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 30 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 25 6
Rank change year-on-year -4 -19 -2
Permanent jobs citing Agile 260 196 483
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 3.88% 8.40% 12.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.47% 9.73% 16.03%
Number of salaries quoted 148 132 155
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,625 £31,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +6.82% -3.51%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
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 4,750 2,015 3,014
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 70.93% 86.33% 78.22%
Number of salaries quoted 3,217 1,076 1,333
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.46% -10.00% -14.29%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%

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 30 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 30 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 -11 72 £55,000 -15.38% 48
Nottinghamshire +6 62 £60,000 -11.11% 85
Northamptonshire -8 51 £52,500 -12.50% 20
Lincolnshire -1 42 £50,000 +25.00% 41
Derbyshire -13 28 £50,000 +25.00% 15
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 (2.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 3 (1.15%) CMS
2 3 (1.15%) Headless CMS
3 1 (0.38%) Confluence
3 1 (0.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (3.08%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (2.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.54%) EPLAN
5 3 (1.15%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.77%) Notion
Business Applications
1 14 (5.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (2.69%) Infor M3
3 6 (2.31%) Oracle Applications
4 4 (1.54%) Primavera
4 4 (1.54%) SAP EHS
5 3 (1.15%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (1.15%) Shopify
6 1 (0.38%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.38%) Magento
6 1 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 67 (25.77%) Azure
2 44 (16.92%) AWS
3 27 (10.38%) Power Platform
4 24 (9.23%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (7.31%) Dynamics 365
6 16 (6.15%) Serverless
7 13 (5.00%) Power Automate
7 13 (5.00%) PowerApps
8 10 (3.85%) Amazon S3
8 10 (3.85%) AWS Lambda
9 9 (3.46%) AWS CloudFormation
10 7 (2.69%) Amazon Cognito
10 7 (2.69%) Amazon EventBridge
10 7 (2.69%) Amazon SQS
10 7 (2.69%) IaaS
10 7 (2.69%) SaaS
11 6 (2.31%) Oracle CX
12 5 (1.92%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 5 (1.92%) Azure Storage
12 5 (1.92%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.92%) DNS
2 4 (1.54%) Profibus
3 3 (1.15%) Internet
4 2 (0.77%) HTTP
4 2 (0.77%) Hyperconnected
4 2 (0.77%) SMS
5 1 (0.38%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.38%) FTP
5 1 (0.38%) Intelligent Network
5 1 (0.38%) RTP
5 1 (0.38%) RTSP
5 1 (0.38%) SCTP
5 1 (0.38%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.38%) SS7
5 1 (0.38%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.38%) VoIP
5 1 (0.38%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (8.85%) Power BI
2 20 (7.69%) Azure SQL Database
2 20 (7.69%) MongoDB
3 14 (5.38%) SQL Server
4 9 (3.46%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (2.69%) DynamoDB
6 6 (2.31%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 6 (2.31%) Oracle Reports
7 5 (1.92%) NonStop SQL
7 5 (1.92%) NoSQL
8 4 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (1.15%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.77%) Amazon Athena
10 2 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.77%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.77%) Metadata
10 2 (0.77%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 23 (8.85%) Git
2 15 (5.77%) JIRA
3 5 (1.92%) Visual Studio
4 4 (1.54%) GitLab
4 4 (1.54%) Storybook
4 4 (1.54%) Subversion
5 3 (1.15%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.77%) XCUITest
7 1 (0.38%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.38%) NUnit
General
1 71 (27.31%) Social Skills
2 55 (21.15%) Finance
3 50 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (8.08%) Manufacturing
5 20 (7.69%) Retail
6 19 (7.31%) Influencing Skills
7 17 (6.54%) Law
8 13 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (4.62%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (3.85%) Electronics
11 9 (3.46%) Aerospace
12 8 (3.08%) Marketing
13 7 (2.69%) Public Sector
14 6 (2.31%) Legal
15 5 (1.92%) Banking
15 5 (1.92%) Military
16 3 (1.15%) Automotive
16 3 (1.15%) Police
17 2 (0.77%) Fire and Rescue
17 2 (0.77%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 68 (26.15%) Developer
2 36 (13.85%) Senior
3 35 (13.46%) Lead
3 35 (13.46%) Software Engineer
4 23 (8.85%) .NET Developer
5 21 (8.08%) Delivery Manager
6 18 (6.92%) Analyst
7 16 (6.15%) Change Manager
8 13 (5.00%) Business Analyst
8 13 (5.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 11 (4.23%) Senior Software Engineer
9 11 (4.23%) Software Developer
10 10 (3.85%) Graduate
10 10 (3.85%) Project Manager
11 9 (3.46%) Architect
11 9 (3.46%) C# Developer
12 8 (3.08%) C# Software Developer
12 8 (3.08%) Power Platform Developer
12 8 (3.08%) Principal Engineer
12 8 (3.08%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (16.54%) React
2 41 (15.77%) .NET
3 26 (10.00%) ASP.NET
4 25 (9.62%) CSS
5 24 (9.23%) .NET Core
6 23 (8.85%) Node.js
7 22 (8.46%) ASP.NET Core
7 22 (8.46%) HTML
8 14 (5.38%) Entity Framework
9 12 (4.62%) Next.js
10 11 (4.23%) LINQ
10 11 (4.23%) Terraform
11 9 (3.46%) ASP.NET Web API
11 9 (3.46%) REST
12 8 (3.08%) Blazor
13 7 (2.69%) Material-UI
13 7 (2.69%) Oracle Fusion
14 6 (2.31%) AWS CDK
15 4 (1.54%) RESTful
15 4 (1.54%) Vitest
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.54%) Product Ownership
2 14 (5.38%) Greenfield Project
2 14 (5.38%) Onboarding
3 12 (4.62%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (4.23%) AI Agents
5 10 (3.85%) Driving Licence
6 8 (3.08%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (3.08%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.69%) Data Structures
7 7 (2.69%) FMCG
8 6 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (2.31%) Low-Code
8 6 (2.31%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.54%) PMI
9 4 (1.54%) SCADA
10 3 (1.15%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 2 (0.77%) Legacy Applications
11 2 (0.77%) Reference Data
11 2 (0.77%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.46%) Linux
2 2 (0.77%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.77%) Windows
3 1 (0.38%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (33.08%) Continuous Improvement
2 52 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 51 (19.62%) Problem-Solving
4 49 (18.85%) Software Engineering
5 48 (18.46%) Mentoring
6 44 (16.92%) CI/CD
7 43 (16.54%) DevOps
7 43 (16.54%) Full-Stack Development
8 39 (15.00%) Coaching
9 38 (14.62%) Project Management
10 37 (14.23%) ERP
11 36 (13.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 34 (13.08%) Roadmaps
13 33 (12.69%) Computer Science
14 31 (11.92%) AI
15 30 (11.54%) Decision-Making
16 29 (11.15%) Business Intelligence
17 27 (10.38%) Collaborative Working
18 25 (9.62%) PRINCE2
19 24 (9.23%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 70 (26.92%) SQL
2 55 (21.15%) C#
3 35 (13.46%) TypeScript
4 27 (10.38%) JavaScript
5 10 (3.85%) C++
5 10 (3.85%) Python
6 7 (2.69%) PHP
6 7 (2.69%) PowerShell
7 6 (2.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 6 (2.31%) Java
7 6 (2.31%) PL/SQL
8 4 (1.54%) Bash
8 4 (1.54%) Ladder Logic
9 1 (0.38%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.38%) R
9 1 (0.38%) Swift
Qualifications
1 37 (14.23%) Degree
2 24 (9.23%) SC Cleared
2 24 (9.23%) Security Cleared
3 17 (6.54%) PMI Certification
4 16 (6.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (5.38%) PMP
6 10 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (3.46%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (3.08%) DV Cleared
9 6 (2.31%) Azure Certification
9 6 (2.31%) Oracle Certification
10 3 (1.15%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.15%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.77%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 1 (0.38%) APMG
12 1 (0.38%) ISEB
12 1 (0.38%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (11.15%) QA
2 16 (6.15%) Accessibility
3 9 (3.46%) Data Quality
4 8 (3.08%) GRC
4 8 (3.08%) PMO
5 6 (2.31%) GDPR
6 4 (1.54%) IEC 61131
6 4 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.54%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.38%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (5.77%) Docker
2 5 (1.92%) Embedded Firmware
2 5 (1.92%) Firmware
3 2 (0.77%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (6.15%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.38%) Ansible
Vendors
1 61 (23.46%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.62%) Oracle
3 10 (3.85%) Infor
4 8 (3.08%) SAP
5 6 (2.31%) Databricks
6 5 (1.92%) Google
7 4 (1.54%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.54%) Siemens
8 3 (1.15%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.77%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (0.77%) IFS
9 2 (0.77%) Informatica
9 2 (0.77%) Veracode
10 1 (0.38%) Adobe
10 1 (0.38%) Apple
10 1 (0.38%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.38%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.38%) Optimizely
10 1 (0.38%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 1 (0.38%) Workday