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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 11 9
Rank change year-on-year -3 -2 -8
Permanent jobs citing Agile 283 184 306
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 6.86% 12.16% 12.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.96% 13.49% 16.43%
Number of salaries quoted 204 130 185
10th Percentile £38,836 £41,074 £40,988
25th Percentile £50,000 £49,418 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,788 £61,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.14% +11.36% -15.47%
75th Percentile £76,544 £75,000 £71,991
90th Percentile £91,750 £91,250 £87,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £57,973 £62,500 £57,100
% change year-on-year -7.24% +9.46% -4.83%

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 2,840 1,364 1,862
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 68.85% 90.15% 77.78%
Number of salaries quoted 2,192 777 1,195
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,900 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,250 £69,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,650 £82,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £52,130 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.75% -5.00% -4.76%

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 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 3 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 -8 244 £65,000 +4.00% 166
Bradford -13 13 £75,000 +3.45% 3
Wakefield -3 9 £57,500 +5.50% 5
Elland - 7 £32,500 -
Huddersfield -9 3 £51,500 +37.33% 3
Brighouse - 2 £42,500 -
Halifax -7 1 - -
Dewsbury - 1 - -
Wetherby - 1 £35,000 -
Ossett - 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 7 (2.47%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.77%) CMS
2 5 (1.77%) Confluence
3 3 (1.06%) IIS
4 2 (0.71%) WordPress
5 1 (0.35%) Apache
5 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.35%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.35%) JBoss
5 1 (0.35%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 10 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.71%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.71%) Trello
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (3.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.06%) Shopify
3 2 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.35%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 82 (28.98%) AWS
2 77 (27.21%) Azure
3 33 (11.66%) Serverless
4 28 (9.89%) AWS Lambda
5 22 (7.77%) Amazon S3
6 21 (7.42%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (7.07%) Amazon ECS
7 20 (7.07%) AWS CloudFormation
8 17 (6.01%) AWS Step Functions
8 17 (6.01%) GCP
9 13 (4.59%) Amazon ECR
9 13 (4.59%) Apigee
9 13 (4.59%) GitHub
10 12 (4.24%) Amazon SQS
11 11 (3.89%) Amazon EC2
11 11 (3.89%) SaaS
12 8 (2.83%) Azure Data Factory
12 8 (2.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 7 (2.47%) Amazon EKS
13 7 (2.47%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.12%) Broadband
2 4 (1.41%) Internet
3 3 (1.06%) HTTP
3 3 (1.06%) Network Security
4 2 (0.71%) CTI
4 2 (0.71%) DNS
4 2 (0.71%) Profibus
4 2 (0.71%) VoIP
4 2 (0.71%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.01%) DynamoDB
2 15 (5.30%) MongoDB
3 12 (4.24%) SQL Server
4 10 (3.53%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (3.18%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (3.18%) BigQuery
6 8 (2.83%) Amazon Redshift
6 8 (2.83%) Relational Database
7 6 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (1.77%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (1.77%) MySQL
9 4 (1.41%) NoSQL
10 3 (1.06%) Metadata
10 3 (1.06%) Redis
10 3 (1.06%) Spark SQL
10 3 (1.06%) Tableau
11 2 (0.71%) Big Data
11 2 (0.71%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.71%) Power BI
12 1 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 26 (9.19%) GitLab
1 26 (9.19%) Jenkins
2 23 (8.13%) JIRA
3 18 (6.36%) Cypress.io
4 16 (5.65%) Git
4 16 (5.65%) SonarQube
5 14 (4.95%) Maven
6 5 (1.77%) Selenium
7 4 (1.41%) Cucumber
8 3 (1.06%) Artifactory
8 3 (1.06%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.71%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.35%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.35%) Gatling
10 1 (0.35%) JMeter
10 1 (0.35%) JUnit
10 1 (0.35%) Postman
10 1 (0.35%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.35%) Zephyr
General
1 72 (25.44%) Social Skills
2 55 (19.43%) Public Sector
3 52 (18.37%) Finance
4 40 (14.13%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (9.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (4.24%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (3.18%) Advertising
8 6 (2.12%) Banking
8 6 (2.12%) Games
8 6 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.77%) Agriculture
9 5 (1.77%) Automotive
9 5 (1.77%) Marketing
10 4 (1.41%) Back Office
10 4 (1.41%) Retail
11 3 (1.06%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.06%) Legal
11 3 (1.06%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.71%) Publishing
12 2 (0.71%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 85 (30.04%) Developer
2 79 (27.92%) Senior
3 43 (15.19%) Lead
4 42 (14.84%) Analyst
5 37 (13.07%) Business Analyst
6 25 (8.83%) Full-Stack Developer
7 24 (8.48%) Java Developer
8 23 (8.13%) Software Engineer
9 17 (6.01%) Python Developer
9 17 (6.01%) Senior Developer
10 14 (4.95%) .NET Developer
11 13 (4.59%) Senior Analyst
11 13 (4.59%) Senior Business Analyst
12 11 (3.89%) Architect
12 11 (3.89%) DevOps Engineer
12 11 (3.89%) Senior Manager
12 11 (3.89%) Software Developer
13 10 (3.53%) Data Engineer
13 10 (3.53%) Senior Software Engineer
14 9 (3.18%) Full-Stack Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (13.78%) AngularJS
2 38 (13.43%) React
3 33 (11.66%) .NET
4 25 (8.83%) Node.js
5 21 (7.42%) Spring Boot
5 21 (7.42%) Vue
6 19 (6.71%) Terraform
7 18 (6.36%) ASP.NET
7 18 (6.36%) CSS
8 17 (6.01%) ASP.NET Core
8 17 (6.01%) HTML
9 16 (5.65%) RESTful
10 15 (5.30%) Jest
11 14 (4.95%) .NET Core
11 14 (4.95%) REST
12 13 (4.59%) Gherkin
13 11 (3.89%) Entity Framework
13 11 (3.89%) Flask
14 10 (3.53%) Spring
15 8 (2.83%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.36%) Cloud Native
2 17 (6.01%) Product Ownership
3 12 (4.24%) Mobile App
4 11 (3.89%) Data Structures
5 8 (2.83%) NHS
5 8 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (2.47%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.12%) Social Media
8 5 (1.77%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.77%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.41%) Learning Management System
9 4 (1.41%) Media Streaming
10 3 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.06%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.06%) PKI
10 3 (1.06%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.59%) Linux
2 8 (2.83%) Unix
2 8 (2.83%) Windows
3 6 (2.12%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (28.27%) Mentoring
2 79 (27.92%) CI/CD
3 68 (24.03%) DevOps
4 65 (22.97%) Continuous Improvement
5 59 (20.85%) Problem-Solving
6 51 (18.02%) Coaching
7 46 (16.25%) Full-Stack Development
8 45 (15.90%) Scrum
9 41 (14.49%) Stakeholder Management
10 39 (13.78%) Software Engineering
11 37 (13.07%) SDLC
12 36 (12.72%) AI
13 32 (11.31%) Acceptance Criteria
14 31 (10.95%) Microservices
14 31 (10.95%) Technical Leadership
14 31 (10.95%) Waterfall
15 29 (10.25%) Decision-Making
16 28 (9.89%) Test Automation
17 27 (9.54%) Roadmaps
18 26 (9.19%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 59 (20.85%) SQL
2 58 (20.49%) Java
3 50 (17.67%) C#
3 50 (17.67%) JavaScript
4 45 (15.90%) TypeScript
5 43 (15.19%) Python
6 19 (6.71%) Groovy
7 15 (5.30%) Bash
8 11 (3.89%) Kotlin
9 10 (3.53%) PHP
10 7 (2.47%) Scala
11 3 (1.06%) C++
11 3 (1.06%) Ruby
12 2 (0.71%) Ladder Logic
12 2 (0.71%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.35%) Bicep
13 1 (0.35%) Go
13 1 (0.35%) Perl
13 1 (0.35%) R
13 1 (0.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (8.48%) Degree
2 17 (6.01%) Security Cleared
3 14 (4.95%) AWS Certification
3 14 (4.95%) SC Cleared
4 11 (3.89%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
4 11 (3.89%) ITIL Certification
5 9 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.12%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.77%) PMP
8 4 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.41%) CBAP
8 4 (1.41%) Chartered Engineer
8 4 (1.41%) IIBA
9 2 (0.71%) APMP
9 2 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.71%) CAPM
9 2 (0.71%) PgMP
10 1 (0.35%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.35%) CSPO
10 1 (0.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.83%) QA
2 24 (8.48%) Data Quality
3 18 (6.36%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.77%) WCAG
5 4 (1.41%) PMO
6 2 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.71%) IEC 61131
7 1 (0.35%) GDPR
7 1 (0.35%) GRC
7 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 32 (11.31%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (4.95%) Kubernetes
2 13 (4.59%) HP Fortify
3 6 (2.12%) Ansible
4 3 (1.06%) Argo
4 3 (1.06%) Packer
5 2 (0.71%) Kibana
5 2 (0.71%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 42 (14.84%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.59%) SAP
3 7 (2.47%) Oracle
4 6 (2.12%) Databricks
4 6 (2.12%) TOWER Software
5 5 (1.77%) AppDynamics
5 5 (1.77%) Google
5 5 (1.77%) IBM
5 5 (1.77%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.06%) Adobe
6 3 (1.06%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.71%) Allen-Bradley
7 2 (0.71%) Avaya
7 2 (0.71%) Cisco
7 2 (0.71%) Foundry
7 2 (0.71%) Genesys
7 2 (0.71%) Pega
7 2 (0.71%) Siemens
8 1 (0.35%) Guidewire
8 1 (0.35%) Palantir