Agile Jobs in the Midlands

Agile Software Development
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Agile skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Agile over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 4 1
Rank change year-on-year -4 -3 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 943 1,859 2,830
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.87% 14.75% 31.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.15% 18.30% 32.79%
Number of salaries quoted 376 1,278 1,194
10th Percentile £32,250 £35,683 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.55%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -7.41% +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 6,225 10,156 8,630
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 91.57% 80.56% 96.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,443 7,358 4,443
10th Percentile £26,974 £26,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £38,276
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,200 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Agile as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Agile in the Midlands

Agile
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Agile in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Agile in the Midlands

Agile
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Agile in the Midlands over the 6 months to 28 May 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 28 May 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 -1 611 £57,875 +0.65% 481
East Midlands -7 329 £47,683 -9.18% 256
Agile
England

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 103 (10.92%) Confluence
2 13 (1.38%) CMS
3 4 (0.42%) Headless CMS
3 4 (0.42%) WordPress
4 3 (0.32%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.21%) Apache
5 2 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.21%) IIS
5 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.11%) ColdFusion
6 1 (0.11%) Mendix
6 1 (0.11%) Strapi
6 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 205 (21.74%) Simulink
2 25 (2.65%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.53%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.42%) Mozilla Thunderbird
7 3 (0.32%) Trello
8 2 (0.21%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.21%) EngageOne
9 1 (0.11%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 22 (2.33%) Dynamics AX
2 12 (1.27%) Salesforce CRM
3 11 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (1.17%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (0.74%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.21%) Shopify
7 1 (0.11%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 184 (19.51%) Azure
2 150 (15.91%) AWS
3 62 (6.57%) GCP
4 61 (6.47%) SaaS
5 28 (2.97%) Power Platform
6 27 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
7 21 (2.23%) Dynamics 365
8 20 (2.12%) Serverless
9 15 (1.59%) Amazon S3
10 14 (1.48%) Amazon EC2
10 14 (1.48%) AWS Lambda
11 11 (1.17%) AWS KMS
12 10 (1.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 10 (1.06%) Miro
13 8 (0.85%) GitHub
13 8 (0.85%) PowerApps
14 7 (0.74%) Microsoft 365
14 7 (0.74%) PaaS
15 6 (0.64%) Amazon SQS
15 6 (0.64%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.80%) Firewall
2 14 (1.48%) Broadband
3 9 (0.95%) DNS
4 7 (0.74%) WAN
5 6 (0.64%) SD-WAN
6 5 (0.53%) HTTP
6 5 (0.53%) Network Security
6 5 (0.53%) SSL
6 5 (0.53%) VPN
7 4 (0.42%) DHCP
7 4 (0.42%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (0.42%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.32%) LAN
8 3 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.21%) Intranet
9 2 (0.21%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.21%) VoIP
9 2 (0.21%) Wireless
10 1 (0.11%) J1939
10 1 (0.11%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (9.54%) SQL Server
2 45 (4.77%) MySQL
3 37 (3.92%) NoSQL
4 34 (3.61%) Relational Database
5 19 (2.01%) Power BI
6 17 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
7 13 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (0.85%) DynamoDB
8 8 (0.85%) MongoDB
8 8 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (0.74%) Amazon Aurora
9 7 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (0.74%) Oracle Reports
10 5 (0.53%) Big Data
10 5 (0.53%) BigQuery
10 5 (0.53%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.53%) Metadata
10 5 (0.53%) RDBMS
11 4 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.42%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 179 (18.98%) JIRA
2 92 (9.76%) Bitbucket
3 72 (7.64%) Maven
4 71 (7.53%) Selenium
5 69 (7.32%) SonarQube
6 68 (7.21%) GitLab
7 66 (7.00%) Sonatype Nexus
8 65 (6.89%) Cucumber
8 65 (6.89%) Git
9 28 (2.97%) JUnit
10 23 (2.44%) Mockito
11 19 (2.01%) Jenkins
12 15 (1.59%) Eclipse
12 15 (1.59%) IntelliJ
12 15 (1.59%) Jasmine
12 15 (1.59%) Karma Test Runner
12 15 (1.59%) Protractor
13 9 (0.95%) Bitbucket Server
14 8 (0.85%) Postman
15 5 (0.53%) DbUnit
General
1 232 (24.60%) Finance
2 221 (23.44%) Automotive
3 207 (21.95%) Aerospace
4 128 (13.57%) Social Skills
5 93 (9.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 85 (9.01%) Retail
7 72 (7.64%) Analytical Skills
7 72 (7.64%) Banking
8 64 (6.79%) Presentation Skills
9 60 (6.36%) Law
10 48 (5.09%) Telecoms
11 37 (3.92%) Manufacturing
12 34 (3.61%) Marketing
13 28 (2.97%) Public Sector
14 25 (2.65%) Games
15 21 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
16 18 (1.91%) Investment Banking
17 16 (1.70%) Corporate Banking
18 10 (1.06%) Electronics
18 10 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 193 (20.47%) Software Engineer
2 169 (17.92%) Systems Engineer
3 147 (15.59%) Senior
4 139 (14.74%) Principal Engineer
5 106 (11.24%) Developer
6 99 (10.50%) Development Engineer
6 99 (10.50%) Software Development Engineer
7 76 (8.06%) Analyst
8 66 (7.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
9 64 (6.79%) Principal Software Engineer
10 63 (6.68%) Lead
11 55 (5.83%) Senior Software Engineer
12 36 (3.82%) Project Manager
12 36 (3.82%) Senior Development Engineer
12 36 (3.82%) Senior Software Development Engineer
12 36 (3.82%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 34 (3.61%) Business Analyst
14 31 (3.29%) Java Developer
15 23 (2.44%) Risk Manager
15 23 (2.44%) Technology Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (13.79%) React
2 95 (10.07%) CSS
3 87 (9.23%) HTML
4 86 (9.12%) JPA
5 83 (8.80%) .NET
6 76 (8.06%) Spring
7 72 (7.64%) Spring Boot
8 70 (7.42%) Hibernate
9 67 (7.10%) Kafka
9 67 (7.10%) Redux
10 35 (3.71%) REST
11 34 (3.61%) AngularJS
11 34 (3.61%) RESTful
12 25 (2.65%) Jest
12 25 (2.65%) Node.js
13 21 (2.23%) HTML5
14 19 (2.01%) CSS3
15 17 (1.80%) RabbitMQ
15 17 (1.80%) Sass
16 16 (1.70%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 105 (11.13%) Product Ownership
2 67 (7.10%) Enterprise Software
3 47 (4.98%) Robotics
4 45 (4.77%) Blockchain
5 34 (3.61%) Management Information System
6 20 (2.12%) Algorithms
7 14 (1.48%) Mobile App
8 13 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (1.27%) Onboarding
9 12 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
10 10 (1.06%) Virtual Team
11 8 (0.85%) Driving Licence
12 7 (0.74%) Cloud Native
12 7 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (0.74%) Taxonomies
13 6 (0.64%) Data Structures
13 6 (0.64%) SCADA
14 5 (0.53%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 75 (7.95%) Linux
2 43 (4.56%) Windows
3 11 (1.17%) Android
3 11 (1.17%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.64%) Unix
5 5 (0.53%) Ubuntu
5 5 (0.53%) VMS
6 4 (0.42%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.21%) CentOS
7 2 (0.21%) Debian
7 2 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.11%) AIX
8 1 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.11%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 318 (33.72%) Software Engineering
2 303 (32.13%) Software Testing
3 282 (29.90%) Systems Engineering
4 217 (23.01%) Validation
5 195 (20.68%) SDLC
6 158 (16.76%) CI/CD
7 147 (15.59%) DevOps
8 136 (14.42%) Waterfall
9 134 (14.21%) Mentoring
10 105 (11.13%) Continuous Improvement
11 104 (11.03%) Microservices
11 104 (11.03%) Problem-Solving
12 101 (10.71%) Containerisation
13 96 (10.18%) Test Automation
14 92 (9.76%) Front End Development
15 91 (9.65%) Coaching
16 89 (9.44%) Artificial Intelligence
17 84 (8.91%) Project Management
17 84 (8.91%) Roadmaps
18 83 (8.80%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 259 (27.47%) MATLAB
2 173 (18.35%) SQL
3 138 (14.63%) JavaScript
4 132 (14.00%) Java
5 95 (10.07%) C#
6 51 (5.41%) Python
7 44 (4.67%) TypeScript
8 28 (2.97%) PHP
9 19 (2.01%) C++
10 11 (1.17%) Go
11 8 (0.85%) Bash
11 8 (0.85%) PowerShell
11 8 (0.85%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.74%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.53%) C
13 5 (0.53%) Groovy
13 5 (0.53%) Perl
13 5 (0.53%) Rust
14 4 (0.42%) Bicep
15 3 (0.32%) Swift
Qualifications
1 368 (39.02%) BPSS Clearance
2 201 (21.31%) Degree
3 28 (2.97%) Security Cleared
4 22 (2.33%) CISA
4 22 (2.33%) ISACA
5 20 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (1.48%) SC Cleared
7 11 (1.17%) Azure Certification
7 11 (1.17%) PMP
8 10 (1.06%) PMI Certification
9 9 (0.95%) ACCA
10 8 (0.85%) DBS Check
11 7 (0.74%) CISSP
11 7 (0.74%) DV Cleared
12 6 (0.64%) AWS Certification
12 6 (0.64%) ISTQB
13 5 (0.53%) CITP
14 4 (0.42%) CISM
14 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (0.42%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (10.39%) QA
2 45 (4.77%) ITGC
3 22 (2.33%) Accessibility
4 15 (1.59%) PMO
5 14 (1.48%) SLA
6 9 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.85%) GDPR
8 6 (0.64%) Automotive SPICE
9 5 (0.53%) Data Quality
9 5 (0.53%) ISO 26262
9 5 (0.53%) PMBOK
10 2 (0.21%) COBIT
10 2 (0.21%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.21%) NIST
11 1 (0.11%) AUTOSAR
11 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.11%) DO-254
11 1 (0.11%) GRC
11 1 (0.11%) P3O
11 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 110 (11.66%) Docker
2 10 (1.06%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.32%) Firmware
6 2 (0.21%) Postfix
7 1 (0.11%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 82 (8.70%) Kubernetes
2 43 (4.56%) Ansible
3 13 (1.38%) Terraform
4 9 (0.95%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.53%) Functional Safety
5 5 (0.53%) Grafana
5 5 (0.53%) HP ALM
5 5 (0.53%) Nessus
6 4 (0.42%) Argo
6 4 (0.42%) Kustomize
6 4 (0.42%) Nagios
6 4 (0.42%) Proxmox
6 4 (0.42%) Puppet
6 4 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.32%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.21%) SCOM
9 1 (0.11%) Automic
9 1 (0.11%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.11%) Marathon
9 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 81 (8.59%) Siemens
2 68 (7.21%) Microsoft
3 63 (6.68%) Solace
4 45 (4.77%) Oracle
5 40 (4.24%) SAP
6 32 (3.39%) Atlassian
6 32 (3.39%) Salesforce
7 17 (1.80%) IBM
8 14 (1.48%) Google
9 11 (1.17%) Databricks
10 9 (0.95%) ServiceNow
11 7 (0.74%) OpenAI
12 6 (0.64%) Juniper
12 6 (0.64%) MuleSoft
13 5 (0.53%) HP
13 5 (0.53%) Meraki
13 5 (0.53%) VMware
14 4 (0.42%) Cisco
14 4 (0.42%) Okta
15 3 (0.32%) Instagram