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 8 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 15 5
Rank change year-on-year -10 -10 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 220 148 553
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 5.58% 10.32% 14.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.57% 11.60% 17.82%
Number of salaries quoted 138 127 432
10th Percentile £24,750 £23,500 £31,763
25th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £39,087
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +10.48% -7.08%
75th Percentile £65,476 £68,125 £66,265
90th Percentile £80,919 £73,750 £75,675
England median annual salary £66,750 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.64% +12.00% -7.41%

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 2,906 1,276 3,104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 73.66% 88.98% 80.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,742 884 2,388
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £56,813
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,875 £68,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -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 8 April 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 8 April 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 +6 62 £63,500 +22.12% 12
Northamptonshire +5 47 £60,000 -7.69% 24
Nottinghamshire -25 38 £55,000 -8.33% 28
Derbyshire -17 34 £25,500 +13.33% 18
Lincolnshire -11 27 £45,000 - 16
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 31 (14.09%) Confluence
2 8 (3.64%) CMS
3 5 (2.27%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.36%) ArcGIS
4 3 (1.36%) IIS
4 3 (1.36%) WordPress
5 1 (0.45%) Apache
5 1 (0.45%) Drupal
Applications
1 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (1.36%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.45%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.91%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.45%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 48 (21.82%) Azure
2 26 (11.82%) AWS
3 19 (8.64%) Power Platform
4 14 (6.36%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (4.09%) Serverless
7 7 (3.18%) AWS CloudFormation
7 7 (3.18%) GCP
8 6 (2.73%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (2.73%) Power Automate
8 6 (2.73%) PowerApps
8 6 (2.73%) SaaS
9 4 (1.82%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (1.36%) Azure AKS
10 3 (1.36%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 3 (1.36%) Azure Key Vault
10 3 (1.36%) Azure Storage
10 3 (1.36%) IaaS
10 3 (1.36%) NuGet
10 3 (1.36%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.36%) Broadband
1 3 (1.36%) DNS
1 3 (1.36%) WAN
2 2 (0.91%) LAN
3 1 (0.45%) 4G
3 1 (0.45%) BGP
3 1 (0.45%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (0.45%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (0.45%) Hyperconnected
3 1 (0.45%) Internet
3 1 (0.45%) Intranet
3 1 (0.45%) IOS XR
3 1 (0.45%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.36%) Power BI
2 12 (5.45%) SQL Server
3 9 (4.09%) MySQL
4 4 (1.82%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.36%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.91%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.91%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.91%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.91%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.91%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.45%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.45%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 41 (18.64%) JIRA
2 13 (5.91%) Git
3 11 (5.00%) XCUITest
4 5 (2.27%) Subversion
5 2 (0.91%) Postman
5 2 (0.91%) Selenium
6 1 (0.45%) Jaeger
General
1 70 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 36 (16.36%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (15.91%) Finance
3 35 (15.91%) Law
4 25 (11.36%) Marketing
5 14 (6.36%) Retail
6 13 (5.91%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (4.09%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (3.64%) Advertising
8 8 (3.64%) Electronics
9 6 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.73%) Public Sector
10 5 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.82%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.82%) Billing
12 3 (1.36%) Back Office
12 3 (1.36%) Games
12 3 (1.36%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.36%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 37 (16.82%) Senior
2 32 (14.55%) Developer
3 21 (9.55%) Analyst
3 21 (9.55%) Lead
4 15 (6.82%) IT Support
5 12 (5.45%) Delivery Manager
6 11 (5.00%) Product Owner
6 11 (5.00%) Project Manager
7 10 (4.55%) Business Analyst
7 10 (4.55%) IT Manager
8 9 (4.09%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 9 (4.09%) IT Engineer
8 9 (4.09%) IT Support Engineer
8 9 (4.09%) Support Engineer
9 8 (3.64%) Architect
9 8 (3.64%) Software Developer
10 7 (3.18%) IT Project Manager
10 7 (3.18%) PHP Developer
10 7 (3.18%) QA Engineer
10 7 (3.18%) Senior QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (8.64%) React
2 14 (6.36%) .NET
3 10 (4.55%) RESTful
4 8 (3.64%) CSS
4 8 (3.64%) Laravel
4 8 (3.64%) Node.js
5 7 (3.18%) AWS CDK
5 7 (3.18%) HTML
5 7 (3.18%) Next.js
6 6 (2.73%) Middleware
7 5 (2.27%) SwiftUI
8 4 (1.82%) ASP.NET
8 4 (1.82%) ASP.NET Core
9 3 (1.36%) AngularJS
9 3 (1.36%) CakePHP
9 3 (1.36%) CodeIgniter
9 3 (1.36%) OpenTelemetry
9 3 (1.36%) Symfony
9 3 (1.36%) Vue
9 3 (1.36%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (12.73%) Product Ownership
2 17 (7.73%) Mobile App
3 9 (4.09%) Greenfield Project
3 9 (4.09%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.73%) Low-Code
5 5 (2.27%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (2.27%) Mobile Computing
6 4 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.82%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.82%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.82%) Social Media
7 3 (1.36%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.91%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.45%) Legacy Code
9 1 (0.45%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.45%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.45%) NHS
9 1 (0.45%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.00%) Apple iOS
2 8 (3.64%) Linux
3 6 (2.73%) Android
4 5 (2.27%) Windows
5 1 (0.45%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.45%) Unix
5 1 (0.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (25.91%) Continuous Improvement
2 41 (18.64%) Mentoring
3 35 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 30 (13.64%) Test Automation
6 28 (12.73%) CI/CD
7 25 (11.36%) Coaching
7 25 (11.36%) DevOps
7 25 (11.36%) Scrum
8 23 (10.45%) Analytics
8 23 (10.45%) Observability
9 22 (10.00%) Roadmaps
9 22 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
10 20 (9.09%) Decision-Making
11 19 (8.64%) AI
11 19 (8.64%) Project Management
11 19 (8.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 17 (7.73%) Change Management
12 17 (7.73%) Project Delivery
12 17 (7.73%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 35 (15.91%) SQL
2 22 (10.00%) C#
3 19 (8.64%) TypeScript
4 17 (7.73%) JavaScript
5 13 (5.91%) PHP
6 8 (3.64%) Python
7 7 (3.18%) PowerShell
8 5 (2.27%) Bash
8 5 (2.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (2.27%) Swift
9 3 (1.36%) Java
10 2 (0.91%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.91%) C++
11 1 (0.45%) Go
11 1 (0.45%) R
11 1 (0.45%) Ruby
11 1 (0.45%) Rust
Qualifications
1 16 (7.27%) Degree
2 11 (5.00%) Security Cleared
3 7 (3.18%) PMI Certification
3 7 (3.18%) PMP
4 6 (2.73%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.82%) Azure Certification
5 4 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.82%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.36%) ACCA
6 3 (1.36%) CIMA
6 3 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.36%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.36%) MBA
7 2 (0.91%) AAT
7 2 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.91%) CCNA
7 2 (0.91%) Chartered Engineer
7 2 (0.91%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.45%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.45%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (12.73%) QA
2 15 (6.82%) SLA
3 11 (5.00%) Accessibility
4 7 (3.18%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.82%) GDPR
6 2 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.45%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.45%) PMO
7 1 (0.45%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (2.73%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (4.09%) Kubernetes
1 9 (4.09%) Terraform
2 2 (0.91%) Ansible
2 2 (0.91%) Grafana
3 1 (0.45%) Argo
3 1 (0.45%) Kustomize
3 1 (0.45%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 20 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.18%) Databricks
3 6 (2.73%) SAP
4 5 (2.27%) Apple
4 5 (2.27%) Oracle
4 5 (2.27%) Zoho
5 3 (1.36%) Cisco
5 3 (1.36%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (1.36%) ESRI
5 3 (1.36%) QAD
5 3 (1.36%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.91%) Dynatrace
6 2 (0.91%) HubSpot
6 2 (0.91%) Zend
7 1 (0.45%) Adobe
7 1 (0.45%) Conga
7 1 (0.45%) Google
7 1 (0.45%) Jitterbit
7 1 (0.45%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.45%) Pardot