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

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 8 4
Rank change year-on-year -24 -4 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 556 729 1,480
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.77% 13.14% 16.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.44% 14.14% 18.81%
Number of salaries quoted 368 415 1,247
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,500 £34,300
25th Percentile £46,750 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,264 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £69,000 £62,783
% change year-on-year -5.80% +9.90% -6.99%

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 7,470 5,155 7,869
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 77.59% 92.95% 85.11%
Number of salaries quoted 4,236 2,581 6,300
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +10.91% -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 7 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 7 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 -21 368 £60,000 - 202
East Midlands -10 187 £55,000 -8.33% 141
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 (6.83%) Confluence
2 12 (2.16%) CMS
2 12 (2.16%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.44%) SAS
4 6 (1.08%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (0.90%) nginx
6 3 (0.54%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.54%) IIS
6 3 (0.54%) WordPress
7 2 (0.36%) Apache
8 1 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.18%) Drupal
8 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (2.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.16%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (1.62%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.90%) Adobe Illustrator
5 5 (0.90%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.36%) Trello
8 1 (0.18%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.18%) Simulink
8 1 (0.18%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 12 (2.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.08%) Workday HCM
3 5 (0.90%) Shopify
4 3 (0.54%) Maximo
5 2 (0.36%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 2 (0.36%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.36%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.18%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 146 (26.26%) Azure
2 61 (10.97%) AWS
3 60 (10.79%) Power Platform
4 50 (8.99%) Azure DevOps
5 32 (5.76%) SaaS
6 29 (5.22%) Dynamics 365
7 28 (5.04%) Microsoft 365
8 20 (3.60%) PowerApps
9 15 (2.70%) Power Automate
10 14 (2.52%) PaaS
11 12 (2.16%) GCP
12 10 (1.80%) Azure Data Factory
12 10 (1.80%) Entra ID
12 10 (1.80%) IaaS
13 9 (1.62%) Serverless
14 7 (1.26%) AWS CloudFormation
14 7 (1.26%) GitHub
15 6 (1.08%) Azure Logic Apps
16 5 (0.90%) Microsoft Copilot
17 4 (0.72%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.90%) WAN
2 4 (0.72%) DNS
2 4 (0.72%) Modbus
2 4 (0.72%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.54%) 3G
3 3 (0.54%) 4G
3 3 (0.54%) Broadband
3 3 (0.54%) GPRS
3 3 (0.54%) GSM
3 3 (0.54%) Internet
3 3 (0.54%) LAN
3 3 (0.54%) RS-232
3 3 (0.54%) RS-485
3 3 (0.54%) SSL
4 2 (0.36%) 5G
4 2 (0.36%) Intranet
4 2 (0.36%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.36%) Wireless
5 1 (0.18%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (0.18%) IOS XR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (5.76%) Power BI
2 21 (3.78%) Data Warehouse
3 20 (3.60%) MySQL
4 18 (3.24%) Data Lake
4 18 (3.24%) SQL Server
5 9 (1.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 8 (1.44%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 7 (1.26%) Metadata
8 6 (1.08%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.90%) Pentaho
9 5 (0.90%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.36%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.36%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (0.36%) Crystal Reports
12 2 (0.36%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.36%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.36%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 69 (12.41%) JIRA
2 37 (6.65%) Git
3 9 (1.62%) JUnit
4 8 (1.44%) Maven
4 8 (1.44%) Mockito
5 7 (1.26%) GitLab
6 6 (1.08%) Selenium
6 6 (1.08%) Vite
7 5 (0.90%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.90%) Postman
7 5 (0.90%) Subversion
7 5 (0.90%) XCUITest
8 4 (0.72%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.36%) git-flow
9 2 (0.36%) JMeter
9 2 (0.36%) Locust
9 2 (0.36%) Rational DOORS
9 2 (0.36%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.36%) TestRail
10 1 (0.18%) Cypress.io
General
1 177 (31.83%) Social Skills
2 168 (30.22%) Finance
3 71 (12.77%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (11.15%) Public Sector
5 53 (9.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 41 (7.37%) Law
7 32 (5.76%) Legal
8 25 (4.50%) Marketing
9 24 (4.32%) Retail
10 17 (3.06%) Documentation Skills
10 17 (3.06%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (2.70%) Manufacturing
12 14 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (2.16%) Local Government
13 12 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
14 10 (1.80%) Electronics
15 9 (1.62%) Advertising
15 9 (1.62%) Fire and Rescue
16 8 (1.44%) Banking
17 6 (1.08%) Military
Job Titles
1 103 (18.53%) Senior
2 87 (15.65%) Developer
3 75 (13.49%) Analyst
4 65 (11.69%) Lead
5 37 (6.65%) Business Analyst
6 34 (6.12%) Project Manager
7 31 (5.58%) Product Owner
7 31 (5.58%) Senior Manager
8 30 (5.40%) Architect
9 28 (5.04%) Data Engineer
10 27 (4.86%) Delivery Manager
11 22 (3.96%) IT Manager
12 18 (3.24%) Senior Data Engineer
13 17 (3.06%) Java Developer
14 16 (2.88%) Full-Stack Developer
14 16 (2.88%) IT Project Manager
14 16 (2.88%) Senior Analyst
15 15 (2.70%) IT Support
16 14 (2.52%) Senior Developer
17 13 (2.34%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (7.73%) .NET
2 28 (5.04%) React
3 21 (3.78%) CSS
4 19 (3.42%) HTML
5 15 (2.70%) Laravel
5 15 (2.70%) REST
6 14 (2.52%) EDI
7 13 (2.34%) AngularJS
8 11 (1.98%) Middleware
8 11 (1.98%) Spring
9 10 (1.80%) Vue
10 9 (1.62%) RESTful
11 8 (1.44%) .NET Framework
11 8 (1.44%) Node.js
11 8 (1.44%) YAML
12 7 (1.26%) jQuery
13 6 (1.08%) Spring Boot
13 6 (1.08%) Symfony
13 6 (1.08%) Tailwind CSS
14 5 (0.90%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 66 (11.87%) Product Ownership
2 29 (5.22%) Management Information System
3 18 (3.24%) Enterprise Software
4 17 (3.06%) Cloud Native
5 15 (2.70%) Onboarding
6 14 (2.52%) Mobile App
7 12 (2.16%) Data Centre
8 11 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.80%) NHS
10 8 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.44%) Low-Code
10 8 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (0.90%) Cyber Defence
11 5 (0.90%) Embedded Systems
11 5 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (0.90%) Legacy Applications
11 5 (0.90%) Mobile Computing
11 5 (0.90%) Social Media
11 5 (0.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 25 (4.50%) Linux
2 13 (2.34%) Windows
3 6 (1.08%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.90%) Android
5 4 (0.72%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.54%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (0.54%) FreeRTOS
7 2 (0.36%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.36%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (22.30%) Continuous Improvement
2 109 (19.60%) Mentoring
3 100 (17.99%) DevOps
4 98 (17.63%) Problem-Solving
5 91 (16.37%) Stakeholder Management
6 78 (14.03%) Coaching
7 74 (13.31%) Scrum
8 69 (12.41%) CI/CD
9 66 (11.87%) Project Management
10 61 (10.97%) Roadmaps
11 59 (10.61%) Analytics
12 58 (10.43%) Decision-Making
13 54 (9.71%) Waterfall
14 53 (9.53%) Project Delivery
15 50 (8.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 45 (8.09%) Test Automation
17 44 (7.91%) SDLC
18 43 (7.73%) CRM
19 42 (7.55%) Business Intelligence
19 42 (7.55%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 107 (19.24%) SQL
2 52 (9.35%) JavaScript
3 51 (9.17%) C#
4 39 (7.01%) Python
5 35 (6.29%) TypeScript
6 34 (6.12%) Java
7 24 (4.32%) PHP
8 20 (3.60%) Bash
9 10 (1.80%) PowerShell
10 8 (1.44%) C
10 8 (1.44%) PL/SQL
11 7 (1.26%) Go
12 6 (1.08%) C++
12 6 (1.08%) R
13 3 (0.54%) Scala
13 3 (0.54%) VBA
14 2 (0.36%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.36%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 54 (9.71%) Degree
2 43 (7.73%) Security Cleared
3 31 (5.58%) SC Cleared
4 17 (3.06%) PMI Certification
5 15 (2.70%) PMP
6 11 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.44%) DV Cleared
8 8 (1.44%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.26%) CITP
10 6 (1.08%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (0.90%) CISSP
11 5 (0.90%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (0.72%) ACCA
12 4 (0.72%) CIMA
12 4 (0.72%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.72%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 4 (0.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (14.93%) QA
2 20 (3.60%) SLA
3 17 (3.06%) Accessibility
4 14 (2.52%) Data Quality
5 13 (2.34%) GDPR
6 8 (1.44%) PMO
7 7 (1.26%) ITGC
7 7 (1.26%) NIST
8 6 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.90%) WCAG
10 4 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 3 (0.54%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (0.54%) MISRA
12 2 (0.36%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.18%) GRC
13 1 (0.18%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 1 (0.18%) NIST 800
System Software
1 32 (5.76%) Docker
2 11 (1.98%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.54%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (0.54%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 30 (5.40%) Kubernetes
2 21 (3.78%) Terraform
3 7 (1.26%) Grafana
4 6 (1.08%) Ansible
5 2 (0.36%) Argo
5 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.18%) Control-M
6 1 (0.18%) Kustomize
6 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 91 (16.37%) Microsoft
2 34 (6.12%) Databricks
3 24 (4.32%) Oracle
4 13 (2.34%) Salesforce
5 11 (1.98%) SAP
5 11 (1.98%) ServiceNow
6 9 (1.62%) IBM
7 7 (1.26%) Planon
7 7 (1.26%) Workday
8 6 (1.08%) Google
8 6 (1.08%) Talend
9 5 (0.90%) Zoho
10 4 (0.72%) Cloudera
10 4 (0.72%) Dynatrace
10 4 (0.72%) Informatica
10 4 (0.72%) Remedy
11 3 (0.54%) Cisco
11 3 (0.54%) ESRI
11 3 (0.54%) Guidewire
11 3 (0.54%) QAD