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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 7 8
Rank change year-on-year -6 +1 -7
Permanent jobs citing Agile 312 212 449
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 8.73% 15.11% 14.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.65% 16.07% 17.90%
Number of salaries quoted 203 139 314
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £40,121
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,625 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £71,991 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.18% +25.20% -11.54%
75th Percentile £77,500 £92,842 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,474 £87,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £59,375 £66,367 £57,500
% change year-on-year -10.54% +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 2,466 1,319 2,508
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 68.98% 94.01% 80.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,861 736 1,857
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,963 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £69,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £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 25 June 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 25 June 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 -3 272 £63,788 -8.87% 44
Bradford -5 12 £70,148 -3.24% 7
Elland - 7 £32,500 -
Wakefield -5 5 £57,500 -9.80% 3
Huddersfield - 3 £51,500 -
Ossett - 3 - -
Brighouse - 2 £42,500 -
Dewsbury - 2 - -
Pudsey - 2 - -
Pontefract +5 1 - -
Halifax -6 1 - -
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 (1.28%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.96%) Apache
2 3 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (0.96%) Apache Spark
2 3 (0.96%) Confluence
2 3 (0.96%) JBoss
3 2 (0.64%) CMS
3 2 (0.64%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.32%) IIS
4 1 (0.32%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 8 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.96%) Trello
3 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.64%) Sketch
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.28%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.64%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 94 (30.13%) AWS
2 70 (22.44%) Azure
3 49 (15.71%) Serverless
4 40 (12.82%) AWS Lambda
5 36 (11.54%) Amazon ECS
5 36 (11.54%) Amazon S3
6 30 (9.62%) AWS CloudFormation
7 28 (8.97%) AWS Step Functions
8 27 (8.65%) Amazon ECR
8 27 (8.65%) Apigee
9 25 (8.01%) Amazon SQS
10 17 (5.45%) GCP
11 14 (4.49%) Power Platform
12 13 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (4.17%) SaaS
13 11 (3.53%) GitHub
14 10 (3.21%) Azure Data Factory
15 9 (2.88%) Amazon EKS
15 9 (2.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 8 (2.56%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 33 (10.58%) Broadband
2 4 (1.28%) HTTP
3 2 (0.64%) Internet
3 2 (0.64%) VPN
4 1 (0.32%) DNS
4 1 (0.32%) Profibus
4 1 (0.32%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (10.26%) DynamoDB
2 13 (4.17%) MongoDB
3 11 (3.53%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (3.21%) BigQuery
4 10 (3.21%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (2.88%) Amazon Redshift
5 9 (2.88%) NoSQL
5 9 (2.88%) SQL Server
6 8 (2.56%) MySQL
6 8 (2.56%) Relational Database
7 7 (2.24%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (1.92%) Metadata
9 5 (1.60%) Data Lake
9 5 (1.60%) Power BI
9 5 (1.60%) Tableau
10 3 (0.96%) Amazon QuickSight
10 3 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.64%) Big Data
11 2 (0.64%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 45 (14.42%) GitLab
2 44 (14.10%) Jenkins
3 31 (9.94%) Cypress.io
4 30 (9.62%) SonarQube
5 28 (8.97%) Maven
6 21 (6.73%) JIRA
7 16 (5.13%) Git
8 6 (1.92%) Cucumber
8 6 (1.92%) Selenium
9 3 (0.96%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.64%) Claude Code
10 2 (0.64%) JUnit
10 2 (0.64%) Postman
11 1 (0.32%) Gatling
11 1 (0.32%) JMeter
11 1 (0.32%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.32%) Zephyr
General
1 73 (23.40%) Social Skills
2 55 (17.63%) Finance
3 48 (15.38%) Public Sector
4 35 (11.22%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (10.58%) Games
6 24 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.60%) Agriculture
9 5 (1.60%) Automotive
9 5 (1.60%) Marketing
9 5 (1.60%) Retail
10 4 (1.28%) Advertising
10 4 (1.28%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.96%) Banking
12 2 (0.64%) Health Technology
12 2 (0.64%) Tech for Good
13 1 (0.32%) Back Office
13 1 (0.32%) Law
13 1 (0.32%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 97 (31.09%) Developer
2 77 (24.68%) Senior
3 56 (17.95%) Lead
4 38 (12.18%) Java Developer
5 31 (9.94%) Analyst
6 26 (8.33%) Business Analyst
7 24 (7.69%) Full-Stack Developer
8 22 (7.05%) Software Engineer
9 20 (6.41%) Python Developer
10 17 (5.45%) Senior Manager
11 16 (5.13%) Senior Developer
12 14 (4.49%) Engineering Manager
13 12 (3.85%) Full-Stack Python Developer
14 11 (3.53%) Delivery Manager
14 11 (3.53%) Software Developer
14 11 (3.53%) Technical Leader
15 10 (3.21%) Data Engineer
15 10 (3.21%) Senior Analyst
15 10 (3.21%) Senior Business Analyst
16 9 (2.88%) AWS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (14.42%) AngularJS
2 41 (13.14%) React
3 33 (10.58%) Spring Boot
4 28 (8.97%) Jest
5 27 (8.65%) Gherkin
6 22 (7.05%) Node.js
6 22 (7.05%) Vue
7 18 (5.77%) .NET
7 18 (5.77%) REST
8 14 (4.49%) GraphQL
9 13 (4.17%) CSS
9 13 (4.17%) HTML
9 13 (4.17%) RESTful
10 12 (3.85%) ASP.NET
11 11 (3.53%) Android SDK
11 11 (3.53%) ASP.NET Core
11 11 (3.53%) Flask
12 9 (2.88%) .NET Core
13 8 (2.56%) Spring
14 7 (2.24%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 33 (10.58%) Mobile App
2 23 (7.37%) Onboarding
3 21 (6.73%) Product Ownership
4 14 (4.49%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (4.17%) Data Structures
6 12 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
6 12 (3.85%) Social Media
7 11 (3.53%) Cloud Native
8 8 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (2.24%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (2.24%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (2.24%) NHS
10 6 (1.92%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.60%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.60%) Legacy Applications
12 4 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.28%) Media Streaming
12 4 (1.28%) PKI
13 3 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (0.96%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 32 (10.26%) Android
2 21 (6.73%) Apple iOS
3 8 (2.56%) Linux
4 5 (1.60%) Windows
5 4 (1.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (34.94%) CI/CD
2 102 (32.69%) Mentoring
3 71 (22.76%) DevOps
4 63 (20.19%) Problem-Solving
5 55 (17.63%) AI
6 51 (16.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 49 (15.71%) Coaching
7 49 (15.71%) SDLC
8 47 (15.06%) Roadmaps
9 43 (13.78%) Stakeholder Management
10 42 (13.46%) Full-Stack Development
11 40 (12.82%) Project Management
12 39 (12.50%) Scrum
13 38 (12.18%) Decision-Making
13 38 (12.18%) Technical Leadership
14 36 (11.54%) Software Engineering
15 34 (10.90%) Observability
16 29 (9.29%) Acceptance Criteria
16 29 (9.29%) ITIL
17 28 (8.97%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 77 (24.68%) Java
2 55 (17.63%) TypeScript
3 50 (16.03%) JavaScript
4 47 (15.06%) SQL
5 45 (14.42%) Python
6 37 (11.86%) C#
7 32 (10.26%) Groovy
8 29 (9.29%) Bash
9 14 (4.49%) Kotlin
10 10 (3.21%) PHP
11 5 (1.60%) Scala
12 4 (1.28%) VBA
13 3 (0.96%) Go
14 2 (0.64%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.64%) Ruby
15 1 (0.32%) Bicep
15 1 (0.32%) Ladder Logic
15 1 (0.32%) Perl
15 1 (0.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (9.29%) AWS Certification
2 27 (8.65%) Degree
3 22 (7.05%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
3 22 (7.05%) ITIL Certification
4 19 (6.09%) Security Cleared
5 17 (5.45%) SC Cleared
6 11 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.60%) IIBA
7 5 (1.60%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.28%) AWS Certified Developer
8 4 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.28%) CBAP
8 4 (1.28%) PMP
9 3 (0.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.64%) APMP
10 2 (0.64%) CAPM
10 2 (0.64%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.64%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.64%) PgMP
11 1 (0.32%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (10.26%) Accessibility
2 26 (8.33%) QA
3 24 (7.69%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.60%) PMO
5 2 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.64%) GDPR
5 2 (0.64%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.32%) IEC 61131
6 1 (0.32%) WCAG
System Software
1 43 (13.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 27 (8.65%) HP Fortify
2 23 (7.37%) Terraform
3 14 (4.49%) Kubernetes
4 7 (2.24%) Ansible
5 3 (0.96%) Argo
5 3 (0.96%) Packer
6 2 (0.64%) Kibana
7 1 (0.32%) Grafana
7 1 (0.32%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.32%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 29 (9.29%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.17%) SAP
3 7 (2.24%) ServiceNow
4 6 (1.92%) TOWER Software
5 5 (1.60%) AppDynamics
5 5 (1.60%) Databricks
5 5 (1.60%) IBM
6 4 (1.28%) Google
7 2 (0.64%) Oracle
7 2 (0.64%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.32%) Allen-Bradley
8 1 (0.32%) Foundry
8 1 (0.32%) Informatica
8 1 (0.32%) Nintex
8 1 (0.32%) Palantir
8 1 (0.32%) Pega
8 1 (0.32%) Progress
8 1 (0.32%) Siemens