Agile Jobs in the West Midlands

Agile Software Development
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Agile skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Agile over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -5 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 1,096 2,471 2,270
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 15.25% 36.60% 31.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.33% 37.79% 32.75%
Number of salaries quoted 856 937 1,424
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,227 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,480 £53,988
Median % change year-on-year +1.81% +4.62% +7.98%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,964 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +3.85% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Agile is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,980 6,538 6,932
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.18% 96.83% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4,538 3,269 4,770
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,700 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,050 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in the West Midlands

Agile
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Agile in the West Midlands

Agile
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Agile in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Agile in the West Midlands

Agile
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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
Birmingham -2 514 £58,382 -2.70% 120
Warwickshire -4 147 £55,000 - 43
Staffordshire -6 108 £52,500 +5.00% 21
Coventry -2 62 £65,000 - 24
Worcestershire -11 43 £45,000 -10.00% 20
Solihull -3 35 £50,000 -4.76% 4
Wolverhampton -2 30 £55,000 +37.50% 3
Shropshire -15 25 £45,000 -25.00% 8
Walsall 0 13 £46,250 -7.04% 2
Halesowen - 9 £38,000 -
Herefordshire -12 4 £40,750 -14.21% 8
Wednesbury - 2 £83,250 - 1
Dudley -13 1 £55,000 - 2
Agile
England

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 30 (2.74%) SharePoint
2 19 (1.73%) Confluence
3 13 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.55%) Appian
4 6 (0.55%) Tuxedo
5 5 (0.46%) BizTalk Server
5 5 (0.46%) nginx
6 3 (0.27%) CMS
6 3 (0.27%) WordPress
7 2 (0.18%) Alfresco
7 2 (0.18%) Captiva
7 2 (0.18%) Documentum
7 2 (0.18%) IIS
7 2 (0.18%) Liferay
7 2 (0.18%) Magnolia
7 2 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.091%) Apache
8 1 (0.091%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.091%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.091%) Mendix
Applications
1 23 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.91%) Adobe XD
4 9 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.64%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.18%) Simulink
8 1 (0.091%) Abaqus
8 1 (0.091%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.091%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 30 (2.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.55%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 17 (1.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.82%) Salesforce CRM
4 8 (0.73%) Shopify
5 4 (0.36%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.27%) ProductWriter
6 3 (0.27%) Sage 200
6 3 (0.27%) Sage 300 ERP
7 2 (0.18%) Infor LN
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.091%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.091%) Magento
8 1 (0.091%) Scribe Insight
Cloud Services
1 299 (27.28%) Azure
2 160 (14.60%) AWS
3 103 (9.40%) Azure DevOps
4 76 (6.93%) Power Platform
5 65 (5.93%) Dynamics 365
6 64 (5.84%) SaaS
7 51 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
8 47 (4.29%) GCP
9 36 (3.28%) GitHub
10 31 (2.83%) PowerApps
11 29 (2.65%) Serverless
12 25 (2.28%) PaaS
13 22 (2.01%) IaaS
14 20 (1.82%) Power Automate
15 16 (1.46%) Azure Data Factory
16 15 (1.37%) Snowflake
17 13 (1.19%) Amazon S3
18 12 (1.09%) Cloud Computing
18 12 (1.09%) Google Analytics
19 11 (1.00%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.01%) Wireless
2 20 (1.82%) Firewall
3 15 (1.37%) VPN
4 14 (1.28%) Bluetooth
4 14 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
5 11 (1.00%) Network Security
5 11 (1.00%) VoIP
6 10 (0.91%) NGFW
7 8 (0.73%) Internet
7 8 (0.73%) WAN
8 7 (0.64%) DNS
9 6 (0.55%) Ethernet
9 6 (0.55%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.55%) ZigBee
10 5 (0.46%) GSM
10 5 (0.46%) MQTT
10 5 (0.46%) RS-232
10 5 (0.46%) RS-485
10 5 (0.46%) SAN
11 4 (0.36%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (10.58%) SQL Server
2 55 (5.02%) Power BI
3 43 (3.92%) MySQL
4 36 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
5 29 (2.65%) BigQuery
6 28 (2.55%) Elasticsearch
6 28 (2.55%) Relational Database
7 27 (2.46%) MongoDB
8 21 (1.92%) Amazon Redshift
9 20 (1.82%) NoSQL
9 20 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
10 18 (1.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 14 (1.28%) DynamoDB
12 11 (1.00%) Looker
12 11 (1.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 10 (0.91%) Data Lake
13 10 (0.91%) Tableau
14 9 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
14 9 (0.82%) Big Data
14 9 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 106 (9.67%) Git
2 66 (6.02%) JIRA
3 25 (2.28%) Cucumber
3 25 (2.28%) Visual Studio
4 20 (1.82%) Jenkins
5 15 (1.37%) Postman
6 13 (1.19%) GitLab
7 10 (0.91%) Bitbucket
7 10 (0.91%) MSTest
8 8 (0.73%) Team Foundation Server
9 7 (0.64%) Maven
9 7 (0.64%) NUnit
9 7 (0.64%) SoapUI
10 6 (0.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 5 (0.46%) Sonatype Nexus
11 5 (0.46%) webpack
12 4 (0.36%) ESLint
12 4 (0.36%) Jasmine
12 4 (0.36%) Selenium
12 4 (0.36%) TeamCity
General
1 260 (23.72%) Social Skills
2 254 (23.18%) Finance
3 154 (14.05%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (9.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 91 (8.30%) Retail
6 56 (5.11%) Public Sector
7 47 (4.29%) Automotive
8 42 (3.83%) Manufacturing
9 41 (3.74%) Legal
10 37 (3.38%) Marketing
11 33 (3.01%) Law
12 24 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
12 24 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
13 23 (2.10%) Local Government
14 22 (2.01%) Banking
15 20 (1.82%) Electronics
16 14 (1.28%) Advertising
17 12 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
17 12 (1.09%) Social Housing
18 11 (1.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 262 (23.91%) Developer
2 147 (13.41%) Senior
3 128 (11.68%) Lead
4 89 (8.12%) Architect
5 82 (7.48%) Analyst
5 82 (7.48%) Project Manager
6 80 (7.30%) .NET Developer
7 60 (5.47%) Software Engineer
8 41 (3.74%) Software Developer
9 39 (3.56%) Full Stack Developer
10 36 (3.28%) Business Analyst
10 36 (3.28%) Data Engineer
11 32 (2.92%) Senior Developer
12 31 (2.83%) IT Manager
12 31 (2.83%) Solutions Architect
13 29 (2.65%) Consultant
14 25 (2.28%) Embedded Engineer
14 25 (2.28%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 23 (2.10%) Senior Manager
15 23 (2.10%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 195 (17.79%) .NET
2 98 (8.94%) .NET Core
3 96 (8.76%) React
4 92 (8.39%) HTML
5 91 (8.30%) AngularJS
6 85 (7.76%) RESTful
7 70 (6.39%) ASP.NET
8 64 (5.84%) CSS
9 58 (5.29%) .NET Framework
10 54 (4.93%) ASP.NET Web API
10 54 (4.93%) Entity Framework
11 51 (4.65%) ASP.NET MVC
12 50 (4.56%) Node.js
13 42 (3.83%) JSON
13 42 (3.83%) Vue
14 36 (3.28%) REST
15 35 (3.19%) HTML5
16 29 (2.65%) XML
17 27 (2.46%) Spring
17 27 (2.46%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 121 (11.04%) Product Ownership
2 55 (5.02%) Management Information System
3 49 (4.47%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (3.10%) Mobile App
5 31 (2.83%) IoT
6 27 (2.46%) Greenfield Project
7 22 (2.01%) Cloud Native
7 22 (2.01%) Data Structures
7 22 (2.01%) Public Cloud
8 20 (1.82%) Private Cloud
9 19 (1.73%) PMI
9 19 (1.73%) Virtual Team
10 17 (1.55%) Algorithms
10 17 (1.55%) Onboarding
11 16 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
13 11 (1.00%) Fat Client
13 11 (1.00%) NHS
13 11 (1.00%) Thin Client
14 10 (0.91%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 47 (4.29%) Linux
2 40 (3.65%) Windows
3 14 (1.28%) Embedded Linux
3 14 (1.28%) Unix
4 10 (0.91%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.64%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.55%) Solaris
6 6 (0.55%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.46%) Android
7 5 (0.46%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.18%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.18%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (19.53%) DevOps
2 198 (18.07%) Scrum
3 184 (16.79%) Mentoring
4 181 (16.51%) Problem-Solving
4 181 (16.51%) Software Engineering
5 165 (15.05%) Project Management
6 156 (14.23%) Roadmaps
7 154 (14.05%) Coaching
8 142 (12.96%) Full Stack Development
9 141 (12.86%) Continuous Improvement
10 132 (12.04%) CI/CD
11 112 (10.22%) Stakeholder Management
12 104 (9.49%) Test Automation
13 98 (8.94%) Waterfall
14 92 (8.39%) SDLC
15 88 (8.03%) User Experience
16 86 (7.85%) MVC
17 83 (7.57%) ITIL
17 83 (7.57%) Microservices
17 83 (7.57%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 201 (18.34%) C#
2 183 (16.70%) SQL
3 163 (14.87%) JavaScript
4 104 (9.49%) TypeScript
5 86 (7.85%) Java
6 71 (6.48%) Python
7 39 (3.56%) C
8 27 (2.46%) PHP
9 22 (2.01%) PowerShell
9 22 (2.01%) T-SQL
10 20 (1.82%) C++
11 11 (1.00%) VB
12 10 (0.91%) COBOL
12 10 (0.91%) Micro Focus COBOL
13 9 (0.82%) XAML
14 6 (0.55%) Embedded C
15 5 (0.46%) Go
16 4 (0.36%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.36%) PL/SQL
17 3 (0.27%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 159 (14.51%) Degree
2 53 (4.84%) Security Cleared
3 47 (4.29%) SC Cleared
4 34 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (2.55%) PMI Certification
6 20 (1.82%) PMP
7 16 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (1.46%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 11 (1.00%) HND
9 10 (0.91%) ACCA
9 10 (0.91%) Azure Certification
9 10 (0.91%) CAPM
10 9 (0.82%) DV Cleared
11 8 (0.73%) APMP
11 8 (0.73%) DBS Check
11 8 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
11 8 (0.73%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.55%) AWS Certification
12 6 (0.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (0.55%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (8.30%) QA
2 33 (3.01%) SLA
3 32 (2.92%) Accessibility
4 24 (2.19%) PMO
5 17 (1.55%) GDPR
6 12 (1.09%) Data Quality
7 7 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (0.64%) MISRA
8 6 (0.55%) Automotive SPICE
8 6 (0.55%) AUTOSAR
9 3 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.27%) JTAG
9 3 (0.27%) NIST
10 2 (0.18%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.18%) MISRA C
10 2 (0.18%) SEPA
10 2 (0.18%) WCAG
11 1 (0.091%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.091%) ISO 26262
11 1 (0.091%) NCSC
System Software
1 68 (6.20%) Docker
2 21 (1.92%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (1.28%) vSphere
5 12 (1.09%) Firmware
6 10 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 42 (3.83%) Terraform
2 24 (2.19%) Kubernetes
3 16 (1.46%) SCCM
4 5 (0.46%) Ansible
5 4 (0.36%) Grafana
6 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.18%) Kibana
7 2 (0.18%) MIIS
7 2 (0.18%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.18%) Puppet
8 1 (0.091%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 217 (19.80%) Microsoft
2 53 (4.84%) Google
3 29 (2.65%) ServiceNow
4 25 (2.28%) VMware
5 23 (2.10%) SAP
6 18 (1.64%) Citrix
7 15 (1.37%) Salesforce
7 15 (1.37%) YouTube
8 14 (1.28%) Atlassian
9 13 (1.19%) Adobe
9 13 (1.19%) Cisco
9 13 (1.19%) Oracle
10 12 (1.09%) Facebook
11 10 (0.91%) Databricks
11 10 (0.91%) Micro Focus
11 10 (0.91%) Sitecore
12 9 (0.82%) MuleSoft
13 8 (0.73%) DevExpress
13 8 (0.73%) Informatica
14 7 (0.64%) InterSystems