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 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -12 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 497 617 1,184
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 7.82% 24.86% 21.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.68% 26.74% 25.86%
Number of salaries quoted 374 280 736
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,625 £42,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,347 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.61% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,778 £90,000
North West median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% +4.35%

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 4,653 2,307 4,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 73.25% 92.95% 83.10%
Number of salaries quoted 3,689 1,326 3,345
10th Percentile £33,500 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -8.86%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £89,375 £82,500
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,055 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.88% +0.11% -9.09%

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 11 July 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 11 July 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
Altrincham -2 15 £67,500 +3.85% 4
Ashton-under-Lyne +1 12 £47,500 - 3
Salford -10 7 £74,651 - 4
Stockport -8 4 £55,000 -6.38%
Bury 0 3 £92,482 - 3
Oldham -2 3 £69,973 +23.84% 6
Wigan -2 2 £77,500 -
Bolton -11 2 £55,000 -26.67% 1
Rochdale -3 1 £55,000 -
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 36 (7.24%) Confluence
2 17 (3.42%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.61%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.01%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 5 (1.01%) CMS
5 4 (0.80%) Apache
6 3 (0.60%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.60%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.60%) WordPress
7 2 (0.40%) CICS
7 2 (0.40%) nginx
7 2 (0.40%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.40%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.20%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.20%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 6 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
1 6 (1.21%) Trello
2 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.20%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 153 (30.78%) Azure
2 139 (27.97%) AWS
3 60 (12.07%) Azure DevOps
4 41 (8.25%) Serverless
5 36 (7.24%) SaaS
6 32 (6.44%) Power Platform
7 29 (5.84%) GCP
8 28 (5.63%) AWS CloudFormation
8 28 (5.63%) GitHub
9 18 (3.62%) Microsoft 365
10 15 (3.02%) Microsoft Copilot
10 15 (3.02%) Power Automate
11 13 (2.62%) PowerApps
12 12 (2.41%) Anthropic Claude
13 10 (2.01%) Amazon EKS
13 10 (2.01%) AWS Lambda
13 10 (2.01%) dbt
14 9 (1.81%) Azure AKS
14 9 (1.81%) Azure Functions
14 9 (1.81%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.60%) AMQP
2 1 (0.20%) LAN
2 1 (0.20%) LTE
2 1 (0.20%) Network Security
2 1 (0.20%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.20%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.20%) WAN
2 1 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.62%) NoSQL
2 17 (3.42%) MongoDB
3 15 (3.02%) Power BI
4 14 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (2.21%) Azure SQL Database
5 11 (2.21%) SQL Server
6 10 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (2.01%) DynamoDB
7 9 (1.81%) MySQL
8 8 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (1.61%) Relational Database
9 7 (1.41%) Big Data
9 7 (1.41%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.80%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.80%) Data Mining
10 4 (0.80%) Flink
11 3 (0.60%) Cloudera CDH
11 3 (0.60%) Geospatial Data
11 3 (0.60%) GIS
11 3 (0.60%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 58 (11.67%) JIRA
2 42 (8.45%) Git
3 18 (3.62%) GitLab
4 17 (3.42%) Jenkins
5 13 (2.62%) Claude Code
6 12 (2.41%) Postman
7 8 (1.61%) Bitbucket
7 8 (1.61%) JUnit
7 8 (1.61%) Spock
8 7 (1.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.80%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.60%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.60%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.60%) Maven
11 2 (0.40%) MSTest
11 2 (0.40%) NUnit
11 2 (0.40%) Selenium
11 2 (0.40%) Vagrant
11 2 (0.40%) XCUITest
12 1 (0.20%) REST Assured
General
1 122 (24.55%) Finance
2 113 (22.74%) Social Skills
3 47 (9.46%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (8.05%) Public Sector
5 31 (6.24%) Marketing
6 21 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (3.22%) Banking
7 16 (3.22%) Influencing Skills
7 16 (3.22%) Retail
8 13 (2.62%) Games
9 11 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (2.01%) Law
11 9 (1.81%) Advertising
12 7 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.21%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.01%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.80%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.80%) Publishing
15 4 (0.80%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 114 (22.94%) Senior
2 91 (18.31%) Developer
3 62 (12.47%) Software Engineer
4 43 (8.65%) Lead
5 40 (8.05%) Senior Developer
6 29 (5.84%) Project Manager
7 28 (5.63%) Java Developer
8 27 (5.43%) Analyst
9 26 (5.23%) Data Engineer
10 25 (5.03%) Engineering Manager
11 24 (4.83%) Business Analyst
12 22 (4.43%) Cloud Engineer
13 21 (4.23%) Delivery Manager
14 20 (4.02%) Lead Software Engineer
15 19 (3.82%) Java Engineer
16 18 (3.62%) Product Owner
16 18 (3.62%) Senior Software Engineer
17 17 (3.42%) Senior Data Engineer
18 16 (3.22%) Senior Java Developer
19 15 (3.02%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (11.47%) .NET
2 44 (8.85%) Spring
3 41 (8.25%) Node.js
4 39 (7.85%) HTML
5 36 (7.24%) React
6 35 (7.04%) AngularJS
7 34 (6.84%) CSS
8 33 (6.64%) Spring Boot
9 29 (5.84%) REST
10 18 (3.62%) RESTful
11 15 (3.02%) Kafka
12 12 (2.41%) Vue
13 9 (1.81%) ASP.NET
14 8 (1.61%) ASP.NET Core
14 8 (1.61%) Microsoft Graph
14 8 (1.61%) PySpark
15 7 (1.41%) .NET Core
15 7 (1.41%) Entity Framework
16 6 (1.21%) .NET Framework
16 6 (1.21%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 61 (12.27%) Product Ownership
2 43 (8.65%) Cloud Native
3 23 (4.63%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (2.82%) Mobile App
5 13 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (2.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 9 (1.81%) Driving Licence
6 9 (1.81%) Marketing Technology
6 9 (1.81%) Onboarding
7 8 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
7 8 (1.61%) Private Cloud
8 7 (1.41%) PMI
8 7 (1.41%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (0.80%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (0.80%) IVR
11 3 (0.60%) Cyber Defence
11 3 (0.60%) Management Information System
12 2 (0.40%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (3.82%) Linux
2 7 (1.41%) Windows
3 4 (0.80%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.60%) Android
4 3 (0.60%) CentOS
4 3 (0.60%) Debian
4 3 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.60%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.20%) Unix
5 1 (0.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (31.79%) CI/CD
2 154 (30.99%) DevOps
3 133 (26.76%) Continuous Improvement
4 125 (25.15%) Scrum
5 94 (18.91%) Software Engineering
6 90 (18.11%) AI
7 85 (17.10%) Stakeholder Management
8 79 (15.90%) TDD
9 74 (14.89%) Roadmaps
10 71 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
11 63 (12.68%) Mentoring
12 62 (12.47%) Microservices
13 61 (12.27%) Test Automation
14 60 (12.07%) Coaching
15 59 (11.87%) Kanban
16 51 (10.26%) Collaborative Culture
16 51 (10.26%) Decision-Making
16 51 (10.26%) Full-Stack Development
16 51 (10.26%) Infrastructure as Code
17 44 (8.85%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 108 (21.73%) Java
2 95 (19.11%) SQL
3 88 (17.71%) Python
4 74 (14.89%) JavaScript
5 54 (10.87%) C#
6 28 (5.63%) TypeScript
7 12 (2.41%) Bash
8 11 (2.21%) Go
9 10 (2.01%) PowerShell
10 9 (1.81%) C++
11 6 (1.21%) Groovy
11 6 (1.21%) PHP
12 5 (1.01%) Apex Code
13 4 (0.80%) SOQL
14 3 (0.60%) C
14 3 (0.60%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.60%) SOSL
15 2 (0.40%) Bicep
15 2 (0.40%) Scala
15 2 (0.40%) Swift
Qualifications
1 65 (13.08%) Security Cleared
2 50 (10.06%) SC Cleared
3 32 (6.44%) Degree
4 24 (4.83%) DV Cleared
5 16 (3.22%) PMI Certification
6 12 (2.41%) Master's Degree
7 9 (1.81%) PMP
8 8 (1.61%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.21%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.01%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.60%) MBA
13 2 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.40%) Chartered Engineer
13 2 (0.40%) CSPO
13 2 (0.40%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 2 (0.40%) SAFe Agilist
14 1 (0.20%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.23%) Data Quality
2 24 (4.83%) QA
3 12 (2.41%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.81%) GDPR
5 7 (1.41%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.21%) PMO
7 2 (0.40%) SLA
7 2 (0.40%) WCAG
8 1 (0.20%) GRC
8 1 (0.20%) ITGC
8 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 42 (8.45%) Docker
2 2 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.20%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 65 (13.08%) Terraform
2 50 (10.06%) Kubernetes
3 25 (5.03%) Ansible
4 6 (1.21%) Argo
4 6 (1.21%) Grafana
4 6 (1.21%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.60%) Puppet
6 2 (0.40%) Packer
6 2 (0.40%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.20%) AWS Copilot
7 1 (0.20%) Istio
7 1 (0.20%) linkerd
7 1 (0.20%) Rancher
Vendors
1 68 (13.68%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.22%) Salesforce
2 16 (3.22%) ServiceNow
3 14 (2.82%) Databricks
4 13 (2.62%) Splunk
5 10 (2.01%) Adobe
6 8 (1.61%) AppDynamics
6 8 (1.61%) Google
6 8 (1.61%) Oracle
7 5 (1.01%) Pega
7 5 (1.01%) SAP
8 3 (0.60%) Facebook
8 3 (0.60%) LogicMonitor
8 3 (0.60%) Red Hat
8 3 (0.60%) SaltStack
9 2 (0.40%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.40%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.40%) WSO2
10 1 (0.20%) Apple
10 1 (0.20%) Proofpoint