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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 8 2
Rank change year-on-year -8 -6 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 465 363 1,063
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 7.93% 15.60% 19.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.09% 16.54% 22.83%
Number of salaries quoted 314 251 840
10th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £40,988
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +12.14% -3.39%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £93,634 £98,474 £84,964
England median annual salary £66,574 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.89% +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 4,192 2,195 4,657
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 71.50% 94.33% 83.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2,655 1,255 3,685
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,925 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,834 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,300 £87,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 21 April 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 21 April 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 -3 355 £65,000 -3.70% 100
South Yorkshire -18 68 £55,000 -18.52% 33
North Yorkshire -6 21 £64,000 +13.78% 17
East Yorkshire -25 11 £47,500 -5.00% 14
Humberside - 1 - - 13
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 7 (1.51%) OpenStack
2 5 (1.08%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.08%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.86%) Apache
3 4 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.65%) Confluence
4 3 (0.65%) JBoss
5 2 (0.43%) CMS
6 1 (0.22%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 8 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.29%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.43%) Sketch
4 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (2.80%) SAP ERP
2 4 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.22%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.22%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (0.22%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 155 (33.33%) AWS
2 100 (21.51%) Azure
3 90 (19.35%) Serverless
4 64 (13.76%) Amazon S3
5 63 (13.55%) AWS Lambda
6 52 (11.18%) Amazon ECS
7 49 (10.54%) AWS CloudFormation
7 49 (10.54%) AWS Step Functions
8 40 (8.60%) Amazon SQS
9 37 (7.96%) Amazon ECR
9 37 (7.96%) Apigee
10 35 (7.53%) SaaS
11 31 (6.67%) GitHub
12 23 (4.95%) Azure DevOps
13 20 (4.30%) GCP
14 17 (3.66%) Power Platform
15 14 (3.01%) Amazon EKS
16 13 (2.80%) GitHub Actions
17 11 (2.37%) Amazon EventBridge
17 11 (2.37%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 37 (7.96%) Broadband
2 4 (0.86%) DNS
3 2 (0.43%) HTTP
4 1 (0.22%) SSL
4 1 (0.22%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (12.26%) DynamoDB
2 35 (7.53%) SQL Server
3 28 (6.02%) NoSQL
4 27 (5.81%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (3.66%) Relational Database
6 16 (3.44%) MySQL
7 13 (2.80%) MongoDB
8 12 (2.58%) Metadata
9 11 (2.37%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (1.51%) Amazon Redshift
10 7 (1.51%) Data Lake
10 7 (1.51%) Power BI
11 5 (1.08%) BigQuery
11 5 (1.08%) Tableau
12 4 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (0.65%) Big Data
13 3 (0.65%) RDBMS
14 2 (0.43%) BusinessObjects
14 2 (0.43%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 62 (13.33%) GitLab
2 55 (11.83%) Jenkins
3 40 (8.60%) Git
3 40 (8.60%) SonarQube
4 38 (8.17%) Cypress.io
5 37 (7.96%) Maven
6 25 (5.38%) JIRA
7 8 (1.72%) Selenium
8 7 (1.51%) Cucumber
9 5 (1.08%) PHPUnit
10 3 (0.65%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.65%) JUnit
11 2 (0.43%) Postman
11 2 (0.43%) Visual Studio
12 1 (0.22%) Gatling
12 1 (0.22%) JMeter
12 1 (0.22%) REST Assured
General
1 126 (27.10%) Social Skills
2 83 (17.85%) Finance
3 69 (14.84%) Public Sector
4 49 (10.54%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (8.17%) Games
6 21 (4.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (3.23%) Retail
8 14 (3.01%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (2.37%) Marketing
10 6 (1.29%) Health Technology
10 6 (1.29%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.08%) Automotive
11 5 (1.08%) Electronics
11 5 (1.08%) Law
12 4 (0.86%) Agriculture
12 4 (0.86%) Local Government
13 3 (0.65%) Fire and Rescue
13 3 (0.65%) Police
13 3 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 131 (28.17%) Developer
2 105 (22.58%) Senior
3 77 (16.56%) Lead
4 45 (9.68%) Analyst
5 42 (9.03%) Java Developer
6 37 (7.96%) Business Analyst
7 30 (6.45%) Senior Manager
8 29 (6.24%) Software Engineer
9 23 (4.95%) Python Developer
10 22 (4.73%) Full-Stack Developer
11 21 (4.52%) Senior Developer
12 19 (4.09%) Delivery Manager
12 19 (4.09%) Development Manager
13 18 (3.87%) Software Manager
13 18 (3.87%) Technical Leader
14 15 (3.23%) Architect
14 15 (3.23%) AWS Developer
14 15 (3.23%) Engineering Manager
14 15 (3.23%) Software Developer
14 15 (3.23%) Software Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (13.98%) React
2 52 (11.18%) AngularJS
3 47 (10.11%) Spring Boot
4 41 (8.82%) .NET
5 37 (7.96%) Gherkin
5 37 (7.96%) Jest
6 34 (7.31%) Vue
7 32 (6.88%) CSS
7 32 (6.88%) HTML
8 27 (5.81%) Node.js
9 26 (5.59%) REST
10 23 (4.95%) Flask
11 22 (4.73%) RESTful
12 19 (4.09%) ASP.NET
12 19 (4.09%) GraphQL
13 18 (3.87%) .NET Core
14 17 (3.66%) Spring
15 14 (3.01%) ASP.NET Core
15 14 (3.01%) Blazor
16 13 (2.80%) Android SDK
Miscellaneous
1 41 (8.82%) Mobile App
2 33 (7.10%) Cloud Native
3 29 (6.24%) Product Ownership
4 25 (5.38%) Data Structures
5 23 (4.95%) Onboarding
6 19 (4.09%) Distributed Systems
7 17 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
8 16 (3.44%) Social Media
9 15 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.72%) Legacy Applications
11 7 (1.51%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (1.51%) Low-Code
11 7 (1.51%) NHS
12 5 (1.08%) Analogue Electronics
12 5 (1.08%) Embedded Systems
12 5 (1.08%) Management Information System
13 4 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (0.86%) Media Streaming
13 4 (0.86%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 36 (7.74%) Android
2 23 (4.95%) Apple iOS
3 7 (1.51%) Linux
4 5 (1.08%) Windows
5 4 (0.86%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (35.27%) CI/CD
2 142 (30.54%) Mentoring
3 116 (24.95%) DevOps
4 101 (21.72%) Continuous Improvement
5 97 (20.86%) Problem-Solving
6 84 (18.06%) Coaching
7 75 (16.13%) Stakeholder Management
8 65 (13.98%) Decision-Making
8 65 (13.98%) SDLC
9 64 (13.76%) Software Engineering
10 61 (13.12%) Project Management
11 58 (12.47%) Roadmaps
12 57 (12.26%) Microservices
13 52 (11.18%) AI
14 50 (10.75%) Waterfall
15 47 (10.11%) Full-Stack Development
15 47 (10.11%) Scrum
16 46 (9.89%) Observability
17 44 (9.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 43 (9.25%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 93 (20.00%) Java
2 75 (16.13%) JavaScript
3 72 (15.48%) SQL
4 64 (13.76%) TypeScript
5 50 (10.75%) Python
6 47 (10.11%) C#
7 39 (8.39%) Groovy
8 36 (7.74%) Bash
9 19 (4.09%) PHP
10 16 (3.44%) Kotlin
11 6 (1.29%) C++
11 6 (1.29%) VBA
12 5 (1.08%) C
12 5 (1.08%) Embedded C
12 5 (1.08%) Embedded C++
13 4 (0.86%) Go
14 2 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.43%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.43%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.43%) Scala
Qualifications
1 48 (10.32%) AWS Certification
2 37 (7.96%) Degree
3 23 (4.95%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
3 23 (4.95%) ITIL Certification
4 20 (4.30%) AWS Certified Developer
5 19 (4.09%) Security Cleared
6 18 (3.87%) SC Cleared
7 8 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (1.72%) PMI Certification
8 7 (1.51%) IIBA
8 7 (1.51%) PMP
9 4 (0.86%) CBAP
10 3 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.43%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.43%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.22%) CIPD
12 1 (0.22%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (9.89%) Accessibility
2 30 (6.45%) QA
3 23 (4.95%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.51%) GDPR
4 7 (1.51%) GRC
5 6 (1.29%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.86%) PMO
7 2 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.43%) NIST
7 2 (0.43%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.22%) P3O
8 1 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 85 (18.28%) Docker
2 5 (1.08%) Embedded Firmware
2 5 (1.08%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 57 (12.26%) Terraform
2 37 (7.96%) HP Fortify
3 21 (4.52%) Kubernetes
4 13 (2.80%) Ansible
5 6 (1.29%) Grafana
5 6 (1.29%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.86%) Argo
7 3 (0.65%) Packer
8 2 (0.43%) Kibana
9 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 38 (8.17%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.52%) SAP
3 7 (1.51%) Databricks
3 7 (1.51%) Google
4 6 (1.29%) Adobe
5 5 (1.08%) AppDynamics
5 5 (1.08%) IBM
6 4 (0.86%) Hotjar
6 4 (0.86%) Salesforce
6 4 (0.86%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.65%) Oracle
7 3 (0.65%) TOWER Software
8 1 (0.22%) Apple
8 1 (0.22%) Concur
8 1 (0.22%) Foundry
8 1 (0.22%) Informatica
8 1 (0.22%) New Relic
8 1 (0.22%) Nintex
8 1 (0.22%) Sony
8 1 (0.22%) Yahoo!