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 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 8 4
Rank change year-on-year -23 -4 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 591 586 1,629
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.44% 12.11% 15.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.21% 13.40% 18.63%
Number of salaries quoted 393 395 1,304
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,750 £46,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £65,515 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.41% +12.00% -7.41%

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 8,201 4,372 8,745
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 75.55% 90.33% 82.95%
Number of salaries quoted 4,784 2,588 6,834
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,822 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,485 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.73% +10.49% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,604 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +9.09% -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 1 April 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 1 April 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 -23 373 £60,000 - 146
East Midlands -6 217 £55,000 -6.78% 101
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 46 (7.78%) Confluence
2 13 (2.20%) CMS
2 13 (2.20%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.35%) SAS
4 5 (0.85%) nginx
4 5 (0.85%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (0.51%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.51%) IIS
5 3 (0.51%) WordPress
6 1 (0.17%) Apache
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.17%) Drupal
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (2.03%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.52%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.85%) Adobe Illustrator
5 5 (0.85%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.34%) Trello
8 1 (0.17%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.17%) Simulink
8 1 (0.17%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (1.02%) Workday HCM
2 5 (0.85%) Shopify
3 4 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.34%) Maximo
5 2 (0.34%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.17%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.17%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 157 (26.57%) Azure
2 69 (11.68%) AWS
3 55 (9.31%) Power Platform
4 54 (9.14%) Azure DevOps
5 29 (4.91%) SaaS
6 27 (4.57%) Microsoft 365
7 21 (3.55%) Dynamics 365
8 16 (2.71%) GCP
9 15 (2.54%) PowerApps
10 12 (2.03%) Power Automate
11 11 (1.86%) IaaS
11 11 (1.86%) PaaS
11 11 (1.86%) Serverless
12 9 (1.52%) Entra ID
13 8 (1.35%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (1.35%) GitHub
14 7 (1.18%) AWS CloudFormation
14 7 (1.18%) Azure Logic Apps
14 7 (1.18%) Microsoft Copilot
15 4 (0.68%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.85%) DNS
1 5 (0.85%) WAN
2 4 (0.68%) Broadband
3 3 (0.51%) 4G
3 3 (0.51%) LAN
4 2 (0.34%) 5G
4 2 (0.34%) Internet
4 2 (0.34%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.34%) Wireless
5 1 (0.17%) BGP
5 1 (0.17%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.17%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (0.17%) Firewall
5 1 (0.17%) Hyperconnected
5 1 (0.17%) Intranet
5 1 (0.17%) IOS XR
5 1 (0.17%) Modbus
5 1 (0.17%) MPLS
5 1 (0.17%) RFID
5 1 (0.17%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (5.41%) Power BI
2 20 (3.38%) Data Warehouse
2 20 (3.38%) SQL Server
3 19 (3.21%) MySQL
4 17 (2.88%) Data Lake
5 7 (1.18%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 7 (1.18%) Metadata
5 7 (1.18%) NoSQL
6 6 (1.02%) Pentaho
7 5 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.68%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.34%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (0.34%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.34%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.34%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.34%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.34%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 78 (13.20%) JIRA
2 36 (6.09%) Git
3 11 (1.86%) XCUITest
4 10 (1.69%) Selenium
5 7 (1.18%) Cucumber
5 7 (1.18%) JUnit
5 7 (1.18%) Postman
6 6 (1.02%) GitLab
6 6 (1.02%) Maven
6 6 (1.02%) Mockito
6 6 (1.02%) Vite
7 5 (0.85%) JMeter
7 5 (0.85%) Subversion
8 4 (0.68%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.68%) Jenkins
9 3 (0.51%) LoadRunner
9 3 (0.51%) Locust
9 3 (0.51%) SoapUI
9 3 (0.51%) TestRail
10 2 (0.34%) Gatling
General
1 197 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 174 (29.44%) Finance
3 87 (14.72%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (9.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 57 (9.64%) Public Sector
6 41 (6.94%) Law
7 33 (5.58%) Legal
8 28 (4.74%) Marketing
9 27 (4.57%) Retail
10 21 (3.55%) Influencing Skills
11 17 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
12 15 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (2.03%) Banking
13 12 (2.03%) Local Government
14 11 (1.86%) Manufacturing
14 11 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
15 10 (1.69%) Electronics
16 9 (1.52%) Advertising
17 8 (1.35%) Fire and Rescue
18 6 (1.02%) Games
Job Titles
1 120 (20.30%) Senior
2 94 (15.91%) Analyst
3 82 (13.87%) Developer
4 70 (11.84%) Lead
5 45 (7.61%) Business Analyst
6 40 (6.77%) Project Manager
7 34 (5.75%) Senior Manager
8 32 (5.41%) Product Owner
9 31 (5.25%) Delivery Manager
10 30 (5.08%) Architect
11 28 (4.74%) Data Engineer
12 26 (4.40%) Senior Analyst
13 22 (3.72%) IT Manager
14 20 (3.38%) Digital Analyst
15 17 (2.88%) Senior Data Engineer
16 16 (2.71%) IT Project Manager
16 16 (2.71%) Senior Developer
17 15 (2.54%) .NET Developer
17 15 (2.54%) Java Developer
17 15 (2.54%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (6.26%) .NET
2 32 (5.41%) React
3 22 (3.72%) CSS
4 18 (3.05%) HTML
5 13 (2.20%) AngularJS
5 13 (2.20%) EDI
5 13 (2.20%) Laravel
5 13 (2.20%) REST
5 13 (2.20%) RESTful
6 12 (2.03%) Node.js
7 10 (1.69%) Middleware
7 10 (1.69%) Vue
8 9 (1.52%) Spring
8 9 (1.52%) YAML
9 8 (1.35%) Playwright
10 7 (1.18%) AWS CDK
10 7 (1.18%) jQuery
10 7 (1.18%) Next.js
11 6 (1.02%) Spring Boot
11 6 (1.02%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 76 (12.86%) Product Ownership
2 31 (5.25%) Management Information System
3 22 (3.72%) Mobile App
4 16 (2.71%) Cloud Native
5 15 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (2.37%) Onboarding
7 11 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (1.86%) Low-Code
8 10 (1.69%) NHS
9 9 (1.52%) Cyber Defence
10 8 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
10 8 (1.35%) Virtual Team
11 7 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.18%) Data Centre
11 7 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (0.85%) Embedded Systems
12 5 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (0.85%) Mobile Computing
12 5 (0.85%) Social Media
13 4 (0.68%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.72%) Linux
2 14 (2.37%) Windows
3 12 (2.03%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.18%) Android
5 3 (0.51%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.34%) Unix
7 1 (0.17%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.17%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (22.84%) Continuous Improvement
2 123 (20.81%) Mentoring
3 108 (18.27%) Problem-Solving
4 104 (17.60%) DevOps
5 96 (16.24%) Stakeholder Management
6 94 (15.91%) Coaching
7 80 (13.54%) CI/CD
8 77 (13.03%) Scrum
9 70 (11.84%) Project Management
10 69 (11.68%) Roadmaps
11 63 (10.66%) Analytics
12 61 (10.32%) Decision-Making
13 54 (9.14%) Test Automation
14 53 (8.97%) Project Delivery
15 52 (8.80%) Waterfall
16 51 (8.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 49 (8.29%) Business Strategy
18 44 (7.45%) User Experience
19 42 (7.11%) Business Intelligence
19 42 (7.11%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 108 (18.27%) SQL
2 50 (8.46%) C#
2 50 (8.46%) JavaScript
3 43 (7.28%) Python
4 38 (6.43%) Java
5 32 (5.41%) TypeScript
6 23 (3.89%) PHP
7 21 (3.55%) Bash
8 11 (1.86%) PowerShell
9 6 (1.02%) C++
9 6 (1.02%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.85%) C
10 5 (0.85%) Go
10 5 (0.85%) R
10 5 (0.85%) Swift
11 4 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.51%) Scala
12 3 (0.51%) VBA
13 2 (0.34%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 63 (10.66%) Degree
2 47 (7.95%) Security Cleared
3 33 (5.58%) SC Cleared
4 19 (3.21%) PMI Certification
5 17 (2.88%) PMP
6 15 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.69%) DV Cleared
7 10 (1.69%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.52%) CISSP
8 9 (1.52%) CompTIA Security+
8 9 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.35%) Azure Certification
9 8 (1.35%) CITP
10 7 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (1.18%) CISA
10 7 (1.18%) SSCP
11 6 (1.02%) ISTQB
11 6 (1.02%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 5 (0.85%) CIMA
12 5 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (14.89%) QA
2 26 (4.40%) Accessibility
3 18 (3.05%) SLA
4 14 (2.37%) Data Quality
4 14 (2.37%) NIST
5 13 (2.20%) GDPR
6 9 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.18%) ITGC
8 6 (1.02%) PMO
8 6 (1.02%) WCAG
9 2 (0.34%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.17%) GRC
10 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.17%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 32 (5.41%) Docker
2 9 (1.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 33 (5.58%) Kubernetes
2 21 (3.55%) Terraform
3 10 (1.69%) Grafana
4 6 (1.02%) Ansible
5 2 (0.34%) Argo
5 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.17%) Control-M
6 1 (0.17%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.17%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.17%) Kustomize
6 1 (0.17%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 90 (15.23%) Microsoft
2 33 (5.58%) Databricks
3 22 (3.72%) Oracle
4 13 (2.20%) Salesforce
4 13 (2.20%) SAP
5 12 (2.03%) ServiceNow
6 9 (1.52%) Google
7 8 (1.35%) IBM
8 7 (1.18%) Planon
8 7 (1.18%) Talend
9 6 (1.02%) Workday
10 5 (0.85%) Apple
10 5 (0.85%) Cloudera
10 5 (0.85%) Dynatrace
10 5 (0.85%) Informatica
10 5 (0.85%) Zoho
11 3 (0.51%) Cisco
11 3 (0.51%) ESRI
11 3 (0.51%) Guidewire
11 3 (0.51%) QAD