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 8 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 6 2
Rank change year-on-year -8 -4 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 392 410 1,043
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 8.83% 17.12% 20.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.74% 17.89% 24.34%
Number of salaries quoted 255 218 882
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,988
25th Percentile £52,375 £45,000 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £65,000 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% +9.14% -2.37%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £90,000 £98,474 £84,964
England median annual salary £65,000 £69,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.47% +11.20% -7.41%

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 3,338 2,292 4,285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 75.18% 95.70% 86.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,012 1,112 3,424
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,750 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £88,698 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 8 March 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 8 March 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 -6 311 £67,500 - 96
South Yorkshire -20 48 £55,000 -8.33% 37
North Yorkshire -9 15 £64,000 +11.30% 9
East Yorkshire -14 11 £45,000 -10.00% 9
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 (2.55%) OpenStack
2 7 (1.79%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.53%) Apache
3 6 (1.53%) Confluence
4 5 (1.28%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.77%) CMS
6 2 (0.51%) JBoss
6 2 (0.51%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.26%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.26%) FileNet
7 1 (0.26%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.26%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.51%) Sketch
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.26%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (3.57%) SAP ERP
2 9 (2.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.51%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.26%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 150 (38.27%) AWS
2 87 (22.19%) Azure
3 80 (20.41%) Serverless
4 57 (14.54%) Amazon S3
5 50 (12.76%) AWS Lambda
6 45 (11.48%) Amazon ECS
7 42 (10.71%) AWS Step Functions
8 41 (10.46%) AWS CloudFormation
9 38 (9.69%) SaaS
10 35 (8.93%) Amazon SQS
11 31 (7.91%) GitHub
12 29 (7.40%) Amazon ECR
12 29 (7.40%) Apigee
13 19 (4.85%) GCP
14 17 (4.34%) Azure DevOps
15 15 (3.83%) Amazon EKS
15 15 (3.83%) Power Platform
16 13 (3.32%) GitHub Actions
17 11 (2.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 11 (2.81%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 31 (7.91%) Broadband
2 5 (1.28%) DNS
3 2 (0.51%) Firewall
3 2 (0.51%) Network Security
3 2 (0.51%) SSL
4 1 (0.26%) HTTP
4 1 (0.26%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (13.52%) DynamoDB
2 31 (7.91%) SQL Server
3 27 (6.89%) NoSQL
4 25 (6.38%) PostgreSQL
5 20 (5.10%) Relational Database
6 14 (3.57%) MySQL
7 12 (3.06%) Metadata
8 10 (2.55%) Data Lake
8 10 (2.55%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (1.79%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (1.53%) MongoDB
11 5 (1.28%) BusinessObjects
11 5 (1.28%) Power BI
12 4 (1.02%) RDBMS
12 4 (1.02%) Tableau
13 3 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (0.77%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.77%) Data Vault
13 3 (0.77%) Spark SQL
14 2 (0.51%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 45 (11.48%) GitLab
2 44 (11.22%) Jenkins
3 37 (9.44%) Git
4 29 (7.40%) Cypress.io
4 29 (7.40%) Maven
4 29 (7.40%) SonarQube
5 11 (2.81%) JIRA
6 5 (1.28%) PHPUnit
6 5 (1.28%) Selenium
7 3 (0.77%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.51%) JUnit
9 1 (0.26%) Postman
General
1 113 (28.83%) Social Skills
2 60 (15.31%) Finance
3 55 (14.03%) Public Sector
4 39 (9.95%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (8.42%) Games
6 17 (4.34%) Retail
7 13 (3.32%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (3.06%) Marketing
9 9 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.04%) Local Government
11 7 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.53%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.28%) Electronics
13 5 (1.28%) Health Technology
13 5 (1.28%) Law
13 5 (1.28%) Legal
14 4 (1.02%) Advertising
14 4 (1.02%) Fire and Rescue
14 4 (1.02%) Military
14 4 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 101 (25.77%) Developer
2 84 (21.43%) Senior
3 61 (15.56%) Lead
4 34 (8.67%) Java Developer
5 25 (6.38%) Analyst
6 24 (6.12%) Development Manager
7 22 (5.61%) Software Engineer
8 20 (5.10%) Business Analyst
8 20 (5.10%) Senior Developer
8 20 (5.10%) Senior Manager
9 19 (4.85%) Python Developer
9 19 (4.85%) Software Manager
10 18 (4.59%) Software Development Manager
11 17 (4.34%) Architect
12 16 (4.08%) Delivery Manager
13 14 (3.57%) .NET Development Manager
13 14 (3.57%) AWS Developer
13 14 (3.57%) Project Manager
14 13 (3.32%) Full-Stack Developer
14 13 (3.32%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (16.58%) React
2 41 (10.46%) Spring Boot
3 40 (10.20%) .NET
4 37 (9.44%) AngularJS
5 32 (8.16%) Node.js
6 31 (7.91%) REST
7 29 (7.40%) Gherkin
7 29 (7.40%) Jest
8 28 (7.14%) HTML
9 27 (6.89%) CSS
10 22 (5.61%) Vue
11 19 (4.85%) Spring
12 18 (4.59%) RESTful
13 17 (4.34%) Flask
14 16 (4.08%) .NET Core
14 16 (4.08%) ASP.NET
14 16 (4.08%) GraphQL
15 15 (3.83%) Django
15 15 (3.83%) FastAPI
16 13 (3.32%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 34 (8.67%) Mobile App
2 30 (7.65%) Cloud Native
3 24 (6.12%) Product Ownership
4 23 (5.87%) Onboarding
5 22 (5.61%) Distributed Systems
6 21 (5.36%) Data Structures
7 12 (3.06%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (3.06%) Social Media
8 11 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.30%) Legacy Applications
10 7 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.79%) Low-Code
10 7 (1.79%) NHS
11 5 (1.28%) Analogue Electronics
11 5 (1.28%) Embedded Systems
11 5 (1.28%) Public Cloud
12 4 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.02%) Data Centre
12 4 (1.02%) Management Information System
13 3 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 30 (7.65%) Android
2 23 (5.87%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (37.76%) CI/CD
2 134 (34.18%) Mentoring
3 103 (26.28%) DevOps
4 88 (22.45%) Continuous Improvement
5 83 (21.17%) Problem-Solving
6 74 (18.88%) Coaching
7 65 (16.58%) Software Engineering
8 64 (16.33%) Stakeholder Management
9 58 (14.80%) Project Management
10 56 (14.29%) Microservices
11 55 (14.03%) SDLC
12 50 (12.76%) Roadmaps
13 49 (12.50%) Decision-Making
14 45 (11.48%) AI
15 43 (10.97%) Infrastructure as Code
15 43 (10.97%) Observability
16 41 (10.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 38 (9.69%) Scrum
18 37 (9.44%) Full-Stack Development
19 36 (9.18%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 69 (17.60%) Java
2 66 (16.84%) JavaScript
3 57 (14.54%) SQL
4 54 (13.78%) TypeScript
5 40 (10.20%) Python
6 33 (8.42%) C#
7 29 (7.40%) Bash
8 28 (7.14%) Groovy
9 14 (3.57%) PHP
10 9 (2.30%) Kotlin
11 6 (1.53%) VBA
12 5 (1.28%) C
12 5 (1.28%) C++
12 5 (1.28%) Embedded C
12 5 (1.28%) Embedded C++
13 3 (0.77%) ABAP
13 3 (0.77%) Go
14 2 (0.51%) COBOL
14 2 (0.51%) R
15 1 (0.26%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 40 (10.20%) AWS Certification
2 21 (5.36%) Degree
3 19 (4.85%) AWS Certified Developer
4 17 (4.34%) ITIL Certification
5 16 (4.08%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 7 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.79%) SC Cleared
6 7 (1.79%) Security Cleared
7 3 (0.77%) IIBA
7 3 (0.77%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.51%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.51%) PMP
9 1 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.26%) CIPD
9 1 (0.26%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.26%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (10.46%) Accessibility
2 25 (6.38%) QA
3 13 (3.32%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.30%) GDPR
5 7 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.79%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.02%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (0.77%) PMO
8 2 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.51%) GRC
8 2 (0.51%) NCSC
8 2 (0.51%) NIST
8 2 (0.51%) P3O
8 2 (0.51%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.51%) WCAG
System Software
1 78 (19.90%) Docker
2 5 (1.28%) Embedded Firmware
2 5 (1.28%) Firmware
3 1 (0.26%) Squid
Systems Management
1 55 (14.03%) Terraform
2 29 (7.40%) HP Fortify
3 19 (4.85%) Kubernetes
4 10 (2.55%) Ansible
5 6 (1.53%) Grafana
5 6 (1.53%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.26%) Kibana
6 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 31 (7.91%) Microsoft
2 26 (6.63%) SAP
3 7 (1.79%) Google
4 6 (1.53%) Databricks
5 5 (1.28%) Adobe
6 4 (1.02%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.77%) Hotjar
7 3 (0.77%) Oracle
7 3 (0.77%) Pega
7 3 (0.77%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.77%) WSO2
8 2 (0.51%) New Relic
9 1 (0.26%) IBM
9 1 (0.26%) Informatica
9 1 (0.26%) Nintex
9 1 (0.26%) Sitecore