Agile Job Trends in Manchester

Agile Software Development
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Agile skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -13 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 573 503 917
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 7.53% 21.18% 22.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.89% 23.73% 27.27%
Number of salaries quoted 384 216 317
10th Percentile £42,000 £43,875 £41,250
25th Percentile £49,000 £50,938 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,750 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.69% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £95,000
North West median annual salary £62,499 £60,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year +4.17% +3.51% +0.81%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,795 2,120 3,363
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 76.17% 89.26% 83.59%
Number of salaries quoted 4,388 1,197 1,709
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,650 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £84,750
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -0.99% -8.18%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Agile relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Agile job vacancy trend in Manchester

Agile
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Agile.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Agile

Agile
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Agile in Manchester over the 6 months to 26 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Agile in Manchester

Agile
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 26 September 2026. 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
Salford -5 22 £42,000 -45.61% 20
Ashton-under-Lyne +1 19 £44,000 - 4
Altrincham -1 17 £65,000 - 24
Stockport -5 11 £60,000 - 7
Oldham -4 8 £67,500 +19.46% 1
Wigan -3 3 £77,500 - 1
Bolton -15 1 £55,000 +10.00% 10
Agile
North West

Agile
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 31 (5.41%) Confluence
2 23 (4.01%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.27%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (1.92%) Apache
5 5 (0.87%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.70%) CMS
6 4 (0.70%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.52%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.52%) nginx
8 2 (0.35%) IIS
8 2 (0.35%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.35%) WordPress
9 1 (0.17%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.17%) JBoss
9 1 (0.17%) SAS
9 1 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 10 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.40%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (1.22%) Trello
4 6 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.70%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.35%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.70%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.17%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 163 (28.45%) Azure
2 154 (26.88%) AWS
3 71 (12.39%) Azure DevOps
4 47 (8.20%) Power Platform
5 39 (6.81%) GitHub
5 39 (6.81%) Serverless
6 32 (5.58%) SaaS
7 31 (5.41%) Power Automate
8 30 (5.24%) GCP
9 29 (5.06%) Microsoft Copilot
10 24 (4.19%) AWS CloudFormation
10 24 (4.19%) PowerApps
11 23 (4.01%) Microsoft 365
12 20 (3.49%) Dynamics 365
13 17 (2.97%) Copilot Studio
14 16 (2.79%) AWS Lambda
15 15 (2.62%) dbt
15 15 (2.62%) Snowflake
16 13 (2.27%) Amazon S3
17 11 (1.92%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.87%) DNS
1 5 (0.87%) Network Security
2 4 (0.70%) Firewall
3 3 (0.52%) AMQP
3 3 (0.52%) BIG-IP
3 3 (0.52%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 3 (0.52%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 2 (0.35%) DHCP
4 2 (0.35%) HTTP
4 2 (0.35%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.17%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (0.17%) iSCSI
5 1 (0.17%) LAN
5 1 (0.17%) SAN
5 1 (0.17%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.17%) SSL
5 1 (0.17%) WAN
5 1 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.49%) MongoDB
2 17 (2.97%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (2.79%) DynamoDB
4 15 (2.62%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (2.62%) Power BI
5 14 (2.44%) SQL Server
6 12 (2.09%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (1.57%) NoSQL
8 7 (1.22%) Big Data
8 7 (1.22%) Elasticsearch
8 7 (1.22%) Relational Database
9 6 (1.05%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.87%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.70%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (0.70%) Data Mining
11 4 (0.70%) Hadoop
11 4 (0.70%) MySQL
12 3 (0.52%) Cloudera CDH
12 3 (0.52%) Flink
13 2 (0.35%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 62 (10.82%) JIRA
2 42 (7.33%) Git
3 28 (4.89%) GitLab
4 16 (2.79%) Jenkins
5 13 (2.27%) JUnit
5 13 (2.27%) Spock
6 10 (1.75%) Postman
7 9 (1.57%) Claude Code
8 8 (1.40%) Bitbucket
9 7 (1.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 7 (1.22%) Maven
10 5 (0.87%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.70%) IntelliJ
11 4 (0.70%) Vagrant
12 3 (0.52%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.52%) RStudio
12 3 (0.52%) Selenium
13 2 (0.35%) MSTest
13 2 (0.35%) NUnit
14 1 (0.17%) Mocha
General
1 162 (28.27%) Social Skills
2 108 (18.85%) Finance
3 59 (10.30%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (9.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 42 (7.33%) Public Sector
6 37 (6.46%) Telecoms
7 24 (4.19%) Influencing Skills
8 22 (3.84%) Marketing
9 21 (3.66%) Retail
10 17 (2.97%) Publishing
11 15 (2.62%) Law
12 13 (2.27%) Games
13 10 (1.75%) Aerospace
14 8 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.40%) Legal
14 8 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (1.22%) Banking
16 3 (0.52%) Local Government
16 3 (0.52%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 138 (24.08%) Senior
2 109 (19.02%) Developer
3 59 (10.30%) Software Engineer
4 46 (8.03%) Lead
5 43 (7.50%) Senior Developer
6 42 (7.33%) Analyst
7 35 (6.11%) Design Engineer
7 35 (6.11%) Engineering Manager
8 34 (5.93%) Business Analyst
9 28 (4.89%) Data Engineer
10 25 (4.36%) Delivery Manager
10 25 (4.36%) Project Manager
11 24 (4.19%) DevOps Engineer
12 21 (3.66%) Senior Software Engineer
13 20 (3.49%) Microsoft 365 Developer
14 19 (3.32%) Senior Design Engineer
15 18 (3.14%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 18 (3.14%) Java Developer
15 18 (3.14%) Lead Software Engineer
16 17 (2.97%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (10.82%) Terraform
2 58 (10.12%) Spring
3 49 (8.55%) .NET
4 45 (7.85%) React
5 44 (7.68%) HTML
6 40 (6.98%) Spring Boot
7 32 (5.58%) AngularJS
7 32 (5.58%) CSS
8 31 (5.41%) Node.js
9 30 (5.24%) Kafka
10 28 (4.89%) REST
11 14 (2.44%) ASP.NET
12 11 (1.92%) Microsoft Graph
13 10 (1.75%) ASP.NET Core
13 10 (1.75%) HTML5 Canvas
13 10 (1.75%) PySpark
14 9 (1.57%) .NET Core
14 9 (1.57%) Entity Framework
14 9 (1.57%) SPFx
15 8 (1.40%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 57 (9.95%) Product Ownership
2 53 (9.25%) Cloud Native
3 20 (3.49%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (3.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 16 (2.79%) Enterprise Software
4 16 (2.79%) Private Cloud
5 15 (2.62%) IoT
6 13 (2.27%) Onboarding
7 12 (2.09%) Media Streaming
7 12 (2.09%) Podcast
7 12 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (1.92%) Marketing Technology
9 9 (1.57%) Data Centre
9 9 (1.57%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.05%) Social Media
11 5 (0.87%) Cyber Defence
11 5 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (0.87%) IVR
11 5 (0.87%) NHS
11 5 (0.87%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 25 (4.36%) Linux
2 6 (1.05%) Windows
3 5 (0.87%) Android
3 5 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (0.70%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.70%) VMS
5 3 (0.52%) CentOS
5 3 (0.52%) Debian
5 3 (0.52%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.35%) Unix
6 2 (0.35%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.35%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (33.68%) Continuous Improvement
2 192 (33.51%) DevOps
3 163 (28.45%) CI/CD
4 155 (27.05%) AI
5 120 (20.94%) Problem-Solving
6 119 (20.77%) Software Engineering
7 111 (19.37%) Mentoring
8 110 (19.20%) Stakeholder Management
9 108 (18.85%) Scrum
10 70 (12.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 69 (12.04%) Coaching
12 65 (11.34%) Test Automation
13 62 (10.82%) Microservices
14 57 (9.95%) Roadmaps
15 55 (9.60%) TDD
16 54 (9.42%) Decision-Making
17 53 (9.25%) Collaborative Culture
18 50 (8.73%) Infrastructure as Code
19 49 (8.55%) Kanban
19 49 (8.55%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 113 (19.72%) Java
2 97 (16.93%) Python
3 95 (16.58%) SQL
4 82 (14.31%) JavaScript
5 55 (9.60%) C#
6 48 (8.38%) TypeScript
7 20 (3.49%) Go
8 17 (2.97%) Bash
9 14 (2.44%) PowerShell
10 9 (1.57%) PHP
11 8 (1.40%) Groovy
12 7 (1.22%) C++
13 6 (1.05%) Apex Code
13 6 (1.05%) R
14 4 (0.70%) SOQL
15 3 (0.52%) ActionScript
15 3 (0.52%) C
15 3 (0.52%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.52%) Rust
15 3 (0.52%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 90 (15.71%) Security Cleared
2 86 (15.01%) Degree
3 68 (11.87%) SC Cleared
4 36 (6.28%) DV Cleared
5 34 (5.93%) DBS Check
6 32 (5.58%) HNC
7 20 (3.49%) Master's Degree
8 12 (2.09%) PMI Certification
9 10 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (1.57%) AWS Certification
11 8 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (1.22%) PMP
13 5 (0.87%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 5 (0.87%) Azure Certification
14 4 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (0.70%) MBA
14 4 (0.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 2 (0.35%) Chartered Engineer
15 2 (0.35%) MCSE
15 2 (0.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (8.20%) Data Quality
2 31 (5.41%) QA
3 20 (3.49%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.57%) GDPR
5 7 (1.22%) PCI DSS
5 7 (1.22%) PMO
6 6 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.70%) SLA
8 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.17%) GRC
8 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 62 (10.82%) Docker
2 3 (0.52%) Ceph
3 2 (0.35%) UAG
3 2 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.17%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.17%) Firmware
4 1 (0.17%) NFS
4 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 74 (12.91%) Kubernetes
2 33 (5.76%) Ansible
3 11 (1.92%) Argo
3 11 (1.92%) Prometheus
4 8 (1.40%) Grafana
5 5 (0.87%) Podman
6 4 (0.70%) Istio
6 4 (0.70%) Packer
6 4 (0.70%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.52%) Check_MK
7 3 (0.52%) Puppet
8 2 (0.35%) AirWatch
8 2 (0.35%) SCCM
8 2 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.35%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.17%) linkerd
9 1 (0.17%) Nagios
Vendors
1 84 (14.66%) Microsoft
2 25 (4.36%) YouTube
3 19 (3.32%) Splunk
4 17 (2.97%) Databricks
5 16 (2.79%) Salesforce
6 15 (2.62%) Google
7 13 (2.27%) AppDynamics
8 11 (1.92%) ServiceNow
9 10 (1.75%) Oracle
10 9 (1.57%) Adobe
10 9 (1.57%) Red Hat
11 5 (0.87%) F5
12 4 (0.70%) Dell
12 4 (0.70%) NEC
12 4 (0.70%) Thales
13 3 (0.52%) Apple
13 3 (0.52%) LogicMonitor
13 3 (0.52%) Pega
13 3 (0.52%) SAP
13 3 (0.52%) VMware