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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 12 4
Rank change year-on-year -10 -8 -2
Permanent jobs citing Agile 208 180 538
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 6.02% 12.07% 15.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.94% 13.35% 18.26%
Number of salaries quoted 134 129 431
10th Percentile £24,750 £26,000 £31,875
25th Percentile £38,750 £38,500 £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 £65,476 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,822 £74,000 £75,750
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 2,619 1,348 2,947
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 75.78% 90.41% 82.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,576 845 2,298
10th Percentile £26,525 £25,500 £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 £62,500 £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 21 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 21 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 +10 59 £60,500 +13.62% 11
Northamptonshire +3 42 £60,000 +3.45% 21
Nottinghamshire -25 37 £55,000 -12.00% 29
Derbyshire -17 34 £25,500 +13.33% 19
Lincolnshire -14 26 £45,000 - 17
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 30 (14.42%) Confluence
2 8 (3.85%) CMS
3 5 (2.40%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.44%) ArcGIS
4 3 (1.44%) IIS
4 3 (1.44%) WordPress
5 2 (0.96%) Apache
6 1 (0.48%) Drupal
Applications
1 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (1.44%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.48%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.96%) SAP Business One
1 2 (0.96%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.48%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 43 (20.67%) Azure
2 26 (12.50%) AWS
3 15 (7.21%) Power Platform
4 12 (5.77%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (4.33%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (3.85%) GCP
6 8 (3.85%) SaaS
6 8 (3.85%) Serverless
7 7 (3.37%) AWS CloudFormation
8 6 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (2.40%) Power Automate
9 5 (2.40%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.44%) Azure AKS
10 3 (1.44%) Azure Key Vault
10 3 (1.44%) Azure Storage
10 3 (1.44%) IaaS
10 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (1.44%) npm
10 3 (1.44%) NuGet
10 3 (1.44%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.44%) Broadband
1 3 (1.44%) DNS
1 3 (1.44%) WAN
2 2 (0.96%) Intranet
2 2 (0.96%) LAN
3 1 (0.48%) 4G
3 1 (0.48%) BGP
3 1 (0.48%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (0.48%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (0.48%) Hyperconnected
3 1 (0.48%) Internet
3 1 (0.48%) IOS XR
3 1 (0.48%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.73%) SQL Server
2 11 (5.29%) Power BI
3 9 (4.33%) MySQL
4 4 (1.92%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.44%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.96%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.96%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.96%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.48%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.48%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.48%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 40 (19.23%) JIRA
2 13 (6.25%) Git
3 9 (4.33%) XCUITest
4 5 (2.40%) Subversion
5 2 (0.96%) Postman
5 2 (0.96%) Selenium
6 1 (0.48%) Jaeger
General
1 68 (32.69%) Social Skills
2 34 (16.35%) Law
3 33 (15.87%) Finance
4 30 (14.42%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (11.54%) Marketing
6 14 (6.73%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (4.81%) Retail
8 9 (4.33%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (3.85%) Advertising
9 8 (3.85%) Electronics
10 6 (2.88%) Public Sector
11 5 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.92%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.44%) Back Office
13 3 (1.44%) Games
13 3 (1.44%) Legal
13 3 (1.44%) Manufacturing
13 3 (1.44%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 31 (14.90%) Developer
2 29 (13.94%) Senior
3 20 (9.62%) Analyst
3 20 (9.62%) Lead
4 15 (7.21%) IT Support
5 11 (5.29%) Product Owner
5 11 (5.29%) Project Manager
6 10 (4.81%) IT Manager
7 9 (4.33%) Architect
7 9 (4.33%) IT Engineer
7 9 (4.33%) IT Support Engineer
7 9 (4.33%) Support Engineer
8 8 (3.85%) Delivery Manager
8 8 (3.85%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 8 (3.85%) PHP Developer
8 8 (3.85%) Software Developer
9 7 (3.37%) Business Analyst
9 7 (3.37%) IT Project Manager
9 7 (3.37%) QA Engineer
9 7 (3.37%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (8.65%) React
2 15 (7.21%) .NET
3 9 (4.33%) CSS
3 9 (4.33%) Laravel
3 9 (4.33%) RESTful
4 8 (3.85%) HTML
5 7 (3.37%) AWS CDK
5 7 (3.37%) Middleware
5 7 (3.37%) Next.js
5 7 (3.37%) Node.js
6 4 (1.92%) ASP.NET
6 4 (1.92%) ASP.NET Core
7 3 (1.44%) AngularJS
7 3 (1.44%) CakePHP
7 3 (1.44%) CodeIgniter
7 3 (1.44%) jQuery
7 3 (1.44%) SwiftUI
7 3 (1.44%) Symfony
7 3 (1.44%) Vue
7 3 (1.44%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (12.02%) Product Ownership
2 15 (7.21%) Mobile App
3 9 (4.33%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.85%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (2.40%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.40%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (2.40%) Mobile Computing
6 4 (1.92%) Low-Code
6 4 (1.92%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.92%) Social Media
7 3 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.44%) Client/Server
7 3 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.96%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.96%) Legacy Code
8 2 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.96%) NHS
9 1 (0.48%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.48%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.48%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.33%) Apple iOS
1 9 (4.33%) Linux
2 6 (2.88%) Android
2 6 (2.88%) Windows
3 2 (0.96%) Mac OS X
3 2 (0.96%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (27.88%) Continuous Improvement
2 41 (19.71%) Mentoring
3 32 (15.38%) Test Automation
4 31 (14.90%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (14.90%) Stakeholder Management
5 27 (12.98%) CI/CD
6 25 (12.02%) DevOps
7 22 (10.58%) Observability
7 22 (10.58%) Root Cause Analysis
8 20 (9.62%) Project Management
8 20 (9.62%) Roadmaps
9 19 (9.13%) Coaching
9 19 (9.13%) Scrum
10 18 (8.65%) Decision-Making
10 18 (8.65%) Waterfall
11 17 (8.17%) Software Engineering
12 16 (7.69%) Analytics
12 16 (7.69%) ITSM
12 16 (7.69%) Project Delivery
12 16 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 36 (17.31%) SQL
2 24 (11.54%) C#
3 19 (9.13%) JavaScript
4 18 (8.65%) TypeScript
5 14 (6.73%) PHP
6 8 (3.85%) PowerShell
6 8 (3.85%) Python
7 5 (2.40%) Bash
8 3 (1.44%) Java
8 3 (1.44%) Swift
9 2 (0.96%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.96%) C++
9 2 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.96%) Ruby
10 1 (0.48%) Go
10 1 (0.48%) R
10 1 (0.48%) Rust
Qualifications
1 18 (8.65%) Degree
2 11 (5.29%) Security Cleared
3 7 (3.37%) PMI Certification
3 7 (3.37%) PMP
4 6 (2.88%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.92%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.92%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.44%) Chartered Engineer
7 3 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.44%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.44%) MBA
8 2 (0.96%) AAT
8 2 (0.96%) ACCA
8 2 (0.96%) CCNA
8 2 (0.96%) CIMA
8 2 (0.96%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.48%) CCNP
9 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (13.46%) QA
2 16 (7.69%) SLA
3 10 (4.81%) Accessibility
4 7 (3.37%) Data Quality
5 5 (2.40%) GDPR
6 3 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 2 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.48%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.48%) PMO
8 1 (0.48%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (2.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (4.33%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.85%) Terraform
3 2 (0.96%) Ansible
3 2 (0.96%) Grafana
4 1 (0.48%) Argo
4 1 (0.48%) Kustomize
4 1 (0.48%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 19 (9.13%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.37%) SAP
3 6 (2.88%) Oracle
4 5 (2.40%) Zoho
5 4 (1.92%) Databricks
5 4 (1.92%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.44%) Apple
6 3 (1.44%) Cisco
6 3 (1.44%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (1.44%) ESRI
6 3 (1.44%) QAD
7 2 (0.96%) Dynatrace
7 2 (0.96%) HubSpot
7 2 (0.96%) OpenAI
7 2 (0.96%) Zend
8 1 (0.48%) Conga
8 1 (0.48%) Jitterbit
8 1 (0.48%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.48%) Pardot
8 1 (0.48%) ServiceNow