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 14 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 8 4
Rank change year-on-year -6 -4 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 584 1,172 1,045
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 10.54% 12.57% 19.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.14% 15.59% 21.37%
Number of salaries quoted 348 444 771
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,000 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,291
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +0.37% +4.16%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,125 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% - +3.85%

All Process and 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 4,812 7,520 4,889
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 86.87% 80.65% 93.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2,810 3,415 3,715
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,219 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,390 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.22% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year -8.33% -1.32% +1.33%

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 14 October 2025.

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 14 October 2025. 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 +2 382 £60,000 +2.63% 211
East Midlands -21 199 £57,500 +4.55% 115
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 70 (11.99%) Confluence
2 9 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.20%) Apache
4 6 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.03%) Appian
4 6 (1.03%) IIS
5 4 (0.68%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.34%) CMS
6 2 (0.34%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.34%) SAS
7 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.17%) Mendix
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 21 (3.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (3.42%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.68%) Simulink
3 4 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.51%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.34%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.17%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.17%) GNU Octave
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 36 (6.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.86%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.86%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (0.86%) Shopify
3 3 (0.51%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.51%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.34%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 2 (0.34%) iTrent
4 2 (0.34%) Maximo
4 2 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.17%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.17%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 188 (32.19%) Azure
2 147 (25.17%) AWS
3 70 (11.99%) GCP
4 69 (11.82%) SaaS
5 51 (8.73%) Power Platform
6 44 (7.53%) Dynamics 365
7 39 (6.68%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (3.42%) PowerApps
9 19 (3.25%) Microsoft 365
9 19 (3.25%) Power Automate
10 18 (3.08%) Amazon EC2
11 16 (2.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 16 (2.74%) Amazon S3
12 14 (2.40%) Serverless
13 13 (2.23%) AWS KMS
13 13 (2.23%) PaaS
14 9 (1.54%) Snowflake
15 8 (1.37%) Azure Service Bus
15 8 (1.37%) IaaS
15 8 (1.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.42%) Firewall
2 19 (3.25%) DNS
3 14 (2.40%) VPN
4 10 (1.71%) DHCP
5 9 (1.54%) Internet
6 8 (1.37%) Network Security
7 7 (1.20%) TCP/IP
7 7 (1.20%) WAN
8 5 (0.86%) HTTP
8 5 (0.86%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.68%) FTP
9 4 (0.68%) LAN
9 4 (0.68%) MPLS
9 4 (0.68%) SMTP
9 4 (0.68%) SSH
9 4 (0.68%) SSL
10 3 (0.51%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.51%) GPRS
10 3 (0.51%) GSM
10 3 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (15.41%) SQL Server
2 28 (4.79%) Power BI
3 18 (3.08%) Data Warehouse
4 17 (2.91%) Amazon RDS
4 17 (2.91%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (2.57%) NoSQL
6 14 (2.40%) MySQL
7 11 (1.88%) Data Lake
7 11 (1.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 10 (1.71%) DynamoDB
8 10 (1.71%) MongoDB
9 8 (1.37%) Amazon Aurora
9 8 (1.37%) Big Data
10 7 (1.20%) Tableau
11 6 (1.03%) Metadata
11 6 (1.03%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.86%) BusinessObjects
12 5 (0.86%) Oracle Reports
13 4 (0.68%) Amazon Redshift
14 3 (0.51%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 116 (19.86%) JIRA
2 75 (12.84%) Maven
3 74 (12.67%) Selenium
4 72 (12.33%) SonarQube
5 71 (12.16%) GitLab
6 69 (11.82%) Sonatype Nexus
7 68 (11.64%) Cucumber
8 64 (10.96%) Bitbucket
9 49 (8.39%) Git
10 25 (4.28%) Jenkins
11 15 (2.57%) JUnit
12 12 (2.05%) Mockito
13 7 (1.20%) Bitbucket Server
13 7 (1.20%) Vagrant
14 6 (1.03%) DbUnit
14 6 (1.03%) JMeter
14 6 (1.03%) jMock
14 6 (1.03%) Postman
15 5 (0.86%) Katalon Studio
16 4 (0.68%) Rational DOORS
General
1 216 (36.99%) Finance
2 158 (27.05%) Social Skills
3 95 (16.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 69 (11.82%) Banking
5 55 (9.42%) Analytical Skills
6 45 (7.71%) Public Sector
7 44 (7.53%) Law
8 40 (6.85%) Retail
9 25 (4.28%) Marketing
10 18 (3.08%) Legal
11 17 (2.91%) Local Government
11 17 (2.91%) Manufacturing
11 17 (2.91%) Presentation Skills
12 16 (2.74%) Corporate Banking
12 16 (2.74%) Investment Banking
13 14 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
13 14 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (1.54%) Fire and Rescue
15 8 (1.37%) Automotive
16 7 (1.20%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 115 (19.69%) Developer
2 89 (15.24%) Software Engineer
3 74 (12.67%) Lead
4 68 (11.64%) Senior
5 58 (9.93%) Analyst
6 34 (5.82%) Project Manager
7 28 (4.79%) Architect
8 26 (4.45%) Senior Developer
9 22 (3.77%) Business Analyst
9 22 (3.77%) Java Developer
10 19 (3.25%) Lead Developer
11 17 (2.91%) Data Engineer
12 16 (2.74%) Dynamics 365 Developer
13 14 (2.40%) CRM Developer
13 14 (2.40%) IT Manager
14 13 (2.23%) Consultant
14 13 (2.23%) PHP Developer
15 12 (2.05%) Dynamics CRM Developer
16 11 (1.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 11 (1.88%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (17.47%) React
2 99 (16.95%) HTML
3 98 (16.78%) CSS
4 88 (15.07%) Spring
5 82 (14.04%) Spring Boot
6 72 (12.33%) JPA
7 68 (11.64%) Kafka
8 66 (11.30%) Redux
9 60 (10.27%) .NET
9 60 (10.27%) Hibernate
10 41 (7.02%) REST
11 35 (5.99%) RESTful
12 21 (3.60%) HTML5
13 20 (3.42%) .NET Framework
13 20 (3.42%) Jest
14 19 (3.25%) CSS3
15 16 (2.74%) AngularJS
15 16 (2.74%) Sass
16 15 (2.57%) SOAP
16 15 (2.57%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 110 (18.84%) Product Ownership
2 78 (13.36%) Enterprise Software
3 27 (4.62%) Cloud Native
4 20 (3.42%) Legacy Systems
5 18 (3.08%) Distributed Systems
5 18 (3.08%) Management Information System
6 15 (2.57%) Data Centre
7 12 (2.05%) NHS
8 11 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (1.71%) IoT
9 10 (1.71%) Onboarding
10 8 (1.37%) Data Structures
11 7 (1.20%) Algorithms
11 7 (1.20%) Driving Licence
11 7 (1.20%) Legacy Code
12 6 (1.03%) Security Posture
13 5 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
13 5 (0.86%) Low-Code
13 5 (0.86%) Mobile App
13 5 (0.86%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 33 (5.65%) Linux
2 25 (4.28%) Windows
3 11 (1.88%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.20%) VMS
5 6 (1.03%) Embedded Linux
6 5 (0.86%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.86%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.68%) AIX
7 4 (0.68%) FreeRTOS
7 4 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.34%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (0.34%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.34%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.17%) Android
9 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.17%) Unix
9 1 (0.17%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (31.34%) DevOps
2 153 (26.20%) Continuous Improvement
3 143 (24.49%) CI/CD
4 134 (22.95%) SDLC
5 122 (20.89%) Software Engineering
6 110 (18.84%) Test Automation
7 105 (17.98%) Microservices
8 91 (15.58%) TDD
9 88 (15.07%) Full-Stack Development
10 86 (14.73%) Mentoring
11 85 (14.55%) Front End Development
11 85 (14.55%) Problem-Solving
12 83 (14.21%) Stakeholder Management
13 81 (13.87%) Containerisation
14 72 (12.33%) Scrum
15 70 (11.99%) Clean Code
16 67 (11.47%) Waterfall
17 66 (11.30%) Migration
18 65 (11.13%) Performance Optimisation
19 57 (9.76%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 176 (30.14%) SQL
2 135 (23.12%) JavaScript
3 116 (19.86%) Java
4 80 (13.70%) C#
5 57 (9.76%) Python
6 48 (8.22%) TypeScript
7 19 (3.25%) PowerShell
8 17 (2.91%) PHP
9 14 (2.40%) C++
10 11 (1.88%) Groovy
11 8 (1.37%) C
12 7 (1.20%) Bash
13 6 (1.03%) MATLAB
13 6 (1.03%) Perl
13 6 (1.03%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.86%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.86%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.68%) Bicep
15 4 (0.68%) R
15 4 (0.68%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 60 (10.27%) Degree
2 53 (9.08%) Security Cleared
3 44 (7.53%) SC Cleared
4 25 (4.28%) ACCA
5 24 (4.11%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (2.23%) Azure Certification
7 12 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (1.54%) AWS Certification
9 8 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (1.03%) DV Cleared
11 5 (0.86%) CITP
11 5 (0.86%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.86%) MCP
11 5 (0.86%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.86%) PMP
12 4 (0.68%) Chartered Engineer
12 4 (0.68%) CISM
12 4 (0.68%) CISSP
12 4 (0.68%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.68%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (17.98%) QA
2 25 (4.28%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.37%) SLA
4 7 (1.20%) PMO
5 6 (1.03%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.03%) GDPR
5 6 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 5 (0.86%) COBIT
6 5 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 3 (0.51%) MISRA
8 2 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (0.34%) NIST
8 2 (0.34%) PMBOK
8 2 (0.34%) WCAG
9 1 (0.17%) ISO 26262
9 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.17%) JSP 440
System Software
1 98 (16.78%) Docker
2 14 (2.40%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.86%) Firmware
4 5 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.68%) DFS Replication
6 3 (0.51%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.34%) Postfix
7 2 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.17%) Apache Flume
8 1 (0.17%) HDFS
8 1 (0.17%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 90 (15.41%) Kubernetes
2 23 (3.94%) Terraform
3 11 (1.88%) Ansible
3 11 (1.88%) Grafana
4 8 (1.37%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.68%) Puppet
7 3 (0.51%) HP ALM
7 3 (0.51%) Kibana
7 3 (0.51%) Nagios
7 3 (0.51%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.34%) Red Hat Satellite
8 2 (0.34%) SCOM
8 2 (0.34%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.17%) CA Service Virtualization
9 1 (0.17%) logstash
9 1 (0.17%) Marathon
9 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.17%) Nessus
9 1 (0.17%) Oozie
Vendors
1 72 (12.33%) Microsoft
2 63 (10.79%) Solace
3 22 (3.77%) Oracle
4 20 (3.42%) Salesforce
5 19 (3.25%) SAP
6 18 (3.08%) Databricks
7 11 (1.88%) Google
8 10 (1.71%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.54%) Siemens
10 8 (1.37%) IBM
11 7 (1.20%) Atlassian
11 7 (1.20%) VMware
12 6 (1.03%) Guidewire
13 5 (0.86%) HP
13 5 (0.86%) Juniper
13 5 (0.86%) Meraki
13 5 (0.86%) MuleSoft
13 5 (0.86%) Splunk
14 4 (0.68%) Adobe
14 4 (0.68%) Red Hat