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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 5 3
Rank change year-on-year -2 -2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 144 242 233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 18.41% 15.55% 25.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.82% 19.71% 27.28%
Number of salaries quoted 19 151 107
10th Percentile £38,250 £32,500 £31,569
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +21.09%
75th Percentile £74,375 £76,250 £87,125
90th Percentile £86,000 £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 660 1,228 854
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 84.40% 78.92% 94.26%
Number of salaries quoted 239 924 453
10th Percentile £20,280 £25,000 £25,420
25th Percentile £23,504 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £74,935 £89,750
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 17 May 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 17 May 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 21 £48,750 -25.00% 11
Warrington -8 18 £65,000 +18.18% 13
Chester +4 7 £52,500 -11.85% 15
Wilmslow +1 7 £72,500 +28.41% 6
Runcorn +1 4 - - 3
Widnes -1 4 - -
Macclesfield -1 4 £37,500 -6.25% 6
Northwich -4 4 £75,000 +150.00%
Knutsford -6 4 £47,500 -36.67% 20
Ellesmere Port -6 3 - -
Congleton - 2 - -
Middlewich - 2 - -
Sandbach - 2 - -
Winsford +5 1 - -
Lymm - 1 - -
Frodsham - 1 - - 3
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 21 (14.58%) Confluence
2 2 (1.39%) CMS
3 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.69%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.69%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 95 (65.97%) AWS
2 91 (63.19%) Azure
3 45 (31.25%) GCP
4 3 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (2.08%) NuGet
5 2 (1.39%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (1.39%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.39%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.39%) Pulumi
5 2 (1.39%) Serverless
6 1 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.69%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.69%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.69%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (19.44%) DNS
2 27 (18.75%) VPN
3 6 (4.17%) Broadband
4 3 (2.08%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.69%) ADSL
5 1 (0.69%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.69%) FlexRay
5 1 (0.69%) Internet
5 1 (0.69%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (42.36%) SQL Server
2 9 (6.25%) MySQL
3 7 (4.86%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.08%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.39%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.39%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.69%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.69%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 59 (40.97%) JIRA
2 58 (40.28%) GitLab
3 55 (38.19%) Bitbucket
3 55 (38.19%) Cucumber
3 55 (38.19%) Maven
3 55 (38.19%) Selenium
3 55 (38.19%) SonarQube
3 55 (38.19%) Sonatype Nexus
4 9 (6.25%) Git
5 2 (1.39%) Jaeger
5 2 (1.39%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.69%) Babel
6 1 (0.69%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.69%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.69%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.69%) JUnit
6 1 (0.69%) Mockito
6 1 (0.69%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.69%) webpack
General
1 104 (72.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 86 (59.72%) Finance
3 55 (38.19%) Banking
4 35 (24.31%) Retail
5 34 (23.61%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (23.61%) Corporate Banking
5 34 (23.61%) Investment Banking
6 7 (4.86%) Social Skills
7 1 (0.69%) Advertising
7 1 (0.69%) Automotive
7 1 (0.69%) Marketing
7 1 (0.69%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 79 (54.86%) Software Engineer
2 46 (31.94%) Developer
3 31 (21.53%) Software Developer
4 30 (20.83%) Senior
5 21 (14.58%) Senior Software Engineer
6 8 (5.56%) C# Developer
7 7 (4.86%) Full-Stack Developer
7 7 (4.86%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
7 7 (4.86%) JavaScript Developer
8 6 (4.17%) AWS Developer
9 4 (2.78%) .NET Developer
9 4 (2.78%) .NET Software Developer
9 4 (2.78%) C# .NET Developer
9 4 (2.78%) C# Software Developer
9 4 (2.78%) Node.js Developer
9 4 (2.78%) Senior Developer
10 3 (2.08%) Lead
10 3 (2.08%) Senior C# Developer
11 2 (1.39%) C# Software Engineer
11 2 (1.39%) Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (40.97%) CSS
1 59 (40.97%) HTML
2 58 (40.28%) Kafka
2 58 (40.28%) React
3 55 (38.19%) JPA
3 55 (38.19%) Redux
3 55 (38.19%) Spring
3 55 (38.19%) Spring Boot
4 39 (27.08%) REST
5 38 (26.39%) RESTful
6 35 (24.31%) CSS3
6 35 (24.31%) HTML5
7 34 (23.61%) Jest
7 34 (23.61%) Sass
8 32 (22.22%) .NET
9 28 (19.44%) Node.js
10 21 (14.58%) Hibernate
11 9 (6.25%) .NET Framework
11 9 (6.25%) Middleware
12 8 (5.56%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 57 (39.58%) Enterprise Software
1 57 (39.58%) Product Ownership
2 47 (32.64%) Cyberattack
3 22 (15.28%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (13.89%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (1.39%) Blog
5 2 (1.39%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (1.39%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.69%) CMDB
6 1 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.69%) Infotainment
6 1 (0.69%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.69%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 51 (35.42%) Linux
2 28 (19.44%) Android
3 2 (1.39%) Unix
4 1 (0.69%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.69%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.69%) Windows
4 1 (0.69%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.69%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (56.25%) Microservices
2 80 (55.56%) Software Engineering
3 68 (47.22%) CI/CD
4 66 (45.83%) DevOps
5 64 (44.44%) Full-Stack Development
6 63 (43.75%) User Experience
7 61 (42.36%) Mentoring
8 60 (41.67%) Containerisation
9 59 (40.97%) Front End Development
9 59 (40.97%) Performance Optimisation
10 58 (40.28%) SDLC
11 55 (38.19%) Test Automation
12 37 (25.69%) Strategic Thinking
13 35 (24.31%) Migration
13 35 (24.31%) Responsive Web Design
14 29 (20.14%) Continuous Improvement
14 29 (20.14%) Line Management
14 29 (20.14%) OO
15 28 (19.44%) OOP
16 27 (18.75%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 105 (72.92%) Java
2 93 (64.58%) JavaScript
3 66 (45.83%) SQL
4 51 (35.42%) Python
5 50 (34.72%) Go
6 47 (32.64%) C++
7 46 (31.94%) TypeScript
8 20 (13.89%) Rust
9 12 (8.33%) C#
10 2 (1.39%) Bash
10 2 (1.39%) PHP
11 1 (0.69%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.69%) VB
11 1 (0.69%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 48 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 47 (32.64%) DV Cleared
3 24 (16.67%) AWS Certification
4 22 (15.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 20 (13.89%) AWS Certified Developer
6 12 (8.33%) Degree
7 4 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.39%) PhD
9 1 (0.69%) ACCA
9 1 (0.69%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.69%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.69%) CCAB
9 1 (0.69%) CIMA
9 1 (0.69%) CIPFA
9 1 (0.69%) ICAEW
9 1 (0.69%) MCP
9 1 (0.69%) MCSA
9 1 (0.69%) MCSE
9 1 (0.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (40.28%) QA
2 34 (23.61%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.69%) NCSC
System Software
1 94 (65.28%) Docker
2 1 (0.69%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.69%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.69%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 62 (43.06%) Kubernetes
2 29 (20.14%) Ansible
3 3 (2.08%) Terraform
4 2 (1.39%) Argo
4 2 (1.39%) Kustomize
4 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.39%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.39%) SCCM
5 1 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.69%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 55 (38.19%) Solace
2 10 (6.94%) Microsoft
3 4 (2.78%) Google
4 2 (1.39%) Facebook
5 1 (0.69%) Apple
5 1 (0.69%) Blue Prism
5 1 (0.69%) Databricks
5 1 (0.69%) McAfee
5 1 (0.69%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.69%) Symantec
5 1 (0.69%) UiPath
5 1 (0.69%) VMware