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

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 23 6
Rank change year-on-year +3 -17 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 292 214 515
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 5.03% 9.30% 12.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.07% 10.89% 16.35%
Number of salaries quoted 170 152 200
10th Percentile £26,225 £25,625 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,125 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year - +3.29% -4.48%
75th Percentile £64,750 £70,813 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -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 4,132 1,966 3,149
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 71.12% 85.44% 75.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2,704 1,097 1,856
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,208 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £62,313 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +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 9 August 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 9 August 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 -13 82 £57,500 -11.54% 33
Nottinghamshire +3 70 £57,500 -14.81% 44
Northamptonshire +2 54 £52,500 -12.50% 18
Lincolnshire -1 45 £52,500 +31.25% 7
Derbyshire -6 32 £45,000 +68.22% 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 9 (3.08%) Confluence
2 6 (2.05%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 4 (1.37%) CMS
3 4 (1.37%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.03%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.34%) Apache
5 1 (0.34%) Drupal
5 1 (0.34%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (4.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (2.05%) Oracle Applications
3 3 (1.03%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.68%) Shopify
5 1 (0.34%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.34%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.34%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 83 (28.42%) Azure
2 49 (16.78%) AWS
3 27 (9.25%) Azure DevOps
3 27 (9.25%) Power Platform
4 21 (7.19%) Dynamics 365
4 21 (7.19%) Serverless
5 16 (5.48%) Power Automate
5 16 (5.48%) PowerApps
6 13 (4.45%) AWS CloudFormation
7 10 (3.42%) IaaS
8 8 (2.74%) Amazon Cognito
8 8 (2.74%) Amazon EventBridge
8 8 (2.74%) Amazon S3
8 8 (2.74%) Amazon SQS
8 8 (2.74%) AWS Lambda
8 8 (2.74%) Azure AKS
8 8 (2.74%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 8 (2.74%) Azure Key Vault
8 8 (2.74%) Azure Storage
9 6 (2.05%) Oracle CX
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.74%) DNS
2 4 (1.37%) Internet
3 3 (1.03%) Hyperconnected
4 2 (0.68%) HTTP
4 2 (0.68%) SMS
5 1 (0.34%) Broadband
5 1 (0.34%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.34%) FTP
5 1 (0.34%) Intelligent Network
5 1 (0.34%) Intranet
5 1 (0.34%) RTP
5 1 (0.34%) RTSP
5 1 (0.34%) SCTP
5 1 (0.34%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.34%) SS7
5 1 (0.34%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.34%) VoIP
5 1 (0.34%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.53%) Azure SQL Database
1 22 (7.53%) MongoDB
2 20 (6.85%) Power BI
3 15 (5.14%) SQL Server
4 11 (3.77%) Elasticsearch
5 8 (2.74%) DynamoDB
6 6 (2.05%) NoSQL
6 6 (2.05%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 6 (2.05%) Oracle Reports
7 5 (1.71%) NonStop SQL
8 3 (1.03%) MySQL
8 3 (1.03%) Oracle Database
8 3 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.68%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 22 (7.53%) Git
1 22 (7.53%) JIRA
2 11 (3.77%) XCUITest
3 5 (1.71%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.03%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (0.68%) GitLab
5 2 (0.68%) Storybook
5 2 (0.68%) Subversion
6 1 (0.34%) NUnit
General
1 88 (30.14%) Social Skills
2 56 (19.18%) Finance
3 43 (14.73%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (9.93%) Law
5 22 (7.53%) Retail
6 20 (6.85%) Influencing Skills
7 13 (4.45%) Manufacturing
8 11 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (3.42%) Marketing
10 8 (2.74%) Aerospace
11 7 (2.40%) Advertising
12 6 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (2.05%) Public Sector
13 5 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.37%) Banking
14 4 (1.37%) Electronics
15 3 (1.03%) Legal
15 3 (1.03%) Military
16 2 (0.68%) Social Housing
17 1 (0.34%) Police
Job Titles
1 65 (22.26%) Developer
2 49 (16.78%) Senior
3 32 (10.96%) Software Engineer
4 31 (10.62%) Lead
5 26 (8.90%) Delivery Manager
6 25 (8.56%) .NET Developer
7 21 (7.19%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 20 (6.85%) Analyst
9 16 (5.48%) Change Manager
10 14 (4.79%) Graduate
10 14 (4.79%) Software Developer
11 13 (4.45%) Business Analyst
12 12 (4.11%) C# Developer
12 12 (4.11%) Project Manager
13 11 (3.77%) C# Software Developer
13 11 (3.77%) Senior Software Engineer
14 10 (3.42%) Graduate Developer
14 10 (3.42%) Graduate Software Developer
14 10 (3.42%) Graduate SQL Developer
14 10 (3.42%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (15.07%) React
2 43 (14.73%) .NET
3 29 (9.93%) ASP.NET
4 28 (9.59%) CSS
5 26 (8.90%) .NET Core
5 26 (8.90%) HTML
6 25 (8.56%) ASP.NET Core
7 21 (7.19%) Node.js
8 16 (5.48%) Next.js
9 15 (5.14%) Entity Framework
10 13 (4.45%) AWS CDK
11 11 (3.77%) LINQ
12 10 (3.42%) ASP.NET Web API
12 10 (3.42%) RESTful
13 9 (3.08%) Blazor
14 7 (2.40%) Oracle Fusion
14 7 (2.40%) REST
15 4 (1.37%) .NET Framework
15 4 (1.37%) jQuery
15 4 (1.37%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 30 (10.27%) Product Ownership
2 22 (7.53%) Greenfield Project
3 15 (5.14%) Mobile App
4 12 (4.11%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (3.42%) AI Agents
6 9 (3.08%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (2.74%) Low-Code
7 8 (2.74%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.40%) Driving Licence
9 6 (2.05%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.71%) Mobile Computing
11 2 (0.68%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 2 (0.68%) Legacy Applications
11 2 (0.68%) Tandem
11 2 (0.68%) Virtual Team
12 1 (0.34%) Digital Signage
12 1 (0.34%) IoT
12 1 (0.34%) Legacy Code
12 1 (0.34%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.77%) Apple iOS
2 7 (2.40%) Android
3 5 (1.71%) Linux
3 5 (1.71%) Windows
4 1 (0.34%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (29.11%) Continuous Improvement
2 64 (21.92%) Mentoring
3 58 (19.86%) Problem-Solving
4 57 (19.52%) Coaching
5 51 (17.47%) Full-Stack Development
6 49 (16.78%) CI/CD
7 42 (14.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 41 (14.04%) DevOps
8 41 (14.04%) Stakeholder Management
9 40 (13.70%) Test Automation
10 38 (13.01%) Software Engineering
11 37 (12.67%) AI
11 37 (12.67%) Collaborative Working
12 35 (11.99%) Decision-Making
13 34 (11.64%) Roadmaps
14 30 (10.27%) Personalization
15 28 (9.59%) Observability
16 27 (9.25%) Business Intelligence
17 26 (8.90%) CRM
17 26 (8.90%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 67 (22.95%) SQL
2 61 (20.89%) C#
3 34 (11.64%) TypeScript
4 32 (10.96%) JavaScript
5 13 (4.45%) PHP
6 12 (4.11%) C++
7 11 (3.77%) PowerShell
8 10 (3.42%) Python
9 7 (2.40%) Java
10 6 (2.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (2.05%) PL/SQL
11 4 (1.37%) Bash
11 4 (1.37%) Swift
12 1 (0.34%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.34%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.34%) R
12 1 (0.34%) Rust
Qualifications
1 23 (7.88%) Degree
2 13 (4.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (3.77%) SC Cleared
3 11 (3.77%) Security Cleared
4 9 (3.08%) Azure Certification
4 9 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (2.40%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (2.40%) DV Cleared
5 7 (2.40%) PMP
6 6 (2.05%) Oracle Certification
6 6 (2.05%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.68%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.34%) ACCA
8 1 (0.34%) CIMA
8 1 (0.34%) ICAEW
8 1 (0.34%) ISEB
8 1 (0.34%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.34%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (13.70%) QA
2 21 (7.19%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.40%) GRC
3 7 (2.40%) PMO
4 6 (2.05%) SLA
5 4 (1.37%) GDPR
6 2 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.68%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.34%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.34%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (3.08%) Docker
2 2 (0.68%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (0.68%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 16 (5.48%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.71%) Terraform
3 1 (0.34%) Grafana
Vendors
1 60 (20.55%) Microsoft
2 11 (3.77%) Oracle
3 6 (2.05%) Databricks
4 5 (1.71%) SAP
5 4 (1.37%) Apple
6 3 (1.03%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (1.03%) ESRI
6 3 (1.03%) Infor
6 3 (1.03%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.03%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.68%) Google
7 2 (0.68%) IFS
7 2 (0.68%) OpenAI
7 2 (0.68%) Veracode
8 1 (0.34%) Adobe
8 1 (0.34%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.34%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.34%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud