Agile Jobs in Cheshire

Agile Software Development
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire requiring Agile skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Agile over the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 6 3
Rank change year-on-year -2 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 153 240 202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 16.87% 13.30% 26.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.07% 17.54% 27.90%
Number of salaries quoted 23 138 109
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,375 £39,294
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,125 £75,166 £81,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £97,500 £100,000
North West median annual salary £57,560 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.07% +4.35% +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 726 1,368 724
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 80.04% 75.83% 93.54%
Number of salaries quoted 284 980 427
10th Percentile - £26,250 £25,420
25th Percentile £23,504 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,757 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.48% -4.49% +5.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £66,375 £72,500 £91,250
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing Agile as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Agile in Cheshire

Agile
Salary Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Agile in Cheshire.

Salary trend for Agile in Cheshire

Agile
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Agile in Cheshire over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Agile in Cheshire

Agile
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 July 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
Crewe +1 23 £52,500 -19.23% 11
Warrington -7 19 £61,250 +11.36% 105
Macclesfield +3 8 £37,500 -6.25% 6
Chester +1 6 £47,500 -13.64% 77
Northwich -6 6 £57,500 +91.67% 2
Knutsford -3 5 £52,500 -25.00% 36
Runcorn +4 4 - - 4
Wilmslow +4 4 - - 18
Widnes -4 4 - - 1
Ellesmere Port -3 3 - -
Congleton - 2 - - 1
Middlewich - 2 - -
Sandbach - 2 - -
Winsford +5 1 - - 2
Lymm - 1 - -
Frodsham - 1 - -
Agile
North West

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 23 (15.03%) Confluence
2 1 (0.65%) CMS
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.65%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.65%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (3.27%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 103 (67.32%) AWS
2 96 (62.75%) Azure
3 47 (30.72%) GCP
4 8 (5.23%) Power Platform
5 5 (3.27%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (3.27%) NuGet
5 5 (3.27%) Power Automate
5 5 (3.27%) PowerApps
6 4 (2.61%) AWS Lambda
6 4 (2.61%) Serverless
7 3 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.96%) SaaS
8 2 (1.31%) Amazon S3
8 2 (1.31%) Pulumi
9 1 (0.65%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (0.65%) AWS Step Functions
9 1 (0.65%) Azure App Service
9 1 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.65%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (0.65%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 28 (18.30%) DNS
2 27 (17.65%) VPN
3 8 (5.23%) Broadband
4 5 (3.27%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.65%) ADSL
5 1 (0.65%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (39.87%) SQL Server
2 10 (6.54%) MySQL
3 9 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (3.27%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.96%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.96%) Power BI
5 3 (1.96%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.31%) DynamoDB
6 2 (1.31%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.65%) Redis
Development Applications
1 64 (41.83%) JIRA
2 61 (39.87%) GitLab
3 56 (36.60%) Bitbucket
3 56 (36.60%) Cucumber
3 56 (36.60%) Maven
3 56 (36.60%) Selenium
3 56 (36.60%) SonarQube
3 56 (36.60%) Sonatype Nexus
4 9 (5.88%) Git
5 2 (1.31%) Jaeger
5 2 (1.31%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.65%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.65%) JUnit
6 1 (0.65%) Mocha
6 1 (0.65%) Mockito
6 1 (0.65%) Sinon.JS
General
1 104 (67.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 87 (56.86%) Finance
3 55 (35.95%) Banking
4 39 (25.49%) Retail
5 34 (22.22%) Corporate Banking
5 34 (22.22%) Investment Banking
6 32 (20.92%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (5.23%) Social Skills
8 1 (0.65%) Advertising
8 1 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.65%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 78 (50.98%) Software Engineer
2 51 (33.33%) Developer
3 33 (21.57%) Senior
4 31 (20.26%) Software Developer
5 21 (13.73%) Senior Software Engineer
6 9 (5.88%) C# Developer
6 9 (5.88%) Full-Stack Developer
7 8 (5.23%) AWS Developer
7 8 (5.23%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
7 8 (5.23%) JavaScript Developer
7 8 (5.23%) Senior Developer
8 6 (3.92%) Senior C# Developer
9 5 (3.27%) Applications Specialist
9 5 (3.27%) Applications Support
9 5 (3.27%) Applications Support Specialist
9 5 (3.27%) Node.js Developer
9 5 (3.27%) Support Specialist
10 4 (2.61%) Analyst
10 4 (2.61%) Lead
11 3 (1.96%) C# .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (39.22%) React
2 59 (38.56%) Kafka
3 58 (37.91%) CSS
3 58 (37.91%) HTML
4 57 (37.25%) Spring Boot
5 56 (36.60%) JPA
5 56 (36.60%) Redux
5 56 (36.60%) Spring
6 39 (25.49%) RESTful
7 37 (24.18%) REST
8 35 (22.88%) CSS3
8 35 (22.88%) HTML5
8 35 (22.88%) Jest
9 34 (22.22%) Sass
10 33 (21.57%) .NET
11 30 (19.61%) Node.js
12 22 (14.38%) Hibernate
13 11 (7.19%) .NET Core
14 10 (6.54%) .NET Framework
14 10 (6.54%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 56 (36.60%) Enterprise Software
1 56 (36.60%) Product Ownership
2 47 (30.72%) Cyberattack
3 23 (15.03%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (13.07%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (1.31%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.31%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (1.31%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.65%) Blog
6 1 (0.65%) CMDB
6 1 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.65%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.65%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.65%) Over-the-Top Content
6 1 (0.65%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 53 (34.64%) Linux
2 29 (18.95%) Android
3 2 (1.31%) Unix
4 1 (0.65%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.65%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.65%) Windows
4 1 (0.65%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.65%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (56.21%) Microservices
2 79 (51.63%) Software Engineering
3 75 (49.02%) CI/CD
4 68 (44.44%) DevOps
5 64 (41.83%) Full-Stack Development
5 64 (41.83%) User Experience
6 61 (39.87%) Containerisation
6 61 (39.87%) Mentoring
7 60 (39.22%) Front End Development
8 58 (37.91%) Performance Optimisation
9 56 (36.60%) SDLC
9 56 (36.60%) Test Automation
10 36 (23.53%) Strategic Thinking
11 35 (22.88%) Migration
11 35 (22.88%) Responsive Web Design
12 34 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
13 29 (18.95%) Line Management
14 27 (17.65%) Android Development
14 27 (17.65%) Mathematics
14 27 (17.65%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 108 (70.59%) Java
2 93 (60.78%) JavaScript
3 73 (47.71%) SQL
4 53 (34.64%) Python
5 50 (32.68%) Go
6 48 (31.37%) TypeScript
7 47 (30.72%) C++
8 20 (13.07%) Rust
9 14 (9.15%) C#
10 2 (1.31%) Bash
11 1 (0.65%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.65%) PHP
11 1 (0.65%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.65%) Swift
11 1 (0.65%) VB
11 1 (0.65%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 48 (31.37%) Security Cleared
2 47 (30.72%) DV Cleared
3 25 (16.34%) AWS Certification
4 22 (14.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 20 (13.07%) AWS Certified Developer
6 11 (7.19%) Degree
7 2 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.31%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.31%) PhD
8 1 (0.65%) ACCA
8 1 (0.65%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (0.65%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.65%) CCAB
8 1 (0.65%) CIMA
8 1 (0.65%) CIPFA
8 1 (0.65%) ICAEW
8 1 (0.65%) MCP
8 1 (0.65%) MCSA
8 1 (0.65%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (36.60%) QA
2 34 (22.22%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.65%) NCSC
3 1 (0.65%) PMO
System Software
1 97 (63.40%) Docker
2 1 (0.65%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.65%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 65 (42.48%) Kubernetes
2 29 (18.95%) Ansible
3 6 (3.92%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (3.92%) SCCM
4 3 (1.96%) Terraform
5 2 (1.31%) Argo
5 2 (1.31%) Kustomize
5 2 (1.31%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.65%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 55 (35.95%) Solace
2 14 (9.15%) Microsoft
3 6 (3.92%) Google
4 5 (3.27%) Blue Prism
4 5 (3.27%) Databricks
4 5 (3.27%) Facebook
4 5 (3.27%) UiPath
5 3 (1.96%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.65%) Apple
6 1 (0.65%) McAfee
6 1 (0.65%) Oracle
6 1 (0.65%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.65%) Symantec
6 1 (0.65%) Veracode
6 1 (0.65%) VMware