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

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 3 1
Rank change year-on-year -4 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 269 278 660
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 13.89% 19.66% 27.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.52% 21.94% 30.54%
Number of salaries quoted 172 134 568
10th Percentile £44,975 £42,500 £42,742
25th Percentile £57,500 £46,495 £51,109
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,066
Median % change year-on-year - -0.10% +1.62%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £81,563
90th Percentile £99,500 £98,474 £92,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.46% +1.67% -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 1,535 1,267 2,161
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 79.29% 89.60% 90.46%
Number of salaries quoted 907 623 1,673
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,800 £28,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,250 £86,250
Yorkshire median annual salary £48,445 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.72% +5.00% -7.41%

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 27 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 27 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 -2 238 £65,000 -3.70% 70
Bradford -4 20 £71,250 +29.55% 20
Halifax 0 1 - - 1
Huddersfield -9 1 £55,000 -4.35% 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 (3.72%) OpenStack
2 9 (3.35%) Confluence
3 6 (2.23%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.86%) Apache
5 4 (1.49%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.74%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.37%) CMS
7 1 (0.37%) Drupal
7 1 (0.37%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.37%) FileNet
7 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.37%) Umbraco
Applications
1 9 (3.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (3.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (2.97%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.37%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.37%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 14 (5.20%) SAP ERP
2 9 (3.35%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.74%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 125 (46.47%) AWS
2 68 (25.28%) Azure
3 64 (23.79%) Serverless
4 49 (18.22%) Amazon S3
5 38 (14.13%) AWS Lambda
6 34 (12.64%) AWS CloudFormation
6 34 (12.64%) SaaS
7 33 (12.27%) Amazon ECS
7 33 (12.27%) AWS Step Functions
8 29 (10.78%) Amazon SQS
9 24 (8.92%) GitHub
10 20 (7.43%) Amazon ECR
10 20 (7.43%) Apigee
11 16 (5.95%) Amazon EKS
12 15 (5.58%) Azure DevOps
13 14 (5.20%) GCP
14 11 (4.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 11 (4.09%) Amazon EventBridge
14 11 (4.09%) GitHub Actions
15 8 (2.97%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.74%) DNS
2 1 (0.37%) Broadband
2 1 (0.37%) Firewall
2 1 (0.37%) Network Security
2 1 (0.37%) SSL
2 1 (0.37%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (16.73%) DynamoDB
2 31 (11.52%) SQL Server
3 21 (7.81%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (7.43%) NoSQL
5 13 (4.83%) Relational Database
6 10 (3.72%) Metadata
7 8 (2.97%) Data Lake
7 8 (2.97%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (2.23%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (1.86%) BusinessObjects
10 3 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (1.12%) Data Vault
10 3 (1.12%) RDBMS
10 3 (1.12%) Spark SQL
10 3 (1.12%) Tableau
11 2 (0.74%) Amazon Aurora
11 2 (0.74%) Apache Iceberg
11 2 (0.74%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.74%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 2 (0.74%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 32 (11.90%) Jenkins
2 31 (11.52%) GitLab
3 28 (10.41%) Git
4 20 (7.43%) Cypress.io
4 20 (7.43%) Maven
4 20 (7.43%) SonarQube
5 10 (3.72%) JIRA
6 2 (0.74%) Selenium
6 2 (0.74%) Storybook
7 1 (0.37%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.37%) Grunt
7 1 (0.37%) gulp
7 1 (0.37%) JUnit
7 1 (0.37%) webpack
General
1 90 (33.46%) Social Skills
2 40 (14.87%) Finance
3 34 (12.64%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (11.15%) Public Sector
5 12 (4.46%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (4.46%) Retail
6 10 (3.72%) Marketing
7 7 (2.60%) Legal
8 4 (1.49%) Advertising
9 3 (1.12%) Games
10 2 (0.74%) Banking
10 2 (0.74%) Law
11 1 (0.37%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.37%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.37%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.37%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.37%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 66 (24.54%) Developer
2 59 (21.93%) Senior
3 35 (13.01%) Lead
4 24 (8.92%) Java Developer
5 21 (7.81%) Development Manager
6 19 (7.06%) Analyst
7 18 (6.69%) Software Development Manager
7 18 (6.69%) Software Manager
8 16 (5.95%) Business Analyst
8 16 (5.95%) Python Developer
9 14 (5.20%) .NET Development Manager
10 13 (4.83%) Architect
10 13 (4.83%) Senior Manager
11 12 (4.46%) AWS Developer
12 11 (4.09%) Data Engineer
12 11 (4.09%) Software Engineer
13 10 (3.72%) .NET Developer
13 10 (3.72%) Full-Stack Developer
13 10 (3.72%) Project Manager
14 9 (3.35%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (20.82%) React
2 38 (14.13%) .NET
3 32 (11.90%) Spring Boot
4 28 (10.41%) REST
5 27 (10.04%) Node.js
6 25 (9.29%) AngularJS
7 21 (7.81%) CSS
8 20 (7.43%) Gherkin
8 20 (7.43%) Jest
9 19 (7.06%) HTML
9 19 (7.06%) Spring
10 15 (5.58%) ASP.NET
10 15 (5.58%) Django
10 15 (5.58%) FastAPI
10 15 (5.58%) Flask
11 14 (5.20%) RESTful
11 14 (5.20%) Vue
12 13 (4.83%) .NET Core
12 13 (4.83%) ASP.NET Core
12 13 (4.83%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.67%) Cloud Native
2 21 (7.81%) Data Structures
3 20 (7.43%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (4.09%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.60%) Legacy Applications
5 7 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.23%) NHS
7 5 (1.86%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.49%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.49%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.49%) Social Media
9 3 (1.12%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.74%) Educational Technology
10 2 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.74%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.74%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.74%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.37%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.74%) Linux
1 2 (0.74%) Mac OS
1 2 (0.74%) Windows
2 1 (0.37%) Android
2 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (36.43%) CI/CD
2 85 (31.60%) DevOps
3 81 (30.11%) Mentoring
4 72 (26.77%) Continuous Improvement
5 62 (23.05%) Problem-Solving
6 55 (20.45%) Stakeholder Management
7 53 (19.70%) Software Engineering
8 46 (17.10%) SDLC
9 45 (16.73%) Infrastructure as Code
10 44 (16.36%) Coaching
11 41 (15.24%) Microservices
12 37 (13.75%) Scrum
13 31 (11.52%) Waterfall
14 27 (10.04%) Project Management
15 26 (9.67%) Project Delivery
15 26 (9.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 24 (8.92%) Full-Stack Development
17 23 (8.55%) Data Modelling
17 23 (8.55%) Decision-Making
17 23 (8.55%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 47 (17.47%) SQL
2 46 (17.10%) JavaScript
3 41 (15.24%) Java
4 39 (14.50%) TypeScript
5 34 (12.64%) Python
6 24 (8.92%) C#
7 22 (8.18%) Bash
8 19 (7.06%) Groovy
9 4 (1.49%) VBA
10 3 (1.12%) ABAP
10 3 (1.12%) PHP
10 3 (1.12%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.74%) COBOL
11 2 (0.74%) R
12 1 (0.37%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.37%) Go
12 1 (0.37%) Scala
Qualifications
1 31 (11.52%) AWS Certification
2 20 (7.43%) Degree
3 16 (5.95%) AWS Certified Developer
4 11 (4.09%) ITIL Certification
5 10 (3.72%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 10 (3.72%) SC Cleared
5 10 (3.72%) Security Cleared
6 5 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (1.12%) ACCA
7 3 (1.12%) IIBA
8 2 (0.74%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.37%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.81%) QA
2 12 (4.46%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.97%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.97%) GDPR
4 6 (2.23%) PCI DSS
5 5 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.12%) GAAP
7 3 (1.12%) IFRS
8 2 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.74%) GRC
8 2 (0.74%) NIST
8 2 (0.74%) P3O
8 2 (0.74%) PMO
8 2 (0.74%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.37%) NCSC
System Software
1 68 (25.28%) Docker
2 1 (0.37%) Squid
Systems Management
1 55 (20.45%) Terraform
2 20 (7.43%) HP Fortify
3 19 (7.06%) Kubernetes
4 11 (4.09%) Ansible
5 7 (2.60%) Grafana
5 7 (2.60%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.37%) Kibana
6 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 26 (9.67%) SAP
2 24 (8.92%) Microsoft
3 8 (2.97%) Databricks
4 3 (1.12%) Google
4 3 (1.12%) Oracle
4 3 (1.12%) Pega
4 3 (1.12%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.12%) ServiceNow
4 3 (1.12%) WSO2
5 2 (0.74%) Adobe
5 2 (0.74%) New Relic
5 2 (0.74%) Nexthink
6 1 (0.37%) ESRI
6 1 (0.37%) IBM
6 1 (0.37%) TOWER Software