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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 5 2
Rank change year-on-year -8 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 381 417 1,014
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 8.95% 16.99% 21.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.78% 18.00% 25.14%
Number of salaries quoted 243 207 863
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £42,147
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% +8.33% -2.44%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,772
90th Percentile £90,000 £98,474 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £69,500 £63,500
% change year-on-year -6.47% +9.45% -5.93%

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 3,233 2,317 4,034
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 75.91% 94.42% 86.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,941 1,049 3,231
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,450 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.72% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,886 £66,778
90th Percentile £83,750 £89,600 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +12.73% -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 1 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 1 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 -6 305 £65,924 -2.34% 111
South Yorkshire -19 45 £55,000 -15.38% 56
North Yorkshire -11 12 £64,000 +11.30% 32
East Yorkshire -19 11 £45,000 -10.00% 26
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 (2.62%) OpenStack
2 7 (1.84%) Apache Spark
2 7 (1.84%) Confluence
3 6 (1.57%) Apache
4 5 (1.31%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.52%) CMS
5 2 (0.52%) JBoss
5 2 (0.52%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.26%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.26%) FileNet
6 1 (0.26%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.26%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (2.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.84%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.26%) Sketch
4 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.26%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (3.67%) SAP ERP
2 9 (2.36%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.52%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.26%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 148 (38.85%) AWS
2 84 (22.05%) Azure
3 78 (20.47%) Serverless
4 57 (14.96%) Amazon S3
5 49 (12.86%) AWS Lambda
6 44 (11.55%) Amazon ECS
7 42 (11.02%) AWS Step Functions
8 41 (10.76%) AWS CloudFormation
9 37 (9.71%) SaaS
10 35 (9.19%) Amazon SQS
11 29 (7.61%) Amazon ECR
11 29 (7.61%) Apigee
11 29 (7.61%) GitHub
12 19 (4.99%) GCP
13 17 (4.46%) Azure DevOps
14 15 (3.94%) Amazon EKS
15 13 (3.41%) Power Platform
16 12 (3.15%) GitHub Actions
17 11 (2.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 11 (2.89%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 31 (8.14%) Broadband
2 5 (1.31%) DNS
3 2 (0.52%) Firewall
3 2 (0.52%) Network Security
3 2 (0.52%) SSL
4 1 (0.26%) HTTP
4 1 (0.26%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (13.91%) DynamoDB
2 31 (8.14%) SQL Server
3 26 (6.82%) NoSQL
4 25 (6.56%) PostgreSQL
5 20 (5.25%) Relational Database
6 12 (3.15%) Metadata
7 11 (2.89%) MySQL
8 10 (2.62%) Data Lake
8 10 (2.62%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (1.84%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (1.31%) BusinessObjects
10 5 (1.31%) MongoDB
10 5 (1.31%) Power BI
11 4 (1.05%) RDBMS
11 4 (1.05%) Tableau
12 3 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.79%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.79%) Data Vault
12 3 (0.79%) Spark SQL
13 2 (0.52%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 44 (11.55%) GitLab
2 43 (11.29%) Jenkins
3 34 (8.92%) Git
4 29 (7.61%) Cypress.io
4 29 (7.61%) Maven
4 29 (7.61%) SonarQube
5 10 (2.62%) JIRA
6 5 (1.31%) Selenium
7 3 (0.79%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.52%) JUnit
8 2 (0.52%) PHPUnit
9 1 (0.26%) Postman
General
1 110 (28.87%) Social Skills
2 59 (15.49%) Finance
3 53 (13.91%) Public Sector
4 38 (9.97%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (8.66%) Games
6 17 (4.46%) Retail
7 13 (3.41%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (3.15%) Marketing
9 9 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (1.84%) Local Government
11 6 (1.57%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.31%) Electronics
12 5 (1.31%) Law
12 5 (1.31%) Legal
13 4 (1.05%) Advertising
13 4 (1.05%) Health Technology
13 4 (1.05%) Military
13 4 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.79%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 95 (24.93%) Developer
2 79 (20.73%) Senior
3 58 (15.22%) Lead
4 34 (8.92%) Java Developer
5 25 (6.56%) Analyst
6 24 (6.30%) Development Manager
7 21 (5.51%) Business Analyst
7 21 (5.51%) Software Engineer
8 20 (5.25%) Senior Manager
9 19 (4.99%) Software Manager
10 18 (4.72%) Python Developer
10 18 (4.72%) Software Development Manager
11 17 (4.46%) Architect
12 16 (4.20%) Senior Developer
13 15 (3.94%) Delivery Manager
13 15 (3.94%) Project Manager
14 14 (3.67%) .NET Development Manager
14 14 (3.67%) AWS Developer
15 13 (3.41%) Data Engineer
16 12 (3.15%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (16.54%) React
2 41 (10.76%) Spring Boot
3 40 (10.50%) .NET
4 37 (9.71%) AngularJS
5 32 (8.40%) Node.js
6 31 (8.14%) REST
7 29 (7.61%) Gherkin
7 29 (7.61%) Jest
8 28 (7.35%) HTML
9 27 (7.09%) CSS
10 19 (4.99%) Spring
11 18 (4.72%) RESTful
11 18 (4.72%) Vue
12 16 (4.20%) .NET Core
12 16 (4.20%) ASP.NET
12 16 (4.20%) Flask
12 16 (4.20%) GraphQL
13 15 (3.94%) Django
13 15 (3.94%) FastAPI
14 13 (3.41%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 34 (8.92%) Mobile App
2 30 (7.87%) Cloud Native
3 23 (6.04%) Onboarding
4 22 (5.77%) Distributed Systems
4 22 (5.77%) Product Ownership
5 21 (5.51%) Data Structures
6 13 (3.41%) Social Media
7 11 (2.89%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (2.89%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (2.36%) Legacy Applications
9 7 (1.84%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.57%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.31%) Analogue Electronics
11 5 (1.31%) Embedded Systems
11 5 (1.31%) NHS
11 5 (1.31%) Public Cloud
12 4 (1.05%) Data Centre
12 4 (1.05%) Management Information System
13 3 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 30 (7.87%) Android
2 23 (6.04%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (38.06%) CI/CD
2 132 (34.65%) Mentoring
3 102 (26.77%) DevOps
4 87 (22.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 82 (21.52%) Problem-Solving
6 74 (19.42%) Coaching
7 64 (16.80%) Software Engineering
8 63 (16.54%) Stakeholder Management
9 59 (15.49%) Project Management
10 56 (14.70%) SDLC
11 53 (13.91%) Microservices
12 49 (12.86%) Decision-Making
13 47 (12.34%) Roadmaps
14 43 (11.29%) Infrastructure as Code
14 43 (11.29%) Observability
15 42 (11.02%) AI
16 40 (10.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 38 (9.97%) Scrum
18 35 (9.19%) Technical Leadership
18 35 (9.19%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 67 (17.59%) Java
2 59 (15.49%) JavaScript
3 57 (14.96%) SQL
4 53 (13.91%) TypeScript
5 37 (9.71%) Python
6 30 (7.87%) C#
7 29 (7.61%) Bash
8 28 (7.35%) Groovy
9 10 (2.62%) PHP
10 9 (2.36%) Kotlin
11 6 (1.57%) VBA
12 5 (1.31%) C
12 5 (1.31%) C++
12 5 (1.31%) Embedded C
12 5 (1.31%) Embedded C++
13 3 (0.79%) ABAP
14 2 (0.52%) COBOL
14 2 (0.52%) Go
14 2 (0.52%) R
15 1 (0.26%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 40 (10.50%) AWS Certification
2 22 (5.77%) Degree
3 19 (4.99%) AWS Certified Developer
4 17 (4.46%) ITIL Certification
5 16 (4.20%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 9 (2.36%) SC Cleared
6 9 (2.36%) Security Cleared
7 7 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.79%) IIBA
8 3 (0.79%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.52%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.52%) PMP
9 2 (0.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.26%) CIPD
10 1 (0.26%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.26%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (10.24%) Accessibility
2 24 (6.30%) QA
3 13 (3.41%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.36%) GDPR
5 7 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.84%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.05%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (0.79%) PMO
8 2 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.52%) GRC
8 2 (0.52%) NCSC
8 2 (0.52%) NIST
8 2 (0.52%) P3O
8 2 (0.52%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.52%) WCAG
9 1 (0.26%) COBIT
System Software
1 77 (20.21%) Docker
2 5 (1.31%) Embedded Firmware
2 5 (1.31%) Firmware
3 1 (0.26%) Squid
Systems Management
1 55 (14.44%) Terraform
2 29 (7.61%) HP Fortify
3 19 (4.99%) Kubernetes
4 10 (2.62%) Ansible
5 6 (1.57%) Grafana
5 6 (1.57%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.26%) Kibana
6 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (7.87%) Microsoft
2 26 (6.82%) SAP
3 7 (1.84%) Google
4 6 (1.57%) Databricks
5 5 (1.31%) Adobe
6 4 (1.05%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.79%) Hotjar
7 3 (0.79%) Oracle
7 3 (0.79%) Pega
7 3 (0.79%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.79%) WSO2
8 2 (0.52%) New Relic
9 1 (0.26%) IBM
9 1 (0.26%) Informatica
9 1 (0.26%) Nintex
9 1 (0.26%) Sitecore