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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 12 4
Rank change year-on-year -9 -8 -2
Permanent jobs citing Agile 197 189 526
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 5.96% 11.64% 15.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.81% 12.77% 18.23%
Number of salaries quoted 130 132 432
10th Percentile £24,750 £31,250 £31,938
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £39,772
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 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £73,750 £76,200
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +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 2,522 1,480 2,886
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 76.26% 91.13% 83.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,515 832 2,271
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,638 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,688 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 12 March 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 12 March 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 +9 52 £55,000 +5.26% 14
Northamptonshire +11 43 £60,000 -0.41% 20
Derbyshire -10 35 £25,500 -21.54% 18
Nottinghamshire -32 32 £55,000 -12.00% 29
Lincolnshire -13 26 £43,750 -5.41% 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 30 (15.23%) Confluence
2 8 (4.06%) CMS
3 5 (2.54%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.52%) ArcGIS
4 3 (1.52%) WordPress
5 2 (1.02%) Apache
5 2 (1.02%) IIS
6 1 (0.51%) Drupal
6 1 (0.51%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (1.52%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.51%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (1.02%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.51%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.51%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 35 (17.77%) Azure
2 24 (12.18%) AWS
3 13 (6.60%) Power Platform
4 9 (4.57%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (4.06%) AWS CloudFormation
5 8 (4.06%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (4.06%) SaaS
6 7 (3.55%) GCP
6 7 (3.55%) Serverless
7 5 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (2.03%) Power Automate
8 4 (2.03%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.02%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.02%) ChatGPT
9 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.02%) npm
9 2 (1.02%) NuGet
9 2 (1.02%) SonarCloud
10 1 (0.51%) IaaS
10 1 (0.51%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.52%) Broadband
1 3 (1.52%) WAN
2 2 (1.02%) Intranet
2 2 (1.02%) LAN
3 1 (0.51%) 4G
3 1 (0.51%) BGP
3 1 (0.51%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (0.51%) DNS
3 1 (0.51%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (0.51%) Hyperconnected
3 1 (0.51%) Internet
3 1 (0.51%) IOS XR
3 1 (0.51%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.58%) Power BI
2 10 (5.08%) MySQL
2 10 (5.08%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.52%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.52%) NoSQL
3 3 (1.52%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.02%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.02%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.51%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.51%) SAS EBI
5 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 41 (20.81%) JIRA
2 13 (6.60%) Git
3 7 (3.55%) XCUITest
4 5 (2.54%) Subversion
5 2 (1.02%) Postman
5 2 (1.02%) Selenium
6 1 (0.51%) GitLab
6 1 (0.51%) Jaeger
6 1 (0.51%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.51%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.51%) SonarQube
General
1 63 (31.98%) Social Skills
2 33 (16.75%) Law
3 32 (16.24%) Finance
4 28 (14.21%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (11.17%) Marketing
6 14 (7.11%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (4.57%) Retail
8 8 (4.06%) Advertising
8 8 (4.06%) Electronics
8 8 (4.06%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (3.05%) Public Sector
10 5 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (2.03%) Aerospace
11 4 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.52%) Back Office
12 3 (1.52%) Billing
12 3 (1.52%) Games
12 3 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.52%) Legal
12 3 (1.52%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 29 (14.72%) Developer
2 25 (12.69%) Senior
3 19 (9.64%) Analyst
4 18 (9.14%) Lead
5 15 (7.61%) IT Support
6 11 (5.58%) Product Owner
7 10 (5.08%) IT Manager
7 10 (5.08%) Project Manager
8 9 (4.57%) Architect
8 9 (4.57%) IT Engineer
8 9 (4.57%) IT Support Engineer
8 9 (4.57%) PHP Developer
8 9 (4.57%) Support Engineer
9 7 (3.55%) Delivery Manager
9 7 (3.55%) Finance Manager
9 7 (3.55%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 7 (3.55%) IT Analyst
9 7 (3.55%) IT Project Manager
9 7 (3.55%) Software Engineer
10 6 (3.05%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.12%) React
2 14 (7.11%) .NET
3 10 (5.08%) Laravel
4 9 (4.57%) CSS
4 9 (4.57%) HTML
5 8 (4.06%) RESTful
6 7 (3.55%) AWS CDK
6 7 (3.55%) Middleware
6 7 (3.55%) Next.js
7 5 (2.54%) Node.js
8 4 (2.03%) CakePHP
8 4 (2.03%) CodeIgniter
8 4 (2.03%) Symfony
9 3 (1.52%) AngularJS
9 3 (1.52%) ASP.NET
9 3 (1.52%) ASP.NET Core
9 3 (1.52%) Vue
10 2 (1.02%) .NET Core
10 2 (1.02%) OpenTelemetry
10 2 (1.02%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 23 (11.68%) Product Ownership
2 13 (6.60%) Mobile App
3 9 (4.57%) Onboarding
4 7 (3.55%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (2.54%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (2.54%) Mobile Computing
6 4 (2.03%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.03%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.03%) Social Media
7 3 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.52%) Client/Server
7 3 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.52%) Low-Code
8 2 (1.02%) Legacy Code
8 2 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.02%) NHS
9 1 (0.51%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.51%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.51%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.06%) Linux
2 7 (3.55%) Apple iOS
3 5 (2.54%) Android
3 5 (2.54%) Windows
4 2 (1.02%) Mac OS X
4 2 (1.02%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.51%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (28.43%) Continuous Improvement
2 37 (18.78%) Mentoring
3 31 (15.74%) Stakeholder Management
4 29 (14.72%) Test Automation
5 28 (14.21%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (11.17%) CI/CD
6 22 (11.17%) DevOps
7 20 (10.15%) Observability
7 20 (10.15%) Root Cause Analysis
8 19 (9.64%) Project Management
8 19 (9.64%) Waterfall
9 18 (9.14%) Decision-Making
9 18 (9.14%) Roadmaps
10 17 (8.63%) Scrum
10 17 (8.63%) Software Engineering
11 16 (8.12%) Full-Stack Development
11 16 (8.12%) ITSM
11 16 (8.12%) Project Delivery
11 16 (8.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 15 (7.61%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 35 (17.77%) SQL
2 21 (10.66%) C#
3 20 (10.15%) JavaScript
4 18 (9.14%) TypeScript
5 14 (7.11%) PHP
6 6 (3.05%) Python
7 5 (2.54%) PowerShell
8 4 (2.03%) Bash
9 3 (1.52%) Java
10 2 (1.02%) Apex Code
10 2 (1.02%) Go
10 2 (1.02%) Ruby
10 2 (1.02%) Swift
11 1 (0.51%) C++
11 1 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.51%) R
Qualifications
1 17 (8.63%) Degree
2 11 (5.58%) Security Cleared
3 7 (3.55%) PMI Certification
3 7 (3.55%) PMP
4 6 (3.05%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.03%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.52%) Chartered Engineer
6 3 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.52%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.52%) MBA
7 2 (1.02%) AAT
7 2 (1.02%) ACCA
7 2 (1.02%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.02%) CCNA
7 2 (1.02%) CIMA
7 2 (1.02%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.51%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.51%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (13.71%) QA
2 16 (8.12%) SLA
3 8 (4.06%) Accessibility
3 8 (4.06%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.54%) GDPR
5 4 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 2 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.51%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 1 (0.51%) PMO
7 1 (0.51%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (3.05%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (4.06%) Terraform
2 6 (3.05%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.02%) Ansible
4 1 (0.51%) Argo
4 1 (0.51%) Grafana
4 1 (0.51%) Kustomize
4 1 (0.51%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 16 (8.12%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.05%) Oracle
2 6 (3.05%) SAP
3 5 (2.54%) Zoho
4 4 (2.03%) Databricks
4 4 (2.03%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.52%) Cisco
5 3 (1.52%) ESRI
5 3 (1.52%) QAD
6 2 (1.02%) Apple
6 2 (1.02%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (1.02%) HubSpot
6 2 (1.02%) OpenAI
6 2 (1.02%) Zend
7 1 (0.51%) AppDynamics
7 1 (0.51%) Conga
7 1 (0.51%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.51%) Jitterbit
7 1 (0.51%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.51%) Pardot