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

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 10 4
Rank change year-on-year -20 -6 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 155 258 440
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 5.88% 12.26% 16.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.51% 13.88% 20.11%
Number of salaries quoted 117 141 375
10th Percentile £34,050 £35,000 £32,600
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £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 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,750 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £68,338 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.88% +5.13% -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 2,065 1,859 2,188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 78.31% 88.36% 84.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,286 815 1,756
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,850 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,683 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.63% +0.39% -9.52%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,125 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,743 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.45% +5.64% -8.00%

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 27 January 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 27 January 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 38 £62,500 -3.85% 25
Leicestershire +1 38 £55,000 +1.85% 27
Nottinghamshire -23 29 £55,000 -12.00% 35
Derbyshire -22 22 £35,500 -21.11% 36
Lincolnshire -13 20 £42,500 -10.70% 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 18 (11.61%) Confluence
2 3 (1.94%) Apache
2 3 (1.94%) CMS
2 3 (1.94%) WordPress
3 2 (1.29%) IIS
3 2 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.29%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.65%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (2.58%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.94%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.94%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.65%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.65%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.65%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.65%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 31 (20.00%) Azure
2 22 (14.19%) AWS
3 10 (6.45%) Power Platform
4 9 (5.81%) GCP
4 9 (5.81%) SaaS
5 8 (5.16%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (4.52%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (2.58%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (1.94%) ChatGPT
8 3 (1.94%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.29%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.29%) Miro
9 2 (1.29%) npm
9 2 (1.29%) NuGet
9 2 (1.29%) OpenShift
9 2 (1.29%) PaaS
9 2 (1.29%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.29%) SonarCloud
10 1 (0.65%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.94%) Intranet
1 3 (1.94%) WAN
2 2 (1.29%) Broadband
2 2 (1.29%) DHCP
2 2 (1.29%) DNS
2 2 (1.29%) LAN
2 2 (1.29%) VPN
3 1 (0.65%) 4G
3 1 (0.65%) BGP
3 1 (0.65%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (0.65%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (0.65%) IOS XR
3 1 (0.65%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.45%) MySQL
1 10 (6.45%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.16%) Power BI
3 4 (2.58%) Data Lake
4 3 (1.94%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.94%) NoSQL
4 3 (1.94%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.29%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.65%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.65%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.65%) SAS EBI
6 1 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.65%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 29 (18.71%) JIRA
2 14 (9.03%) Git
3 5 (3.23%) Subversion
4 4 (2.58%) Selenium
5 3 (1.94%) GitLab
5 3 (1.94%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.94%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (1.29%) Postman
6 2 (1.29%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.65%) Bitbucket Server
7 1 (0.65%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.65%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.65%) JUnit
7 1 (0.65%) Katalon Studio
7 1 (0.65%) Mockito
7 1 (0.65%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.65%) XCUITest
General
1 51 (32.90%) Social Skills
2 31 (20.00%) Finance
3 25 (16.13%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (14.19%) Law
5 18 (11.61%) Marketing
6 9 (5.81%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (5.16%) Electronics
8 7 (4.52%) Retail
9 6 (3.87%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (2.58%) Billing
11 4 (2.58%) Manufacturing
11 4 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.94%) Advertising
12 3 (1.94%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.94%) Back Office
12 3 (1.94%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.94%) Publishing
13 2 (1.29%) Fire and Rescue
13 2 (1.29%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 28 (18.06%) Developer
2 17 (10.97%) Analyst
3 16 (10.32%) Lead
3 16 (10.32%) Senior
4 11 (7.10%) IT Manager
4 11 (7.10%) Project Manager
5 10 (6.45%) PHP Developer
6 9 (5.81%) Architect
7 8 (5.16%) IT Project Manager
8 7 (4.52%) Finance Manager
8 7 (4.52%) Power Platform Developer
8 7 (4.52%) Product Owner
8 7 (4.52%) Software Engineer
9 6 (3.87%) Business Analyst
9 6 (3.87%) PHP Symfony Developer
9 6 (3.87%) Symfony Developer
10 5 (3.23%) Software Test Engineer
10 5 (3.23%) Support Analyst
10 5 (3.23%) Systems Engineer
10 5 (3.23%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.39%) .NET
2 11 (7.10%) Laravel
3 10 (6.45%) CSS
3 10 (6.45%) HTML
4 8 (5.16%) React
5 7 (4.52%) Middleware
5 7 (4.52%) RESTful
6 6 (3.87%) CakePHP
6 6 (3.87%) CodeIgniter
6 6 (3.87%) Symfony
7 3 (1.94%) AngularJS
7 3 (1.94%) jQuery
7 3 (1.94%) Node.js
8 2 (1.29%) Django
8 2 (1.29%) JPA
8 2 (1.29%) OpenTelemetry
8 2 (1.29%) Playwright
8 2 (1.29%) REST
8 2 (1.29%) Spring Boot
8 2 (1.29%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.68%) Product Ownership
2 10 (6.45%) Onboarding
3 7 (4.52%) Mobile App
4 6 (3.87%) Cloud Native
5 5 (3.23%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (2.58%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.58%) Social Media
7 3 (1.94%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.94%) Client/Server
7 3 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.94%) Legacy Code
7 3 (1.94%) Low-Code
8 2 (1.29%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.29%) NHS
8 2 (1.29%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.65%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.65%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.16%) Linux
2 7 (4.52%) Windows
3 3 (1.94%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.29%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.29%) Mac OS X
4 2 (1.29%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.65%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.65%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (25.16%) Continuous Improvement
2 29 (18.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 26 (16.77%) DevOps
4 25 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (15.48%) Waterfall
6 23 (14.84%) Mentoring
7 22 (14.19%) Project Management
8 20 (12.90%) Scrum
9 19 (12.26%) Software Engineering
10 18 (11.61%) SDLC
10 18 (11.61%) Test Automation
11 16 (10.32%) Change Management
11 16 (10.32%) CI/CD
12 14 (9.03%) Project Delivery
13 13 (8.39%) CRM
13 13 (8.39%) Roadmaps
14 12 (7.74%) Migration
15 11 (7.10%) Business Case
15 11 (7.10%) OO
15 11 (7.10%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 23 (14.84%) SQL
2 19 (12.26%) JavaScript
3 18 (11.61%) C#
4 13 (8.39%) PHP
5 12 (7.74%) TypeScript
6 9 (5.81%) Python
7 7 (4.52%) Java
8 6 (3.87%) PowerShell
9 5 (3.23%) Bash
10 3 (1.94%) Go
11 2 (1.29%) Ruby
12 1 (0.65%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.65%) Groovy
12 1 (0.65%) R
12 1 (0.65%) Swift
Qualifications
1 22 (14.19%) Degree
2 10 (6.45%) Security Cleared
3 9 (5.81%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (3.87%) DV Cleared
4 6 (3.87%) PMI Certification
4 6 (3.87%) PMP
5 4 (2.58%) Chartered Engineer
5 4 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.94%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.94%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.94%) MBA
6 3 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.94%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.29%) AAT
7 2 (1.29%) ACCA
7 2 (1.29%) CCNA
7 2 (1.29%) CIMA
7 2 (1.29%) MCP
7 2 (1.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.65%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.39%) QA
2 7 (4.52%) Data Quality
2 7 (4.52%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 6 (3.87%) SLA
4 5 (3.23%) GDPR
5 3 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 2 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.29%) PMO
7 1 (0.65%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 9 (5.81%) Docker
2 2 (1.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (6.45%) Terraform
2 8 (5.16%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.94%) Ansible
4 1 (0.65%) Argo
4 1 (0.65%) CA Service Virtualization
4 1 (0.65%) Grafana
4 1 (0.65%) Kustomize
4 1 (0.65%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 12 (7.74%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.52%) SAP
3 6 (3.87%) Databricks
3 6 (3.87%) Oracle
4 5 (3.23%) Salesforce
4 5 (3.23%) Zoho
5 3 (1.94%) Cisco
5 3 (1.94%) IBM
5 3 (1.94%) OpenAI
5 3 (1.94%) QAD
6 2 (1.29%) AppDynamics
6 2 (1.29%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (1.29%) HubSpot
6 2 (1.29%) Siemens
6 2 (1.29%) Zend
7 1 (0.65%) Apple
7 1 (0.65%) Google
7 1 (0.65%) JD Edwards
7 1 (0.65%) NEC
7 1 (0.65%) ServiceNow