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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 13 3
Rank change year-on-year -6 -10 -2
Permanent jobs citing Agile 472 328 1,007
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 7.19% 12.45% 17.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.43% 13.26% 21.34%
Number of salaries quoted 323 218 786
10th Percentile £43,750 £40,000 £40,988
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,495 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,424 £84,688 £75,000
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 4,527 2,473 4,718
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 68.99% 93.89% 81.36%
Number of salaries quoted 3,030 1,193 3,755
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 £69,250 £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 27 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 27 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 0 348 £63,076 -9.89% 89
South Yorkshire -21 71 £57,723 -16.04% 45
North Yorkshire -7 23 £64,000 +6.67% 8
East Yorkshire -18 14 £50,000 -9.09% 7
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 (0.64%) Apache
3 3 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.64%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.64%) JBoss
4 2 (0.42%) CMS
5 1 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 10 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.48%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.64%) 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 (30.08%) AWS
2 110 (23.31%) Azure
3 73 (15.47%) Serverless
4 53 (11.23%) AWS Lambda
5 52 (11.02%) Amazon S3
6 48 (10.17%) Amazon ECS
7 40 (8.47%) AWS CloudFormation
8 39 (8.26%) AWS Step Functions
9 36 (7.63%) Amazon SQS
10 32 (6.78%) Amazon ECR
10 32 (6.78%) Apigee
11 27 (5.72%) SaaS
12 24 (5.08%) GCP
13 20 (4.24%) Azure DevOps
13 20 (4.24%) GitHub
14 18 (3.81%) Power Platform
15 14 (2.97%) Amazon EKS
16 12 (2.54%) PowerApps
17 9 (1.91%) Azure Data Factory
18 8 (1.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 37 (7.84%) Broadband
2 4 (0.85%) DNS
2 4 (0.85%) HTTP
3 1 (0.21%) SSL
3 1 (0.21%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (9.75%) DynamoDB
2 30 (6.36%) PostgreSQL
3 29 (6.14%) NoSQL
4 25 (5.30%) MongoDB
5 22 (4.66%) SQL Server
6 21 (4.45%) MySQL
7 15 (3.18%) Relational Database
8 12 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (2.54%) Metadata
9 9 (1.91%) BigQuery
10 8 (1.69%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
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 (0.64%) Amazon QuickSight
14 3 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
15 2 (0.42%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 61 (12.92%) GitLab
2 54 (11.44%) Jenkins
3 36 (7.63%) Cypress.io
3 36 (7.63%) Git
4 35 (7.42%) SonarQube
5 33 (6.99%) Maven
6 29 (6.14%) JIRA
7 6 (1.27%) Cucumber
7 6 (1.27%) Selenium
8 5 (1.06%) PHPUnit
9 3 (0.64%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.64%) 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
1 105 (22.25%) Social Skills
2 85 (18.01%) Public Sector
3 79 (16.74%) Finance
4 51 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (8.05%) Games
6 24 (5.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
7 13 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (2.54%) Retail
9 8 (1.69%) Marketing
10 7 (1.48%) Law
11 6 (1.27%) Automotive
11 6 (1.27%) Health Technology
12 5 (1.06%) Agriculture
13 3 (0.64%) Advertising
13 3 (0.64%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.64%) Fire and Rescue
13 3 (0.64%) Local Government
13 3 (0.64%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.64%) Police
Job Titles
1 129 (27.33%) Developer
2 115 (24.36%) Senior
3 78 (16.53%) Lead
4 63 (13.35%) Analyst
5 55 (11.65%) Business Analyst
6 44 (9.32%) Java Developer
7 32 (6.78%) Software Engineer
8 30 (6.36%) Senior Manager
9 24 (5.08%) Senior Developer
10 23 (4.87%) Full-Stack Developer
10 23 (4.87%) Python Developer
11 18 (3.81%) Architect
12 16 (3.39%) Delivery Manager
13 15 (3.18%) .NET Developer
13 15 (3.18%) DevOps Engineer
13 15 (3.18%) Engineering Manager
13 15 (3.18%) Technical Leader
14 14 (2.97%) Product Manager
14 14 (2.97%) Software Developer
15 12 (2.54%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (11.65%) React
2 50 (10.59%) AngularJS
3 42 (8.90%) Spring Boot
4 33 (6.99%) Jest
5 32 (6.78%) Gherkin
6 31 (6.57%) .NET
6 31 (6.57%) Node.js
6 31 (6.57%) Vue
7 27 (5.72%) REST
7 27 (5.72%) RESTful
8 20 (4.24%) CSS
8 20 (4.24%) HTML
9 18 (3.81%) ASP.NET
9 18 (3.81%) GraphQL
10 17 (3.60%) Flask
11 16 (3.39%) ASP.NET Core
12 15 (3.18%) .NET Core
13 14 (2.97%) Spring
14 13 (2.75%) Android SDK
15 12 (2.54%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 42 (8.90%) Mobile App
2 29 (6.14%) Product Ownership
3 23 (4.87%) Cloud Native
3 23 (4.87%) Data Structures
3 23 (4.87%) Onboarding
4 16 (3.39%) Legacy Systems
4 16 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (3.39%) Social Media
5 15 (3.18%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (2.12%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (1.69%) NHS
8 7 (1.48%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (1.48%) Legacy Applications
8 7 (1.48%) Low-Code
9 6 (1.27%) Life Science
10 5 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.06%) Management Information System
11 4 (0.85%) PKI
11 4 (0.85%) PMI
11 4 (0.85%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 36 (7.63%) Android
2 23 (4.87%) Apple iOS
3 10 (2.12%) Linux
4 8 (1.69%) Windows
5 7 (1.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (33.05%) CI/CD
2 154 (32.63%) Mentoring
3 105 (22.25%) DevOps
4 97 (20.55%) Coaching
5 92 (19.49%) Problem-Solving
6 82 (17.37%) Continuous Improvement
7 76 (16.10%) Stakeholder Management
8 64 (13.56%) Roadmaps
9 63 (13.35%) AI
9 63 (13.35%) Decision-Making
10 59 (12.50%) SDLC
11 58 (12.29%) Software Engineering
12 57 (12.08%) Microservices
13 56 (11.86%) Project Management
14 55 (11.65%) Scrum
15 51 (10.81%) Full-Stack Development
16 48 (10.17%) Waterfall
17 47 (9.96%) Technical Leadership
18 42 (8.90%) Observability
19 41 (8.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 103 (21.82%) Java
2 76 (16.10%) JavaScript
3 67 (14.19%) SQL
4 66 (13.98%) TypeScript
5 57 (12.08%) Python
6 46 (9.75%) C#
7 36 (7.63%) Groovy
8 35 (7.42%) Bash
9 18 (3.81%) PHP
10 16 (3.39%) Kotlin
11 6 (1.27%) VBA
12 5 (1.06%) Scala
13 4 (0.85%) Go
14 3 (0.64%) C++
14 3 (0.64%) 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 44 (9.32%) Degree
2 41 (8.69%) AWS Certification
3 23 (4.87%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
3 23 (4.87%) ITIL Certification
4 18 (3.81%) Security Cleared
5 17 (3.60%) SC Cleared
6 12 (2.54%) AWS Certified Developer
6 12 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (2.33%) PMI Certification
8 10 (2.12%) PMP
9 7 (1.48%) IIBA
10 6 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.85%) CBAP
12 3 (0.64%) APMP
12 3 (0.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.64%) CAPM
12 3 (0.64%) PgMP
13 2 (0.42%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.42%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (10.17%) Accessibility
2 33 (6.99%) QA
3 26 (5.51%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.27%) GRC
4 6 (1.27%) PMO
5 4 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (0.85%) GDPR
5 4 (0.85%) 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 (13.77%) Docker
2 2 (0.42%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (0.42%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 42 (8.90%) Terraform
2 32 (6.78%) HP Fortify
3 20 (4.24%) Kubernetes
4 10 (2.12%) Ansible
5 7 (1.48%) Argo
6 3 (0.64%) Grafana
6 3 (0.64%) Packer
6 3 (0.64%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.42%) Kibana
8 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 44 (9.32%) Microsoft
2 20 (4.24%) SAP
3 9 (1.91%) Google
3 9 (1.91%) ServiceNow
4 6 (1.27%) Databricks
4 6 (1.27%) Salesforce
5 5 (1.06%) Adobe
5 5 (1.06%) AppDynamics
5 5 (1.06%) IBM
5 5 (1.06%) TOWER Software
6 4 (0.85%) Hotjar
7 2 (0.42%) Apple
7 2 (0.42%) Facebook
7 2 (0.42%) Oracle
7 2 (0.42%) Sony
7 2 (0.42%) Yahoo!
8 1 (0.21%) Foundry
8 1 (0.21%) Informatica
8 1 (0.21%) Nintex
8 1 (0.21%) Palantir