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 26 June 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 -10 415 £55,000 -8.33% 128
East Midlands +8 266 £53,125 -6.39% 79
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 38 (5.57%) Confluence
2 10 (1.47%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.32%) CMS
4 7 (1.03%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (0.73%) SAS
6 4 (0.59%) nginx
6 4 (0.59%) PowerFactory
7 3 (0.44%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.44%) IIS
8 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.15%) Apache
9 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.15%) Drupal
Applications
1 8 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (1.17%) MS Visio
2 7 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.73%) Photoshop
5 4 (0.59%) Adobe Illustrator
5 4 (0.59%) AutoCAD
5 4 (0.59%) Revit
5 4 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.15%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 11 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.88%) Workday HCM
3 5 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.59%) Shopify
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.29%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.29%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.15%) Primavera
6 1 (0.15%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.15%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 200 (29.33%) Azure
2 116 (17.01%) AWS
3 60 (8.80%) Power Platform
4 54 (7.92%) Azure DevOps
5 32 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
5 32 (4.69%) PowerApps
6 29 (4.25%) Power Automate
7 26 (3.81%) SaaS
8 24 (3.52%) Dynamics 365
9 23 (3.37%) Serverless
10 19 (2.79%) GCP
11 14 (2.05%) IaaS
12 13 (1.91%) AWS CloudFormation
13 12 (1.76%) PaaS
14 10 (1.47%) Amazon S3
14 10 (1.47%) Azure Logic Apps
14 10 (1.47%) GitHub
15 9 (1.32%) Azure AKS
15 9 (1.32%) Microsoft Copilot
16 8 (1.17%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.32%) DNS
2 3 (0.44%) Hyperconnected
2 3 (0.44%) Internet
3 2 (0.29%) Broadband
3 2 (0.29%) Firewall
3 2 (0.29%) HTTP
3 2 (0.29%) LAN
3 2 (0.29%) WAN
4 1 (0.15%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (0.15%) DHCP
4 1 (0.15%) FTP
4 1 (0.15%) RTSP
4 1 (0.15%) SNMP
4 1 (0.15%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.15%) VLAN
4 1 (0.15%) VoIP
4 1 (0.15%) VPN
4 1 (0.15%) Wireless
4 1 (0.15%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.15%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (6.45%) Power BI
2 38 (5.57%) MongoDB
3 34 (4.99%) Azure SQL Database
4 27 (3.96%) SQL Server
5 19 (2.79%) Elasticsearch
6 13 (1.91%) MySQL
7 11 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (1.47%) NoSQL
9 8 (1.17%) DynamoDB
9 8 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
10 7 (1.03%) Data Lake
11 6 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
11 6 (0.88%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.44%) NonStop SQL
12 3 (0.44%) Pentaho
12 3 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.29%) Amazon Athena
13 2 (0.29%) Looker
13 2 (0.29%) Metadata
13 2 (0.29%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 65 (9.53%) JIRA
2 32 (4.69%) Git
3 15 (2.20%) JUnit
4 13 (1.91%) Cucumber
5 12 (1.76%) Maven
5 12 (1.76%) Mockito
5 12 (1.76%) Selenium
6 11 (1.61%) XCUITest
7 9 (1.32%) Gatling
7 9 (1.32%) Postman
8 8 (1.17%) GitLab
9 7 (1.03%) Zephyr
10 6 (0.88%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.88%) JMeter
11 5 (0.73%) Jenkins
12 4 (0.59%) LoadRunner
12 4 (0.59%) REST Assured
12 4 (0.59%) TestRail
12 4 (0.59%) Visual Studio
12 4 (0.59%) Vite
General
1 197 (28.89%) Social Skills
2 174 (25.51%) Finance
3 88 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (9.68%) Public Sector
5 46 (6.74%) Law
6 44 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 37 (5.43%) Retail
8 31 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
9 17 (2.49%) Banking
9 17 (2.49%) Manufacturing
9 17 (2.49%) Marketing
10 16 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (2.20%) Legal
12 9 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (1.32%) Games
13 8 (1.17%) Advertising
14 6 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.44%) Telecoms
16 2 (0.29%) iGaming
16 2 (0.29%) Police
Job Titles
1 133 (19.50%) Senior
2 118 (17.30%) Developer
3 99 (14.52%) Analyst
4 72 (10.56%) Lead
5 53 (7.77%) Business Analyst
6 50 (7.33%) Delivery Manager
6 50 (7.33%) Project Manager
7 43 (6.30%) .NET Developer
8 37 (5.43%) Senior Manager
9 33 (4.84%) Architect
10 28 (4.11%) Senior Analyst
11 26 (3.81%) Product Owner
12 25 (3.67%) Software Engineer
13 21 (3.08%) Digital Analyst
13 21 (3.08%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 20 (2.93%) Data Engineer
14 20 (2.93%) IT Manager
15 19 (2.79%) Account Manager
16 18 (2.64%) Senior Developer
16 18 (2.64%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (12.17%) .NET
2 68 (9.97%) React
3 42 (6.16%) ASP.NET
4 41 (6.01%) ASP.NET Core
5 37 (5.43%) .NET Core
6 36 (5.28%) Node.js
7 31 (4.55%) CSS
8 29 (4.25%) HTML
9 27 (3.96%) REST
10 22 (3.23%) RESTful
11 19 (2.79%) ASP.NET Web API
12 18 (2.64%) Entity Framework
13 17 (2.49%) Blazor
14 16 (2.35%) AngularJS
14 16 (2.35%) Playwright
15 14 (2.05%) Spring
16 13 (1.91%) AWS CDK
16 13 (1.91%) Next.js
17 12 (1.76%) Vue
18 10 (1.47%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 64 (9.38%) Product Ownership
2 32 (4.69%) Mobile App
3 26 (3.81%) Greenfield Project
4 22 (3.23%) Management Information System
5 20 (2.93%) Cloud Native
5 20 (2.93%) Legacy Systems
6 19 (2.79%) Enterprise Software
7 18 (2.64%) Onboarding
8 12 (1.76%) Low-Code
9 10 (1.47%) AI Agents
9 10 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (1.32%) Cyber Defence
11 8 (1.17%) Driving Licence
11 8 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (1.17%) Virtual Team
12 5 (0.73%) Mobile Computing
13 4 (0.59%) AS400
13 4 (0.59%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 23 (3.37%) Linux
2 15 (2.20%) Windows
3 12 (1.76%) Apple iOS
4 10 (1.47%) Android
5 3 (0.44%) Kali Linux
5 3 (0.44%) Unix
5 3 (0.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (24.05%) Mentoring
2 162 (23.75%) Continuous Improvement
3 129 (18.91%) Coaching
4 122 (17.89%) Problem-Solving
5 118 (17.30%) CI/CD
6 108 (15.84%) DevOps
7 96 (14.08%) Stakeholder Management
8 87 (12.76%) Scrum
9 79 (11.58%) Test Automation
10 77 (11.29%) Full-Stack Development
11 74 (10.85%) Roadmaps
12 72 (10.56%) AI
13 71 (10.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 69 (10.12%) Decision-Making
15 67 (9.82%) Business Strategy
16 65 (9.53%) Project Management
17 62 (9.09%) Analytics
18 61 (8.94%) Microservices
19 57 (8.36%) Waterfall
20 55 (8.06%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 144 (21.11%) SQL
2 109 (15.98%) C#
3 77 (11.29%) JavaScript
4 58 (8.50%) TypeScript
5 53 (7.77%) Java
6 41 (6.01%) Python
7 20 (2.93%) Bash
8 19 (2.79%) PHP
9 15 (2.20%) C++
10 14 (2.05%) PL/SQL
10 14 (2.05%) PowerShell
11 9 (1.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (0.73%) R
13 4 (0.59%) C
13 4 (0.59%) RPG
13 4 (0.59%) RPG IV
13 4 (0.59%) RPG/400
13 4 (0.59%) Swift
14 3 (0.44%) VBA
15 2 (0.29%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 76 (11.14%) Degree
2 50 (7.33%) Security Cleared
3 42 (6.16%) SC Cleared
4 18 (2.64%) Computer Science Degree
4 18 (2.64%) PMI Certification
4 18 (2.64%) PMP
5 14 (2.05%) Azure Certification
6 13 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (1.76%) CISSP
7 12 (1.76%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.32%) CompTIA Security+
9 8 (1.17%) CITP
9 8 (1.17%) ISTQB
10 7 (1.03%) CISA
10 7 (1.03%) DV Cleared
10 7 (1.03%) ISEB
10 7 (1.03%) SSCP
11 5 (0.73%) CISM
11 5 (0.73%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 4 (0.59%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (12.17%) QA
2 42 (6.16%) Accessibility
3 16 (2.35%) GDPR
4 15 (2.20%) SLA
5 14 (2.05%) NIST
6 12 (1.76%) Data Quality
7 9 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (1.03%) ITGC
8 7 (1.03%) PMO
9 6 (0.88%) WCAG
10 4 (0.59%) GRC
11 3 (0.44%) Software Quality Assurance
12 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.15%) ISO 14001
13 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.15%) NCSC
13 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 39 (5.72%) Docker
2 5 (0.73%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.15%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 47 (6.89%) Kubernetes
2 18 (2.64%) Terraform
3 10 (1.47%) Grafana
4 3 (0.44%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.44%) HP Fortify
5 2 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.15%) Argo
6 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 123 (18.04%) Microsoft
2 30 (4.40%) Oracle
3 15 (2.20%) Salesforce
3 15 (2.20%) SAP
4 14 (2.05%) Databricks
5 11 (1.61%) Google
5 11 (1.61%) ServiceNow
6 9 (1.32%) IBM
7 7 (1.03%) IFS
8 6 (0.88%) Planon
8 6 (0.88%) Workday
9 4 (0.59%) Apple
9 4 (0.59%) DIgSILENT
9 4 (0.59%) Dynatrace
9 4 (0.59%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.44%) Cloudera
10 3 (0.44%) ESRI
10 3 (0.44%) Facebook
10 3 (0.44%) HP
10 3 (0.44%) Talend