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 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 7 1
Rank change year-on-year -2 -6 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 204 264 815
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 11.96% 13.95% 38.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.38% 18.01% 39.91%
Number of salaries quoted 151 120 654
10th Percentile £41,074 £41,250 £43,400
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,732 £65,351
Median % change year-on-year +8.26% -11.66% +8.92%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £82,548
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £92,330
Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% +8.70%

All Process and 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 1,525 1,466 2,042
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 89.39% 77.44% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 841 779 1,496
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,074
25th Percentile £39,750 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £72,433
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £87,419
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -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 4 November 2025.

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 4 November 2025. 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 -2 162 £62,733 +7.30% 65
Bradford +2 26 £72,500 +31.82% 14
Wakefield -8 2 £54,500 +9.00% 1
Huddersfield 0 1 £37,500 -21.81% 1
Halifax - 1 - - 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 9 (4.41%) Confluence
2 6 (2.94%) Apache
2 6 (2.94%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.96%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.47%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.98%) CMS
5 2 (0.98%) Drupal
5 2 (0.98%) EPiServer
5 2 (0.98%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.49%) FileNet
6 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.49%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.49%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (4.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.92%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.98%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.49%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (3.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.49%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.49%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.49%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.49%) Primavera
2 1 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.49%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 72 (35.29%) AWS
2 56 (27.45%) Azure
3 23 (11.27%) Serverless
4 19 (9.31%) SaaS
5 17 (8.33%) GitHub
6 16 (7.84%) GCP
7 12 (5.88%) Amazon S3
8 11 (5.39%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (4.90%) AWS CloudFormation
10 9 (4.41%) Amazon EKS
11 8 (3.92%) AWS Lambda
12 7 (3.43%) AWS Step Functions
12 7 (3.43%) dbt
12 7 (3.43%) Power Platform
13 6 (2.94%) Amazon ECS
14 5 (2.45%) Amazon SQS
14 5 (2.45%) GitHub Actions
15 3 (1.47%) Azure Data Factory
15 3 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
15 3 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.47%) Firewall
2 2 (0.98%) AMQP
2 2 (0.98%) DNS
3 1 (0.49%) BGP
3 1 (0.49%) Network Security
3 1 (0.49%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.49%) VPN
3 1 (0.49%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.88%) DynamoDB
2 11 (5.39%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (4.90%) Data Lake
4 9 (4.41%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (3.92%) NoSQL
5 8 (3.92%) Relational Database
6 7 (3.43%) SQL Server
7 6 (2.94%) Amazon Redshift
8 5 (2.45%) Power BI
9 4 (1.96%) BusinessObjects
9 4 (1.96%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.96%) MySQL
10 3 (1.47%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (1.47%) Apache Iceberg
10 3 (1.47%) Data Vault
11 2 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.98%) Metadata
11 2 (0.98%) Spark SQL
11 2 (0.98%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (8.33%) Git
2 15 (7.35%) JIRA
3 12 (5.88%) Jenkins
4 7 (3.43%) GitLab
5 2 (0.98%) Grunt
5 2 (0.98%) gulp
5 2 (0.98%) Storybook
5 2 (0.98%) webpack
6 1 (0.49%) Appium
6 1 (0.49%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.49%) Postman
6 1 (0.49%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.49%) Selenium
General
1 73 (35.78%) Social Skills
2 43 (21.08%) Finance
3 26 (12.75%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (7.84%) Public Sector
5 12 (5.88%) Legal
5 12 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (4.90%) Retail
7 8 (3.92%) Marketing
8 7 (3.43%) Banking
8 7 (3.43%) Law
9 5 (2.45%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.45%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.98%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.49%) Advertising
12 1 (0.49%) Electronics
12 1 (0.49%) Local Government
12 1 (0.49%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 43 (21.08%) Senior
2 35 (17.16%) Developer
3 23 (11.27%) Lead
4 16 (7.84%) Analyst
5 13 (6.37%) Data Engineer
6 12 (5.88%) Architect
6 12 (5.88%) Python Developer
7 10 (4.90%) Project Manager
7 10 (4.90%) Software Engineer
8 9 (4.41%) Business Analyst
8 9 (4.41%) Consultant
8 9 (4.41%) DevOps Engineer
9 8 (3.92%) Development Manager
9 8 (3.92%) Senior Data Engineer
9 8 (3.92%) Senior Developer
9 8 (3.92%) Software Developer
10 6 (2.94%) Java Developer
10 6 (2.94%) Lead Developer
10 6 (2.94%) Principal Consultant
10 6 (2.94%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (18.63%) React
2 23 (11.27%) CSS
3 22 (10.78%) .NET
4 21 (10.29%) HTML
5 20 (9.80%) REST
6 19 (9.31%) Node.js
7 15 (7.35%) Django
7 15 (7.35%) FastAPI
7 15 (7.35%) Flask
8 13 (6.37%) RESTful
9 12 (5.88%) Vue
10 10 (4.90%) GraphQL
11 8 (3.92%) Spring
11 8 (3.92%) Spring Boot
12 7 (3.43%) ASP.NET
13 6 (2.94%) AngularJS
14 5 (2.45%) .NET Core
14 5 (2.45%) ASP.NET Core
14 5 (2.45%) React Native
14 5 (2.45%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.29%) Cloud Native
2 18 (8.82%) Product Ownership
3 16 (7.84%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (3.92%) Data Structures
5 7 (3.43%) NHS
6 6 (2.94%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.96%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (1.96%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.96%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.47%) Mainframe
8 3 (1.47%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.47%) Social Media
9 2 (0.98%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.98%) Distributed Architecture
9 2 (0.98%) Graphic Design
9 2 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.49%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.49%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.98%) Linux
1 2 (0.98%) Mac OS
1 2 (0.98%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (30.39%) CI/CD
2 59 (28.92%) Mentoring
3 54 (26.47%) DevOps
4 48 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 45 (22.06%) Problem-Solving
6 40 (19.61%) Software Engineering
7 37 (18.14%) Infrastructure as Code
8 34 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
9 31 (15.20%) Coaching
10 29 (14.22%) Scrum
11 28 (13.73%) Project Management
12 26 (12.75%) Microservices
13 25 (12.25%) Decision-Making
14 23 (11.27%) Waterfall
15 21 (10.29%) PRINCE2
16 20 (9.80%) SDLC
16 20 (9.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 19 (9.31%) Design Patterns
17 19 (9.31%) Project Delivery
18 18 (8.82%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 44 (21.57%) JavaScript
2 43 (21.08%) SQL
3 37 (18.14%) Python
4 22 (10.78%) TypeScript
5 17 (8.33%) C#
6 16 (7.84%) Java
7 5 (2.45%) PHP
7 5 (2.45%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.96%) Bash
9 3 (1.47%) ABAP
9 3 (1.47%) Apex Code
9 3 (1.47%) COBOL
10 2 (0.98%) Go
10 2 (0.98%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.98%) Scala
10 2 (0.98%) SOQL
11 1 (0.49%) Bicep
11 1 (0.49%) R
11 1 (0.49%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (7.35%) Degree
2 14 (6.86%) Security Cleared
3 12 (5.88%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 4 (1.96%) ACCA
6 3 (1.47%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.98%) AWS Certified Developer
7 2 (0.98%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.49%) APMG
8 1 (0.49%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.49%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.49%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.43%) QA
2 5 (2.45%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.96%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.96%) GAAP
3 4 (1.96%) GDPR
3 4 (1.96%) IFRS
4 3 (1.47%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.47%) PMO
5 2 (0.98%) P3O
5 2 (0.98%) SLA
6 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.49%) NCSC
System Software
1 31 (15.20%) Docker
2 2 (0.98%) Squid
3 1 (0.49%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 41 (20.10%) Terraform
2 17 (8.33%) Kubernetes
3 8 (3.92%) Ansible
4 5 (2.45%) Grafana
4 5 (2.45%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.98%) Kibana
6 1 (0.49%) Automic
6 1 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.88%) Databricks
2 12 (5.88%) SAP
3 8 (3.92%) Salesforce
4 4 (1.96%) Oracle
5 3 (1.47%) iManage
5 3 (1.47%) Intapp
5 3 (1.47%) Pega
5 3 (1.47%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.47%) WSO2
6 2 (0.98%) New Relic
6 2 (0.98%) Nexthink
7 1 (0.49%) Blue Prism
7 1 (0.49%) Broadcom
7 1 (0.49%) ESRI
7 1 (0.49%) Google
7 1 (0.49%) IBM
7 1 (0.49%) Meraki
7 1 (0.49%) Sage
7 1 (0.49%) TOWER Software