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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 11 5
Rank change year-on-year -19 -6 -4
Permanent jobs citing Agile 152 274 296
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 6.05% 12.19% 17.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.59% 13.81% 19.68%
Number of salaries quoted 118 144 257
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -6.09%
75th Percentile £71,875 £69,063 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,625 £76,750 £73,750
England median annual salary £65,300 £67,500 £65,066
% change year-on-year -3.26% +3.74% -3.61%

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 2,002 1,984 1,504
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 79.67% 88.26% 87.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,252 837 1,175
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,750 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.94% -4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,800
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 6 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 6 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 0 44 £60,000 -7.69% 28
Leicestershire +4 35 £55,000 +1.85% 26
Nottinghamshire -21 29 £55,000 -8.33% 24
Lincolnshire -14 22 £42,500 -10.70% 28
Derbyshire -24 13 £40,000 -11.11% 36
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 12 (7.89%) Confluence
2 4 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.97%) Apache
3 3 (1.97%) CMS
3 3 (1.97%) WordPress
4 2 (1.32%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.66%) IIS
5 1 (0.66%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (3.29%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.63%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (2.63%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.97%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (3.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.97%) SAP Business One
2 3 (1.97%) Shopify
3 1 (0.66%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.66%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (17.76%) Azure
2 20 (13.16%) AWS
3 11 (7.24%) SaaS
4 10 (6.58%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (5.26%) Power Platform
6 7 (4.61%) GCP
7 6 (3.95%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (3.29%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (1.97%) ChatGPT
9 3 (1.97%) PaaS
9 3 (1.97%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.32%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (1.32%) dbt
10 2 (1.32%) Google Ads
10 2 (1.32%) Google Tag Manager
10 2 (1.32%) Miro
10 2 (1.32%) OpenShift
10 2 (1.32%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.32%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.63%) DHCP
1 4 (2.63%) DNS
1 4 (2.63%) VPN
2 3 (1.97%) Intranet
2 3 (1.97%) WAN
3 2 (1.32%) LAN
4 1 (0.66%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.89%) MySQL
2 7 (4.61%) Power BI
2 7 (4.61%) SQL Server
3 5 (3.29%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.63%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.32%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.32%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 2 (1.32%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.32%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.66%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.66%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.66%) SAS EBI
6 1 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.66%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (15.13%) JIRA
2 13 (8.55%) Git
3 5 (3.29%) Selenium
3 5 (3.29%) Subversion
4 4 (2.63%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.97%) GitLab
5 3 (1.97%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (1.32%) Cucumber
6 2 (1.32%) JUnit
6 2 (1.32%) Katalon Studio
6 2 (1.32%) Postman
6 2 (1.32%) REST Assured
6 2 (1.32%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.66%) Appium
7 1 (0.66%) Bitbucket Server
7 1 (0.66%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.66%) JMeter
7 1 (0.66%) Mockito
7 1 (0.66%) TestNG
7 1 (0.66%) XCUITest
General
1 47 (30.92%) Social Skills
2 35 (23.03%) Finance
3 25 (16.45%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (13.82%) Law
5 14 (9.21%) Marketing
6 9 (5.92%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (5.26%) Electronics
8 5 (3.29%) Manufacturing
8 5 (3.29%) Retail
9 4 (2.63%) Billing
9 4 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.63%) Legal
9 4 (2.63%) Local Government
9 4 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.63%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.97%) Advertising
10 3 (1.97%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.97%) Back Office
10 3 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.97%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 31 (20.39%) Developer
2 24 (15.79%) Lead
3 17 (11.18%) Analyst
4 12 (7.89%) PHP Developer
4 12 (7.89%) Senior
5 11 (7.24%) IT Manager
6 10 (6.58%) Architect
6 10 (6.58%) Project Manager
7 8 (5.26%) IT Project Manager
7 8 (5.26%) PHP Symfony Developer
7 8 (5.26%) Symfony Developer
8 7 (4.61%) Power Platform Developer
8 7 (4.61%) Product Owner
9 6 (3.95%) Business Analyst
9 6 (3.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (3.95%) PHP Laravel Developer
10 5 (3.29%) Applications Support
10 5 (3.29%) Software Engineer
10 5 (3.29%) Software Test Engineer
10 5 (3.29%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.55%) Laravel
2 12 (7.89%) .NET
2 12 (7.89%) CSS
2 12 (7.89%) HTML
3 8 (5.26%) CakePHP
3 8 (5.26%) CodeIgniter
3 8 (5.26%) Symfony
4 7 (4.61%) Middleware
4 7 (4.61%) RESTful
5 6 (3.95%) React
6 3 (1.97%) jQuery
6 3 (1.97%) REST
7 2 (1.32%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.32%) EDI
7 2 (1.32%) Hibernate
7 2 (1.32%) JPA
7 2 (1.32%) Node.js
7 2 (1.32%) Ruby on Rails
7 2 (1.32%) SOAP
7 2 (1.32%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.87%) Product Ownership
2 7 (4.61%) Cloud Native
3 5 (3.29%) Embedded Systems
3 5 (3.29%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.29%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (1.97%) Client/Server
4 3 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (1.97%) Legacy Code
4 3 (1.97%) Social Media
5 2 (1.32%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (1.32%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.32%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.32%) NHS
5 2 (1.32%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.66%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.66%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.26%) Windows
2 6 (3.95%) Linux
3 4 (2.63%) Mac OS
3 4 (2.63%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.97%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.32%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.66%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.66%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 30 (19.74%) Stakeholder Management
3 27 (17.76%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (17.11%) Waterfall
5 24 (15.79%) Mentoring
6 23 (15.13%) DevOps
7 22 (14.47%) Project Management
8 21 (13.82%) Scrum
9 18 (11.84%) SDLC
9 18 (11.84%) Test Automation
10 17 (11.18%) Change Management
11 16 (10.53%) CI/CD
12 15 (9.87%) CRM
12 15 (9.87%) Project Delivery
13 13 (8.55%) Migration
13 13 (8.55%) OO
14 12 (7.89%) Computer Science
14 12 (7.89%) ITIL
14 12 (7.89%) Roadmaps
14 12 (7.89%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 20 (13.16%) JavaScript
2 18 (11.84%) C#
3 16 (10.53%) SQL
4 15 (9.87%) PHP
5 12 (7.89%) TypeScript
6 8 (5.26%) Java
7 5 (3.29%) PowerShell
7 5 (3.29%) Python
8 4 (2.63%) Bash
9 3 (1.97%) Go
10 2 (1.32%) Groovy
10 2 (1.32%) Ruby
11 1 (0.66%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.66%) Swift
Qualifications
1 23 (15.13%) Degree
2 9 (5.92%) BPSS Clearance
3 6 (3.95%) PMI Certification
3 6 (3.95%) PMP
3 6 (3.95%) Security Cleared
4 5 (3.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (2.63%) Chartered Engineer
5 4 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.63%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.63%) MCP
6 3 (1.97%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.97%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.97%) MBA
7 2 (1.32%) CCNA
7 2 (1.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.66%) CCNP
8 1 (0.66%) CIPD
8 1 (0.66%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.66%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 1 (0.66%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.87%) QA
2 8 (5.26%) Data Quality
3 7 (4.61%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 5 (3.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (3.29%) GDPR
5 4 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 2 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (1.32%) PMO
8 1 (0.66%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.66%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (4.61%) Docker
2 4 (2.63%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (5.92%) Terraform
2 7 (4.61%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.97%) Ansible
4 1 (0.66%) Argo
4 1 (0.66%) CA Service Virtualization
4 1 (0.66%) Kustomize
4 1 (0.66%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 15 (9.87%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.95%) Oracle
2 6 (3.95%) SAP
3 5 (3.29%) Databricks
3 5 (3.29%) Salesforce
3 5 (3.29%) Zoho
4 3 (1.97%) Google
4 3 (1.97%) IBM
4 3 (1.97%) JD Edwards
4 3 (1.97%) OpenAI
4 3 (1.97%) QAD
5 2 (1.32%) AppDynamics
5 2 (1.32%) Cisco
5 2 (1.32%) HubSpot
5 2 (1.32%) Siemens
5 2 (1.32%) Zend
6 1 (0.66%) Conga
6 1 (0.66%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.66%) Pardot
6 1 (0.66%) ServiceNow