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 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 9 4
Rank change year-on-year -20 -5 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 496 784 989
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.25% 12.46% 16.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.73% 13.77% 18.50%
Number of salaries quoted 359 399 858
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £49,236 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,250 £84,964 £78,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -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 6,420 5,694 5,346
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 80.93% 90.48% 86.53%
Number of salaries quoted 3,571 2,534 4,404
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 17 January 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 17 January 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 -19 335 £62,000 +3.33% 188
East Midlands -20 157 £55,000 -8.33% 140
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 24 (4.84%) Confluence
2 8 (1.61%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.41%) CMS
4 6 (1.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (1.01%) SAS
6 4 (0.81%) Apache
6 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.81%) nginx
7 3 (0.60%) IIS
7 3 (0.60%) WordPress
8 2 (0.40%) Appian
9 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 13 (2.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.42%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (1.81%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (1.61%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.81%) Adobe Illustrator
5 4 (0.81%) Photoshop
5 4 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.60%) Trello
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.20%) Simulink
7 1 (0.20%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 22 (4.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.61%) Shopify
3 3 (0.60%) Maximo
3 3 (0.60%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.40%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 2 (0.40%) iTrent
4 2 (0.40%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.20%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.20%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.20%) TRIRIGA
5 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 149 (30.04%) Azure
2 68 (13.71%) AWS
3 54 (10.89%) Power Platform
4 46 (9.27%) Azure DevOps
5 45 (9.07%) SaaS
6 34 (6.85%) Dynamics 365
7 21 (4.23%) PowerApps
8 20 (4.03%) Microsoft 365
9 17 (3.43%) Power Automate
10 14 (2.82%) GCP
11 11 (2.22%) Azure Data Factory
12 10 (2.02%) PaaS
13 9 (1.81%) Serverless
14 7 (1.41%) GitHub
15 6 (1.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 6 (1.21%) Entra ID
16 5 (1.01%) Amazon S3
16 5 (1.01%) Azure Logic Apps
16 5 (1.01%) IaaS
17 4 (0.81%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.81%) DNS
2 5 (1.01%) DHCP
2 5 (1.01%) WAN
3 4 (0.81%) Internet
3 4 (0.81%) LAN
3 4 (0.81%) Modbus
3 4 (0.81%) SSL
3 4 (0.81%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.81%) VPN
4 3 (0.60%) 3G
4 3 (0.60%) 4G
4 3 (0.60%) Broadband
4 3 (0.60%) GPRS
4 3 (0.60%) GSM
4 3 (0.60%) HTTP
4 3 (0.60%) Intranet
4 3 (0.60%) RS-232
4 3 (0.60%) RS-485
5 2 (0.40%) FTP
5 2 (0.40%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (5.65%) Data Warehouse
1 28 (5.65%) Power BI
2 23 (4.64%) SQL Server
3 20 (4.03%) Data Lake
3 20 (4.03%) MySQL
4 9 (1.81%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 9 (1.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (1.41%) Metadata
5 7 (1.41%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.01%) NoSQL
6 5 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.81%) BusinessObjects
7 4 (0.81%) Pentaho
8 3 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.60%) Tableau
9 2 (0.40%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.40%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.40%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 52 (10.48%) JIRA
2 40 (8.06%) Git
3 10 (2.02%) JUnit
4 9 (1.81%) GitLab
4 9 (1.81%) Mockito
4 9 (1.81%) Selenium
5 8 (1.61%) Jenkins
5 8 (1.61%) Maven
6 7 (1.41%) Subversion
7 6 (1.21%) Postman
8 5 (1.01%) Cucumber
8 5 (1.01%) Vite
9 4 (0.81%) Rational DOORS
10 3 (0.60%) git-flow
10 3 (0.60%) TestRail
11 2 (0.40%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.40%) Gatling
11 2 (0.40%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.40%) Vagrant
12 1 (0.20%) NUnit
General
1 159 (32.06%) Social Skills
2 129 (26.01%) Finance
3 63 (12.70%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (10.48%) Public Sector
5 38 (7.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (6.45%) Law
7 30 (6.05%) Legal
8 27 (5.44%) Marketing
9 20 (4.03%) Retail
10 15 (3.02%) Manufacturing
11 14 (2.82%) Local Government
11 14 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (2.62%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (2.02%) Electronics
14 10 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (1.81%) Fire and Rescue
16 8 (1.61%) Banking
17 6 (1.21%) Billing
17 6 (1.21%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 103 (20.77%) Developer
2 81 (16.33%) Senior
3 66 (13.31%) Lead
4 53 (10.69%) Analyst
5 32 (6.45%) Project Manager
6 29 (5.85%) Architect
7 28 (5.65%) Data Engineer
8 26 (5.24%) Business Analyst
9 22 (4.44%) IT Manager
10 21 (4.23%) Java Developer
10 21 (4.23%) Senior Developer
11 20 (4.03%) Product Owner
12 18 (3.63%) Senior Data Engineer
13 16 (3.23%) IT Project Manager
14 15 (3.02%) C# Developer
15 14 (2.82%) Delivery Manager
15 14 (2.82%) Dynamics 365 Developer
15 14 (2.82%) PHP Developer
15 14 (2.82%) Senior Manager
16 13 (2.62%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (10.89%) .NET
2 30 (6.05%) React
3 24 (4.84%) HTML
4 23 (4.64%) CSS
5 18 (3.63%) REST
6 16 (3.23%) Laravel
6 16 (3.23%) Spring
7 15 (3.02%) EDI
8 11 (2.22%) .NET Framework
9 10 (2.02%) AngularJS
9 10 (2.02%) Spring Boot
9 10 (2.02%) Symfony
10 9 (1.81%) Middleware
10 9 (1.81%) RESTful
11 8 (1.61%) jQuery
11 8 (1.61%) YAML
12 7 (1.41%) CakePHP
12 7 (1.41%) CodeIgniter
12 7 (1.41%) Node.js
12 7 (1.41%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 56 (11.29%) Product Ownership
2 23 (4.64%) Management Information System
3 21 (4.23%) Cloud Native
4 19 (3.83%) Enterprise Software
5 17 (3.43%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.02%) Data Centre
6 10 (2.02%) NHS
7 9 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.41%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.21%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (1.01%) Embedded Systems
11 5 (1.01%) IoT
11 5 (1.01%) Legacy Applications
11 5 (1.01%) Social Media
11 5 (1.01%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (0.81%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 26 (5.24%) Linux
2 15 (3.02%) Windows
3 3 (0.60%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (0.60%) FreeRTOS
3 3 (0.60%) Mac OS
3 3 (0.60%) Windows 10
3 3 (0.60%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.40%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.40%) Mac OS X
4 2 (0.40%) Unix
4 2 (0.40%) VMS
5 1 (0.20%) Android
5 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (22.18%) Continuous Improvement
2 109 (21.98%) DevOps
3 98 (19.76%) Problem-Solving
4 81 (16.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 75 (15.12%) Mentoring
6 73 (14.72%) CI/CD
7 71 (14.31%) Scrum
8 67 (13.51%) Project Management
9 58 (11.69%) SDLC
10 57 (11.49%) Waterfall
11 51 (10.28%) Project Delivery
12 49 (9.88%) Roadmaps
13 48 (9.68%) Coaching
14 47 (9.48%) Migration
15 46 (9.27%) Software Engineering
16 45 (9.07%) Analytics
17 44 (8.87%) CRM
17 44 (8.87%) User Experience
18 41 (8.27%) Decision-Making
19 39 (7.86%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 100 (20.16%) SQL
2 63 (12.70%) C#
3 58 (11.69%) JavaScript
4 43 (8.67%) Python
5 40 (8.06%) Java
6 35 (7.06%) TypeScript
7 23 (4.64%) PHP
8 17 (3.43%) Bash
9 9 (1.81%) PowerShell
10 8 (1.61%) C
10 8 (1.61%) PL/SQL
11 7 (1.41%) Go
12 6 (1.21%) C++
13 5 (1.01%) R
13 5 (1.01%) Scala
14 4 (0.81%) Ruby
15 3 (0.60%) Groovy
16 2 (0.40%) Perl
16 2 (0.40%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.40%) VBA
Qualifications
1 52 (10.48%) Degree
2 43 (8.67%) Security Cleared
3 31 (6.25%) SC Cleared
4 21 (4.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (2.62%) PMI Certification
6 11 (2.22%) PMP
7 10 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (2.02%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.41%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.21%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.01%) CITP
11 4 (0.81%) ACCA
11 4 (0.81%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (0.81%) CIMA
12 3 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.60%) IBM Certification
12 3 (0.60%) MBA
12 3 (0.60%) MCP
12 3 (0.60%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (13.10%) QA
2 12 (2.42%) Data Quality
3 9 (1.81%) GDPR
3 9 (1.81%) PMO
4 8 (1.61%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.61%) SLA
5 7 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 4 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.60%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 3 (0.60%) MISRA
7 3 (0.60%) WCAG
8 2 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.40%) NIST
9 1 (0.20%) COBIT
9 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.20%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.20%) NIST 800
System Software
1 31 (6.25%) Docker
2 10 (2.02%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.60%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (0.60%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 29 (5.85%) Kubernetes
2 23 (4.64%) Terraform
3 7 (1.41%) Ansible
4 3 (0.60%) Grafana
5 2 (0.40%) Argo
5 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.40%) Nagios
5 2 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.20%) CA Service Virtualization
6 1 (0.20%) Control-M
6 1 (0.20%) Kustomize
6 1 (0.20%) Nessus
6 1 (0.20%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.20%) Puppet
Vendors
1 80 (16.13%) Microsoft
2 36 (7.26%) Databricks
3 25 (5.04%) Oracle
4 15 (3.02%) Salesforce
4 15 (3.02%) SAP
5 8 (1.61%) IBM
6 7 (1.41%) Planon
7 6 (1.21%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.21%) Siemens
8 5 (1.01%) Google
8 5 (1.01%) Talend
8 5 (1.01%) Zoho
9 4 (0.81%) Adobe
9 4 (0.81%) Cisco
9 4 (0.81%) Remedy
9 4 (0.81%) Workday
10 3 (0.60%) Cloudera
10 3 (0.60%) Guidewire
10 3 (0.60%) Informatica
10 3 (0.60%) QAD