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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 8 2
Rank change year-on-year -5 -6 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 341 456 865
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 10.18% 14.67% 25.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.98% 16.21% 29.15%
Number of salaries quoted 232 196 745
10th Percentile £41,074 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 £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 £77,500
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 2,627 2,813 2,967
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 78.42% 90.51% 88.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,523 1,083 2,331
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £30,250 £40,969 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - -4.34%
75th Percentile £69,750 £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 13 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 13 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 -3 276 £65,000 +10.89% 85
South Yorkshire -15 38 £55,000 -12.00% 47
North Yorkshire -10 15 £60,000 +7.14% 27
East Yorkshire -13 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 (2.93%) Confluence
1 10 (2.93%) OpenStack
2 8 (2.35%) Apache Spark
3 7 (2.05%) Apache
4 5 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.17%) CMS
6 2 (0.59%) Drupal
6 2 (0.59%) EPiServer
6 2 (0.59%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.59%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.29%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.29%) FileNet
7 1 (0.29%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (2.93%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (2.93%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.64%) 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 14 (4.11%) SAP ERP
2 9 (2.64%) 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
1 133 (39.00%) AWS
2 93 (27.27%) Azure
3 62 (18.18%) Serverless
4 46 (13.49%) Amazon S3
5 44 (12.90%) SaaS
6 35 (10.26%) AWS Lambda
7 32 (9.38%) AWS CloudFormation
8 31 (9.09%) AWS Step Functions
9 30 (8.80%) Amazon ECS
10 29 (8.50%) GitHub
11 27 (7.92%) Amazon SQS
12 21 (6.16%) GCP
13 18 (5.28%) Azure DevOps
14 17 (4.99%) Amazon ECR
14 17 (4.99%) Apigee
15 16 (4.69%) Amazon EKS
16 12 (3.52%) GitHub Actions
17 11 (3.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 11 (3.23%) Amazon EventBridge
18 8 (2.35%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.76%) 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 42 (12.32%) DynamoDB
2 35 (10.26%) SQL Server
3 25 (7.33%) NoSQL
4 23 (6.74%) PostgreSQL
5 20 (5.87%) Relational Database
6 14 (4.11%) Data Lake
6 14 (4.11%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (3.23%) Metadata
8 8 (2.35%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (2.05%) MySQL
10 5 (1.47%) BusinessObjects
10 5 (1.47%) Power BI
11 4 (1.17%) Data Vault
11 4 (1.17%) Looker
11 4 (1.17%) RDBMS
11 4 (1.17%) Tableau
12 3 (0.88%) Amazon Aurora
12 3 (0.88%) Apache Iceberg
12 3 (0.88%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.88%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 35 (10.26%) Git
2 32 (9.38%) GitLab
2 32 (9.38%) Jenkins
3 18 (5.28%) Cypress.io
4 17 (4.99%) Maven
4 17 (4.99%) SonarQube
5 14 (4.11%) JIRA
6 3 (0.88%) Selenium
7 2 (0.59%) Grunt
7 2 (0.59%) gulp
7 2 (0.59%) Storybook
7 2 (0.59%) webpack
8 1 (0.29%) Appium
8 1 (0.29%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.29%) JUnit
8 1 (0.29%) Postman
8 1 (0.29%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.29%) REST Assured
General
1 120 (35.19%) Social Skills
2 57 (16.72%) Finance
3 41 (12.02%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (7.62%) Public Sector
5 16 (4.69%) Organisational Skills
6 14 (4.11%) Marketing
7 13 (3.81%) Retail
8 11 (3.23%) Law
8 11 (3.23%) Legal
9 7 (2.05%) Advertising
10 6 (1.76%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.47%) Banking
11 5 (1.47%) Electronics
11 5 (1.47%) Local Government
12 4 (1.17%) Military
12 4 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.59%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.59%) Games
Job Titles
1 77 (22.58%) Developer
2 65 (19.06%) Senior
3 46 (13.49%) Lead
4 25 (7.33%) Analyst
5 23 (6.74%) Java Developer
6 21 (6.16%) Development Manager
7 20 (5.87%) Business Analyst
8 19 (5.57%) Software Manager
9 18 (5.28%) Architect
9 18 (5.28%) Software Development Manager
10 16 (4.69%) Data Engineer
10 16 (4.69%) Python Developer
11 15 (4.40%) Software Engineer
12 13 (3.81%) .NET Development Manager
12 13 (3.81%) Consultant
13 11 (3.23%) .NET Developer
13 11 (3.23%) AWS Developer
13 11 (3.23%) Project Manager
13 11 (3.23%) Senior Developer
13 11 (3.23%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (18.48%) React
2 49 (14.37%) .NET
3 34 (9.97%) CSS
4 33 (9.68%) Spring Boot
5 32 (9.38%) Node.js
6 29 (8.50%) HTML
6 29 (8.50%) REST
7 27 (7.92%) AngularJS
8 23 (6.74%) ASP.NET
8 23 (6.74%) Spring
9 18 (5.28%) RESTful
10 17 (4.99%) Django
10 17 (4.99%) FastAPI
10 17 (4.99%) Flask
10 17 (4.99%) Gherkin
10 17 (4.99%) Jest
11 16 (4.69%) .NET Core
11 16 (4.69%) Vue
12 14 (4.11%) ASP.NET Core
12 14 (4.11%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 35 (10.26%) Cloud Native
2 23 (6.74%) Distributed Systems
3 22 (6.45%) Product Ownership
4 20 (5.87%) Data Structures
5 6 (1.76%) NHS
6 5 (1.47%) Analogue Electronics
6 5 (1.47%) Embedded Systems
6 5 (1.47%) Social Media
7 4 (1.17%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.17%) Onboarding
8 3 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (0.88%) Private Cloud
8 3 (0.88%) Public Cloud
8 3 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.88%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.59%) Educational Technology
9 2 (0.59%) Hybrid Cloud
9 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
1 111 (32.55%) CI/CD
2 102 (29.91%) DevOps
3 93 (27.27%) Mentoring
4 85 (24.93%) Continuous Improvement
5 78 (22.87%) Problem-Solving
6 67 (19.65%) Stakeholder Management
7 62 (18.18%) Software Engineering
8 58 (17.01%) SDLC
9 49 (14.37%) Coaching
9 49 (14.37%) Infrastructure as Code
10 46 (13.49%) Microservices
10 46 (13.49%) Scrum
11 39 (11.44%) Waterfall
12 36 (10.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 32 (9.38%) Project Management
14 30 (8.80%) Decision-Making
14 30 (8.80%) Project Delivery
15 28 (8.21%) Data Modelling
16 27 (7.92%) Process Improvement
16 27 (7.92%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 65 (19.06%) SQL
2 60 (17.60%) JavaScript
3 48 (14.08%) Java
4 43 (12.61%) Python
5 42 (12.32%) TypeScript
6 35 (10.26%) C#
7 19 (5.57%) Bash
8 16 (4.69%) Groovy
9 10 (2.93%) PHP
10 8 (2.35%) C++
11 5 (1.47%) C
11 5 (1.47%) Embedded C
11 5 (1.47%) Embedded C++
12 3 (0.88%) ABAP
12 3 (0.88%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.88%) Scala
13 2 (0.59%) COBOL
13 2 (0.59%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.59%) R
14 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (8.21%) AWS Certification
2 27 (7.92%) Degree
3 16 (4.69%) AWS Certified Developer
3 16 (4.69%) Security Cleared
4 15 (4.40%) SC Cleared
5 9 (2.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.35%) ITIL Certification
7 7 (2.05%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 5 (1.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 4 (1.17%) ACCA
10 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.59%) IIBA
11 2 (0.59%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.29%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.29%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (8.21%) QA
2 14 (4.11%) Data Quality
3 13 (3.81%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.64%) GDPR
5 7 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.76%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.17%) GAAP
7 4 (1.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 4 (1.17%) IFRS
8 2 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.59%) GRC
8 2 (0.59%) NCSC
8 2 (0.59%) NIST
8 2 (0.59%) P3O
8 2 (0.59%) PMO
8 2 (0.59%) SLA
8 2 (0.59%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 72 (21.11%) Docker
2 5 (1.47%) Embedded Firmware
2 5 (1.47%) Firmware
3 1 (0.29%) Squid
Systems Management
1 58 (17.01%) Terraform
2 25 (7.33%) Kubernetes
3 17 (4.99%) HP Fortify
4 13 (3.81%) Ansible
5 9 (2.64%) Grafana
5 9 (2.64%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.29%) Kibana
Vendors
1 29 (8.50%) Microsoft
2 26 (7.62%) SAP
3 12 (3.52%) Databricks
4 7 (2.05%) Google
5 5 (1.47%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.17%) 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