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

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 8 4
Rank change year-on-year -5 -4 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 525 1,055 998
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 9.06% 12.01% 19.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.94% 14.59% 21.19%
Number of salaries quoted 355 414 763
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,430 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +8.05% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,500 £84,013 £80,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year - - +3.85%

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 4,797 7,233 4,709
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.76% 82.37% 93.03%
Number of salaries quoted 3,193 3,169 3,628
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £26,768
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -1.86%
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% - -1.64%

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 November 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 18 November 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 0 362 £60,000 - 278
East Midlands -14 160 £57,500 +1.14% 141
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 25 (4.76%) Confluence
2 8 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.14%) Apache
3 6 (1.14%) Appian
3 6 (1.14%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.95%) IIS
4 5 (0.95%) SAS
5 4 (0.76%) CMS
6 3 (0.57%) WordPress
7 2 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.19%) nginx
Applications
1 19 (3.62%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (3.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.57%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.57%) Trello
6 1 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.19%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 37 (7.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.14%) Shopify
3 3 (0.57%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.38%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 2 (0.38%) iTrent
4 2 (0.38%) Maximo
4 2 (0.38%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.19%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.19%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 138 (26.29%) Azure
2 83 (15.81%) AWS
3 64 (12.19%) SaaS
4 54 (10.29%) Power Platform
5 51 (9.71%) Dynamics 365
6 41 (7.81%) Azure DevOps
7 22 (4.19%) GCP
7 22 (4.19%) PowerApps
8 19 (3.62%) Microsoft 365
9 17 (3.24%) Power Automate
10 14 (2.67%) Serverless
11 13 (2.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 13 (2.48%) Amazon EC2
12 11 (2.10%) Amazon S3
13 9 (1.71%) AWS KMS
14 8 (1.52%) GitHub
14 8 (1.52%) PaaS
14 8 (1.52%) Snowflake
15 7 (1.33%) Azure Data Factory
16 6 (1.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.48%) Firewall
2 11 (2.10%) DNS
3 9 (1.71%) Internet
3 9 (1.71%) VPN
4 7 (1.33%) DHCP
4 7 (1.33%) Network Security
5 5 (0.95%) HTTP
6 4 (0.76%) FTP
6 4 (0.76%) LAN
6 4 (0.76%) Modbus
6 4 (0.76%) SMTP
6 4 (0.76%) SSH
6 4 (0.76%) SSL
6 4 (0.76%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.76%) WAN
7 3 (0.57%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.57%) GPRS
7 3 (0.57%) GSM
7 3 (0.57%) RS-232
7 3 (0.57%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (5.90%) Power BI
2 29 (5.52%) SQL Server
3 21 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (3.81%) MySQL
5 14 (2.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 13 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (2.29%) Amazon RDS
8 11 (2.10%) Data Lake
8 11 (2.10%) NoSQL
9 9 (1.71%) Tableau
10 8 (1.52%) DynamoDB
10 8 (1.52%) Relational Database
11 7 (1.33%) Big Data
11 7 (1.33%) BusinessObjects
12 6 (1.14%) Metadata
12 6 (1.14%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.95%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.76%) Amazon Aurora
15 3 (0.57%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 3 (0.57%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 50 (9.52%) JIRA
2 44 (8.38%) Git
3 20 (3.81%) Jenkins
4 15 (2.86%) JUnit
5 13 (2.48%) Selenium
6 11 (2.10%) Mockito
7 10 (1.90%) Maven
8 9 (1.71%) Postman
9 8 (1.52%) GitLab
10 7 (1.33%) Cucumber
11 6 (1.14%) JMeter
11 6 (1.14%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.95%) Bitbucket Server
12 5 (0.95%) Katalon Studio
12 5 (0.95%) Vagrant
13 4 (0.76%) DbUnit
13 4 (0.76%) jMock
13 4 (0.76%) Rational DOORS
13 4 (0.76%) Sonatype Nexus
14 3 (0.57%) git-flow
General
1 166 (31.62%) Social Skills
2 138 (26.29%) Finance
3 61 (11.62%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (8.57%) Public Sector
5 42 (8.00%) Law
6 40 (7.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 29 (5.52%) Marketing
8 25 (4.76%) Legal
9 24 (4.57%) Retail
10 19 (3.62%) Local Government
10 19 (3.62%) Presentation Skills
11 15 (2.86%) Manufacturing
11 15 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
12 12 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (1.71%) Fire and Rescue
14 7 (1.33%) Banking
15 6 (1.14%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.95%) Advertising
16 5 (0.95%) Back Office
16 5 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 122 (23.24%) Developer
2 76 (14.48%) Lead
3 69 (13.14%) Senior
4 55 (10.48%) Analyst
5 33 (6.29%) Project Manager
6 30 (5.71%) Architect
7 28 (5.33%) Senior Developer
8 21 (4.00%) Dynamics 365 Developer
8 21 (4.00%) Software Engineer
9 20 (3.81%) Business Analyst
9 20 (3.81%) Java Developer
10 19 (3.62%) Data Engineer
11 18 (3.43%) Lead Developer
12 17 (3.24%) IT Manager
13 14 (2.67%) CRM Developer
13 14 (2.67%) IT Project Manager
13 14 (2.67%) PHP Developer
14 13 (2.48%) C# Developer
14 13 (2.48%) Consultant
14 13 (2.48%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (12.76%) .NET
2 38 (7.24%) React
3 36 (6.86%) HTML
4 35 (6.67%) CSS
5 24 (4.57%) Spring
6 21 (4.00%) REST
7 18 (3.43%) RESTful
7 18 (3.43%) Spring Boot
8 16 (3.05%) .NET Framework
9 12 (2.29%) AngularJS
9 12 (2.29%) Laravel
9 12 (2.29%) Symfony
10 11 (2.10%) Hibernate
10 11 (2.10%) jQuery
10 11 (2.10%) SOAP
10 11 (2.10%) Web Services
11 10 (1.90%) Django
11 10 (1.90%) EDI
11 10 (1.90%) XML
12 9 (1.71%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 49 (9.33%) Product Ownership
2 25 (4.76%) Cloud Native
3 17 (3.24%) Legacy Systems
4 16 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (2.86%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.67%) Data Centre
6 14 (2.67%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (2.10%) IoT
7 11 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (1.90%) NHS
8 10 (1.90%) Onboarding
9 8 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.14%) Algorithms
10 6 (1.14%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.14%) Legacy Code
11 5 (0.95%) Driving Licence
11 5 (0.95%) Low-Code
11 5 (0.95%) Security Posture
11 5 (0.95%) Social Media
12 4 (0.76%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 28 (5.33%) Linux
2 20 (3.81%) Windows
3 8 (1.52%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.14%) Embedded Linux
5 5 (0.95%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.95%) VMS
5 5 (0.95%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.76%) AIX
7 3 (0.57%) FreeRTOS
8 2 (0.38%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (0.38%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.38%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 2 (0.38%) Unix
9 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.19%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (23.24%) DevOps
2 115 (21.90%) Continuous Improvement
3 93 (17.71%) Problem-Solving
4 82 (15.62%) CI/CD
5 78 (14.86%) Stakeholder Management
6 75 (14.29%) Scrum
7 74 (14.10%) Mentoring
8 66 (12.57%) SDLC
9 60 (11.43%) Waterfall
10 58 (11.05%) Project Management
11 56 (10.67%) Software Engineering
12 54 (10.29%) Project Delivery
13 47 (8.95%) Test Automation
14 45 (8.57%) CRM
14 45 (8.57%) Migration
14 45 (8.57%) Roadmaps
15 43 (8.19%) Analytics
16 42 (8.00%) Decision-Making
16 42 (8.00%) ITIL
17 41 (7.81%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 113 (21.52%) SQL
2 85 (16.19%) C#
3 78 (14.86%) JavaScript
4 56 (10.67%) Python
5 52 (9.90%) Java
6 32 (6.10%) TypeScript
7 21 (4.00%) PHP
8 13 (2.48%) PowerShell
9 12 (2.29%) C++
10 10 (1.90%) Groovy
11 9 (1.71%) Bash
12 6 (1.14%) C
12 6 (1.14%) PL/SQL
12 6 (1.14%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.76%) Go
13 4 (0.76%) Perl
13 4 (0.76%) R
13 4 (0.76%) Ruby
13 4 (0.76%) Scala
14 3 (0.57%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 60 (11.43%) Degree
2 47 (8.95%) Security Cleared
3 39 (7.43%) SC Cleared
4 22 (4.19%) BPSS Clearance
5 20 (3.81%) ACCA
6 13 (2.48%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.52%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.52%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.52%) PMI Certification
9 7 (1.33%) PMP
10 6 (1.14%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.95%) Chartered Engineer
11 5 (0.95%) MCP
12 4 (0.76%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.57%) CISM
13 3 (0.57%) CISSP
13 3 (0.57%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (9.52%) QA
2 11 (2.10%) PMO
3 8 (1.52%) Data Quality
3 8 (1.52%) SLA
4 7 (1.33%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 6 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (1.14%) GDPR
6 5 (0.95%) COBIT
6 5 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.57%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 3 (0.57%) MISRA
7 3 (0.57%) NIST
7 3 (0.57%) WCAG
8 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.19%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.19%) JSP 440
System Software
1 35 (6.67%) Docker
2 12 (2.29%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.95%) Firmware
4 4 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.57%) DFS Replication
5 3 (0.57%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.19%) Apache Flume
7 1 (0.19%) HDFS
7 1 (0.19%) Postfix
7 1 (0.19%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 30 (5.71%) Kubernetes
2 23 (4.38%) Terraform
3 9 (1.71%) Grafana
4 5 (0.95%) Ansible
5 4 (0.76%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.57%) Kibana
7 2 (0.38%) Nagios
7 2 (0.38%) Red Hat Satellite
7 2 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.38%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.19%) Argo
8 1 (0.19%) CA Service Virtualization
8 1 (0.19%) logstash
8 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.19%) Nessus
8 1 (0.19%) Oozie
8 1 (0.19%) Puppet
Vendors
1 76 (14.48%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.19%) Databricks
3 21 (4.00%) Oracle
4 17 (3.24%) SAP
5 12 (2.29%) Salesforce
6 9 (1.71%) Guidewire
6 9 (1.71%) IBM
6 9 (1.71%) Siemens
7 8 (1.52%) Google
7 8 (1.52%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.14%) VMware
9 5 (0.95%) Atlassian
10 4 (0.76%) Adobe
10 4 (0.76%) JD Edwards
10 4 (0.76%) Juniper
11 3 (0.57%) Atmel
11 3 (0.57%) Informatica
11 3 (0.57%) Remedy
11 3 (0.57%) Splunk
11 3 (0.57%) Talend