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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 11 8
Rank change year-on-year -8 -3 -5
Permanent jobs citing Agile 731 634 1,316
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.92% 10.87% 12.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.05% 12.83% 16.10%
Number of salaries quoted 474 387 614
10th Percentile £36,374 £33,250 £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 £65,465
% change year-on-year -7.14% +6.93% -3.02%

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 10,363 4,941 8,176
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.71% 84.68% 77.85%
Number of salaries quoted 7,402 2,965 4,642
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,119
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,700
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 £63,500 £64,108
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%

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 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 31 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 -10 458 £55,000 -8.33% 196
East Midlands -1 272 £55,000 -4.35% 98
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 (2.87%) Confluence
2 14 (1.92%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 13 (1.78%) 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%) Documentum
7 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (1.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.64%) MS Visio
3 10 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.68%) Simulink
6 4 (0.55%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.55%) Revit
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 27 (3.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.96%) 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 3 (0.41%) Infor M3
7 2 (0.27%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.27%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.27%) Shopify
7 2 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.14%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.14%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 238 (32.56%) Azure
2 156 (21.34%) AWS
3 77 (10.53%) Power Platform
4 60 (8.21%) Azure DevOps
5 45 (6.16%) SaaS
6 44 (6.02%) Power Automate
7 42 (5.75%) PowerApps
8 38 (5.20%) Dynamics 365
9 29 (3.97%) Microsoft 365
10 28 (3.83%) Serverless
11 19 (2.60%) GCP
12 15 (2.05%) IaaS
13 14 (1.92%) Amazon S3
13 14 (1.92%) AWS Lambda
14 12 (1.64%) AWS CloudFormation
15 11 (1.50%) Microsoft Copilot
15 11 (1.50%) PaaS
16 10 (1.37%) Azure Logic Apps
17 9 (1.23%) GitHub
18 8 (1.09%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.09%) DNS
2 7 (0.96%) Internet
3 5 (0.68%) LAN
3 5 (0.68%) WAN
3 5 (0.68%) Wireshark
4 4 (0.55%) Network Security
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 62 (8.48%) Power BI
2 50 (6.84%) MongoDB
3 45 (6.16%) Azure SQL Database
4 27 (3.69%) SQL Server
5 25 (3.42%) Elasticsearch
6 20 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (1.78%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (1.50%) Relational Database
9 10 (1.37%) DynamoDB
9 10 (1.37%) NoSQL
9 10 (1.37%) Power Query
10 9 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
10 9 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (1.09%) Data Lake
12 7 (0.96%) MySQL
12 7 (0.96%) Oracle Reports
12 7 (0.96%) 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 56 (7.66%) JIRA
2 55 (7.52%) Git
3 23 (3.15%) GitLab
4 22 (3.01%) Cucumber
4 22 (3.01%) JUnit
4 22 (3.01%) Selenium
5 20 (2.74%) Postman
6 18 (2.46%) Jenkins
7 17 (2.33%) Maven
8 14 (1.92%) Gatling
8 14 (1.92%) Mockito
9 12 (1.64%) JMeter
9 12 (1.64%) Zephyr
10 9 (1.23%) Cypress.io
11 8 (1.09%) Subversion
12 7 (0.96%) SoapUI
12 7 (0.96%) XCUITest
13 6 (0.82%) REST Assured
14 5 (0.68%) Eclipse
14 5 (0.68%) Visual Studio
General
1 231 (31.60%) Social Skills
2 182 (24.90%) Finance
3 111 (15.18%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (9.85%) Public Sector
5 44 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 41 (5.61%) Retail
7 37 (5.06%) Influencing Skills
8 34 (4.65%) Manufacturing
9 29 (3.97%) Organisational Skills
10 27 (3.69%) Law
11 21 (2.87%) Marketing
12 19 (2.60%) Legal
13 16 (2.19%) Banking
13 16 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
14 14 (1.92%) Electronics
15 12 (1.64%) Games
16 11 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
17 9 (1.23%) Aerospace
18 8 (1.09%) Advertising
19 7 (0.96%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 166 (22.71%) Developer
2 132 (18.06%) Senior
3 99 (13.54%) Lead
4 79 (10.81%) Analyst
5 56 (7.66%) Project Manager
6 52 (7.11%) Architect
7 49 (6.70%) .NET Developer
8 47 (6.43%) Business Analyst
9 46 (6.29%) Software Engineer
10 37 (5.06%) Delivery Manager
11 30 (4.10%) Senior Developer
12 27 (3.69%) Senior Analyst
13 22 (3.01%) Power Platform Developer
13 22 (3.01%) Software Developer
14 20 (2.74%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 20 (2.74%) Senior Manager
15 19 (2.60%) Full-Stack Developer
16 18 (2.46%) Junior
17 17 (2.33%) Account Manager
17 17 (2.33%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (14.36%) .NET
2 87 (11.90%) React
3 58 (7.93%) ASP.NET
4 53 (7.25%) ASP.NET Core
5 52 (7.11%) .NET Core
6 49 (6.70%) REST
7 46 (6.29%) Node.js
8 41 (5.61%) CSS
9 36 (4.92%) HTML
10 33 (4.51%) Playwright
11 32 (4.38%) Terraform
12 25 (3.42%) ASP.NET Web API
12 25 (3.42%) Entity Framework
13 22 (3.01%) Blazor
13 22 (3.01%) RESTful
14 20 (2.74%) Spring
15 16 (2.19%) LINQ
16 15 (2.05%) JSON
16 15 (2.05%) Next.js
17 14 (1.92%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 44 (6.02%) Product Ownership
2 34 (4.65%) Enterprise Software
3 27 (3.69%) Greenfield Project
4 26 (3.56%) Cloud Native
5 24 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
6 23 (3.15%) Mobile App
7 22 (3.01%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
8 14 (1.92%) Management Information System
8 14 (1.92%) Onboarding
9 13 (1.78%) AI Agents
9 13 (1.78%) Driving Licence
10 11 (1.50%) Virtual Team
11 10 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
11 10 (1.37%) Low-Code
11 10 (1.37%) PMI
12 8 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (1.09%) IoT
13 7 (0.96%) Cyber Defence
14 6 (0.82%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 33 (4.51%) Linux
2 13 (1.78%) Windows
3 7 (0.96%) Apple iOS
3 7 (0.96%) 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
1 194 (26.54%) Continuous Improvement
2 166 (22.71%) Mentoring
2 166 (22.71%) Problem-Solving
3 154 (21.07%) CI/CD
4 130 (17.78%) Stakeholder Management
5 129 (17.65%) DevOps
6 119 (16.28%) AI
6 119 (16.28%) Scrum
7 109 (14.91%) Coaching
8 90 (12.31%) Decision-Making
9 87 (11.90%) Full-Stack Development
9 87 (11.90%) Test Automation
10 85 (11.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 76 (10.40%) SDLC
12 74 (10.12%) Roadmaps
13 73 (9.99%) Microservices
13 73 (9.99%) Software Engineering
14 72 (9.85%) Business Intelligence
15 70 (9.58%) Project Management
16 67 (9.17%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 168 (22.98%) SQL
2 131 (17.92%) C#
3 95 (13.00%) JavaScript
4 75 (10.26%) Java
5 64 (8.76%) TypeScript
6 46 (6.29%) Python
7 21 (2.87%) PL/SQL
8 19 (2.60%) Bash
9 16 (2.19%) C++
9 16 (2.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 13 (1.78%) PowerShell
11 10 (1.37%) PHP
12 9 (1.23%) C
13 6 (0.82%) MATLAB
14 5 (0.68%) Embedded C
15 4 (0.55%) Perl
15 4 (0.55%) RPG
15 4 (0.55%) RPG IV
15 4 (0.55%) RPG/400
15 4 (0.55%) Swift
Qualifications
1 98 (13.41%) Degree
2 92 (12.59%) Security Cleared
3 83 (11.35%) SC Cleared
4 27 (3.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (3.42%) PMI Certification
6 20 (2.74%) PMP
7 16 (2.19%) Azure Certification
8 13 (1.78%) DV Cleared
8 13 (1.78%) ISTQB
8 13 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (1.64%) ISEB
10 11 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (1.37%) CISSP
11 10 (1.37%) Master's Degree
12 7 (0.96%) CISA
12 7 (0.96%) CompTIA Security+
12 7 (0.96%) SSCP
13 6 (0.82%) Oracle Certification
14 5 (0.68%) AWS Certification
15 4 (0.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (10.26%) QA
2 61 (8.34%) Accessibility
3 23 (3.15%) Data Quality
4 22 (3.01%) GDPR
5 12 (1.64%) WCAG
6 11 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.50%) NIST
7 10 (1.37%) PMO
8 8 (1.09%) GRC
9 4 (0.55%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.41%) NCSC
10 3 (0.41%) SLA
10 3 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
11 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.14%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.14%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 54 (7.39%) Docker
2 8 (1.09%) Embedded Firmware
2 8 (1.09%) Firmware
3 3 (0.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 64 (8.76%) 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 (19.43%) Microsoft
2 37 (5.06%) Oracle
3 33 (4.51%) SAP
4 24 (3.28%) ServiceNow
5 20 (2.74%) Salesforce
6 13 (1.78%) Databricks
7 11 (1.50%) Google
8 10 (1.37%) IFS
9 9 (1.23%) IBM
9 9 (1.23%) Pega
10 8 (1.09%) MuleSoft
10 8 (1.09%) YouTube
11 7 (0.96%) Infor
12 6 (0.82%) Veracode
12 6 (0.82%) Workday
13 5 (0.68%) Cisco
13 5 (0.68%) Facebook
13 5 (0.68%) OpenAI
14 4 (0.55%) dotdigital
14 4 (0.55%) Microsemi