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 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 10 4
Rank change year-on-year -18 -6 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 161 234 476
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 5.72% 11.67% 16.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.32% 13.07% 19.56%
Number of salaries quoted 117 130 407
10th Percentile £27,900 £32,450 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £67,075
90th Percentile £80,500 £75,250 £74,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £63,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +10.24% -5.93%

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 2,199 1,791 2,434
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 78.17% 89.28% 84.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,355 803 1,957
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,800 £26,000
25th Percentile £30,250 £35,000 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £68,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%

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 11 February 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 11 February 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
Northamptonshire +5 37 £62,500 -3.85% 12
Leicestershire +3 37 £55,000 +3.29% 13
Nottinghamshire -21 32 £55,000 -13.73% 26
Derbyshire -16 27 £25,500 -43.33% 22
Lincolnshire -11 19 £43,750 -8.07% 23
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 24 (14.91%) Confluence
2 5 (3.11%) CMS
3 3 (1.86%) Apache
3 3 (1.86%) WordPress
4 2 (1.24%) IIS
4 2 (1.24%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.62%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (2.48%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.86%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.62%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.86%) SAP Business One
2 2 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.62%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.62%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.62%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 32 (19.88%) Azure
2 24 (14.91%) AWS
3 11 (6.83%) Power Platform
4 10 (6.21%) SaaS
5 9 (5.59%) GCP
6 8 (4.97%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (3.73%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (2.48%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (1.86%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (1.86%) ChatGPT
9 3 (1.86%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.24%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.24%) npm
10 2 (1.24%) NuGet
10 2 (1.24%) OpenShift
10 2 (1.24%) PaaS
10 2 (1.24%) SonarCloud
11 1 (0.62%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.86%) Intranet
1 3 (1.86%) WAN
2 2 (1.24%) Broadband
2 2 (1.24%) LAN
3 1 (0.62%) 4G
3 1 (0.62%) BGP
3 1 (0.62%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (0.62%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (0.62%) IOS XR
3 1 (0.62%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.83%) MySQL
2 10 (6.21%) SQL Server
3 8 (4.97%) Power BI
4 4 (2.48%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.86%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.86%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.24%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.62%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.62%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.62%) SAS EBI
7 1 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.62%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 34 (21.12%) JIRA
2 15 (9.32%) Git
3 5 (3.11%) Subversion
4 3 (1.86%) GitLab
4 3 (1.86%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.86%) Selenium
5 2 (1.24%) Postman
5 2 (1.24%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (1.24%) SonarQube
5 2 (1.24%) XCUITest
6 1 (0.62%) Bitbucket Server
6 1 (0.62%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.62%) Jaeger
6 1 (0.62%) JUnit
6 1 (0.62%) Mockito
6 1 (0.62%) REST Assured
General
1 52 (32.30%) Social Skills
2 31 (19.25%) Finance
3 29 (18.01%) Law
4 27 (16.77%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (12.42%) Marketing
6 9 (5.59%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (4.97%) Electronics
8 7 (4.35%) Retail
9 6 (3.73%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (2.48%) Billing
11 4 (2.48%) Manufacturing
11 4 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.86%) Advertising
12 3 (1.86%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.86%) Back Office
12 3 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.86%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.86%) Publishing
13 2 (1.24%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 29 (18.01%) Developer
2 17 (10.56%) Analyst
2 17 (10.56%) Senior
3 12 (7.45%) Lead
4 11 (6.83%) IT Support
5 10 (6.21%) IT Manager
5 10 (6.21%) PHP Developer
5 10 (6.21%) Project Manager
6 9 (5.59%) Architect
7 7 (4.35%) Finance Manager
7 7 (4.35%) IT Project Manager
7 7 (4.35%) Power Platform Developer
7 7 (4.35%) Product Owner
7 7 (4.35%) Software Engineer
8 6 (3.73%) IT Analyst
8 6 (3.73%) IT Engineer
8 6 (3.73%) IT Support Engineer
8 6 (3.73%) PHP Symfony Developer
8 6 (3.73%) Support Engineer
8 6 (3.73%) Symfony Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.07%) .NET
2 12 (7.45%) Laravel
3 11 (6.83%) CSS
3 11 (6.83%) HTML
4 10 (6.21%) React
5 8 (4.97%) RESTful
6 7 (4.35%) Middleware
7 6 (3.73%) CakePHP
7 6 (3.73%) CodeIgniter
7 6 (3.73%) Symfony
8 4 (2.48%) Node.js
9 3 (1.86%) AngularJS
9 3 (1.86%) jQuery
10 2 (1.24%) Django
10 2 (1.24%) Hibernate
10 2 (1.24%) JPA
10 2 (1.24%) REST
10 2 (1.24%) Ruby on Rails
10 2 (1.24%) Spring
10 2 (1.24%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.32%) Product Ownership
2 8 (4.97%) Mobile App
2 8 (4.97%) Onboarding
3 6 (3.73%) Cloud Native
4 5 (3.11%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (2.48%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.48%) Social Media
6 3 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.86%) Client/Server
6 3 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.86%) Legacy Code
6 3 (1.86%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.24%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.24%) NHS
7 2 (1.24%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.62%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.62%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.62%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.97%) Linux
2 5 (3.11%) Windows
3 3 (1.86%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.24%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.24%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.62%) Android
5 1 (0.62%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (24.22%) Continuous Improvement
2 28 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
3 25 (15.53%) DevOps
4 24 (14.91%) Mentoring
5 22 (13.66%) Problem-Solving
6 21 (13.04%) Waterfall
7 20 (12.42%) Project Management
8 19 (11.80%) Software Engineering
8 19 (11.80%) Test Automation
9 16 (9.94%) Change Management
9 16 (9.94%) CI/CD
9 16 (9.94%) Roadmaps
10 15 (9.32%) Scrum
10 15 (9.32%) SDLC
11 14 (8.70%) Root Cause Analysis
12 13 (8.07%) Project Delivery
13 12 (7.45%) Incident Management
13 12 (7.45%) ITSM
13 12 (7.45%) Migration
13 12 (7.45%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 29 (18.01%) SQL
2 21 (13.04%) JavaScript
3 18 (11.18%) C#
4 14 (8.70%) PHP
4 14 (8.70%) TypeScript
5 9 (5.59%) Python
6 6 (3.73%) Java
6 6 (3.73%) PowerShell
7 5 (3.11%) Bash
8 3 (1.86%) Go
9 2 (1.24%) Apex Code
9 2 (1.24%) Ruby
10 1 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.62%) R
10 1 (0.62%) Swift
Qualifications
1 18 (11.18%) Degree
2 10 (6.21%) Security Cleared
3 7 (4.35%) PMI Certification
3 7 (4.35%) PMP
4 6 (3.73%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (3.73%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.86%) Chartered Engineer
5 3 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.86%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.86%) MBA
5 3 (1.86%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.24%) AAT
6 2 (1.24%) ACCA
6 2 (1.24%) CCNA
6 2 (1.24%) CIMA
6 2 (1.24%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.62%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.62%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.94%) QA
2 12 (7.45%) SLA
3 8 (4.97%) Data Quality
4 5 (3.11%) GDPR
4 5 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 2 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 2 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.24%) PMO
6 1 (0.62%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.62%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 9 (5.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (6.21%) Terraform
2 8 (4.97%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.86%) Ansible
4 1 (0.62%) Argo
4 1 (0.62%) CA Service Virtualization
4 1 (0.62%) Grafana
4 1 (0.62%) Kustomize
4 1 (0.62%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 10 (6.21%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.35%) SAP
3 6 (3.73%) Databricks
3 6 (3.73%) Oracle
4 5 (3.11%) Salesforce
4 5 (3.11%) Zoho
5 3 (1.86%) Cisco
5 3 (1.86%) OpenAI
5 3 (1.86%) QAD
6 2 (1.24%) AppDynamics
6 2 (1.24%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (1.24%) HubSpot
6 2 (1.24%) IBM
6 2 (1.24%) Zend
7 1 (0.62%) Adobe
7 1 (0.62%) Apple
7 1 (0.62%) Google
7 1 (0.62%) NEC
7 1 (0.62%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.62%) Siemens