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 24 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 28 4
Rank change year-on-year +8 -24 -2
Permanent jobs citing Agile 264 190 723
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 5.42% 9.45% 13.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.65% 10.60% 17.76%
Number of salaries quoted 149 125 405
10th Percentile £24,750 £22,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £34,519 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £64,750 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £76,050
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -5.38%

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 3,450 1,793 4,072
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 70.87% 89.16% 76.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2,211 933 2,796
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,625 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £32,140
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,250 £56,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £69,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 24 June 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 24 June 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 -8 82 £62,500 -9.75% 10
Nottinghamshire -4 58 £60,000 - 19
Northamptonshire +2 44 £52,500 -12.50% 13
Derbyshire +4 42 £35,500 +32.71% 14
Lincolnshire -6 29 £50,000 +25.00% 11
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 25 (9.47%) Confluence
2 5 (1.89%) CMS
3 3 (1.14%) ArcGIS
3 3 (1.14%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.76%) IIS
5 1 (0.38%) Apache
5 1 (0.38%) Drupal
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 3 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.38%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (3.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.76%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.38%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 75 (28.41%) Azure
2 47 (17.80%) AWS
3 25 (9.47%) Power Platform
4 21 (7.95%) Serverless
5 20 (7.58%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (6.06%) Dynamics 365
7 13 (4.92%) AWS CloudFormation
8 12 (4.55%) Power Automate
8 12 (4.55%) PowerApps
9 8 (3.03%) Amazon Cognito
9 8 (3.03%) Amazon EventBridge
9 8 (3.03%) Amazon S3
9 8 (3.03%) Amazon SQS
9 8 (3.03%) AWS Lambda
9 8 (3.03%) Azure AKS
9 8 (3.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 8 (3.03%) Azure Key Vault
9 8 (3.03%) Azure Storage
9 8 (3.03%) GCP
9 8 (3.03%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.03%) DNS
2 3 (1.14%) Hyperconnected
2 3 (1.14%) Internet
3 2 (0.76%) Broadband
4 1 (0.38%) 4G
4 1 (0.38%) BGP
4 1 (0.38%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (0.38%) Diameter Protocol
4 1 (0.38%) FTP
4 1 (0.38%) HTTP
4 1 (0.38%) Intranet
4 1 (0.38%) IOS XR
4 1 (0.38%) MPLS
4 1 (0.38%) RTP
4 1 (0.38%) RTSP
4 1 (0.38%) SCTP
4 1 (0.38%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (0.38%) SS7
4 1 (0.38%) VoIP
4 1 (0.38%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.58%) Power BI
2 16 (6.06%) Azure SQL Database
2 16 (6.06%) MongoDB
3 14 (5.30%) SQL Server
4 9 (3.41%) Elasticsearch
5 8 (3.03%) DynamoDB
6 4 (1.52%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.14%) MySQL
7 3 (1.14%) NonStop SQL
7 3 (1.14%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.76%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.38%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 1 (0.38%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 35 (13.26%) JIRA
2 15 (5.68%) Git
3 11 (4.17%) XCUITest
4 3 (1.14%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.38%) NUnit
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
General
1 79 (29.92%) Social Skills
2 43 (16.29%) Finance
2 43 (16.29%) Law
3 42 (15.91%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (8.33%) Retail
5 21 (7.95%) Influencing Skills
6 15 (5.68%) Marketing
7 11 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (3.41%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.89%) Advertising
9 5 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.89%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.52%) Banking
11 3 (1.14%) Games
11 3 (1.14%) Legal
12 2 (0.76%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.76%) Billing
12 2 (0.76%) Social Housing
12 2 (0.76%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.38%) Police
Job Titles
1 48 (18.18%) Senior
2 45 (17.05%) Developer
3 26 (9.85%) Delivery Manager
4 23 (8.71%) Analyst
5 22 (8.33%) Lead
6 21 (7.95%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 17 (6.44%) .NET Developer
8 15 (5.68%) Change Manager
8 15 (5.68%) IT Support
8 15 (5.68%) Software Engineer
9 13 (4.92%) Graduate
9 13 (4.92%) Software Developer
10 12 (4.55%) Business Analyst
10 12 (4.55%) C# Developer
10 12 (4.55%) Project Manager
11 11 (4.17%) C# Software Developer
12 10 (3.79%) Graduate C# Developer
12 10 (3.79%) Graduate Developer
12 10 (3.79%) Graduate Software Developer
12 10 (3.79%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (15.53%) React
2 29 (10.98%) .NET
3 20 (7.58%) CSS
3 20 (7.58%) HTML
3 20 (7.58%) Node.js
4 19 (7.20%) ASP.NET
5 18 (6.82%) .NET Core
5 18 (6.82%) ASP.NET Core
6 13 (4.92%) AWS CDK
6 13 (4.92%) Next.js
7 10 (3.79%) RESTful
8 9 (3.41%) Entity Framework
9 8 (3.03%) ASP.NET Web API
10 7 (2.65%) Blazor
10 7 (2.65%) LINQ
11 4 (1.52%) jQuery
11 4 (1.52%) React Native
11 4 (1.52%) Redux
11 4 (1.52%) REST
11 4 (1.52%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 32 (12.12%) Product Ownership
2 21 (7.95%) Greenfield Project
2 21 (7.95%) Mobile App
3 13 (4.92%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.27%) AI Agents
5 6 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (2.27%) Driving Licence
5 6 (2.27%) Low-Code
6 5 (1.89%) Mobile Computing
7 2 (0.76%) Cloud Native
7 2 (0.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.76%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.38%) CUDA
8 1 (0.38%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.38%) IoT
8 1 (0.38%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.38%) Social Media
8 1 (0.38%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.17%) Apple iOS
2 7 (2.65%) Android
3 4 (1.52%) Windows
4 3 (1.14%) Linux
5 1 (0.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (26.89%) Continuous Improvement
2 51 (19.32%) Problem-Solving
3 50 (18.94%) Mentoring
4 49 (18.56%) Coaching
5 43 (16.29%) Full-Stack Development
6 41 (15.53%) CI/CD
7 36 (13.64%) Test Automation
8 35 (13.26%) Collaborative Working
9 33 (12.50%) Roadmaps
10 31 (11.74%) DevOps
10 31 (11.74%) Stakeholder Management
11 30 (11.36%) Decision-Making
12 28 (10.61%) Observability
12 28 (10.61%) Personalization
12 28 (10.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 26 (9.85%) AI
13 26 (9.85%) Software Engineering
14 25 (9.47%) Business Strategy
15 24 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
16 23 (8.71%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 62 (23.48%) SQL
2 46 (17.42%) C#
3 33 (12.50%) TypeScript
4 28 (10.61%) JavaScript
5 13 (4.92%) PHP
5 13 (4.92%) Python
6 10 (3.79%) C++
6 10 (3.79%) PowerShell
7 7 (2.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (2.27%) Java
9 4 (1.52%) Swift
10 2 (0.76%) Bash
10 2 (0.76%) R
11 1 (0.38%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.38%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.38%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.38%) Rust
Qualifications
1 17 (6.44%) Degree
2 9 (3.41%) Azure Certification
3 8 (3.03%) PMI Certification
3 8 (3.03%) PMP
4 7 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (2.65%) Security Cleared
5 6 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.89%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.14%) ACCA
7 3 (1.14%) CIMA
8 2 (0.76%) AAT
8 2 (0.76%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.76%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.76%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.38%) ICAEW
9 1 (0.38%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.38%) MBA
9 1 (0.38%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (11.74%) QA
2 15 (5.68%) SLA
3 12 (4.55%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.89%) PMO
5 3 (1.14%) GDPR
6 2 (0.76%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.76%) GRC
7 1 (0.38%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (2.65%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (5.30%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.52%) Terraform
3 2 (0.76%) Grafana
Vendors
1 42 (15.91%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.41%) Databricks
3 7 (2.65%) Oracle
4 6 (2.27%) SAP
5 4 (1.52%) Apple
6 3 (1.14%) ESRI
7 2 (0.76%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (0.76%) Dynatrace
7 2 (0.76%) OpenAI
7 2 (0.76%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.76%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.38%) Adobe
8 1 (0.38%) Cisco
8 1 (0.38%) Infor
8 1 (0.38%) QAD