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

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 10 2
Rank change year-on-year -5 -8 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 471 356 1,066
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 8.00% 15.14% 19.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.19% 16.09% 22.83%
Number of salaries quoted 318 247 843
10th Percentile £42,287 £40,000 £40,988
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £46,250
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 £81,875 £75,772
90th Percentile £93,634 £98,474 £84,964
England median annual salary £65,766 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.05% +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 4,209 2,212 4,670
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 71.47% 94.05% 83.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,672 1,266 3,697
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,000 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -1.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,188 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,450 £87,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,591 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.02% +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 23 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 23 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 -1 359 £65,000 -3.70% 80
South Yorkshire -21 68 £56,500 -17.82% 29
North Yorkshire -3 21 £64,000 +13.78% 12
East Yorkshire -23 12 £48,750 -2.50% 12
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 (1.49%) OpenStack
2 5 (1.06%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.85%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.64%) Apache
4 3 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.64%) Confluence
4 3 (0.64%) JBoss
5 2 (0.42%) CMS
6 1 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 8 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.42%) Sketch
4 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (2.76%) SAP ERP
2 6 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.21%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.21%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (0.21%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 156 (33.12%) AWS
2 101 (21.44%) Azure
3 90 (19.11%) Serverless
4 63 (13.38%) Amazon S3
4 63 (13.38%) AWS Lambda
5 51 (10.83%) Amazon ECS
6 49 (10.40%) AWS CloudFormation
6 49 (10.40%) AWS Step Functions
7 40 (8.49%) Amazon SQS
8 37 (7.86%) Amazon ECR
8 37 (7.86%) Apigee
9 35 (7.43%) SaaS
10 30 (6.37%) GitHub
11 24 (5.10%) Azure DevOps
12 20 (4.25%) GCP
13 17 (3.61%) Power Platform
14 14 (2.97%) Amazon EKS
15 13 (2.76%) GitHub Actions
16 11 (2.34%) Amazon EventBridge
16 11 (2.34%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 37 (7.86%) Broadband
2 4 (0.85%) DNS
3 2 (0.42%) HTTP
4 1 (0.21%) SSL
4 1 (0.21%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (11.89%) DynamoDB
2 35 (7.43%) SQL Server
3 29 (6.16%) PostgreSQL
4 28 (5.94%) NoSQL
5 16 (3.40%) MySQL
5 16 (3.40%) Relational Database
6 15 (3.18%) MongoDB
7 12 (2.55%) Metadata
8 10 (2.12%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (1.49%) Power BI
10 6 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (1.27%) Data Lake
11 5 (1.06%) BigQuery
11 5 (1.06%) Tableau
12 4 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (0.64%) Big Data
13 3 (0.64%) RDBMS
14 2 (0.42%) BusinessObjects
14 2 (0.42%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 64 (13.59%) GitLab
2 55 (11.68%) Jenkins
3 40 (8.49%) Git
3 40 (8.49%) SonarQube
4 38 (8.07%) Cypress.io
5 37 (7.86%) Maven
6 26 (5.52%) JIRA
7 8 (1.70%) Selenium
8 7 (1.49%) Cucumber
9 5 (1.06%) PHPUnit
10 3 (0.64%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.64%) JUnit
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
General
1 124 (26.33%) Social Skills
2 84 (17.83%) Finance
3 74 (15.71%) Public Sector
4 48 (10.19%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (8.07%) Games
6 21 (4.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (2.97%) Organisational Skills
7 14 (2.97%) Retail
8 12 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (2.34%) Marketing
10 6 (1.27%) Health Technology
10 6 (1.27%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.06%) Automotive
11 5 (1.06%) Electronics
11 5 (1.06%) Law
12 4 (0.85%) Agriculture
12 4 (0.85%) Local Government
13 3 (0.64%) Fire and Rescue
13 3 (0.64%) Police
13 3 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 133 (28.24%) Developer
2 106 (22.51%) Senior
3 77 (16.35%) Lead
4 49 (10.40%) Analyst
5 42 (8.92%) Java Developer
6 41 (8.70%) Business Analyst
7 30 (6.37%) Senior Manager
8 27 (5.73%) Software Engineer
9 25 (5.31%) Python Developer
10 22 (4.67%) Full-Stack Developer
11 21 (4.46%) Senior Developer
12 19 (4.03%) Development Manager
13 18 (3.82%) Delivery Manager
13 18 (3.82%) Software Manager
13 18 (3.82%) Technical Leader
14 16 (3.40%) Software Developer
15 15 (3.18%) Architect
15 15 (3.18%) AWS Developer
15 15 (3.18%) Engineering Manager
15 15 (3.18%) Software Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (13.59%) React
2 51 (10.83%) AngularJS
3 47 (9.98%) Spring Boot
4 40 (8.49%) .NET
5 37 (7.86%) Gherkin
5 37 (7.86%) Jest
6 34 (7.22%) Vue
7 31 (6.58%) CSS
7 31 (6.58%) HTML
8 27 (5.73%) Node.js
9 25 (5.31%) REST
10 23 (4.88%) Flask
11 22 (4.67%) RESTful
12 19 (4.03%) GraphQL
13 18 (3.82%) ASP.NET
14 17 (3.61%) .NET Core
14 17 (3.61%) Spring
15 14 (2.97%) ASP.NET Core
15 14 (2.97%) Blazor
16 13 (2.76%) Android SDK
Miscellaneous
1 41 (8.70%) Mobile App
2 33 (7.01%) Cloud Native
3 31 (6.58%) Product Ownership
4 26 (5.52%) Data Structures
5 23 (4.88%) Onboarding
6 19 (4.03%) Distributed Systems
7 17 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
8 16 (3.40%) Social Media
9 15 (3.18%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.70%) Legacy Applications
11 7 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (1.49%) Low-Code
11 7 (1.49%) NHS
12 5 (1.06%) Analogue Electronics
12 5 (1.06%) Embedded Systems
12 5 (1.06%) Management Information System
13 4 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
13 4 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (0.85%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 36 (7.64%) Android
2 23 (4.88%) Apple iOS
3 9 (1.91%) Linux
4 7 (1.49%) Windows
5 6 (1.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (35.24%) CI/CD
2 146 (31.00%) Mentoring
3 118 (25.05%) DevOps
4 101 (21.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 97 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
6 88 (18.68%) Coaching
7 77 (16.35%) Stakeholder Management
8 67 (14.23%) Decision-Making
9 64 (13.59%) SDLC
10 62 (13.16%) Software Engineering
11 60 (12.74%) Project Management
12 59 (12.53%) Roadmaps
13 58 (12.31%) Microservices
14 54 (11.46%) AI
15 50 (10.62%) Scrum
15 50 (10.62%) Waterfall
16 47 (9.98%) Full-Stack Development
17 46 (9.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 45 (9.55%) Observability
19 43 (9.13%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 94 (19.96%) Java
2 74 (15.71%) JavaScript
3 69 (14.65%) SQL
4 63 (13.38%) TypeScript
5 50 (10.62%) Python
6 46 (9.77%) C#
7 39 (8.28%) Groovy
8 36 (7.64%) Bash
9 19 (4.03%) PHP
10 16 (3.40%) Kotlin
11 6 (1.27%) C++
11 6 (1.27%) VBA
12 5 (1.06%) C
12 5 (1.06%) Embedded C
12 5 (1.06%) Embedded C++
13 4 (0.85%) Go
14 2 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.42%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.42%) Scala
14 2 (0.42%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (10.19%) AWS Certification
2 37 (7.86%) Degree
3 23 (4.88%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
3 23 (4.88%) ITIL Certification
4 20 (4.25%) AWS Certified Developer
5 19 (4.03%) Security Cleared
6 18 (3.82%) SC Cleared
7 8 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (1.70%) PMI Certification
8 7 (1.49%) IIBA
8 7 (1.49%) PMP
9 4 (0.85%) CBAP
10 3 (0.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.42%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.42%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.21%) CIPD
12 1 (0.21%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (9.77%) Accessibility
2 32 (6.79%) QA
3 23 (4.88%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.49%) GDPR
4 7 (1.49%) GRC
5 6 (1.27%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.85%) PMO
7 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.42%) NIST
7 2 (0.42%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.21%) P3O
8 1 (0.21%) WCAG
System Software
1 85 (18.05%) Docker
2 5 (1.06%) Embedded Firmware
2 5 (1.06%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 58 (12.31%) Terraform
2 37 (7.86%) HP Fortify
3 21 (4.46%) Kubernetes
4 13 (2.76%) Ansible
5 6 (1.27%) Argo
5 6 (1.27%) Grafana
5 6 (1.27%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.64%) Packer
7 2 (0.42%) Kibana
8 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 38 (8.07%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.88%) SAP
3 7 (1.49%) Google
4 6 (1.27%) Adobe
4 6 (1.27%) Databricks
5 5 (1.06%) AppDynamics
5 5 (1.06%) IBM
5 5 (1.06%) ServiceNow
6 4 (0.85%) Hotjar
6 4 (0.85%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.64%) Oracle
7 3 (0.64%) TOWER Software
8 1 (0.21%) Apple
8 1 (0.21%) Facebook
8 1 (0.21%) Informatica
8 1 (0.21%) New Relic
8 1 (0.21%) Nintex
8 1 (0.21%) Palantir
8 1 (0.21%) Sony
8 1 (0.21%) Yahoo!