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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 10 7
Rank change year-on-year -8 -3 -5
Permanent jobs citing Agile 679 622 1,878
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.51% 12.50% 13.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.94% 14.05% 17.21%
Number of salaries quoted 458 352 1,248
10th Percentile £33,875 £31,375 £35,683
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -1.79%
75th Percentile £67,688 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -6.72%

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 8,556 4,427 10,911
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.43% 88.95% 79.04%
Number of salaries quoted 5,979 2,507 7,637
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,300 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.69% +3.16% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £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 12 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 12 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 -10 414 £57,500 - 141
East Midlands +14 264 £55,000 -1.79% 79
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 (6.04%) Confluence
2 10 (1.47%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.33%) CMS
4 8 (1.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (0.74%) SAS
6 4 (0.59%) nginx
6 4 (0.59%) PowerFactory
7 3 (0.44%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.29%) IIS
8 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.15%) Apache
9 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.15%) Drupal
Applications
1 10 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (1.47%) MS Visio
2 9 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.74%) Photoshop
5 4 (0.59%) Adobe Illustrator
5 4 (0.59%) AutoCAD
5 4 (0.59%) Revit
5 4 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.88%) Workday HCM
3 4 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.59%) Shopify
4 2 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.29%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.29%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.29%) 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
1 200 (29.46%) Azure
2 112 (16.49%) AWS
3 57 (8.39%) Power Platform
4 54 (7.95%) Azure DevOps
5 27 (3.98%) Microsoft 365
5 27 (3.98%) SaaS
6 23 (3.39%) PowerApps
6 23 (3.39%) Serverless
7 20 (2.95%) Power Automate
8 19 (2.80%) Dynamics 365
8 19 (2.80%) GCP
9 14 (2.06%) IaaS
10 13 (1.91%) AWS CloudFormation
11 12 (1.77%) PaaS
12 11 (1.62%) Amazon S3
13 9 (1.33%) Azure AKS
13 9 (1.33%) Azure Logic Apps
13 9 (1.33%) GitHub
13 9 (1.33%) Microsoft Copilot
14 8 (1.18%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.47%) DNS
2 3 (0.44%) Broadband
3 2 (0.29%) Firewall
3 2 (0.29%) Hyperconnected
3 2 (0.29%) Internet
3 2 (0.29%) LAN
3 2 (0.29%) WAN
4 1 (0.15%) BGP
4 1 (0.15%) DHCP
4 1 (0.15%) Diameter Protocol
4 1 (0.15%) Ethernet VPN
4 1 (0.15%) Intranet
4 1 (0.15%) IOS XR
4 1 (0.15%) MPLS
4 1 (0.15%) RTP
4 1 (0.15%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.15%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (0.15%) SS7
4 1 (0.15%) VoLTE
4 1 (0.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (6.04%) Power BI
2 31 (4.57%) MongoDB
3 26 (3.83%) Azure SQL Database
3 26 (3.83%) SQL Server
4 16 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (2.06%) Elasticsearch
6 12 (1.77%) Data Lake
6 12 (1.77%) MySQL
7 11 (1.62%) NoSQL
8 8 (1.18%) DynamoDB
8 8 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (0.74%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.59%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.59%) Metadata
11 3 (0.44%) Pentaho
11 3 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.29%) NonStop SQL
12 2 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
12 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 69 (10.16%) JIRA
2 33 (4.86%) Git
3 16 (2.36%) JUnit
4 13 (1.91%) Cucumber
4 13 (1.91%) Maven
4 13 (1.91%) Mockito
5 12 (1.77%) Selenium
5 12 (1.77%) XCUITest
6 9 (1.33%) Gatling
6 9 (1.33%) GitLab
6 9 (1.33%) Postman
7 7 (1.03%) Zephyr
8 6 (0.88%) Cypress.io
8 6 (0.88%) JMeter
9 5 (0.74%) Jenkins
10 4 (0.59%) LoadRunner
10 4 (0.59%) REST Assured
10 4 (0.59%) TestRail
10 4 (0.59%) Vite
11 3 (0.44%) HP UFT
General
1 201 (29.60%) Social Skills
2 179 (26.36%) Finance
3 91 (13.40%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (9.43%) Public Sector
5 51 (7.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 45 (6.63%) Law
7 37 (5.45%) Retail
8 30 (4.42%) Influencing Skills
9 19 (2.80%) Marketing
10 17 (2.50%) Banking
11 16 (2.36%) Manufacturing
12 15 (2.21%) Legal
13 12 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (1.18%) Games
16 7 (1.03%) Advertising
17 6 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
18 5 (0.74%) Electronics
19 4 (0.59%) Aerospace
19 4 (0.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 134 (19.73%) Senior
2 108 (15.91%) Developer
3 99 (14.58%) Analyst
4 76 (11.19%) Lead
5 54 (7.95%) Business Analyst
6 52 (7.66%) Project Manager
7 51 (7.51%) Delivery Manager
8 38 (5.60%) Senior Manager
9 37 (5.45%) .NET Developer
10 32 (4.71%) Architect
11 29 (4.27%) Product Owner
11 29 (4.27%) Senior Analyst
12 24 (3.53%) Data Engineer
12 24 (3.53%) IT Manager
13 21 (3.09%) Digital Analyst
13 21 (3.09%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 19 (2.80%) Account Manager
14 19 (2.80%) Software Engineer
15 18 (2.65%) Senior Developer
15 18 (2.65%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (10.01%) .NET
2 64 (9.43%) React
3 35 (5.15%) ASP.NET
4 34 (5.01%) ASP.NET Core
5 31 (4.57%) Node.js
6 29 (4.27%) .NET Core
7 28 (4.12%) CSS
8 26 (3.83%) HTML
9 24 (3.53%) REST
10 22 (3.24%) RESTful
11 16 (2.36%) AngularJS
11 16 (2.36%) ASP.NET Web API
11 16 (2.36%) Playwright
12 15 (2.21%) Entity Framework
12 15 (2.21%) Spring
13 14 (2.06%) Blazor
14 13 (1.91%) AWS CDK
14 13 (1.91%) Next.js
15 12 (1.77%) EDI
16 11 (1.62%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 67 (9.87%) Product Ownership
2 34 (5.01%) Mobile App
3 27 (3.98%) Management Information System
4 25 (3.68%) Greenfield Project
5 20 (2.95%) Legacy Systems
5 20 (2.95%) Onboarding
6 17 (2.50%) Cloud Native
7 16 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (1.62%) Low-Code
9 10 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (1.33%) Cyber Defence
11 8 (1.18%) AI Agents
11 8 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.18%) Driving Licence
11 8 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.18%) Virtual Team
12 5 (0.74%) Mobile Computing
13 4 (0.59%) AS400
13 4 (0.59%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 24 (3.53%) Linux
2 13 (1.91%) Apple iOS
3 12 (1.77%) Windows
4 10 (1.47%) Android
5 3 (0.44%) Kali Linux
5 3 (0.44%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (24.15%) Continuous Improvement
2 158 (23.27%) Mentoring
3 124 (18.26%) Coaching
4 123 (18.11%) Problem-Solving
5 118 (17.38%) CI/CD
6 110 (16.20%) DevOps
7 99 (14.58%) Stakeholder Management
8 85 (12.52%) Scrum
9 78 (11.49%) Roadmaps
10 77 (11.34%) Test Automation
11 76 (11.19%) Full-Stack Development
12 68 (10.01%) AI
12 68 (10.01%) Project Management
12 68 (10.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 66 (9.72%) Business Strategy
14 65 (9.57%) Decision-Making
15 62 (9.13%) Analytics
16 61 (8.98%) Waterfall
17 58 (8.54%) Microservices
17 58 (8.54%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 135 (19.88%) SQL
2 91 (13.40%) C#
3 75 (11.05%) JavaScript
4 58 (8.54%) TypeScript
5 57 (8.39%) Java
6 44 (6.48%) Python
7 22 (3.24%) Bash
8 19 (2.80%) PHP
9 15 (2.21%) PL/SQL
10 14 (2.06%) PowerShell
11 11 (1.62%) C++
12 9 (1.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 6 (0.88%) R
14 5 (0.74%) Swift
15 4 (0.59%) C
15 4 (0.59%) RPG
15 4 (0.59%) RPG IV
15 4 (0.59%) RPG/400
16 3 (0.44%) Scala
16 3 (0.44%) VBA
Qualifications
1 75 (11.05%) Degree
2 53 (7.81%) Security Cleared
3 43 (6.33%) SC Cleared
4 20 (2.95%) PMP
5 19 (2.80%) PMI Certification
6 18 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (2.06%) Master's Degree
8 13 (1.91%) Azure Certification
9 11 (1.62%) CISSP
10 10 (1.47%) CITP
10 10 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (1.33%) CompTIA Security+
11 9 (1.33%) DV Cleared
12 8 (1.18%) ISTQB
13 7 (1.03%) CISA
13 7 (1.03%) ISEB
13 7 (1.03%) SSCP
14 5 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 4 (0.59%) CIMA
15 4 (0.59%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (12.52%) QA
2 40 (5.89%) Accessibility
3 18 (2.65%) GDPR
4 15 (2.21%) SLA
5 14 (2.06%) Data Quality
5 14 (2.06%) NIST
6 8 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.03%) ITGC
7 7 (1.03%) PMO
8 6 (0.88%) WCAG
9 3 (0.44%) Software Quality Assurance
10 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.29%) GRC
11 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.15%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.15%) NCSC
11 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 40 (5.89%) Docker
2 5 (0.74%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 49 (7.22%) Kubernetes
2 23 (3.39%) Terraform
3 10 (1.47%) Grafana
4 3 (0.44%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.44%) HP Fortify
5 2 (0.29%) Ansible
5 2 (0.29%) Argo
5 2 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.15%) Control-M
6 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.15%) Kustomize
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.15%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 109 (16.05%) Microsoft
2 33 (4.86%) Oracle
3 20 (2.95%) Databricks
4 16 (2.36%) Salesforce
5 15 (2.21%) SAP
6 12 (1.77%) Google
6 12 (1.77%) ServiceNow
7 10 (1.47%) IBM
8 8 (1.18%) Planon
9 6 (0.88%) IFS
9 6 (0.88%) Workday
10 5 (0.74%) Apple
11 4 (0.59%) DIgSILENT
11 4 (0.59%) Dynatrace
11 4 (0.59%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.59%) Talend
12 3 (0.44%) Cloudera
12 3 (0.44%) HP
12 3 (0.44%) Informatica
12 3 (0.44%) Veracode