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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 9 8
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 -7
Permanent jobs citing Agile 304 206 419
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 8.24% 13.44% 14.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.95% 14.53% 17.76%
Number of salaries quoted 206 137 286
10th Percentile £41,875 £42,500 £40,988
25th Percentile £50,000 £49,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £55,173
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +26.87% -15.12%
75th Percentile £77,131 £90,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £93,634 £98,474 £84,982
Yorkshire median annual salary £57,946 £66,367 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.69% +15.42% -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 2,544 1,418 2,359
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 68.96% 92.50% 80.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,956 811 1,719
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £28,700
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,818 £69,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £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 15 July 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 15 July 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 -5 259 £63,076 -4.79% 62
Bradford -9 14 £75,000 +3.45% 12
Wakefield -2 8 £57,500 +21.05% 13
Elland - 7 £32,500 -
Huddersfield -6 3 £51,500 +37.33% 11
Ossett - 3 - -
Brighouse - 2 £42,500 -
Dewsbury - 2 - -
Pudsey - 2 - -
Pontefract +5 1 - -
Halifax -7 1 - - 8
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 (1.32%) Confluence
1 4 (1.32%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.99%) JBoss
3 2 (0.66%) Apache
3 2 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.66%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.66%) CMS
4 1 (0.33%) IIS
4 1 (0.33%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 9 (2.96%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.99%) Trello
3 2 (0.66%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.66%) Sketch
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.66%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 85 (27.96%) AWS
2 68 (22.37%) Azure
3 44 (14.47%) Serverless
4 37 (12.17%) AWS Lambda
5 31 (10.20%) Amazon ECS
5 31 (10.20%) Amazon S3
6 28 (9.21%) AWS CloudFormation
7 25 (8.22%) AWS Step Functions
8 24 (7.89%) Amazon ECR
8 24 (7.89%) Apigee
9 20 (6.58%) Amazon SQS
10 15 (4.93%) Azure DevOps
10 15 (4.93%) GCP
11 13 (4.28%) Power Platform
12 12 (3.95%) GitHub
13 10 (3.29%) Azure Data Factory
14 9 (2.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 9 (2.96%) SaaS
15 8 (2.63%) Amazon EC2
15 8 (2.63%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 33 (10.86%) Broadband
2 4 (1.32%) HTTP
2 4 (1.32%) Internet
3 3 (0.99%) VPN
4 2 (0.66%) CTI
4 2 (0.66%) DNS
4 2 (0.66%) VoIP
5 1 (0.33%) Profibus
5 1 (0.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (8.22%) DynamoDB
2 17 (5.59%) MongoDB
3 11 (3.62%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (3.29%) BigQuery
5 9 (2.96%) Amazon Redshift
5 9 (2.96%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (2.63%) MySQL
6 8 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (2.30%) SQL Server
8 6 (1.97%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.64%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (1.64%) NoSQL
10 4 (1.32%) Data Lake
10 4 (1.32%) Power BI
10 4 (1.32%) Tableau
11 2 (0.66%) Amazon QuickSight
11 2 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.66%) Big Data
11 2 (0.66%) RDBMS
12 1 (0.33%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 41 (13.49%) GitLab
2 40 (13.16%) Jenkins
3 28 (9.21%) Cypress.io
4 27 (8.88%) SonarQube
5 25 (8.22%) Maven
6 23 (7.57%) JIRA
7 14 (4.61%) Git
8 6 (1.97%) Cucumber
8 6 (1.97%) Selenium
9 3 (0.99%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.66%) Claude Code
10 2 (0.66%) JUnit
10 2 (0.66%) Postman
11 1 (0.33%) Gatling
11 1 (0.33%) JMeter
11 1 (0.33%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.33%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.33%) Zephyr
General
1 68 (22.37%) Social Skills
2 56 (18.42%) Finance
3 50 (16.45%) Public Sector
4 33 (10.86%) Games
5 32 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (8.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (2.96%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.64%) Agriculture
9 5 (1.64%) Automotive
9 5 (1.64%) Retail
10 4 (1.32%) Advertising
10 4 (1.32%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.32%) Marketing
11 3 (0.99%) Banking
12 2 (0.66%) Health Technology
12 2 (0.66%) Tech for Good
13 1 (0.33%) Back Office
13 1 (0.33%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 96 (31.58%) Developer
2 70 (23.03%) Senior
3 55 (18.09%) Lead
4 33 (10.86%) Java Developer
5 32 (10.53%) Analyst
6 27 (8.88%) Business Analyst
7 24 (7.89%) Full-Stack Developer
8 22 (7.24%) Software Engineer
9 20 (6.58%) Python Developer
10 16 (5.26%) Senior Manager
11 15 (4.93%) Engineering Manager
12 13 (4.28%) .NET Developer
12 13 (4.28%) Senior Developer
12 13 (4.28%) Technical Leader
13 12 (3.95%) Full-Stack Python Developer
14 11 (3.62%) Delivery Manager
15 10 (3.29%) DevOps Engineer
15 10 (3.29%) Senior Analyst
15 10 (3.29%) Senior Business Analyst
15 10 (3.29%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (14.47%) AngularJS
2 42 (13.82%) React
3 28 (9.21%) Spring Boot
4 25 (8.22%) Jest
5 24 (7.89%) Gherkin
5 24 (7.89%) Vue
6 21 (6.91%) Node.js
7 20 (6.58%) .NET
8 16 (5.26%) ASP.NET
9 15 (4.93%) ASP.NET Core
9 15 (4.93%) REST
9 15 (4.93%) RESTful
10 14 (4.61%) GraphQL
11 13 (4.28%) CSS
11 13 (4.28%) HTML
12 12 (3.95%) .NET Core
13 11 (3.62%) Android SDK
13 11 (3.62%) Flask
14 8 (2.63%) Entity Framework
15 7 (2.30%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 33 (10.86%) Mobile App
2 23 (7.57%) Onboarding
3 21 (6.91%) Product Ownership
4 14 (4.61%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (3.95%) Social Media
6 11 (3.62%) Cloud Native
6 11 (3.62%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (3.29%) Data Structures
8 9 (2.96%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (2.96%) Greenfield Project
8 9 (2.96%) NHS
9 5 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (1.64%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.32%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.32%) Media Streaming
10 4 (1.32%) PKI
11 3 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.99%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 32 (10.53%) Android
2 21 (6.91%) Apple iOS
3 10 (3.29%) Linux
4 6 (1.97%) Windows
5 5 (1.64%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (33.55%) CI/CD
2 101 (33.22%) Mentoring
3 66 (21.71%) DevOps
4 60 (19.74%) AI
5 59 (19.41%) Problem-Solving
6 53 (17.43%) Continuous Improvement
7 51 (16.78%) Coaching
8 50 (16.45%) Roadmaps
9 46 (15.13%) Full-Stack Development
10 41 (13.49%) Project Management
10 41 (13.49%) Scrum
10 41 (13.49%) SDLC
11 40 (13.16%) Technical Leadership
12 38 (12.50%) Decision-Making
13 35 (11.51%) Software Engineering
14 34 (11.18%) Observability
14 34 (11.18%) Stakeholder Management
15 29 (9.54%) Acceptance Criteria
15 29 (9.54%) Kanban
16 28 (9.21%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 72 (23.68%) Java
2 53 (17.43%) TypeScript
3 52 (17.11%) JavaScript
4 49 (16.12%) SQL
5 47 (15.46%) Python
6 39 (12.83%) C#
7 30 (9.87%) Groovy
8 26 (8.55%) Bash
9 14 (4.61%) Kotlin
10 10 (3.29%) PHP
11 6 (1.97%) Scala
12 3 (0.99%) Go
12 3 (0.99%) Ruby
12 3 (0.99%) VBA
13 2 (0.66%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.33%) Bicep
14 1 (0.33%) Ladder Logic
14 1 (0.33%) Perl
14 1 (0.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (9.21%) Degree
2 25 (8.22%) AWS Certification
3 19 (6.25%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
3 19 (6.25%) ITIL Certification
3 19 (6.25%) Security Cleared
4 16 (5.26%) SC Cleared
5 10 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.64%) IIBA
6 5 (1.64%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.32%) AWS Certified Developer
7 4 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.32%) CBAP
7 4 (1.32%) PMP
8 3 (0.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.66%) APMP
9 2 (0.66%) CAPM
9 2 (0.66%) Chartered Engineer
9 2 (0.66%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.66%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.66%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (11.18%) Accessibility
2 23 (7.57%) QA
3 20 (6.58%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.64%) PMO
5 2 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.66%) GDPR
5 2 (0.66%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.33%) IEC 61131
6 1 (0.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 38 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 24 (7.89%) HP Fortify
2 22 (7.24%) Terraform
3 13 (4.28%) Kubernetes
4 6 (1.97%) Ansible
5 3 (0.99%) Argo
5 3 (0.99%) Packer
6 2 (0.66%) Kibana
6 2 (0.66%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 33 (10.86%) Microsoft
2 9 (2.96%) SAP
3 7 (2.30%) ServiceNow
4 6 (1.97%) TOWER Software
5 5 (1.64%) AppDynamics
5 5 (1.64%) Databricks
5 5 (1.64%) IBM
6 2 (0.66%) Avaya
6 2 (0.66%) Cisco
6 2 (0.66%) Genesys
6 2 (0.66%) Google
6 2 (0.66%) Oracle
6 2 (0.66%) Pega
6 2 (0.66%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.33%) Allen-Bradley
7 1 (0.33%) Foundry
7 1 (0.33%) Informatica
7 1 (0.33%) Palantir
7 1 (0.33%) Progress
7 1 (0.33%) Siemens