Agile Job Trends in the East Midlands

Agile Software Development
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Agile skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 26 8
Rank change year-on-year -1 -18 -4
Permanent jobs citing Agile 262 198 492
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 3.96% 8.52% 12.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.61% 10.00% 16.04%
Number of salaries quoted 153 135 162
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £79,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +3.70% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
East 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 East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,668 1,980 3,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 70.62% 85.20% 77.07%
Number of salaries quoted 3,134 1,088 1,446
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £41,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.48% -7.78% -14.29%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,325 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Agile relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Agile job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Agile
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Agile.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Agile

Agile
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Agile in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 20 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Agile in the East Midlands

Agile
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Leicestershire -13 70 £55,000 -15.38% 38
Nottinghamshire +1 67 £60,000 -11.11% 84
Northamptonshire -5 52 £52,500 -12.50% 21
Lincolnshire -4 40 £52,500 +31.25% 30
Derbyshire -14 26 £50,000 +53.85% 24
Agile
England

Agile
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East 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 6 (2.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (0.76%) CMS
2 2 (0.76%) Confluence
2 2 (0.76%) Headless CMS
3 1 (0.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (2.67%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.15%) EPLAN
5 2 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.76%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (5.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (2.29%) Oracle Applications
3 5 (1.91%) Infor M3
4 3 (1.15%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (1.15%) Primavera
4 3 (1.15%) SAP EHS
4 3 (1.15%) Shopify
5 1 (0.38%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.38%) Magento
5 1 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 70 (26.72%) Azure
2 45 (17.18%) AWS
3 26 (9.92%) Power Platform
4 24 (9.16%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (7.25%) Dynamics 365
6 16 (6.11%) Serverless
7 14 (5.34%) Power Automate
7 14 (5.34%) PowerApps
8 10 (3.82%) Amazon S3
8 10 (3.82%) AWS Lambda
9 9 (3.44%) AWS CloudFormation
10 8 (3.05%) IaaS
11 7 (2.67%) Amazon Cognito
11 7 (2.67%) Amazon EventBridge
11 7 (2.67%) Amazon SQS
11 7 (2.67%) SaaS
12 6 (2.29%) Azure AKS
12 6 (2.29%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 6 (2.29%) Azure Key Vault
12 6 (2.29%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.29%) DNS
2 3 (1.15%) Internet
2 3 (1.15%) Profibus
3 2 (0.76%) HTTP
3 2 (0.76%) Hyperconnected
3 2 (0.76%) SMS
4 1 (0.38%) Diameter Protocol
4 1 (0.38%) FTP
4 1 (0.38%) Intelligent Network
4 1 (0.38%) RTP
4 1 (0.38%) RTSP
4 1 (0.38%) SCTP
4 1 (0.38%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (0.38%) SS7
4 1 (0.38%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.38%) VoIP
4 1 (0.38%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.02%) Power BI
2 20 (7.63%) Azure SQL Database
2 20 (7.63%) MongoDB
3 11 (4.20%) SQL Server
4 9 (3.44%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (2.67%) DynamoDB
6 6 (2.29%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 6 (2.29%) Oracle Reports
7 5 (1.91%) NonStop SQL
7 5 (1.91%) NoSQL
8 4 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (1.15%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.76%) Amazon Athena
10 2 (0.76%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.76%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.76%) Metadata
10 2 (0.76%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (9.16%) Git
2 15 (5.73%) JIRA
3 5 (1.91%) Visual Studio
4 4 (1.53%) GitLab
4 4 (1.53%) Storybook
4 4 (1.53%) Subversion
5 3 (1.15%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (1.15%) XCUITest
6 1 (0.38%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.38%) NUnit
General
1 72 (27.48%) Social Skills
2 54 (20.61%) Finance
3 49 (18.70%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (8.40%) Retail
5 20 (7.63%) Influencing Skills
5 20 (7.63%) Law
6 18 (6.87%) Manufacturing
7 12 (4.58%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (3.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (3.05%) Aerospace
9 8 (3.05%) Electronics
9 8 (3.05%) Marketing
10 6 (2.29%) Banking
10 6 (2.29%) Public Sector
11 5 (1.91%) Legal
12 4 (1.53%) Military
13 2 (0.76%) Advertising
13 2 (0.76%) Automotive
13 2 (0.76%) Music Industry
13 2 (0.76%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 66 (25.19%) Developer
2 41 (15.65%) Senior
3 35 (13.36%) Software Engineer
4 32 (12.21%) Lead
5 24 (9.16%) Delivery Manager
6 23 (8.78%) .NET Developer
7 20 (7.63%) Analyst
8 16 (6.11%) Change Manager
9 15 (5.73%) Business Analyst
10 13 (4.96%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 11 (4.20%) Project Manager
11 11 (4.20%) Senior Software Engineer
11 11 (4.20%) Software Developer
12 10 (3.82%) Graduate
13 9 (3.44%) C# Developer
14 8 (3.05%) Architect
14 8 (3.05%) C# Software Developer
14 8 (3.05%) Principal Engineer
14 8 (3.05%) Principal Software Engineer
15 7 (2.67%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (16.41%) React
2 41 (15.65%) .NET
3 26 (9.92%) ASP.NET
4 25 (9.54%) CSS
5 24 (9.16%) .NET Core
6 23 (8.78%) Node.js
7 22 (8.40%) ASP.NET Core
7 22 (8.40%) HTML
8 14 (5.34%) Entity Framework
9 12 (4.58%) Next.js
9 12 (4.58%) Terraform
10 11 (4.20%) LINQ
11 9 (3.44%) ASP.NET Web API
11 9 (3.44%) REST
12 8 (3.05%) Blazor
13 7 (2.67%) Material-UI
13 7 (2.67%) Oracle Fusion
14 6 (2.29%) AWS CDK
15 5 (1.91%) RESTful
16 4 (1.53%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.25%) Product Ownership
2 14 (5.34%) Greenfield Project
3 12 (4.58%) Enterprise Software
3 12 (4.58%) Onboarding
4 11 (4.20%) AI Agents
4 11 (4.20%) Driving Licence
5 9 (3.44%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (3.05%) Low-Code
7 7 (2.67%) Mobile App
8 6 (2.29%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (2.29%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.91%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.91%) FMCG
10 3 (1.15%) Cloud Native
10 3 (1.15%) PMI
10 3 (1.15%) SCADA
11 2 (0.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 2 (0.76%) Legacy Applications
11 2 (0.76%) Tandem
12 1 (0.38%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.44%) Linux
2 3 (1.15%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.76%) Windows
4 1 (0.38%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (30.92%) Continuous Improvement
2 52 (19.85%) Problem-Solving
3 49 (18.70%) Stakeholder Management
4 48 (18.32%) Mentoring
4 48 (18.32%) Software Engineering
5 43 (16.41%) CI/CD
5 43 (16.41%) Coaching
5 43 (16.41%) DevOps
5 43 (16.41%) Full-Stack Development
6 37 (14.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 36 (13.74%) AI
8 35 (13.36%) Roadmaps
9 34 (12.98%) ERP
10 33 (12.60%) Project Management
11 30 (11.45%) Computer Science
12 29 (11.07%) Decision-Making
13 27 (10.31%) Business Intelligence
13 27 (10.31%) Collaborative Working
14 26 (9.92%) Business Strategy
15 25 (9.54%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 68 (25.95%) SQL
2 55 (20.99%) C#
3 35 (13.36%) TypeScript
4 27 (10.31%) JavaScript
5 10 (3.82%) C++
5 10 (3.82%) Python
6 8 (3.05%) PowerShell
7 7 (2.67%) PHP
8 6 (2.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (2.29%) Java
8 6 (2.29%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.53%) Bash
10 3 (1.15%) Ladder Logic
11 2 (0.76%) Swift
12 1 (0.38%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.38%) R
Qualifications
1 33 (12.60%) Degree
2 21 (8.02%) SC Cleared
2 21 (8.02%) Security Cleared
3 15 (5.73%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (5.34%) PMI Certification
5 12 (4.58%) PMP
6 9 (3.44%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (3.44%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (3.05%) DV Cleared
8 7 (2.67%) Azure Certification
9 6 (2.29%) Oracle Certification
10 3 (1.15%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.76%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.76%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 1 (0.38%) ACCA
12 1 (0.38%) CIMA
12 1 (0.38%) ISEB
12 1 (0.38%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (11.07%) QA
2 15 (5.73%) Accessibility
3 8 (3.05%) GRC
3 8 (3.05%) PMO
4 5 (1.91%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.53%) GDPR
5 4 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.53%) SOC 2
6 3 (1.15%) IEC 61131
7 1 (0.38%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (5.73%) Docker
2 5 (1.91%) Embedded Firmware
2 5 (1.91%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (6.49%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.38%) Ansible
Vendors
1 58 (22.14%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.20%) Oracle
3 8 (3.05%) Databricks
3 8 (3.05%) Infor
4 6 (2.29%) SAP
5 4 (1.53%) Google
6 3 (1.15%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.15%) Siemens
7 2 (0.76%) Apple
7 2 (0.76%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (0.76%) IFS
7 2 (0.76%) Informatica
7 2 (0.76%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.76%) Veracode
8 1 (0.38%) Adobe
8 1 (0.38%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.38%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.38%) Optimizely
8 1 (0.38%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud