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 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 13 8
Rank change year-on-year -6 -5 -4
Permanent jobs citing Agile 742 588 1,226
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.84% 10.50% 12.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.95% 12.24% 15.55%
Number of salaries quoted 462 353 513
10th Percentile £37,000 £37,100 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,225 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +0.18%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £69,800
90th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +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 10,680 4,802 7,883
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.62% 85.75% 78.52%
Number of salaries quoted 7,602 2,883 4,022
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,822
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.26%

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 16 September 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 16 September 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 -8 482 £55,000 -8.33% 506
East Midlands -2 259 £55,000 -4.35% 228
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 20 (2.70%) Confluence
2 18 (2.43%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.89%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 5 (0.67%) SAS
5 4 (0.54%) PowerFactory
6 3 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.27%) CMS
8 1 (0.13%) Apache
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.13%) Documentum
8 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.13%) IIS
8 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 27 (3.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (3.37%) Microsoft Project
3 15 (2.02%) MS Visio
4 11 (1.48%) Simulink
5 8 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
6 6 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.54%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.54%) Revit
8 2 (0.27%) EPLAN
8 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.13%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 31 (4.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (2.70%) Primavera
2 20 (2.70%) SAP EHS
3 6 (0.81%) Oracle Applications
4 5 (0.67%) Infor M3
4 5 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.40%) Shopify
7 2 (0.27%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.13%) Magento
8 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.13%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.13%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 243 (32.75%) Azure
2 163 (21.97%) AWS
3 84 (11.32%) Power Platform
4 60 (8.09%) Azure DevOps
5 50 (6.74%) Power Automate
6 47 (6.33%) SaaS
7 44 (5.93%) PowerApps
8 42 (5.66%) Dynamics 365
9 32 (4.31%) Microsoft 365
10 29 (3.91%) Serverless
11 20 (2.70%) GCP
11 20 (2.70%) Smartsheet
12 15 (2.02%) IaaS
13 14 (1.89%) Amazon S3
13 14 (1.89%) AWS Lambda
14 12 (1.62%) GitHub
15 11 (1.48%) PaaS
16 10 (1.35%) AWS CloudFormation
16 10 (1.35%) Azure Logic Apps
16 10 (1.35%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.08%) Wireshark
2 7 (0.94%) DNS
3 6 (0.81%) Internet
3 6 (0.81%) LAN
3 6 (0.81%) WAN
4 5 (0.67%) Network Security
5 3 (0.40%) Firewall
5 3 (0.40%) HTTP
6 2 (0.27%) Hyperconnected
6 2 (0.27%) Profibus
6 2 (0.27%) SMS
6 2 (0.27%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.27%) VoIP
6 2 (0.27%) VPN
7 1 (0.13%) Diameter Protocol
7 1 (0.13%) Intelligent Network
7 1 (0.13%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.13%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.13%) VoLTE
7 1 (0.13%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (9.03%) Power BI
2 52 (7.01%) MongoDB
3 45 (6.06%) Azure SQL Database
4 30 (4.04%) SQL Server
5 23 (3.10%) Elasticsearch
6 20 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
8 13 (1.75%) NoSQL
9 11 (1.48%) Power Query
9 11 (1.48%) Relational Database
10 10 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 9 (1.21%) Amazon Redshift
11 9 (1.21%) DynamoDB
12 8 (1.08%) Data Lake
12 8 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 7 (0.94%) MySQL
13 7 (0.94%) Oracle Reports
14 6 (0.81%) Metadata
14 6 (0.81%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 5 (0.67%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 60 (8.09%) Git
2 59 (7.95%) JIRA
3 23 (3.10%) GitLab
4 22 (2.96%) JUnit
5 21 (2.83%) Cucumber
6 19 (2.56%) Selenium
7 18 (2.43%) Postman
8 17 (2.29%) Jenkins
8 17 (2.29%) Maven
9 14 (1.89%) Gatling
9 14 (1.89%) Mockito
10 11 (1.48%) Zephyr
11 10 (1.35%) JMeter
12 9 (1.21%) Subversion
13 8 (1.08%) Cypress.io
13 8 (1.08%) Eclipse
14 6 (0.81%) Visual Studio
15 5 (0.67%) REST Assured
15 5 (0.67%) SoapUI
16 4 (0.54%) Burp Suite
General
1 230 (31.00%) Social Skills
2 179 (24.12%) Finance
3 109 (14.69%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (11.73%) Public Sector
5 46 (6.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 41 (5.53%) Retail
7 37 (4.99%) Manufacturing
8 35 (4.72%) Legal
9 34 (4.58%) Influencing Skills
10 30 (4.04%) Organisational Skills
11 27 (3.64%) Law
12 20 (2.70%) Electronics
13 19 (2.56%) Marketing
14 17 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
15 16 (2.16%) Banking
16 12 (1.62%) Games
17 9 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
18 8 (1.08%) Aerospace
18 8 (1.08%) Fire and Rescue
19 7 (0.94%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 176 (23.72%) Developer
2 130 (17.52%) Senior
3 120 (16.17%) Lead
4 64 (8.63%) Analyst
5 59 (7.95%) Architect
6 51 (6.87%) Project Manager
7 48 (6.47%) .NET Developer
8 44 (5.93%) Business Analyst
8 44 (5.93%) Software Engineer
9 37 (4.99%) Senior Developer
10 36 (4.85%) Delivery Manager
11 25 (3.37%) Power Platform Developer
12 21 (2.83%) Software Developer
13 19 (2.56%) Full-Stack Developer
14 18 (2.43%) Data Engineer
14 18 (2.43%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 18 (2.43%) Solutions Architect
15 17 (2.29%) Junior
15 17 (2.29%) Senior Analyst
15 17 (2.29%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (14.56%) .NET
2 83 (11.19%) React
3 56 (7.55%) ASP.NET
4 52 (7.01%) REST
5 51 (6.87%) .NET Core
6 50 (6.74%) ASP.NET Core
7 44 (5.93%) Node.js
8 41 (5.53%) CSS
9 36 (4.85%) HTML
10 34 (4.58%) Terraform
11 32 (4.31%) Playwright
12 24 (3.23%) ASP.NET Web API
12 24 (3.23%) Entity Framework
13 22 (2.96%) Spring
14 21 (2.83%) Blazor
14 21 (2.83%) RESTful
15 18 (2.43%) JSON
16 16 (2.16%) LINQ
16 16 (2.16%) XML
17 14 (1.89%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 41 (5.53%) Product Ownership
2 33 (4.45%) Enterprise Software
3 26 (3.50%) Cloud Native
3 26 (3.50%) Self-Motivation
4 25 (3.37%) PMI
5 23 (3.10%) Greenfield Project
6 22 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
6 22 (2.96%) Management Information System
7 20 (2.70%) Mobile App
8 17 (2.29%) Analytical Mindset
8 17 (2.29%) Onboarding
9 16 (2.16%) Driving Licence
10 14 (1.89%) Virtual Team
11 13 (1.75%) AI Agents
12 12 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
13 9 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
13 9 (1.21%) Low-Code
14 8 (1.08%) IoT
14 8 (1.08%) Renewable Energy
15 7 (0.94%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 36 (4.85%) Linux
2 12 (1.62%) Windows
3 8 (1.08%) Unix
4 5 (0.67%) Android
5 4 (0.54%) Kali Linux
6 3 (0.40%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.40%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.27%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (26.82%) Continuous Improvement
2 162 (21.83%) Mentoring
3 159 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 152 (20.49%) CI/CD
5 137 (18.46%) Stakeholder Management
6 133 (17.92%) AI
7 131 (17.65%) DevOps
8 118 (15.90%) Scrum
9 106 (14.29%) Decision-Making
10 101 (13.61%) Coaching
11 98 (13.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 86 (11.59%) Project Management
13 84 (11.32%) Full-Stack Development
14 80 (10.78%) Roadmaps
15 79 (10.65%) Software Engineering
16 77 (10.38%) Business Intelligence
17 75 (10.11%) SDLC
18 73 (9.84%) Test Automation
19 72 (9.70%) Microservices
20 68 (9.16%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 172 (23.18%) SQL
2 138 (18.60%) C#
3 97 (13.07%) JavaScript
4 80 (10.78%) Java
5 62 (8.36%) TypeScript
6 51 (6.87%) Python
7 21 (2.83%) PL/SQL
8 19 (2.56%) Bash
9 17 (2.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 16 (2.16%) C++
11 12 (1.62%) C
11 12 (1.62%) MATLAB
11 12 (1.62%) PowerShell
12 9 (1.21%) PHP
13 8 (1.08%) Embedded C
14 5 (0.67%) Perl
15 4 (0.54%) R
15 4 (0.54%) RPG
15 4 (0.54%) RPG IV
15 4 (0.54%) RPG/400
Qualifications
1 122 (16.44%) Degree
2 113 (15.23%) Security Cleared
3 104 (14.02%) SC Cleared
4 41 (5.53%) PMI Certification
5 29 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (2.96%) Azure Certification
7 21 (2.83%) PMP
8 16 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
10 13 (1.75%) DV Cleared
11 12 (1.62%) ISTQB
11 12 (1.62%) Master's Degree
12 11 (1.48%) ISEB
13 6 (0.81%) AWS Certification
13 6 (0.81%) CISSP
13 6 (0.81%) Oracle Certification
14 5 (0.67%) CISM
14 5 (0.67%) TOGAF Certification
15 4 (0.54%) CCNP
15 4 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (9.30%) QA
2 60 (8.09%) Accessibility
3 32 (4.31%) Data Quality
4 29 (3.91%) GDPR
5 15 (2.02%) WCAG
6 11 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.48%) PMO
7 8 (1.08%) GRC
8 5 (0.67%) NCSC
9 4 (0.54%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.40%) SLA
11 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.27%) IEC 61131
11 2 (0.27%) NIST
11 2 (0.27%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.27%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.13%) COBIT
12 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 55 (7.41%) Docker
2 12 (1.62%) Embedded Firmware
2 12 (1.62%) Firmware
3 3 (0.40%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 64 (8.63%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.67%) Ansible
4 4 (0.54%) Grafana
4 4 (0.54%) HP Fortify
5 2 (0.27%) Bosun
5 2 (0.27%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.27%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.27%) Puppet
6 1 (0.13%) Argo
6 1 (0.13%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 152 (20.49%) Microsoft
2 45 (6.06%) SAP
3 37 (4.99%) Oracle
4 25 (3.37%) ServiceNow
5 20 (2.70%) Salesforce
6 14 (1.89%) Databricks
7 13 (1.75%) Google
8 11 (1.48%) Pega
9 10 (1.35%) IFS
9 10 (1.35%) YouTube
10 9 (1.21%) Infor
10 9 (1.21%) Workday
11 8 (1.08%) MuleSoft
12 6 (0.81%) Cisco
12 6 (0.81%) Veracode
13 5 (0.67%) Altera
13 5 (0.67%) Facebook
13 5 (0.67%) Microsemi
13 5 (0.67%) OpenAI
13 5 (0.67%) Xilinx