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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 9 8
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 -7
Permanent jobs citing Agile 304 203 376
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 8.05% 13.21% 14.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.73% 14.34% 17.97%
Number of salaries quoted 201 141 246
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £40,988
25th Percentile £49,500 £49,000 £45,234
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £56,337
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +15.38% -13.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £71,991
90th Percentile £93,634 £97,500 £87,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +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 2,591 1,416 2,092
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 68.60% 92.13% 79.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,986 814 1,489
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £71,106 £72,500 £69,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £82,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -8.90%

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 24 July 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 24 July 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 -5 258 £63,788 -1.87% 91
Bradford -11 14 £75,000 +3.45% 2
Wakefield -3 9 £57,500 +21.05% 3
Elland - 7 £32,500 -
Huddersfield -7 3 £51,500 +37.33% 1
Ossett - 3 - -
Brighouse - 2 £42,500 -
Dewsbury - 2 - -
Pudsey - 2 - -
Pontefract +5 1 - -
Halifax -6 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 (1.64%) CMS
2 4 (1.32%) Confluence
2 4 (1.32%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.99%) IIS
3 3 (0.99%) JBoss
4 2 (0.66%) Apache
4 2 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.66%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.33%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (2.96%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.99%) Trello
3 2 (0.66%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.66%) Sketch
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (2.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.32%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 85 (27.96%) AWS
2 74 (24.34%) Azure
3 42 (13.82%) Serverless
4 34 (11.18%) AWS Lambda
5 29 (9.54%) Amazon ECS
6 28 (9.21%) Amazon S3
7 26 (8.55%) AWS CloudFormation
8 23 (7.57%) AWS Step Functions
9 22 (7.24%) Amazon ECR
9 22 (7.24%) Apigee
10 19 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
11 18 (5.92%) Amazon SQS
12 15 (4.93%) GCP
13 12 (3.95%) GitHub
14 11 (3.62%) Power Platform
15 10 (3.29%) Azure Data Factory
16 9 (2.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 9 (2.96%) SaaS
17 8 (2.63%) Amazon EC2
17 8 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 33 (10.86%) Broadband
2 4 (1.32%) HTTP
2 4 (1.32%) Internet
3 2 (0.66%) CTI
3 2 (0.66%) DNS
3 2 (0.66%) VoIP
3 2 (0.66%) VPN
4 1 (0.33%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.57%) DynamoDB
2 17 (5.59%) MongoDB
3 12 (3.95%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (3.29%) BigQuery
5 9 (2.96%) Amazon Redshift
5 9 (2.96%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (2.96%) SQL Server
6 8 (2.63%) MySQL
6 8 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (1.97%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.64%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (1.64%) NoSQL
9 4 (1.32%) Data Lake
9 4 (1.32%) Power BI
9 4 (1.32%) Tableau
10 3 (0.99%) Redis
11 2 (0.66%) Amazon QuickSight
11 2 (0.66%) Big Data
11 2 (0.66%) Metadata
11 2 (0.66%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 39 (12.83%) GitLab
2 38 (12.50%) Jenkins
3 26 (8.55%) Cypress.io
4 25 (8.22%) SonarQube
5 23 (7.57%) JIRA
5 23 (7.57%) Maven
6 17 (5.59%) Git
7 6 (1.97%) Cucumber
7 6 (1.97%) Selenium
8 3 (0.99%) Artifactory
8 3 (0.99%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.66%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.66%) JUnit
9 2 (0.66%) Postman
10 1 (0.33%) Gatling
10 1 (0.33%) JMeter
10 1 (0.33%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.33%) Zephyr
General
1 74 (24.34%) Social Skills
2 57 (18.75%) Finance
3 44 (14.47%) Public Sector
4 37 (12.17%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (10.86%) Games
6 29 (9.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (3.62%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.64%) Advertising
9 5 (1.64%) Agriculture
9 5 (1.64%) Automotive
9 5 (1.64%) Retail
10 4 (1.32%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.32%) Marketing
11 3 (0.99%) Banking
12 2 (0.66%) Back Office
12 2 (0.66%) Health Technology
12 2 (0.66%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.66%) Tech for Good
13 1 (0.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 98 (32.24%) Developer
2 70 (23.03%) Senior
3 53 (17.43%) Lead
4 34 (11.18%) Analyst
5 31 (10.20%) Java Developer
6 29 (9.54%) Business Analyst
7 25 (8.22%) Full-Stack Developer
8 22 (7.24%) Software Engineer
9 20 (6.58%) Python Developer
10 15 (4.93%) Engineering Manager
10 15 (4.93%) Senior Developer
11 13 (4.28%) .NET Developer
11 13 (4.28%) Technical Leader
12 12 (3.95%) Full-Stack Python Developer
12 12 (3.95%) Senior Analyst
12 12 (3.95%) Senior Business Analyst
12 12 (3.95%) Senior Manager
13 11 (3.62%) DevOps Engineer
14 10 (3.29%) Delivery Manager
14 10 (3.29%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (14.80%) React
2 43 (14.14%) AngularJS
3 26 (8.55%) Spring Boot
4 24 (7.89%) .NET
4 24 (7.89%) Jest
4 24 (7.89%) Node.js
4 24 (7.89%) Vue
5 22 (7.24%) Gherkin
6 18 (5.92%) ASP.NET
7 17 (5.59%) ASP.NET Core
7 17 (5.59%) CSS
7 17 (5.59%) HTML
8 16 (5.26%) RESTful
9 15 (4.93%) REST
10 13 (4.28%) GraphQL
11 12 (3.95%) .NET Core
12 11 (3.62%) Android SDK
12 11 (3.62%) Flask
13 10 (3.29%) Entity Framework
14 7 (2.30%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 34 (11.18%) Mobile App
2 23 (7.57%) Onboarding
3 21 (6.91%) Product Ownership
4 14 (4.61%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (3.95%) Cloud Native
5 12 (3.95%) Social Media
6 10 (3.29%) Data Structures
7 9 (2.96%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (2.96%) Greenfield Project
7 9 (2.96%) NHS
8 6 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.32%) Learning Management System
10 4 (1.32%) Media Streaming
11 3 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.99%) Driving Licence
11 3 (0.99%) Educational Technology
11 3 (0.99%) PKI
11 3 (0.99%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 32 (10.53%) Android
2 21 (6.91%) Apple iOS
3 11 (3.62%) Linux
4 7 (2.30%) Windows
5 6 (1.97%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (34.54%) CI/CD
2 95 (31.25%) Mentoring
3 70 (23.03%) DevOps
4 64 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
5 62 (20.39%) AI
6 53 (17.43%) Continuous Improvement
7 50 (16.45%) Roadmaps
8 47 (15.46%) Full-Stack Development
9 45 (14.80%) Coaching
9 45 (14.80%) Scrum
10 41 (13.49%) Decision-Making
10 41 (13.49%) Technical Leadership
11 40 (13.16%) Project Management
11 40 (13.16%) SDLC
12 38 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
13 36 (11.84%) Software Engineering
14 34 (11.18%) Observability
15 30 (9.87%) Acceptance Criteria
15 30 (9.87%) Test Automation
16 28 (9.21%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 70 (23.03%) Java
2 55 (18.09%) JavaScript
3 52 (17.11%) SQL
4 51 (16.78%) TypeScript
5 48 (15.79%) Python
6 43 (14.14%) C#
7 28 (9.21%) Groovy
8 24 (7.89%) Bash
9 14 (4.61%) Kotlin
10 11 (3.62%) PHP
11 6 (1.97%) Scala
12 3 (0.99%) Go
12 3 (0.99%) Ruby
13 2 (0.66%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.33%) Bicep
14 1 (0.33%) Ladder Logic
14 1 (0.33%) Perl
14 1 (0.33%) R
14 1 (0.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (8.88%) Degree
2 22 (7.24%) AWS Certification
3 20 (6.58%) Security Cleared
4 17 (5.59%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
4 17 (5.59%) ITIL Certification
4 17 (5.59%) SC Cleared
5 10 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.30%) PMI Certification
7 6 (1.97%) PMP
8 4 (1.32%) AWS Certified Developer
8 4 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.32%) CBAP
8 4 (1.32%) IIBA
9 3 (0.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.66%) APMP
10 2 (0.66%) CAPM
10 2 (0.66%) Chartered Engineer
10 2 (0.66%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.66%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.66%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (11.84%) Accessibility
2 25 (8.22%) QA
3 21 (6.91%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.64%) PMO
5 3 (0.99%) WCAG
6 2 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.66%) GDPR
6 2 (0.66%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.33%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 37 (12.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 22 (7.24%) HP Fortify
2 21 (6.91%) Terraform
3 14 (4.61%) Kubernetes
4 6 (1.97%) Ansible
5 3 (0.99%) Argo
5 3 (0.99%) Packer
6 2 (0.66%) Kibana
6 2 (0.66%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 35 (11.51%) Microsoft
2 11 (3.62%) SAP
3 7 (2.30%) ServiceNow
4 6 (1.97%) Databricks
4 6 (1.97%) TOWER Software
5 5 (1.64%) AppDynamics
5 5 (1.64%) IBM
6 4 (1.32%) Oracle
7 2 (0.66%) Avaya
7 2 (0.66%) Cisco
7 2 (0.66%) Foundry
7 2 (0.66%) Genesys
7 2 (0.66%) Google
7 2 (0.66%) Pega
7 2 (0.66%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.33%) Allen-Bradley
8 1 (0.33%) Informatica
8 1 (0.33%) Nintex
8 1 (0.33%) Palantir
8 1 (0.33%) Siemens