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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 24 7
Rank change year-on-year +2 -17 -4
Permanent jobs citing Agile 285 206 539
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 5.09% 9.07% 12.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.15% 10.59% 16.24%
Number of salaries quoted 171 144 226
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,188 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,188 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +8.10% -4.55%
75th Percentile £64,375 £70,813 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £78,125
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -0.54%

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 3,984 1,946 3,319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 71.12% 85.65% 76.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2,604 1,072 2,026
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £56,185 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.79% +2.16% -11.29%

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 July 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 July 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 -14 79 £57,500 -17.86% 25
Nottinghamshire -5 67 £60,000 -7.69% 23
Northamptonshire +2 54 £52,500 -12.50% 15
Lincolnshire -4 42 £52,500 +31.25% 9
Derbyshire -9 34 £42,500 +58.88% 18
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 14 (4.91%) Confluence
2 6 (2.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 5 (1.75%) CMS
4 4 (1.40%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.05%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.35%) Apache
6 1 (0.35%) Drupal
6 1 (0.35%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.35%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (4.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (2.11%) Oracle Applications
3 3 (1.05%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.35%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.35%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.35%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 82 (28.77%) Azure
2 50 (17.54%) AWS
3 26 (9.12%) Azure DevOps
3 26 (9.12%) Power Platform
4 21 (7.37%) Dynamics 365
4 21 (7.37%) Serverless
5 15 (5.26%) Power Automate
5 15 (5.26%) PowerApps
6 13 (4.56%) AWS CloudFormation
7 9 (3.16%) IaaS
8 8 (2.81%) Amazon Cognito
8 8 (2.81%) Amazon EventBridge
8 8 (2.81%) Amazon S3
8 8 (2.81%) Amazon SQS
8 8 (2.81%) AWS Lambda
8 8 (2.81%) Azure AKS
8 8 (2.81%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 8 (2.81%) Azure Key Vault
8 8 (2.81%) Azure Storage
9 6 (2.11%) Oracle CX
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.81%) DNS
2 4 (1.40%) Internet
3 3 (1.05%) Hyperconnected
4 2 (0.70%) HTTP
5 1 (0.35%) Broadband
5 1 (0.35%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.35%) FTP
5 1 (0.35%) Intranet
5 1 (0.35%) RTP
5 1 (0.35%) RTSP
5 1 (0.35%) SCTP
5 1 (0.35%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.35%) SS7
5 1 (0.35%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.35%) VoIP
5 1 (0.35%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.72%) Azure SQL Database
1 22 (7.72%) MongoDB
2 20 (7.02%) Power BI
3 14 (4.91%) SQL Server
4 11 (3.86%) Elasticsearch
5 8 (2.81%) DynamoDB
6 6 (2.11%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 6 (2.11%) Oracle Reports
7 5 (1.75%) NonStop SQL
7 5 (1.75%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.05%) MySQL
8 3 (1.05%) Oracle Database
8 3 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.70%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 27 (9.47%) JIRA
2 18 (6.32%) Git
3 11 (3.86%) XCUITest
4 4 (1.40%) Visual Studio
5 3 (1.05%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.70%) GitLab
6 2 (0.70%) Storybook
7 1 (0.35%) NUnit
General
1 81 (28.42%) Social Skills
2 52 (18.25%) Finance
3 41 (14.39%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (12.63%) Law
5 22 (7.72%) Retail
6 21 (7.37%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (4.21%) Manufacturing
8 10 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (3.16%) Marketing
10 7 (2.46%) Advertising
11 6 (2.11%) Public Sector
12 5 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.40%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.40%) Banking
14 3 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (1.05%) Legal
15 2 (0.70%) Electronics
15 2 (0.70%) Social Housing
16 1 (0.35%) Automotive
16 1 (0.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 63 (22.11%) Developer
2 49 (17.19%) Senior
3 29 (10.18%) Lead
4 26 (9.12%) Delivery Manager
5 25 (8.77%) .NET Developer
5 25 (8.77%) Software Engineer
6 21 (7.37%) Analyst
6 21 (7.37%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 16 (5.61%) Change Manager
8 14 (4.91%) Graduate
8 14 (4.91%) Software Developer
9 13 (4.56%) Business Analyst
10 12 (4.21%) C# Developer
10 12 (4.21%) Project Manager
11 11 (3.86%) C# Software Developer
11 11 (3.86%) Senior Software Engineer
12 10 (3.51%) Graduate C# Developer
12 10 (3.51%) Graduate Developer
12 10 (3.51%) Graduate Software Developer
12 10 (3.51%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (15.09%) React
2 40 (14.04%) .NET
3 28 (9.82%) ASP.NET
4 26 (9.12%) CSS
5 25 (8.77%) .NET Core
6 24 (8.42%) ASP.NET Core
6 24 (8.42%) HTML
7 21 (7.37%) Node.js
8 15 (5.26%) Entity Framework
8 15 (5.26%) Next.js
9 13 (4.56%) AWS CDK
10 11 (3.86%) LINQ
11 10 (3.51%) ASP.NET Web API
11 10 (3.51%) RESTful
12 9 (3.16%) Blazor
13 7 (2.46%) Oracle Fusion
13 7 (2.46%) REST
14 4 (1.40%) jQuery
14 4 (1.40%) React Native
14 4 (1.40%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 32 (11.23%) Product Ownership
2 22 (7.72%) Greenfield Project
3 15 (5.26%) Mobile App
4 12 (4.21%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (3.16%) AI Agents
5 9 (3.16%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.46%) Driving Licence
6 7 (2.46%) Low-Code
7 6 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.75%) Mobile Computing
8 5 (1.75%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.70%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.70%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.35%) CUDA
10 1 (0.35%) Digital Signage
10 1 (0.35%) e-Learning
10 1 (0.35%) Marketing Technology
10 1 (0.35%) Tandem
10 1 (0.35%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.86%) Apple iOS
2 7 (2.46%) Android
3 4 (1.40%) Linux
3 4 (1.40%) Windows
4 1 (0.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (28.77%) Continuous Improvement
2 61 (21.40%) Mentoring
3 57 (20.00%) Coaching
4 55 (19.30%) Problem-Solving
5 51 (17.89%) Full-Stack Development
6 46 (16.14%) CI/CD
7 42 (14.74%) Stakeholder Management
8 41 (14.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 39 (13.68%) Test Automation
10 38 (13.33%) DevOps
11 35 (12.28%) AI
11 35 (12.28%) Collaborative Working
11 35 (12.28%) Decision-Making
12 34 (11.93%) Roadmaps
13 32 (11.23%) Software Engineering
14 28 (9.82%) Observability
14 28 (9.82%) Personalization
15 27 (9.47%) Business Intelligence
16 26 (9.12%) Business Strategy
17 24 (8.42%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 69 (24.21%) SQL
2 58 (20.35%) C#
3 34 (11.93%) TypeScript
4 31 (10.88%) JavaScript
5 13 (4.56%) PHP
6 11 (3.86%) C++
7 10 (3.51%) PowerShell
7 10 (3.51%) Python
8 7 (2.46%) Java
9 6 (2.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (2.11%) PL/SQL
10 4 (1.40%) Swift
11 3 (1.05%) Bash
12 1 (0.35%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.35%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.35%) R
12 1 (0.35%) Rust
Qualifications
1 19 (6.67%) Degree
2 9 (3.16%) Azure Certification
2 9 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
2 9 (3.16%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (2.46%) PMP
3 7 (2.46%) SC Cleared
3 7 (2.46%) Security Cleared
4 6 (2.11%) Oracle Certification
4 6 (2.11%) PMI Certification
5 3 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.05%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.70%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.70%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.35%) ACCA
7 1 (0.35%) CIMA
7 1 (0.35%) ICAEW
7 1 (0.35%) ISEB
7 1 (0.35%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (13.68%) QA
2 17 (5.96%) Accessibility
3 10 (3.51%) SLA
4 7 (2.46%) GRC
5 6 (2.11%) PMO
6 2 (0.70%) GDPR
6 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.70%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.35%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (2.81%) Docker
2 1 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.35%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (5.26%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.40%) Terraform
3 1 (0.35%) Grafana
Vendors
1 56 (19.65%) Microsoft
2 11 (3.86%) Oracle
3 6 (2.11%) Databricks
4 5 (1.75%) SAP
5 4 (1.40%) Apple
6 3 (1.05%) ESRI
6 3 (1.05%) Infor
6 3 (1.05%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.05%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.70%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (0.70%) Google
7 2 (0.70%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.35%) Adobe
8 1 (0.35%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.35%) IFS
8 1 (0.35%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 1 (0.35%) Veracode