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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 8 4
Rank change year-on-year -23 -4 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 579 695 1,522
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.85% 13.27% 15.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.56% 14.35% 18.49%
Number of salaries quoted 378 413 1,269
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £34,834
25th Percentile £46,709 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £79,125 £81,000 £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 7,654 4,843 8,231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 77.33% 92.49% 84.61%
Number of salaries quoted 4,349 2,560 6,546
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% -7.62%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 12 March 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 March 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 -21 381 £60,000 - 224
East Midlands -9 197 £55,000 -8.33% 146
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 (7.08%) Confluence
2 13 (2.25%) CMS
3 12 (2.07%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.38%) SAS
5 6 (1.04%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 5 (0.86%) nginx
7 3 (0.52%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.52%) IIS
7 3 (0.52%) WordPress
8 2 (0.35%) Apache
9 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.17%) Drupal
9 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (2.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.07%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (1.55%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.86%) Adobe Illustrator
5 5 (0.86%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.35%) Trello
8 1 (0.17%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.17%) Simulink
8 1 (0.17%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.04%) Workday HCM
3 5 (0.86%) Shopify
4 3 (0.52%) Maximo
5 2 (0.35%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 2 (0.35%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.35%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.17%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.17%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 149 (25.73%) Azure
2 64 (11.05%) AWS
3 57 (9.84%) Power Platform
4 51 (8.81%) Azure DevOps
5 32 (5.53%) SaaS
6 27 (4.66%) Microsoft 365
7 25 (4.32%) Dynamics 365
8 19 (3.28%) PowerApps
9 14 (2.42%) Power Automate
10 13 (2.25%) PaaS
11 12 (2.07%) GCP
12 11 (1.90%) Serverless
13 10 (1.73%) IaaS
14 9 (1.55%) Azure Data Factory
14 9 (1.55%) Entra ID
15 8 (1.38%) AWS CloudFormation
16 7 (1.21%) Azure Logic Apps
16 7 (1.21%) GitHub
17 5 (0.86%) Microsoft Copilot
18 4 (0.69%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.86%) WAN
2 4 (0.69%) Broadband
2 4 (0.69%) DNS
2 4 (0.69%) Internet
2 4 (0.69%) Modbus
2 4 (0.69%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.52%) 3G
3 3 (0.52%) 4G
3 3 (0.52%) GPRS
3 3 (0.52%) GSM
3 3 (0.52%) LAN
3 3 (0.52%) RS-232
3 3 (0.52%) RS-485
3 3 (0.52%) SSL
4 2 (0.35%) 5G
4 2 (0.35%) Intranet
4 2 (0.35%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.35%) Wireless
5 1 (0.17%) BGP
5 1 (0.17%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (5.53%) Power BI
2 20 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
2 20 (3.45%) MySQL
3 18 (3.11%) Data Lake
3 18 (3.11%) SQL Server
4 7 (1.21%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 7 (1.21%) Metadata
5 6 (1.04%) NoSQL
5 6 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (0.86%) Pentaho
6 5 (0.86%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.35%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 2 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.35%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.35%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 74 (12.78%) JIRA
2 37 (6.39%) Git
3 9 (1.55%) JUnit
3 9 (1.55%) Selenium
4 8 (1.38%) Maven
4 8 (1.38%) Mockito
5 7 (1.21%) GitLab
5 7 (1.21%) Postman
5 7 (1.21%) XCUITest
6 6 (1.04%) Cucumber
6 6 (1.04%) Vite
7 5 (0.86%) Subversion
8 4 (0.69%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.69%) JMeter
9 3 (0.52%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.52%) Locust
9 3 (0.52%) SoapUI
9 3 (0.52%) TestRail
10 2 (0.35%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.35%) Rational DOORS
General
1 188 (32.47%) Social Skills
2 175 (30.22%) Finance
3 81 (13.99%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (10.88%) Public Sector
5 54 (9.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (6.74%) Law
7 33 (5.70%) Legal
8 26 (4.49%) Marketing
9 24 (4.15%) Retail
10 19 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
11 17 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
12 15 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
13 14 (2.42%) Manufacturing
14 13 (2.25%) Local Government
15 12 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
16 10 (1.73%) Electronics
17 9 (1.55%) Advertising
17 9 (1.55%) Banking
17 9 (1.55%) Fire and Rescue
18 6 (1.04%) Military
Job Titles
1 111 (19.17%) Senior
2 89 (15.37%) Analyst
3 85 (14.68%) Developer
4 65 (11.23%) Lead
5 39 (6.74%) Business Analyst
6 37 (6.39%) Project Manager
7 33 (5.70%) Senior Manager
8 31 (5.35%) Architect
8 31 (5.35%) Product Owner
9 28 (4.84%) Delivery Manager
10 26 (4.49%) Data Engineer
11 22 (3.80%) IT Manager
11 22 (3.80%) Senior Analyst
12 20 (3.45%) Digital Analyst
13 17 (2.94%) Java Developer
13 17 (2.94%) Senior Data Engineer
14 16 (2.76%) Full-Stack Developer
14 16 (2.76%) IT Project Manager
15 15 (2.59%) IT Support
16 14 (2.42%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (7.08%) .NET
2 31 (5.35%) React
3 22 (3.80%) CSS
4 20 (3.45%) HTML
5 15 (2.59%) Laravel
5 15 (2.59%) REST
6 13 (2.25%) AngularJS
6 13 (2.25%) EDI
7 11 (1.90%) Middleware
7 11 (1.90%) Spring
8 10 (1.73%) Node.js
8 10 (1.73%) RESTful
8 10 (1.73%) Vue
9 8 (1.38%) YAML
10 7 (1.21%) AWS CDK
10 7 (1.21%) jQuery
10 7 (1.21%) Next.js
10 7 (1.21%) Playwright
11 6 (1.04%) Spring Boot
11 6 (1.04%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 69 (11.92%) Product Ownership
2 30 (5.18%) Management Information System
3 18 (3.11%) Enterprise Software
4 16 (2.76%) Cloud Native
4 16 (2.76%) Mobile App
5 14 (2.42%) Onboarding
6 12 (2.07%) Data Centre
7 11 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (1.73%) NHS
9 9 (1.55%) Cyber Defence
9 9 (1.55%) Low-Code
10 8 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (0.86%) Embedded Systems
12 5 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (0.86%) Legacy Applications
12 5 (0.86%) Mobile Computing
12 5 (0.86%) Social Media
12 5 (0.86%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 25 (4.32%) Linux
2 14 (2.42%) Windows
3 8 (1.38%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.04%) Android
5 4 (0.69%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.52%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (0.52%) FreeRTOS
7 2 (0.35%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (22.97%) Continuous Improvement
2 118 (20.38%) Mentoring
3 106 (18.31%) Problem-Solving
4 102 (17.62%) DevOps
5 97 (16.75%) Stakeholder Management
6 86 (14.85%) Coaching
7 78 (13.47%) Scrum
8 73 (12.61%) CI/CD
9 68 (11.74%) Project Management
10 63 (10.88%) Roadmaps
11 60 (10.36%) Analytics
11 60 (10.36%) Decision-Making
12 58 (10.02%) Waterfall
13 53 (9.15%) Project Delivery
14 51 (8.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 50 (8.64%) Test Automation
16 44 (7.60%) Business Strategy
16 44 (7.60%) Full-Stack Development
16 44 (7.60%) SDLC
17 43 (7.43%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 107 (18.48%) SQL
2 53 (9.15%) JavaScript
3 49 (8.46%) C#
4 41 (7.08%) Python
5 35 (6.04%) Java
5 35 (6.04%) TypeScript
6 24 (4.15%) PHP
7 20 (3.45%) Bash
8 9 (1.55%) PowerShell
9 8 (1.38%) C
9 8 (1.38%) PL/SQL
10 7 (1.21%) C++
11 6 (1.04%) Go
11 6 (1.04%) R
12 3 (0.52%) Scala
12 3 (0.52%) VBA
13 2 (0.35%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.35%) Ruby
13 2 (0.35%) Swift
Qualifications
1 61 (10.54%) Degree
2 46 (7.94%) Security Cleared
3 34 (5.87%) SC Cleared
4 18 (3.11%) PMI Certification
5 16 (2.76%) PMP
6 12 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (1.55%) CISSP
9 9 (1.55%) CompTIA Security+
10 8 (1.38%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.38%) Master's Degree
11 7 (1.21%) CISA
11 7 (1.21%) CITP
11 7 (1.21%) SSCP
12 6 (1.04%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 5 (0.86%) Azure Certification
13 5 (0.86%) CIMA
13 5 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
14 4 (0.69%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (15.37%) QA
2 22 (3.80%) Accessibility
3 20 (3.45%) SLA
4 14 (2.42%) Data Quality
4 14 (2.42%) NIST
5 13 (2.25%) GDPR
6 9 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.38%) PMO
8 7 (1.21%) ITGC
8 7 (1.21%) WCAG
9 4 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 3 (0.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (0.52%) MISRA
11 2 (0.35%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 1 (0.17%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 32 (5.53%) Docker
2 10 (1.73%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.52%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (0.52%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 30 (5.18%) Kubernetes
2 21 (3.63%) Terraform
3 8 (1.38%) Grafana
4 6 (1.04%) Ansible
5 2 (0.35%) Argo
5 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.17%) Control-M
6 1 (0.17%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.17%) Kustomize
6 1 (0.17%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 91 (15.72%) Microsoft
2 34 (5.87%) Databricks
3 25 (4.32%) Oracle
4 13 (2.25%) Salesforce
5 12 (2.07%) SAP
5 12 (2.07%) ServiceNow
6 10 (1.73%) IBM
7 7 (1.21%) Planon
7 7 (1.21%) Workday
8 6 (1.04%) Google
8 6 (1.04%) Talend
9 5 (0.86%) Zoho
10 4 (0.69%) Cloudera
10 4 (0.69%) Dynatrace
10 4 (0.69%) Informatica
10 4 (0.69%) Remedy
11 3 (0.52%) Cisco
11 3 (0.52%) ESRI
11 3 (0.52%) Guidewire
11 3 (0.52%) QAD