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 29 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 14 3
Rank change year-on-year -6 -11 -2
Permanent jobs citing Agile 469 326 1,007
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 7.10% 12.33% 17.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.32% 13.16% 21.24%
Number of salaries quoted 322 218 784
10th Percentile £43,750 £40,000 £40,988
25th Percentile £49,000 £47,231 £44,491
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £57,732
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +12.59% -3.78%
75th Percentile £77,424 £84,688 £75,193
90th Percentile £89,815 £98,474 £84,964
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -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 4,546 2,478 4,742
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 68.83% 93.76% 81.12%
Number of salaries quoted 3,044 1,196 3,762
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £31,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,875 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 29 May 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 29 May 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 -3 344 £63,076 -9.89% 45
South Yorkshire -19 71 £57,150 -15.33% 23
North Yorkshire -9 23 £64,000 +6.67% 5
East Yorkshire -20 15 £50,000 -9.09% 5
Humberside - 1 - - 4
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 5 (1.07%) OpenStack
2 4 (0.85%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.64%) Apache
3 3 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.64%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.64%) JBoss
4 2 (0.43%) CMS
4 2 (0.43%) Confluence
5 1 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 10 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.64%) Trello
4 2 (0.43%) Sketch
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (2.35%) SAP ERP
2 5 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.21%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (0.21%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 140 (29.85%) AWS
2 110 (23.45%) Azure
3 69 (14.71%) Serverless
4 52 (11.09%) AWS Lambda
5 48 (10.23%) Amazon S3
6 46 (9.81%) Amazon ECS
7 38 (8.10%) AWS CloudFormation
8 37 (7.89%) AWS Step Functions
9 32 (6.82%) Amazon ECR
9 32 (6.82%) Amazon SQS
9 32 (6.82%) Apigee
10 27 (5.76%) SaaS
11 24 (5.12%) GCP
12 21 (4.48%) Azure DevOps
13 18 (3.84%) GitHub
13 18 (3.84%) Power Platform
14 12 (2.56%) Amazon EKS
14 12 (2.56%) PowerApps
15 9 (1.92%) Azure Data Factory
16 8 (1.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 37 (7.89%) Broadband
2 4 (0.85%) HTTP
3 3 (0.64%) DNS
4 1 (0.21%) SSL
4 1 (0.21%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (9.38%) DynamoDB
2 27 (5.76%) NoSQL
3 26 (5.54%) MongoDB
3 26 (5.54%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (4.69%) MySQL
5 20 (4.26%) SQL Server
6 14 (2.99%) Relational Database
7 12 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (2.56%) Metadata
8 9 (1.92%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (1.92%) BigQuery
9 8 (1.71%) Amazon Redshift
10 7 (1.49%) Power BI
11 5 (1.07%) Big Data
11 5 (1.07%) Data Lake
11 5 (1.07%) Tableau
12 4 (0.85%) RDBMS
13 3 (0.64%) Amazon QuickSight
13 3 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
14 2 (0.43%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 60 (12.79%) GitLab
2 52 (11.09%) Jenkins
3 36 (7.68%) Cypress.io
4 35 (7.46%) SonarQube
5 33 (7.04%) Maven
6 32 (6.82%) Git
6 32 (6.82%) JIRA
7 6 (1.28%) Cucumber
7 6 (1.28%) Selenium
8 5 (1.07%) PHPUnit
9 3 (0.64%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.43%) Claude Code
10 2 (0.43%) JUnit
10 2 (0.43%) Postman
10 2 (0.43%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.21%) Gatling
11 1 (0.21%) JMeter
11 1 (0.21%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.21%) Zephyr
General
1 102 (21.75%) Social Skills
2 85 (18.12%) Public Sector
3 81 (17.27%) Finance
4 50 (10.66%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (8.10%) Games
6 25 (5.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (2.77%) Influencing Skills
7 13 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (2.35%) Retail
9 7 (1.49%) Law
9 7 (1.49%) Marketing
10 6 (1.28%) Automotive
10 6 (1.28%) Health Technology
11 5 (1.07%) Agriculture
12 4 (0.85%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.64%) Advertising
13 3 (0.64%) Banking
13 3 (0.64%) Local Government
13 3 (0.64%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.64%) Police
Job Titles
1 128 (27.29%) Developer
2 113 (24.09%) Senior
3 77 (16.42%) Lead
4 66 (14.07%) Analyst
5 58 (12.37%) Business Analyst
6 42 (8.96%) Java Developer
7 31 (6.61%) Software Engineer
8 30 (6.40%) Senior Manager
9 24 (5.12%) Senior Developer
10 23 (4.90%) Python Developer
11 21 (4.48%) Full-Stack Developer
12 16 (3.41%) Architect
12 16 (3.41%) Delivery Manager
13 15 (3.20%) DevOps Engineer
13 15 (3.20%) Engineering Manager
14 14 (2.99%) .NET Developer
14 14 (2.99%) Product Manager
14 14 (2.99%) Software Developer
14 14 (2.99%) Technical Leader
15 13 (2.77%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (11.51%) React
2 49 (10.45%) AngularJS
3 40 (8.53%) Spring Boot
4 33 (7.04%) Jest
5 32 (6.82%) Gherkin
6 31 (6.61%) Vue
7 29 (6.18%) .NET
7 29 (6.18%) Node.js
8 26 (5.54%) REST
8 26 (5.54%) RESTful
9 20 (4.26%) CSS
10 19 (4.05%) HTML
11 18 (3.84%) GraphQL
12 17 (3.62%) Flask
13 16 (3.41%) ASP.NET
14 15 (3.20%) ASP.NET Core
15 14 (2.99%) .NET Core
16 13 (2.77%) Android SDK
17 12 (2.56%) Laravel
17 12 (2.56%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 43 (9.17%) Mobile App
2 29 (6.18%) Product Ownership
3 24 (5.12%) Onboarding
4 23 (4.90%) Data Structures
5 21 (4.48%) Cloud Native
6 16 (3.41%) Legacy Systems
6 16 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
6 16 (3.41%) Social Media
7 13 (2.77%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (1.71%) Low-Code
9 8 (1.71%) NHS
10 7 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.49%) Legacy Applications
11 6 (1.28%) Life Science
12 5 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.07%) Management Information System
13 4 (0.85%) PKI
13 4 (0.85%) PMI
13 4 (0.85%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 37 (7.89%) Android
2 23 (4.90%) Apple iOS
3 10 (2.13%) Linux
4 8 (1.71%) Windows
5 7 (1.49%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (32.62%) CI/CD
1 153 (32.62%) Mentoring
2 103 (21.96%) DevOps
3 96 (20.47%) Coaching
4 91 (19.40%) Problem-Solving
5 84 (17.91%) Continuous Improvement
6 75 (15.99%) Stakeholder Management
7 65 (13.86%) Roadmaps
8 64 (13.65%) AI
9 61 (13.01%) Decision-Making
10 60 (12.79%) SDLC
11 59 (12.58%) Project Management
12 56 (11.94%) Scrum
12 56 (11.94%) Software Engineering
13 53 (11.30%) Microservices
14 49 (10.45%) Full-Stack Development
15 47 (10.02%) Waterfall
16 46 (9.81%) Technical Leadership
17 43 (9.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 42 (8.96%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 100 (21.32%) Java
2 75 (15.99%) JavaScript
3 68 (14.50%) TypeScript
4 65 (13.86%) SQL
5 57 (12.15%) Python
6 46 (9.81%) C#
7 36 (7.68%) Groovy
8 35 (7.46%) Bash
9 19 (4.05%) PHP
10 16 (3.41%) Kotlin
11 6 (1.28%) VBA
12 5 (1.07%) Scala
13 4 (0.85%) Go
14 3 (0.64%) C++
14 3 (0.64%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.43%) C
15 2 (0.43%) Embedded C
15 2 (0.43%) Embedded C++
15 2 (0.43%) MATLAB
15 2 (0.43%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 46 (9.81%) Degree
2 39 (8.32%) AWS Certification
3 23 (4.90%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
3 23 (4.90%) ITIL Certification
4 18 (3.84%) Security Cleared
5 17 (3.62%) SC Cleared
6 14 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (2.35%) PMI Certification
8 10 (2.13%) AWS Certified Developer
8 10 (2.13%) PMP
9 7 (1.49%) IIBA
10 6 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.85%) CBAP
12 3 (0.64%) APMP
12 3 (0.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.64%) CAPM
12 3 (0.64%) PgMP
13 2 (0.43%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.43%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (9.81%) Accessibility
2 34 (7.25%) QA
3 27 (5.76%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.28%) GRC
4 6 (1.28%) PMO
5 3 (0.64%) GDPR
5 3 (0.64%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.21%) NIST
7 1 (0.21%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.21%) WCAG
System Software
1 63 (13.43%) Docker
2 2 (0.43%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (0.43%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 39 (8.32%) Terraform
2 32 (6.82%) HP Fortify
3 18 (3.84%) Kubernetes
4 10 (2.13%) Ansible
5 7 (1.49%) Argo
6 3 (0.64%) Grafana
6 3 (0.64%) Packer
6 3 (0.64%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.43%) Kibana
8 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 47 (10.02%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.48%) SAP
3 10 (2.13%) Google
4 9 (1.92%) ServiceNow
5 6 (1.28%) Databricks
5 6 (1.28%) Salesforce
5 6 (1.28%) TOWER Software
6 5 (1.07%) AppDynamics
6 5 (1.07%) IBM
7 4 (0.85%) Adobe
7 4 (0.85%) Hotjar
8 2 (0.43%) Apple
8 2 (0.43%) Facebook
8 2 (0.43%) Oracle
8 2 (0.43%) Sony
8 2 (0.43%) Yahoo!
9 1 (0.21%) Concur
9 1 (0.21%) Foundry
9 1 (0.21%) Nintex
9 1 (0.21%) Palantir