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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 12 4
Rank change year-on-year -9 -8 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 186 192 524
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 5.80% 11.77% 15.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.62% 12.89% 18.18%
Number of salaries quoted 124 135 433
10th Percentile £24,750 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,200 £39,087
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £73,750 £75,600
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -7.41%

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 2,442 1,489 2,882
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 76.17% 91.29% 83.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,471 831 2,271
10th Percentile £26,265 £25,625 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 March 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 March 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 +3 45 £56,250 +8.17% 20
Northamptonshire +16 43 £60,000 -0.41% 17
Derbyshire -16 33 £25,500 -21.54% 17
Nottinghamshire -30 32 £55,000 -8.33% 34
Lincolnshire -13 25 £43,750 -5.41% 15
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 29 (15.59%) Confluence
2 7 (3.76%) CMS
3 5 (2.69%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.61%) ArcGIS
4 3 (1.61%) WordPress
5 2 (1.08%) Apache
5 2 (1.08%) IIS
6 1 (0.54%) Drupal
6 1 (0.54%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.61%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (1.61%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.54%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (1.08%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.54%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.54%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 31 (16.67%) Azure
2 22 (11.83%) AWS
3 12 (6.45%) Power Platform
4 8 (4.30%) SaaS
5 7 (3.76%) AWS CloudFormation
5 7 (3.76%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (3.76%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (3.76%) GCP
6 5 (2.69%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (2.69%) Serverless
7 3 (1.61%) Power Automate
7 3 (1.61%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 2 (1.08%) ChatGPT
8 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.08%) npm
8 2 (1.08%) NuGet
8 2 (1.08%) OpenShift
8 2 (1.08%) PaaS
8 2 (1.08%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.61%) WAN
2 2 (1.08%) Broadband
2 2 (1.08%) Intranet
2 2 (1.08%) LAN
3 1 (0.54%) 4G
3 1 (0.54%) BGP
3 1 (0.54%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (0.54%) DNS
3 1 (0.54%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (0.54%) IOS XR
3 1 (0.54%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.38%) MySQL
1 10 (5.38%) Power BI
2 9 (4.84%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.61%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.61%) NoSQL
3 3 (1.61%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.08%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.54%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.54%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.54%) SAS EBI
5 1 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 40 (21.51%) JIRA
2 13 (6.99%) Git
3 5 (2.69%) Subversion
3 5 (2.69%) XCUITest
4 2 (1.08%) GitLab
4 2 (1.08%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.08%) Postman
4 2 (1.08%) Selenium
4 2 (1.08%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.54%) Jaeger
5 1 (0.54%) Rational DOORS
General
1 60 (32.26%) Social Skills
2 33 (17.74%) Law
3 31 (16.67%) Finance
4 28 (15.05%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (11.29%) Marketing
6 14 (7.53%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (4.84%) Retail
8 8 (4.30%) Advertising
8 8 (4.30%) Electronics
9 7 (3.76%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (3.23%) Public Sector
11 5 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.61%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.61%) Back Office
13 3 (1.61%) Billing
13 3 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.61%) Manufacturing
13 3 (1.61%) Publishing
14 2 (1.08%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 26 (13.98%) Developer
2 22 (11.83%) Senior
3 19 (10.22%) Analyst
4 18 (9.68%) Lead
5 15 (8.06%) IT Support
6 11 (5.91%) Product Owner
7 9 (4.84%) IT Engineer
7 9 (4.84%) IT Manager
7 9 (4.84%) IT Support Engineer
7 9 (4.84%) PHP Developer
7 9 (4.84%) Project Manager
7 9 (4.84%) Support Engineer
8 8 (4.30%) Architect
9 7 (3.76%) Delivery Manager
9 7 (3.76%) Finance Manager
9 7 (3.76%) IT Analyst
10 6 (3.23%) Business Analyst
10 6 (3.23%) IT Project Manager
10 6 (3.23%) Power Platform Developer
10 6 (3.23%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.99%) React
2 11 (5.91%) .NET
3 10 (5.38%) Laravel
4 8 (4.30%) CSS
4 8 (4.30%) HTML
5 7 (3.76%) Middleware
5 7 (3.76%) RESTful
6 5 (2.69%) AWS CDK
6 5 (2.69%) Next.js
7 4 (2.15%) CakePHP
7 4 (2.15%) CodeIgniter
7 4 (2.15%) Symfony
8 3 (1.61%) AngularJS
8 3 (1.61%) Node.js
8 3 (1.61%) Vue
9 2 (1.08%) jQuery
9 2 (1.08%) OpenTelemetry
9 2 (1.08%) Playwright
9 2 (1.08%) Ruby on Rails
9 2 (1.08%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.29%) Product Ownership
2 11 (5.91%) Mobile App
3 9 (4.84%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.69%) Embedded Systems
4 5 (2.69%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (2.69%) Mobile Computing
5 4 (2.15%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.15%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.15%) Social Media
6 3 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.61%) Client/Server
6 3 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.61%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.08%) Legacy Code
7 2 (1.08%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.08%) NHS
8 1 (0.54%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.54%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.54%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.30%) Linux
2 5 (2.69%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.15%) Android
3 4 (2.15%) Windows
4 2 (1.08%) Mac OS X
4 2 (1.08%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.54%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (28.49%) Continuous Improvement
2 34 (18.28%) Mentoring
3 30 (16.13%) Stakeholder Management
4 27 (14.52%) Test Automation
5 26 (13.98%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (10.75%) CI/CD
6 20 (10.75%) DevOps
6 20 (10.75%) Root Cause Analysis
7 18 (9.68%) Observability
7 18 (9.68%) Project Management
7 18 (9.68%) Waterfall
8 16 (8.60%) ITSM
8 16 (8.60%) Project Delivery
8 16 (8.60%) Roadmaps
8 16 (8.60%) Scrum
8 16 (8.60%) Software Engineering
9 15 (8.06%) Change Management
9 15 (8.06%) Incident Management
9 15 (8.06%) SDLC
9 15 (8.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 33 (17.74%) SQL
2 18 (9.68%) C#
2 18 (9.68%) JavaScript
3 16 (8.60%) TypeScript
4 14 (7.53%) PHP
5 6 (3.23%) Python
6 5 (2.69%) PowerShell
7 4 (2.15%) Bash
7 4 (2.15%) Java
8 3 (1.61%) Go
9 2 (1.08%) Apex Code
9 2 (1.08%) Ruby
10 1 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.54%) R
10 1 (0.54%) Swift
Qualifications
1 16 (8.60%) Degree
2 10 (5.38%) Security Cleared
3 7 (3.76%) PMI Certification
3 7 (3.76%) PMP
4 6 (3.23%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.15%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.61%) Chartered Engineer
6 3 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.61%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.61%) MBA
6 3 (1.61%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.08%) AAT
7 2 (1.08%) ACCA
7 2 (1.08%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.08%) CCNA
7 2 (1.08%) CIMA
7 2 (1.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.54%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.54%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (13.44%) QA
2 16 (8.60%) SLA
3 8 (4.30%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.69%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.69%) GDPR
5 4 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 2 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.54%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 1 (0.54%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (3.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (4.84%) Terraform
2 7 (3.76%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.08%) Ansible
4 1 (0.54%) Argo
4 1 (0.54%) Grafana
4 1 (0.54%) Kustomize
4 1 (0.54%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 13 (6.99%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.23%) Oracle
2 6 (3.23%) SAP
3 5 (2.69%) Zoho
4 4 (2.15%) Databricks
4 4 (2.15%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.61%) Cisco
5 3 (1.61%) ESRI
5 3 (1.61%) QAD
6 2 (1.08%) AppDynamics
6 2 (1.08%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (1.08%) HubSpot
6 2 (1.08%) OpenAI
6 2 (1.08%) Zend
7 1 (0.54%) Conga
7 1 (0.54%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.54%) IBM
7 1 (0.54%) Jitterbit
7 1 (0.54%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.54%) Pardot