Agile Job Trends in Yorkshire

Agile Software Development
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Agile skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 4 2
Rank change year-on-year -10 -2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 341 474 1,018
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 9.23% 16.95% 23.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.99% 18.51% 26.64%
Number of salaries quoted 232 205 888
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,772
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,528 £87,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -3.70%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,845 2,561 3,821
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 77.00% 91.60% 87.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,686 1,056 3,087
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,125 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £67,313 £72,500 £66,778
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £61,350 £56,000
% change year-on-year -10.35% +9.55% -10.40%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Agile relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Agile job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Agile
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Agile.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Agile

Agile
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Agile in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 2 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Agile in Yorkshire

Agile
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 2 February 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
West Yorkshire -4 270 £65,000 -3.70% 89
South Yorkshire -16 43 £55,750 -14.23% 30
East Yorkshire -11 13 £55,000 +4.76% 4
North Yorkshire -17 12 £60,000 +4.35% 17
Agile
England

Agile
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 (2.93%) Confluence
1 10 (2.93%) OpenStack
2 6 (1.76%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.47%) Apache
4 4 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.59%) CMS
6 1 (0.29%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.29%) FileNet
6 1 (0.29%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.29%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (2.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.64%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (4.11%) SAP ERP
2 9 (2.64%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.59%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 128 (37.54%) AWS
2 82 (24.05%) Azure
3 66 (19.35%) Serverless
4 50 (14.66%) Amazon S3
5 41 (12.02%) SaaS
6 39 (11.44%) AWS Lambda
7 35 (10.26%) AWS CloudFormation
8 34 (9.97%) Amazon ECS
8 34 (9.97%) AWS Step Functions
9 30 (8.80%) Amazon SQS
10 27 (7.92%) GitHub
11 21 (6.16%) Amazon ECR
11 21 (6.16%) Apigee
12 17 (4.99%) Azure DevOps
13 16 (4.69%) Amazon EKS
14 15 (4.40%) GCP
15 11 (3.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 11 (3.23%) Amazon EventBridge
15 11 (3.23%) GitHub Actions
15 11 (3.23%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.05%) Broadband
2 5 (1.47%) DNS
3 2 (0.59%) Firewall
3 2 (0.59%) Network Security
3 2 (0.59%) SSL
4 1 (0.29%) LAN
4 1 (0.29%) MPLS
4 1 (0.29%) VoIP
4 1 (0.29%) VPN
4 1 (0.29%) WAN
4 1 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (13.49%) DynamoDB
2 35 (10.26%) SQL Server
3 21 (6.16%) NoSQL
3 21 (6.16%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (6.16%) Relational Database
4 12 (3.52%) Data Lake
4 12 (3.52%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (3.52%) Metadata
5 8 (2.35%) MySQL
6 6 (1.76%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (1.47%) BusinessObjects
8 4 (1.17%) Looker
8 4 (1.17%) Power BI
8 4 (1.17%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.88%) Data Vault
9 3 (0.88%) Spark SQL
9 3 (0.88%) Tableau
10 2 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.59%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 33 (9.68%) GitLab
1 33 (9.68%) Jenkins
2 31 (9.09%) Git
3 21 (6.16%) Cypress.io
3 21 (6.16%) Maven
3 21 (6.16%) SonarQube
4 11 (3.23%) JIRA
5 2 (0.59%) Selenium
6 1 (0.29%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.29%) JUnit
6 1 (0.29%) PHPUnit
6 1 (0.29%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.29%) Storybook
General
1 109 (31.96%) Social Skills
2 58 (17.01%) Finance
3 42 (12.32%) Public Sector
4 34 (9.97%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (3.81%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (3.81%) Retail
6 12 (3.52%) Marketing
7 9 (2.64%) Games
8 7 (2.05%) Advertising
8 7 (2.05%) Law
8 7 (2.05%) Legal
9 5 (1.47%) Electronics
9 5 (1.47%) Local Government
9 5 (1.47%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.17%) Military
10 4 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.88%) Banking
11 3 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.29%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.29%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 75 (21.99%) Developer
2 73 (21.41%) Senior
3 47 (13.78%) Lead
4 25 (7.33%) Analyst
4 25 (7.33%) Java Developer
5 22 (6.45%) Development Manager
6 20 (5.87%) Business Analyst
7 19 (5.57%) Senior Manager
8 18 (5.28%) Architect
8 18 (5.28%) Software Development Manager
8 18 (5.28%) Software Manager
9 16 (4.69%) Python Developer
10 15 (4.40%) Project Manager
10 15 (4.40%) Software Engineer
11 14 (4.11%) .NET Development Manager
11 14 (4.11%) Data Engineer
12 12 (3.52%) AWS Developer
12 12 (3.52%) Delivery Manager
13 11 (3.23%) Consultant
14 10 (2.93%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (16.42%) React
2 45 (13.20%) .NET
3 33 (9.68%) Spring Boot
4 30 (8.80%) CSS
5 29 (8.50%) AngularJS
5 29 (8.50%) REST
6 28 (8.21%) Node.js
7 26 (7.62%) HTML
8 21 (6.16%) Gherkin
8 21 (6.16%) Jest
9 20 (5.87%) ASP.NET
10 19 (5.57%) Spring
11 16 (4.69%) .NET Core
12 15 (4.40%) Django
12 15 (4.40%) FastAPI
12 15 (4.40%) Flask
12 15 (4.40%) Vue
13 14 (4.11%) RESTful
14 13 (3.81%) Blazor
15 12 (3.52%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 26 (7.62%) Cloud Native
2 21 (6.16%) Data Structures
2 21 (6.16%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (4.99%) Product Ownership
4 10 (2.93%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (2.64%) Legacy Applications
5 9 (2.64%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.05%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (2.05%) Mobile App
7 6 (1.76%) Low-Code
7 6 (1.76%) NHS
8 5 (1.47%) Analogue Electronics
8 5 (1.47%) Embedded Systems
8 5 (1.47%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.47%) Social Media
9 4 (1.17%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.17%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.05%) Android
1 7 (2.05%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.59%) Linux
2 2 (0.59%) Mac OS
2 2 (0.59%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (32.84%) CI/CD
2 110 (32.26%) Mentoring
3 95 (27.86%) DevOps
4 83 (24.34%) Continuous Improvement
5 72 (21.11%) Problem-Solving
6 64 (18.77%) Coaching
7 63 (18.48%) Stakeholder Management
8 58 (17.01%) Software Engineering
9 57 (16.72%) SDLC
10 44 (12.90%) Infrastructure as Code
10 44 (12.90%) Microservices
10 44 (12.90%) Project Management
11 39 (11.44%) Waterfall
12 37 (10.85%) Scrum
13 36 (10.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 35 (10.26%) Project Delivery
15 33 (9.68%) Decision-Making
16 29 (8.50%) Data Modelling
17 26 (7.62%) Full-Stack Development
17 26 (7.62%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 61 (17.89%) SQL
2 50 (14.66%) JavaScript
3 46 (13.49%) Java
4 42 (12.32%) TypeScript
5 36 (10.56%) Python
6 31 (9.09%) C#
7 23 (6.74%) Bash
8 20 (5.87%) Groovy
9 10 (2.93%) PHP
10 8 (2.35%) C++
11 6 (1.76%) VBA
12 5 (1.47%) C
12 5 (1.47%) Embedded C
12 5 (1.47%) Embedded C++
13 3 (0.88%) ABAP
13 3 (0.88%) PowerShell
14 2 (0.59%) COBOL
14 2 (0.59%) R
15 1 (0.29%) Apex Code
15 1 (0.29%) Scala
Qualifications
1 32 (9.38%) AWS Certification
2 26 (7.62%) Degree
3 16 (4.69%) AWS Certified Developer
4 12 (3.52%) ITIL Certification
5 11 (3.23%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 11 (3.23%) SC Cleared
5 11 (3.23%) Security Cleared
6 9 (2.64%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (0.88%) IIBA
9 2 (0.59%) ACCA
9 2 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.59%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.29%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.29%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.33%) QA
2 18 (5.28%) Accessibility
3 13 (3.81%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.64%) GDPR
5 7 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.76%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.88%) PMO
9 2 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.59%) GAAP
9 2 (0.59%) GRC
9 2 (0.59%) IFRS
9 2 (0.59%) NCSC
9 2 (0.59%) NIST
9 2 (0.59%) P3O
9 2 (0.59%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 1 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 68 (19.94%) Docker
2 5 (1.47%) Embedded Firmware
2 5 (1.47%) Firmware
3 1 (0.29%) Squid
Systems Management
1 55 (16.13%) Terraform
2 21 (6.16%) HP Fortify
3 18 (5.28%) Kubernetes
4 10 (2.93%) Ansible
5 6 (1.76%) Grafana
5 6 (1.76%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.29%) Kibana
6 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 33 (9.68%) Microsoft
2 26 (7.62%) SAP
3 12 (3.52%) Databricks
4 9 (2.64%) Google
5 5 (1.47%) Salesforce
6 3 (0.88%) Oracle
6 3 (0.88%) Pega
6 3 (0.88%) ServiceNow
6 3 (0.88%) WSO2
7 2 (0.59%) Adobe
7 2 (0.59%) IBM
7 2 (0.59%) New Relic
7 2 (0.59%) Nexthink
8 1 (0.29%) ESRI
8 1 (0.29%) Sitecore