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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 6 2
Rank change year-on-year -8 -4 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 403 402 1,053
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 8.87% 17.43% 20.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.83% 18.19% 24.36%
Number of salaries quoted 259 223 887
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £40,988
25th Percentile £51,750 £45,000 £46,596
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £66,367 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +11.44% -0.95%
75th Percentile £80,000 £79,375 £75,772
90th Percentile £90,000 £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 3,407 2,210 4,323
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 74.98% 95.80% 85.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,046 1,124 3,448
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,563 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £89,850 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 11 March 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 March 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 -2 322 £65,000 -3.70% 105
South Yorkshire -21 48 £55,000 -12.00% 41
North Yorkshire -5 16 £64,000 +11.30% 10
East Yorkshire -14 11 £45,000 -10.00% 8
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 (2.48%) OpenStack
2 7 (1.74%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.49%) Apache
3 6 (1.49%) Confluence
4 5 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.50%) CMS
5 2 (0.50%) JBoss
5 2 (0.50%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.25%) FileNet
6 1 (0.25%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.50%) Sketch
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.25%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (3.47%) SAP ERP
2 9 (2.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.50%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.25%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 152 (37.72%) AWS
2 89 (22.08%) Azure
3 82 (20.35%) Serverless
4 59 (14.64%) Amazon S3
5 52 (12.90%) AWS Lambda
6 46 (11.41%) Amazon ECS
7 43 (10.67%) AWS Step Functions
8 42 (10.42%) AWS CloudFormation
9 38 (9.43%) SaaS
10 36 (8.93%) Amazon SQS
11 32 (7.94%) GitHub
12 30 (7.44%) Amazon ECR
12 30 (7.44%) Apigee
13 19 (4.71%) GCP
14 17 (4.22%) Azure DevOps
15 15 (3.72%) Amazon EKS
15 15 (3.72%) Power Platform
16 13 (3.23%) GitHub Actions
17 11 (2.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 11 (2.73%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 37 (9.18%) Broadband
2 5 (1.24%) DNS
3 2 (0.50%) SSL
4 1 (0.25%) Firewall
4 1 (0.25%) HTTP
4 1 (0.25%) Network Security
4 1 (0.25%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (13.40%) DynamoDB
2 31 (7.69%) SQL Server
3 27 (6.70%) NoSQL
4 25 (6.20%) PostgreSQL
5 20 (4.96%) Relational Database
6 14 (3.47%) MySQL
7 12 (2.98%) Metadata
8 11 (2.73%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (2.48%) Data Lake
10 8 (1.99%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (1.74%) MongoDB
12 5 (1.24%) BusinessObjects
12 5 (1.24%) Power BI
13 4 (0.99%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.99%) Tableau
14 3 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
14 3 (0.74%) Big Data
14 3 (0.74%) BigQuery
14 3 (0.74%) Data Vault
14 3 (0.74%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 46 (11.41%) GitLab
2 45 (11.17%) Jenkins
3 37 (9.18%) Git
4 30 (7.44%) Cypress.io
4 30 (7.44%) Maven
4 30 (7.44%) SonarQube
5 12 (2.98%) JIRA
6 5 (1.24%) PHPUnit
6 5 (1.24%) Selenium
7 3 (0.74%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.50%) JUnit
9 1 (0.25%) Postman
General
1 112 (27.79%) Social Skills
2 64 (15.88%) Finance
3 55 (13.65%) Public Sector
4 39 (9.68%) Games
5 38 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (4.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (3.97%) Retail
8 13 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (2.73%) Marketing
10 9 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (1.99%) Local Government
12 6 (1.49%) Health Technology
12 6 (1.49%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.24%) Electronics
13 5 (1.24%) Legal
14 4 (0.99%) Advertising
14 4 (0.99%) Fire and Rescue
14 4 (0.99%) Law
14 4 (0.99%) Military
14 4 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 107 (26.55%) Developer
2 86 (21.34%) Senior
3 61 (15.14%) Lead
4 35 (8.68%) Java Developer
5 27 (6.70%) Analyst
6 24 (5.96%) Development Manager
7 22 (5.46%) Business Analyst
7 22 (5.46%) Software Engineer
8 20 (4.96%) Senior Developer
8 20 (4.96%) Senior Manager
9 19 (4.71%) Python Developer
9 19 (4.71%) Software Manager
10 18 (4.47%) Software Development Manager
11 17 (4.22%) Delivery Manager
12 15 (3.72%) Architect
13 14 (3.47%) .NET Development Manager
13 14 (3.47%) AWS Developer
13 14 (3.47%) Data Engineer
13 14 (3.47%) Engineering Manager
13 14 (3.47%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (16.13%) React
2 42 (10.42%) Spring Boot
3 40 (9.93%) .NET
4 38 (9.43%) AngularJS
5 32 (7.94%) Node.js
6 30 (7.44%) Gherkin
6 30 (7.44%) Jest
7 29 (7.20%) REST
8 28 (6.95%) HTML
9 27 (6.70%) CSS
10 22 (5.46%) Vue
11 21 (5.21%) GraphQL
12 19 (4.71%) Spring
13 18 (4.47%) Flask
14 17 (4.22%) RESTful
15 16 (3.97%) .NET Core
15 16 (3.97%) ASP.NET
16 15 (3.72%) Django
16 15 (3.72%) FastAPI
17 13 (3.23%) Android SDK
Miscellaneous
1 41 (10.17%) Mobile App
2 29 (7.20%) Cloud Native
3 24 (5.96%) Product Ownership
4 23 (5.71%) Onboarding
5 21 (5.21%) Data Structures
5 21 (5.21%) Distributed Systems
6 18 (4.47%) Social Media
7 17 (4.22%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (2.98%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (2.23%) Legacy Applications
10 7 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.74%) Low-Code
10 7 (1.74%) NHS
11 5 (1.24%) Analogue Electronics
11 5 (1.24%) Embedded Systems
11 5 (1.24%) Public Cloud
12 4 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.99%) Data Centre
12 4 (0.99%) Management Information System
12 4 (0.99%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 36 (8.93%) Android
2 23 (5.71%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (38.71%) CI/CD
2 134 (33.25%) Mentoring
3 103 (25.56%) DevOps
4 89 (22.08%) Continuous Improvement
4 89 (22.08%) Problem-Solving
5 73 (18.11%) Coaching
6 65 (16.13%) Software Engineering
7 64 (15.88%) Stakeholder Management
8 59 (14.64%) Project Management
9 56 (13.90%) Microservices
9 56 (13.90%) SDLC
10 50 (12.41%) AI
10 50 (12.41%) Decision-Making
11 49 (12.16%) Observability
11 49 (12.16%) Roadmaps
12 44 (10.92%) Infrastructure as Code
13 40 (9.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 38 (9.43%) Design Patterns
14 38 (9.43%) Scrum
14 38 (9.43%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 75 (18.61%) Java
2 67 (16.63%) JavaScript
3 59 (14.64%) SQL
4 54 (13.40%) TypeScript
5 42 (10.42%) Python
6 34 (8.44%) C#
7 30 (7.44%) Bash
8 29 (7.20%) Groovy
9 15 (3.72%) Kotlin
9 15 (3.72%) PHP
10 6 (1.49%) VBA
11 5 (1.24%) C
11 5 (1.24%) C++
11 5 (1.24%) Embedded C
11 5 (1.24%) Embedded C++
12 3 (0.74%) ABAP
12 3 (0.74%) Go
13 2 (0.50%) COBOL
13 2 (0.50%) R
14 1 (0.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 41 (10.17%) AWS Certification
2 22 (5.46%) Degree
3 19 (4.71%) AWS Certified Developer
4 18 (4.47%) ITIL Certification
5 17 (4.22%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 8 (1.99%) SC Cleared
6 8 (1.99%) Security Cleared
7 6 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.24%) IIBA
9 3 (0.74%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.50%) CBAP
10 2 (0.50%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.50%) PMP
11 1 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.25%) CIPD
11 1 (0.25%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.25%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.25%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (10.42%) Accessibility
2 25 (6.20%) QA
3 14 (3.47%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.23%) GDPR
5 7 (1.74%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.99%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.74%) PMO
9 2 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.50%) GRC
9 2 (0.50%) NIST
9 2 (0.50%) P3O
9 2 (0.50%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.50%) WCAG
10 1 (0.25%) NCSC
System Software
1 80 (19.85%) Docker
2 5 (1.24%) Embedded Firmware
2 5 (1.24%) Firmware
3 1 (0.25%) Squid
Systems Management
1 55 (13.65%) Terraform
2 30 (7.44%) HP Fortify
3 19 (4.71%) Kubernetes
4 10 (2.48%) Ansible
5 6 (1.49%) Grafana
5 6 (1.49%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.25%) Kibana
6 1 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 31 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 26 (6.45%) SAP
3 7 (1.74%) Google
4 6 (1.49%) Adobe
4 6 (1.49%) Databricks
5 4 (0.99%) Hotjar
5 4 (0.99%) ServiceNow
6 3 (0.74%) Pega
6 3 (0.74%) Salesforce
6 3 (0.74%) WSO2
7 2 (0.50%) New Relic
7 2 (0.50%) Oracle
8 1 (0.25%) IBM
8 1 (0.25%) Informatica
8 1 (0.25%) Nintex
8 1 (0.25%) Sitecore