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 31 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 9 4
Rank change year-on-year -23 -5 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 592 586 1,628
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.49% 12.10% 15.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.26% 13.40% 18.62%
Number of salaries quoted 392 396 1,304
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,603 £46,250 £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 £80,625 £81,250
England median annual salary £65,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.43% +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 8,149 4,373 8,741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 75.59% 90.30% 82.96%
Number of salaries quoted 4,738 2,595 6,831
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,822 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,163 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.06% +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 31 March 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 31 March 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 -23 374 £60,000 - 146
East Midlands -8 217 £55,000 -8.33% 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 45 (7.60%) Confluence
2 13 (2.20%) CMS
2 13 (2.20%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.35%) SAS
4 5 (0.84%) nginx
4 5 (0.84%) 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 11 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.52%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.84%) Adobe Illustrator
5 5 (0.84%) 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 (1.01%) Workday HCM
2 5 (0.84%) 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
1 156 (26.35%) Azure
2 69 (11.66%) AWS
3 54 (9.12%) Azure DevOps
3 54 (9.12%) Power Platform
4 29 (4.90%) SaaS
5 27 (4.56%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (3.55%) Dynamics 365
7 15 (2.53%) GCP
7 15 (2.53%) PowerApps
8 12 (2.03%) Power Automate
9 11 (1.86%) IaaS
9 11 (1.86%) PaaS
9 11 (1.86%) Serverless
10 9 (1.52%) Entra ID
11 8 (1.35%) Azure Data Factory
11 8 (1.35%) GitHub
12 7 (1.18%) AWS CloudFormation
12 7 (1.18%) Azure Logic Apps
12 7 (1.18%) Microsoft Copilot
13 4 (0.68%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.84%) DNS
1 5 (0.84%) WAN
2 4 (0.68%) Broadband
3 3 (0.51%) 4G
3 3 (0.51%) Internet
3 3 (0.51%) LAN
4 2 (0.34%) 5G
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 31 (5.24%) Power BI
2 20 (3.38%) Data Warehouse
2 20 (3.38%) SQL Server
3 19 (3.21%) MySQL
4 17 (2.87%) Data Lake
5 7 (1.18%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 7 (1.18%) Metadata
5 7 (1.18%) NoSQL
6 6 (1.01%) Pentaho
7 5 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.84%) 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 77 (13.01%) JIRA
2 37 (6.25%) Git
3 11 (1.86%) Selenium
3 11 (1.86%) XCUITest
4 8 (1.35%) Postman
5 7 (1.18%) Cucumber
5 7 (1.18%) GitLab
5 7 (1.18%) JUnit
6 6 (1.01%) Maven
6 6 (1.01%) Mockito
6 6 (1.01%) Vite
7 5 (0.84%) JMeter
7 5 (0.84%) 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
1 198 (33.45%) Social Skills
2 173 (29.22%) Finance
3 86 (14.53%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (9.80%) Public Sector
5 56 (9.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 41 (6.93%) Law
7 33 (5.57%) Legal
8 28 (4.73%) Marketing
9 26 (4.39%) Retail
10 20 (3.38%) Influencing Skills
11 17 (2.87%) Documentation Skills
12 16 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (2.20%) Local Government
14 12 (2.03%) Banking
14 12 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (1.86%) Manufacturing
16 10 (1.69%) Electronics
17 9 (1.52%) Advertising
18 8 (1.35%) Fire and Rescue
19 6 (1.01%) Games
Job Titles
1 120 (20.27%) Senior
2 94 (15.88%) Analyst
3 82 (13.85%) Developer
4 69 (11.66%) Lead
5 44 (7.43%) Business Analyst
6 40 (6.76%) Project Manager
7 34 (5.74%) Senior Manager
8 32 (5.41%) Product Owner
9 30 (5.07%) Architect
9 30 (5.07%) Delivery Manager
10 28 (4.73%) Data Engineer
11 25 (4.22%) Senior Analyst
12 22 (3.72%) IT Manager
13 20 (3.38%) Digital Analyst
14 17 (2.87%) Senior Data Engineer
15 16 (2.70%) IT Project Manager
15 16 (2.70%) Senior Developer
16 15 (2.53%) .NET Developer
16 15 (2.53%) IT Support
16 15 (2.53%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (6.25%) .NET
2 32 (5.41%) React
3 22 (3.72%) CSS
4 18 (3.04%) 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 (1.01%) Spring Boot
11 6 (1.01%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 75 (12.67%) Product Ownership
2 31 (5.24%) Management Information System
3 22 (3.72%) Mobile App
4 16 (2.70%) Cloud Native
5 15 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (2.36%) 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%) Data Centre
10 8 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.18%) Virtual Team
12 5 (0.84%) Embedded Systems
12 5 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (0.84%) Mobile Computing
12 5 (0.84%) Social Media
13 4 (0.68%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.72%) Linux
2 14 (2.36%) 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 (22.80%) Continuous Improvement
2 124 (20.95%) Mentoring
3 107 (18.07%) Problem-Solving
4 104 (17.57%) DevOps
5 95 (16.05%) Stakeholder Management
6 93 (15.71%) Coaching
7 80 (13.51%) CI/CD
8 76 (12.84%) Scrum
9 70 (11.82%) Project Management
10 67 (11.32%) Roadmaps
11 62 (10.47%) Analytics
12 60 (10.14%) Decision-Making
13 55 (9.29%) Test Automation
14 53 (8.95%) Project Delivery
14 53 (8.95%) Waterfall
15 52 (8.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 48 (8.11%) Business Strategy
17 44 (7.43%) User Experience
18 42 (7.09%) Computer Science
19 41 (6.93%) AI
Programming Languages
1 107 (18.07%) SQL
2 49 (8.28%) C#
2 49 (8.28%) JavaScript
3 42 (7.09%) Python
4 37 (6.25%) Java
5 31 (5.24%) TypeScript
6 23 (3.89%) PHP
7 21 (3.55%) Bash
8 11 (1.86%) PowerShell
9 6 (1.01%) C++
9 6 (1.01%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.84%) C
10 5 (0.84%) Go
10 5 (0.84%) R
10 5 (0.84%) Swift
11 3 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.51%) Scala
11 3 (0.51%) VBA
12 2 (0.34%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 64 (10.81%) Degree
2 48 (8.11%) Security Cleared
3 34 (5.74%) SC Cleared
4 19 (3.21%) PMI Certification
5 17 (2.87%) PMP
6 15 (2.53%) 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 (1.01%) ISTQB
11 6 (1.01%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 5 (0.84%) CIMA
12 5 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (15.03%) QA
2 26 (4.39%) Accessibility
3 19 (3.21%) SLA
4 14 (2.36%) Data Quality
4 14 (2.36%) NIST
5 13 (2.20%) GDPR
6 9 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.18%) ITGC
7 7 (1.18%) WCAG
8 6 (1.01%) PMO
9 3 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.34%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.17%) GRC
11 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.17%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 32 (5.41%) Docker
2 9 (1.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 33 (5.57%) Kubernetes
2 21 (3.55%) Terraform
3 10 (1.69%) Grafana
4 6 (1.01%) 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 91 (15.37%) Microsoft
2 32 (5.41%) Databricks
3 23 (3.89%) Oracle
4 13 (2.20%) Salesforce
4 13 (2.20%) SAP
5 12 (2.03%) ServiceNow
6 8 (1.35%) Google
6 8 (1.35%) IBM
7 7 (1.18%) Planon
7 7 (1.18%) Talend
8 6 (1.01%) Workday
9 5 (0.84%) Apple
9 5 (0.84%) Cloudera
9 5 (0.84%) Dynatrace
9 5 (0.84%) Informatica
9 5 (0.84%) Zoho
10 3 (0.51%) Cisco
10 3 (0.51%) ESRI
10 3 (0.51%) QAD
10 3 (0.51%) Remedy