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Abstract: Careers in information technology (IT) require a myriad of skills and training. One important area of requirements is agile skills. Agile skills are the expertise that IT professionals use in an agile development environment. Examples of agile skills include sprint planning, user story creation, product backlog maintenance, and Scrum. It is assumed that regardless of IT area, the need for agile skills is essential in today’s business environment. Given the importance of agile skills as part of the IS landscape and, thus, their importance to IS academic community, this research seeks to provide a deeper understanding of current industry needs for agile job skills. This is accomplished through the analysis of over 775,000 job postings referencing agile job titles and skills. Specifically, it seeks to answer the following questions: (1) What are the most common job titles associated with agile skills? (2) What skills are most associated with those job titles? and (3) How do the common and specialized skill requirements vary across job titles? Data was collected from job postings in the U.S. from July 2023 to June 2024. This study provides insights to information systems educators by 1) helping them guide their students during the job placement process, specifically when students express interest in agile, and 2) guiding curriculum design.

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Recommended Citation: Totty, S.A., Clark, C., Harris, A., (2026). What Agile Skills Are Needed for IT Jobs?. Journal of Information Systems Applied Research and Analytics 19(2) pp 71-81. https://doi.org/10.62273/FRGW2108