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 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 9 4
Rank change year-on-year -18 -5 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 491 826 851
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.30% 12.36% 17.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.70% 13.79% 19.20%
Number of salaries quoted 350 413 738
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,550 £35,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £48,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,961 £80,000
England median annual salary £67,000 £67,500 £65,601
% change year-on-year -0.74% +2.89% -2.81%

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 6,373 5,992 4,433
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.74% 89.69% 88.78%
Number of salaries quoted 3,512 2,650 3,662
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 31 December 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 31 December 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 -20 332 £62,000 +3.33% 898
East Midlands -19 155 £55,000 -8.33% 728
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 (4.48%) Confluence
2 8 (1.63%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.02%) CMS
4 5 (1.02%) SAS
5 4 (0.81%) Apache
5 4 (0.81%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (0.61%) IIS
6 3 (0.61%) WordPress
7 2 (0.41%) Appian
7 2 (0.41%) nginx
8 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 15 (3.05%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (2.65%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.43%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.61%) Trello
6 2 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.41%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.20%) Simulink
7 1 (0.20%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 26 (5.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.43%) Shopify
3 3 (0.61%) Maximo
3 3 (0.61%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.41%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 2 (0.41%) iTrent
4 2 (0.41%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.20%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.20%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 141 (28.72%) Azure
2 64 (13.03%) AWS
3 54 (11.00%) Power Platform
4 47 (9.57%) SaaS
5 44 (8.96%) Azure DevOps
6 38 (7.74%) Dynamics 365
7 20 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
7 20 (4.07%) PowerApps
8 18 (3.67%) Power Automate
9 13 (2.65%) GCP
10 10 (2.04%) Azure Data Factory
10 10 (2.04%) PaaS
10 10 (2.04%) Serverless
11 6 (1.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 6 (1.22%) Entra ID
12 5 (1.02%) Amazon S3
12 5 (1.02%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (1.02%) GitHub
12 5 (1.02%) IaaS
13 4 (0.81%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.24%) DNS
2 7 (1.43%) DHCP
3 6 (1.22%) VPN
4 5 (1.02%) WAN
5 4 (0.81%) Internet
5 4 (0.81%) LAN
5 4 (0.81%) Modbus
5 4 (0.81%) SSL
5 4 (0.81%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.61%) 3G
6 3 (0.61%) GPRS
6 3 (0.61%) GSM
6 3 (0.61%) HTTP
6 3 (0.61%) Intranet
6 3 (0.61%) RS-232
6 3 (0.61%) RS-485
7 2 (0.41%) Broadband
7 2 (0.41%) FTP
7 2 (0.41%) SMTP
7 2 (0.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (6.11%) Power BI
2 23 (4.68%) Data Warehouse
2 23 (4.68%) SQL Server
3 21 (4.28%) MySQL
4 16 (3.26%) Data Lake
5 9 (1.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 8 (1.63%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 7 (1.43%) NoSQL
7 7 (1.43%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.22%) Metadata
9 5 (1.02%) BusinessObjects
10 4 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.81%) Pentaho
10 4 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.81%) Tableau
11 3 (0.61%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 3 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.41%) Crystal Reports
12 2 (0.41%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.41%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 49 (9.98%) JIRA
2 35 (7.13%) Git
3 11 (2.24%) Selenium
4 10 (2.04%) JUnit
5 9 (1.83%) GitLab
5 9 (1.83%) Jenkins
6 8 (1.63%) Postman
7 7 (1.43%) Mockito
7 7 (1.43%) Subversion
8 6 (1.22%) Cucumber
8 6 (1.22%) Maven
9 4 (0.81%) Rational DOORS
10 3 (0.61%) git-flow
10 3 (0.61%) JMeter
10 3 (0.61%) Vite
11 2 (0.41%) Gatling
11 2 (0.41%) Katalon Studio
11 2 (0.41%) NUnit
11 2 (0.41%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.41%) TestRail
General
1 158 (32.18%) Social Skills
2 129 (26.27%) Finance
3 63 (12.83%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (8.76%) Public Sector
5 33 (6.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 33 (6.72%) Law
6 29 (5.91%) Legal
7 28 (5.70%) Marketing
8 19 (3.87%) Local Government
9 18 (3.67%) Retail
10 17 (3.46%) Manufacturing
11 14 (2.85%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
13 11 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (2.04%) Electronics
15 9 (1.83%) Fire and Rescue
16 8 (1.63%) Banking
17 6 (1.22%) Billing
17 6 (1.22%) Military
Job Titles
1 103 (20.98%) Developer
2 70 (14.26%) Senior
3 68 (13.85%) Lead
4 51 (10.39%) Analyst
5 32 (6.52%) Architect
6 31 (6.31%) Project Manager
7 27 (5.50%) Data Engineer
8 23 (4.68%) Business Analyst
9 21 (4.28%) IT Manager
10 19 (3.87%) Senior Developer
11 18 (3.67%) Java Developer
12 17 (3.46%) Product Owner
13 16 (3.26%) C# Developer
13 16 (3.26%) Senior Data Engineer
14 15 (3.05%) Delivery Manager
14 15 (3.05%) Dynamics 365 Developer
14 15 (3.05%) IT Project Manager
14 15 (3.05%) PHP Developer
15 13 (2.65%) Lead Developer
16 12 (2.44%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (10.79%) .NET
2 26 (5.30%) React
3 23 (4.68%) CSS
3 23 (4.68%) HTML
4 16 (3.26%) REST
4 16 (3.26%) Spring
5 15 (3.05%) Laravel
6 12 (2.44%) .NET Framework
6 12 (2.44%) EDI
7 11 (2.24%) RESTful
7 11 (2.24%) Spring Boot
7 11 (2.24%) Symfony
8 9 (1.83%) Middleware
9 8 (1.63%) CakePHP
9 8 (1.63%) CodeIgniter
9 8 (1.63%) jQuery
10 7 (1.43%) Playwright
11 6 (1.22%) AngularJS
11 6 (1.22%) Node.js
11 6 (1.22%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 53 (10.79%) Product Ownership
2 25 (5.09%) Cloud Native
3 21 (4.28%) Enterprise Software
4 19 (3.87%) Management Information System
5 12 (2.44%) Onboarding
6 11 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (2.04%) Data Centre
7 10 (2.04%) NHS
8 9 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (1.02%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.02%) Embedded Systems
11 5 (1.02%) IoT
11 5 (1.02%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.02%) Mobile App
11 5 (1.02%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (0.81%) Legacy Code
12 4 (0.81%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.28%) Linux
2 17 (3.46%) Windows
3 5 (1.02%) Mac OS
3 5 (1.02%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.61%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (0.61%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (0.61%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.41%) Mac OS X
5 2 (0.41%) Unix
5 2 (0.41%) VMS
6 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (22.00%) DevOps
2 105 (21.38%) Continuous Improvement
3 100 (20.37%) Problem-Solving
4 84 (17.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 71 (14.46%) Scrum
6 70 (14.26%) Mentoring
7 67 (13.65%) CI/CD
8 66 (13.44%) Project Management
9 61 (12.42%) Waterfall
10 55 (11.20%) SDLC
11 51 (10.39%) Project Delivery
12 47 (9.57%) Analytics
12 47 (9.57%) Migration
12 47 (9.57%) Roadmaps
13 46 (9.37%) CRM
14 40 (8.15%) Business Intelligence
15 39 (7.94%) Coaching
15 39 (7.94%) Software Engineering
15 39 (7.94%) User Experience
16 38 (7.74%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 99 (20.16%) SQL
2 64 (13.03%) C#
3 55 (11.20%) JavaScript
4 41 (8.35%) Python
5 40 (8.15%) Java
6 33 (6.72%) TypeScript
7 23 (4.68%) PHP
8 13 (2.65%) Bash
9 10 (2.04%) PowerShell
10 8 (1.63%) C++
11 6 (1.22%) C
11 6 (1.22%) Go
11 6 (1.22%) PL/SQL
12 5 (1.02%) Scala
13 4 (0.81%) Groovy
13 4 (0.81%) R
13 4 (0.81%) Ruby
14 2 (0.41%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.41%) Perl
14 2 (0.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 56 (11.41%) Degree
2 43 (8.76%) Security Cleared
3 31 (6.31%) SC Cleared
4 20 (4.07%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (3.05%) PMI Certification
6 14 (2.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (2.65%) PMP
8 10 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (1.63%) DV Cleared
10 7 (1.43%) Master's Degree
11 5 (1.02%) ACCA
11 5 (1.02%) AWS Certification
11 5 (1.02%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.02%) MCP
12 4 (0.81%) Chartered Engineer
12 4 (0.81%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 3 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (12.42%) QA
2 12 (2.44%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.04%) GDPR
3 10 (2.04%) PMO
4 8 (1.63%) SLA
5 7 (1.43%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 6 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.61%) COBIT
8 3 (0.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 3 (0.61%) MISRA
8 3 (0.61%) NIST
8 3 (0.61%) WCAG
9 2 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.20%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.20%) NIST 800
System Software
1 26 (5.30%) Docker
2 12 (2.44%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.81%) Firmware
4 3 (0.61%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 27 (5.50%) Kubernetes
2 22 (4.48%) Terraform
3 7 (1.43%) Ansible
4 3 (0.61%) Grafana
5 2 (0.41%) Argo
5 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.41%) Nagios
5 2 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.20%) CA Service Virtualization
6 1 (0.20%) Control-M
6 1 (0.20%) Kustomize
6 1 (0.20%) Nessus
6 1 (0.20%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.20%) Puppet
Vendors
1 77 (15.68%) Microsoft
2 34 (6.92%) Databricks
3 25 (5.09%) Oracle
4 15 (3.05%) Salesforce
4 15 (3.05%) SAP
5 8 (1.63%) IBM
6 6 (1.22%) Google
6 6 (1.22%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.22%) Siemens
7 5 (1.02%) Talend
7 5 (1.02%) Zoho
8 4 (0.81%) Adobe
8 4 (0.81%) JD Edwards
8 4 (0.81%) Planon
8 4 (0.81%) Remedy
9 3 (0.61%) Cisco
9 3 (0.61%) Cloudera
9 3 (0.61%) Informatica
9 3 (0.61%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.61%) QAD