Agile Jobs in the North West

Agile Software Development
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Agile skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Agile over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 1,982 2,519 3,238
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 20.31% 31.71% 34.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 24.46% 33.12% 36.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,428 1,064 1,814
10th Percentile £38,500 £36,550 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,639 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £75,772 £74,139 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,875 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +3.85% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Agile is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,102 7,605 8,963
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.02% 95.73% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 6,153 3,962 5,341
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,758 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Agile as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Agile in the North West

Agile
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Agile in the North West.

Salary trend for Agile in the North West

Agile
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Agile in the North West over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Agile in the North West

Agile
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the North West region over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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
Manchester 0 1,179 £60,000 +0.80% 242
Merseyside +2 254 £50,000 +6.38% 26
Lancashire 0 248 £57,965 +15.93% 37
Cheshire -2 247 £60,000 -2.04% 71
Cumbria -6 48 £60,000 +50.00% 9
Agile
England

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 57 (2.88%) ArcGIS
1 57 (2.88%) GeoServer
2 56 (2.83%) Confluence
3 27 (1.36%) Apache Spark
4 19 (0.96%) Apache
5 16 (0.81%) IIS
6 13 (0.66%) SharePoint
7 12 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
7 12 (0.61%) Tuxedo
8 10 (0.50%) CMS
9 8 (0.40%) WebLogic
10 7 (0.35%) Apache Solr
11 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
12 5 (0.25%) JBoss
12 5 (0.25%) Red Hat Fuse
13 4 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 4 (0.20%) Captiva
13 4 (0.20%) FileNet
13 4 (0.20%) WebSphere
14 3 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 33 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 18 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.25%) AutoCAD
3 5 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.25%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.20%) Maya
5 3 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.050%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.050%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.050%) Final Cut Pro
6 1 (0.050%) InVision
6 1 (0.050%) Sketch
6 1 (0.050%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 51 (2.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 24 (1.21%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 9 (0.45%) SAP CX
4 9 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.20%) MIS ActiveH
7 3 (0.15%) SAP IBP
8 2 (0.10%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.10%) Shopify
8 2 (0.10%) Unit4 Business World
9 1 (0.050%) BPCS
9 1 (0.050%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.050%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.050%) Magento
9 1 (0.050%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 1 (0.050%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.050%) Sage X3
9 1 (0.050%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.050%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 645 (32.54%) Azure
2 426 (21.49%) AWS
3 159 (8.02%) GCP
4 140 (7.06%) Azure DevOps
5 122 (6.16%) Power Platform
6 75 (3.78%) IBM Cloud
7 68 (3.43%) SaaS
8 60 (3.03%) GitHub
9 59 (2.98%) Amazon EKS
10 55 (2.77%) Amazon S3
10 55 (2.77%) Microsoft 365
11 53 (2.67%) Serverless
12 51 (2.57%) Dynamics 365
13 44 (2.22%) OCI
14 36 (1.82%) Amazon ECR
14 36 (1.82%) Route 53
15 24 (1.21%) AWS Lambda
15 24 (1.21%) Azure Data Factory
16 22 (1.11%) Power Automate
17 21 (1.06%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 29 (1.46%) Firewall
1 29 (1.46%) Internet
1 29 (1.46%) WAN
2 23 (1.16%) SAN
3 22 (1.11%) DNS
4 17 (0.86%) TCP/IP
5 16 (0.81%) LAN
6 15 (0.76%) SSL
7 13 (0.66%) Broadband
7 13 (0.66%) Network Security
8 12 (0.61%) DHCP
8 12 (0.61%) iSCSI
8 12 (0.61%) SD-WAN
9 11 (0.55%) AMQP
9 11 (0.55%) Remote Desktop
10 9 (0.45%) Wireless
11 8 (0.40%) BGP
12 5 (0.25%) NAS
12 5 (0.25%) VPN
12 5 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 232 (11.71%) SQL Server
2 142 (7.16%) PostgreSQL
3 101 (5.10%) NoSQL
4 83 (4.19%) MySQL
5 78 (3.94%) Power BI
6 76 (3.83%) Data Warehouse
7 72 (3.63%) MongoDB
8 67 (3.38%) BigQuery
9 61 (3.08%) Amazon RDS
10 57 (2.88%) GIS
10 57 (2.88%) QGIS
11 45 (2.27%) Relational Database
12 40 (2.02%) Azure SQL Database
12 40 (2.02%) Data Vault
13 39 (1.97%) Looker
14 37 (1.87%) DB2
15 29 (1.46%) Big Data
15 29 (1.46%) Tableau
16 27 (1.36%) Delta Lake
17 26 (1.31%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 167 (8.43%) Git
1 167 (8.43%) JIRA
2 51 (2.57%) Jenkins
3 43 (2.17%) GitLab
4 37 (1.87%) Visual Studio
5 23 (1.16%) Postman
6 21 (1.06%) Cypress.io
7 19 (0.96%) IntelliJ
8 18 (0.91%) Gradle
8 18 (0.91%) Selenium
9 17 (0.86%) TeamCity
10 16 (0.81%) JUnit
11 15 (0.76%) Appium
12 14 (0.71%) Mockito
13 13 (0.66%) Spinnaker
14 10 (0.50%) Jasmine
15 9 (0.45%) NUnit
16 8 (0.40%) Bitbucket
16 8 (0.40%) Maven
16 8 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 408 (20.59%) Social Skills
2 374 (18.87%) Finance
3 203 (10.24%) Public Sector
4 174 (8.78%) Analytical Skills
5 158 (7.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 128 (6.46%) Retail
7 84 (4.24%) Banking
8 80 (4.04%) Legal
9 65 (3.28%) Marketing
10 47 (2.37%) Law
11 38 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
12 32 (1.61%) Aerospace
13 29 (1.46%) Advertising
14 23 (1.16%) Games
14 23 (1.16%) Manufacturing
15 21 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
15 21 (1.06%) Telecoms
16 19 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
17 15 (0.76%) Publishing
18 11 (0.55%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 473 (23.86%) Developer
2 444 (22.40%) Senior
3 275 (13.87%) Lead
4 192 (9.69%) .NET Developer
5 188 (9.49%) Software Engineer
6 139 (7.01%) Project Manager
7 129 (6.51%) Analyst
8 128 (6.46%) Architect
9 105 (5.30%) Data Engineer
10 99 (4.99%) Senior Developer
11 86 (4.34%) Senior Software Engineer
12 74 (3.73%) C# Developer
13 71 (3.58%) DevOps Engineer
14 70 (3.53%) Solutions Architect
15 64 (3.23%) Business Analyst
15 64 (3.23%) Technical Leader
16 63 (3.18%) Software Developer
17 57 (2.88%) C# .NET Developer
18 56 (2.83%) Azure Engineer
19 49 (2.47%) Full Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 393 (19.83%) .NET
2 245 (12.36%) React
3 222 (11.20%) CSS
4 200 (10.09%) HTML
5 189 (9.54%) AngularJS
6 183 (9.23%) .NET Core
7 159 (8.02%) ASP.NET
8 123 (6.21%) REST
9 122 (6.16%) Node.js
10 99 (4.99%) ASP.NET MVC
11 97 (4.89%) Vue
12 96 (4.84%) RESTful
13 88 (4.44%) .NET Framework
14 86 (4.34%) Entity Framework
15 79 (3.99%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 78 (3.94%) Web Services
17 77 (3.88%) ASP.NET Web API
18 76 (3.83%) HTML5
19 75 (3.78%) Spring
20 64 (3.23%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 136 (6.86%) Product Ownership
2 92 (4.64%) Public Cloud
3 89 (4.49%) Data Structures
4 84 (4.24%) Hybrid Cloud
5 83 (4.19%) e-Learning
6 82 (4.14%) Greenfield Project
7 80 (4.04%) Blockchain
8 62 (3.13%) Management Information System
9 60 (3.03%) Cloud Native
10 49 (2.47%) Mobile App
10 49 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
11 48 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
12 46 (2.32%) Algorithms
13 40 (2.02%) Reinsurance
14 24 (1.21%) Video\Live Streaming
15 23 (1.16%) PMI
16 21 (1.06%) Private Cloud
17 17 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
17 17 (0.86%) Mainframe
18 14 (0.71%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 162 (8.17%) Linux
2 93 (4.69%) Windows
3 80 (4.04%) Android
4 64 (3.23%) Apple iOS
5 25 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 21 (1.06%) Unix
7 19 (0.96%) Ubuntu
8 11 (0.55%) CentOS
8 11 (0.55%) Debian
8 11 (0.55%) Windows 10
9 9 (0.45%) Windows Phone
10 5 (0.25%) Mac OS
11 4 (0.20%) Embedded Linux
12 3 (0.15%) VME
12 3 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.10%) Windows Server
13 2 (0.10%) Windows Vista
14 1 (0.050%) HPUX
14 1 (0.050%) Solaris
14 1 (0.050%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 532 (26.84%) Mentoring
2 481 (24.27%) DevOps
3 391 (19.73%) Coaching
4 364 (18.37%) Software Engineering
5 309 (15.59%) Scrum
6 284 (14.33%) Project Management
7 269 (13.57%) Problem-Solving
8 243 (12.26%) TDD
9 237 (11.96%) Full Stack Development
10 236 (11.91%) Roadmaps
11 204 (10.29%) Actionable Insight
12 199 (10.04%) Analytics
13 186 (9.38%) CI/CD
14 173 (8.73%) Microservices
15 169 (8.53%) MVC
15 169 (8.53%) SDLC
16 161 (8.12%) Kanban
17 156 (7.87%) Test Automation
18 150 (7.57%) Design Patterns
19 138 (6.96%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 437 (22.05%) JavaScript
2 412 (20.79%) C#
3 355 (17.91%) SQL
4 244 (12.31%) Python
5 236 (11.91%) Java
6 129 (6.51%) TypeScript
7 52 (2.62%) PHP
8 41 (2.07%) C
9 28 (1.41%) C++
10 27 (1.36%) PowerShell
11 26 (1.31%) T-SQL
12 25 (1.26%) COBOL
12 25 (1.26%) Micro Focus COBOL
13 23 (1.16%) Go
14 22 (1.11%) VB.NET
15 16 (0.81%) Ruby
16 14 (0.71%) Bash
17 13 (0.66%) Kotlin
17 13 (0.66%) Perl
18 10 (0.50%) R
Qualifications
1 210 (10.60%) Degree
2 205 (10.34%) Security Cleared
3 154 (7.77%) SC Cleared
4 51 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 47 (2.37%) PMP
6 41 (2.07%) PMI Certification
7 38 (1.92%) DV Cleared
8 28 (1.41%) AWS Certification
9 21 (1.06%) Azure Certification
10 17 (0.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 15 (0.76%) HND
11 15 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
12 13 (0.66%) APMP
12 13 (0.66%) DBS Check
13 12 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
14 11 (0.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 10 (0.50%) CCNP
15 10 (0.50%) Master's Degree
16 8 (0.40%) HNC
16 8 (0.40%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (4.74%) QA
2 67 (3.38%) Data Quality
3 46 (2.32%) Accessibility
4 45 (2.27%) GDPR
5 19 (0.96%) PMO
6 9 (0.45%) WCAG
7 6 (0.30%) SLA
8 5 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.15%) NIST
10 2 (0.10%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.10%) EMIR
10 2 (0.10%) MiFID
11 1 (0.050%) GAMP
11 1 (0.050%) GMP
11 1 (0.050%) GxP
System Software
1 126 (6.36%) Docker
2 25 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (1.16%) Active Directory
4 11 (0.55%) Embedded Firmware
4 11 (0.55%) Firmware
5 9 (0.45%) Terminal Services
6 5 (0.25%) SRDF
7 4 (0.20%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.050%) RACF
9 1 (0.050%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 164 (8.27%) Kubernetes
2 161 (8.12%) Terraform
3 48 (2.42%) Ansible
4 39 (1.97%) Prometheus
5 17 (0.86%) ZABBIX
6 12 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 12 (0.61%) Opsgenie
6 12 (0.61%) Puppet
6 12 (0.61%) VxRail
7 9 (0.45%) AirWatch
8 8 (0.40%) Grafana
8 8 (0.40%) Progress Chef
9 6 (0.30%) Kibana
10 5 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.15%) Podman
12 2 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
13 1 (0.050%) CSIRT
13 1 (0.050%) Kiali
13 1 (0.050%) Packer
13 1 (0.050%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 283 (14.28%) Microsoft
2 111 (5.60%) Google
3 90 (4.54%) Oracle
3 90 (4.54%) Red Hat
4 85 (4.29%) IBM
5 57 (2.88%) ESRI
6 48 (2.42%) Databricks
7 45 (2.27%) Informatica
8 36 (1.82%) Dynatrace
9 33 (1.66%) SAP
10 31 (1.56%) Facebook
11 26 (1.31%) VMware
12 25 (1.26%) Micro Focus
13 23 (1.16%) ServiceNow
14 20 (1.01%) Atlassian
14 20 (1.01%) Salesforce
15 17 (0.86%) Cisco
15 17 (0.86%) Fortinet
16 13 (0.66%) Adobe
17 12 (0.61%) Dell