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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 6 1
Rank change year-on-year -7 -5 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 339 469 861
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 10.05% 14.76% 26.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.69% 16.40% 30.01%
Number of salaries quoted 232 206 738
10th Percentile £41,074 £42,125 £42,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -4.56% -2.63%
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £91,934
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £65,066
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.74% -3.61%

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 2,672 2,860 2,869
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 79.22% 90.02% 89.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,544 1,119 2,238
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £28,944
25th Percentile £30,188 £40,988 £39,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - -4.34%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £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 7 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 7 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 -4 273 £65,000 +14.64% 98
South Yorkshire -16 38 £55,000 -12.00% 44
North Yorkshire -8 16 £60,000 +7.14% 24
East Yorkshire -10 12 £55,000 +7.32% 18
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 (2.95%) Confluence
1 10 (2.95%) OpenStack
2 7 (2.06%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.77%) Apache
4 4 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.18%) CMS
5 2 (0.59%) Drupal
5 2 (0.59%) EPiServer
5 2 (0.59%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.59%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.29%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.29%) FileNet
6 1 (0.29%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (2.95%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (2.95%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.59%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.59%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (3.83%) SAP ERP
2 9 (2.65%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.59%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 132 (38.94%) AWS
2 96 (28.32%) Azure
3 59 (17.40%) Serverless
4 43 (12.68%) Amazon S3
4 43 (12.68%) SaaS
5 32 (9.44%) AWS Lambda
6 30 (8.85%) AWS CloudFormation
7 29 (8.55%) GitHub
8 28 (8.26%) AWS Step Functions
9 27 (7.96%) Amazon ECS
10 24 (7.08%) Amazon SQS
11 22 (6.49%) GCP
12 18 (5.31%) Azure DevOps
13 16 (4.72%) Amazon EKS
14 14 (4.13%) Amazon ECR
14 14 (4.13%) Apigee
15 12 (3.54%) GitHub Actions
16 11 (3.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 11 (3.24%) Amazon EventBridge
17 7 (2.06%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.77%) DNS
2 3 (0.88%) Firewall
3 2 (0.59%) AMQP
3 2 (0.59%) Network Security
4 1 (0.29%) BGP
4 1 (0.29%) LAN
4 1 (0.29%) MPLS
4 1 (0.29%) SSL
4 1 (0.29%) VoIP
4 1 (0.29%) WAN
4 1 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (11.50%) DynamoDB
2 35 (10.32%) SQL Server
3 26 (7.67%) NoSQL
4 24 (7.08%) PostgreSQL
5 20 (5.90%) Relational Database
6 13 (3.83%) Data Lake
6 13 (3.83%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (3.24%) Metadata
8 7 (2.06%) Amazon Redshift
8 7 (2.06%) MySQL
9 5 (1.47%) BusinessObjects
10 4 (1.18%) Data Vault
10 4 (1.18%) Looker
10 4 (1.18%) Power BI
10 4 (1.18%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.88%) Amazon Aurora
11 3 (0.88%) Apache Iceberg
11 3 (0.88%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.88%) Spark SQL
11 3 (0.88%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 35 (10.32%) Git
2 30 (8.85%) GitLab
2 30 (8.85%) Jenkins
3 15 (4.42%) Cypress.io
4 14 (4.13%) JIRA
4 14 (4.13%) Maven
4 14 (4.13%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.88%) Selenium
6 2 (0.59%) Grunt
6 2 (0.59%) gulp
6 2 (0.59%) Storybook
6 2 (0.59%) webpack
7 1 (0.29%) Appium
7 1 (0.29%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.29%) JUnit
7 1 (0.29%) Postman
7 1 (0.29%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.29%) REST Assured
General
1 119 (35.10%) Social Skills
2 58 (17.11%) Finance
3 40 (11.80%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (7.67%) Public Sector
5 16 (4.72%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (3.83%) Marketing
6 13 (3.83%) Retail
7 11 (3.24%) Law
7 11 (3.24%) Legal
8 7 (2.06%) Advertising
9 6 (1.77%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.47%) Banking
10 5 (1.47%) Electronics
10 5 (1.47%) Local Government
11 4 (1.18%) Military
11 4 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.59%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.59%) Games
Job Titles
1 75 (22.12%) Developer
2 63 (18.58%) Senior
3 46 (13.57%) Lead
4 25 (7.37%) Analyst
5 21 (6.19%) Development Manager
6 20 (5.90%) Architect
6 20 (5.90%) Business Analyst
6 20 (5.90%) Java Developer
7 19 (5.60%) Software Manager
8 18 (5.31%) Software Development Manager
9 16 (4.72%) Python Developer
10 15 (4.42%) Data Engineer
11 14 (4.13%) Software Engineer
12 13 (3.83%) .NET Development Manager
12 13 (3.83%) Consultant
13 12 (3.54%) Project Manager
13 12 (3.54%) Software Developer
14 11 (3.24%) .NET Developer
14 11 (3.24%) DevOps Engineer
14 11 (3.24%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (18.58%) React
2 51 (15.04%) .NET
3 35 (10.32%) CSS
4 32 (9.44%) Node.js
5 30 (8.85%) HTML
5 30 (8.85%) Spring Boot
6 29 (8.55%) REST
7 25 (7.37%) AngularJS
8 23 (6.78%) ASP.NET
8 23 (6.78%) Spring
9 20 (5.90%) RESTful
10 18 (5.31%) Django
10 18 (5.31%) FastAPI
10 18 (5.31%) Flask
11 16 (4.72%) .NET Core
11 16 (4.72%) Vue
12 14 (4.13%) ASP.NET Core
12 14 (4.13%) Blazor
12 14 (4.13%) Gherkin
12 14 (4.13%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 37 (10.91%) Cloud Native
2 23 (6.78%) Distributed Systems
2 23 (6.78%) Product Ownership
3 20 (5.90%) Data Structures
4 6 (1.77%) NHS
5 5 (1.47%) Analogue Electronics
5 5 (1.47%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (1.47%) Social Media
6 4 (1.18%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.18%) Onboarding
7 3 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (0.88%) Driving Licence
7 3 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
7 3 (0.88%) Private Cloud
7 3 (0.88%) Public Cloud
7 3 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (0.88%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.59%) Educational Technology
8 2 (0.59%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.59%) Linux
1 2 (0.59%) Mac OS
1 2 (0.59%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (33.04%) CI/CD
2 102 (30.09%) DevOps
3 95 (28.02%) Mentoring
4 85 (25.07%) Continuous Improvement
5 78 (23.01%) Problem-Solving
6 67 (19.76%) Stakeholder Management
7 64 (18.88%) Software Engineering
8 55 (16.22%) SDLC
9 51 (15.04%) Infrastructure as Code
10 49 (14.45%) Coaching
11 48 (14.16%) Microservices
12 46 (13.57%) Scrum
13 39 (11.50%) Waterfall
14 36 (10.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 33 (9.73%) Project Management
16 31 (9.14%) Project Delivery
17 29 (8.55%) Data Modelling
17 29 (8.55%) Decision-Making
18 26 (7.67%) Full-Stack Development
18 26 (7.67%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 66 (19.47%) SQL
2 60 (17.70%) JavaScript
3 44 (12.98%) Java
3 44 (12.98%) Python
4 40 (11.80%) TypeScript
5 36 (10.62%) C#
6 16 (4.72%) Bash
7 13 (3.83%) Groovy
8 10 (2.95%) PHP
9 8 (2.36%) C++
10 5 (1.47%) C
10 5 (1.47%) Embedded C
10 5 (1.47%) Embedded C++
11 3 (0.88%) ABAP
11 3 (0.88%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.88%) Scala
12 2 (0.59%) COBOL
12 2 (0.59%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.59%) R
13 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (7.96%) Degree
2 25 (7.37%) AWS Certification
3 17 (5.01%) Security Cleared
4 16 (4.72%) AWS Certified Developer
4 16 (4.72%) SC Cleared
5 9 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
6 5 (1.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 4 (1.18%) ACCA
7 4 (1.18%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.59%) IIBA
9 2 (0.59%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.29%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.29%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.96%) QA
2 13 (3.83%) Accessibility
2 13 (3.83%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.65%) GDPR
4 7 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.77%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.18%) GAAP
6 4 (1.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 4 (1.18%) IFRS
7 2 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.59%) GRC
7 2 (0.59%) NCSC
7 2 (0.59%) NIST
7 2 (0.59%) P3O
7 2 (0.59%) PMO
7 2 (0.59%) SLA
7 2 (0.59%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 71 (20.94%) Docker
2 5 (1.47%) Embedded Firmware
2 5 (1.47%) Firmware
3 1 (0.29%) Squid
Systems Management
1 60 (17.70%) Terraform
2 27 (7.96%) Kubernetes
3 14 (4.13%) Ansible
3 14 (4.13%) HP Fortify
4 10 (2.95%) Grafana
4 10 (2.95%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.29%) Kibana
Vendors
1 29 (8.55%) Microsoft
2 25 (7.37%) SAP
3 13 (3.83%) Databricks
4 6 (1.77%) Google
5 5 (1.47%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.18%) Oracle
7 3 (0.88%) Pega
7 3 (0.88%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.88%) WSO2
8 2 (0.59%) Adobe
8 2 (0.59%) IBM
8 2 (0.59%) New Relic
8 2 (0.59%) Nexthink
9 1 (0.29%) Blue Prism
9 1 (0.29%) ESRI
9 1 (0.29%) Sage
9 1 (0.29%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.29%) TOWER Software