Agile Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Agile Software Development
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Agile skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 7 3
Rank change year-on-year -2 -4 -2
Permanent jobs citing Agile 335 214 487
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 9.32% 15.44% 16.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.48% 16.21% 19.89%
Number of salaries quoted 206 137 355
10th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £40,988
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,875 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £70,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -9.89% +20.76% -7.26%
75th Percentile £77,500 £93,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,474 £87,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £60,675 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.65% +13.04% -4.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,485 1,320 2,448
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 69.12% 95.24% 82.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,790 684 1,877
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,313 £28,150
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £69,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £84,964
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -8.65%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Agile job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Agile
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Agile.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Agile

Agile
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Agile in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 3 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Agile in West Yorkshire

Agile
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 3 June 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
Leeds -3 301 £65,000 -3.70% 76
Bradford -10 9 £65,295 -9.94% 10
Elland - 7 £32,500 -
Wakefield -7 3 £50,000 -21.57% 1
Huddersfield - 3 £51,500 -
Ossett - 3 - -
Brighouse - 2 £42,500 -
Dewsbury - 2 - -
Pudsey - 2 - -
Pontefract +5 1 - -
Halifax -4 1 - - 1
Batley - 1 - -
Bingley - 1 - -
Agile
Yorkshire

Agile
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West 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 5 (1.49%) OpenStack
2 3 (0.90%) Apache
2 3 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (0.90%) Apache Spark
2 3 (0.90%) Confluence
2 3 (0.90%) JBoss
3 2 (0.60%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.30%) CMS
4 1 (0.30%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 7 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.90%) Trello
3 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.60%) Sketch
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (3.28%) SAP ERP
2 5 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.30%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 114 (34.03%) AWS
2 78 (23.28%) Azure
3 65 (19.40%) Serverless
4 50 (14.93%) AWS Lambda
5 46 (13.73%) Amazon S3
6 44 (13.13%) Amazon ECS
7 36 (10.75%) AWS CloudFormation
8 35 (10.45%) AWS Step Functions
9 32 (9.55%) Amazon SQS
10 30 (8.96%) Amazon ECR
10 30 (8.96%) Apigee
11 21 (6.27%) GCP
12 16 (4.78%) SaaS
13 15 (4.48%) GitHub
14 14 (4.18%) Power Platform
15 13 (3.88%) Azure DevOps
16 12 (3.58%) Amazon EKS
17 9 (2.69%) Azure Data Factory
18 8 (2.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 8 (2.39%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 33 (9.85%) Broadband
2 4 (1.19%) HTTP
3 1 (0.30%) DNS
3 1 (0.30%) SSL
3 1 (0.30%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (12.54%) DynamoDB
2 18 (5.37%) NoSQL
3 17 (5.07%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (4.18%) SQL Server
5 12 (3.58%) Relational Database
6 10 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (2.99%) MySQL
7 9 (2.69%) BigQuery
7 9 (2.69%) Metadata
7 9 (2.69%) MongoDB
8 8 (2.39%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (1.49%) Data Lake
9 5 (1.49%) Power BI
9 5 (1.49%) Tableau
10 4 (1.19%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (1.19%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.90%) Amazon QuickSight
11 3 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.60%) Big Data
13 1 (0.30%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 51 (15.22%) GitLab
2 49 (14.63%) Jenkins
3 34 (10.15%) Cypress.io
4 33 (9.85%) SonarQube
5 31 (9.25%) Maven
6 22 (6.57%) Git
7 19 (5.67%) JIRA
8 6 (1.79%) Cucumber
8 6 (1.79%) Selenium
9 3 (0.90%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.60%) Claude Code
10 2 (0.60%) JUnit
10 2 (0.60%) Postman
11 1 (0.30%) Gatling
11 1 (0.30%) JMeter
11 1 (0.30%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.30%) Zephyr
General
1 85 (25.37%) Social Skills
2 53 (15.82%) Finance
3 50 (14.93%) Public Sector
4 37 (11.04%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (10.15%) Games
6 22 (6.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (1.79%) Retail
8 5 (1.49%) Agriculture
8 5 (1.49%) Automotive
8 5 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (1.49%) Marketing
9 4 (1.19%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.90%) Advertising
10 3 (0.90%) Banking
11 2 (0.60%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.60%) Tech for Good
12 1 (0.30%) Back Office
12 1 (0.30%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.30%) Law
Job Titles
1 107 (31.94%) Developer
2 77 (22.99%) Senior
3 61 (18.21%) Lead
4 42 (12.54%) Java Developer
5 36 (10.75%) Analyst
6 29 (8.66%) Business Analyst
7 23 (6.87%) Python Developer
8 21 (6.27%) Full-Stack Developer
9 20 (5.97%) Software Engineer
10 18 (5.37%) Senior Developer
11 17 (5.07%) Senior Manager
12 14 (4.18%) Engineering Manager
13 13 (3.88%) Software Developer
14 12 (3.58%) AWS Developer
14 12 (3.58%) Delivery Manager
14 12 (3.58%) Full-Stack Python Developer
14 12 (3.58%) Technical Leader
15 11 (3.28%) Architect
15 11 (3.28%) Data Engineer
16 10 (2.99%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (14.63%) React
2 45 (13.43%) AngularJS
3 38 (11.34%) Spring Boot
4 31 (9.25%) Jest
5 30 (8.96%) Gherkin
6 24 (7.16%) REST
7 23 (6.87%) Node.js
7 23 (6.87%) Vue
8 17 (5.07%) .NET
9 16 (4.78%) GraphQL
10 14 (4.18%) CSS
10 14 (4.18%) Flask
10 14 (4.18%) HTML
10 14 (4.18%) RESTful
11 11 (3.28%) Android SDK
11 11 (3.28%) Spring
12 10 (2.99%) ASP.NET
12 10 (2.99%) Elastic Stack
13 9 (2.69%) .NET Core
13 9 (2.69%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 33 (9.85%) Mobile App
2 22 (6.57%) Onboarding
3 20 (5.97%) Data Structures
3 20 (5.97%) Product Ownership
4 17 (5.07%) Cloud Native
5 13 (3.88%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (3.58%) Legacy Systems
6 12 (3.58%) Social Media
7 11 (3.28%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (2.39%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (2.39%) NHS
9 6 (1.79%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.49%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (1.19%) Media Streaming
11 4 (1.19%) PKI
12 3 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.90%) Management Information System
12 3 (0.90%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 32 (9.55%) Android
2 21 (6.27%) Apple iOS
3 6 (1.79%) Linux
4 4 (1.19%) Windows
5 3 (0.90%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (38.51%) CI/CD
2 112 (33.43%) Mentoring
3 83 (24.78%) DevOps
4 73 (21.79%) Problem-Solving
5 57 (17.01%) Stakeholder Management
6 55 (16.42%) Continuous Improvement
6 55 (16.42%) SDLC
7 53 (15.82%) AI
8 51 (15.22%) Coaching
9 47 (14.03%) Roadmaps
10 40 (11.94%) Scrum
11 38 (11.34%) Full-Stack Development
11 38 (11.34%) Project Management
11 38 (11.34%) Technical Leadership
12 37 (11.04%) Decision-Making
12 37 (11.04%) Observability
13 35 (10.45%) Software Engineering
14 34 (10.15%) Microservices
14 34 (10.15%) Waterfall
15 30 (8.96%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 83 (24.78%) Java
2 60 (17.91%) TypeScript
3 52 (15.52%) JavaScript
4 49 (14.63%) Python
4 49 (14.63%) SQL
5 34 (10.15%) Groovy
6 32 (9.55%) Bash
7 31 (9.25%) C#
8 14 (4.18%) Kotlin
9 10 (2.99%) PHP
10 5 (1.49%) Scala
11 4 (1.19%) Go
11 4 (1.19%) VBA
12 2 (0.60%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.60%) Ruby
13 1 (0.30%) Bicep
13 1 (0.30%) Perl
13 1 (0.30%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (11.34%) AWS Certification
2 29 (8.66%) Degree
3 23 (6.87%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
3 23 (6.87%) ITIL Certification
4 18 (5.37%) Security Cleared
5 17 (5.07%) SC Cleared
6 12 (3.58%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (2.69%) AWS Certified Developer
8 7 (2.09%) IIBA
9 5 (1.49%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.19%) CBAP
10 4 (1.19%) PMP
11 3 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.60%) APMP
12 2 (0.60%) CAPM
12 2 (0.60%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.60%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.60%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (9.85%) Accessibility
2 30 (8.96%) QA
3 26 (7.76%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.49%) PMO
5 2 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.60%) GDPR
5 2 (0.60%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 57 (17.01%) Docker
Systems Management
1 33 (9.85%) Terraform
2 30 (8.96%) HP Fortify
3 17 (5.07%) Kubernetes
4 10 (2.99%) Ansible
5 3 (0.90%) Argo
5 3 (0.90%) Grafana
5 3 (0.90%) Packer
5 3 (0.90%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.60%) Kibana
7 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 26 (7.76%) Microsoft
2 19 (5.67%) SAP
3 7 (2.09%) ServiceNow
4 6 (1.79%) Databricks
4 6 (1.79%) TOWER Software
5 5 (1.49%) AppDynamics
5 5 (1.49%) IBM
6 4 (1.19%) Google
7 2 (0.60%) Oracle
7 2 (0.60%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.30%) Foundry
8 1 (0.30%) Informatica
8 1 (0.30%) Nintex
8 1 (0.30%) Palantir
8 1 (0.30%) Progress