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 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -13 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 566 489 912
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 7.44% 20.56% 23.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.77% 23.06% 27.40%
Number of salaries quoted 373 209 295
10th Percentile £42,000 £44,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £49,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £73,750 £73,818
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £93,250
North West median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -3.40%

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 5,796 2,121 3,328
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 76.14% 89.19% 84.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,351 1,190 1,619
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £33,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.35% -5.45% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,309
% change year-on-year +10.00% -0.61% -8.53%

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 8 October 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 8 October 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
Ashton-under-Lyne +1 22 £44,000 - 4
Salford -3 22 £42,000 -45.61% 18
Altrincham -2 18 £65,000 - 18
Stockport -6 11 £60,000 +9.09% 7
Oldham -4 8 £67,500 +19.46%
Wigan -1 3 £77,500 - 1
Bolton -15 1 £55,000 +10.00% 15
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 28 (4.95%) Confluence
2 26 (4.59%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.12%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (1.94%) Apache
5 5 (0.88%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.71%) CMS
6 4 (0.71%) nginx
7 3 (0.53%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.53%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.35%) IIS
8 2 (0.35%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.35%) WordPress
9 1 (0.18%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.18%) JBoss
9 1 (0.18%) SAS
9 1 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 10 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.24%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (1.24%) Trello
3 6 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.71%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.35%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (1.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.71%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.18%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 150 (26.50%) Azure
2 147 (25.97%) AWS
3 65 (11.48%) Azure DevOps
4 49 (8.66%) Power Platform
5 41 (7.24%) GitHub
6 37 (6.54%) Serverless
7 36 (6.36%) Power Automate
8 32 (5.65%) Microsoft Copilot
9 29 (5.12%) PowerApps
10 27 (4.77%) GCP
10 27 (4.77%) SaaS
11 26 (4.59%) Microsoft 365
12 23 (4.06%) AWS CloudFormation
13 20 (3.53%) Copilot Studio
13 20 (3.53%) Dynamics 365
14 16 (2.83%) AWS Lambda
15 15 (2.65%) dbt
16 14 (2.47%) OneDrive
16 14 (2.47%) Snowflake
17 13 (2.30%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.59%) DNS
2 8 (1.41%) Network Security
3 6 (1.06%) BIG-IP
3 6 (1.06%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 6 (1.06%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 6 (1.06%) Firewall
4 3 (0.53%) AMQP
5 2 (0.35%) DHCP
5 2 (0.35%) HTTP
5 2 (0.35%) NetScaler
6 1 (0.18%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (0.18%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.18%) LAN
6 1 (0.18%) RTP
6 1 (0.18%) SAN
6 1 (0.18%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.18%) SSL
6 1 (0.18%) WAN
6 1 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.71%) MongoDB
2 16 (2.83%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (2.65%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (2.65%) DynamoDB
4 14 (2.47%) Power BI
5 13 (2.30%) SQL Server
6 12 (2.12%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (1.59%) NoSQL
8 7 (1.24%) Big Data
8 7 (1.24%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (0.88%) BigQuery
9 5 (0.88%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.71%) Data Mining
10 4 (0.71%) Hadoop
10 4 (0.71%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.53%) Cloudera CDH
11 3 (0.53%) MySQL
12 2 (0.35%) Electronic Patient Records
12 2 (0.35%) Flink
Development Applications
1 59 (10.42%) JIRA
2 41 (7.24%) Git
3 31 (5.48%) GitLab
4 19 (3.36%) Jenkins
5 13 (2.30%) JUnit
5 13 (2.30%) Spock
6 8 (1.41%) Bitbucket
7 7 (1.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 7 (1.24%) Claude Code
7 7 (1.24%) Maven
7 7 (1.24%) Postman
8 5 (0.88%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.71%) Artifactory
9 4 (0.71%) IntelliJ
9 4 (0.71%) Vagrant
10 3 (0.53%) RStudio
10 3 (0.53%) Selenium
11 2 (0.35%) MSTest
11 2 (0.35%) NUnit
12 1 (0.18%) Subversion
General
1 162 (28.62%) Social Skills
2 100 (17.67%) Finance
3 60 (10.60%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (10.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 39 (6.89%) Telecoms
6 38 (6.71%) Public Sector
7 25 (4.42%) Influencing Skills
8 23 (4.06%) Marketing
9 22 (3.89%) Retail
10 17 (3.00%) Publishing
11 15 (2.65%) Law
12 12 (2.12%) Games
13 11 (1.94%) Aerospace
14 9 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (1.41%) Banking
15 8 (1.41%) Legal
15 8 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
17 3 (0.53%) iGaming
17 3 (0.53%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 137 (24.20%) Senior
2 111 (19.61%) Developer
3 59 (10.42%) Software Engineer
4 49 (8.66%) Lead
5 44 (7.77%) Senior Developer
6 40 (7.07%) Analyst
7 37 (6.54%) Design Engineer
8 34 (6.01%) Engineering Manager
9 32 (5.65%) Business Analyst
10 29 (5.12%) DevOps Engineer
11 27 (4.77%) Delivery Manager
12 26 (4.59%) Data Engineer
13 23 (4.06%) Microsoft 365 Developer
14 21 (3.71%) Project Manager
14 21 (3.71%) Senior Design Engineer
14 21 (3.71%) Senior Software Engineer
15 18 (3.18%) Lead Software Engineer
16 17 (3.00%) Architect
16 17 (3.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 17 (3.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (10.42%) Terraform
2 56 (9.89%) Spring
3 50 (8.83%) .NET
4 47 (8.30%) HTML
5 46 (8.13%) React
6 38 (6.71%) Spring Boot
7 32 (5.65%) CSS
8 30 (5.30%) Node.js
9 29 (5.12%) AngularJS
10 28 (4.95%) Kafka
11 26 (4.59%) REST
12 14 (2.47%) ASP.NET
13 11 (1.94%) Microsoft Graph
14 10 (1.77%) ASP.NET Core
14 10 (1.77%) HTML5 Canvas
15 9 (1.59%) .NET Core
15 9 (1.59%) Entity Framework
15 9 (1.59%) SPFx
16 8 (1.41%) Middleware
17 7 (1.24%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 57 (10.07%) Product Ownership
2 51 (9.01%) Cloud Native
3 23 (4.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 21 (3.71%) Enterprise Software
5 17 (3.00%) Distributed Systems
5 17 (3.00%) Private Cloud
6 15 (2.65%) IoT
7 14 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (2.30%) Onboarding
9 12 (2.12%) Data Centre
9 12 (2.12%) Media Streaming
9 12 (2.12%) Podcast
10 11 (1.94%) Marketing Technology
11 8 (1.41%) Mobile App
12 6 (1.06%) Public Cloud
12 6 (1.06%) Social Media
13 5 (0.88%) Cyber Defence
13 5 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (0.88%) Low-Code
13 5 (0.88%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 26 (4.59%) Linux
2 6 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 6 (1.06%) Windows
3 5 (0.88%) Android
4 4 (0.71%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.71%) VMS
5 3 (0.53%) CentOS
5 3 (0.53%) Debian
5 3 (0.53%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.35%) Unix
6 2 (0.35%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.35%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (34.28%) Continuous Improvement
2 187 (33.04%) DevOps
3 164 (28.98%) CI/CD
4 161 (28.45%) AI
5 129 (22.79%) Problem-Solving
6 119 (21.02%) Software Engineering
7 114 (20.14%) Mentoring
8 108 (19.08%) Stakeholder Management
9 101 (17.84%) Scrum
10 72 (12.72%) Coaching
11 70 (12.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 63 (11.13%) Test Automation
13 62 (10.95%) Microservices
14 56 (9.89%) Roadmaps
15 53 (9.36%) Collaborative Culture
16 51 (9.01%) Decision-Making
17 50 (8.83%) Infrastructure as Code
17 50 (8.83%) TDD
18 49 (8.66%) Observability
18 49 (8.66%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 107 (18.90%) Java
2 97 (17.14%) Python
3 90 (15.90%) SQL
4 84 (14.84%) JavaScript
5 56 (9.89%) C#
6 50 (8.83%) TypeScript
7 22 (3.89%) Go
8 17 (3.00%) Bash
9 12 (2.12%) PowerShell
10 9 (1.59%) PHP
11 8 (1.41%) Groovy
12 6 (1.06%) C++
12 6 (1.06%) R
13 5 (0.88%) ActionScript
13 5 (0.88%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.53%) C
14 3 (0.53%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.53%) Rust
14 3 (0.53%) SOQL
14 3 (0.53%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 92 (16.25%) Security Cleared
2 89 (15.72%) Degree
3 68 (12.01%) SC Cleared
4 36 (6.36%) DBS Check
4 36 (6.36%) DV Cleared
5 34 (6.01%) HNC
6 20 (3.53%) Master's Degree
7 11 (1.94%) PMI Certification
8 10 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.41%) AWS Certification
9 8 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.24%) PMP
11 6 (1.06%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 5 (0.88%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 4 (0.71%) Azure Certification
13 4 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.71%) MBA
14 2 (0.35%) Chartered Engineer
14 2 (0.35%) MCSE
14 2 (0.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (7.24%) Data Quality
2 35 (6.18%) QA
3 25 (4.42%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.59%) GDPR
5 7 (1.24%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.06%) PMO
7 4 (0.71%) SLA
8 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.18%) GRC
8 1 (0.18%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.18%) SEPA
8 1 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.18%) TARGET2
System Software
1 65 (11.48%) Docker
2 3 (0.53%) Ceph
3 2 (0.35%) UAG
3 2 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.18%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.18%) Firmware
4 1 (0.18%) NFS
4 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 75 (13.25%) Kubernetes
2 30 (5.30%) Ansible
3 11 (1.94%) Argo
4 10 (1.77%) Prometheus
5 7 (1.24%) Grafana
6 6 (1.06%) Podman
7 4 (0.71%) Istio
7 4 (0.71%) Packer
7 4 (0.71%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.53%) Check_MK
8 3 (0.53%) Puppet
9 2 (0.35%) AirWatch
9 2 (0.35%) SCCM
9 2 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.35%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.18%) linkerd
10 1 (0.18%) Nagios
10 1 (0.18%) Opsview
Vendors
1 80 (14.13%) Microsoft
2 28 (4.95%) YouTube
3 19 (3.36%) Splunk
4 17 (3.00%) Databricks
5 15 (2.65%) Google
6 13 (2.30%) AppDynamics
7 11 (1.94%) Salesforce
7 11 (1.94%) ServiceNow
8 10 (1.77%) Oracle
8 10 (1.77%) Red Hat
9 9 (1.59%) Adobe
10 8 (1.41%) F5
11 5 (0.88%) Thales
12 4 (0.71%) Dell
12 4 (0.71%) NEC
12 4 (0.71%) OpenAI
13 3 (0.53%) Apple
13 3 (0.53%) Facebook
13 3 (0.53%) SAP
13 3 (0.53%) VMware