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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 3 1
Rank change year-on-year -4 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 275 283 664
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 13.84% 20.37% 27.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.50% 22.68% 30.36%
Number of salaries quoted 174 137 572
10th Percentile £44,980 £42,500 £42,725
25th Percentile £57,500 £47,231 £50,557
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,066
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.74% +1.62%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,500 £98,474 £92,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -4.00%

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 1,571 1,248 2,187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 79.06% 89.85% 90.33%
Number of salaries quoted 934 624 1,699
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,575 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,625 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,233 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% - -2.22%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,775 £87,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +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 31 January 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 31 January 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 -3 241 £65,000 -3.70% 60
Bradford -4 21 £72,500 +31.82% 10
Halifax -1 1 - - 1
Huddersfield -9 1 £55,000 -4.35% 1
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 10 (3.64%) OpenStack
2 9 (3.27%) Confluence
3 6 (2.18%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.82%) Apache
5 4 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.73%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.36%) CMS
7 1 (0.36%) Drupal
7 1 (0.36%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.36%) FileNet
7 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.36%) Umbraco
Applications
1 9 (3.27%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (3.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (2.91%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.36%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 14 (5.09%) SAP ERP
2 9 (3.27%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.73%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 126 (45.82%) AWS
2 68 (24.73%) Azure
3 65 (23.64%) Serverless
4 50 (18.18%) Amazon S3
5 39 (14.18%) AWS Lambda
6 35 (12.73%) AWS CloudFormation
7 34 (12.36%) Amazon ECS
7 34 (12.36%) AWS Step Functions
8 33 (12.00%) SaaS
9 30 (10.91%) Amazon SQS
10 24 (8.73%) GitHub
11 21 (7.64%) Amazon ECR
11 21 (7.64%) Apigee
12 16 (5.82%) Amazon EKS
13 14 (5.09%) Azure DevOps
13 14 (5.09%) GCP
14 11 (4.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 11 (4.00%) Amazon EventBridge
14 11 (4.00%) GitHub Actions
15 9 (3.27%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.55%) Broadband
2 2 (0.73%) DNS
3 1 (0.36%) Firewall
3 1 (0.36%) Network Security
3 1 (0.36%) SSL
3 1 (0.36%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (16.73%) DynamoDB
2 31 (11.27%) SQL Server
3 21 (7.64%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (7.27%) NoSQL
5 13 (4.73%) Relational Database
6 10 (3.64%) Metadata
7 8 (2.91%) Data Lake
7 8 (2.91%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (2.18%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (1.82%) BusinessObjects
10 3 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (1.09%) Data Vault
10 3 (1.09%) Power BI
10 3 (1.09%) RDBMS
10 3 (1.09%) Spark SQL
10 3 (1.09%) Tableau
11 2 (0.73%) Amazon Aurora
11 2 (0.73%) Apache Iceberg
11 2 (0.73%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.73%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 33 (12.00%) Jenkins
2 32 (11.64%) GitLab
3 28 (10.18%) Git
4 21 (7.64%) Cypress.io
4 21 (7.64%) Maven
4 21 (7.64%) SonarQube
5 9 (3.27%) JIRA
6 2 (0.73%) Selenium
6 2 (0.73%) Storybook
7 1 (0.36%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.36%) Grunt
7 1 (0.36%) gulp
7 1 (0.36%) JUnit
7 1 (0.36%) webpack
General
1 91 (33.09%) Social Skills
2 40 (14.55%) Finance
3 33 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (11.27%) Public Sector
5 12 (4.36%) Retail
6 11 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (3.64%) Marketing
8 9 (3.27%) Games
9 6 (2.18%) Legal
10 4 (1.45%) Advertising
11 3 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.73%) Banking
12 2 (0.73%) Law
13 1 (0.36%) Digital Health
13 1 (0.36%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.36%) Fire and Rescue
13 1 (0.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.36%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 67 (24.36%) Developer
2 59 (21.45%) Senior
3 38 (13.82%) Lead
4 25 (9.09%) Java Developer
5 22 (8.00%) Development Manager
6 18 (6.55%) Analyst
6 18 (6.55%) Software Development Manager
6 18 (6.55%) Software Manager
7 16 (5.82%) Python Developer
8 15 (5.45%) Business Analyst
9 14 (5.09%) .NET Development Manager
10 13 (4.73%) Architect
10 13 (4.73%) Senior Manager
11 12 (4.36%) AWS Developer
12 11 (4.00%) Data Engineer
12 11 (4.00%) Full-Stack Developer
12 11 (4.00%) Project Manager
12 11 (4.00%) Software Engineer
13 10 (3.64%) .NET Developer
14 9 (3.27%) QA Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (20.36%) React
2 38 (13.82%) .NET
3 33 (12.00%) Spring Boot
4 28 (10.18%) REST
5 27 (9.82%) Node.js
6 26 (9.45%) AngularJS
7 21 (7.64%) CSS
7 21 (7.64%) Gherkin
7 21 (7.64%) Jest
8 19 (6.91%) HTML
8 19 (6.91%) Spring
9 15 (5.45%) ASP.NET
9 15 (5.45%) Django
9 15 (5.45%) FastAPI
9 15 (5.45%) Flask
10 14 (5.09%) RESTful
10 14 (5.09%) Vue
11 13 (4.73%) .NET Core
11 13 (4.73%) ASP.NET Core
11 13 (4.73%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.45%) Cloud Native
2 21 (7.64%) Data Structures
3 20 (7.27%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (4.00%) Product Ownership
5 9 (3.27%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.55%) Legacy Applications
6 7 (2.55%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.55%) Mobile App
7 6 (2.18%) NHS
8 5 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.45%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.45%) Social Media
10 3 (1.09%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.73%) Educational Technology
11 2 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.73%) Mainframe
11 2 (0.73%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.73%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.55%) Android
1 7 (2.55%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.73%) Linux
2 2 (0.73%) Mac OS
2 2 (0.73%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (38.55%) CI/CD
2 87 (31.64%) Mentoring
3 85 (30.91%) DevOps
4 75 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 60 (21.82%) Problem-Solving
6 56 (20.36%) Stakeholder Management
7 53 (19.27%) Software Engineering
8 47 (17.09%) SDLC
9 45 (16.36%) Infrastructure as Code
10 43 (15.64%) Coaching
11 42 (15.27%) Microservices
12 34 (12.36%) Project Management
12 34 (12.36%) Scrum
13 33 (12.00%) Waterfall
14 27 (9.82%) Decision-Making
15 26 (9.45%) Project Delivery
15 26 (9.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 25 (9.09%) Full-Stack Development
17 23 (8.36%) Data Modelling
17 23 (8.36%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 47 (17.09%) SQL
2 46 (16.73%) JavaScript
3 42 (15.27%) Java
4 40 (14.55%) TypeScript
5 34 (12.36%) Python
6 24 (8.73%) C#
7 23 (8.36%) Bash
8 20 (7.27%) Groovy
9 4 (1.45%) VBA
10 3 (1.09%) ABAP
10 3 (1.09%) PHP
10 3 (1.09%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.73%) COBOL
11 2 (0.73%) R
12 1 (0.36%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.36%) Go
12 1 (0.36%) Scala
Qualifications
1 32 (11.64%) AWS Certification
2 20 (7.27%) Degree
3 16 (5.82%) AWS Certified Developer
4 12 (4.36%) ITIL Certification
5 11 (4.00%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 10 (3.64%) SC Cleared
6 10 (3.64%) Security Cleared
7 5 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.82%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (1.09%) IIBA
9 2 (0.73%) ACCA
9 2 (0.73%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.36%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.00%) QA
2 14 (5.09%) Accessibility
3 12 (4.36%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.91%) GDPR
5 6 (2.18%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.09%) PMO
9 2 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.73%) GAAP
9 2 (0.73%) GRC
9 2 (0.73%) IFRS
9 2 (0.73%) NIST
9 2 (0.73%) P3O
9 2 (0.73%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.36%) NCSC
System Software
1 69 (25.09%) Docker
2 1 (0.36%) Squid
Systems Management
1 55 (20.00%) Terraform
2 21 (7.64%) HP Fortify
3 19 (6.91%) Kubernetes
4 11 (4.00%) Ansible
5 7 (2.55%) Grafana
5 7 (2.55%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.36%) Kibana
6 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 26 (9.45%) SAP
2 23 (8.36%) Microsoft
3 8 (2.91%) Databricks
4 3 (1.09%) Google
4 3 (1.09%) Oracle
4 3 (1.09%) Pega
4 3 (1.09%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.09%) ServiceNow
4 3 (1.09%) WSO2
5 2 (0.73%) Adobe
5 2 (0.73%) New Relic
5 2 (0.73%) Nexthink
6 1 (0.36%) ESRI
6 1 (0.36%) IBM