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

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 9 4
Rank change year-on-year -20 -5 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 495 799 1,108
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.14% 12.71% 16.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.63% 13.98% 18.60%
Number of salaries quoted 353 400 959
10th Percentile £38,850 £38,725 £33,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £49,236 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,448 £84,964 £79,075
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -3.70%

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 6,485 5,716 5,958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 80.47% 90.93% 86.29%
Number of salaries quoted 3,613 2,539 4,895
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,754 £35,000
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 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 23 January 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 23 January 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 -18 336 £62,000 +3.33% 223
East Midlands -19 155 £55,000 -8.33% 225
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 26 (5.25%) Confluence
2 8 (1.62%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.41%) CMS
4 6 (1.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (1.01%) SAS
6 4 (0.81%) Apache
6 4 (0.81%) nginx
7 3 (0.61%) IIS
7 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.61%) WordPress
8 2 (0.40%) Appian
9 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 13 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 13 (2.63%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (1.82%) MS Visio
3 8 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.81%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (0.81%) Photoshop
4 4 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.61%) Trello
6 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.20%) Simulink
6 1 (0.20%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 21 (4.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.41%) Shopify
3 3 (0.61%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 3 (0.61%) Maximo
3 3 (0.61%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.40%) iTrent
4 2 (0.40%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.40%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.20%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.20%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.20%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 148 (29.90%) Azure
2 67 (13.54%) AWS
3 53 (10.71%) Power Platform
4 47 (9.49%) Azure DevOps
5 43 (8.69%) SaaS
6 33 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
7 21 (4.24%) PowerApps
8 20 (4.04%) Microsoft 365
9 16 (3.23%) Power Automate
10 13 (2.63%) GCP
11 11 (2.22%) Azure Data Factory
12 9 (1.82%) PaaS
13 8 (1.62%) Serverless
14 7 (1.41%) Entra ID
14 7 (1.41%) GitHub
15 6 (1.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 5 (1.01%) Amazon S3
16 5 (1.01%) IaaS
17 4 (0.81%) Azure Logic Apps
17 4 (0.81%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.62%) DNS
2 5 (1.01%) WAN
3 4 (0.81%) DHCP
3 4 (0.81%) Internet
3 4 (0.81%) LAN
3 4 (0.81%) Modbus
3 4 (0.81%) SSL
3 4 (0.81%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.61%) 3G
4 3 (0.61%) 4G
4 3 (0.61%) Broadband
4 3 (0.61%) GPRS
4 3 (0.61%) GSM
4 3 (0.61%) HTTP
4 3 (0.61%) Intranet
4 3 (0.61%) RS-232
4 3 (0.61%) RS-485
4 3 (0.61%) VPN
5 2 (0.40%) FTP
5 2 (0.40%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (5.66%) Power BI
2 27 (5.45%) Data Warehouse
3 22 (4.44%) SQL Server
4 20 (4.04%) MySQL
5 19 (3.84%) Data Lake
6 9 (1.82%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 9 (1.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (1.62%) Metadata
8 7 (1.41%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.01%) NoSQL
9 5 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.81%) BusinessObjects
10 4 (0.81%) Pentaho
11 3 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.61%) Tableau
12 2 (0.40%) Crystal Reports
12 2 (0.40%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.40%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 55 (11.11%) JIRA
2 40 (8.08%) Git
3 10 (2.02%) JUnit
4 9 (1.82%) GitLab
4 9 (1.82%) Mockito
5 8 (1.62%) Jenkins
5 8 (1.62%) Maven
5 8 (1.62%) Selenium
6 7 (1.41%) Subversion
7 6 (1.21%) Postman
8 5 (1.01%) Cucumber
8 5 (1.01%) Vite
9 4 (0.81%) Rational DOORS
10 3 (0.61%) git-flow
11 2 (0.40%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.40%) Gatling
11 2 (0.40%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.40%) TestRail
11 2 (0.40%) Vagrant
12 1 (0.20%) LoadRunner
General
1 158 (31.92%) Social Skills
2 130 (26.26%) Finance
3 64 (12.93%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (10.51%) Public Sector
5 41 (8.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 31 (6.26%) Law
7 27 (5.45%) Legal
7 27 (5.45%) Marketing
8 21 (4.24%) Retail
9 15 (3.03%) Manufacturing
9 15 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (2.83%) Local Government
11 12 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (2.02%) Electronics
14 9 (1.82%) Banking
14 9 (1.82%) Fire and Rescue
15 6 (1.21%) Billing
15 6 (1.21%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 101 (20.40%) Developer
2 79 (15.96%) Senior
3 67 (13.54%) Lead
4 52 (10.51%) Analyst
5 34 (6.87%) Project Manager
6 29 (5.86%) Architect
7 27 (5.45%) Data Engineer
8 26 (5.25%) Business Analyst
9 21 (4.24%) IT Manager
9 21 (4.24%) Product Owner
10 19 (3.84%) Java Developer
10 19 (3.84%) Senior Developer
11 18 (3.64%) Senior Data Engineer
12 16 (3.23%) Delivery Manager
12 16 (3.23%) IT Project Manager
13 15 (3.03%) C# Developer
14 14 (2.83%) Dynamics 365 Developer
14 14 (2.83%) PHP Developer
14 14 (2.83%) Senior Manager
15 13 (2.63%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (10.71%) .NET
2 30 (6.06%) React
3 24 (4.85%) HTML
4 23 (4.65%) CSS
5 18 (3.64%) REST
6 16 (3.23%) Laravel
7 14 (2.83%) EDI
7 14 (2.83%) Spring
8 10 (2.02%) .NET Framework
8 10 (2.02%) AngularJS
8 10 (2.02%) Symfony
9 9 (1.82%) Middleware
9 9 (1.82%) RESTful
10 8 (1.62%) jQuery
10 8 (1.62%) Spring Boot
11 7 (1.41%) CakePHP
11 7 (1.41%) CodeIgniter
11 7 (1.41%) Node.js
11 7 (1.41%) Vue
11 7 (1.41%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (12.12%) Product Ownership
2 23 (4.65%) Management Information System
3 19 (3.84%) Enterprise Software
4 17 (3.43%) Cloud Native
4 17 (3.43%) Onboarding
5 10 (2.02%) Data Centre
5 10 (2.02%) Mobile App
5 10 (2.02%) NHS
6 9 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.21%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.01%) Embedded Systems
8 5 (1.01%) IoT
8 5 (1.01%) Virtual Team
9 4 (0.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (0.81%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (0.81%) Legacy Code
9 4 (0.81%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 26 (5.25%) Linux
2 14 (2.83%) Windows
3 3 (0.61%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (0.61%) FreeRTOS
3 3 (0.61%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.40%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.40%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.40%) Mac OS X
4 2 (0.40%) Unix
4 2 (0.40%) VMS
4 2 (0.40%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.20%) Android
5 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (22.02%) Continuous Improvement
2 107 (21.62%) DevOps
3 97 (19.60%) Problem-Solving
4 80 (16.16%) Stakeholder Management
5 75 (15.15%) Mentoring
6 73 (14.75%) Scrum
7 70 (14.14%) CI/CD
8 69 (13.94%) Project Management
9 58 (11.72%) Waterfall
10 56 (11.31%) SDLC
11 51 (10.30%) Roadmaps
12 50 (10.10%) Coaching
12 50 (10.10%) Project Delivery
13 47 (9.49%) Software Engineering
14 45 (9.09%) Migration
15 44 (8.89%) Analytics
15 44 (8.89%) CRM
16 42 (8.48%) Decision-Making
16 42 (8.48%) User Experience
17 39 (7.88%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 97 (19.60%) SQL
2 60 (12.12%) C#
3 55 (11.11%) JavaScript
4 40 (8.08%) Python
5 38 (7.68%) Java
6 33 (6.67%) TypeScript
7 23 (4.65%) PHP
8 17 (3.43%) Bash
9 9 (1.82%) PowerShell
10 8 (1.62%) C
10 8 (1.62%) PL/SQL
11 7 (1.41%) Go
12 5 (1.01%) C++
12 5 (1.01%) R
13 4 (0.81%) Ruby
14 3 (0.61%) Groovy
14 3 (0.61%) Scala
15 2 (0.40%) Perl
15 2 (0.40%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.40%) VBA
Qualifications
1 51 (10.30%) Degree
2 39 (7.88%) Security Cleared
3 28 (5.66%) SC Cleared
4 21 (4.24%) BPSS Clearance
5 14 (2.83%) PMI Certification
6 12 (2.42%) PMP
7 11 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.82%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.41%) Master's Degree
10 5 (1.01%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.01%) CITP
11 4 (0.81%) ACCA
11 4 (0.81%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (0.81%) CIMA
11 4 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 3 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.61%) IBM Certification
12 3 (0.61%) MBA
12 3 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (12.93%) QA
2 13 (2.63%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.02%) GDPR
4 9 (1.82%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.82%) PMO
5 8 (1.62%) SLA
6 7 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 4 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.81%) WCAG
8 3 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 3 (0.61%) MISRA
9 2 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.40%) NIST
10 1 (0.20%) COBIT
10 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.20%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.20%) NIST 800
System Software
1 31 (6.26%) Docker
2 9 (1.82%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.61%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (0.61%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 29 (5.86%) Kubernetes
2 23 (4.65%) Terraform
3 7 (1.41%) Ansible
4 3 (0.61%) Grafana
5 2 (0.40%) Argo
5 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.40%) Nagios
5 2 (0.40%) 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 79 (15.96%) Microsoft
2 35 (7.07%) Databricks
3 24 (4.85%) Oracle
4 16 (3.23%) Salesforce
5 15 (3.03%) SAP
6 8 (1.62%) IBM
6 8 (1.62%) Planon
7 7 (1.41%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.21%) Siemens
9 5 (1.01%) Google
9 5 (1.01%) Talend
9 5 (1.01%) Workday
9 5 (1.01%) Zoho
10 4 (0.81%) Cisco
10 4 (0.81%) Remedy
11 3 (0.61%) Adobe
11 3 (0.61%) Cloudera
11 3 (0.61%) Guidewire
11 3 (0.61%) Informatica
11 3 (0.61%) QAD