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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 13 2
Rank change year-on-year -6 -11 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 473 329 1,017
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 7.24% 12.69% 17.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.50% 13.51% 21.54%
Number of salaries quoted 323 219 796
10th Percentile £43,889 £40,000 £40,988
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,740 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +12.14% -3.39%
75th Percentile £77,462 £84,375 £75,772
90th Percentile £89,630 £98,474 £84,964
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -6.99%

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 4,503 2,436 4,722
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 68.92% 93.95% 81.51%
Number of salaries quoted 3,009 1,198 3,759
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,527 £31,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 26 May 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 26 May 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 -1 347 £63,788 -8.87% 85
South Yorkshire -19 73 £57,723 -16.04% 44
North Yorkshire -7 23 £64,000 +6.67% 8
East Yorkshire -15 14 £50,000 -9.09% 6
Humberside - 1 - - 5
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 (1.48%) OpenStack
2 5 (1.06%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (0.85%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.63%) Apache
4 3 (0.63%) JBoss
5 2 (0.42%) CMS
6 1 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 9 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.63%) Trello
4 2 (0.42%) Sketch
5 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (2.54%) SAP ERP
2 5 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.21%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (0.21%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 142 (30.02%) AWS
2 111 (23.47%) Azure
3 73 (15.43%) Serverless
4 53 (11.21%) AWS Lambda
5 52 (10.99%) Amazon S3
6 48 (10.15%) Amazon ECS
7 40 (8.46%) AWS CloudFormation
8 39 (8.25%) AWS Step Functions
9 35 (7.40%) Amazon SQS
10 32 (6.77%) Amazon ECR
10 32 (6.77%) Apigee
11 27 (5.71%) SaaS
12 25 (5.29%) GCP
13 20 (4.23%) GitHub
14 19 (4.02%) Azure DevOps
14 19 (4.02%) Power Platform
15 14 (2.96%) Amazon EKS
16 12 (2.54%) PowerApps
17 8 (1.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 8 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 37 (7.82%) Broadband
2 4 (0.85%) DNS
3 3 (0.63%) HTTP
4 1 (0.21%) SSL
4 1 (0.21%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (9.73%) DynamoDB
2 30 (6.34%) PostgreSQL
3 29 (6.13%) NoSQL
4 25 (5.29%) MongoDB
5 22 (4.65%) SQL Server
6 21 (4.44%) MySQL
7 15 (3.17%) Relational Database
8 13 (2.75%) Metadata
9 11 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (1.90%) BigQuery
11 8 (1.69%) Amazon Redshift
11 8 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
11 8 (1.69%) Power BI
12 6 (1.27%) Tableau
13 5 (1.06%) Big Data
13 5 (1.06%) Data Lake
14 4 (0.85%) RDBMS
15 3 (0.63%) Amazon QuickSight
15 3 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
16 2 (0.42%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 62 (13.11%) GitLab
2 54 (11.42%) Jenkins
3 36 (7.61%) Git
4 35 (7.40%) Cypress.io
4 35 (7.40%) SonarQube
5 33 (6.98%) Maven
6 29 (6.13%) JIRA
7 7 (1.48%) Selenium
8 6 (1.27%) Cucumber
9 5 (1.06%) PHPUnit
10 3 (0.63%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.63%) JUnit
11 2 (0.42%) Claude Code
11 2 (0.42%) Postman
11 2 (0.42%) Visual Studio
12 1 (0.21%) Gatling
12 1 (0.21%) JMeter
12 1 (0.21%) REST Assured
12 1 (0.21%) Zephyr
General
1 105 (22.20%) Social Skills
2 85 (17.97%) Public Sector
3 80 (16.91%) Finance
4 49 (10.36%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (8.03%) Games
6 24 (5.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
7 13 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (2.54%) Retail
9 9 (1.90%) Marketing
10 7 (1.48%) Law
11 6 (1.27%) Automotive
11 6 (1.27%) Health Technology
12 5 (1.06%) Agriculture
13 4 (0.85%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.63%) Electronics
14 3 (0.63%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.63%) Fire and Rescue
14 3 (0.63%) Local Government
14 3 (0.63%) Police
Job Titles
1 128 (27.06%) Developer
2 115 (24.31%) Senior
3 80 (16.91%) Lead
4 60 (12.68%) Analyst
5 52 (10.99%) Business Analyst
6 43 (9.09%) Java Developer
7 33 (6.98%) Software Engineer
8 30 (6.34%) Senior Manager
9 24 (5.07%) Senior Developer
10 23 (4.86%) Full-Stack Developer
10 23 (4.86%) Python Developer
11 18 (3.81%) Architect
12 16 (3.38%) Delivery Manager
12 16 (3.38%) DevOps Engineer
12 16 (3.38%) Technical Leader
13 15 (3.17%) .NET Developer
13 15 (3.17%) Engineering Manager
14 14 (2.96%) Product Manager
14 14 (2.96%) Software Developer
15 13 (2.75%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (11.42%) React
2 51 (10.78%) AngularJS
3 42 (8.88%) Spring Boot
4 33 (6.98%) Jest
5 32 (6.77%) .NET
5 32 (6.77%) Gherkin
6 31 (6.55%) Vue
7 30 (6.34%) Node.js
8 27 (5.71%) RESTful
9 25 (5.29%) REST
10 21 (4.44%) CSS
10 21 (4.44%) HTML
11 19 (4.02%) ASP.NET
12 18 (3.81%) GraphQL
13 17 (3.59%) Flask
14 16 (3.38%) ASP.NET Core
15 15 (3.17%) .NET Core
16 13 (2.75%) Android SDK
16 13 (2.75%) Spring
17 12 (2.54%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 42 (8.88%) Mobile App
2 28 (5.92%) Product Ownership
3 23 (4.86%) Cloud Native
3 23 (4.86%) Data Structures
3 23 (4.86%) Onboarding
4 17 (3.59%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (3.59%) Social Media
5 16 (3.38%) Legacy Systems
6 15 (3.17%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (1.69%) NHS
9 7 (1.48%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (1.48%) Legacy Applications
9 7 (1.48%) Low-Code
10 6 (1.27%) Life Science
11 5 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.06%) Management Information System
12 4 (0.85%) PKI
12 4 (0.85%) PMI
12 4 (0.85%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 36 (7.61%) Android
2 23 (4.86%) Apple iOS
3 10 (2.11%) Linux
4 8 (1.69%) Windows
5 7 (1.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (33.62%) CI/CD
2 155 (32.77%) Mentoring
3 108 (22.83%) DevOps
4 98 (20.72%) Coaching
5 91 (19.24%) Problem-Solving
6 84 (17.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 76 (16.07%) Stakeholder Management
8 65 (13.74%) Roadmaps
9 64 (13.53%) Decision-Making
10 63 (13.32%) AI
11 58 (12.26%) SDLC
11 58 (12.26%) Software Engineering
12 56 (11.84%) Microservices
12 56 (11.84%) Project Management
13 55 (11.63%) Scrum
14 50 (10.57%) Full-Stack Development
15 47 (9.94%) Waterfall
16 46 (9.73%) Technical Leadership
17 43 (9.09%) Observability
18 41 (8.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 102 (21.56%) Java
2 76 (16.07%) JavaScript
3 67 (14.16%) SQL
4 65 (13.74%) TypeScript
5 57 (12.05%) Python
6 46 (9.73%) C#
7 36 (7.61%) Groovy
8 35 (7.40%) Bash
9 18 (3.81%) PHP
10 16 (3.38%) Kotlin
11 6 (1.27%) VBA
12 4 (0.85%) C++
12 4 (0.85%) Go
12 4 (0.85%) Scala
13 3 (0.63%) C
13 3 (0.63%) Embedded C
13 3 (0.63%) Embedded C++
13 3 (0.63%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.42%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.42%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (8.88%) AWS Certification
2 41 (8.67%) Degree
3 23 (4.86%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
3 23 (4.86%) ITIL Certification
4 18 (3.81%) Security Cleared
5 17 (3.59%) SC Cleared
6 13 (2.75%) AWS Certified Developer
7 12 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (2.33%) PMI Certification
9 10 (2.11%) PMP
10 7 (1.48%) IIBA
11 6 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.85%) CBAP
13 3 (0.63%) APMP
13 3 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.63%) CAPM
13 3 (0.63%) PgMP
14 2 (0.42%) ISTQB
14 2 (0.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 2 (0.42%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (10.15%) Accessibility
2 34 (7.19%) QA
3 26 (5.50%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.48%) GRC
5 6 (1.27%) PMO
6 5 (1.06%) GDPR
6 5 (1.06%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.42%) NIST
9 2 (0.42%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.21%) WCAG
System Software
1 66 (13.95%) Docker
2 3 (0.63%) Embedded Firmware
2 3 (0.63%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 43 (9.09%) Terraform
2 32 (6.77%) HP Fortify
3 21 (4.44%) Kubernetes
4 11 (2.33%) Ansible
5 7 (1.48%) Argo
6 4 (0.85%) Grafana
6 4 (0.85%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.63%) Packer
8 2 (0.42%) Kibana
9 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 45 (9.51%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.44%) SAP
3 10 (2.11%) Google
4 9 (1.90%) ServiceNow
5 6 (1.27%) Adobe
5 6 (1.27%) Databricks
6 5 (1.06%) AppDynamics
6 5 (1.06%) IBM
6 5 (1.06%) TOWER Software
7 4 (0.85%) Hotjar
7 4 (0.85%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.42%) Apple
8 2 (0.42%) Facebook
8 2 (0.42%) Oracle
8 2 (0.42%) Sony
8 2 (0.42%) Yahoo!
9 1 (0.21%) Foundry
9 1 (0.21%) New Relic
9 1 (0.21%) Nintex
9 1 (0.21%) Palantir