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

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 10 5
Rank change year-on-year -25 -5 -4
Permanent jobs citing Agile 602 593 1,726
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.67% 11.70% 14.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.43% 13.12% 18.21%
Number of salaries quoted 419 368 1,295
10th Percentile £34,250 £32,000 £35,617
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -2.65%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,048 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £65,576 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.32% +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 9,369 4,519 9,476
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 72.67% 89.15% 82.16%
Number of salaries quoted 5,609 2,612 7,120
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £34,834
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £61,563
90th Percentile £81,250 £77,000 £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 5 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 5 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 -25 373 £60,000 +0.84% 181
East Midlands -3 227 £55,000 -8.33% 110
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 43 (7.14%) Confluence
2 11 (1.83%) CMS
2 11 (1.83%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.50%) SAS
4 5 (0.83%) nginx
4 5 (0.83%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (0.50%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.50%) IIS
6 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.17%) Apache
7 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.17%) Drupal
7 1 (0.17%) PowerFactory
7 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
1 12 (1.99%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (1.33%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.83%) Adobe Illustrator
3 5 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.83%) Photoshop
4 4 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.33%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.17%) Revit
6 1 (0.17%) Simulink
6 1 (0.17%) Sketch
6 1 (0.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (1.00%) Workday HCM
2 5 (0.83%) Shopify
3 4 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.33%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.17%) Maximo
6 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.17%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 158 (26.25%) Azure
2 78 (12.96%) AWS
3 50 (8.31%) Power Platform
4 49 (8.14%) Azure DevOps
5 25 (4.15%) Microsoft 365
6 24 (3.99%) SaaS
7 17 (2.82%) Serverless
8 15 (2.49%) GCP
9 14 (2.33%) IaaS
10 13 (2.16%) Dynamics 365
11 12 (1.99%) Entra ID
11 12 (1.99%) PaaS
12 11 (1.83%) AWS CloudFormation
13 10 (1.66%) PowerApps
14 8 (1.33%) Amazon S3
14 8 (1.33%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (1.33%) GitHub
15 7 (1.16%) Power Automate
16 6 (1.00%) Amazon Cognito
16 6 (1.00%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.16%) DNS
2 4 (0.66%) Broadband
2 4 (0.66%) WAN
3 3 (0.50%) 4G
4 2 (0.33%) 5G
4 2 (0.33%) LAN
5 1 (0.17%) BGP
5 1 (0.17%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.17%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (0.17%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (0.17%) Hyperconnected
5 1 (0.17%) Internet
5 1 (0.17%) Intranet
5 1 (0.17%) IOS XR
5 1 (0.17%) MPLS
5 1 (0.17%) RFID
5 1 (0.17%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (5.15%) Power BI
2 19 (3.16%) Data Warehouse
2 19 (3.16%) SQL Server
3 17 (2.82%) Data Lake
4 11 (1.83%) MySQL
5 7 (1.16%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 7 (1.16%) Metadata
5 7 (1.16%) NoSQL
5 7 (1.16%) Pentaho
6 6 (1.00%) DynamoDB
6 6 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.83%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.50%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.50%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.33%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.33%) InfluxDB
10 2 (0.33%) Looker
10 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 76 (12.62%) JIRA
2 30 (4.98%) Git
3 13 (2.16%) Selenium
4 11 (1.83%) Cucumber
4 11 (1.83%) XCUITest
5 9 (1.50%) GitLab
6 8 (1.33%) Postman
7 7 (1.16%) Gatling
7 7 (1.16%) Jenkins
7 7 (1.16%) Zephyr
8 6 (1.00%) Cypress.io
8 6 (1.00%) JMeter
8 6 (1.00%) JUnit
9 5 (0.83%) Maven
9 5 (0.83%) Mockito
9 5 (0.83%) Subversion
9 5 (0.83%) TestRail
9 5 (0.83%) Vite
10 4 (0.66%) LoadRunner
10 4 (0.66%) REST Assured
General
1 195 (32.39%) Social Skills
2 176 (29.24%) Finance
3 90 (14.95%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (9.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 56 (9.30%) Public Sector
6 38 (6.31%) Law
7 29 (4.82%) Retail
8 24 (3.99%) Marketing
9 18 (2.99%) Legal
10 17 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (2.49%) Documentation Skills
12 14 (2.33%) Banking
12 14 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (1.66%) Electronics
14 9 (1.50%) Manufacturing
15 7 (1.16%) Advertising
15 7 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (1.00%) Games
16 6 (1.00%) Telecoms
17 5 (0.83%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 127 (21.10%) Senior
2 94 (15.61%) Analyst
3 69 (11.46%) Developer
4 65 (10.80%) Lead
5 51 (8.47%) Business Analyst
6 48 (7.97%) Project Manager
7 39 (6.48%) Delivery Manager
8 36 (5.98%) Senior Manager
9 32 (5.32%) Data Engineer
9 32 (5.32%) Product Owner
10 31 (5.15%) Architect
11 29 (4.82%) Senior Analyst
12 23 (3.82%) IT Manager
13 19 (3.16%) Digital Analyst
13 19 (3.16%) Senior Data Engineer
14 18 (2.99%) Software Developer
15 17 (2.82%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 16 (2.66%) C# Developer
16 16 (2.66%) Senior Business Analyst
17 15 (2.49%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (5.48%) React
2 24 (3.99%) .NET
3 18 (2.99%) CSS
4 17 (2.82%) Node.js
5 13 (2.16%) EDI
5 13 (2.16%) HTML
6 12 (1.99%) AngularJS
6 12 (1.99%) Playwright
7 11 (1.83%) AWS CDK
7 11 (1.83%) Next.js
7 11 (1.83%) RESTful
8 10 (1.66%) Laravel
8 10 (1.66%) Middleware
8 10 (1.66%) REST
9 9 (1.50%) Vue
9 9 (1.50%) YAML
10 7 (1.16%) ASP.NET
10 7 (1.16%) ASP.NET Core
10 7 (1.16%) jQuery
11 6 (1.00%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 71 (11.79%) Product Ownership
2 32 (5.32%) Management Information System
3 24 (3.99%) Mobile App
4 17 (2.82%) Greenfield Project
5 16 (2.66%) Onboarding
6 15 (2.49%) Cloud Native
6 15 (2.49%) Enterprise Software
6 15 (2.49%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
7 11 (1.83%) Virtual Team
8 10 (1.66%) Low-Code
9 9 (1.50%) Cyber Defence
10 7 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.00%) Driving Licence
11 6 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (0.83%) Embedded Systems
12 5 (0.83%) Mobile Computing
13 4 (0.66%) Legacy Applications
14 3 (0.50%) Cyber Threat
14 3 (0.50%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.65%) Linux
2 15 (2.49%) Windows
3 12 (1.99%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.16%) Android
5 3 (0.50%) Kali Linux
5 3 (0.50%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (23.09%) Continuous Improvement
2 126 (20.93%) Mentoring
3 109 (18.11%) Problem-Solving
4 100 (16.61%) Coaching
5 98 (16.28%) Stakeholder Management
6 95 (15.78%) DevOps
7 78 (12.96%) CI/CD
8 73 (12.13%) Project Management
8 73 (12.13%) Scrum
9 70 (11.63%) Roadmaps
10 66 (10.96%) Test Automation
11 64 (10.63%) Analytics
12 61 (10.13%) Decision-Making
13 60 (9.97%) Waterfall
14 57 (9.47%) Project Delivery
15 54 (8.97%) Computer Science
15 54 (8.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 52 (8.64%) Business Strategy
17 48 (7.97%) AI
18 46 (7.64%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 100 (16.61%) SQL
2 48 (7.97%) C#
3 44 (7.31%) Python
4 40 (6.64%) Java
4 40 (6.64%) TypeScript
5 39 (6.48%) JavaScript
6 24 (3.99%) PHP
7 23 (3.82%) Bash
8 12 (1.99%) PowerShell
9 7 (1.16%) C++
9 7 (1.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (0.83%) C
10 5 (0.83%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.83%) R
10 5 (0.83%) Swift
11 4 (0.66%) Go
12 3 (0.50%) VBA
13 2 (0.33%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.33%) Scala
Qualifications
1 74 (12.29%) Degree
2 42 (6.98%) Security Cleared
3 30 (4.98%) SC Cleared
4 19 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.82%) PMI Certification
6 16 (2.66%) PMP
7 12 (1.99%) Master's Degree
8 11 (1.83%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.66%) Azure Certification
10 9 (1.50%) CISSP
10 9 (1.50%) CITP
10 9 (1.50%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (1.16%) CISA
11 7 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (1.16%) SSCP
12 6 (1.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 5 (0.83%) CIMA
13 5 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (0.83%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.66%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (14.62%) QA
2 31 (5.15%) Accessibility
3 15 (2.49%) Data Quality
3 15 (2.49%) SLA
4 13 (2.16%) NIST
5 12 (1.99%) GDPR
6 7 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.16%) ITGC
7 5 (0.83%) PMO
8 4 (0.66%) WCAG
9 3 (0.50%) Software Quality Assurance
10 2 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.33%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.17%) GRC
11 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 31 (5.15%) Docker
2 9 (1.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 35 (5.81%) Kubernetes
2 22 (3.65%) Terraform
3 11 (1.83%) Grafana
4 5 (0.83%) Ansible
5 3 (0.50%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.50%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.33%) Argo
6 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.17%) Control-M
7 1 (0.17%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.17%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 78 (12.96%) Microsoft
2 29 (4.82%) Databricks
3 24 (3.99%) Oracle
4 15 (2.49%) Salesforce
5 14 (2.33%) SAP
6 12 (1.99%) ServiceNow
7 10 (1.66%) Google
8 8 (1.33%) Planon
8 8 (1.33%) Talend
9 7 (1.16%) IBM
10 6 (1.00%) Cloudera
10 6 (1.00%) Informatica
10 6 (1.00%) Workday
11 5 (0.83%) Apple
11 5 (0.83%) Zoho
12 4 (0.66%) Dynatrace
13 3 (0.50%) Cisco
13 3 (0.50%) CrowdStrike
13 3 (0.50%) HP
13 3 (0.50%) Veracode