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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 10 1
Rank change year-on-year -3 -9 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 339 481 875
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 9.78% 14.36% 28.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.02% 16.08% 31.28%
Number of salaries quoted 240 213 735
10th Percentile £39,975 £41,350 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £56,000 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year +11.61% -7.05% -1.52%
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £91,934
England median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £66,000
% change year-on-year - +2.27% -2.22%

All Process and 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 2,821 2,992 2,797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 81.37% 89.31% 92.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,624 1,170 2,180
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £28,981
25th Percentile £30,500 £41,140 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.34%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £84,056
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 -3 267 £65,000 +18.18% 313
South Yorkshire -20 41 £55,000 -5.93% 164
North Yorkshire -17 18 £60,000 +5.73% 77
East Yorkshire -12 12 £55,000 +7.32% 71
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 11 (3.24%) Confluence
2 9 (2.65%) OpenStack
3 7 (2.06%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.77%) Apache
5 4 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.18%) CMS
6 2 (0.59%) Drupal
6 2 (0.59%) EPiServer
6 2 (0.59%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.59%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.29%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.29%) FileNet
7 1 (0.29%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (2.95%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (2.95%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.88%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.59%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (2.95%) SAP ERP
2 9 (2.65%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.59%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 128 (37.76%) AWS
2 99 (29.20%) Azure
3 58 (17.11%) Serverless
4 45 (13.27%) SaaS
5 42 (12.39%) Amazon S3
6 32 (9.44%) AWS Lambda
7 30 (8.85%) AWS CloudFormation
8 29 (8.55%) GitHub
9 28 (8.26%) AWS Step Functions
10 26 (7.67%) Amazon ECS
11 23 (6.78%) Amazon SQS
12 22 (6.49%) GCP
13 18 (5.31%) Azure DevOps
14 15 (4.42%) Amazon EKS
15 14 (4.13%) Amazon ECR
15 14 (4.13%) Apigee
16 12 (3.54%) GitHub Actions
17 11 (3.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 11 (3.24%) Amazon EventBridge
18 7 (2.06%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.77%) DNS
2 3 (0.88%) Firewall
3 2 (0.59%) AMQP
3 2 (0.59%) Network Security
4 1 (0.29%) BGP
4 1 (0.29%) LAN
4 1 (0.29%) MPLS
4 1 (0.29%) SSL
4 1 (0.29%) VoIP
4 1 (0.29%) WAN
4 1 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (10.32%) DynamoDB
2 34 (10.03%) SQL Server
3 24 (7.08%) PostgreSQL
4 23 (6.78%) NoSQL
5 20 (5.90%) Relational Database
6 13 (3.83%) Data Lake
6 13 (3.83%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (3.24%) MySQL
8 7 (2.06%) Amazon Redshift
8 7 (2.06%) Metadata
9 5 (1.47%) BusinessObjects
10 4 (1.18%) Data Vault
10 4 (1.18%) Looker
10 4 (1.18%) MongoDB
10 4 (1.18%) Power BI
10 4 (1.18%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.88%) Amazon Aurora
11 3 (0.88%) Apache Iceberg
11 3 (0.88%) Spark SQL
11 3 (0.88%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 34 (10.03%) Git
2 30 (8.85%) Jenkins
3 29 (8.55%) GitLab
4 16 (4.72%) JIRA
5 15 (4.42%) Cypress.io
6 14 (4.13%) Maven
6 14 (4.13%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.88%) Selenium
8 2 (0.59%) Grunt
8 2 (0.59%) gulp
8 2 (0.59%) Storybook
8 2 (0.59%) webpack
9 1 (0.29%) Appium
9 1 (0.29%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.29%) JUnit
9 1 (0.29%) Postman
9 1 (0.29%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.29%) REST Assured
General
1 118 (34.81%) Social Skills
2 59 (17.40%) Finance
3 37 (10.91%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (7.37%) Public Sector
5 16 (4.72%) Organisational Skills
6 15 (4.42%) Law
7 13 (3.83%) Marketing
7 13 (3.83%) Retail
8 12 (3.54%) Legal
9 7 (2.06%) Advertising
10 6 (1.77%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.47%) Banking
11 5 (1.47%) Electronics
11 5 (1.47%) Local Government
12 4 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.18%) Military
12 4 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.59%) Games
Job Titles
1 79 (23.30%) Developer
2 59 (17.40%) Senior
3 46 (13.57%) Lead
4 26 (7.67%) Analyst
5 19 (5.60%) Business Analyst
5 19 (5.60%) Development Manager
5 19 (5.60%) Java Developer
6 17 (5.01%) Architect
6 17 (5.01%) Software Manager
7 16 (4.72%) Python Developer
7 16 (4.72%) Software Development Manager
8 15 (4.42%) Data Engineer
8 15 (4.42%) Software Engineer
9 13 (3.83%) Software Developer
10 12 (3.54%) .NET Developer
10 12 (3.54%) Consultant
10 12 (3.54%) Project Manager
11 11 (3.24%) .NET Development Manager
12 10 (2.95%) AWS Developer
12 10 (2.95%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (18.58%) React
2 54 (15.93%) .NET
3 39 (11.50%) CSS
4 33 (9.73%) HTML
5 32 (9.44%) Node.js
6 29 (8.55%) Spring Boot
7 28 (8.26%) REST
8 25 (7.37%) AngularJS
9 24 (7.08%) ASP.NET
10 22 (6.49%) Spring
11 21 (6.19%) RESTful
12 19 (5.60%) Django
12 19 (5.60%) FastAPI
12 19 (5.60%) Flask
13 16 (4.72%) .NET Core
13 16 (4.72%) Vue
14 14 (4.13%) ASP.NET Core
14 14 (4.13%) Blazor
14 14 (4.13%) Gherkin
14 14 (4.13%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 37 (10.91%) Cloud Native
2 25 (7.37%) Product Ownership
3 24 (7.08%) Distributed Systems
4 16 (4.72%) Data Structures
5 6 (1.77%) NHS
6 5 (1.47%) Analogue Electronics
6 5 (1.47%) Embedded Systems
6 5 (1.47%) Social Media
6 5 (1.47%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.18%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.18%) Onboarding
8 3 (0.88%) Driving Licence
8 3 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (0.88%) Private Cloud
8 3 (0.88%) Public Cloud
8 3 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.59%) Educational Technology
9 2 (0.59%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.59%) Linux
1 2 (0.59%) Mac OS
1 2 (0.59%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (32.15%) CI/CD
2 99 (29.20%) DevOps
3 97 (28.61%) Mentoring
4 86 (25.37%) Continuous Improvement
5 77 (22.71%) Problem-Solving
6 67 (19.76%) Software Engineering
7 57 (16.81%) Stakeholder Management
8 51 (15.04%) Coaching
8 51 (15.04%) SDLC
9 50 (14.75%) Infrastructure as Code
10 49 (14.45%) Microservices
11 47 (13.86%) Scrum
12 36 (10.62%) Waterfall
13 34 (10.03%) Project Delivery
13 34 (10.03%) Project Management
13 34 (10.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 31 (9.14%) Full-Stack Development
15 29 (8.55%) Decision-Making
15 29 (8.55%) Roadmaps
16 25 (7.37%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 70 (20.65%) SQL
2 63 (18.58%) JavaScript
3 45 (13.27%) Python
4 44 (12.98%) Java
4 44 (12.98%) TypeScript
5 39 (11.50%) C#
6 16 (4.72%) Bash
7 14 (4.13%) PHP
8 13 (3.83%) Groovy
9 9 (2.65%) C++
10 5 (1.47%) C
10 5 (1.47%) Embedded C
10 5 (1.47%) Embedded C++
11 3 (0.88%) ABAP
11 3 (0.88%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.88%) Scala
12 2 (0.59%) COBOL
12 2 (0.59%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.59%) R
13 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (7.96%) Degree
2 24 (7.08%) AWS Certification
3 16 (4.72%) AWS Certified Developer
3 16 (4.72%) Security Cleared
4 15 (4.42%) SC Cleared
5 9 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
6 5 (1.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 4 (1.18%) ACCA
7 4 (1.18%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.59%) IIBA
10 1 (0.29%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.29%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.29%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.37%) QA
2 13 (3.83%) Accessibility
3 9 (2.65%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.65%) GDPR
4 7 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.77%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.18%) GAAP
6 4 (1.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 4 (1.18%) IFRS
7 2 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.59%) GRC
7 2 (0.59%) NCSC
7 2 (0.59%) NIST
7 2 (0.59%) P3O
7 2 (0.59%) PMO
7 2 (0.59%) SLA
7 2 (0.59%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 70 (20.65%) Docker
2 5 (1.47%) Embedded Firmware
2 5 (1.47%) Firmware
3 1 (0.29%) Squid
Systems Management
1 59 (17.40%) Terraform
2 26 (7.67%) Kubernetes
3 14 (4.13%) HP Fortify
4 13 (3.83%) Ansible
5 9 (2.65%) Grafana
5 9 (2.65%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.29%) Kibana
Vendors
1 29 (8.55%) Microsoft
2 22 (6.49%) SAP
3 13 (3.83%) Databricks
4 6 (1.77%) Google
5 5 (1.47%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.18%) Oracle
7 3 (0.88%) Pega
7 3 (0.88%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.88%) WSO2
8 2 (0.59%) Adobe
8 2 (0.59%) IBM
8 2 (0.59%) New Relic
8 2 (0.59%) Nexthink
9 1 (0.29%) Blue Prism
9 1 (0.29%) ESRI
9 1 (0.29%) iManage
9 1 (0.29%) Intapp
9 1 (0.29%) Sage
9 1 (0.29%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.29%) TOWER Software