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 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 7 2
Rank change year-on-year -7 -5 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 333 461 874
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 9.98% 14.69% 26.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.69% 16.27% 29.43%
Number of salaries quoted 228 199 754
10th Percentile £41,074 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,740 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,886 £76,438
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £91,934
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 2,624 2,833 2,970
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 78.66% 90.28% 89.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,520 1,098 2,333
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £28,850
25th Percentile £30,250 £40,959 £39,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - -4.34%
75th Percentile £68,813 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £84,056
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 11 January 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 11 January 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 -4 269 £65,000 +13.84% 88
South Yorkshire -14 37 £55,000 -12.00% 44
North Yorkshire -11 15 £60,000 +7.14% 26
East Yorkshire -11 12 £55,000 +7.32% 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 (3.00%) Confluence
1 10 (3.00%) OpenStack
2 7 (2.10%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.80%) Apache
4 4 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.20%) CMS
5 2 (0.60%) Drupal
5 2 (0.60%) EPiServer
5 2 (0.60%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.60%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.30%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.30%) FileNet
6 1 (0.30%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (3.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (3.00%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.60%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.60%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.30%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (3.90%) SAP ERP
2 9 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.60%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 129 (38.74%) AWS
2 91 (27.33%) Azure
3 59 (17.72%) Serverless
4 43 (12.91%) Amazon S3
4 43 (12.91%) SaaS
5 32 (9.61%) AWS Lambda
6 29 (8.71%) AWS CloudFormation
6 29 (8.71%) GitHub
7 28 (8.41%) AWS Step Functions
8 27 (8.11%) Amazon ECS
9 24 (7.21%) Amazon SQS
10 20 (6.01%) GCP
11 18 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
12 16 (4.80%) Amazon EKS
13 14 (4.20%) Amazon ECR
13 14 (4.20%) Apigee
14 12 (3.60%) GitHub Actions
15 11 (3.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 11 (3.30%) Amazon EventBridge
16 7 (2.10%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.80%) DNS
2 3 (0.90%) Firewall
3 2 (0.60%) AMQP
3 2 (0.60%) Network Security
4 1 (0.30%) BGP
4 1 (0.30%) LAN
4 1 (0.30%) MPLS
4 1 (0.30%) SSL
4 1 (0.30%) VoIP
4 1 (0.30%) WAN
4 1 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (11.71%) DynamoDB
2 35 (10.51%) SQL Server
3 25 (7.51%) NoSQL
4 23 (6.91%) PostgreSQL
5 20 (6.01%) Relational Database
6 13 (3.90%) Data Lake
6 13 (3.90%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (3.30%) Metadata
8 7 (2.10%) Amazon Redshift
8 7 (2.10%) MySQL
9 5 (1.50%) BusinessObjects
10 4 (1.20%) Data Vault
10 4 (1.20%) Looker
10 4 (1.20%) Power BI
10 4 (1.20%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.90%) Amazon Aurora
11 3 (0.90%) Apache Iceberg
11 3 (0.90%) Spark SQL
11 3 (0.90%) Tableau
12 2 (0.60%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 35 (10.51%) Git
2 29 (8.71%) GitLab
2 29 (8.71%) Jenkins
3 15 (4.50%) Cypress.io
4 14 (4.20%) JIRA
4 14 (4.20%) Maven
4 14 (4.20%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.90%) Selenium
6 2 (0.60%) Grunt
6 2 (0.60%) gulp
6 2 (0.60%) Storybook
6 2 (0.60%) webpack
7 1 (0.30%) Appium
7 1 (0.30%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.30%) JUnit
7 1 (0.30%) Postman
7 1 (0.30%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.30%) REST Assured
General
1 117 (35.14%) Social Skills
2 57 (17.12%) Finance
3 40 (12.01%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (7.81%) Public Sector
5 16 (4.80%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (3.90%) Marketing
6 13 (3.90%) Retail
7 11 (3.30%) Legal
8 10 (3.00%) Law
9 7 (2.10%) Advertising
10 6 (1.80%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.50%) Banking
11 5 (1.50%) Electronics
11 5 (1.50%) Local Government
12 4 (1.20%) Military
12 4 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.60%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.60%) Games
Job Titles
1 74 (22.22%) Developer
2 61 (18.32%) Senior
3 45 (13.51%) Lead
4 25 (7.51%) Analyst
5 21 (6.31%) Development Manager
6 20 (6.01%) Business Analyst
6 20 (6.01%) Java Developer
7 19 (5.71%) Software Manager
8 18 (5.41%) Architect
8 18 (5.41%) Software Development Manager
9 16 (4.80%) Python Developer
10 15 (4.50%) Data Engineer
10 15 (4.50%) Software Engineer
11 13 (3.90%) .NET Development Manager
11 13 (3.90%) Consultant
12 11 (3.30%) .NET Developer
12 11 (3.30%) Project Manager
12 11 (3.30%) Software Developer
13 10 (3.00%) DevOps Engineer
13 10 (3.00%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (18.92%) React
2 49 (14.71%) .NET
3 34 (10.21%) CSS
4 32 (9.61%) Node.js
5 30 (9.01%) Spring Boot
6 29 (8.71%) HTML
6 29 (8.71%) REST
7 24 (7.21%) AngularJS
8 23 (6.91%) ASP.NET
8 23 (6.91%) Spring
9 18 (5.41%) RESTful
10 17 (5.11%) Django
10 17 (5.11%) FastAPI
10 17 (5.11%) Flask
11 16 (4.80%) .NET Core
11 16 (4.80%) Vue
12 14 (4.20%) ASP.NET Core
12 14 (4.20%) Blazor
12 14 (4.20%) Gherkin
12 14 (4.20%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 35 (10.51%) Cloud Native
2 23 (6.91%) Distributed Systems
3 22 (6.61%) Product Ownership
4 20 (6.01%) Data Structures
5 6 (1.80%) NHS
6 5 (1.50%) Analogue Electronics
6 5 (1.50%) Embedded Systems
6 5 (1.50%) Social Media
7 4 (1.20%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.20%) Onboarding
8 3 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.90%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (0.90%) Private Cloud
8 3 (0.90%) Public Cloud
8 3 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.90%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.60%) Educational Technology
9 2 (0.60%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.60%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.60%) Linux
1 2 (0.60%) Mac OS
1 2 (0.60%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (32.13%) CI/CD
2 98 (29.43%) DevOps
3 92 (27.63%) Mentoring
4 85 (25.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 77 (23.12%) Problem-Solving
6 64 (19.22%) Stakeholder Management
7 62 (18.62%) Software Engineering
8 55 (16.52%) SDLC
9 49 (14.71%) Coaching
9 49 (14.71%) Infrastructure as Code
10 46 (13.81%) Microservices
10 46 (13.81%) Scrum
11 38 (11.41%) Waterfall
12 36 (10.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 32 (9.61%) Project Management
14 30 (9.01%) Project Delivery
15 29 (8.71%) Decision-Making
16 28 (8.41%) Data Modelling
17 26 (7.81%) Full-Stack Development
17 26 (7.81%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 64 (19.22%) SQL
2 60 (18.02%) JavaScript
3 44 (13.21%) Java
4 42 (12.61%) Python
5 39 (11.71%) TypeScript
6 35 (10.51%) C#
7 16 (4.80%) Bash
8 13 (3.90%) Groovy
9 10 (3.00%) PHP
10 8 (2.40%) C++
11 5 (1.50%) C
11 5 (1.50%) Embedded C
11 5 (1.50%) Embedded C++
12 3 (0.90%) ABAP
12 3 (0.90%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.90%) Scala
13 2 (0.60%) COBOL
13 2 (0.60%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.60%) R
14 1 (0.30%) Go
Qualifications
1 27 (8.11%) Degree
2 25 (7.51%) AWS Certification
3 16 (4.80%) AWS Certified Developer
3 16 (4.80%) Security Cleared
4 15 (4.50%) SC Cleared
5 9 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.50%) ITIL Certification
6 5 (1.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 4 (1.20%) ACCA
7 4 (1.20%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.60%) IIBA
9 2 (0.60%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.30%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.30%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.11%) QA
2 13 (3.90%) Accessibility
2 13 (3.90%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.70%) GDPR
4 7 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.80%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.20%) GAAP
6 4 (1.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 4 (1.20%) IFRS
7 2 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.60%) GRC
7 2 (0.60%) NCSC
7 2 (0.60%) NIST
7 2 (0.60%) P3O
7 2 (0.60%) PMO
7 2 (0.60%) SLA
7 2 (0.60%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 69 (20.72%) Docker
2 5 (1.50%) Embedded Firmware
2 5 (1.50%) Firmware
3 1 (0.30%) Squid
Systems Management
1 58 (17.42%) Terraform
2 25 (7.51%) Kubernetes
3 14 (4.20%) HP Fortify
4 13 (3.90%) Ansible
5 9 (2.70%) Grafana
5 9 (2.70%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.30%) Kibana
Vendors
1 29 (8.71%) Microsoft
2 25 (7.51%) SAP
3 12 (3.60%) Databricks
4 6 (1.80%) Google
5 5 (1.50%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.20%) Oracle
7 3 (0.90%) Pega
7 3 (0.90%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.90%) WSO2
8 2 (0.60%) Adobe
8 2 (0.60%) IBM
8 2 (0.60%) New Relic
8 2 (0.60%) Nexthink
9 1 (0.30%) Blue Prism
9 1 (0.30%) ESRI
9 1 (0.30%) Sage
9 1 (0.30%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.30%) TOWER Software