Agile Job Trends in Leeds

Agile Software Development
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Agile skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 4 5
Rank change year-on-year -8 +1 -4
Permanent jobs citing Agile 256 166 276
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 8.68% 17.35% 14.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.36% 19.64% 18.69%
Number of salaries quoted 171 111 175
10th Percentile £43,787 £42,000 £41,034
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,365 £46,568
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,500 £62,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +3.20% +7.82% -11.06%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £75,772
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,778 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +8.70% -11.63%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,072 845 1,477
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 70.28% 88.30% 78.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,602 576 1,046
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £94,875 £90,000 £84,964
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Agile job vacancy trend in Leeds

Agile
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Agile.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Agile

Agile
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Agile in Leeds over the 6 months to 13 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Agile in Leeds

Agile
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 (2.34%) CMS
2 5 (1.95%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.56%) Confluence
4 3 (1.17%) IIS
4 3 (1.17%) JBoss
5 2 (0.78%) WordPress
6 1 (0.39%) Apache
6 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.39%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.39%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 4 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (1.17%) Trello
3 2 (0.78%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.78%) Sketch
4 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (3.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.56%) Shopify
3 1 (0.39%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 73 (28.52%) AWS
2 51 (19.92%) Azure
3 38 (14.84%) Serverless
4 31 (12.11%) AWS Lambda
5 26 (10.16%) Amazon S3
6 25 (9.77%) Amazon ECS
7 24 (9.38%) AWS CloudFormation
8 21 (8.20%) AWS Step Functions
9 18 (7.03%) Amazon ECR
9 18 (7.03%) Apigee
10 14 (5.47%) Amazon SQS
10 14 (5.47%) GCP
11 12 (4.69%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (4.69%) GitHub
12 9 (3.52%) SaaS
13 8 (3.13%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (3.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 8 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
14 7 (2.73%) Amazon EC2
14 7 (2.73%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.30%) Broadband
2 4 (1.56%) HTTP
3 2 (0.78%) CTI
3 2 (0.78%) DNS
3 2 (0.78%) Profibus
3 2 (0.78%) VoIP
3 2 (0.78%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.20%) DynamoDB
2 11 (4.30%) SQL Server
3 10 (3.91%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (3.52%) BigQuery
5 8 (3.13%) Amazon Redshift
6 6 (2.34%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.95%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.95%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (1.56%) MySQL
9 3 (1.17%) Redis
9 3 (1.17%) Tableau
10 2 (0.78%) Big Data
10 2 (0.78%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.78%) Metadata
10 2 (0.78%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.78%) Power BI
11 1 (0.39%) Amazon QuickSight
11 1 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.39%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 34 (13.28%) GitLab
1 34 (13.28%) Jenkins
2 22 (8.59%) Cypress.io
3 21 (8.20%) JIRA
3 21 (8.20%) SonarQube
4 19 (7.42%) Maven
5 17 (6.64%) Git
6 6 (2.34%) Cucumber
6 6 (2.34%) Selenium
7 3 (1.17%) Artifactory
7 3 (1.17%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.78%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.78%) JUnit
8 2 (0.78%) Postman
9 1 (0.39%) Gatling
9 1 (0.39%) JMeter
9 1 (0.39%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.39%) Zephyr
General
1 63 (24.61%) Social Skills
2 47 (18.36%) Finance
3 43 (16.80%) Public Sector
4 39 (15.23%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (7.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (4.30%) Games
6 11 (4.30%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (2.34%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (1.95%) Agriculture
8 5 (1.95%) Automotive
8 5 (1.95%) Banking
8 5 (1.95%) Retail
9 4 (1.56%) Marketing
10 3 (1.17%) Advertising
10 3 (1.17%) Back Office
10 3 (1.17%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.17%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.78%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.78%) Publishing
11 2 (0.78%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 74 (28.91%) Developer
1 74 (28.91%) Senior
2 51 (19.92%) Lead
3 41 (16.02%) Analyst
4 37 (14.45%) Business Analyst
5 29 (11.33%) Java Developer
6 26 (10.16%) Full-Stack Developer
7 20 (7.81%) Software Engineer
8 19 (7.42%) Python Developer
9 16 (6.25%) Senior Developer
10 15 (5.86%) Senior Analyst
10 15 (5.86%) Senior Business Analyst
11 12 (4.69%) Senior Manager
12 11 (4.30%) DevOps Engineer
12 11 (4.30%) Full-Stack Python Developer
13 10 (3.91%) Engineering Manager
13 10 (3.91%) Software Developer
13 10 (3.91%) Technical Leader
14 9 (3.52%) Delivery Manager
15 7 (2.73%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (13.28%) AngularJS
2 30 (11.72%) React
3 25 (9.77%) Spring Boot
4 20 (7.81%) Jest
4 20 (7.81%) Node.js
5 18 (7.03%) Gherkin
6 16 (6.25%) CSS
6 16 (6.25%) HTML
6 16 (6.25%) Vue
7 13 (5.08%) REST
8 12 (4.69%) .NET
9 10 (3.91%) Flask
10 9 (3.52%) Spring
11 8 (3.13%) RESTful
12 5 (1.95%) ASP.NET
12 5 (1.95%) Elastic Stack
12 5 (1.95%) Playwright
12 5 (1.95%) RabbitMQ
13 4 (1.56%) .NET Core
13 4 (1.56%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.42%) Product Ownership
2 15 (5.86%) Mobile App
3 12 (4.69%) Cloud Native
3 12 (4.69%) Onboarding
4 11 (4.30%) NHS
5 9 (3.52%) Data Structures
6 8 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.56%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.56%) Learning Management System
9 4 (1.56%) Media Streaming
10 3 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.17%) Educational Technology
10 3 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.17%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.17%) PKI
10 3 (1.17%) PMI
11 2 (0.78%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.30%) Android
1 11 (4.30%) Linux
2 10 (3.91%) Apple iOS
3 7 (2.73%) Windows
4 6 (2.34%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (33.20%) Mentoring
2 75 (29.30%) CI/CD
3 58 (22.66%) DevOps
4 48 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 46 (17.97%) Coaching
5 46 (17.97%) Problem-Solving
6 39 (15.23%) Stakeholder Management
7 37 (14.45%) SDLC
8 36 (14.06%) Scrum
9 35 (13.67%) Roadmaps
9 35 (13.67%) Software Engineering
10 34 (13.28%) AI
10 34 (13.28%) Technical Leadership
11 33 (12.89%) Acceptance Criteria
12 32 (12.50%) Decision-Making
12 32 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
13 28 (10.94%) Test Automation
13 28 (10.94%) Waterfall
14 26 (10.16%) Project Management
15 25 (9.77%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 57 (22.27%) Java
2 45 (17.58%) Python
3 44 (17.19%) JavaScript
4 43 (16.80%) SQL
5 40 (15.63%) TypeScript
6 30 (11.72%) C#
7 24 (9.38%) Groovy
8 20 (7.81%) Bash
9 11 (4.30%) PHP
10 7 (2.73%) Kotlin
10 7 (2.73%) Scala
11 3 (1.17%) Ruby
12 2 (0.78%) Go
12 2 (0.78%) Ladder Logic
12 2 (0.78%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.39%) Bicep
13 1 (0.39%) Perl
13 1 (0.39%) R
13 1 (0.39%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (9.77%) Degree
2 19 (7.42%) Security Cleared
3 18 (7.03%) AWS Certification
4 16 (6.25%) SC Cleared
5 14 (5.47%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 14 (5.47%) ITIL Certification
6 8 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.34%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.95%) PMP
9 4 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.56%) CBAP
9 4 (1.56%) Chartered Engineer
9 4 (1.56%) IIBA
10 3 (1.17%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (1.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.78%) APMP
11 2 (0.78%) CAPM
11 2 (0.78%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.78%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (10.16%) Accessibility
2 24 (9.38%) QA
3 14 (5.47%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.56%) WCAG
5 3 (1.17%) PMO
6 2 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.78%) GDPR
6 2 (0.78%) IEC 61131
6 2 (0.78%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 34 (13.28%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (8.20%) Terraform
2 18 (7.03%) HP Fortify
3 11 (4.30%) Kubernetes
4 6 (2.34%) Ansible
5 3 (1.17%) Argo
5 3 (1.17%) Packer
6 2 (0.78%) Kibana
6 2 (0.78%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 15 (5.86%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.69%) SAP
3 6 (2.34%) Databricks
3 6 (2.34%) ServiceNow
3 6 (2.34%) TOWER Software
4 5 (1.95%) AppDynamics
4 5 (1.95%) IBM
4 5 (1.95%) Oracle
5 2 (0.78%) Allen-Bradley
5 2 (0.78%) Avaya
5 2 (0.78%) Cisco
5 2 (0.78%) Foundry
5 2 (0.78%) Genesys
5 2 (0.78%) Google
5 2 (0.78%) Pega
5 2 (0.78%) Salesforce
5 2 (0.78%) Siemens
6 1 (0.39%) Adobe
6 1 (0.39%) Guidewire
6 1 (0.39%) Palantir