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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 13 3
Rank change year-on-year -7 -10 -2
Permanent jobs citing Agile 473 327 1,004
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 7.18% 12.39% 17.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.42% 13.20% 21.24%
Number of salaries quoted 324 219 784
10th Percentile £43,750 £40,000 £40,988
25th Percentile £49,000 £47,231 £44,934
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £57,732
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +12.59% -3.78%
75th Percentile £77,424 £84,375 £75,193
90th Percentile £90,000 £98,474 £84,964
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +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 4,541 2,477 4,726
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 68.95% 93.83% 81.29%
Number of salaries quoted 3,038 1,195 3,759
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,050 £31,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,375 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £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 28 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 28 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 -1 348 £63,076 -9.89% 63
South Yorkshire -20 71 £57,150 -16.87% 29
North Yorkshire -7 23 £64,000 +6.67% 4
East Yorkshire -18 15 £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 3 (0.63%) Apache
3 3 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.63%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.63%) JBoss
4 2 (0.42%) CMS
5 1 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 10 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.48%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.63%) Trello
4 2 (0.42%) Sketch
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (2.33%) 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
2 109 (23.04%) Azure
3 72 (15.22%) Serverless
4 53 (11.21%) AWS Lambda
5 51 (10.78%) Amazon S3
6 48 (10.15%) Amazon ECS
7 39 (8.25%) AWS CloudFormation
8 38 (8.03%) 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 24 (5.07%) GCP
13 20 (4.23%) Azure DevOps
14 19 (4.02%) GitHub
15 18 (3.81%) Power Platform
16 14 (2.96%) Amazon EKS
17 12 (2.54%) PowerApps
18 9 (1.90%) Azure Data Factory
19 8 (1.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 37 (7.82%) Broadband
2 4 (0.85%) HTTP
3 3 (0.63%) DNS
4 1 (0.21%) SSL
4 1 (0.21%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (9.51%) DynamoDB
2 29 (6.13%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (5.92%) NoSQL
4 26 (5.50%) MongoDB
5 22 (4.65%) MySQL
6 21 (4.44%) SQL Server
7 16 (3.38%) Relational Database
8 12 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (2.54%) Metadata
9 9 (1.90%) Azure SQL Database
9 9 (1.90%) BigQuery
10 8 (1.69%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (1.48%) Power BI
12 5 (1.06%) Big Data
12 5 (1.06%) Data Lake
12 5 (1.06%) Tableau
13 4 (0.85%) RDBMS
14 3 (0.63%) Amazon QuickSight
14 3 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
15 2 (0.42%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 60 (12.68%) GitLab
2 54 (11.42%) Jenkins
3 36 (7.61%) Cypress.io
4 35 (7.40%) Git
4 35 (7.40%) SonarQube
5 33 (6.98%) Maven
6 30 (6.34%) JIRA
7 6 (1.27%) Cucumber
7 6 (1.27%) Selenium
8 5 (1.06%) PHPUnit
9 3 (0.63%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.63%) JUnit
10 2 (0.42%) Claude Code
10 2 (0.42%) Postman
10 2 (0.42%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.21%) Gatling
11 1 (0.21%) JMeter
11 1 (0.21%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.21%) Zephyr
General
1 104 (21.99%) Social Skills
2 86 (18.18%) Public Sector
3 82 (17.34%) Finance
4 52 (10.99%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (8.03%) Games
6 25 (5.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
7 13 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (2.33%) Retail
9 7 (1.48%) Law
9 7 (1.48%) Marketing
10 6 (1.27%) Automotive
10 6 (1.27%) Health Technology
11 5 (1.06%) Agriculture
12 4 (0.85%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.63%) Advertising
13 3 (0.63%) Banking
13 3 (0.63%) Local Government
13 3 (0.63%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.63%) Police
Job Titles
1 130 (27.48%) Developer
2 114 (24.10%) Senior
3 77 (16.28%) Lead
4 66 (13.95%) Analyst
5 58 (12.26%) Business Analyst
6 44 (9.30%) Java Developer
7 31 (6.55%) 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 17 (3.59%) Architect
12 16 (3.38%) Delivery Manager
13 15 (3.17%) .NET Developer
13 15 (3.17%) DevOps Engineer
13 15 (3.17%) Engineering Manager
13 15 (3.17%) Technical Leader
14 14 (2.96%) Product Manager
14 14 (2.96%) Software Developer
15 13 (2.75%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (11.84%) React
2 49 (10.36%) AngularJS
3 42 (8.88%) Spring Boot
4 33 (6.98%) Jest
5 32 (6.77%) Gherkin
6 31 (6.55%) Node.js
6 31 (6.55%) Vue
7 30 (6.34%) .NET
8 28 (5.92%) REST
9 27 (5.71%) RESTful
10 19 (4.02%) CSS
10 19 (4.02%) HTML
11 18 (3.81%) GraphQL
12 17 (3.59%) ASP.NET
12 17 (3.59%) Flask
13 16 (3.38%) ASP.NET Core
14 15 (3.17%) .NET Core
15 14 (2.96%) Spring
16 13 (2.75%) Android SDK
17 12 (2.54%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 43 (9.09%) Mobile App
2 29 (6.13%) Product Ownership
3 24 (5.07%) Onboarding
4 23 (4.86%) Data Structures
5 22 (4.65%) Cloud Native
6 16 (3.38%) Legacy Systems
6 16 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
6 16 (3.38%) Social Media
7 15 (3.17%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (1.69%) Low-Code
9 8 (1.69%) NHS
10 7 (1.48%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.48%) Legacy Applications
11 6 (1.27%) Life Science
12 5 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.06%) Management Information System
13 4 (0.85%) PKI
13 4 (0.85%) PMI
13 4 (0.85%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 37 (7.82%) Android
2 23 (4.86%) Apple iOS
3 10 (2.11%) Linux
4 8 (1.69%) Windows
5 7 (1.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (32.77%) CI/CD
2 152 (32.14%) Mentoring
3 104 (21.99%) DevOps
4 96 (20.30%) Coaching
5 91 (19.24%) Problem-Solving
6 83 (17.55%) Continuous Improvement
7 77 (16.28%) Stakeholder Management
8 64 (13.53%) AI
8 64 (13.53%) Roadmaps
9 63 (13.32%) Decision-Making
10 60 (12.68%) SDLC
11 57 (12.05%) Project Management
11 57 (12.05%) Software Engineering
12 56 (11.84%) Microservices
12 56 (11.84%) Scrum
13 51 (10.78%) Full-Stack Development
14 48 (10.15%) Waterfall
15 46 (9.73%) Technical Leadership
16 43 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 42 (8.88%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 102 (21.56%) Java
2 77 (16.28%) JavaScript
3 67 (14.16%) TypeScript
4 66 (13.95%) SQL
5 57 (12.05%) Python
6 46 (9.73%) C#
7 36 (7.61%) Groovy
8 35 (7.40%) Bash
9 19 (4.02%) PHP
10 16 (3.38%) Kotlin
11 6 (1.27%) VBA
12 5 (1.06%) Scala
13 4 (0.85%) Go
14 3 (0.63%) C++
14 3 (0.63%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.42%) C
15 2 (0.42%) Embedded C
15 2 (0.42%) Embedded C++
15 2 (0.42%) MATLAB
15 2 (0.42%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (9.51%) Degree
2 40 (8.46%) AWS Certification
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 12 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (2.33%) AWS Certified Developer
7 11 (2.33%) PMI Certification
8 10 (2.11%) PMP
9 7 (1.48%) IIBA
10 6 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.85%) CBAP
12 3 (0.63%) APMP
12 3 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.63%) CAPM
12 3 (0.63%) PgMP
13 2 (0.42%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.42%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (9.73%) Accessibility
2 34 (7.19%) QA
3 27 (5.71%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.27%) GRC
4 6 (1.27%) PMO
5 3 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (0.63%) GDPR
5 3 (0.63%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.21%) NIST
7 1 (0.21%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.21%) WCAG
System Software
1 65 (13.74%) Docker
2 2 (0.42%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (0.42%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 40 (8.46%) Terraform
2 32 (6.77%) HP Fortify
3 20 (4.23%) Kubernetes
4 10 (2.11%) Ansible
5 7 (1.48%) Argo
6 3 (0.63%) Grafana
6 3 (0.63%) Packer
6 3 (0.63%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.42%) Kibana
8 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%) Databricks
5 6 (1.27%) Salesforce
5 6 (1.27%) TOWER Software
6 5 (1.06%) AppDynamics
6 5 (1.06%) IBM
7 4 (0.85%) Adobe
7 4 (0.85%) Hotjar
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%) Informatica
9 1 (0.21%) Nintex
9 1 (0.21%) Palantir