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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 8 4
Rank change year-on-year -21 -4 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 491 884 889
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.46% 12.36% 19.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.80% 14.03% 20.62%
Number of salaries quoted 344 428 727
10th Percentile £39,250 £38,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £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 £83,829 £80,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £67,500

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 6,293 6,299 4,311
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.81% 88.06% 92.49%
Number of salaries quoted 3,450 2,849 3,476
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,489 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.73% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
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 14 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 14 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 -20 331 £62,500 +4.17% 415
East Midlands -22 156 £55,000 -3.51% 305
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 23 (4.68%) Confluence
2 9 (1.83%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.02%) Apache
4 5 (1.02%) SAS
5 4 (0.81%) CMS
5 4 (0.81%) IIS
6 3 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.61%) WordPress
7 2 (0.41%) Appian
7 2 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.20%) nginx
Applications
1 17 (3.46%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.83%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.61%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.61%) Trello
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.20%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.20%) Simulink
6 1 (0.20%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 29 (5.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.22%) 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
1 143 (29.12%) Azure
2 67 (13.65%) AWS
3 56 (11.41%) SaaS
4 53 (10.79%) Power Platform
5 41 (8.35%) Azure DevOps
5 41 (8.35%) Dynamics 365
6 22 (4.48%) PowerApps
7 21 (4.28%) Microsoft 365
8 19 (3.87%) Power Automate
9 17 (3.46%) GCP
10 12 (2.44%) Serverless
11 10 (2.04%) PaaS
12 9 (1.83%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (1.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 7 (1.43%) Entra ID
15 6 (1.22%) Amazon EC2
15 6 (1.22%) Amazon S3
15 6 (1.22%) Snowflake
16 5 (1.02%) Azure Functions
16 5 (1.02%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.65%) DNS
2 7 (1.43%) DHCP
3 6 (1.22%) Firewall
3 6 (1.22%) VPN
4 5 (1.02%) HTTP
4 5 (1.02%) WAN
5 4 (0.81%) FTP
5 4 (0.81%) Internet
5 4 (0.81%) LAN
5 4 (0.81%) Modbus
5 4 (0.81%) SMTP
5 4 (0.81%) SSH
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%) Intranet
6 3 (0.61%) RS-232
6 3 (0.61%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.50%) Power BI
2 23 (4.68%) SQL Server
3 21 (4.28%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (4.07%) MySQL
5 13 (2.65%) Data Lake
6 9 (1.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (1.43%) NoSQL
8 6 (1.22%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 6 (1.22%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.02%) BusinessObjects
9 5 (1.02%) Tableau
10 4 (0.81%) Metadata
10 4 (0.81%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.81%) Pentaho
10 4 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (0.61%) Big Data
11 3 (0.61%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 3 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.41%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 51 (10.39%) JIRA
2 37 (7.54%) Git
3 12 (2.44%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.44%) Selenium
4 10 (2.04%) GitLab
5 8 (1.63%) JUnit
5 8 (1.63%) Postman
6 6 (1.22%) Cucumber
6 6 (1.22%) Subversion
7 5 (1.02%) Mockito
7 5 (1.02%) Rational DOORS
8 4 (0.81%) Maven
8 4 (0.81%) Vagrant
9 3 (0.61%) git-flow
9 3 (0.61%) JMeter
9 3 (0.61%) Katalon Studio
9 3 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.41%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.41%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.41%) Vite
General
1 158 (32.18%) Social Skills
2 127 (25.87%) Finance
3 60 (12.22%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (7.54%) Public Sector
5 34 (6.92%) Law
6 32 (6.52%) Marketing
7 30 (6.11%) Legal
8 28 (5.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (3.87%) Local Government
10 16 (3.26%) Retail
11 15 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (2.65%) Manufacturing
13 11 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
15 9 (1.83%) Fire and Rescue
16 8 (1.63%) Banking
17 7 (1.43%) Electronics
18 6 (1.22%) Advertising
18 6 (1.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 98 (19.96%) Developer
2 69 (14.05%) Lead
3 67 (13.65%) Senior
4 48 (9.78%) Analyst
5 35 (7.13%) Architect
6 30 (6.11%) Project Manager
7 23 (4.68%) Data Engineer
8 19 (3.87%) Business Analyst
9 18 (3.67%) IT Manager
9 18 (3.67%) Senior Developer
10 16 (3.26%) C# Developer
10 16 (3.26%) Dynamics 365 Developer
10 16 (3.26%) Software Engineer
11 15 (3.05%) IT Project Manager
11 15 (3.05%) PHP Developer
12 14 (2.85%) Lead Developer
12 14 (2.85%) Product Owner
13 13 (2.65%) Delivery Manager
14 12 (2.44%) Consultant
14 12 (2.44%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (11.20%) .NET
2 26 (5.30%) React
3 23 (4.68%) CSS
3 23 (4.68%) HTML
4 16 (3.26%) Spring
5 15 (3.05%) REST
6 14 (2.85%) Laravel
7 12 (2.44%) .NET Framework
8 11 (2.24%) RESTful
8 11 (2.24%) Symfony
9 10 (2.04%) EDI
9 10 (2.04%) Spring Boot
10 9 (1.83%) Middleware
11 8 (1.63%) CakePHP
11 8 (1.63%) CodeIgniter
11 8 (1.63%) jQuery
11 8 (1.63%) XML
12 7 (1.43%) AngularJS
12 7 (1.43%) Playwright
13 6 (1.22%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 50 (10.18%) Product Ownership
2 28 (5.70%) Cloud Native
3 21 (4.28%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (2.65%) Management Information System
5 12 (2.44%) Data Centre
5 12 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
6 10 (2.04%) NHS
6 10 (2.04%) Onboarding
7 9 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (1.83%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.43%) IoT
10 6 (1.22%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (1.02%) Legacy Code
11 5 (1.02%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.02%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.81%) Data Structures
12 4 (0.81%) Driving Licence
12 4 (0.81%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 19 (3.87%) Windows
2 18 (3.67%) Linux
3 5 (1.02%) Mac OS
3 5 (1.02%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.81%) VMS
5 3 (0.61%) Embedded Linux
5 3 (0.61%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (0.61%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.41%) Amazon Linux
6 2 (0.41%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.20%) Unix
7 1 (0.20%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (21.79%) Continuous Improvement
1 107 (21.79%) DevOps
2 94 (19.14%) Problem-Solving
3 83 (16.90%) Stakeholder Management
4 71 (14.46%) Mentoring
5 70 (14.26%) Scrum
6 68 (13.85%) CI/CD
7 64 (13.03%) Project Management
8 58 (11.81%) Waterfall
9 54 (11.00%) Project Delivery
9 54 (11.00%) SDLC
10 50 (10.18%) Roadmaps
11 47 (9.57%) Analytics
11 47 (9.57%) Migration
12 45 (9.16%) CRM
12 45 (9.16%) Software Engineering
13 39 (7.94%) Test Automation
14 37 (7.54%) AI
14 37 (7.54%) Coaching
15 35 (7.13%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 98 (19.96%) SQL
2 71 (14.46%) C#
3 56 (11.41%) JavaScript
4 44 (8.96%) Python
5 37 (7.54%) Java
6 33 (6.72%) TypeScript
7 22 (4.48%) PHP
8 13 (2.65%) PowerShell
9 9 (1.83%) Bash
10 8 (1.63%) C++
11 7 (1.43%) Groovy
12 5 (1.02%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.81%) C
13 4 (0.81%) Go
13 4 (0.81%) Perl
13 4 (0.81%) Ruby
14 3 (0.61%) R
14 3 (0.61%) Scala
15 2 (0.41%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 53 (10.79%) Degree
2 42 (8.55%) Security Cleared
3 32 (6.52%) SC Cleared
4 19 (3.87%) BPSS Clearance
5 14 (2.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (2.24%) ACCA
7 10 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.83%) PMI Certification
9 8 (1.63%) Azure Certification
9 8 (1.63%) PMP
10 7 (1.43%) DV Cleared
11 6 (1.22%) AWS Certification
12 5 (1.02%) Master's Degree
12 5 (1.02%) MCP
13 4 (0.81%) Chartered Engineer
13 4 (0.81%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.61%) IBM Certification
14 3 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (11.41%) QA
2 10 (2.04%) Data Quality
2 10 (2.04%) PMO
3 8 (1.63%) SLA
4 7 (1.43%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 6 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (1.22%) GDPR
6 5 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.61%) COBIT
7 3 (0.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 3 (0.61%) MISRA
7 3 (0.61%) NIST
7 3 (0.61%) WCAG
8 2 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.20%) NIST 800
System Software
1 25 (5.09%) Docker
2 15 (3.05%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.02%) Firmware
4 3 (0.61%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (0.41%) DFS Replication
6 1 (0.20%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 26 (5.30%) Kubernetes
2 24 (4.89%) Terraform
3 5 (1.02%) Ansible
3 5 (1.02%) Grafana
4 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.41%) Nagios
4 2 (0.41%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.20%) Argo
5 1 (0.20%) CA Service Virtualization
5 1 (0.20%) Nessus
5 1 (0.20%) Puppet
Vendors
1 74 (15.07%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.50%) Databricks
3 20 (4.07%) Oracle
4 12 (2.44%) Salesforce
4 12 (2.44%) SAP
5 8 (1.63%) IBM
5 8 (1.63%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.22%) Google
6 6 (1.22%) Siemens
7 5 (1.02%) Zoho
8 4 (0.81%) Adobe
8 4 (0.81%) JD Edwards
8 4 (0.81%) Remedy
8 4 (0.81%) Talend
9 3 (0.61%) Cisco
9 3 (0.61%) Cloudera
9 3 (0.61%) Guidewire
9 3 (0.61%) Informatica
9 3 (0.61%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.61%) Workday