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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 11 8
Rank change year-on-year -8 -3 -5
Permanent jobs citing Agile 744 643 1,336
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.12% 11.09% 12.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.34% 13.04% 16.22%
Number of salaries quoted 482 396 685
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,125 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,875 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +2.39% -
75th Percentile £69,126 £70,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,274 £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 10,134 4,930 8,239
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.73% 85.06% 77.45%
Number of salaries quoted 7,225 2,975 4,975
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,968 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +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 18 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 18 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 -10 461 £55,000 -8.33% 256
East Midlands +2 283 £55,000 - 112
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 22 (2.96%) Confluence
2 14 (1.88%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 13 (1.75%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.54%) PowerFactory
5 3 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.40%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.40%) CMS
5 3 (0.40%) SAS
6 2 (0.27%) IIS
7 1 (0.13%) Apache
7 1 (0.13%) Documentum
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (1.61%) MS Visio
2 11 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.34%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.54%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.54%) Revit
7 3 (0.40%) Simulink
8 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.13%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 23 (3.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.81%) Oracle Applications
4 5 (0.67%) Primavera
4 5 (0.67%) SAP EHS
5 4 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
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%) Shopify
6 2 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.13%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.13%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 241 (32.39%) Azure
2 152 (20.43%) AWS
3 77 (10.35%) Power Platform
4 60 (8.06%) Azure DevOps
5 45 (6.05%) SaaS
6 40 (5.38%) Power Automate
6 40 (5.38%) PowerApps
7 36 (4.84%) Microsoft 365
8 34 (4.57%) Dynamics 365
9 25 (3.36%) Serverless
10 19 (2.55%) IaaS
11 18 (2.42%) GCP
12 15 (2.02%) PaaS
13 13 (1.75%) Amazon S3
14 12 (1.61%) AWS CloudFormation
14 12 (1.61%) AWS Lambda
15 11 (1.48%) Azure Logic Apps
15 11 (1.48%) Microsoft Copilot
16 9 (1.21%) Azure AKS
17 8 (1.08%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.21%) DNS
2 7 (0.94%) Internet
3 3 (0.40%) HTTP
3 3 (0.40%) Hyperconnected
3 3 (0.40%) LAN
3 3 (0.40%) WAN
3 3 (0.40%) Wireshark
4 2 (0.27%) Firewall
4 2 (0.27%) Network Security
4 2 (0.27%) SMS
4 2 (0.27%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.27%) VoIP
5 1 (0.13%) Broadband
5 1 (0.13%) CTI
5 1 (0.13%) DHCP
5 1 (0.13%) FTP
5 1 (0.13%) SNMP
5 1 (0.13%) SSL
5 1 (0.13%) VPN
5 1 (0.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (8.20%) Power BI
2 50 (6.72%) MongoDB
3 45 (6.05%) Azure SQL Database
4 26 (3.49%) SQL Server
5 25 (3.36%) Elasticsearch
6 18 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (1.48%) NoSQL
9 10 (1.34%) Amazon Redshift
9 10 (1.34%) DynamoDB
9 10 (1.34%) Power Query
10 9 (1.21%) MySQL
10 9 (1.21%) Relational Database
10 9 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (1.08%) Data Lake
12 7 (0.94%) Oracle Reports
12 7 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (0.81%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 5 (0.67%) NonStop SQL
15 4 (0.54%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 54 (7.26%) JIRA
2 49 (6.59%) Git
3 22 (2.96%) JUnit
4 21 (2.82%) Cucumber
4 21 (2.82%) Selenium
5 20 (2.69%) GitLab
6 18 (2.42%) Postman
7 17 (2.28%) Maven
8 15 (2.02%) Jenkins
9 14 (1.88%) Gatling
9 14 (1.88%) Mockito
10 11 (1.48%) JMeter
11 10 (1.34%) Zephyr
12 8 (1.08%) Cypress.io
12 8 (1.08%) XCUITest
13 6 (0.81%) REST Assured
13 6 (0.81%) Subversion
14 5 (0.67%) LoadRunner
14 5 (0.67%) SoapUI
14 5 (0.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 223 (29.97%) Social Skills
2 192 (25.81%) Finance
3 101 (13.58%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (9.14%) Public Sector
5 44 (5.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 42 (5.65%) Retail
7 37 (4.97%) Influencing Skills
8 31 (4.17%) Law
9 29 (3.90%) Manufacturing
10 27 (3.63%) Organisational Skills
11 22 (2.96%) Legal
12 19 (2.55%) Marketing
13 17 (2.28%) Banking
14 14 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
15 13 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (1.34%) Advertising
16 10 (1.34%) Electronics
16 10 (1.34%) Games
17 9 (1.21%) Aerospace
18 7 (0.94%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 159 (21.37%) Developer
2 137 (18.41%) Senior
3 98 (13.17%) Lead
4 90 (12.10%) Analyst
5 55 (7.39%) Project Manager
6 53 (7.12%) Architect
7 51 (6.85%) Business Analyst
8 50 (6.72%) .NET Developer
9 45 (6.05%) Software Engineer
10 39 (5.24%) Delivery Manager
11 31 (4.17%) Senior Analyst
12 28 (3.76%) Senior Manager
13 25 (3.36%) Senior Developer
14 23 (3.09%) Software Developer
15 20 (2.69%) Full-Stack Developer
15 20 (2.69%) Power Platform Developer
16 19 (2.55%) Account Manager
16 19 (2.55%) IT Manager
16 19 (2.55%) Junior
17 18 (2.42%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (14.11%) .NET
2 85 (11.42%) React
3 58 (7.80%) ASP.NET
4 53 (7.12%) ASP.NET Core
5 52 (6.99%) .NET Core
6 48 (6.45%) REST
7 44 (5.91%) Node.js
8 39 (5.24%) CSS
9 33 (4.44%) HTML
10 30 (4.03%) Playwright
11 25 (3.36%) ASP.NET Web API
11 25 (3.36%) Entity Framework
12 22 (2.96%) Blazor
12 22 (2.96%) RESTful
13 20 (2.69%) Spring
14 16 (2.15%) LINQ
14 16 (2.15%) Next.js
15 12 (1.61%) AngularJS
15 12 (1.61%) SOAP
16 11 (1.48%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 47 (6.32%) Product Ownership
2 33 (4.44%) Enterprise Software
3 28 (3.76%) Greenfield Project
4 27 (3.63%) Cloud Native
5 25 (3.36%) Mobile App
6 22 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
7 21 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (2.02%) Management Information System
9 13 (1.75%) AI Agents
9 13 (1.75%) Onboarding
10 12 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (1.48%) Driving Licence
12 10 (1.34%) Distributed Systems
12 10 (1.34%) Low-Code
12 10 (1.34%) PMI
13 9 (1.21%) Cyber Defence
14 8 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (1.08%) IoT
14 8 (1.08%) Virtual Team
15 5 (0.67%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 31 (4.17%) Linux
2 15 (2.02%) Windows
3 8 (1.08%) Apple iOS
4 7 (0.94%) Unix
5 6 (0.81%) Android
6 4 (0.54%) Kali Linux
7 2 (0.27%) Solaris
7 2 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (25.94%) Continuous Improvement
2 169 (22.72%) Mentoring
3 159 (21.37%) Problem-Solving
4 153 (20.56%) CI/CD
5 129 (17.34%) DevOps
6 127 (17.07%) Stakeholder Management
7 117 (15.73%) AI
8 115 (15.46%) Coaching
9 112 (15.05%) Scrum
10 90 (12.10%) Test Automation
11 88 (11.83%) Decision-Making
12 87 (11.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 85 (11.42%) Full-Stack Development
14 76 (10.22%) SDLC
15 74 (9.95%) Roadmaps
16 72 (9.68%) Microservices
17 71 (9.54%) Business Intelligence
18 70 (9.41%) Waterfall
19 69 (9.27%) Analytics
20 66 (8.87%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 167 (22.45%) SQL
2 131 (17.61%) C#
3 89 (11.96%) JavaScript
4 70 (9.41%) Java
5 61 (8.20%) TypeScript
6 43 (5.78%) Python
7 21 (2.82%) PL/SQL
8 18 (2.42%) Bash
9 16 (2.15%) C++
9 16 (2.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 14 (1.88%) PowerShell
11 13 (1.75%) PHP
12 7 (0.94%) C
13 4 (0.54%) MATLAB
13 4 (0.54%) RPG
13 4 (0.54%) RPG IV
13 4 (0.54%) RPG/400
13 4 (0.54%) Swift
14 3 (0.40%) Embedded C
15 2 (0.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 98 (13.17%) Degree
2 87 (11.69%) Security Cleared
3 80 (10.75%) SC Cleared
4 27 (3.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (2.82%) PMI Certification
6 16 (2.15%) Azure Certification
7 15 (2.02%) PMP
8 13 (1.75%) DV Cleared
9 12 (1.61%) CISSP
9 12 (1.61%) ISTQB
9 12 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (1.48%) ISEB
10 11 (1.48%) Master's Degree
11 10 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (0.94%) CISA
12 7 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
12 7 (0.94%) SSCP
13 6 (0.81%) Oracle Certification
14 5 (0.67%) CISM
15 4 (0.54%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (10.62%) QA
2 59 (7.93%) Accessibility
3 21 (2.82%) GDPR
4 18 (2.42%) Data Quality
5 13 (1.75%) NIST
6 11 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (1.34%) PMO
8 9 (1.21%) WCAG
9 7 (0.94%) GRC
10 4 (0.54%) SLA
10 4 (0.54%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.40%) NCSC
11 3 (0.40%) Software Quality Assurance
12 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.27%) ITGC
13 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.13%) ISO 14001
13 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 53 (7.12%) Docker
2 6 (0.81%) Embedded Firmware
2 6 (0.81%) Firmware
3 4 (0.54%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 64 (8.60%) Kubernetes
2 30 (4.03%) Terraform
3 7 (0.94%) Grafana
4 4 (0.54%) HP Fortify
5 3 (0.40%) Ansible
5 3 (0.40%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.27%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.27%) Puppet
6 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.13%) Argo
7 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 144 (19.35%) Microsoft
2 38 (5.11%) Oracle
3 30 (4.03%) SAP
4 23 (3.09%) ServiceNow
5 20 (2.69%) Salesforce
6 13 (1.75%) Databricks
7 10 (1.34%) Google
7 10 (1.34%) IFS
8 9 (1.21%) IBM
9 8 (1.08%) MuleSoft
10 7 (0.94%) YouTube
11 6 (0.81%) Pega
11 6 (0.81%) Veracode
11 6 (0.81%) Workday
12 5 (0.67%) Facebook
12 5 (0.67%) OpenAI
13 4 (0.54%) DIgSILENT
13 4 (0.54%) dotdigital
13 4 (0.54%) Infor
13 4 (0.54%) Planon