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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -11 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 353 446 1,010
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 8.96% 17.94% 22.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.62% 19.56% 26.16%
Number of salaries quoted 237 200 872
10th Percentile £40,645 £42,500 £42,445
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +9.14% -4.71%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,772
90th Percentile £90,000 £98,474 £87,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £63,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +10.24% -5.93%

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 3,039 2,280 3,861
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 77.11% 91.71% 86.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,802 1,049 3,103
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,950 £37,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.72% +5.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £67,313 £73,886 £66,778
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,645 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -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 12 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 12 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 -4 281 £65,000 -3.70% 70
South Yorkshire -16 46 £55,000 -15.38% 28
East Yorkshire -13 13 £55,000 +10.00% 6
North Yorkshire -23 9 £64,000 +16.36% 15
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 (2.83%) OpenStack
2 9 (2.55%) Confluence
3 6 (1.70%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.42%) Apache
5 4 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.57%) CMS
7 1 (0.28%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.28%) FileNet
7 1 (0.28%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.28%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (2.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (3.97%) SAP ERP
2 9 (2.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.57%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 139 (39.38%) AWS
2 84 (23.80%) Azure
3 71 (20.11%) Serverless
4 53 (15.01%) Amazon S3
5 43 (12.18%) AWS Lambda
6 42 (11.90%) SaaS
7 38 (10.76%) Amazon ECS
7 38 (10.76%) AWS CloudFormation
8 37 (10.48%) AWS Step Functions
9 32 (9.07%) Amazon SQS
10 27 (7.65%) GitHub
11 24 (6.80%) Amazon ECR
11 24 (6.80%) Apigee
12 17 (4.82%) Azure DevOps
12 17 (4.82%) GCP
13 16 (4.53%) Amazon EKS
14 11 (3.12%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 11 (3.12%) Amazon EventBridge
14 11 (3.12%) GitHub Actions
14 11 (3.12%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.12%) Broadband
2 5 (1.42%) DNS
3 2 (0.57%) Firewall
3 2 (0.57%) Network Security
3 2 (0.57%) SSL
4 1 (0.28%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (13.88%) DynamoDB
2 34 (9.63%) SQL Server
3 23 (6.52%) NoSQL
3 23 (6.52%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (6.23%) Relational Database
5 12 (3.40%) Metadata
6 11 (3.12%) Data Lake
6 11 (3.12%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (2.83%) MySQL
8 6 (1.70%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (1.42%) BusinessObjects
9 5 (1.42%) RDBMS
10 4 (1.13%) Looker
10 4 (1.13%) Power BI
11 3 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.85%) Data Vault
11 3 (0.85%) Spark SQL
11 3 (0.85%) Tableau
12 2 (0.57%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.57%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 37 (10.48%) GitLab
2 36 (10.20%) Jenkins
3 31 (8.78%) Git
4 24 (6.80%) Cypress.io
4 24 (6.80%) Maven
4 24 (6.80%) SonarQube
5 9 (2.55%) JIRA
6 2 (0.57%) Selenium
7 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.28%) JUnit
7 1 (0.28%) PHPUnit
General
1 110 (31.16%) Social Skills
2 57 (16.15%) Finance
3 47 (13.31%) Public Sector
4 36 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (3.68%) Games
5 13 (3.68%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (3.68%) Retail
6 12 (3.40%) Marketing
7 7 (1.98%) Advertising
7 7 (1.98%) Legal
8 6 (1.70%) Law
9 5 (1.42%) Electronics
9 5 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.42%) Local Government
9 5 (1.42%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.13%) Military
10 4 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.57%) Banking
13 1 (0.28%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 82 (23.23%) Developer
2 78 (22.10%) Senior
3 49 (13.88%) Lead
4 28 (7.93%) Java Developer
5 25 (7.08%) Analyst
6 23 (6.52%) Development Manager
7 20 (5.67%) Business Analyst
7 20 (5.67%) Senior Manager
8 18 (5.10%) Software Development Manager
8 18 (5.10%) Software Manager
9 17 (4.82%) Architect
9 17 (4.82%) Python Developer
9 17 (4.82%) Software Engineer
10 15 (4.25%) Project Manager
11 14 (3.97%) .NET Development Manager
11 14 (3.97%) Delivery Manager
12 13 (3.68%) Data Engineer
12 13 (3.68%) Senior Developer
13 12 (3.40%) AWS Developer
14 11 (3.12%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (17.56%) React
2 43 (12.18%) .NET
3 36 (10.20%) Spring Boot
4 32 (9.07%) AngularJS
4 32 (9.07%) REST
5 31 (8.78%) Node.js
6 28 (7.93%) CSS
7 26 (7.37%) HTML
8 24 (6.80%) Gherkin
8 24 (6.80%) Jest
9 19 (5.38%) Spring
10 18 (5.10%) ASP.NET
11 16 (4.53%) .NET Core
11 16 (4.53%) RESTful
11 16 (4.53%) Vue
12 15 (4.25%) Django
12 15 (4.25%) FastAPI
12 15 (4.25%) Flask
13 13 (3.68%) Blazor
14 11 (3.12%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.93%) Cloud Native
2 22 (6.23%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (5.95%) Data Structures
4 18 (5.10%) Product Ownership
5 12 (3.40%) Mobile App
6 11 (3.12%) Onboarding
7 10 (2.83%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (2.55%) Legacy Applications
9 7 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (1.98%) Social Media
10 6 (1.70%) Low-Code
10 6 (1.70%) NHS
11 5 (1.42%) Analogue Electronics
11 5 (1.42%) Embedded Systems
11 5 (1.42%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.13%) Data Centre
12 4 (1.13%) Management Information System
13 3 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.83%) Android
2 9 (2.55%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.57%) Linux
3 2 (0.57%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (34.28%) CI/CD
2 119 (33.71%) Mentoring
3 99 (28.05%) DevOps
4 85 (24.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 73 (20.68%) Problem-Solving
6 69 (19.55%) Coaching
7 64 (18.13%) Stakeholder Management
8 60 (17.00%) Software Engineering
9 57 (16.15%) SDLC
10 49 (13.88%) Microservices
11 45 (12.75%) Infrastructure as Code
12 44 (12.46%) Project Management
13 40 (11.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 38 (10.76%) Scrum
15 36 (10.20%) Waterfall
16 35 (9.92%) Project Delivery
17 34 (9.63%) Decision-Making
18 31 (8.78%) Full-Stack Development
19 28 (7.93%) Data Modelling
19 28 (7.93%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 61 (17.28%) SQL
2 54 (15.30%) JavaScript
3 52 (14.73%) Java
4 49 (13.88%) TypeScript
5 38 (10.76%) Python
6 32 (9.07%) C#
7 26 (7.37%) Bash
8 23 (6.52%) Groovy
9 10 (2.83%) PHP
10 7 (1.98%) C++
11 6 (1.70%) VBA
12 5 (1.42%) C
12 5 (1.42%) Embedded C
12 5 (1.42%) Embedded C++
13 3 (0.85%) ABAP
13 3 (0.85%) PowerShell
14 2 (0.57%) COBOL
14 2 (0.57%) Go
14 2 (0.57%) R
15 1 (0.28%) Scala
Qualifications
1 35 (9.92%) AWS Certification
2 22 (6.23%) Degree
3 17 (4.82%) AWS Certified Developer
4 14 (3.97%) ITIL Certification
5 13 (3.68%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 8 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (1.98%) SC Cleared
7 7 (1.98%) Security Cleared
8 3 (0.85%) IIBA
8 3 (0.85%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (0.57%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.57%) PMP
10 1 (0.28%) ACCA
10 1 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.28%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (7.37%) QA
2 21 (5.95%) Accessibility
3 13 (3.68%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.55%) GDPR
5 7 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.70%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.85%) PMO
9 2 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.57%) GRC
9 2 (0.57%) NCSC
9 2 (0.57%) NIST
9 2 (0.57%) P3O
9 2 (0.57%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.28%) COBIT
10 1 (0.28%) GAAP
10 1 (0.28%) IFRS
10 1 (0.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 71 (20.11%) Docker
2 5 (1.42%) Embedded Firmware
2 5 (1.42%) Firmware
3 1 (0.28%) Squid
Systems Management
1 56 (15.86%) Terraform
2 24 (6.80%) HP Fortify
3 19 (5.38%) Kubernetes
4 10 (2.83%) Ansible
5 6 (1.70%) Grafana
5 6 (1.70%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.28%) Kibana
6 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 32 (9.07%) Microsoft
2 26 (7.37%) SAP
3 11 (3.12%) Databricks
4 9 (2.55%) Google
5 5 (1.42%) Salesforce
5 5 (1.42%) ServiceNow
6 3 (0.85%) Adobe
6 3 (0.85%) Oracle
6 3 (0.85%) Pega
6 3 (0.85%) WSO2
7 2 (0.57%) New Relic
7 2 (0.57%) Nexthink
8 1 (0.28%) ESRI
8 1 (0.28%) Hotjar
8 1 (0.28%) IBM
8 1 (0.28%) Sitecore