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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 18 4
Rank change year-on-year -9 -14 -2
Permanent jobs citing Agile 226 142 596
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 5.36% 9.64% 14.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.38% 10.83% 18.15%
Number of salaries quoted 135 122 437
10th Percentile £24,750 £21,625 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.00% -4.55%
75th Percentile £64,875 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £79,645 £73,750 £75,950
England median annual salary £66,250 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.36% +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 3,063 1,311 3,283
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 72.60% 89.00% 80.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,811 890 2,476
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,750 £31,250 £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 £56,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £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 18 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 18 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 -1 67 £63,500 +33.68% 13
Northamptonshire +6 47 £60,000 -7.69% 21
Nottinghamshire -15 43 £52,250 -16.40% 28
Derbyshire -16 33 £25,500 +13.33% 17
Lincolnshire -16 26 £45,000 +5.88% 13
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 (13.27%) Confluence
2 7 (3.10%) CMS
3 4 (1.77%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.33%) ArcGIS
4 3 (1.33%) IIS
5 2 (0.88%) WordPress
6 1 (0.44%) Apache
6 1 (0.44%) Drupal
Applications
1 3 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (1.33%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.44%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.88%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.44%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 51 (22.57%) Azure
2 30 (13.27%) AWS
3 20 (8.85%) Power Platform
4 14 (6.19%) Serverless
5 13 (5.75%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (3.98%) AWS CloudFormation
6 9 (3.98%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (2.65%) GCP
7 6 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (2.21%) Amazon Cognito
8 5 (2.21%) Amazon EventBridge
8 5 (2.21%) Amazon S3
8 5 (2.21%) Amazon SQS
8 5 (2.21%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (2.21%) Power Automate
8 5 (2.21%) PowerApps
9 4 (1.77%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (1.77%) SaaS
10 3 (1.33%) IaaS
10 3 (1.33%) NuGet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.33%) Broadband
1 3 (1.33%) DNS
1 3 (1.33%) WAN
2 2 (0.88%) LAN
3 1 (0.44%) 4G
3 1 (0.44%) BGP
3 1 (0.44%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (0.44%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (0.44%) Hyperconnected
3 1 (0.44%) Internet
3 1 (0.44%) Intranet
3 1 (0.44%) IOS XR
3 1 (0.44%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.64%) Power BI
2 11 (4.87%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.54%) MySQL
4 5 (2.21%) DynamoDB
5 4 (1.77%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.88%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.88%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.88%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.44%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 40 (17.70%) JIRA
2 11 (4.87%) XCUITest
3 10 (4.42%) Git
4 5 (2.21%) Subversion
5 2 (0.88%) Postman
5 2 (0.88%) Selenium
6 1 (0.44%) Jaeger
General
1 75 (33.19%) Social Skills
2 42 (18.58%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (16.81%) Finance
4 34 (15.04%) Law
5 24 (10.62%) Marketing
6 17 (7.52%) Retail
7 11 (4.87%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (3.98%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (3.54%) Advertising
9 8 (3.54%) Electronics
9 8 (3.54%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.21%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.77%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.33%) Back Office
12 3 (1.33%) Billing
12 3 (1.33%) Games
12 3 (1.33%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.88%) Banking
13 2 (0.88%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 41 (18.14%) Senior
2 34 (15.04%) Developer
3 21 (9.29%) Analyst
4 20 (8.85%) Lead
5 15 (6.64%) IT Support
6 14 (6.19%) Delivery Manager
6 14 (6.19%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 12 (5.31%) Business Analyst
7 12 (5.31%) Project Manager
7 12 (5.31%) Software Developer
8 11 (4.87%) Product Owner
9 10 (4.42%) C# Developer
9 10 (4.42%) IT Manager
9 10 (4.42%) PHP Developer
10 9 (3.98%) Graduate
10 9 (3.98%) IT Engineer
10 9 (3.98%) IT Support Engineer
10 9 (3.98%) Support Engineer
11 8 (3.54%) Graduate C# Software Developer
11 8 (3.54%) Graduate SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (10.18%) React
2 12 (5.31%) .NET
3 11 (4.87%) Node.js
4 10 (4.42%) RESTful
5 9 (3.98%) AWS CDK
5 9 (3.98%) CSS
5 9 (3.98%) Next.js
6 8 (3.54%) Laravel
7 7 (3.10%) HTML
8 5 (2.21%) Middleware
8 5 (2.21%) SwiftUI
9 4 (1.77%) ASP.NET
9 4 (1.77%) ASP.NET Core
10 3 (1.33%) AngularJS
10 3 (1.33%) CakePHP
10 3 (1.33%) CodeIgniter
10 3 (1.33%) jQuery
10 3 (1.33%) OpenTelemetry
10 3 (1.33%) Symfony
10 3 (1.33%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (13.72%) Product Ownership
2 17 (7.52%) Mobile App
3 14 (6.19%) Greenfield Project
4 10 (4.42%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.65%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (2.21%) Embedded Systems
6 5 (2.21%) Low-Code
6 5 (2.21%) Mobile Computing
7 4 (1.77%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.33%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.33%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.33%) Social Media
9 2 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.88%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.44%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.44%) Legacy Code
10 1 (0.44%) NHS
10 1 (0.44%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.87%) Apple iOS
2 6 (2.65%) Android
2 6 (2.65%) Linux
3 5 (2.21%) Windows
4 1 (0.44%) Unix
4 1 (0.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (26.11%) Continuous Improvement
2 44 (19.47%) Mentoring
3 41 (18.14%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (14.60%) Stakeholder Management
5 31 (13.72%) Test Automation
6 29 (12.83%) Coaching
7 28 (12.39%) Scrum
8 27 (11.95%) CI/CD
9 25 (11.06%) Analytics
10 24 (10.62%) Observability
11 23 (10.18%) DevOps
11 23 (10.18%) Roadmaps
12 22 (9.73%) Root Cause Analysis
13 21 (9.29%) Decision-Making
13 21 (9.29%) Full-Stack Development
14 20 (8.85%) Personalization
15 19 (8.41%) AI
16 18 (7.96%) Project Delivery
16 18 (7.96%) Project Management
16 18 (7.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 37 (16.37%) SQL
2 23 (10.18%) C#
2 23 (10.18%) TypeScript
3 17 (7.52%) PHP
4 15 (6.64%) JavaScript
5 9 (3.98%) Python
6 7 (3.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 7 (3.10%) PowerShell
7 5 (2.21%) Bash
7 5 (2.21%) Swift
8 3 (1.33%) C++
8 3 (1.33%) Java
9 2 (0.88%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.44%) Go
10 1 (0.44%) R
10 1 (0.44%) Rust
Qualifications
1 16 (7.08%) Degree
2 10 (4.42%) Security Cleared
3 7 (3.10%) PMI Certification
3 7 (3.10%) PMP
4 6 (2.65%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.77%) Azure Certification
5 4 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.77%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.33%) ACCA
6 3 (1.33%) CIMA
6 3 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.33%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.33%) MBA
7 2 (0.88%) AAT
7 2 (0.88%) CCNA
8 1 (0.44%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.44%) CCNP
8 1 (0.44%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (12.39%) QA
2 15 (6.64%) SLA
3 11 (4.87%) Accessibility
4 7 (3.10%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.77%) GDPR
6 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.44%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.44%) PMO
6 1 (0.44%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (2.65%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (3.98%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.54%) Terraform
3 2 (0.88%) Ansible
3 2 (0.88%) Grafana
4 1 (0.44%) Argo
4 1 (0.44%) Kustomize
4 1 (0.44%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 19 (8.41%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.98%) Databricks
3 6 (2.65%) SAP
4 5 (2.21%) Apple
4 5 (2.21%) Zoho
5 4 (1.77%) Oracle
6 3 (1.33%) Cisco
6 3 (1.33%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (1.33%) ESRI
6 3 (1.33%) QAD
6 3 (1.33%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.88%) Dynatrace
7 2 (0.88%) HubSpot
7 2 (0.88%) Zend
8 1 (0.44%) Adobe
8 1 (0.44%) Conga
8 1 (0.44%) Google
8 1 (0.44%) JD Edwards
8 1 (0.44%) Jitterbit
8 1 (0.44%) Pardot