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 30 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 15 7
Rank change year-on-year 0 -8 -6
Permanent jobs citing Agile 268 169 285
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 6.36% 10.81% 13.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.11% 11.88% 17.24%
Number of salaries quoted 187 118 146
10th Percentile £42,000 £41,074 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,438 £47,298
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £57,732
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +8.26% -11.66%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £93,634 £84,125 £87,763
Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -6.88%

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 2,942 1,422 1,653
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 69.85% 90.98% 77.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2,242 732 941
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,875 £85,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -

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 30 September 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 30 September 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 -5 238 £65,000 - 186
Bradford -8 14 £75,000 +15.38% 24
Wakefield 0 10 £57,500 +5.50% 7
Huddersfield -11 2 £41,750 +11.33%
Elland - 2 £32,500 -
Wetherby - 1 £35,000 -
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 6 (2.24%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.87%) CMS
2 5 (1.87%) Confluence
3 3 (1.12%) IIS
4 2 (0.75%) nginx
4 2 (0.75%) WordPress
5 1 (0.37%) Apache
5 1 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.37%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.37%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.37%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 6 (2.24%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.75%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.75%) Trello
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (3.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.12%) Shopify
3 2 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.37%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 87 (32.46%) AWS
2 72 (26.87%) Azure
3 34 (12.69%) Serverless
4 28 (10.45%) AWS Lambda
5 26 (9.70%) Amazon S3
6 21 (7.84%) Azure DevOps
7 19 (7.09%) Amazon ECS
8 18 (6.72%) Amazon EC2
8 18 (6.72%) AWS CloudFormation
9 17 (6.34%) GCP
9 17 (6.34%) GitHub
10 13 (4.85%) AWS Step Functions
10 13 (4.85%) SaaS
11 11 (4.10%) GitHub Actions
12 10 (3.73%) Amazon ECR
12 10 (3.73%) Azure Data Factory
12 10 (3.73%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 9 (3.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 9 (3.36%) Amazon SQS
14 8 (2.99%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.87%) Network Security
2 4 (1.49%) DNS
2 4 (1.49%) Internet
3 2 (0.75%) BIG-IP
3 2 (0.75%) CTI
3 2 (0.75%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 2 (0.75%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 2 (0.75%) Firewall
3 2 (0.75%) HTTP
3 2 (0.75%) Profibus
3 2 (0.75%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (0.75%) VoIP
3 2 (0.75%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.60%) MongoDB
1 15 (5.60%) SQL Server
2 13 (4.85%) DynamoDB
3 12 (4.48%) Relational Database
4 11 (4.10%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (3.36%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (2.99%) BigQuery
7 7 (2.61%) Amazon Redshift
7 7 (2.61%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (1.87%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (1.87%) MySQL
9 4 (1.49%) Data Lake
9 4 (1.49%) NoSQL
10 3 (1.12%) Metadata
10 3 (1.12%) Power BI
10 3 (1.12%) Redis
10 3 (1.12%) Spark SQL
10 3 (1.12%) Tableau
11 2 (0.75%) Big Data
11 2 (0.75%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 29 (10.82%) GitLab
2 27 (10.07%) Jenkins
2 27 (10.07%) JIRA
3 17 (6.34%) Cypress.io
4 16 (5.97%) Git
5 11 (4.10%) SonarQube
6 9 (3.36%) Maven
7 7 (2.61%) JMeter
8 5 (1.87%) Postman
9 4 (1.49%) Selenium
10 3 (1.12%) Appium
10 3 (1.12%) Artifactory
10 3 (1.12%) Claude Code
10 3 (1.12%) Cucumber
10 3 (1.12%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.75%) Ranorex
12 1 (0.37%) Bitbucket
12 1 (0.37%) Zephyr
General
1 71 (26.49%) Social Skills
2 59 (22.01%) Public Sector
3 45 (16.79%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (15.67%) Finance
5 15 (5.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (4.85%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (3.36%) Advertising
7 9 (3.36%) Banking
8 5 (1.87%) Marketing
9 4 (1.49%) Back Office
9 4 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.49%) Legal
9 4 (1.49%) Retail
10 3 (1.12%) Agriculture
10 3 (1.12%) Automotive
10 3 (1.12%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.75%) Publishing
11 2 (0.75%) Tech for Good
12 1 (0.37%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.37%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 75 (27.99%) Senior
2 69 (25.75%) Developer
3 41 (15.30%) Lead
4 38 (14.18%) Analyst
5 32 (11.94%) Business Analyst
6 25 (9.33%) Software Engineer
7 21 (7.84%) Full-Stack Developer
7 21 (7.84%) Java Developer
8 16 (5.97%) DevOps Engineer
8 16 (5.97%) Senior Developer
9 14 (5.22%) Python Developer
10 13 (4.85%) Architect
10 13 (4.85%) Senior Software Engineer
11 12 (4.48%) .NET Developer
12 9 (3.36%) Data Engineer
12 9 (3.36%) Senior Manager
12 9 (3.36%) Technical Architect
12 9 (3.36%) Test Engineer
13 8 (2.99%) AWS Engineer
13 8 (2.99%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (12.31%) .NET
1 33 (12.31%) React
2 29 (10.82%) AngularJS
3 28 (10.45%) Node.js
4 21 (7.84%) Terraform
5 19 (7.09%) Spring Boot
6 18 (6.72%) RESTful
7 17 (6.34%) REST
8 16 (5.97%) ASP.NET
9 15 (5.60%) ASP.NET Core
10 13 (4.85%) CSS
10 13 (4.85%) Gherkin
10 13 (4.85%) Spring
11 12 (4.48%) .NET Core
11 12 (4.48%) HTML
11 12 (4.48%) Playwright
12 10 (3.73%) Jest
12 10 (3.73%) Vue
13 9 (3.36%) Entity Framework
14 8 (2.99%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.46%) Cloud Native
2 18 (6.72%) Product Ownership
3 7 (2.61%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (2.61%) Data Structures
3 7 (2.61%) Greenfield Project
3 7 (2.61%) Mobile App
4 6 (2.24%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (2.24%) Driving Licence
4 6 (2.24%) NHS
5 5 (1.87%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.49%) Learning Management System
6 4 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.49%) Media Streaming
6 4 (1.49%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.12%) Educational Technology
7 3 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.12%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.12%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.85%) Linux
2 8 (2.99%) Unix
2 8 (2.99%) Windows
3 1 (0.37%) Android
3 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (29.10%) CI/CD
2 69 (25.75%) DevOps
2 69 (25.75%) Mentoring
3 67 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 54 (20.15%) Problem-Solving
5 51 (19.03%) Coaching
6 49 (18.28%) Scrum
7 44 (16.42%) Stakeholder Management
8 43 (16.04%) Full-Stack Development
9 42 (15.67%) Software Engineering
10 37 (13.81%) Microservices
11 36 (13.43%) SDLC
12 35 (13.06%) AI
12 35 (13.06%) Test Automation
13 31 (11.57%) Technical Leadership
14 30 (11.19%) Acceptance Criteria
15 29 (10.82%) Kanban
16 27 (10.07%) Roadmaps
17 25 (9.33%) Waterfall
18 24 (8.96%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 56 (20.90%) SQL
2 49 (18.28%) Java
3 45 (16.79%) JavaScript
4 44 (16.42%) Python
5 42 (15.67%) C#
6 40 (14.93%) TypeScript
7 14 (5.22%) Groovy
8 12 (4.48%) Bash
9 8 (2.99%) PHP
10 7 (2.61%) Scala
11 6 (2.24%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.12%) C++
12 3 (1.12%) Ruby
13 2 (0.75%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.75%) Ladder Logic
13 2 (0.75%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.37%) Bicep
14 1 (0.37%) Go
14 1 (0.37%) R
14 1 (0.37%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (7.84%) Security Cleared
2 19 (7.09%) Degree
3 17 (6.34%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.36%) AWS Certification
4 9 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.61%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 7 (2.61%) ITIL Certification
6 6 (2.24%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.87%) PMP
8 4 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.49%) Chartered Engineer
9 2 (0.75%) APMP
9 2 (0.75%) CAPM
9 2 (0.75%) PgMP
10 1 (0.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.37%) CBAP
10 1 (0.37%) CSPO
10 1 (0.37%) IIBA
10 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.37%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (10.82%) QA
2 17 (6.34%) Data Quality
3 16 (5.97%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.87%) WCAG
5 4 (1.49%) PMO
6 2 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.75%) IEC 61131
7 1 (0.37%) GRC
System Software
1 26 (9.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (6.34%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.99%) Ansible
2 8 (2.99%) HP Fortify
3 3 (1.12%) Argo
3 3 (1.12%) Packer
4 2 (0.75%) Grafana
4 2 (0.75%) Kibana
4 2 (0.75%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.75%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 42 (15.67%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.85%) SAP
3 7 (2.61%) Databricks
3 7 (2.61%) Oracle
4 5 (1.87%) AppDynamics
4 5 (1.87%) Google
4 5 (1.87%) IBM
4 5 (1.87%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.49%) TOWER Software
6 3 (1.12%) Adobe
6 3 (1.12%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.75%) Allen-Bradley
7 2 (0.75%) Avaya
7 2 (0.75%) Cisco
7 2 (0.75%) F5
7 2 (0.75%) Foundry
7 2 (0.75%) Genesys
7 2 (0.75%) Informatica
7 2 (0.75%) Pega
7 2 (0.75%) Siemens