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 10 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 7 2
Rank change year-on-year -9 -5 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 458 359 1,071
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 8.51% 15.82% 19.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.72% 16.72% 23.26%
Number of salaries quoted 306 251 854
10th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £40,988
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +12.14% -3.39%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £91,875 £98,474 £84,964
England median annual salary £66,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +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 3,909 2,147 4,605
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 72.66% 94.62% 84.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2,495 1,255 3,664
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,922 £89,290 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 10 April 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 10 April 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 -1 358 £63,076 -9.89% 120
South Yorkshire -19 62 £55,000 -18.52% 25
North Yorkshire -7 19 £65,000 +15.56% 13
East Yorkshire -23 11 £46,250 -7.50% 12
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 (2.18%) OpenStack
2 5 (1.09%) Apache Spark
3 4 (0.87%) Apache
3 4 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (0.87%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.66%) Confluence
4 3 (0.66%) JBoss
5 2 (0.44%) CMS
6 1 (0.22%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 10 (2.18%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (2.18%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.31%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.44%) Sketch
5 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (3.06%) SAP ERP
2 6 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.44%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.22%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 162 (35.37%) AWS
2 101 (22.05%) Azure
3 96 (20.96%) Serverless
4 64 (13.97%) Amazon S3
5 62 (13.54%) AWS Lambda
6 54 (11.79%) Amazon ECS
7 48 (10.48%) AWS CloudFormation
7 48 (10.48%) AWS Step Functions
8 39 (8.52%) Amazon SQS
9 36 (7.86%) Amazon ECR
9 36 (7.86%) Apigee
9 36 (7.86%) SaaS
10 34 (7.42%) GitHub
11 20 (4.37%) Azure DevOps
12 19 (4.15%) GCP
13 18 (3.93%) Amazon EKS
14 16 (3.49%) Power Platform
15 13 (2.84%) GitHub Actions
16 11 (2.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 11 (2.40%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 37 (8.08%) Broadband
2 4 (0.87%) DNS
3 2 (0.44%) HTTP
4 1 (0.22%) SSL
4 1 (0.22%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (12.45%) DynamoDB
2 34 (7.42%) SQL Server
3 28 (6.11%) NoSQL
3 28 (6.11%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (4.37%) Relational Database
5 16 (3.49%) MySQL
6 12 (2.62%) Metadata
7 11 (2.40%) MongoDB
8 10 (2.18%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (1.75%) Data Lake
10 6 (1.31%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (1.31%) Power BI
11 5 (1.09%) Tableau
12 4 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.87%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.87%) BusinessObjects
13 3 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (0.66%) Big Data
13 3 (0.66%) RDBMS
14 2 (0.44%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 59 (12.88%) GitLab
2 57 (12.45%) Jenkins
3 44 (9.61%) Git
4 39 (8.52%) SonarQube
5 37 (8.08%) Cypress.io
6 36 (7.86%) Maven
7 24 (5.24%) JIRA
8 8 (1.75%) Selenium
9 7 (1.53%) Cucumber
10 5 (1.09%) PHPUnit
11 3 (0.66%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.66%) JUnit
12 2 (0.44%) Postman
13 1 (0.22%) Gatling
13 1 (0.22%) JMeter
13 1 (0.22%) REST Assured
13 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 122 (26.64%) Social Skills
2 84 (18.34%) Finance
3 68 (14.85%) Public Sector
4 44 (9.61%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (8.30%) Games
6 21 (4.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (3.49%) Retail
8 12 (2.62%) Marketing
8 12 (2.62%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.31%) Health Technology
10 6 (1.31%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.09%) Electronics
11 5 (1.09%) Law
11 5 (1.09%) Local Government
12 4 (0.87%) Advertising
12 4 (0.87%) Automotive
12 4 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.66%) Fire and Rescue
13 3 (0.66%) Police
Job Titles
1 134 (29.26%) Developer
2 102 (22.27%) Senior
3 72 (15.72%) Lead
4 45 (9.83%) Java Developer
5 39 (8.52%) Analyst
6 31 (6.77%) Business Analyst
7 29 (6.33%) Software Engineer
8 27 (5.90%) Senior Manager
9 26 (5.68%) Python Developer
10 23 (5.02%) Full-Stack Developer
10 23 (5.02%) Senior Developer
11 21 (4.59%) Development Manager
12 18 (3.93%) Delivery Manager
12 18 (3.93%) Software Manager
13 16 (3.49%) Software Development Manager
13 16 (3.49%) Technical Leader
14 15 (3.28%) AWS Developer
15 14 (3.06%) .NET Development Manager
15 14 (3.06%) Architect
15 14 (3.06%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (15.28%) React
2 53 (11.57%) AngularJS
3 50 (10.92%) Spring Boot
4 40 (8.73%) .NET
5 36 (7.86%) Gherkin
5 36 (7.86%) Jest
5 36 (7.86%) Vue
6 34 (7.42%) CSS
6 34 (7.42%) HTML
7 30 (6.55%) Node.js
7 30 (6.55%) REST
8 26 (5.68%) Flask
9 22 (4.80%) RESTful
10 21 (4.59%) Spring
11 19 (4.15%) GraphQL
12 18 (3.93%) .NET Core
12 18 (3.93%) ASP.NET
13 16 (3.49%) Django
14 15 (3.28%) Elastic Stack
14 15 (3.28%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 41 (8.95%) Mobile App
2 32 (6.99%) Cloud Native
3 27 (5.90%) Data Structures
3 27 (5.90%) Product Ownership
4 24 (5.24%) Distributed Systems
5 23 (5.02%) Onboarding
6 17 (3.71%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (3.71%) Social Media
7 14 (3.06%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (1.97%) Legacy Applications
9 7 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (1.53%) Low-Code
9 7 (1.53%) NHS
10 5 (1.09%) Analogue Electronics
10 5 (1.09%) Embedded Systems
10 5 (1.09%) Management Information System
11 4 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (0.87%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 36 (7.86%) Android
2 23 (5.02%) Apple iOS
3 5 (1.09%) Linux
4 3 (0.66%) Windows
5 2 (0.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (36.68%) CI/CD
2 143 (31.22%) Mentoring
3 116 (25.33%) DevOps
4 103 (22.49%) Continuous Improvement
5 101 (22.05%) Problem-Solving
6 82 (17.90%) Coaching
7 73 (15.94%) Stakeholder Management
8 64 (13.97%) Software Engineering
9 63 (13.76%) Decision-Making
9 63 (13.76%) SDLC
10 62 (13.54%) Project Management
11 59 (12.88%) Microservices
12 53 (11.57%) AI
12 53 (11.57%) Roadmaps
13 50 (10.92%) Full-Stack Development
14 49 (10.70%) Waterfall
15 48 (10.48%) Infrastructure as Code
16 47 (10.26%) Scrum
17 46 (10.04%) Observability
18 43 (9.39%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 94 (20.52%) Java
2 81 (17.69%) JavaScript
3 73 (15.94%) SQL
4 64 (13.97%) TypeScript
5 53 (11.57%) Python
6 44 (9.61%) C#
7 38 (8.30%) Groovy
8 35 (7.64%) Bash
9 18 (3.93%) PHP
10 16 (3.49%) Kotlin
11 6 (1.31%) C++
11 6 (1.31%) VBA
12 5 (1.09%) C
12 5 (1.09%) Embedded C
12 5 (1.09%) Embedded C++
13 4 (0.87%) Go
14 2 (0.44%) COBOL
14 2 (0.44%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.44%) R
15 1 (0.22%) Perl
Qualifications
1 47 (10.26%) AWS Certification
2 34 (7.42%) Degree
3 22 (4.80%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
3 22 (4.80%) ITIL Certification
4 20 (4.37%) AWS Certified Developer
5 19 (4.15%) Security Cleared
6 18 (3.93%) SC Cleared
7 8 (1.75%) PMI Certification
8 7 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (1.53%) IIBA
8 7 (1.53%) PMP
9 4 (0.87%) CBAP
10 3 (0.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.44%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.44%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.22%) CIPD
12 1 (0.22%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (10.04%) Accessibility
2 28 (6.11%) QA
3 22 (4.80%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.53%) GDPR
4 7 (1.53%) GRC
5 6 (1.31%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.66%) PMO
8 2 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (0.44%) NIST
8 2 (0.44%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.22%) P3O
9 1 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 92 (20.09%) Docker
2 5 (1.09%) Embedded Firmware
2 5 (1.09%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 64 (13.97%) Terraform
2 36 (7.86%) HP Fortify
3 25 (5.46%) Kubernetes
4 16 (3.49%) Ansible
5 6 (1.31%) Grafana
5 6 (1.31%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.66%) Packer
7 2 (0.44%) Argo
7 2 (0.44%) Kibana
8 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 39 (8.52%) Microsoft
2 23 (5.02%) SAP
3 8 (1.75%) Databricks
4 7 (1.53%) Google
5 6 (1.31%) Adobe
6 5 (1.09%) AppDynamics
6 5 (1.09%) IBM
6 5 (1.09%) Salesforce
7 4 (0.87%) Hotjar
7 4 (0.87%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.66%) Oracle
8 3 (0.66%) Pega
8 3 (0.66%) TOWER Software
8 3 (0.66%) WSO2
9 1 (0.22%) Apple
9 1 (0.22%) Foundry
9 1 (0.22%) Informatica
9 1 (0.22%) Palantir
9 1 (0.22%) Sony
9 1 (0.22%) Yahoo!