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 23 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 7 8
Rank change year-on-year -6 +1 -7
Permanent jobs citing Agile 315 216 452
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 8.75% 15.48% 14.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.72% 16.46% 17.78%
Number of salaries quoted 202 141 316
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £39,875
25th Percentile £50,000 £49,118 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £71,991 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.18% +25.20% -11.54%
75th Percentile £77,500 £91,934 £75,193
90th Percentile £94,750 £98,474 £87,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +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 2,477 1,312 2,542
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 68.84% 94.05% 80.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,862 737 1,880
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,750 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,886 £69,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £84,964
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 23 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 23 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 -3 276 £63,076 -8.25% 49
Bradford -6 12 £70,148 -3.24% 7
Elland - 7 £32,500 -
Wakefield -7 5 £57,500 -9.80% 3
Huddersfield - 3 £51,500 -
Ossett - 3 - -
Brighouse - 2 £42,500 -
Dewsbury - 2 - -
Pudsey - 2 - -
Pontefract +6 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 4 (1.27%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.95%) Apache
2 3 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (0.95%) Apache Spark
2 3 (0.95%) Confluence
2 3 (0.95%) JBoss
3 2 (0.63%) CMS
3 2 (0.63%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.32%) IIS
4 1 (0.32%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 8 (2.54%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.95%) Trello
3 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.63%) Sketch
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.59%) SAP ERP
3 4 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.63%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 97 (30.79%) AWS
2 70 (22.22%) Azure
3 49 (15.56%) Serverless
4 40 (12.70%) AWS Lambda
5 36 (11.43%) Amazon ECS
5 36 (11.43%) Amazon S3
6 30 (9.52%) AWS CloudFormation
7 28 (8.89%) AWS Step Functions
8 27 (8.57%) Amazon ECR
8 27 (8.57%) Apigee
9 25 (7.94%) Amazon SQS
10 17 (5.40%) GCP
11 14 (4.44%) Power Platform
12 12 (3.81%) Azure DevOps
12 12 (3.81%) SaaS
13 11 (3.49%) GitHub
14 9 (2.86%) Amazon EKS
14 9 (2.86%) Azure Data Factory
15 8 (2.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 8 (2.54%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 33 (10.48%) Broadband
2 4 (1.27%) HTTP
3 2 (0.63%) Internet
3 2 (0.63%) VPN
4 1 (0.32%) DNS
4 1 (0.32%) Profibus
4 1 (0.32%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (11.11%) DynamoDB
2 13 (4.13%) MongoDB
3 12 (3.81%) NoSQL
4 10 (3.17%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (2.86%) BigQuery
5 9 (2.86%) Metadata
5 9 (2.86%) SQL Server
6 8 (2.54%) Amazon Redshift
6 8 (2.54%) MySQL
6 8 (2.54%) Relational Database
7 7 (2.22%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (1.59%) Data Lake
8 5 (1.59%) Power BI
8 5 (1.59%) Tableau
9 3 (0.95%) Amazon QuickSight
9 3 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.63%) Big Data
10 2 (0.63%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 46 (14.60%) GitLab
2 44 (13.97%) Jenkins
3 31 (9.84%) Cypress.io
4 30 (9.52%) SonarQube
5 28 (8.89%) Maven
6 20 (6.35%) JIRA
7 16 (5.08%) Git
8 6 (1.90%) Cucumber
8 6 (1.90%) Selenium
9 3 (0.95%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.63%) Claude Code
10 2 (0.63%) JUnit
10 2 (0.63%) Postman
11 1 (0.32%) Gatling
11 1 (0.32%) JMeter
11 1 (0.32%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.32%) Zephyr
General
1 73 (23.17%) Social Skills
2 55 (17.46%) Finance
3 49 (15.56%) Public Sector
4 37 (11.75%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (10.48%) Games
6 24 (7.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (1.59%) Agriculture
8 5 (1.59%) Automotive
8 5 (1.59%) Marketing
9 4 (1.27%) Advertising
9 4 (1.27%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.27%) Retail
10 3 (0.95%) Banking
11 2 (0.63%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.63%) Tech for Good
12 1 (0.32%) Back Office
12 1 (0.32%) Law
12 1 (0.32%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 98 (31.11%) Developer
2 76 (24.13%) Senior
3 55 (17.46%) Lead
4 38 (12.06%) Java Developer
5 31 (9.84%) Analyst
6 26 (8.25%) Business Analyst
7 24 (7.62%) Full-Stack Developer
8 22 (6.98%) Software Engineer
9 20 (6.35%) Python Developer
10 17 (5.40%) Senior Manager
11 16 (5.08%) Senior Developer
12 14 (4.44%) Engineering Manager
13 12 (3.81%) Full-Stack Python Developer
13 12 (3.81%) Software Developer
14 11 (3.49%) Architect
14 11 (3.49%) Delivery Manager
14 11 (3.49%) Technical Leader
15 10 (3.17%) Data Engineer
15 10 (3.17%) Senior Analyst
15 10 (3.17%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (14.29%) AngularJS
2 41 (13.02%) React
3 33 (10.48%) Spring Boot
4 28 (8.89%) Jest
5 27 (8.57%) Gherkin
6 22 (6.98%) Node.js
6 22 (6.98%) Vue
7 18 (5.71%) .NET
7 18 (5.71%) REST
8 14 (4.44%) GraphQL
9 13 (4.13%) CSS
9 13 (4.13%) HTML
9 13 (4.13%) RESTful
10 12 (3.81%) ASP.NET
11 11 (3.49%) Android SDK
11 11 (3.49%) ASP.NET Core
11 11 (3.49%) Flask
12 9 (2.86%) .NET Core
13 8 (2.54%) Spring
14 7 (2.22%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 33 (10.48%) Mobile App
2 23 (7.30%) Onboarding
3 21 (6.67%) Product Ownership
4 16 (5.08%) Data Structures
5 14 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (3.81%) Cloud Native
6 12 (3.81%) Legacy Systems
6 12 (3.81%) Social Media
7 7 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (2.22%) NHS
8 6 (1.90%) Low-Code
9 5 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.59%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.27%) Media Streaming
10 4 (1.27%) PKI
11 3 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.95%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 32 (10.16%) Android
2 21 (6.67%) Apple iOS
3 8 (2.54%) Linux
4 5 (1.59%) Windows
5 4 (1.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (35.24%) CI/CD
2 102 (32.38%) Mentoring
3 72 (22.86%) DevOps
4 66 (20.95%) Problem-Solving
5 55 (17.46%) AI
6 51 (16.19%) Continuous Improvement
7 49 (15.56%) Coaching
7 49 (15.56%) SDLC
8 46 (14.60%) Stakeholder Management
9 45 (14.29%) Roadmaps
10 42 (13.33%) Full-Stack Development
11 40 (12.70%) Project Management
12 39 (12.38%) Scrum
13 38 (12.06%) Decision-Making
14 37 (11.75%) Technical Leadership
15 35 (11.11%) Observability
15 35 (11.11%) Software Engineering
16 29 (9.21%) ITIL
17 28 (8.89%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
17 28 (8.89%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 76 (24.13%) Java
2 55 (17.46%) TypeScript
3 50 (15.87%) JavaScript
4 46 (14.60%) SQL
5 44 (13.97%) Python
6 37 (11.75%) C#
7 32 (10.16%) Groovy
8 29 (9.21%) Bash
9 14 (4.44%) Kotlin
10 10 (3.17%) PHP
11 4 (1.27%) Scala
11 4 (1.27%) VBA
12 3 (0.95%) Go
13 2 (0.63%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.63%) Ruby
14 1 (0.32%) Bicep
14 1 (0.32%) Ladder Logic
14 1 (0.32%) Perl
14 1 (0.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (9.52%) AWS Certification
2 28 (8.89%) Degree
3 22 (6.98%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
3 22 (6.98%) ITIL Certification
4 20 (6.35%) Security Cleared
5 18 (5.71%) SC Cleared
6 12 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.59%) IIBA
7 5 (1.59%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.27%) AWS Certified Developer
8 4 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.27%) CBAP
8 4 (1.27%) PMP
9 3 (0.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.63%) APMP
10 2 (0.63%) CAPM
10 2 (0.63%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.63%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.63%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.63%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (10.16%) Accessibility
2 27 (8.57%) QA
3 26 (8.25%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.59%) PMO
5 2 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.63%) GDPR
5 2 (0.63%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.32%) IEC 61131
6 1 (0.32%) WCAG
System Software
1 44 (13.97%) Docker
Systems Management
1 27 (8.57%) HP Fortify
2 24 (7.62%) Terraform
3 15 (4.76%) Kubernetes
4 8 (2.54%) Ansible
5 3 (0.95%) Argo
5 3 (0.95%) Packer
6 2 (0.63%) Grafana
6 2 (0.63%) Kibana
6 2 (0.63%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.32%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 29 (9.21%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.44%) SAP
3 7 (2.22%) ServiceNow
4 6 (1.90%) TOWER Software
5 5 (1.59%) AppDynamics
5 5 (1.59%) Databricks
5 5 (1.59%) IBM
6 4 (1.27%) Google
7 2 (0.63%) Oracle
7 2 (0.63%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.32%) Allen-Bradley
8 1 (0.32%) Foundry
8 1 (0.32%) Informatica
8 1 (0.32%) Nintex
8 1 (0.32%) Palantir
8 1 (0.32%) Pega
8 1 (0.32%) Progress
8 1 (0.32%) Siemens