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 25 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 34 4
Rank change year-on-year +12 -30 -2
Permanent jobs citing Agile 242 177 633
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 5.21% 9.46% 14.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.31% 10.44% 18.22%
Number of salaries quoted 145 113 418
10th Percentile £24,750 £21,250 £30,875
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,288
90th Percentile £79,645 £75,750 £77,575
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -6.99%

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 3,312 1,695 3,474
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 71.26% 90.59% 77.94%
Number of salaries quoted 2,047 846 2,560
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,094 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £44,225
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -3.90% -14.25%
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,103 £56,200
90th Percentile £78,750 £68,750 £68,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £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 25 May 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 25 May 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 -11 73 £63,500 -8.30% 23
Northamptonshire +7 51 £60,000 - 8
Nottinghamshire 0 48 £55,000 -8.33% 28
Derbyshire -12 34 £25,500 +13.33% 7
Lincolnshire -8 28 £50,000 +25.00% 8
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 27 (11.16%) Confluence
2 5 (2.07%) CMS
3 3 (1.24%) ArcGIS
3 3 (1.24%) IIS
3 3 (1.24%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.41%) Apache
4 1 (0.41%) Drupal
Applications
1 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (1.24%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.41%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.83%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.41%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 65 (26.86%) Azure
2 38 (15.70%) AWS
3 20 (8.26%) Power Platform
4 19 (7.85%) Serverless
5 16 (6.61%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (4.96%) AWS CloudFormation
7 8 (3.31%) Azure AKS
7 8 (3.31%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 8 (3.31%) Azure Key Vault
7 8 (3.31%) Azure Storage
7 8 (3.31%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (3.31%) IaaS
8 7 (2.89%) Amazon Cognito
8 7 (2.89%) Amazon EventBridge
8 7 (2.89%) Amazon S3
8 7 (2.89%) Amazon SQS
8 7 (2.89%) AWS Lambda
8 7 (2.89%) GCP
9 5 (2.07%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (2.07%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.31%) DNS
2 3 (1.24%) Broadband
2 3 (1.24%) WAN
3 2 (0.83%) LAN
4 1 (0.41%) 4G
4 1 (0.41%) BGP
4 1 (0.41%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (0.41%) Ethernet VPN
4 1 (0.41%) Hyperconnected
4 1 (0.41%) Internet
4 1 (0.41%) Intranet
4 1 (0.41%) IOS XR
4 1 (0.41%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.20%) Power BI
2 12 (4.96%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.31%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (3.31%) MongoDB
4 7 (2.89%) DynamoDB
5 4 (1.65%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (1.65%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.24%) MySQL
6 3 (1.24%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.83%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.83%) NonStop SQL
8 1 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.41%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 37 (15.29%) JIRA
2 11 (4.55%) XCUITest
3 10 (4.13%) Git
4 5 (2.07%) Subversion
5 1 (0.41%) Jaeger
General
1 69 (28.51%) Social Skills
2 41 (16.94%) Finance
3 40 (16.53%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (15.29%) Law
5 20 (8.26%) Retail
6 17 (7.02%) Marketing
7 11 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (4.13%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (3.31%) Electronics
9 8 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.07%) Advertising
11 4 (1.65%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.65%) Banking
12 3 (1.24%) Billing
12 3 (1.24%) Games
12 3 (1.24%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.24%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.83%) Legal
14 1 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (17.36%) Senior
2 37 (15.29%) Developer
3 21 (8.68%) Analyst
4 19 (7.85%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 18 (7.44%) Delivery Manager
5 18 (7.44%) Lead
6 15 (6.20%) IT Support
7 13 (5.37%) Business Analyst
7 13 (5.37%) C# Developer
8 12 (4.96%) Graduate
8 12 (4.96%) Software Developer
9 11 (4.55%) C# Software Developer
9 11 (4.55%) Graduate C# Developer
9 11 (4.55%) Graduate Developer
9 11 (4.55%) Graduate Software Developer
9 11 (4.55%) Graduate SQL Developer
9 11 (4.55%) IT Manager
9 11 (4.55%) Product Owner
9 11 (4.55%) Project Manager
9 11 (4.55%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (12.81%) React
2 16 (6.61%) .NET
3 15 (6.20%) Node.js
4 14 (5.79%) CSS
5 12 (4.96%) AWS CDK
5 12 (4.96%) HTML
5 12 (4.96%) Next.js
6 10 (4.13%) ASP.NET
6 10 (4.13%) ASP.NET Core
6 10 (4.13%) RESTful
7 9 (3.72%) .NET Core
8 5 (2.07%) Entity Framework
8 5 (2.07%) SwiftUI
9 4 (1.65%) jQuery
9 4 (1.65%) LINQ
9 4 (1.65%) Middleware
10 3 (1.24%) ASP.NET Web API
10 3 (1.24%) Laravel
10 3 (1.24%) Redux
10 3 (1.24%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (12.40%) Product Ownership
2 19 (7.85%) Greenfield Project
2 19 (7.85%) Mobile App
3 11 (4.55%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (2.48%) Low-Code
5 5 (2.07%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.07%) Mobile Computing
6 4 (1.65%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.24%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.24%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.83%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.41%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.41%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.41%) Legacy Code
9 1 (0.41%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.55%) Apple iOS
2 6 (2.48%) Android
3 5 (2.07%) Linux
3 5 (2.07%) Windows
4 1 (0.41%) Unix
4 1 (0.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (23.97%) Continuous Improvement
2 47 (19.42%) Mentoring
3 46 (19.01%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (15.29%) Test Automation
5 35 (14.46%) CI/CD
6 34 (14.05%) Coaching
7 31 (12.81%) Stakeholder Management
8 30 (12.40%) Full-Stack Development
9 28 (11.57%) DevOps
10 27 (11.16%) Observability
10 27 (11.16%) Root Cause Analysis
11 25 (10.33%) Personalization
12 24 (9.92%) Analytics
12 24 (9.92%) Decision-Making
13 23 (9.50%) AI
13 23 (9.50%) Collaborative Working
14 22 (9.09%) Roadmaps
14 22 (9.09%) Scrum
14 22 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 20 (8.26%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 45 (18.60%) SQL
2 32 (13.22%) C#
3 28 (11.57%) TypeScript
4 20 (8.26%) JavaScript
5 14 (5.79%) PHP
6 13 (5.37%) Python
7 12 (4.96%) PowerShell
8 7 (2.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 7 (2.89%) Java
9 5 (2.07%) Bash
9 5 (2.07%) Swift
10 4 (1.65%) C++
11 2 (0.83%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.41%) Go
12 1 (0.41%) R
12 1 (0.41%) Rust
Qualifications
1 19 (7.85%) Degree
2 11 (4.55%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.31%) Azure Certification
4 6 (2.48%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.07%) PMI Certification
5 5 (2.07%) PMP
5 5 (2.07%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.24%) ACCA
6 3 (1.24%) CIMA
6 3 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.24%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.24%) MBA
7 2 (0.83%) AAT
7 2 (0.83%) CCNA
7 2 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.41%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.41%) CCNP
8 1 (0.41%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.41%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.92%) QA
2 15 (6.20%) SLA
3 11 (4.55%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.07%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.65%) GDPR
6 2 (0.83%) PMO
7 1 (0.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (3.72%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (7.02%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.31%) Terraform
3 2 (0.83%) Ansible
3 2 (0.83%) Grafana
4 1 (0.41%) Argo
4 1 (0.41%) Kustomize
4 1 (0.41%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 26 (10.74%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.72%) Databricks
3 7 (2.89%) SAP
4 6 (2.48%) Oracle
5 5 (2.07%) Apple
6 3 (1.24%) Cisco
6 3 (1.24%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (1.24%) ESRI
6 3 (1.24%) QAD
6 3 (1.24%) Zoho
7 2 (0.83%) Dynatrace
7 2 (0.83%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.41%) Adobe
8 1 (0.41%) Conga
8 1 (0.41%) Google
8 1 (0.41%) Jitterbit
8 1 (0.41%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.41%) Pardot
8 1 (0.41%) ServiceNow