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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 11 8
Rank change year-on-year -7 -3 -5
Permanent jobs citing Agile 733 627 1,339
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.96% 10.78% 12.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.12% 12.73% 16.07%
Number of salaries quoted 478 381 652
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £84,964
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -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 10,290 4,924 8,332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.64% 84.68% 77.39%
Number of salaries quoted 7,358 2,953 4,877
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,119
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,607 £63,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,460
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.59% -8.94%

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 28 August 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 28 August 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 -11 458 £55,000 -8.33% 311
East Midlands 0 275 £55,000 -4.35% 143
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 21 (2.86%) Confluence
2 14 (1.91%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 13 (1.77%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.55%) PowerFactory
5 3 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.41%) CMS
5 3 (0.41%) SAS
6 2 (0.27%) IIS
7 1 (0.14%) Apache
7 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.14%) Documentum
7 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.64%) MS Visio
3 10 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.55%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.55%) Revit
6 4 (0.55%) Simulink
7 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.14%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 26 (3.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.82%) Oracle Applications
4 5 (0.68%) Primavera
4 5 (0.68%) SAP EHS
5 4 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.27%) Infor M3
6 2 (0.27%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.27%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.27%) Shopify
6 2 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.14%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.14%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 239 (32.61%) Azure
2 156 (21.28%) AWS
3 76 (10.37%) Power Platform
4 60 (8.19%) Azure DevOps
5 45 (6.14%) SaaS
6 43 (5.87%) Power Automate
7 41 (5.59%) PowerApps
8 37 (5.05%) Dynamics 365
9 30 (4.09%) Microsoft 365
10 28 (3.82%) Serverless
11 19 (2.59%) GCP
12 16 (2.18%) IaaS
13 14 (1.91%) Amazon S3
13 14 (1.91%) AWS Lambda
14 12 (1.64%) AWS CloudFormation
15 11 (1.50%) Microsoft Copilot
15 11 (1.50%) PaaS
16 10 (1.36%) Azure Logic Apps
17 9 (1.23%) Azure AKS
18 8 (1.09%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.23%) DNS
2 7 (0.95%) Internet
3 5 (0.68%) LAN
3 5 (0.68%) WAN
4 4 (0.55%) Network Security
4 4 (0.55%) Wireshark
5 3 (0.41%) HTTP
5 3 (0.41%) Hyperconnected
6 2 (0.27%) Firewall
6 2 (0.27%) SMS
6 2 (0.27%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.27%) VoIP
7 1 (0.14%) Broadband
7 1 (0.14%) DHCP
7 1 (0.14%) FTP
7 1 (0.14%) SNMP
7 1 (0.14%) SSL
7 1 (0.14%) VPN
7 1 (0.14%) Wireless
7 1 (0.14%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (8.32%) Power BI
2 50 (6.82%) MongoDB
3 45 (6.14%) Azure SQL Database
4 27 (3.68%) SQL Server
5 25 (3.41%) Elasticsearch
6 20 (2.73%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (1.50%) Relational Database
9 10 (1.36%) DynamoDB
9 10 (1.36%) NoSQL
9 10 (1.36%) Power Query
10 9 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
10 9 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (1.09%) Data Lake
12 7 (0.95%) MySQL
12 7 (0.95%) Oracle Reports
12 7 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (0.82%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 5 (0.68%) Metadata
14 5 (0.68%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 55 (7.50%) JIRA
2 54 (7.37%) Git
3 22 (3.00%) Cucumber
3 22 (3.00%) GitLab
3 22 (3.00%) JUnit
3 22 (3.00%) Selenium
4 20 (2.73%) Postman
5 18 (2.46%) Jenkins
6 17 (2.32%) Maven
7 14 (1.91%) Gatling
7 14 (1.91%) Mockito
8 12 (1.64%) JMeter
8 12 (1.64%) Zephyr
9 8 (1.09%) Cypress.io
10 7 (0.95%) SoapUI
10 7 (0.95%) Subversion
10 7 (0.95%) XCUITest
11 6 (0.82%) REST Assured
12 5 (0.68%) LoadRunner
12 5 (0.68%) Visual Studio
General
1 229 (31.24%) Social Skills
2 183 (24.97%) Finance
3 110 (15.01%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (9.96%) Public Sector
5 44 (6.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 41 (5.59%) Retail
7 37 (5.05%) Influencing Skills
8 32 (4.37%) Manufacturing
9 29 (3.96%) Law
9 29 (3.96%) Organisational Skills
10 21 (2.86%) Marketing
11 19 (2.59%) Legal
12 16 (2.18%) Banking
12 16 (2.18%) Presentation Skills
13 12 (1.64%) Electronics
14 11 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
14 11 (1.50%) Games
15 9 (1.23%) Aerospace
16 8 (1.09%) Advertising
17 7 (0.95%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 164 (22.37%) Developer
2 132 (18.01%) Senior
3 96 (13.10%) Lead
4 80 (10.91%) Analyst
5 57 (7.78%) Project Manager
6 52 (7.09%) Architect
7 49 (6.68%) .NET Developer
8 47 (6.41%) Business Analyst
9 46 (6.28%) Software Engineer
10 37 (5.05%) Delivery Manager
11 28 (3.82%) Senior Developer
12 27 (3.68%) Senior Analyst
13 23 (3.14%) Software Developer
14 22 (3.00%) Senior Manager
15 21 (2.86%) Power Platform Developer
16 20 (2.73%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 19 (2.59%) Full-Stack Developer
17 19 (2.59%) Junior
18 18 (2.46%) IT Manager
19 17 (2.32%) Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (14.32%) .NET
2 85 (11.60%) React
3 58 (7.91%) ASP.NET
4 53 (7.23%) ASP.NET Core
5 52 (7.09%) .NET Core
6 48 (6.55%) REST
7 45 (6.14%) Node.js
8 40 (5.46%) CSS
9 35 (4.77%) HTML
10 32 (4.37%) Playwright
10 32 (4.37%) Terraform
11 25 (3.41%) ASP.NET Web API
11 25 (3.41%) Entity Framework
12 22 (3.00%) Blazor
13 21 (2.86%) RESTful
14 20 (2.73%) Spring
15 16 (2.18%) LINQ
16 15 (2.05%) JSON
16 15 (2.05%) Next.js
17 14 (1.91%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 45 (6.14%) Product Ownership
2 33 (4.50%) Enterprise Software
3 27 (3.68%) Greenfield Project
4 25 (3.41%) Cloud Native
5 24 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
6 23 (3.14%) Mobile App
7 22 (3.00%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (1.91%) Onboarding
9 13 (1.77%) AI Agents
9 13 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
9 13 (1.77%) Driving Licence
9 13 (1.77%) Management Information System
10 11 (1.50%) Virtual Team
11 10 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
11 10 (1.36%) Low-Code
11 10 (1.36%) PMI
12 9 (1.23%) Cyber Defence
13 8 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (1.09%) IoT
14 6 (0.82%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 33 (4.50%) Linux
2 13 (1.77%) Windows
3 7 (0.95%) Apple iOS
3 7 (0.95%) Unix
4 5 (0.68%) Android
5 4 (0.55%) Kali Linux
6 2 (0.27%) Solaris
6 2 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (26.19%) Continuous Improvement
2 167 (22.78%) Mentoring
3 166 (22.65%) Problem-Solving
4 153 (20.87%) CI/CD
5 129 (17.60%) Stakeholder Management
6 128 (17.46%) DevOps
7 120 (16.37%) AI
8 117 (15.96%) Scrum
9 110 (15.01%) Coaching
10 89 (12.14%) Decision-Making
11 87 (11.87%) Full-Stack Development
11 87 (11.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 86 (11.73%) Test Automation
13 76 (10.37%) SDLC
14 74 (10.10%) Roadmaps
15 73 (9.96%) Microservices
15 73 (9.96%) Software Engineering
16 71 (9.69%) Business Intelligence
16 71 (9.69%) Project Management
17 68 (9.28%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 168 (22.92%) SQL
2 132 (18.01%) C#
3 94 (12.82%) JavaScript
4 74 (10.10%) Java
5 62 (8.46%) TypeScript
6 45 (6.14%) Python
7 21 (2.86%) PL/SQL
8 19 (2.59%) Bash
9 16 (2.18%) C++
9 16 (2.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 14 (1.91%) PowerShell
11 11 (1.50%) PHP
12 8 (1.09%) C
13 5 (0.68%) MATLAB
14 4 (0.55%) Embedded C
14 4 (0.55%) RPG
14 4 (0.55%) RPG IV
14 4 (0.55%) RPG/400
14 4 (0.55%) Swift
15 3 (0.41%) Perl
Qualifications
1 96 (13.10%) Degree
2 91 (12.41%) Security Cleared
3 82 (11.19%) SC Cleared
4 27 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (3.27%) PMI Certification
6 19 (2.59%) PMP
7 17 (2.32%) Azure Certification
8 13 (1.77%) DV Cleared
8 13 (1.77%) ISTQB
8 13 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (1.64%) CISSP
9 12 (1.64%) ISEB
10 11 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (1.36%) Master's Degree
12 7 (0.95%) CISA
12 7 (0.95%) CompTIA Security+
12 7 (0.95%) SSCP
13 6 (0.82%) Oracle Certification
14 5 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
14 5 (0.68%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (10.23%) QA
2 60 (8.19%) Accessibility
3 22 (3.00%) Data Quality
3 22 (3.00%) GDPR
4 13 (1.77%) NIST
5 11 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.50%) WCAG
6 10 (1.36%) PMO
7 8 (1.09%) GRC
8 4 (0.55%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.41%) NCSC
9 3 (0.41%) SLA
9 3 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
10 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.14%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.14%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 54 (7.37%) Docker
2 7 (0.95%) Embedded Firmware
2 7 (0.95%) Firmware
3 3 (0.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 65 (8.87%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.82%) Grafana
3 4 (0.55%) Ansible
3 4 (0.55%) HP Fortify
3 4 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.41%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.27%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.27%) Puppet
6 1 (0.14%) Argo
6 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 142 (19.37%) Microsoft
2 37 (5.05%) Oracle
3 33 (4.50%) SAP
4 24 (3.27%) ServiceNow
5 20 (2.73%) Salesforce
6 13 (1.77%) Databricks
7 11 (1.50%) Google
8 10 (1.36%) IFS
9 9 (1.23%) IBM
10 8 (1.09%) MuleSoft
10 8 (1.09%) Pega
10 8 (1.09%) YouTube
11 6 (0.82%) Infor
11 6 (0.82%) Veracode
11 6 (0.82%) Workday
12 5 (0.68%) Cisco
12 5 (0.68%) Facebook
12 5 (0.68%) OpenAI
13 4 (0.55%) DIgSILENT
13 4 (0.55%) dotdigital