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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 12 8
Rank change year-on-year -2 -4 -7
Permanent jobs citing Agile 275 172 297
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 6.60% 11.53% 12.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.57% 12.83% 16.69%
Number of salaries quoted 197 121 168
10th Percentile £42,000 £41,074 £41,206
25th Percentile £50,000 £49,418 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.20% +13.64% -15.84%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £72,331
90th Percentile £92,953 £87,500 £87,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £56,600
% change year-on-year -4.00% +10.42% -5.67%

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 2,875 1,341 1,779
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 68.96% 89.88% 77.42%
Number of salaries quoted 2,221 755 1,090
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £85,000 £82,625
Yorkshire median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -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 12 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 12 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 -5 241 £65,000 +1.56% 103
Bradford -9 14 £75,000 +3.45% 7
Wakefield -3 9 £57,500 +5.50% 5
Elland - 5 £32,500 -
Huddersfield -8 3 £51,500 +37.33% 3
Brighouse - 1 £42,500 -
Wetherby - 1 £35,000 -
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 (2.55%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.82%) CMS
2 5 (1.82%) Confluence
3 3 (1.09%) IIS
4 2 (0.73%) WordPress
5 1 (0.36%) Apache
5 1 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.36%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.36%) JBoss
5 1 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 9 (3.27%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.73%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.73%) Trello
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (3.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.09%) Shopify
3 2 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.36%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 86 (31.27%) AWS
2 74 (26.91%) Azure
3 37 (13.45%) Serverless
4 32 (11.64%) AWS Lambda
5 26 (9.45%) Amazon S3
6 21 (7.64%) Amazon ECS
6 21 (7.64%) AWS CloudFormation
6 21 (7.64%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (6.55%) AWS Step Functions
8 17 (6.18%) GCP
8 17 (6.18%) GitHub
9 15 (5.45%) Amazon EC2
10 13 (4.73%) Amazon ECR
10 13 (4.73%) Apigee
11 12 (4.36%) Amazon SQS
12 11 (4.00%) SaaS
13 10 (3.64%) GitHub Actions
14 8 (2.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 8 (2.91%) Microsoft Copilot
14 8 (2.91%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.45%) Internet
2 3 (1.09%) HTTP
2 3 (1.09%) Network Security
3 2 (0.73%) CTI
3 2 (0.73%) DNS
3 2 (0.73%) Profibus
3 2 (0.73%) VoIP
3 2 (0.73%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.55%) DynamoDB
2 15 (5.45%) MongoDB
3 12 (4.36%) SQL Server
4 9 (3.27%) BigQuery
4 9 (3.27%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (3.27%) Relational Database
5 8 (2.91%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (2.55%) Amazon Redshift
6 7 (2.55%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (1.82%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (1.82%) MySQL
8 4 (1.45%) NoSQL
9 3 (1.09%) Metadata
9 3 (1.09%) Power BI
9 3 (1.09%) Redis
9 3 (1.09%) Spark SQL
9 3 (1.09%) Tableau
10 2 (0.73%) Big Data
10 2 (0.73%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.36%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 29 (10.55%) GitLab
1 29 (10.55%) Jenkins
2 26 (9.45%) JIRA
3 21 (7.64%) Cypress.io
4 16 (5.82%) Git
4 16 (5.82%) SonarQube
5 14 (5.09%) Maven
6 5 (1.82%) JMeter
6 5 (1.82%) Postman
6 5 (1.82%) Selenium
7 4 (1.45%) Cucumber
8 3 (1.09%) Artifactory
8 3 (1.09%) Claude Code
8 3 (1.09%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.36%) Appium
9 1 (0.36%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.36%) JUnit
9 1 (0.36%) Ranorex
9 1 (0.36%) Zephyr
General
1 70 (25.45%) Social Skills
2 55 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 47 (17.09%) Finance
4 42 (15.27%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (5.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (4.73%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (3.27%) Advertising
8 7 (2.55%) Banking
9 5 (1.82%) Agriculture
9 5 (1.82%) Automotive
9 5 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.82%) Marketing
10 4 (1.45%) Back Office
10 4 (1.45%) Legal
10 4 (1.45%) Retail
11 3 (1.09%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.73%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.73%) Publishing
12 2 (0.73%) Tech for Good
13 1 (0.36%) Digital Healthcare
Job Titles
1 81 (29.45%) Senior
2 78 (28.36%) Developer
3 42 (15.27%) Lead
4 40 (14.55%) Analyst
5 35 (12.73%) Business Analyst
6 25 (9.09%) Full-Stack Developer
6 25 (9.09%) Java Developer
6 25 (9.09%) Software Engineer
7 18 (6.55%) Senior Developer
8 16 (5.82%) Python Developer
9 13 (4.73%) .NET Developer
10 12 (4.36%) Architect
10 12 (4.36%) Senior Software Engineer
11 11 (4.00%) DevOps Engineer
11 11 (4.00%) Senior Analyst
11 11 (4.00%) Senior Business Analyst
11 11 (4.00%) Senior Manager
12 9 (3.27%) Data Engineer
12 9 (3.27%) Senior Java Developer
13 8 (2.91%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (14.18%) AngularJS
2 37 (13.45%) React
3 32 (11.64%) .NET
4 26 (9.45%) Node.js
5 22 (8.00%) Spring Boot
6 19 (6.91%) Vue
7 18 (6.55%) RESTful
7 18 (6.55%) Terraform
8 17 (6.18%) ASP.NET
8 17 (6.18%) CSS
8 17 (6.18%) Gherkin
9 16 (5.82%) ASP.NET Core
9 16 (5.82%) HTML
10 15 (5.45%) Jest
10 15 (5.45%) REST
11 13 (4.73%) .NET Core
12 11 (4.00%) Spring
13 10 (3.64%) Entity Framework
13 10 (3.64%) Flask
13 10 (3.64%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.27%) Product Ownership
2 19 (6.91%) Cloud Native
3 10 (3.64%) Data Structures
4 8 (2.91%) NHS
5 7 (2.55%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (2.55%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (2.18%) Driving Licence
6 6 (2.18%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.18%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.82%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.45%) Learning Management System
8 4 (1.45%) Media Streaming
8 4 (1.45%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.09%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.09%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.09%) PKI
9 3 (1.09%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.73%) Linux
2 8 (2.91%) Unix
2 8 (2.91%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (28.00%) Mentoring
2 75 (27.27%) CI/CD
3 68 (24.73%) DevOps
4 66 (24.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 52 (18.91%) Problem-Solving
6 51 (18.55%) Coaching
7 50 (18.18%) Scrum
8 45 (16.36%) Full-Stack Development
9 42 (15.27%) Stakeholder Management
10 41 (14.91%) Software Engineering
11 38 (13.82%) SDLC
12 36 (13.09%) Acceptance Criteria
13 32 (11.64%) AI
13 32 (11.64%) Microservices
13 32 (11.64%) Test Automation
14 30 (10.91%) Kanban
14 30 (10.91%) Technical Leadership
15 29 (10.55%) Decision-Making
16 27 (9.82%) Roadmaps
16 27 (9.82%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 62 (22.55%) SQL
2 54 (19.64%) Java
3 53 (19.27%) JavaScript
4 49 (17.82%) TypeScript
5 47 (17.09%) C#
6 42 (15.27%) Python
7 19 (6.91%) Groovy
8 15 (5.45%) Bash
9 8 (2.91%) PHP
10 7 (2.55%) Scala
11 6 (2.18%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.09%) C++
12 3 (1.09%) Ruby
13 2 (0.73%) Ladder Logic
13 2 (0.73%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.36%) Bicep
14 1 (0.36%) Go
14 1 (0.36%) Perl
14 1 (0.36%) R
14 1 (0.36%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (7.64%) Degree
2 17 (6.18%) Security Cleared
3 14 (5.09%) AWS Certification
4 13 (4.73%) SC Cleared
5 11 (4.00%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 11 (4.00%) ITIL Certification
6 9 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.18%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.82%) PMP
9 4 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.45%) Chartered Engineer
10 2 (0.73%) APMP
10 2 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.73%) CAPM
10 2 (0.73%) PgMP
11 1 (0.36%) CBAP
11 1 (0.36%) IIBA
11 1 (0.36%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (0.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (10.18%) QA
2 21 (7.64%) Data Quality
3 17 (6.18%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.82%) WCAG
5 4 (1.45%) PMO
6 2 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.73%) IEC 61131
7 1 (0.36%) GDPR
7 1 (0.36%) GRC
7 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 32 (11.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (5.09%) Kubernetes
2 13 (4.73%) HP Fortify
3 6 (2.18%) Ansible
4 3 (1.09%) Argo
4 3 (1.09%) Packer
5 2 (0.73%) Kibana
5 2 (0.73%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 43 (15.64%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.73%) SAP
3 7 (2.55%) Oracle
4 6 (2.18%) Databricks
5 5 (1.82%) AppDynamics
5 5 (1.82%) Google
5 5 (1.82%) IBM
5 5 (1.82%) ServiceNow
5 5 (1.82%) TOWER Software
6 3 (1.09%) Adobe
6 3 (1.09%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.73%) Allen-Bradley
7 2 (0.73%) Avaya
7 2 (0.73%) Cisco
7 2 (0.73%) Foundry
7 2 (0.73%) Genesys
7 2 (0.73%) Pega
7 2 (0.73%) Siemens
8 1 (0.36%) Palantir
8 1 (0.36%) Progress