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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 10 5
Rank change year-on-year -11 -5 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 672 613 1,828
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.37% 12.19% 13.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.64% 13.64% 17.54%
Number of salaries quoted 449 350 1,255
10th Percentile £34,250 £31,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,188 £42,612
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -1.79%
75th Percentile £68,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,750 £77,625 £82,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -6.42%

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 8,799 4,494 10,422
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 70.33% 89.40% 79.33%
Number of salaries quoted 5,882 2,479 7,499
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,275 £49,600 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.38% +4.42% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £76,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -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 6 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 6 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 -12 411 £57,500 - 193
East Midlands +11 260 £55,000 -0.90% 106
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 41 (6.10%) Confluence
2 11 (1.64%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.34%) CMS
4 8 (1.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (0.74%) SAS
6 4 (0.60%) nginx
6 4 (0.60%) PowerFactory
7 3 (0.45%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.30%) IIS
8 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.15%) Apache
9 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.15%) Drupal
Applications
1 11 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.49%) MS Visio
3 9 (1.34%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.74%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.60%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (0.60%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.60%) Revit
6 4 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.15%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.89%) Workday HCM
3 4 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.60%) Shopify
4 2 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.30%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.30%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.30%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 195 (29.02%) Azure
2 108 (16.07%) AWS
3 54 (8.04%) Power Platform
4 52 (7.74%) Azure DevOps
5 27 (4.02%) Microsoft 365
5 27 (4.02%) SaaS
6 22 (3.27%) Serverless
7 20 (2.98%) PowerApps
8 18 (2.68%) Dynamics 365
8 18 (2.68%) GCP
9 17 (2.53%) Power Automate
10 15 (2.23%) IaaS
11 13 (1.93%) AWS CloudFormation
12 12 (1.79%) PaaS
13 11 (1.64%) Amazon S3
14 9 (1.34%) Azure AKS
14 9 (1.34%) Azure Logic Apps
14 9 (1.34%) Entra ID
14 9 (1.34%) Microsoft Copilot
15 8 (1.19%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.49%) DNS
2 3 (0.45%) Broadband
2 3 (0.45%) WAN
3 2 (0.30%) Firewall
3 2 (0.30%) LAN
4 1 (0.15%) BGP
4 1 (0.15%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.15%) DHCP
4 1 (0.15%) FTP
4 1 (0.15%) HTTP
4 1 (0.15%) Internet
4 1 (0.15%) Intranet
4 1 (0.15%) MPLS
4 1 (0.15%) RFID
4 1 (0.15%) SNMP
4 1 (0.15%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.15%) VoIP
4 1 (0.15%) VPN
4 1 (0.15%) Wireless
4 1 (0.15%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (5.51%) Power BI
2 25 (3.72%) MongoDB
3 24 (3.57%) SQL Server
4 19 (2.83%) Azure SQL Database
5 15 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (1.79%) Data Lake
6 12 (1.79%) MySQL
7 10 (1.49%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (1.49%) NoSQL
8 8 (1.19%) DynamoDB
8 8 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (0.74%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.60%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.60%) Metadata
11 3 (0.45%) Pentaho
12 2 (0.30%) NonStop SQL
12 2 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
12 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 69 (10.27%) JIRA
2 31 (4.61%) Git
3 16 (2.38%) JUnit
4 13 (1.93%) Cucumber
4 13 (1.93%) Maven
4 13 (1.93%) Mockito
5 12 (1.79%) Selenium
5 12 (1.79%) XCUITest
6 9 (1.34%) Gatling
6 9 (1.34%) GitLab
6 9 (1.34%) Postman
7 7 (1.04%) Zephyr
8 6 (0.89%) Cypress.io
8 6 (0.89%) JMeter
9 5 (0.74%) Jenkins
10 4 (0.60%) LoadRunner
10 4 (0.60%) REST Assured
10 4 (0.60%) TestRail
10 4 (0.60%) Vite
11 3 (0.45%) HP UFT
General
1 202 (30.06%) Social Skills
2 182 (27.08%) Finance
3 91 (13.54%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (9.23%) Public Sector
5 51 (7.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 44 (6.55%) Law
7 36 (5.36%) Retail
8 30 (4.46%) Influencing Skills
9 19 (2.83%) Marketing
10 17 (2.53%) Banking
11 16 (2.38%) Legal
12 15 (2.23%) Manufacturing
13 12 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (1.04%) Games
16 6 (0.89%) Advertising
16 6 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
17 5 (0.74%) Electronics
18 4 (0.60%) Aerospace
18 4 (0.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 133 (19.79%) Senior
2 99 (14.73%) Analyst
3 96 (14.29%) Developer
4 78 (11.61%) Lead
5 55 (8.18%) Business Analyst
6 53 (7.89%) Delivery Manager
7 51 (7.59%) Project Manager
8 37 (5.51%) Senior Manager
9 31 (4.61%) Architect
10 30 (4.46%) .NET Developer
10 30 (4.46%) Product Owner
11 29 (4.32%) Senior Analyst
12 25 (3.72%) Data Engineer
13 24 (3.57%) IT Manager
14 21 (3.13%) Digital Analyst
14 21 (3.13%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 19 (2.83%) Account Manager
16 18 (2.68%) Full-Stack Developer
16 18 (2.68%) Software Developer
17 17 (2.53%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (8.78%) React
2 58 (8.63%) .NET
3 28 (4.17%) ASP.NET
4 27 (4.02%) ASP.NET Core
4 27 (4.02%) Node.js
5 25 (3.72%) CSS
6 23 (3.42%) HTML
6 23 (3.42%) REST
7 21 (3.13%) .NET Core
7 21 (3.13%) RESTful
8 16 (2.38%) Playwright
9 15 (2.23%) AngularJS
9 15 (2.23%) Spring
10 14 (2.08%) EDI
11 13 (1.93%) AWS CDK
11 13 (1.93%) Entity Framework
11 13 (1.93%) Next.js
12 12 (1.79%) ASP.NET Web API
13 10 (1.49%) Blazor
13 10 (1.49%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 68 (10.12%) Product Ownership
2 33 (4.91%) Mobile App
3 27 (4.02%) Management Information System
4 23 (3.42%) Greenfield Project
5 20 (2.98%) Onboarding
6 18 (2.68%) Cloud Native
7 17 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
8 15 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (1.64%) Low-Code
10 9 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (1.34%) Cyber Defence
10 9 (1.34%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.34%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.19%) Driving Licence
12 6 (0.89%) AI Agents
13 5 (0.74%) Mobile Computing
14 4 (0.60%) AS400
14 4 (0.60%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 25 (3.72%) Linux
2 13 (1.93%) Apple iOS
2 13 (1.93%) Windows
3 10 (1.49%) Android
4 3 (0.45%) Kali Linux
4 3 (0.45%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (24.26%) Continuous Improvement
2 159 (23.66%) Mentoring
3 125 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
4 124 (18.45%) Coaching
5 113 (16.82%) CI/CD
6 109 (16.22%) DevOps
7 101 (15.03%) Stakeholder Management
8 86 (12.80%) Scrum
9 81 (12.05%) Roadmaps
10 77 (11.46%) Test Automation
11 72 (10.71%) Project Management
12 70 (10.42%) Full-Stack Development
12 70 (10.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 68 (10.12%) AI
14 65 (9.67%) Business Strategy
15 64 (9.52%) Decision-Making
16 62 (9.23%) Waterfall
17 61 (9.08%) Analytics
18 60 (8.93%) Project Delivery
19 56 (8.33%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 124 (18.45%) SQL
2 80 (11.90%) C#
3 69 (10.27%) JavaScript
4 56 (8.33%) Java
4 56 (8.33%) TypeScript
5 43 (6.40%) Python
6 22 (3.27%) Bash
7 19 (2.83%) PHP
8 15 (2.23%) PL/SQL
9 14 (2.08%) PowerShell
10 10 (1.49%) C++
11 8 (1.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (0.89%) R
13 5 (0.74%) Swift
14 4 (0.60%) C
14 4 (0.60%) RPG
14 4 (0.60%) RPG IV
14 4 (0.60%) RPG/400
15 3 (0.45%) Scala
15 3 (0.45%) VBA
Qualifications
1 75 (11.16%) Degree
2 56 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 44 (6.55%) SC Cleared
4 19 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
4 19 (2.83%) PMP
5 18 (2.68%) PMI Certification
6 14 (2.08%) Master's Degree
7 13 (1.93%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.79%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.49%) CISSP
9 10 (1.49%) CITP
9 10 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (1.34%) CompTIA Security+
11 8 (1.19%) ISTQB
12 7 (1.04%) CISA
12 7 (1.04%) ISEB
12 7 (1.04%) SSCP
13 5 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 4 (0.60%) CIMA
14 4 (0.60%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (12.80%) QA
2 40 (5.95%) Accessibility
3 17 (2.53%) GDPR
4 15 (2.23%) SLA
5 14 (2.08%) NIST
6 13 (1.93%) Data Quality
7 8 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (1.04%) ITGC
9 6 (0.89%) PMO
9 6 (0.89%) WCAG
10 3 (0.45%) Software Quality Assurance
11 2 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.30%) GRC
11 2 (0.30%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.15%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.15%) NCSC
12 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 38 (5.65%) Docker
2 6 (0.89%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 48 (7.14%) Kubernetes
2 23 (3.42%) Terraform
3 10 (1.49%) Grafana
4 3 (0.45%) Ansible
4 3 (0.45%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.45%) HP Fortify
5 2 (0.30%) Argo
5 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.15%) Control-M
6 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.15%) Kustomize
6 1 (0.15%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 104 (15.48%) Microsoft
2 34 (5.06%) Oracle
3 19 (2.83%) Databricks
4 16 (2.38%) Salesforce
5 15 (2.23%) SAP
6 12 (1.79%) Google
6 12 (1.79%) ServiceNow
7 10 (1.49%) IBM
8 8 (1.19%) Planon
9 6 (0.89%) IFS
9 6 (0.89%) Workday
10 5 (0.74%) Apple
11 4 (0.60%) DIgSILENT
11 4 (0.60%) Dynatrace
11 4 (0.60%) Talend
12 3 (0.45%) Cisco
12 3 (0.45%) Cloudera
12 3 (0.45%) HP
12 3 (0.45%) Informatica
12 3 (0.45%) Veracode