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 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 4 2
Rank change year-on-year -9 -2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 346 465 1,002
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 9.22% 16.92% 22.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.98% 18.42% 26.28%
Number of salaries quoted 235 205 874
10th Percentile £40,430 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,231 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,772
90th Percentile £90,000 £98,095 £87,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £68,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.41% +4.62% -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 2,889 2,525 3,813
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 76.96% 91.85% 87.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,715 1,050 3,077
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,225 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,063 £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 £66,367 £73,750 £67,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £55,440
% change year-on-year -11.29% +11.83% -11.30%

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 5 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 5 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 -4 275 £65,000 -3.70% 89
South Yorkshire -15 44 £56,500 -13.08% 28
East Yorkshire -9 13 £55,000 +4.76% 5
North Yorkshire -17 11 £60,000 +4.35% 19
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 (2.89%) Confluence
1 10 (2.89%) OpenStack
2 6 (1.73%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.45%) Apache
4 4 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.58%) 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 (2.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (4.05%) SAP ERP
2 9 (2.60%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.58%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 134 (38.73%) AWS
2 81 (23.41%) Azure
3 68 (19.65%) Serverless
4 51 (14.74%) Amazon S3
5 43 (12.43%) SaaS
6 41 (11.85%) AWS Lambda
7 36 (10.40%) Amazon ECS
7 36 (10.40%) AWS CloudFormation
8 35 (10.12%) AWS Step Functions
9 31 (8.96%) Amazon SQS
10 27 (7.80%) GitHub
11 22 (6.36%) Amazon ECR
11 22 (6.36%) Apigee
12 17 (4.91%) Azure DevOps
13 16 (4.62%) Amazon EKS
13 16 (4.62%) GCP
14 11 (3.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 11 (3.18%) Amazon EventBridge
14 11 (3.18%) GitHub Actions
14 11 (3.18%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.31%) Broadband
2 5 (1.45%) DNS
3 2 (0.58%) Firewall
3 2 (0.58%) Network Security
3 2 (0.58%) 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 47 (13.58%) DynamoDB
2 34 (9.83%) SQL Server
3 22 (6.36%) Relational Database
4 21 (6.07%) NoSQL
4 21 (6.07%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (3.47%) Data Lake
5 12 (3.47%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (3.47%) Metadata
6 8 (2.31%) MySQL
7 6 (1.73%) Amazon Redshift
8 5 (1.45%) BusinessObjects
8 5 (1.45%) RDBMS
9 4 (1.16%) Looker
9 4 (1.16%) Power BI
10 3 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.87%) Data Vault
10 3 (0.87%) Spark SQL
10 3 (0.87%) Tableau
11 2 (0.58%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.58%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 35 (10.12%) GitLab
2 34 (9.83%) Jenkins
3 31 (8.96%) Git
4 22 (6.36%) Cypress.io
4 22 (6.36%) Maven
4 22 (6.36%) SonarQube
5 11 (3.18%) JIRA
6 2 (0.58%) Selenium
7 1 (0.29%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.29%) JUnit
7 1 (0.29%) PHPUnit
7 1 (0.29%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.29%) Storybook
General
1 110 (31.79%) Social Skills
2 58 (16.76%) Finance
3 42 (12.14%) Public Sector
4 35 (10.12%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (3.76%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (3.76%) Retail
6 12 (3.47%) Marketing
7 10 (2.89%) Games
8 7 (2.02%) Advertising
8 7 (2.02%) Legal
9 6 (1.73%) Law
10 5 (1.45%) Electronics
10 5 (1.45%) Local Government
10 5 (1.45%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.16%) Military
11 4 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.87%) Banking
12 3 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.29%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 78 (22.54%) Developer
2 75 (21.68%) Senior
3 49 (14.16%) Lead
4 26 (7.51%) Java Developer
5 25 (7.23%) Analyst
6 22 (6.36%) Development Manager
7 20 (5.78%) Business Analyst
8 18 (5.20%) Senior Manager
8 18 (5.20%) Software Development Manager
8 18 (5.20%) Software Manager
9 17 (4.91%) Architect
9 17 (4.91%) Python Developer
10 16 (4.62%) Project Manager
11 15 (4.34%) Software Engineer
12 14 (4.05%) .NET Development Manager
12 14 (4.05%) Data Engineer
13 12 (3.47%) AWS Developer
13 12 (3.47%) Delivery Manager
13 12 (3.47%) Full-Stack Developer
13 12 (3.47%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (17.63%) React
2 44 (12.72%) .NET
3 34 (9.83%) Spring Boot
4 31 (8.96%) REST
5 30 (8.67%) AngularJS
5 30 (8.67%) Node.js
6 29 (8.38%) CSS
7 26 (7.51%) HTML
8 22 (6.36%) Gherkin
8 22 (6.36%) Jest
9 19 (5.49%) ASP.NET
9 19 (5.49%) Spring
10 16 (4.62%) .NET Core
10 16 (4.62%) Vue
11 15 (4.34%) Django
11 15 (4.34%) FastAPI
11 15 (4.34%) Flask
12 14 (4.05%) RESTful
13 13 (3.76%) Blazor
14 12 (3.47%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 26 (7.51%) Cloud Native
2 22 (6.36%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (6.07%) Data Structures
4 18 (5.20%) Product Ownership
5 10 (2.89%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (2.60%) Legacy Applications
6 9 (2.60%) Onboarding
7 8 (2.31%) Mobile App
8 7 (2.02%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (1.73%) Low-Code
9 6 (1.73%) NHS
9 6 (1.73%) Social Media
10 5 (1.45%) Analogue Electronics
10 5 (1.45%) Embedded Systems
10 5 (1.45%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.16%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.16%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.02%) Android
1 7 (2.02%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.58%) Linux
2 2 (0.58%) Mac OS
2 2 (0.58%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (33.24%) CI/CD
2 112 (32.37%) Mentoring
3 96 (27.75%) DevOps
4 84 (24.28%) Continuous Improvement
5 71 (20.52%) Problem-Solving
6 65 (18.79%) Coaching
7 64 (18.50%) Stakeholder Management
8 58 (16.76%) SDLC
8 58 (16.76%) Software Engineering
9 46 (13.29%) Microservices
10 45 (13.01%) Infrastructure as Code
11 44 (12.72%) Project Management
12 39 (11.27%) Waterfall
13 38 (10.98%) Scrum
13 38 (10.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 36 (10.40%) Project Delivery
15 34 (9.83%) Decision-Making
16 31 (8.96%) Full-Stack Development
17 29 (8.38%) Data Modelling
18 26 (7.51%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 60 (17.34%) SQL
2 53 (15.32%) JavaScript
3 47 (13.58%) Java
4 46 (13.29%) TypeScript
5 38 (10.98%) Python
6 32 (9.25%) C#
7 24 (6.94%) Bash
8 21 (6.07%) Groovy
9 10 (2.89%) PHP
10 7 (2.02%) C++
11 6 (1.73%) VBA
12 5 (1.45%) C
12 5 (1.45%) Embedded C
12 5 (1.45%) Embedded C++
13 3 (0.87%) ABAP
13 3 (0.87%) PowerShell
14 2 (0.58%) COBOL
14 2 (0.58%) Go
14 2 (0.58%) R
15 1 (0.29%) Scala
Qualifications
1 33 (9.54%) AWS Certification
2 25 (7.23%) Degree
3 16 (4.62%) AWS Certified Developer
4 13 (3.76%) ITIL Certification
5 12 (3.47%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 9 (2.60%) SC Cleared
6 9 (2.60%) Security Cleared
7 8 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 3 (0.87%) IIBA
10 2 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.58%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.58%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.29%) ACCA
11 1 (0.29%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.29%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (7.51%) QA
2 18 (5.20%) Accessibility
3 13 (3.76%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.60%) GDPR
5 7 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.73%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.87%) PMO
9 2 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.58%) GRC
9 2 (0.58%) NCSC
9 2 (0.58%) NIST
9 2 (0.58%) P3O
9 2 (0.58%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.29%) COBIT
10 1 (0.29%) GAAP
10 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 1 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 69 (19.94%) Docker
2 5 (1.45%) Embedded Firmware
2 5 (1.45%) Firmware
3 1 (0.29%) Squid
Systems Management
1 56 (16.18%) Terraform
2 22 (6.36%) HP Fortify
3 19 (5.49%) Kubernetes
4 10 (2.89%) Ansible
5 6 (1.73%) Grafana
5 6 (1.73%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.29%) Kibana
6 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 32 (9.25%) Microsoft
2 26 (7.51%) SAP
3 12 (3.47%) Databricks
4 9 (2.60%) Google
5 5 (1.45%) Salesforce
6 3 (0.87%) Oracle
6 3 (0.87%) Pega
6 3 (0.87%) ServiceNow
6 3 (0.87%) WSO2
7 2 (0.58%) Adobe
7 2 (0.58%) IBM
7 2 (0.58%) New Relic
7 2 (0.58%) Nexthink
8 1 (0.29%) ESRI
8 1 (0.29%) Sitecore