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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -5 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 1,090 2,258 2,324
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 15.00% 35.31% 31.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.09% 36.50% 33.38%
Number of salaries quoted 850 883 1,441
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £35,125
25th Percentile £43,227 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,164 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.59% +5.86% +8.00%
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 6,024 6,187 6,963
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.91% 96.76% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 4,530 3,195 4,738
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,713 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
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 7 May 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 7 May 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 -2 510 £57,965 -0.92% 124
Warwickshire -4 148 £55,000 +2.80% 76
Staffordshire -6 111 £55,000 +10.00% 19
Coventry -2 60 £65,000 - 35
Worcestershire -13 43 £45,000 -10.00% 18
Solihull -2 35 £50,000 -6.98% 7
Wolverhampton -4 30 £55,000 +37.50% 6
Shropshire -18 23 £45,000 -25.00% 6
Walsall 0 13 £46,250 -7.04% 2
Halesowen - 9 £38,000 -
Herefordshire -12 6 £50,000 +5.26% 13
Wednesbury - 2 £83,250 -
Dudley -11 1 £55,000 - 3
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 (2.75%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.65%) 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 (0.28%) CMS
6 3 (0.28%) 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 (0.092%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.092%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.092%) Moodle
8 1 (0.092%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 24 (2.20%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.83%) Adobe XD
3 9 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (0.64%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.18%) Simulink
7 1 (0.092%) Abaqus
7 1 (0.092%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 30 (2.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.56%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 17 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.73%) Salesforce CRM
3 8 (0.73%) Shopify
4 4 (0.37%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.28%) ProductWriter
5 3 (0.28%) Sage 200
5 3 (0.28%) Sage 300 ERP
6 2 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.18%) Infor LN
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.092%) Magento
7 1 (0.092%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.092%) Scribe Insight
Cloud Services
1 296 (27.16%) Azure
2 151 (13.85%) AWS
3 105 (9.63%) Azure DevOps
4 78 (7.16%) Power Platform
5 65 (5.96%) Dynamics 365
5 65 (5.96%) SaaS
6 50 (4.59%) Microsoft 365
7 38 (3.49%) GCP
8 36 (3.30%) GitHub
9 35 (3.21%) PowerApps
10 29 (2.66%) Serverless
11 25 (2.29%) PaaS
12 24 (2.20%) Power Automate
13 22 (2.02%) IaaS
14 17 (1.56%) Azure Data Factory
15 14 (1.28%) Snowflake
16 11 (1.01%) Amazon S3
16 11 (1.01%) Azure Service Bus
17 10 (0.92%) Google Analytics
18 9 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.02%) Firewall
2 21 (1.93%) Wireless
3 15 (1.38%) VPN
4 14 (1.28%) Bluetooth
4 14 (1.28%) Network Security
4 14 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
5 11 (1.01%) VoIP
6 10 (0.92%) NGFW
7 7 (0.64%) DNS
7 7 (0.64%) Internet
7 7 (0.64%) WAN
8 6 (0.55%) Ethernet
8 6 (0.55%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.55%) ZigBee
9 5 (0.46%) GSM
9 5 (0.46%) MQTT
9 5 (0.46%) RS-232
9 5 (0.46%) RS-485
9 5 (0.46%) SAN
10 4 (0.37%) FlexRay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (11.19%) SQL Server
2 56 (5.14%) Power BI
3 50 (4.59%) MySQL
4 37 (3.39%) Data Warehouse
5 29 (2.66%) BigQuery
6 27 (2.48%) Relational Database
7 26 (2.39%) Elasticsearch
8 24 (2.20%) MongoDB
9 20 (1.83%) Amazon Redshift
9 20 (1.83%) NoSQL
10 17 (1.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 14 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
12 12 (1.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 11 (1.01%) Data Lake
13 11 (1.01%) DynamoDB
13 11 (1.01%) Looker
14 10 (0.92%) Big Data
14 10 (0.92%) Tableau
15 9 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
16 7 (0.64%) Redis
Development Applications
1 101 (9.27%) Git
2 63 (5.78%) JIRA
3 30 (2.75%) Visual Studio
4 24 (2.20%) Cucumber
5 18 (1.65%) Jenkins
6 13 (1.19%) GitLab
6 13 (1.19%) Postman
7 10 (0.92%) MSTest
8 9 (0.83%) Bitbucket
9 7 (0.64%) NUnit
9 7 (0.64%) Team Foundation Server
10 6 (0.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 5 (0.46%) SoapUI
11 5 (0.46%) Sonatype Nexus
11 5 (0.46%) webpack
12 4 (0.37%) IntelliJ
12 4 (0.37%) Jasmine
12 4 (0.37%) JUnit
12 4 (0.37%) Selenium
12 4 (0.37%) TeamCity
General
1 260 (23.85%) Social Skills
2 250 (22.94%) Finance
3 149 (13.67%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (9.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 93 (8.53%) Retail
6 55 (5.05%) Public Sector
7 47 (4.31%) Automotive
8 42 (3.85%) Manufacturing
9 40 (3.67%) Marketing
10 39 (3.58%) Legal
11 32 (2.94%) Law
12 24 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
13 23 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
14 21 (1.93%) Local Government
15 20 (1.83%) Electronics
16 16 (1.47%) Banking
17 13 (1.19%) Advertising
17 13 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
17 13 (1.19%) Social Housing
18 11 (1.01%) Games
Job Titles
1 264 (24.22%) Developer
2 146 (13.39%) Senior
3 130 (11.93%) Lead
4 86 (7.89%) Architect
5 83 (7.61%) Project Manager
6 81 (7.43%) Analyst
7 77 (7.06%) .NET Developer
8 57 (5.23%) Software Engineer
9 45 (4.13%) Software Developer
10 38 (3.49%) Full Stack Developer
11 37 (3.39%) Data Engineer
12 35 (3.21%) Business Analyst
13 32 (2.94%) IT Manager
14 30 (2.75%) Senior Developer
15 29 (2.66%) Consultant
15 29 (2.66%) Solutions Architect
16 25 (2.29%) Embedded Engineer
17 24 (2.20%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
17 24 (2.20%) Senior Manager
17 24 (2.20%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 197 (18.07%) .NET
2 99 (9.08%) React
3 96 (8.81%) .NET Core
4 92 (8.44%) HTML
5 89 (8.17%) AngularJS
6 82 (7.52%) RESTful
7 71 (6.51%) ASP.NET
8 66 (6.06%) CSS
9 60 (5.50%) .NET Framework
10 56 (5.14%) Entity Framework
11 54 (4.95%) ASP.NET Web API
12 51 (4.68%) ASP.NET MVC
13 45 (4.13%) Node.js
13 45 (4.13%) Vue
14 41 (3.76%) JSON
15 36 (3.30%) HTML5
16 35 (3.21%) REST
17 33 (3.03%) XML
18 26 (2.39%) Web Services
19 23 (2.11%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 119 (10.92%) Product Ownership
2 55 (5.05%) Management Information System
3 48 (4.40%) Self-Motivation
4 33 (3.03%) Mobile App
5 31 (2.84%) IoT
6 26 (2.39%) Greenfield Project
7 23 (2.11%) Data Structures
8 20 (1.83%) Cloud Native
8 20 (1.83%) Private Cloud
8 20 (1.83%) Public Cloud
9 19 (1.74%) PMI
9 19 (1.74%) Virtual Team
10 18 (1.65%) Algorithms
11 15 (1.38%) Onboarding
12 14 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (1.10%) NHS
14 11 (1.01%) Fat Client
14 11 (1.01%) Thin Client
15 10 (0.92%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 48 (4.40%) Linux
2 40 (3.67%) Windows
3 14 (1.28%) Embedded Linux
4 12 (1.10%) Unix
5 11 (1.01%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.55%) Solaris
6 6 (0.55%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.46%) Android
7 5 (0.46%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.46%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.18%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.18%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.092%) VME
10 1 (0.092%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (19.63%) DevOps
2 196 (17.98%) Scrum
3 184 (16.88%) Problem-Solving
4 183 (16.79%) Mentoring
5 176 (16.15%) Software Engineering
6 164 (15.05%) Project Management
7 157 (14.40%) Roadmaps
8 153 (14.04%) Coaching
9 144 (13.21%) Continuous Improvement
10 140 (12.84%) Full Stack Development
11 126 (11.56%) CI/CD
12 108 (9.91%) Stakeholder Management
13 102 (9.36%) Test Automation
14 100 (9.17%) Waterfall
15 90 (8.26%) User Experience
16 87 (7.98%) SDLC
17 85 (7.80%) MVC
18 84 (7.71%) ITIL
19 83 (7.61%) TDD
20 80 (7.34%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 206 (18.90%) C#
2 176 (16.15%) SQL
3 166 (15.23%) JavaScript
4 105 (9.63%) TypeScript
5 80 (7.34%) Java
6 67 (6.15%) Python
7 39 (3.58%) C
8 31 (2.84%) PHP
9 26 (2.39%) C++
10 23 (2.11%) T-SQL
11 22 (2.02%) PowerShell
12 15 (1.38%) VB
13 11 (1.01%) COBOL
13 11 (1.01%) Micro Focus COBOL
14 9 (0.83%) XAML
15 6 (0.55%) Embedded C
16 5 (0.46%) Go
17 4 (0.37%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.37%) PL/SQL
17 4 (0.37%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 164 (15.05%) Degree
2 55 (5.05%) Security Cleared
3 49 (4.50%) SC Cleared
4 34 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (2.66%) PMI Certification
6 21 (1.93%) PMP
7 16 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (1.47%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 11 (1.01%) HND
9 10 (0.92%) ACCA
9 10 (0.92%) CAPM
10 9 (0.83%) Azure Certification
10 9 (0.83%) DV Cleared
11 8 (0.73%) APMP
11 8 (0.73%) DBS Check
11 8 (0.73%) Master's Degree
12 7 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
13 6 (0.55%) AWS Certification
13 6 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (0.55%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (8.53%) QA
2 33 (3.03%) Accessibility
3 32 (2.94%) SLA
4 26 (2.39%) PMO
5 18 (1.65%) GDPR
6 13 (1.19%) Data Quality
7 7 (0.64%) MISRA
8 6 (0.55%) Automotive SPICE
8 6 (0.55%) AUTOSAR
8 6 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.28%) JTAG
10 2 (0.18%) MISRA C
10 2 (0.18%) NIST
10 2 (0.18%) WCAG
11 1 (0.092%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.092%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.092%) ISO 26262
11 1 (0.092%) NCSC
System Software
1 57 (5.23%) Docker
2 20 (1.83%) Active Directory
2 20 (1.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (1.28%) vSphere
4 12 (1.10%) Firmware
5 10 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 43 (3.94%) Terraform
2 16 (1.47%) SCCM
3 15 (1.38%) Kubernetes
4 6 (0.55%) Grafana
5 5 (0.46%) Ansible
6 3 (0.28%) 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 (0.092%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 225 (20.64%) Microsoft
2 47 (4.31%) Google
3 29 (2.66%) ServiceNow
4 25 (2.29%) VMware
5 21 (1.93%) SAP
6 18 (1.65%) Citrix
6 18 (1.65%) Oracle
7 15 (1.38%) YouTube
8 14 (1.28%) Atlassian
8 14 (1.28%) Salesforce
9 13 (1.19%) Cisco
10 12 (1.10%) Adobe
10 12 (1.10%) Facebook
11 11 (1.01%) Micro Focus
12 10 (0.92%) Databricks
12 10 (0.92%) Sitecore
13 9 (0.83%) MuleSoft
14 8 (0.73%) DevExpress
15 7 (0.64%) Genesys
15 7 (0.64%) InterSystems