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 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 9 5
Rank change year-on-year -26 -4 -4
Permanent jobs citing Agile 618 617 1,728
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.78% 12.16% 14.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.59% 13.55% 18.09%
Number of salaries quoted 432 363 1,292
10th Percentile £34,300 £32,000 £35,550
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.36% +8.18% -1.79%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £79,809 £81,786
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +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 9,379 4,553 9,551
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 72.57% 89.70% 81.77%
Number of salaries quoted 5,656 2,607 7,160
10th Percentile £29,250 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £38,625 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,250 £63,750 £62,200
90th Percentile £81,250 £76,350 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 9 May 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 9 May 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 -25 382 £60,000 +1.91% 156
East Midlands 0 234 £55,000 -8.33% 108
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 42 (6.80%) Confluence
2 12 (1.94%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.62%) CMS
4 9 (1.46%) SAS
5 5 (0.81%) nginx
6 4 (0.65%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (0.49%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.49%) IIS
8 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.16%) Apache
9 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.16%) Drupal
9 1 (0.16%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 11 (1.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.62%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (1.29%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.81%) Adobe Illustrator
4 5 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.81%) Photoshop
5 4 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.32%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.16%) Revit
7 1 (0.16%) Simulink
7 1 (0.16%) Sketch
7 1 (0.16%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (0.97%) Workday HCM
2 5 (0.81%) Shopify
3 4 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.32%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.16%) Maximo
6 1 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.16%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 172 (27.83%) Azure
2 82 (13.27%) AWS
3 53 (8.58%) Azure DevOps
4 50 (8.09%) Power Platform
5 26 (4.21%) Microsoft 365
6 23 (3.72%) SaaS
7 17 (2.75%) Serverless
8 16 (2.59%) GCP
8 16 (2.59%) IaaS
9 14 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
10 13 (2.10%) PaaS
11 12 (1.94%) Entra ID
12 11 (1.78%) AWS CloudFormation
12 11 (1.78%) PowerApps
13 8 (1.29%) Amazon S3
13 8 (1.29%) Azure AKS
13 8 (1.29%) Power Automate
14 7 (1.13%) Azure Key Vault
14 7 (1.13%) Azure Storage
14 7 (1.13%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.46%) DNS
2 4 (0.65%) Broadband
2 4 (0.65%) WAN
3 3 (0.49%) 4G
4 2 (0.32%) 5G
4 2 (0.32%) LAN
5 1 (0.16%) BGP
5 1 (0.16%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.16%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (0.16%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (0.16%) Hyperconnected
5 1 (0.16%) Internet
5 1 (0.16%) Intranet
5 1 (0.16%) IOS XR
5 1 (0.16%) MPLS
5 1 (0.16%) RFID
5 1 (0.16%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (5.02%) Power BI
2 18 (2.91%) Data Warehouse
2 18 (2.91%) SQL Server
3 16 (2.59%) Data Lake
4 13 (2.10%) MongoDB
5 12 (1.94%) Azure SQL Database
6 11 (1.78%) MySQL
7 7 (1.13%) NoSQL
7 7 (1.13%) Pentaho
8 6 (0.97%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.97%) DynamoDB
8 6 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (0.97%) Metadata
9 4 (0.65%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.32%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.32%) InfluxDB
10 2 (0.32%) Looker
10 2 (0.32%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 76 (12.30%) JIRA
2 29 (4.69%) Git
3 11 (1.78%) Selenium
3 11 (1.78%) XCUITest
4 10 (1.62%) Cucumber
5 8 (1.29%) GitLab
5 8 (1.29%) Postman
6 7 (1.13%) Gatling
6 7 (1.13%) Zephyr
7 6 (0.97%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.97%) Jenkins
7 6 (0.97%) JMeter
7 6 (0.97%) JUnit
7 6 (0.97%) Maven
7 6 (0.97%) Mockito
8 5 (0.81%) Subversion
8 5 (0.81%) TestRail
8 5 (0.81%) Vite
9 4 (0.65%) LoadRunner
9 4 (0.65%) REST Assured
General
1 191 (30.91%) Social Skills
2 173 (27.99%) Finance
3 86 (13.92%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (9.22%) Public Sector
5 55 (8.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (6.31%) Law
7 33 (5.34%) Retail
8 22 (3.56%) Marketing
9 17 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
10 16 (2.59%) Legal
11 15 (2.43%) Banking
12 14 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
14 11 (1.78%) Manufacturing
15 10 (1.62%) Electronics
16 7 (1.13%) Advertising
17 6 (0.97%) Games
17 6 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
18 5 (0.81%) Aerospace
18 5 (0.81%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 128 (20.71%) Senior
2 96 (15.53%) Analyst
3 81 (13.11%) Developer
4 64 (10.36%) Lead
5 51 (8.25%) Business Analyst
6 47 (7.61%) Project Manager
7 40 (6.47%) Delivery Manager
8 35 (5.66%) Senior Manager
9 33 (5.34%) Data Engineer
10 32 (5.18%) Architect
10 32 (5.18%) Product Owner
11 29 (4.69%) Senior Analyst
12 22 (3.56%) .NET Developer
13 21 (3.40%) IT Manager
14 20 (3.24%) Senior Data Engineer
15 19 (3.07%) Digital Analyst
16 18 (2.91%) Software Developer
17 17 (2.75%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 16 (2.59%) Account Manager
18 16 (2.59%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (6.15%) React
2 34 (5.50%) .NET
3 22 (3.56%) CSS
4 19 (3.07%) Node.js
5 17 (2.75%) HTML
6 16 (2.59%) ASP.NET
6 16 (2.59%) ASP.NET Core
7 14 (2.27%) EDI
7 14 (2.27%) RESTful
8 13 (2.10%) Playwright
8 13 (2.10%) REST
9 11 (1.78%) .NET Core
9 11 (1.78%) AngularJS
9 11 (1.78%) AWS CDK
9 11 (1.78%) Next.js
10 10 (1.62%) Laravel
10 10 (1.62%) Middleware
11 9 (1.46%) Vue
11 9 (1.46%) YAML
12 8 (1.29%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 71 (11.49%) Product Ownership
2 32 (5.18%) Management Information System
3 27 (4.37%) Mobile App
4 18 (2.91%) Greenfield Project
5 17 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
6 16 (2.59%) Onboarding
7 15 (2.43%) Cloud Native
8 14 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (1.78%) Virtual Team
10 10 (1.62%) Low-Code
11 9 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
11 9 (1.46%) Cyber Defence
12 7 (1.13%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (0.97%) Driving Licence
14 5 (0.81%) Embedded Systems
14 5 (0.81%) Mobile Computing
14 5 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
15 3 (0.49%) Cyber Threat
15 3 (0.49%) Distributed Systems
15 3 (0.49%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.56%) Linux
2 15 (2.43%) Windows
3 12 (1.94%) Apple iOS
4 8 (1.29%) Android
5 3 (0.49%) Kali Linux
5 3 (0.49%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.32%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (22.65%) Continuous Improvement
2 131 (21.20%) Mentoring
3 111 (17.96%) Problem-Solving
4 101 (16.34%) DevOps
5 100 (16.18%) Coaching
6 98 (15.86%) Stakeholder Management
7 88 (14.24%) CI/CD
8 75 (12.14%) Scrum
9 71 (11.49%) Project Management
9 71 (11.49%) Roadmaps
10 68 (11.00%) Test Automation
11 66 (10.68%) Analytics
12 61 (9.87%) Decision-Making
13 57 (9.22%) Waterfall
14 55 (8.90%) AI
14 55 (8.90%) Computer Science
14 55 (8.90%) Project Delivery
15 54 (8.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 52 (8.41%) Business Strategy
16 52 (8.41%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 112 (18.12%) SQL
2 59 (9.55%) C#
3 46 (7.44%) JavaScript
4 44 (7.12%) Python
4 44 (7.12%) TypeScript
5 39 (6.31%) Java
6 24 (3.88%) PHP
7 23 (3.72%) Bash
8 14 (2.27%) PowerShell
9 8 (1.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (1.13%) C++
11 6 (0.97%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.81%) C
12 5 (0.81%) R
12 5 (0.81%) Swift
13 4 (0.65%) Go
14 3 (0.49%) VBA
15 2 (0.32%) Apex Code
15 2 (0.32%) RPG/400
15 2 (0.32%) Scala
Qualifications
1 73 (11.81%) Degree
2 47 (7.61%) Security Cleared
3 35 (5.66%) SC Cleared
4 19 (3.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (2.59%) PMI Certification
6 15 (2.43%) PMP
7 13 (2.10%) Master's Degree
8 12 (1.94%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.94%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.62%) CITP
10 9 (1.46%) CISSP
10 9 (1.46%) CompTIA Security+
11 8 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (1.13%) CISA
12 7 (1.13%) SSCP
13 6 (0.97%) ISTQB
14 5 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
14 5 (0.81%) ISEB
14 5 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 4 (0.65%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (14.56%) QA
2 33 (5.34%) Accessibility
3 15 (2.43%) Data Quality
3 15 (2.43%) SLA
4 13 (2.10%) GDPR
4 13 (2.10%) NIST
5 7 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.13%) ITGC
6 4 (0.65%) PMO
6 4 (0.65%) WCAG
7 3 (0.49%) Software Quality Assurance
8 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.32%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.16%) GRC
9 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 32 (5.18%) Docker
2 9 (1.46%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 39 (6.31%) Kubernetes
2 24 (3.88%) Terraform
3 10 (1.62%) Grafana
4 5 (0.81%) Ansible
5 3 (0.49%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.49%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.32%) Argo
6 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.16%) Control-M
7 1 (0.16%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.16%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 89 (14.40%) Microsoft
2 28 (4.53%) Databricks
3 24 (3.88%) Oracle
4 15 (2.43%) Salesforce
5 14 (2.27%) SAP
6 12 (1.94%) ServiceNow
7 11 (1.78%) Google
8 9 (1.46%) IBM
9 8 (1.29%) Planon
9 8 (1.29%) Talend
10 6 (0.97%) Cloudera
10 6 (0.97%) Informatica
10 6 (0.97%) Workday
11 5 (0.81%) Apple
11 5 (0.81%) Zoho
12 4 (0.65%) Dynatrace
13 3 (0.49%) CrowdStrike
13 3 (0.49%) ESRI
13 3 (0.49%) QAD
13 3 (0.49%) Veracode