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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 8 4
Rank change year-on-year -20 -4 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 585 681 1,546
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.82% 13.23% 15.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.55% 14.37% 18.65%
Number of salaries quoted 381 416 1,281
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £34,834
25th Percentile £46,696 £46,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £59,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.93% +8.64% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,813 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -7.41%

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 7,753 4,738 8,291
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 77.14% 92.07% 84.16%
Number of salaries quoted 4,411 2,593 6,567
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% -7.62%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,625 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 16 March 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 16 March 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 -21 384 £60,000 - 160
East Midlands -11 200 £55,000 -8.33% 102
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 42 (7.18%) Confluence
2 13 (2.22%) CMS
3 12 (2.05%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.37%) SAS
5 6 (1.03%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 5 (0.85%) nginx
7 3 (0.51%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.51%) IIS
7 3 (0.51%) WordPress
8 2 (0.34%) Apache
9 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.17%) Drupal
9 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.05%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (1.54%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.85%) Adobe Illustrator
5 5 (0.85%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.34%) Trello
8 1 (0.17%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.17%) Simulink
8 1 (0.17%) Sketch
8 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.03%) Workday HCM
3 5 (0.85%) Shopify
4 3 (0.51%) Maximo
5 2 (0.34%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 2 (0.34%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.34%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.17%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.17%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 151 (25.81%) Azure
2 64 (10.94%) AWS
3 56 (9.57%) Power Platform
4 52 (8.89%) Azure DevOps
5 33 (5.64%) SaaS
6 27 (4.62%) Microsoft 365
7 25 (4.27%) Dynamics 365
8 19 (3.25%) PowerApps
9 14 (2.39%) Power Automate
10 12 (2.05%) GCP
10 12 (2.05%) PaaS
11 11 (1.88%) IaaS
11 11 (1.88%) Serverless
12 9 (1.54%) Azure Data Factory
12 9 (1.54%) Entra ID
13 7 (1.20%) AWS CloudFormation
13 7 (1.20%) Azure Logic Apps
13 7 (1.20%) GitHub
14 5 (0.85%) Microsoft Copilot
15 4 (0.68%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.85%) DNS
1 5 (0.85%) WAN
2 4 (0.68%) Broadband
2 4 (0.68%) Internet
2 4 (0.68%) Modbus
2 4 (0.68%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.51%) 3G
3 3 (0.51%) 4G
3 3 (0.51%) GPRS
3 3 (0.51%) GSM
3 3 (0.51%) LAN
3 3 (0.51%) RS-232
3 3 (0.51%) RS-485
3 3 (0.51%) SSL
4 2 (0.34%) 5G
4 2 (0.34%) Intranet
4 2 (0.34%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.34%) Wireless
5 1 (0.17%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (0.17%) IOS XR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (5.30%) Power BI
2 20 (3.42%) Data Warehouse
2 20 (3.42%) MySQL
3 18 (3.08%) Data Lake
3 18 (3.08%) SQL Server
4 7 (1.20%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 7 (1.20%) Metadata
5 6 (1.03%) NoSQL
5 6 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (0.85%) Pentaho
6 5 (0.85%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.34%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 2 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.34%) InfluxDB
9 2 (0.34%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.34%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 74 (12.65%) JIRA
2 38 (6.50%) Git
3 9 (1.54%) JUnit
3 9 (1.54%) Selenium
3 9 (1.54%) XCUITest
4 8 (1.37%) Maven
4 8 (1.37%) Mockito
5 7 (1.20%) Postman
6 6 (1.03%) Cucumber
6 6 (1.03%) GitLab
6 6 (1.03%) Vite
7 5 (0.85%) Subversion
8 4 (0.68%) JMeter
9 3 (0.51%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.51%) Jenkins
9 3 (0.51%) Locust
9 3 (0.51%) SoapUI
9 3 (0.51%) TestRail
10 2 (0.34%) git-flow
10 2 (0.34%) LoadRunner
General
1 189 (32.31%) Social Skills
2 174 (29.74%) Finance
3 81 (13.85%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (10.77%) Public Sector
5 54 (9.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 40 (6.84%) Law
7 33 (5.64%) Legal
8 26 (4.44%) Marketing
9 24 (4.10%) Retail
10 19 (3.25%) Influencing Skills
11 17 (2.91%) Documentation Skills
12 15 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
13 14 (2.39%) Manufacturing
14 13 (2.22%) Local Government
15 12 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
16 10 (1.71%) Banking
16 10 (1.71%) Electronics
17 9 (1.54%) Advertising
17 9 (1.54%) Fire and Rescue
18 6 (1.03%) Military
Job Titles
1 113 (19.32%) Senior
2 88 (15.04%) Analyst
3 86 (14.70%) Developer
4 68 (11.62%) Lead
5 39 (6.67%) Business Analyst
6 38 (6.50%) Project Manager
7 33 (5.64%) Senior Manager
8 31 (5.30%) Architect
8 31 (5.30%) Product Owner
9 28 (4.79%) Delivery Manager
10 26 (4.44%) Data Engineer
11 22 (3.76%) IT Manager
11 22 (3.76%) Senior Analyst
12 20 (3.42%) Digital Analyst
13 17 (2.91%) Java Developer
13 17 (2.91%) Senior Data Engineer
14 16 (2.74%) Full-Stack Developer
14 16 (2.74%) IT Project Manager
15 15 (2.56%) IT Support
15 15 (2.56%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (7.01%) .NET
2 32 (5.47%) React
3 22 (3.76%) CSS
4 20 (3.42%) HTML
5 16 (2.74%) REST
6 15 (2.56%) Laravel
7 13 (2.22%) AngularJS
7 13 (2.22%) EDI
8 11 (1.88%) Middleware
8 11 (1.88%) RESTful
8 11 (1.88%) Spring
9 10 (1.71%) Node.js
9 10 (1.71%) Vue
10 8 (1.37%) YAML
11 7 (1.20%) AWS CDK
11 7 (1.20%) jQuery
11 7 (1.20%) Next.js
11 7 (1.20%) Playwright
12 6 (1.03%) Spring Boot
12 6 (1.03%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 70 (11.97%) Product Ownership
2 30 (5.13%) Management Information System
3 19 (3.25%) Mobile App
4 18 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
5 16 (2.74%) Cloud Native
6 14 (2.39%) Onboarding
7 12 (2.05%) Data Centre
8 11 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.71%) NHS
10 9 (1.54%) Cyber Defence
10 9 (1.54%) Low-Code
11 8 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (0.85%) Embedded Systems
13 5 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (0.85%) Legacy Applications
13 5 (0.85%) Mobile Computing
13 5 (0.85%) Social Media
13 5 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 25 (4.27%) Linux
2 14 (2.39%) Windows
3 10 (1.71%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.20%) Android
5 4 (0.68%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.51%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (0.51%) FreeRTOS
7 2 (0.34%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.34%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (23.59%) Continuous Improvement
2 122 (20.85%) Mentoring
3 107 (18.29%) Problem-Solving
4 103 (17.61%) DevOps
5 98 (16.75%) Stakeholder Management
6 90 (15.38%) Coaching
7 81 (13.85%) Scrum
8 78 (13.33%) CI/CD
9 69 (11.79%) Project Management
10 64 (10.94%) Roadmaps
11 60 (10.26%) Analytics
11 60 (10.26%) Decision-Making
12 57 (9.74%) Waterfall
13 54 (9.23%) Project Delivery
13 54 (9.23%) Test Automation
14 51 (8.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 45 (7.69%) Business Strategy
16 44 (7.52%) Full-Stack Development
16 44 (7.52%) SDLC
16 44 (7.52%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 106 (18.12%) SQL
2 54 (9.23%) JavaScript
3 49 (8.38%) C#
4 40 (6.84%) Python
5 36 (6.15%) TypeScript
6 35 (5.98%) Java
7 24 (4.10%) PHP
8 20 (3.42%) Bash
9 10 (1.71%) PowerShell
10 8 (1.37%) C
10 8 (1.37%) PL/SQL
11 7 (1.20%) C++
12 5 (0.85%) Go
12 5 (0.85%) R
13 3 (0.51%) Scala
13 3 (0.51%) Swift
13 3 (0.51%) VBA
14 2 (0.34%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.34%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 61 (10.43%) Degree
2 47 (8.03%) Security Cleared
3 34 (5.81%) SC Cleared
4 19 (3.25%) PMI Certification
5 17 (2.91%) PMP
6 13 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (1.54%) CISSP
8 9 (1.54%) CompTIA Security+
8 9 (1.54%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.37%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.20%) CISA
10 7 (1.20%) CITP
10 7 (1.20%) SSCP
11 6 (1.03%) Azure Certification
11 6 (1.03%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 5 (0.85%) CIMA
12 5 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.85%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (15.38%) QA
2 24 (4.10%) Accessibility
3 20 (3.42%) SLA
4 14 (2.39%) Data Quality
4 14 (2.39%) NIST
5 13 (2.22%) GDPR
6 9 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.37%) PMO
8 7 (1.20%) ITGC
8 7 (1.20%) WCAG
9 3 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 3 (0.51%) MISRA
10 2 (0.34%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.17%) GRC
11 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.17%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 32 (5.47%) Docker
2 10 (1.71%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.51%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (0.51%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 31 (5.30%) Kubernetes
2 20 (3.42%) Terraform
3 8 (1.37%) Grafana
4 6 (1.03%) Ansible
5 2 (0.34%) Argo
5 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.17%) Control-M
6 1 (0.17%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.17%) Kustomize
6 1 (0.17%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 91 (15.56%) Microsoft
2 34 (5.81%) Databricks
3 25 (4.27%) Oracle
4 13 (2.22%) Salesforce
4 13 (2.22%) SAP
5 12 (2.05%) ServiceNow
6 9 (1.54%) IBM
7 7 (1.20%) Planon
7 7 (1.20%) Workday
8 6 (1.03%) Google
8 6 (1.03%) Talend
9 5 (0.85%) Zoho
10 4 (0.68%) Cloudera
10 4 (0.68%) Dynatrace
10 4 (0.68%) Informatica
10 4 (0.68%) Remedy
11 3 (0.51%) Apple
11 3 (0.51%) Cisco
11 3 (0.51%) ESRI
11 3 (0.51%) QAD