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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 25 5
Rank change year-on-year -4 -20 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 263 198 485
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 3.90% 8.45% 12.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.46% 9.76% 16.25%
Number of salaries quoted 152 133 154
10th Percentile £36,291 £32,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,421
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £79,625
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +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 4,814 2,028 2,984
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 71.46% 86.56% 78.55%
Number of salaries quoted 3,260 1,075 1,307
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,225 £29,423
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.64%

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 October 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 October 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 -15 72 £55,000 -15.38% 49
Nottinghamshire +1 60 £60,000 -12.73% 88
Northamptonshire -8 53 £52,500 -12.50% 28
Lincolnshire +2 45 £50,000 +25.00% 56
Derbyshire -13 28 £50,000 +25.00% 27
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 6 (2.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 3 (1.14%) CMS
2 3 (1.14%) Headless CMS
3 1 (0.38%) Confluence
3 1 (0.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (3.04%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (2.66%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.28%) EPLAN
3 6 (2.28%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.14%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.14%) Notion
5 2 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 14 (5.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (2.66%) Infor M3
3 6 (2.28%) Oracle Applications
4 4 (1.52%) Primavera
4 4 (1.52%) SAP EHS
5 3 (1.14%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (1.14%) Shopify
6 1 (0.38%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.38%) Magento
6 1 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 65 (24.71%) Azure
2 44 (16.73%) AWS
3 26 (9.89%) Power Platform
4 23 (8.75%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (7.22%) Dynamics 365
6 15 (5.70%) Serverless
7 13 (4.94%) Power Automate
7 13 (4.94%) PowerApps
8 9 (3.42%) Amazon S3
8 9 (3.42%) AWS CloudFormation
8 9 (3.42%) AWS Lambda
9 7 (2.66%) IaaS
9 7 (2.66%) SaaS
10 6 (2.28%) Amazon Cognito
10 6 (2.28%) Amazon EventBridge
10 6 (2.28%) Amazon SQS
10 6 (2.28%) Oracle CX
11 5 (1.90%) Amazon EKS
11 5 (1.90%) Azure AKS
11 5 (1.90%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.28%) Profibus
2 5 (1.90%) DNS
3 3 (1.14%) Internet
4 2 (0.76%) HTTP
4 2 (0.76%) Hyperconnected
4 2 (0.76%) SMS
5 1 (0.38%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.38%) FTP
5 1 (0.38%) Intelligent Network
5 1 (0.38%) RTP
5 1 (0.38%) RTSP
5 1 (0.38%) SCTP
5 1 (0.38%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.38%) SS7
5 1 (0.38%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.38%) VoIP
5 1 (0.38%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (8.37%) Power BI
2 20 (7.60%) Azure SQL Database
2 20 (7.60%) MongoDB
3 18 (6.84%) SQL Server
4 9 (3.42%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (2.28%) DynamoDB
5 6 (2.28%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 6 (2.28%) Oracle Reports
6 5 (1.90%) NonStop SQL
6 5 (1.90%) NoSQL
7 4 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (1.14%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.76%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.76%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.76%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.76%) Metadata
9 2 (0.76%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 23 (8.75%) Git
2 15 (5.70%) JIRA
3 5 (1.90%) Visual Studio
4 4 (1.52%) GitLab
4 4 (1.52%) Storybook
4 4 (1.52%) Subversion
5 3 (1.14%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.38%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.38%) NUnit
6 1 (0.38%) XCUITest
General
1 69 (26.24%) Social Skills
2 55 (20.91%) Finance
3 48 (18.25%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (7.98%) Manufacturing
5 18 (6.84%) Retail
6 17 (6.46%) Influencing Skills
6 17 (6.46%) Law
7 14 (5.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (4.56%) Electronics
8 12 (4.56%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (3.42%) Aerospace
10 8 (3.04%) Marketing
11 7 (2.66%) Public Sector
12 6 (2.28%) Legal
13 5 (1.90%) Banking
13 5 (1.90%) Military
14 3 (1.14%) Automotive
14 3 (1.14%) Police
15 2 (0.76%) Fire and Rescue
15 2 (0.76%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 74 (28.14%) Developer
2 35 (13.31%) Senior
2 35 (13.31%) Software Engineer
3 34 (12.93%) Lead
4 23 (8.75%) .NET Developer
5 19 (7.22%) Delivery Manager
6 17 (6.46%) Analyst
7 16 (6.08%) Change Manager
8 12 (4.56%) Business Analyst
8 12 (4.56%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 12 (4.56%) Power Platform Developer
9 11 (4.18%) Senior Software Engineer
9 11 (4.18%) Software Developer
10 10 (3.80%) Architect
10 10 (3.80%) Graduate
11 9 (3.42%) C# Developer
11 9 (3.42%) Project Manager
12 8 (3.04%) Principal Engineer
12 8 (3.04%) Principal Software Engineer
12 8 (3.04%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (17.11%) React
2 41 (15.59%) .NET
3 26 (9.89%) ASP.NET
4 25 (9.51%) CSS
5 24 (9.13%) .NET Core
6 23 (8.75%) Node.js
7 22 (8.37%) ASP.NET Core
7 22 (8.37%) HTML
8 14 (5.32%) Entity Framework
9 12 (4.56%) Next.js
10 11 (4.18%) LINQ
10 11 (4.18%) Terraform
11 10 (3.80%) REST
12 9 (3.42%) ASP.NET Web API
13 8 (3.04%) Blazor
13 8 (3.04%) Material-UI
14 7 (2.66%) Oracle Fusion
15 6 (2.28%) AWS CDK
16 4 (1.52%) .NET Framework
16 4 (1.52%) Vitest
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.46%) Product Ownership
2 16 (6.08%) Onboarding
3 13 (4.94%) Greenfield Project
4 12 (4.56%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (4.18%) AI Agents
6 9 (3.42%) Driving Licence
7 8 (3.04%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (3.04%) Management Information System
8 7 (2.66%) Data Structures
8 7 (2.66%) FMCG
9 6 (2.28%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (2.28%) Low-Code
9 6 (2.28%) SCADA
10 5 (1.90%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.52%) PMI
12 3 (1.14%) Cloud Native
12 3 (1.14%) Reference Data
13 2 (0.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 2 (0.76%) Legacy Applications
13 2 (0.76%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.42%) Linux
2 2 (0.76%) Windows
3 1 (0.38%) Android
3 1 (0.38%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (33.46%) Continuous Improvement
2 51 (19.39%) Stakeholder Management
3 49 (18.63%) Software Engineering
4 48 (18.25%) Mentoring
5 47 (17.87%) Problem-Solving
6 44 (16.73%) CI/CD
7 43 (16.35%) Full-Stack Development
8 42 (15.97%) DevOps
9 39 (14.83%) Project Management
10 37 (14.07%) Coaching
10 37 (14.07%) ERP
11 36 (13.69%) Computer Science
11 36 (13.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 32 (12.17%) Roadmaps
13 31 (11.79%) Decision-Making
14 30 (11.41%) AI
15 28 (10.65%) Business Intelligence
16 27 (10.27%) Collaborative Working
17 25 (9.51%) PRINCE2
17 25 (9.51%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 69 (26.24%) SQL
2 55 (20.91%) C#
3 36 (13.69%) TypeScript
4 28 (10.65%) JavaScript
5 10 (3.80%) C++
5 10 (3.80%) Python
6 7 (2.66%) PHP
6 7 (2.66%) PowerShell
7 6 (2.28%) Java
7 6 (2.28%) Ladder Logic
7 6 (2.28%) PL/SQL
8 5 (1.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (1.52%) Bash
10 1 (0.38%) Go
10 1 (0.38%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.38%) R
Qualifications
1 39 (14.83%) Degree
2 24 (9.13%) SC Cleared
2 24 (9.13%) Security Cleared
3 18 (6.84%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (6.46%) PMI Certification
5 14 (5.32%) PMP
6 10 (3.80%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (3.42%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (3.04%) DV Cleared
9 6 (2.28%) Azure Certification
9 6 (2.28%) Oracle Certification
10 3 (1.14%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.14%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.76%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 1 (0.38%) APMG
12 1 (0.38%) ISEB
12 1 (0.38%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (11.03%) QA
2 17 (6.46%) Accessibility
3 10 (3.80%) Data Quality
4 8 (3.04%) GRC
4 8 (3.04%) PMO
5 7 (2.66%) GDPR
6 6 (2.28%) IEC 61131
7 4 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.52%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.38%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (5.70%) Docker
2 5 (1.90%) Embedded Firmware
2 5 (1.90%) Firmware
3 3 (1.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (6.08%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.38%) Ansible
Vendors
1 64 (24.33%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.56%) Oracle
3 10 (3.80%) Infor
4 8 (3.04%) SAP
5 6 (2.28%) Siemens
6 5 (1.90%) Google
6 5 (1.90%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.52%) Databricks
8 3 (1.14%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.76%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (0.76%) IFS
9 2 (0.76%) Informatica
9 2 (0.76%) Veracode
10 1 (0.38%) Adobe
10 1 (0.38%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.38%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.38%) Optimizely
10 1 (0.38%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 1 (0.38%) Workday