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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 9 4
Rank change year-on-year -24 -5 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 598 547 1,711
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.00% 11.34% 15.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.75% 12.69% 18.55%
Number of salaries quoted 405 370 1,323
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,188 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £59,465 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.30% +8.12% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £68,125
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,125 £81,250
England median annual salary £66,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +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 8,853 4,311 9,223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 74.00% 89.38% 82.53%
Number of salaries quoted 5,190 2,581 7,098
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +7.37% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,640 £65,000 £62,200
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 16 April 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 April 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 -25 370 £60,000 +0.42% 158
East Midlands -5 227 £55,000 -6.78% 90
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 48 (8.03%) Confluence
2 13 (2.17%) CMS
2 13 (2.17%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.51%) SAS
4 5 (0.84%) nginx
4 5 (0.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (0.50%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.50%) IIS
5 3 (0.50%) WordPress
6 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.17%) Apache
7 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.17%) Drupal
Applications
1 13 (2.17%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (1.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.51%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.84%) Adobe Illustrator
4 5 (0.84%) Photoshop
5 3 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.33%) Trello
7 1 (0.17%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.17%) Simulink
7 1 (0.17%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (1.00%) Workday HCM
2 5 (0.84%) Shopify
3 4 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.33%) Maximo
5 2 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.33%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.17%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 159 (26.59%) Azure
2 74 (12.37%) AWS
3 54 (9.03%) Power Platform
4 52 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
5 27 (4.52%) Microsoft 365
5 27 (4.52%) SaaS
6 19 (3.18%) Dynamics 365
7 15 (2.51%) GCP
7 15 (2.51%) Serverless
8 12 (2.01%) IaaS
8 12 (2.01%) PaaS
8 12 (2.01%) PowerApps
9 11 (1.84%) Entra ID
10 9 (1.51%) Power Automate
11 8 (1.34%) Amazon S3
11 8 (1.34%) AWS CloudFormation
11 8 (1.34%) Azure Data Factory
12 7 (1.17%) GitHub
12 7 (1.17%) Microsoft Copilot
13 6 (1.00%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.84%) DNS
1 5 (0.84%) WAN
2 4 (0.67%) Broadband
3 3 (0.50%) 4G
3 3 (0.50%) LAN
4 2 (0.33%) 5G
4 2 (0.33%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.33%) Wireless
5 1 (0.17%) BGP
5 1 (0.17%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.17%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (0.17%) Firewall
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%) Modbus
5 1 (0.17%) MPLS
5 1 (0.17%) RFID
5 1 (0.17%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (5.69%) Power BI
2 20 (3.34%) Data Warehouse
2 20 (3.34%) SQL Server
3 18 (3.01%) MySQL
4 17 (2.84%) Data Lake
5 8 (1.34%) NoSQL
6 7 (1.17%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.17%) Metadata
6 7 (1.17%) Pentaho
7 6 (1.00%) DynamoDB
8 5 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.50%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.50%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.33%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.33%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 2 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.33%) InfluxDB
10 2 (0.33%) Looker
Development Applications
1 79 (13.21%) JIRA
2 31 (5.18%) Git
3 12 (2.01%) Selenium
4 11 (1.84%) XCUITest
5 10 (1.67%) Cucumber
6 7 (1.17%) JUnit
6 7 (1.17%) Postman
6 7 (1.17%) Zephyr
7 6 (1.00%) GitLab
7 6 (1.00%) Maven
7 6 (1.00%) Mockito
8 5 (0.84%) Gatling
8 5 (0.84%) JMeter
8 5 (0.84%) Subversion
8 5 (0.84%) TestRail
8 5 (0.84%) Vite
9 4 (0.67%) Jenkins
10 3 (0.50%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.50%) Locust
10 3 (0.50%) Toad
General
1 206 (34.45%) Social Skills
2 184 (30.77%) Finance
3 95 (15.89%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (10.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 59 (9.87%) Public Sector
6 41 (6.86%) Law
7 30 (5.02%) Retail
8 28 (4.68%) Marketing
9 24 (4.01%) Legal
10 16 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
10 16 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (2.51%) Organisational Skills
12 12 (2.01%) Banking
12 12 (2.01%) Manufacturing
13 10 (1.67%) Electronics
13 10 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (1.51%) Advertising
15 6 (1.00%) Games
15 6 (1.00%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.84%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 129 (21.57%) Senior
2 93 (15.55%) Analyst
3 80 (13.38%) Developer
4 71 (11.87%) Lead
5 48 (8.03%) Business Analyst
6 47 (7.86%) Project Manager
7 34 (5.69%) Delivery Manager
7 34 (5.69%) Senior Manager
8 32 (5.35%) Data Engineer
8 32 (5.35%) Product Owner
9 30 (5.02%) Senior Analyst
10 28 (4.68%) Architect
11 23 (3.85%) IT Manager
12 20 (3.34%) Digital Analyst
13 19 (3.18%) Senior Data Engineer
14 17 (2.84%) IT Project Manager
14 17 (2.84%) Senior Business Analyst
14 17 (2.84%) Software Developer
15 16 (2.68%) C# Developer
15 16 (2.68%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (5.69%) React
2 30 (5.02%) .NET
3 22 (3.68%) CSS
4 17 (2.84%) HTML
5 15 (2.51%) Node.js
6 14 (2.34%) EDI
7 13 (2.17%) AngularJS
7 13 (2.17%) Laravel
8 12 (2.01%) REST
8 12 (2.01%) RESTful
9 11 (1.84%) Playwright
10 10 (1.67%) Middleware
11 9 (1.51%) Vue
11 9 (1.51%) YAML
12 8 (1.34%) AWS CDK
12 8 (1.34%) Next.js
12 8 (1.34%) Spring
13 7 (1.17%) jQuery
14 5 (0.84%) ASP.NET
14 5 (0.84%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 74 (12.37%) Product Ownership
2 34 (5.69%) Management Information System
3 21 (3.51%) Mobile App
4 15 (2.51%) Cloud Native
4 15 (2.51%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
6 13 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (2.01%) Virtual Team
8 10 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
8 10 (1.67%) Low-Code
9 9 (1.51%) Cyber Defence
10 7 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (0.84%) Data Centre
11 5 (0.84%) Embedded Systems
11 5 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (0.84%) Mobile Computing
11 5 (0.84%) Social Media
12 4 (0.67%) Legacy Applications
13 3 (0.50%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 20 (3.34%) Linux
2 14 (2.34%) Windows
3 12 (2.01%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.17%) Android
5 3 (0.50%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.33%) Unix
7 1 (0.17%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (22.91%) Continuous Improvement
2 124 (20.74%) Mentoring
3 111 (18.56%) Problem-Solving
4 100 (16.72%) Stakeholder Management
5 98 (16.39%) DevOps
6 96 (16.05%) Coaching
7 79 (13.21%) Scrum
8 78 (13.04%) CI/CD
9 76 (12.71%) Project Management
10 71 (11.87%) Roadmaps
11 66 (11.04%) Analytics
12 65 (10.87%) Decision-Making
13 58 (9.70%) Test Automation
14 57 (9.53%) Project Delivery
15 54 (9.03%) Business Strategy
15 54 (9.03%) Waterfall
16 53 (8.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 48 (8.03%) Computer Science
18 45 (7.53%) Business Intelligence
18 45 (7.53%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 107 (17.89%) SQL
2 50 (8.36%) C#
3 48 (8.03%) JavaScript
4 43 (7.19%) Python
5 41 (6.86%) Java
6 37 (6.19%) TypeScript
7 26 (4.35%) PHP
8 22 (3.68%) Bash
9 10 (1.67%) PowerShell
10 7 (1.17%) C++
10 7 (1.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 6 (1.00%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.84%) C
12 5 (0.84%) R
12 5 (0.84%) Swift
13 4 (0.67%) Go
14 3 (0.50%) Scala
14 3 (0.50%) VBA
15 2 (0.33%) Apex Code
15 2 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 67 (11.20%) Degree
2 46 (7.69%) Security Cleared
3 32 (5.35%) SC Cleared
4 20 (3.34%) PMI Certification
5 18 (3.01%) PMP
6 15 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.67%) DV Cleared
7 10 (1.67%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.51%) CISSP
8 9 (1.51%) CITP
8 9 (1.51%) CompTIA Security+
8 9 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.34%) Azure Certification
10 7 (1.17%) CISA
10 7 (1.17%) SSCP
11 6 (1.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 5 (0.84%) CIMA
12 5 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.84%) ISTQB
12 5 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (14.55%) QA
2 30 (5.02%) Accessibility
3 16 (2.68%) SLA
4 14 (2.34%) Data Quality
4 14 (2.34%) NIST
5 12 (2.01%) GDPR
6 8 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.17%) ITGC
7 7 (1.17%) PMO
8 5 (0.84%) 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%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 1 (0.17%) NIST 800
System Software
1 30 (5.02%) Docker
2 9 (1.51%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 31 (5.18%) Kubernetes
2 21 (3.51%) Terraform
3 10 (1.67%) Grafana
4 5 (0.84%) Ansible
5 3 (0.50%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.17%) Argo
7 1 (0.17%) Control-M
7 1 (0.17%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.17%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.17%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 83 (13.88%) Microsoft
2 32 (5.35%) Databricks
3 25 (4.18%) Oracle
4 15 (2.51%) Salesforce
4 15 (2.51%) SAP
5 12 (2.01%) ServiceNow
6 10 (1.67%) Google
7 8 (1.34%) IBM
7 8 (1.34%) Planon
7 8 (1.34%) Talend
8 6 (1.00%) Cloudera
8 6 (1.00%) Informatica
8 6 (1.00%) Workday
9 5 (0.84%) Apple
9 5 (0.84%) Zoho
10 4 (0.67%) Dynatrace
11 3 (0.50%) Cisco
11 3 (0.50%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (0.50%) Guidewire
11 3 (0.50%) HP