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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 10 5
Rank change year-on-year -22 -5 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 672 613 1,808
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.07% 12.31% 13.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.01% 13.75% 17.58%
Number of salaries quoted 452 350 1,264
10th Percentile £34,277 £31,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £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 £69,626 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,625 £77,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -6.81%

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 9,583 4,458 10,282
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 72.37% 89.52% 79.46%
Number of salaries quoted 5,859 2,439 7,471
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £39,979 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.08% +3.16% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £62,437
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 3 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 3 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 -24 412 £57,946 +0.78% 195
East Midlands +15 259 £55,000 -1.79% 100
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 (6.10%) Confluence
2 11 (1.64%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.34%) CMS
4 8 (1.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (0.74%) SAS
6 4 (0.60%) nginx
6 4 (0.60%) PowerFactory
7 3 (0.45%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.30%) IIS
8 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.15%) Apache
9 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.15%) Drupal
Applications
1 11 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.34%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (1.34%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.74%) Photoshop
5 4 (0.60%) Adobe Illustrator
5 4 (0.60%) AutoCAD
5 4 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.60%) Revit
5 4 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.15%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.15%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.89%) Workday HCM
3 4 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.60%) Shopify
4 2 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.30%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.15%) Maximo
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 194 (28.87%) Azure
2 105 (15.63%) AWS
3 54 (8.04%) Power Platform
4 51 (7.59%) Azure DevOps
5 27 (4.02%) Microsoft 365
5 27 (4.02%) SaaS
6 20 (2.98%) PowerApps
6 20 (2.98%) Serverless
7 18 (2.68%) Dynamics 365
7 18 (2.68%) GCP
8 17 (2.53%) Power Automate
9 15 (2.23%) IaaS
10 12 (1.79%) AWS CloudFormation
10 12 (1.79%) PaaS
11 10 (1.49%) Amazon S3
12 9 (1.34%) Azure AKS
12 9 (1.34%) Azure Logic Apps
12 9 (1.34%) Entra ID
12 9 (1.34%) Microsoft Copilot
13 8 (1.19%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.49%) DNS
2 5 (0.74%) WAN
3 4 (0.60%) LAN
4 3 (0.45%) Broadband
5 2 (0.30%) Firewall
6 1 (0.15%) BGP
6 1 (0.15%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.15%) DHCP
6 1 (0.15%) FTP
6 1 (0.15%) HTTP
6 1 (0.15%) MPLS
6 1 (0.15%) RFID
6 1 (0.15%) RTP
6 1 (0.15%) SNMP
6 1 (0.15%) SS7
6 1 (0.15%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.15%) VoIP
6 1 (0.15%) VPN
6 1 (0.15%) Wireless
6 1 (0.15%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (5.51%) Power BI
2 25 (3.72%) MongoDB
3 24 (3.57%) SQL Server
4 19 (2.83%) Azure SQL Database
5 15 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (1.79%) Data Lake
6 12 (1.79%) MySQL
7 10 (1.49%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (1.49%) NoSQL
8 8 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (1.04%) DynamoDB
10 5 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (0.74%) Metadata
10 5 (0.74%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.60%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.45%) Pentaho
13 2 (0.30%) NonStop SQL
13 2 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
13 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 69 (10.27%) JIRA
2 30 (4.46%) Git
3 16 (2.38%) JUnit
4 13 (1.93%) Cucumber
4 13 (1.93%) Maven
4 13 (1.93%) Mockito
5 12 (1.79%) Selenium
6 11 (1.64%) XCUITest
7 9 (1.34%) Gatling
7 9 (1.34%) GitLab
7 9 (1.34%) Postman
8 7 (1.04%) Zephyr
9 6 (0.89%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.89%) JMeter
10 5 (0.74%) Jenkins
11 4 (0.60%) LoadRunner
11 4 (0.60%) REST Assured
11 4 (0.60%) TestRail
11 4 (0.60%) Vite
12 3 (0.45%) HP UFT
General
1 203 (30.21%) Social Skills
2 182 (27.08%) Finance
3 94 (13.99%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (9.23%) Public Sector
5 52 (7.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 43 (6.40%) Law
7 36 (5.36%) Retail
8 30 (4.46%) Influencing Skills
9 20 (2.98%) Marketing
10 17 (2.53%) Banking
10 17 (2.53%) Legal
11 15 (2.23%) Manufacturing
12 12 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (1.04%) Games
15 6 (0.89%) Advertising
15 6 (0.89%) Electronics
15 6 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.60%) Aerospace
16 4 (0.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 131 (19.49%) Senior
2 98 (14.58%) Analyst
3 97 (14.43%) Developer
4 78 (11.61%) Lead
5 54 (8.04%) Business Analyst
6 52 (7.74%) Delivery Manager
7 50 (7.44%) Project Manager
8 37 (5.51%) Senior Manager
9 34 (5.06%) Architect
10 30 (4.46%) .NET Developer
10 30 (4.46%) Product Owner
11 29 (4.32%) Senior Analyst
12 25 (3.72%) Data Engineer
13 23 (3.42%) IT Manager
14 21 (3.13%) Digital Analyst
15 19 (2.83%) Account Manager
15 19 (2.83%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 18 (2.68%) Full-Stack Developer
16 18 (2.68%) Software Developer
17 17 (2.53%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (8.48%) .NET
1 57 (8.48%) React
2 28 (4.17%) ASP.NET
3 27 (4.02%) ASP.NET Core
4 26 (3.87%) Node.js
5 25 (3.72%) CSS
6 23 (3.42%) HTML
6 23 (3.42%) REST
7 21 (3.13%) .NET Core
7 21 (3.13%) RESTful
8 16 (2.38%) Playwright
9 15 (2.23%) AngularJS
9 15 (2.23%) EDI
9 15 (2.23%) Spring
10 13 (1.93%) Entity Framework
11 12 (1.79%) ASP.NET Web API
11 12 (1.79%) AWS CDK
11 12 (1.79%) Next.js
12 10 (1.49%) Blazor
12 10 (1.49%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 68 (10.12%) Product Ownership
2 32 (4.76%) Mobile App
3 29 (4.32%) Management Information System
4 21 (3.13%) Greenfield Project
5 19 (2.83%) Onboarding
6 18 (2.68%) Cloud Native
7 17 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
7 17 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (1.64%) Low-Code
9 9 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (1.34%) Cyber Defence
9 9 (1.34%) Distributed Systems
9 9 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
9 9 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (1.34%) Virtual Team
10 8 (1.19%) Driving Licence
11 5 (0.74%) AI Agents
11 5 (0.74%) Mobile Computing
12 4 (0.60%) AS400
12 4 (0.60%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 25 (3.72%) Linux
2 13 (1.93%) Windows
3 12 (1.79%) Apple iOS
4 9 (1.34%) Android
5 3 (0.45%) Kali Linux
5 3 (0.45%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (24.26%) Continuous Improvement
2 158 (23.51%) Mentoring
3 126 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
4 122 (18.15%) Coaching
5 111 (16.52%) CI/CD
6 108 (16.07%) DevOps
7 100 (14.88%) Stakeholder Management
8 86 (12.80%) Scrum
9 81 (12.05%) Roadmaps
10 76 (11.31%) Test Automation
11 71 (10.57%) Project Management
12 68 (10.12%) AI
12 68 (10.12%) Full-Stack Development
12 68 (10.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 65 (9.67%) Business Strategy
14 62 (9.23%) Analytics
14 62 (9.23%) Decision-Making
15 61 (9.08%) Waterfall
16 59 (8.78%) Project Delivery
17 56 (8.33%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 124 (18.45%) SQL
2 79 (11.76%) C#
3 70 (10.42%) JavaScript
4 57 (8.48%) Java
5 54 (8.04%) TypeScript
6 43 (6.40%) Python
7 22 (3.27%) Bash
8 19 (2.83%) PHP
9 15 (2.23%) PL/SQL
10 14 (2.08%) PowerShell
11 10 (1.49%) C++
12 8 (1.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 6 (0.89%) R
14 5 (0.74%) Swift
15 4 (0.60%) C
15 4 (0.60%) RPG
15 4 (0.60%) RPG IV
15 4 (0.60%) RPG/400
16 3 (0.45%) Scala
16 3 (0.45%) VBA
Qualifications
1 76 (11.31%) Degree
2 56 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 44 (6.55%) SC Cleared
4 19 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.68%) PMI Certification
5 18 (2.68%) PMP
6 14 (2.08%) Master's Degree
7 13 (1.93%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.79%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.49%) CISSP
9 10 (1.49%) CITP
9 10 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (1.34%) CompTIA Security+
11 8 (1.19%) ISTQB
12 7 (1.04%) CISA
12 7 (1.04%) ISEB
12 7 (1.04%) SSCP
13 5 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 4 (0.60%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (12.35%) QA
2 39 (5.80%) Accessibility
3 17 (2.53%) GDPR
4 15 (2.23%) SLA
5 14 (2.08%) Data Quality
5 14 (2.08%) NIST
6 8 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.04%) ITGC
8 6 (0.89%) PMO
8 6 (0.89%) WCAG
9 3 (0.45%) Software Quality Assurance
10 2 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.30%) GRC
10 2 (0.30%) 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 38 (5.65%) Docker
2 6 (0.89%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 48 (7.14%) Kubernetes
2 23 (3.42%) Terraform
3 10 (1.49%) Grafana
4 3 (0.45%) Ansible
4 3 (0.45%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.45%) HP Fortify
5 2 (0.30%) Argo
5 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.15%) Control-M
6 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.15%) Kustomize
6 1 (0.15%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 104 (15.48%) Microsoft
2 33 (4.91%) Oracle
3 19 (2.83%) Databricks
4 16 (2.38%) Salesforce
5 14 (2.08%) SAP
6 12 (1.79%) Google
6 12 (1.79%) ServiceNow
7 11 (1.64%) IBM
8 8 (1.19%) Planon
9 6 (0.89%) Workday
10 5 (0.74%) Apple
10 5 (0.74%) IFS
11 4 (0.60%) Cisco
11 4 (0.60%) DIgSILENT
11 4 (0.60%) Dynatrace
11 4 (0.60%) Talend
12 3 (0.45%) Cloudera
12 3 (0.45%) HP
12 3 (0.45%) Informatica
12 3 (0.45%) Veracode