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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 32 4
Rank change year-on-year +13 -28 -2
Permanent jobs citing Agile 261 186 710
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 5.50% 9.45% 13.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.77% 10.53% 17.59%
Number of salaries quoted 148 120 409
10th Percentile £24,750 £21,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,817 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +8.10% -4.55%
75th Percentile £64,813 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -6.41%

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 3,358 1,766 4,037
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 70.75% 89.69% 76.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2,142 905 2,775
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £32,140
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.71% -5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,250 £56,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £68,750
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 15 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 15 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 -9 84 £63,500 -9.29% 19
Nottinghamshire +4 56 £60,000 +4.35% 26
Northamptonshire +1 45 £53,750 -10.42% 11
Derbyshire +3 38 £31,500 +17.76% 17
Lincolnshire -4 29 £50,000 +25.00% 9
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 (9.58%) Confluence
2 5 (1.92%) CMS
3 3 (1.15%) ArcGIS
3 3 (1.15%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.77%) IIS
5 1 (0.38%) Apache
5 1 (0.38%) Drupal
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 5 (1.92%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.15%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.38%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.77%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.38%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 73 (27.97%) Azure
2 46 (17.62%) AWS
3 25 (9.58%) Power Platform
4 21 (8.05%) Serverless
5 19 (7.28%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (4.98%) AWS CloudFormation
6 13 (4.98%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (3.83%) Power Automate
7 10 (3.83%) PowerApps
8 8 (3.07%) Amazon Cognito
8 8 (3.07%) Amazon EventBridge
8 8 (3.07%) Amazon S3
8 8 (3.07%) Amazon SQS
8 8 (3.07%) AWS Lambda
8 8 (3.07%) Azure AKS
8 8 (3.07%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 8 (3.07%) Azure Key Vault
8 8 (3.07%) Azure Storage
8 8 (3.07%) GCP
8 8 (3.07%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.07%) DNS
2 3 (1.15%) Broadband
3 2 (0.77%) Hyperconnected
3 2 (0.77%) Internet
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 (7.66%) Power BI
2 14 (5.36%) SQL Server
3 13 (4.98%) Azure SQL Database
3 13 (4.98%) MongoDB
4 8 (3.07%) DynamoDB
5 7 (2.68%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (1.92%) NoSQL
7 4 (1.53%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.15%) MySQL
9 2 (0.77%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.77%) NonStop SQL
9 2 (0.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.38%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 1 (0.38%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.38%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 35 (13.41%) JIRA
2 14 (5.36%) Git
3 12 (4.60%) XCUITest
4 2 (0.77%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.38%) Jaeger
5 1 (0.38%) NUnit
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.38%) Subversion
General
1 80 (30.65%) Social Skills
2 45 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (15.71%) Law
4 40 (15.33%) Finance
5 21 (8.05%) Influencing Skills
5 21 (8.05%) Retail
6 15 (5.75%) Marketing
7 10 (3.83%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (3.07%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.92%) Advertising
11 4 (1.53%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.53%) Banking
11 4 (1.53%) Electronics
11 4 (1.53%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.15%) Games
12 3 (1.15%) Legal
13 2 (0.77%) Billing
13 2 (0.77%) Social Housing
13 2 (0.77%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 47 (18.01%) Senior
2 43 (16.48%) Developer
3 27 (10.34%) Delivery Manager
4 23 (8.81%) Analyst
4 23 (8.81%) Lead
5 21 (8.05%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 15 (5.75%) IT Support
7 14 (5.36%) .NET Developer
7 14 (5.36%) Change Manager
8 13 (4.98%) Business Analyst
8 13 (4.98%) Project Manager
8 13 (4.98%) Software Developer
9 12 (4.60%) C# Developer
9 12 (4.60%) Graduate
9 12 (4.60%) IT Manager
9 12 (4.60%) Software Engineer
10 11 (4.21%) C# Software Developer
11 10 (3.83%) Graduate C# Developer
11 10 (3.83%) Graduate Developer
11 10 (3.83%) Graduate Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (14.94%) React
2 25 (9.58%) .NET
3 18 (6.90%) CSS
3 18 (6.90%) HTML
3 18 (6.90%) Node.js
4 16 (6.13%) ASP.NET
5 15 (5.75%) .NET Core
5 15 (5.75%) ASP.NET Core
6 13 (4.98%) AWS CDK
6 13 (4.98%) Next.js
7 11 (4.21%) RESTful
8 7 (2.68%) ASP.NET Web API
8 7 (2.68%) Entity Framework
9 6 (2.30%) Blazor
9 6 (2.30%) LINQ
10 5 (1.92%) SwiftUI
11 4 (1.53%) jQuery
11 4 (1.53%) React Native
11 4 (1.53%) Redux
11 4 (1.53%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 32 (12.26%) Product Ownership
2 22 (8.43%) Mobile App
3 21 (8.05%) Greenfield Project
4 13 (4.98%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.07%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.30%) Driving Licence
7 6 (2.30%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.92%) AI Agents
8 5 (1.92%) Mobile Computing
9 3 (1.15%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.77%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.77%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.38%) CUDA
11 1 (0.38%) Embedded Systems
11 1 (0.38%) IoT
11 1 (0.38%) Social Media
11 1 (0.38%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.60%) Apple iOS
2 7 (2.68%) Android
3 4 (1.53%) Linux
3 4 (1.53%) Windows
4 1 (0.38%) Unix
4 1 (0.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (26.05%) Continuous Improvement
2 53 (20.31%) Problem-Solving
3 50 (19.16%) Mentoring
4 48 (18.39%) Coaching
5 40 (15.33%) CI/CD
5 40 (15.33%) Full-Stack Development
6 36 (13.79%) Test Automation
7 35 (13.41%) Collaborative Working
8 34 (13.03%) Roadmaps
9 31 (11.88%) DevOps
9 31 (11.88%) Stakeholder Management
10 28 (10.73%) Decision-Making
10 28 (10.73%) Observability
10 28 (10.73%) Personalization
11 26 (9.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 25 (9.58%) AI
13 24 (9.20%) Root Cause Analysis
13 24 (9.20%) Scrum
14 23 (8.81%) Business Intelligence
14 23 (8.81%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 57 (21.84%) SQL
2 41 (15.71%) C#
3 33 (12.64%) TypeScript
4 27 (10.34%) JavaScript
5 14 (5.36%) Python
6 13 (4.98%) PHP
7 10 (3.83%) PowerShell
8 8 (3.07%) C++
9 7 (2.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 7 (2.68%) Java
10 5 (1.92%) Swift
11 3 (1.15%) Bash
12 2 (0.77%) R
13 1 (0.38%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.38%) Go
13 1 (0.38%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.38%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.38%) Rust
Qualifications
1 19 (7.28%) Degree
2 9 (3.45%) Azure Certification
2 9 (3.45%) PMI Certification
2 9 (3.45%) PMP
3 7 (2.68%) Security Cleared
4 6 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.92%) SC Cleared
6 4 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.15%) ACCA
7 3 (1.15%) CIMA
7 3 (1.15%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.15%) MBA
8 2 (0.77%) AAT
8 2 (0.77%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.77%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.77%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.38%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.38%) ICAEW
9 1 (0.38%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (11.11%) QA
2 15 (5.75%) SLA
3 12 (4.60%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.92%) GDPR
5 4 (1.53%) PMO
6 2 (0.77%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.38%) GRC
7 1 (0.38%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (3.07%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (5.75%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.92%) Terraform
3 2 (0.77%) Grafana
4 1 (0.38%) Ansible
4 1 (0.38%) Argo
4 1 (0.38%) Kustomize
4 1 (0.38%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 36 (13.79%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.45%) Databricks
2 9 (3.45%) Oracle
3 8 (3.07%) SAP
4 5 (1.92%) Apple
5 3 (1.15%) ESRI
5 3 (1.15%) QAD
6 2 (0.77%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (0.77%) Dynatrace
6 2 (0.77%) OpenAI
6 2 (0.77%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.77%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.38%) Adobe
7 1 (0.38%) Cisco
7 1 (0.38%) Google
7 1 (0.38%) Infor