Agile Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Agile Software Development
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Agile skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 5 2
Rank change year-on-year +2 -3 -1
Contract jobs citing Agile 396 166 348
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 21.67% 13.95% 19.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 24.19% 16.21% 21.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 274 116 236
10th Percentile £350 £375 £406
25th Percentile £413 £422 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £681 £651
England median daily rate £520 £567 £563
% change year-on-year -8.33% +0.84% -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £25.05 £87.75 -
25th Percentile £25.13 £93.09 -
Median hourly rate £25.50 £102.00 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year -75.00% +64.52% +3.33%
75th Percentile £26.13 - -
90th Percentile £26.35 - -
England median hourly rate £60.00 £63.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.08% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

Agile falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,637 1,024 1,634
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 89.60% 86.05% 89.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,097 612 1,041
10th Percentile £250 £235 £300
25th Percentile £385 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £483 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -3.50% -2.44%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £640 £687 £688
England median daily rate £506 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.62% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 30 25
10th Percentile £14.25 £12.52 £15.69
25th Percentile £17.48 £15.88 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £21.75 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year +15.63% +2.06% +1.48%
75th Percentile £43.59 £38.75 £23.75
90th Percentile £59.65 £60.29 £38.90
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.25
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.90% +18.63%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Agile relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Agile job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Agile
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Agile.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Agile

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in Yorkshire

Agile
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Agile.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Agile

Agile
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 14 December 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Yorkshire +4 212 £525 +7.69% 121
South Yorkshire -1 170 £475 -10.29% 39
North Yorkshire +9 10 £450 +5.88% 14
Agile
England

Agile
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 49 (12.37%) Confluence
2 10 (2.53%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.77%) CMS
4 6 (1.52%) CICS
5 3 (0.76%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.51%) Apache
7 1 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 16 (4.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.53%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.26%) Chatbot
5 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (1.01%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.52%) VisionPLUS
2 4 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.25%) Magento
3 1 (0.25%) SAP MRS
3 1 (0.25%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 107 (27.02%) AWS
2 73 (18.43%) Azure
3 65 (16.41%) GCP
4 57 (14.39%) Serverless
5 24 (6.06%) GitHub
6 23 (5.81%) AWS Lambda
7 21 (5.30%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (4.55%) Power Platform
9 15 (3.79%) Amazon ECS
10 13 (3.28%) GitHub Actions
11 11 (2.78%) Amazon S3
12 10 (2.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 10 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
12 10 (2.53%) SaaS
13 9 (2.27%) Azure AKS
14 7 (1.77%) AWS CloudFormation
14 7 (1.77%) OpenShift
15 6 (1.52%) AWS KMS
16 5 (1.26%) Amazon EC2
16 5 (1.26%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.78%) Firewall
2 4 (1.01%) DNS
2 4 (1.01%) HTTP
2 4 (1.01%) Internet
2 4 (1.01%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.76%) NAS
3 3 (0.76%) SAN
4 2 (0.51%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (0.51%) X.25
5 1 (0.25%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.25%) Network Security
5 1 (0.25%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.25%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.25%) VPN
5 1 (0.25%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (12.12%) NoSQL
2 43 (10.86%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (7.07%) MongoDB
4 17 (4.29%) Power BI
4 17 (4.29%) Relational Database
5 15 (3.79%) SQL Server
6 10 (2.53%) MySQL
6 10 (2.53%) Oracle Database
7 7 (1.77%) Redis
8 6 (1.52%) DynamoDB
9 5 (1.26%) BigQuery
9 5 (1.26%) Metadata
9 5 (1.26%) RDBMS
9 5 (1.26%) Tableau
10 4 (1.01%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.76%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.76%) DocumentDB
12 2 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (0.51%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 86 (21.72%) JIRA
2 67 (16.92%) Jenkins
3 59 (14.90%) Git
4 44 (11.11%) GitLab
5 21 (5.30%) Liquibase
5 21 (5.30%) Postman
6 15 (3.79%) Mockito
7 10 (2.53%) Cucumber
7 10 (2.53%) Selenium
7 10 (2.53%) SoapUI
8 7 (1.77%) SonarQube
9 6 (1.52%) ChangeMan
9 6 (1.52%) Cypress.io
9 6 (1.52%) TestRail
9 6 (1.52%) Zephyr
10 5 (1.26%) PyCharm
11 4 (1.01%) Android Studio
11 4 (1.01%) Babel
11 4 (1.01%) Oracle Forms
11 4 (1.01%) webpack
General
1 177 (44.70%) Social Skills
2 126 (31.82%) Finance
3 77 (19.44%) Banking
4 67 (16.92%) Analytical Skills
5 63 (15.91%) Public Sector
6 27 (6.82%) Financial Institution
7 13 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (2.02%) Legal
8 8 (2.02%) Retail
9 7 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.52%) Health Technology
11 5 (1.26%) Digital Health
11 5 (1.26%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.01%) Military
13 3 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.76%) Wholesale Banking
14 2 (0.51%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.51%) Retail Banking
14 2 (0.51%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 82 (20.71%) Developer
2 62 (15.66%) Senior
3 56 (14.14%) Analyst
4 39 (9.85%) Business Analyst
5 35 (8.84%) Software Engineer
6 27 (6.82%) Lead
7 26 (6.57%) Java Developer
7 26 (6.57%) Project Manager
8 18 (4.55%) AWS Engineer
8 18 (4.55%) DevOps Engineer
9 17 (4.29%) Senior Developer
10 16 (4.04%) Cloud Engineer
11 15 (3.79%) Architect
11 15 (3.79%) AWS Software Engineer
11 15 (3.79%) Product Owner
12 14 (3.54%) GCP Engineer
12 14 (3.54%) Senior Java Developer
13 13 (3.28%) Scrum Master
14 12 (3.03%) Senior Analyst
14 12 (3.03%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (13.38%) RESTful
2 46 (11.62%) REST
3 32 (8.08%) Elastic Stack
4 30 (7.58%) React
5 27 (6.82%) FastAPI
5 27 (6.82%) Kafka
6 24 (6.06%) Node.js
7 21 (5.30%) .NET
8 19 (4.80%) JSON
9 17 (4.29%) CSS
9 17 (4.29%) HTML
10 15 (3.79%) ActiveMQ
10 15 (3.79%) JAX-RS
11 12 (3.03%) Jest
11 12 (3.03%) OpenTelemetry
11 12 (3.03%) TensorFlow
12 10 (2.53%) Middleware
12 10 (2.53%) Spring Boot
13 9 (2.27%) ASP.NET Web API
13 9 (2.27%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 41 (10.35%) Cloud Native
1 41 (10.35%) Product Ownership
2 30 (7.58%) Public Cloud
3 27 (6.82%) Distributed Systems
4 19 (4.80%) NHS
4 19 (4.80%) Onboarding
5 11 (2.78%) Management Information System
5 11 (2.78%) Mobile App
6 10 (2.53%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (2.02%) Greenfield Project
7 8 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (1.52%) Mainframe
9 5 (1.26%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.01%) Clustering
10 4 (1.01%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.01%) Online Banking
11 3 (0.76%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 62 (15.66%) Linux
2 21 (5.30%) Unix
3 16 (4.04%) Mac OS X
4 10 (2.53%) Windows
5 8 (2.02%) Android
5 8 (2.02%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.76%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.51%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (36.87%) DevOps
2 132 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 97 (24.49%) Problem-Solving
4 92 (23.23%) Microservices
5 81 (20.45%) Scrum
6 75 (18.94%) Stakeholder Management
7 72 (18.18%) Containerisation
8 69 (17.42%) Test Automation
9 60 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
10 55 (13.89%) Infrastructure as Code
11 53 (13.38%) Software Engineering
12 47 (11.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 45 (11.36%) Continuous Integration
14 44 (11.11%) User Stories
15 43 (10.86%) TDD
16 41 (10.35%) BDD
17 40 (10.10%) Computer Science
18 39 (9.85%) Cybersecurity
19 38 (9.60%) Migration
20 37 (9.34%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 114 (28.79%) Python
2 69 (17.42%) Java
3 38 (9.60%) JavaScript
4 32 (8.08%) SQL
5 30 (7.58%) Go
6 23 (5.81%) TypeScript
7 20 (5.05%) C#
8 14 (3.54%) Shell Script
9 8 (2.02%) Bash
9 8 (2.02%) Kotlin
10 7 (1.77%) Swift
11 6 (1.52%) COBOL
12 5 (1.26%) PowerShell
13 4 (1.01%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.76%) Bicep
14 3 (0.76%) PHP
15 2 (0.51%) ABAP
15 2 (0.51%) Groovy
15 2 (0.51%) SOQL
15 2 (0.51%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 60 (15.15%) Degree
2 38 (9.60%) Security Cleared
3 36 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 28 (7.07%) Master's Degree
5 27 (6.82%) SC Cleared
6 21 (5.30%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (3.03%) AWS Certification
8 9 (2.27%) ISTQB
9 8 (2.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 8 (2.02%) CISM
9 8 (2.02%) CISSP
9 8 (2.02%) PMI Certification
9 8 (2.02%) PMP
10 3 (0.76%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (0.76%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 3 (0.76%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.51%) CSPO
11 2 (0.51%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.51%) SAP Certification
12 1 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.31%) QA
2 21 (5.30%) Accessibility
3 15 (3.79%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.27%) GDPR
4 9 (2.27%) WCAG
5 7 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.77%) NIST
6 6 (1.52%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.26%) HL7
7 5 (1.26%) PMO
8 2 (0.51%) COBIT
9 1 (0.25%) MiFID
9 1 (0.25%) P3O
9 1 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.25%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 71 (17.93%) Docker
2 9 (2.27%) Oracle RAC
3 7 (1.77%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.26%) Active Directory
5 4 (1.01%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.76%) vSphere
7 1 (0.25%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Systems Management
1 83 (20.96%) Kubernetes
2 65 (16.41%) Terraform
3 57 (14.39%) Ansible
4 50 (12.63%) Grafana
5 43 (10.86%) Prometheus
6 10 (2.53%) Control-M
6 10 (2.53%) IBM Guardium
6 10 (2.53%) Nessus
7 9 (2.27%) Data Guard
7 9 (2.27%) yum
8 6 (1.52%) CA Endevor
8 6 (1.52%) Puppet
9 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Clustering
9 3 (0.76%) SCCM
9 3 (0.76%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.76%) vRealize
10 2 (0.51%) Packer
10 2 (0.51%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.25%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 53 (13.38%) Microsoft
2 39 (9.85%) Splunk
3 31 (7.83%) Google
4 18 (4.55%) Oracle
5 17 (4.29%) ServiceNow
6 10 (2.53%) SAP
6 10 (2.53%) Tenable
7 8 (2.02%) BeyondTrust
7 8 (2.02%) CyberArk
7 8 (2.02%) GoldenSource
7 8 (2.02%) Thycotic
8 7 (1.77%) VMware
9 6 (1.52%) Brio
10 5 (1.26%) Databricks
10 5 (1.26%) F5
11 4 (1.01%) MuleSoft
12 3 (0.76%) Genesys
12 3 (0.76%) Salesforce
13 2 (0.51%) CheckPoint
13 2 (0.51%) Red Hat