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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 10 7
Rank change year-on-year -10 -3 -5
Permanent jobs citing Agile 684 647 1,852
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.31% 12.06% 13.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.61% 13.91% 17.02%
Number of salaries quoted 466 373 1,168
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -1.79%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,121 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £63,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +10.24% -4.51%

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 8,989 4,651 10,884
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.73% 86.72% 79.09%
Number of salaries quoted 6,356 2,730 7,399
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% +2.11% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £64,719 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 4 July 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 4 July 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 -11 410 £55,000 -8.33% 161
East Midlands +9 273 £55,000 -4.35% 104
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 36 (5.26%) Confluence
2 11 (1.61%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.02%) CMS
4 6 (0.88%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (0.73%) SAS
6 4 (0.58%) PowerFactory
7 3 (0.44%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.44%) IIS
8 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.29%) nginx
9 1 (0.15%) Apache
9 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.15%) Documentum
9 1 (0.15%) Drupal
Applications
1 8 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (1.02%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.58%) AutoCAD
4 4 (0.58%) Revit
4 4 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.44%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.29%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.15%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 13 (1.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.88%) Workday HCM
3 2 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.29%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.29%) Primavera
3 2 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.29%) SAP EHS
3 2 (0.29%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.29%) Shopify
3 2 (0.29%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.15%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 202 (29.53%) Azure
2 118 (17.25%) AWS
3 62 (9.06%) Power Platform
4 55 (8.04%) Azure DevOps
5 35 (5.12%) PowerApps
6 34 (4.97%) Microsoft 365
7 32 (4.68%) Power Automate
8 26 (3.80%) SaaS
9 25 (3.65%) Dynamics 365
10 23 (3.36%) Serverless
11 19 (2.78%) GCP
12 14 (2.05%) IaaS
13 13 (1.90%) AWS CloudFormation
14 12 (1.75%) PaaS
15 11 (1.61%) Amazon S3
16 10 (1.46%) Azure Logic Apps
17 9 (1.32%) Azure AKS
17 9 (1.32%) GitHub
17 9 (1.32%) Microsoft Copilot
18 8 (1.17%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.32%) DNS
2 3 (0.44%) Hyperconnected
2 3 (0.44%) Internet
3 2 (0.29%) Broadband
3 2 (0.29%) Firewall
3 2 (0.29%) HTTP
3 2 (0.29%) LAN
3 2 (0.29%) VoIP
3 2 (0.29%) WAN
4 1 (0.15%) BGP
4 1 (0.15%) DHCP
4 1 (0.15%) FTP
4 1 (0.15%) MPLS
4 1 (0.15%) RTP
4 1 (0.15%) SNMP
4 1 (0.15%) SSL
4 1 (0.15%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.15%) VPN
4 1 (0.15%) Wireless
4 1 (0.15%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (6.73%) Power BI
2 45 (6.58%) MongoDB
3 41 (5.99%) Azure SQL Database
4 27 (3.95%) SQL Server
5 23 (3.36%) Elasticsearch
6 11 (1.61%) MySQL
7 10 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (1.46%) NoSQL
8 9 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
9 8 (1.17%) DynamoDB
9 8 (1.17%) Relational Database
10 6 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (0.88%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.58%) NonStop SQL
12 3 (0.44%) Pentaho
12 3 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.29%) Amazon Athena
13 2 (0.29%) Looker
13 2 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
13 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 63 (9.21%) JIRA
2 29 (4.24%) Git
3 14 (2.05%) JUnit
4 13 (1.90%) Cucumber
5 12 (1.75%) Selenium
6 11 (1.61%) Maven
6 11 (1.61%) Mockito
6 11 (1.61%) XCUITest
7 9 (1.32%) Gatling
7 9 (1.32%) Postman
8 8 (1.17%) GitLab
9 7 (1.02%) Zephyr
10 6 (0.88%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.88%) JMeter
11 5 (0.73%) Jenkins
12 4 (0.58%) LoadRunner
12 4 (0.58%) REST Assured
12 4 (0.58%) TestRail
12 4 (0.58%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.44%) HP UFT
General
1 194 (28.36%) Social Skills
2 169 (24.71%) Finance
3 87 (12.72%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (9.65%) Public Sector
5 45 (6.58%) Law
6 41 (5.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 38 (5.56%) Retail
8 32 (4.68%) Influencing Skills
9 18 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (2.49%) Manufacturing
10 17 (2.49%) Marketing
11 16 (2.34%) Legal
12 15 (2.19%) Banking
13 10 (1.46%) Advertising
13 10 (1.46%) Games
14 9 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (0.44%) Telecoms
17 2 (0.29%) Billing
17 2 (0.29%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 131 (19.15%) Senior
2 127 (18.57%) Developer
3 95 (13.89%) Analyst
4 72 (10.53%) Lead
5 51 (7.46%) Business Analyst
5 51 (7.46%) Project Manager
6 49 (7.16%) .NET Developer
6 49 (7.16%) Delivery Manager
7 36 (5.26%) Senior Manager
8 35 (5.12%) Architect
9 28 (4.09%) Senior Analyst
10 26 (3.80%) Software Engineer
11 23 (3.36%) Product Owner
12 21 (3.07%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 19 (2.78%) Account Manager
13 19 (2.78%) Digital Analyst
13 19 (2.78%) IT Manager
14 18 (2.63%) Change Manager
14 18 (2.63%) Data Engineer
14 18 (2.63%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (13.60%) .NET
2 71 (10.38%) React
3 49 (7.16%) ASP.NET
4 48 (7.02%) ASP.NET Core
5 44 (6.43%) .NET Core
6 40 (5.85%) Node.js
7 32 (4.68%) CSS
8 30 (4.39%) HTML
9 28 (4.09%) REST
10 22 (3.22%) ASP.NET Web API
10 22 (3.22%) RESTful
11 21 (3.07%) Entity Framework
12 20 (2.92%) Blazor
13 16 (2.34%) AngularJS
13 16 (2.34%) Playwright
14 14 (2.05%) Spring
15 13 (1.90%) AWS CDK
15 13 (1.90%) LINQ
15 13 (1.90%) Next.js
16 11 (1.61%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 64 (9.36%) Product Ownership
2 32 (4.68%) Mobile App
3 28 (4.09%) Greenfield Project
4 24 (3.51%) Enterprise Software
5 22 (3.22%) Cloud Native
6 20 (2.92%) Legacy Systems
7 19 (2.78%) Management Information System
8 17 (2.49%) Onboarding
9 12 (1.75%) Low-Code
10 11 (1.61%) AI Agents
11 10 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
12 9 (1.32%) Cyber Defence
12 9 (1.32%) Driving Licence
12 9 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
13 8 (1.17%) Virtual Team
14 5 (0.73%) Mobile Computing
15 4 (0.58%) AS400
15 4 (0.58%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 21 (3.07%) Linux
2 16 (2.34%) Windows
3 12 (1.75%) Apple iOS
4 10 (1.46%) Android
5 4 (0.58%) Unix
6 3 (0.44%) Kali Linux
6 3 (0.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (23.83%) Mentoring
2 159 (23.25%) Continuous Improvement
3 126 (18.42%) Coaching
4 119 (17.40%) CI/CD
5 117 (17.11%) Problem-Solving
6 112 (16.37%) DevOps
7 99 (14.47%) Stakeholder Management
8 87 (12.72%) Scrum
9 82 (11.99%) Test Automation
10 81 (11.84%) Full-Stack Development
11 73 (10.67%) AI
12 72 (10.53%) Roadmaps
13 71 (10.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 68 (9.94%) Decision-Making
15 66 (9.65%) Microservices
16 65 (9.50%) Project Management
17 63 (9.21%) Business Strategy
18 62 (9.06%) Analytics
19 59 (8.63%) Waterfall
20 54 (7.89%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 146 (21.35%) SQL
2 119 (17.40%) C#
3 78 (11.40%) JavaScript
4 58 (8.48%) TypeScript
5 52 (7.60%) Java
6 37 (5.41%) Python
7 17 (2.49%) Bash
7 17 (2.49%) PHP
8 15 (2.19%) C++
9 14 (2.05%) PowerShell
10 13 (1.90%) PL/SQL
11 9 (1.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.58%) R
12 4 (0.58%) RPG
12 4 (0.58%) RPG IV
12 4 (0.58%) RPG/400
12 4 (0.58%) Swift
13 3 (0.44%) C
13 3 (0.44%) VBA
14 2 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 74 (10.82%) Degree
2 50 (7.31%) Security Cleared
3 43 (6.29%) SC Cleared
4 18 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.49%) PMI Certification
5 17 (2.49%) PMP
6 14 (2.05%) Azure Certification
7 13 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (1.75%) CISSP
9 11 (1.61%) Master's Degree
10 8 (1.17%) ISTQB
11 7 (1.02%) CISA
11 7 (1.02%) CITP
11 7 (1.02%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (1.02%) DV Cleared
11 7 (1.02%) ISEB
11 7 (1.02%) SSCP
12 5 (0.73%) CISM
12 5 (0.73%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 4 (0.58%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (11.26%) QA
2 43 (6.29%) Accessibility
3 15 (2.19%) GDPR
3 15 (2.19%) SLA
4 14 (2.05%) NIST
5 12 (1.75%) Data Quality
6 9 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.17%) PMO
8 7 (1.02%) ITGC
9 6 (0.88%) WCAG
10 5 (0.73%) GRC
11 3 (0.44%) Software Quality Assurance
12 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.15%) ISO 14001
13 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.15%) NCSC
13 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 38 (5.56%) Docker
2 5 (0.73%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.15%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 47 (6.87%) Kubernetes
2 19 (2.78%) Terraform
3 10 (1.46%) Grafana
4 3 (0.44%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.44%) HP Fortify
5 2 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.15%) Ansible
6 1 (0.15%) Argo
6 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 127 (18.57%) Microsoft
2 30 (4.39%) Oracle
3 17 (2.49%) SAP
4 13 (1.90%) Salesforce
5 12 (1.75%) ServiceNow
6 11 (1.61%) Google
7 10 (1.46%) Databricks
8 9 (1.32%) IBM
9 7 (1.02%) IFS
10 6 (0.88%) Workday
11 5 (0.73%) Dynatrace
11 5 (0.73%) Planon
12 4 (0.58%) Apple
12 4 (0.58%) DIgSILENT
12 4 (0.58%) Facebook
12 4 (0.58%) OpenAI
12 4 (0.58%) YouTube
13 3 (0.44%) Cisco
13 3 (0.44%) HP
13 3 (0.44%) Informatica