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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 9 4
Rank change year-on-year -19 -5 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 489 797 920
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.25% 12.49% 16.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.69% 13.81% 18.61%
Number of salaries quoted 350 395 799
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,600 £33,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £49,236 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,349 £84,583 £79,075
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -3.70%

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 6,361 5,773 4,943
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.32% 90.47% 86.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,535 2,521 4,072
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
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 £62,500
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 14 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 14 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 -18 331 £62,000 +3.33% 183
East Midlands -20 154 £55,000 -8.33% 162
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 24 (4.91%) Confluence
2 8 (1.64%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.23%) CMS
3 6 (1.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 5 (1.02%) SAS
5 4 (0.82%) Apache
5 4 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
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 13 (2.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.45%) Microsoft Project
3 10 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (1.64%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.61%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.61%) Photoshop
5 3 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.61%) Trello
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.20%) Simulink
6 1 (0.20%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 23 (4.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.43%) 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
1 145 (29.65%) Azure
2 65 (13.29%) AWS
3 52 (10.63%) Power Platform
4 46 (9.41%) SaaS
5 45 (9.20%) Azure DevOps
6 36 (7.36%) Dynamics 365
7 20 (4.09%) PowerApps
8 19 (3.89%) Microsoft 365
9 17 (3.48%) Power Automate
10 12 (2.45%) GCP
11 10 (2.04%) Azure Data Factory
11 10 (2.04%) PaaS
12 9 (1.84%) Serverless
13 6 (1.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 6 (1.23%) Entra ID
13 6 (1.23%) GitHub
14 5 (1.02%) Amazon S3
14 5 (1.02%) Azure Logic Apps
14 5 (1.02%) IaaS
15 4 (0.82%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.84%) DNS
2 5 (1.02%) DHCP
2 5 (1.02%) WAN
3 4 (0.82%) Internet
3 4 (0.82%) LAN
3 4 (0.82%) Modbus
3 4 (0.82%) SSL
3 4 (0.82%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.82%) VPN
4 3 (0.61%) 3G
4 3 (0.61%) 4G
4 3 (0.61%) Broadband
4 3 (0.61%) GPRS
4 3 (0.61%) GSM
4 3 (0.61%) HTTP
4 3 (0.61%) Intranet
4 3 (0.61%) RS-232
4 3 (0.61%) RS-485
5 2 (0.41%) FTP
5 2 (0.41%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (5.73%) Power BI
2 26 (5.32%) Data Warehouse
3 20 (4.09%) MySQL
3 20 (4.09%) SQL Server
4 19 (3.89%) Data Lake
5 9 (1.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 8 (1.64%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.23%) Metadata
7 6 (1.23%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.82%) BusinessObjects
8 4 (0.82%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.82%) Pentaho
8 4 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.61%) Tableau
10 2 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.41%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 2 (0.41%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.41%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 52 (10.63%) JIRA
2 38 (7.77%) Git
3 11 (2.25%) JUnit
3 11 (2.25%) Selenium
4 9 (1.84%) GitLab
4 9 (1.84%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.84%) Mockito
5 8 (1.64%) Maven
6 7 (1.43%) Subversion
7 6 (1.23%) Postman
8 5 (1.02%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.82%) Rational DOORS
9 4 (0.82%) Vite
10 3 (0.61%) git-flow
10 3 (0.61%) JMeter
10 3 (0.61%) TestRail
11 2 (0.41%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.41%) Gatling
11 2 (0.41%) Katalon Studio
11 2 (0.41%) SonarQube
General
1 157 (32.11%) Social Skills
2 128 (26.18%) Finance
3 63 (12.88%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (10.02%) Public Sector
5 38 (7.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (6.54%) Law
7 30 (6.13%) Legal
8 26 (5.32%) Marketing
9 19 (3.89%) Retail
10 16 (3.27%) Local Government
11 15 (3.07%) Manufacturing
12 13 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (2.66%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (2.04%) Electronics
14 10 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (1.84%) Fire and Rescue
16 8 (1.64%) Banking
17 7 (1.43%) Billing
18 6 (1.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 101 (20.65%) Developer
2 75 (15.34%) Senior
3 66 (13.50%) Lead
4 50 (10.22%) Analyst
5 31 (6.34%) Project Manager
6 29 (5.93%) Architect
7 28 (5.73%) Data Engineer
8 25 (5.11%) Business Analyst
9 22 (4.50%) IT Manager
10 20 (4.09%) Java Developer
10 20 (4.09%) Senior Developer
11 18 (3.68%) Product Owner
12 17 (3.48%) Senior Data Engineer
13 16 (3.27%) IT Project Manager
14 15 (3.07%) C# Developer
14 15 (3.07%) Dynamics 365 Developer
14 15 (3.07%) PHP Developer
15 14 (2.86%) Delivery Manager
16 12 (2.45%) Consultant
16 12 (2.45%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (10.43%) .NET
2 27 (5.52%) React
3 24 (4.91%) HTML
4 23 (4.70%) CSS
5 17 (3.48%) REST
6 16 (3.27%) Laravel
7 14 (2.86%) EDI
7 14 (2.86%) Spring
8 11 (2.25%) Symfony
9 10 (2.04%) .NET Framework
10 9 (1.84%) Middleware
10 9 (1.84%) RESTful
10 9 (1.84%) Spring Boot
11 8 (1.64%) AngularJS
11 8 (1.64%) CakePHP
11 8 (1.64%) CodeIgniter
11 8 (1.64%) Playwright
12 7 (1.43%) jQuery
13 6 (1.23%) Node.js
13 6 (1.23%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 53 (10.84%) Product Ownership
2 23 (4.70%) Management Information System
3 21 (4.29%) Cloud Native
4 20 (4.09%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (3.07%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.04%) Data Centre
6 10 (2.04%) NHS
6 10 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.23%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (1.02%) Embedded Systems
10 5 (1.02%) IoT
10 5 (1.02%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.02%) Social Media
11 4 (0.82%) Algorithms
11 4 (0.82%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (0.82%) Legacy Code
11 4 (0.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 24 (4.91%) Linux
2 15 (3.07%) Windows
3 3 (0.61%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (0.61%) FreeRTOS
3 3 (0.61%) Mac OS
3 3 (0.61%) Windows 10
3 3 (0.61%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.41%) Mac OS X
4 2 (0.41%) Unix
4 2 (0.41%) VMS
5 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (22.09%) Continuous Improvement
2 104 (21.27%) DevOps
3 98 (20.04%) Problem-Solving
4 83 (16.97%) Stakeholder Management
5 72 (14.72%) Scrum
6 71 (14.52%) Mentoring
7 69 (14.11%) CI/CD
8 66 (13.50%) Project Management
9 58 (11.86%) SDLC
10 57 (11.66%) Waterfall
11 49 (10.02%) Project Delivery
12 48 (9.82%) Migration
13 47 (9.61%) CRM
13 47 (9.61%) Roadmaps
14 46 (9.41%) Analytics
15 44 (9.00%) Coaching
16 43 (8.79%) Software Engineering
17 42 (8.59%) User Experience
18 40 (8.18%) Decision-Making
19 37 (7.57%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 96 (19.63%) SQL
2 62 (12.68%) C#
3 56 (11.45%) JavaScript
4 40 (8.18%) Python
5 39 (7.98%) Java
6 34 (6.95%) TypeScript
7 23 (4.70%) PHP
8 16 (3.27%) Bash
9 9 (1.84%) PowerShell
10 8 (1.64%) C
10 8 (1.64%) PL/SQL
11 6 (1.23%) C++
11 6 (1.23%) Go
12 5 (1.02%) R
12 5 (1.02%) Scala
13 4 (0.82%) Groovy
13 4 (0.82%) Ruby
14 2 (0.41%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.41%) Perl
14 2 (0.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 51 (10.43%) Degree
2 40 (8.18%) Security Cleared
3 29 (5.93%) SC Cleared
4 21 (4.29%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (2.66%) PMI Certification
6 12 (2.45%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (2.25%) PMP
8 10 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (1.84%) DV Cleared
10 7 (1.43%) Master's Degree
11 5 (1.02%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.02%) CITP
12 4 (0.82%) Chartered Engineer
13 3 (0.61%) ACCA
13 3 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.61%) IBM Certification
13 3 (0.61%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.61%) MCP
13 3 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 3 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (13.50%) QA
2 12 (2.45%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.25%) PMO
4 9 (1.84%) GDPR
5 8 (1.64%) SLA
6 7 (1.43%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 4 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 3 (0.61%) MISRA
8 3 (0.61%) WCAG
9 2 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.41%) NIST
10 1 (0.20%) COBIT
10 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.20%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.20%) NIST 800
System Software
1 27 (5.52%) Docker
2 10 (2.04%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.61%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (0.61%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 27 (5.52%) Kubernetes
2 23 (4.70%) 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 77 (15.75%) Microsoft
2 35 (7.16%) Databricks
3 25 (5.11%) Oracle
4 16 (3.27%) Salesforce
5 14 (2.86%) SAP
6 8 (1.64%) IBM
7 7 (1.43%) Planon
8 6 (1.23%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.23%) Siemens
9 5 (1.02%) Talend
9 5 (1.02%) Zoho
10 4 (0.82%) Adobe
10 4 (0.82%) Cisco
10 4 (0.82%) Google
10 4 (0.82%) Remedy
11 3 (0.61%) Cloudera
11 3 (0.61%) Guidewire
11 3 (0.61%) Informatica
11 3 (0.61%) QAD
11 3 (0.61%) Workday