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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 9 4
Rank change year-on-year -19 -5 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 488 826 854
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.25% 12.40% 17.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.66% 13.82% 19.19%
Number of salaries quoted 348 413 741
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,550 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,938 £48,000 £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 £79,125 £83,961 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,515 £67,500 £65,601
% change year-on-year -2.94% +2.89% -2.81%

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 6,374 5,979 4,450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.70% 89.73% 88.80%
Number of salaries quoted 3,514 2,642 3,680
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £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 £76,250
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 1 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 1 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 -20 329 £61,000 +1.67% 181
East Midlands -19 155 £55,000 -8.33% 100
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 22 (4.51%) Confluence
2 8 (1.64%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.02%) CMS
4 5 (1.02%) SAS
5 4 (0.82%) Apache
5 4 (0.82%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (0.61%) IIS
6 3 (0.61%) WordPress
7 2 (0.41%) Appian
7 2 (0.41%) nginx
8 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 15 (3.07%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (2.66%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.43%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.61%) Trello
6 2 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.41%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.20%) Simulink
7 1 (0.20%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 25 (5.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.43%) 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
1 139 (28.48%) Azure
2 60 (12.30%) AWS
3 54 (11.07%) Power Platform
4 46 (9.43%) SaaS
5 45 (9.22%) Azure DevOps
6 37 (7.58%) Dynamics 365
7 20 (4.10%) Microsoft 365
7 20 (4.10%) PowerApps
8 18 (3.69%) Power Automate
9 13 (2.66%) GCP
10 10 (2.05%) Azure Data Factory
10 10 (2.05%) PaaS
10 10 (2.05%) Serverless
11 6 (1.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 6 (1.23%) Entra ID
12 5 (1.02%) Amazon S3
12 5 (1.02%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (1.02%) GitHub
12 5 (1.02%) IaaS
13 4 (0.82%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.25%) DNS
2 7 (1.43%) DHCP
3 6 (1.23%) VPN
4 5 (1.02%) WAN
5 4 (0.82%) Internet
5 4 (0.82%) LAN
5 4 (0.82%) Modbus
5 4 (0.82%) SSL
5 4 (0.82%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.61%) 3G
6 3 (0.61%) GPRS
6 3 (0.61%) GSM
6 3 (0.61%) HTTP
6 3 (0.61%) Intranet
6 3 (0.61%) RS-232
6 3 (0.61%) RS-485
7 2 (0.41%) Broadband
7 2 (0.41%) FTP
7 2 (0.41%) SMTP
7 2 (0.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (6.15%) Power BI
2 23 (4.71%) Data Warehouse
2 23 (4.71%) SQL Server
3 21 (4.30%) MySQL
4 16 (3.28%) Data Lake
5 9 (1.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 8 (1.64%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 7 (1.43%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.23%) Metadata
9 5 (1.02%) BusinessObjects
10 4 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.82%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.82%) Pentaho
10 4 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.82%) Tableau
11 3 (0.61%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 3 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.41%) Crystal Reports
12 2 (0.41%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.41%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 49 (10.04%) JIRA
2 35 (7.17%) Git
3 11 (2.25%) Selenium
4 9 (1.84%) GitLab
4 9 (1.84%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.84%) JUnit
5 7 (1.43%) Mockito
5 7 (1.43%) Postman
5 7 (1.43%) Subversion
6 6 (1.23%) Maven
7 5 (1.02%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.82%) Rational DOORS
9 3 (0.61%) git-flow
9 3 (0.61%) JMeter
9 3 (0.61%) Vite
10 2 (0.41%) Gatling
10 2 (0.41%) Katalon Studio
10 2 (0.41%) NUnit
10 2 (0.41%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.41%) TestRail
General
1 158 (32.38%) Social Skills
2 131 (26.84%) Finance
3 63 (12.91%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (9.02%) Public Sector
5 34 (6.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 34 (6.97%) Law
6 29 (5.94%) Legal
7 28 (5.74%) Marketing
8 18 (3.69%) Local Government
8 18 (3.69%) Retail
9 16 (3.28%) Manufacturing
10 14 (2.87%) Organisational Skills
11 13 (2.66%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (2.05%) Electronics
14 9 (1.84%) Banking
14 9 (1.84%) Fire and Rescue
15 6 (1.23%) Billing
15 6 (1.23%) Military
Job Titles
1 100 (20.49%) Developer
2 68 (13.93%) Senior
3 67 (13.73%) Lead
4 52 (10.66%) Analyst
5 31 (6.35%) Architect
6 30 (6.15%) Project Manager
7 27 (5.53%) Data Engineer
8 24 (4.92%) Business Analyst
9 21 (4.30%) IT Manager
10 18 (3.69%) Product Owner
10 18 (3.69%) Senior Developer
11 16 (3.28%) Java Developer
11 16 (3.28%) Senior Data Engineer
12 15 (3.07%) C# Developer
12 15 (3.07%) Delivery Manager
12 15 (3.07%) Dynamics 365 Developer
12 15 (3.07%) IT Project Manager
12 15 (3.07%) PHP Developer
13 12 (2.46%) Consultant
13 12 (2.46%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (10.86%) .NET
2 26 (5.33%) React
3 23 (4.71%) CSS
3 23 (4.71%) HTML
4 16 (3.28%) REST
5 15 (3.07%) Laravel
6 14 (2.87%) Spring
7 12 (2.46%) .NET Framework
7 12 (2.46%) EDI
8 11 (2.25%) Symfony
9 9 (1.84%) Middleware
9 9 (1.84%) RESTful
9 9 (1.84%) Spring Boot
10 8 (1.64%) CakePHP
10 8 (1.64%) CodeIgniter
10 8 (1.64%) jQuery
11 7 (1.43%) AngularJS
11 7 (1.43%) Playwright
12 6 (1.23%) Node.js
12 6 (1.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 53 (10.86%) Product Ownership
2 22 (4.51%) Cloud Native
3 21 (4.30%) Enterprise Software
4 19 (3.89%) Management Information System
5 12 (2.46%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.05%) Data Centre
6 10 (2.05%) NHS
7 9 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (1.02%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.02%) Embedded Systems
10 5 (1.02%) IoT
10 5 (1.02%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.02%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.02%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (0.82%) Legacy Code
11 4 (0.82%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.30%) Linux
2 17 (3.48%) Windows
3 5 (1.02%) Mac OS
3 5 (1.02%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.61%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (0.61%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (0.61%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.41%) Mac OS X
5 2 (0.41%) Unix
5 2 (0.41%) VMS
6 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (21.72%) DevOps
2 105 (21.52%) Continuous Improvement
3 99 (20.29%) Problem-Solving
4 85 (17.42%) Stakeholder Management
5 70 (14.34%) Scrum
6 69 (14.14%) Mentoring
7 66 (13.52%) CI/CD
8 65 (13.32%) Project Management
9 61 (12.50%) Waterfall
10 55 (11.27%) SDLC
11 50 (10.25%) Project Delivery
12 47 (9.63%) Analytics
12 47 (9.63%) Migration
12 47 (9.63%) Roadmaps
13 46 (9.43%) CRM
14 40 (8.20%) Business Intelligence
14 40 (8.20%) Coaching
14 40 (8.20%) User Experience
15 39 (7.99%) Software Engineering
16 37 (7.58%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 96 (19.67%) SQL
2 64 (13.11%) C#
3 55 (11.27%) JavaScript
4 41 (8.40%) Python
5 37 (7.58%) Java
6 34 (6.97%) TypeScript
7 23 (4.71%) PHP
8 13 (2.66%) Bash
9 10 (2.05%) PowerShell
10 8 (1.64%) C++
11 6 (1.23%) C
11 6 (1.23%) Go
11 6 (1.23%) PL/SQL
12 5 (1.02%) Scala
13 4 (0.82%) Groovy
13 4 (0.82%) R
13 4 (0.82%) Ruby
14 2 (0.41%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.41%) Perl
14 2 (0.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 56 (11.48%) Degree
2 39 (7.99%) Security Cleared
3 28 (5.74%) SC Cleared
4 20 (4.10%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (3.07%) PMI Certification
6 14 (2.87%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (2.66%) PMP
8 10 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (1.64%) DV Cleared
10 7 (1.43%) Master's Degree
11 5 (1.02%) ACCA
11 5 (1.02%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.02%) MCP
12 4 (0.82%) Chartered Engineer
12 4 (0.82%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.82%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.61%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.61%) IBM Certification
13 3 (0.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (12.50%) QA
2 12 (2.46%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.05%) GDPR
3 10 (2.05%) PMO
4 8 (1.64%) SLA
5 7 (1.43%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 6 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.61%) COBIT
8 3 (0.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 3 (0.61%) MISRA
8 3 (0.61%) NIST
8 3 (0.61%) WCAG
9 2 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.20%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.20%) NIST 800
System Software
1 24 (4.92%) Docker
2 12 (2.46%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.82%) Firmware
4 3 (0.61%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 25 (5.12%) Kubernetes
2 22 (4.51%) Terraform
3 7 (1.43%) Ansible
4 3 (0.61%) Grafana
5 2 (0.41%) Argo
5 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.41%) Nagios
5 2 (0.41%) 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 78 (15.98%) Microsoft
2 34 (6.97%) Databricks
3 24 (4.92%) Oracle
4 14 (2.87%) Salesforce
4 14 (2.87%) SAP
5 8 (1.64%) IBM
6 6 (1.23%) Google
6 6 (1.23%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.23%) Siemens
7 5 (1.02%) Talend
7 5 (1.02%) Zoho
8 4 (0.82%) Adobe
8 4 (0.82%) JD Edwards
8 4 (0.82%) Planon
8 4 (0.82%) Remedy
9 3 (0.61%) Cisco
9 3 (0.61%) Cloudera
9 3 (0.61%) Informatica
9 3 (0.61%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.61%) QAD