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 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 3 1
Rank change year-on-year -12 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 554 519 902
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 7.57% 21.62% 22.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.00% 24.13% 26.84%
Number of salaries quoted 377 225 342
10th Percentile £42,000 £43,850 £41,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £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 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £99,847
North West median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £58,482
% change year-on-year +4.17% +2.60% +1.71%

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 5,538 2,151 3,361
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 75.64% 89.59% 82.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4,266 1,232 1,842
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,500 £31,025
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £41,250
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 £86,925 £83,750
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 10 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 10 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
Ashton-under-Lyne +1 16 £51,000 - 3
Salford -9 15 £42,000 -45.61% 15
Altrincham -4 11 £65,000 - 5
Stockport -4 10 £60,000 -4.00% 3
Oldham -4 8 £67,500 +19.46% 2
Wigan -5 2 £77,500 - 1
Bolton -11 2 £55,000 +10.00% 6
Bury -2 1 £92,482 - 1
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 32 (5.78%) Confluence
2 20 (3.61%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.35%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (1.99%) Apache
5 5 (0.90%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.90%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.54%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.54%) CMS
6 3 (0.54%) nginx
7 2 (0.36%) IIS
7 2 (0.36%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.36%) WordPress
8 1 (0.18%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.18%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.18%) JBoss
8 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.44%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.26%) Trello
4 3 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.54%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.36%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.72%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 165 (29.78%) Azure
2 144 (25.99%) AWS
3 71 (12.82%) Azure DevOps
4 42 (7.58%) Power Platform
5 37 (6.68%) Serverless
6 35 (6.32%) SaaS
7 34 (6.14%) GitHub
8 29 (5.23%) GCP
9 26 (4.69%) AWS CloudFormation
10 25 (4.51%) Power Automate
11 23 (4.15%) Microsoft Copilot
12 20 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
13 19 (3.43%) PowerApps
14 18 (3.25%) Dynamics 365
15 15 (2.71%) dbt
15 15 (2.71%) Snowflake
16 14 (2.53%) AWS Lambda
17 12 (2.17%) Copilot Studio
18 11 (1.99%) Amazon S3
18 11 (1.99%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.54%) AMQP
2 2 (0.36%) HTTP
2 2 (0.36%) Network Security
3 1 (0.18%) DHCP
3 1 (0.18%) DNS
3 1 (0.18%) Fibre Channel
3 1 (0.18%) Firewall
3 1 (0.18%) iSCSI
3 1 (0.18%) LAN
3 1 (0.18%) LTE
3 1 (0.18%) NetScaler
3 1 (0.18%) SAN
3 1 (0.18%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.18%) SSL
3 1 (0.18%) WAN
3 1 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.43%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (3.07%) MongoDB
3 16 (2.89%) DynamoDB
4 15 (2.71%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (2.71%) Power BI
4 15 (2.71%) SQL Server
5 12 (2.17%) Azure SQL Database
6 10 (1.81%) NoSQL
7 8 (1.44%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.26%) Big Data
8 7 (1.26%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (0.90%) BigQuery
9 5 (0.90%) Data Lake
9 5 (0.90%) MySQL
10 4 (0.72%) Data Mining
10 4 (0.72%) Flink
11 3 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.54%) Cloudera CDH
11 3 (0.54%) Hadoop
12 2 (0.36%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 63 (11.37%) JIRA
2 46 (8.30%) Git
3 27 (4.87%) GitLab
4 14 (2.53%) Jenkins
5 13 (2.35%) JUnit
5 13 (2.35%) Spock
6 11 (1.99%) Postman
7 10 (1.81%) Claude Code
8 8 (1.44%) Bitbucket
9 7 (1.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 7 (1.26%) Maven
10 4 (0.72%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.72%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.54%) RStudio
12 2 (0.36%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.36%) MSTest
12 2 (0.36%) NUnit
12 2 (0.36%) Selenium
13 1 (0.18%) Subversion
13 1 (0.18%) Xcode
General
1 155 (27.98%) Social Skills
2 123 (22.20%) Finance
3 60 (10.83%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (8.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 41 (7.40%) Public Sector
6 25 (4.51%) Telecoms
7 24 (4.33%) Marketing
8 21 (3.79%) Influencing Skills
8 21 (3.79%) Retail
9 16 (2.89%) Law
10 14 (2.53%) Games
11 9 (1.62%) Aerospace
11 9 (1.62%) Publishing
12 8 (1.44%) Legal
12 8 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.08%) Advertising
14 6 (1.08%) Banking
15 4 (0.72%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 131 (23.65%) Senior
2 106 (19.13%) Developer
3 57 (10.29%) Software Engineer
4 45 (8.12%) Lead
5 42 (7.58%) Senior Developer
6 39 (7.04%) Analyst
7 33 (5.96%) Business Analyst
8 31 (5.60%) Engineering Manager
9 29 (5.23%) Project Manager
10 27 (4.87%) Data Engineer
11 26 (4.69%) Delivery Manager
12 23 (4.15%) Design Engineer
13 22 (3.97%) DevOps Engineer
13 22 (3.97%) Java Developer
14 21 (3.79%) Senior Software Engineer
15 19 (3.43%) Cloud Engineer
16 18 (3.25%) Lead Software Engineer
16 18 (3.25%) Software Developer
17 17 (3.07%) Architect
17 17 (3.07%) Microsoft 365 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (10.65%) Terraform
2 53 (9.57%) .NET
3 48 (8.66%) Spring
4 43 (7.76%) HTML
5 36 (6.50%) Node.js
6 35 (6.32%) CSS
6 35 (6.32%) React
7 34 (6.14%) AngularJS
8 33 (5.96%) Spring Boot
9 28 (5.05%) REST
10 19 (3.43%) Kafka
11 14 (2.53%) ASP.NET
12 11 (1.99%) Microsoft Graph
13 10 (1.81%) ASP.NET Core
13 10 (1.81%) PySpark
14 9 (1.62%) .NET Core
14 9 (1.62%) Entity Framework
14 9 (1.62%) HTML5 Canvas
14 9 (1.62%) SPFx
14 9 (1.62%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 65 (11.73%) Product Ownership
2 48 (8.66%) Cloud Native
3 24 (4.33%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (3.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 15 (2.71%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (2.53%) Private Cloud
7 13 (2.35%) Onboarding
8 11 (1.99%) Marketing Technology
8 11 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (1.81%) Mobile App
10 9 (1.62%) IoT
11 7 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (1.08%) Driving Licence
12 6 (1.08%) Social Media
13 5 (0.90%) Cyber Defence
13 5 (0.90%) Data Centre
13 5 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (0.90%) PMI
13 5 (0.90%) Virtual Team
14 4 (0.72%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 26 (4.69%) Linux
2 7 (1.26%) Windows
3 5 (0.90%) Apple iOS
3 5 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (0.72%) Android
4 4 (0.72%) VMS
5 3 (0.54%) CentOS
5 3 (0.54%) Debian
5 3 (0.54%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.18%) Unix
6 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.18%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (32.49%) DevOps
2 171 (30.87%) Continuous Improvement
3 161 (29.06%) CI/CD
4 146 (26.35%) AI
5 118 (21.30%) Scrum
6 109 (19.68%) Stakeholder Management
7 107 (19.31%) Software Engineering
8 99 (17.87%) Problem-Solving
9 93 (16.79%) Mentoring
10 69 (12.45%) Test Automation
11 68 (12.27%) Coaching
12 66 (11.91%) Roadmaps
13 60 (10.83%) Microservices
14 57 (10.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 57 (10.29%) TDD
15 55 (9.93%) Collaborative Culture
16 54 (9.75%) Decision-Making
16 54 (9.75%) Kanban
17 51 (9.21%) Project Delivery
18 50 (9.03%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 107 (19.31%) Java
2 100 (18.05%) SQL
3 97 (17.51%) Python
4 83 (14.98%) JavaScript
5 58 (10.47%) C#
6 37 (6.68%) TypeScript
7 20 (3.61%) Go
8 14 (2.53%) Bash
9 12 (2.17%) C++
10 10 (1.81%) PHP
10 10 (1.81%) PowerShell
11 8 (1.44%) Groovy
12 6 (1.08%) Apex Code
12 6 (1.08%) R
13 4 (0.72%) C
13 4 (0.72%) SOQL
14 3 (0.54%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.54%) SOSL
14 3 (0.54%) Swift
15 2 (0.36%) Rust
Qualifications
1 81 (14.62%) Security Cleared
2 73 (13.18%) Degree
3 60 (10.83%) SC Cleared
4 34 (6.14%) DV Cleared
5 22 (3.97%) DBS Check
6 20 (3.61%) HNC
6 20 (3.61%) Master's Degree
7 13 (2.35%) PMI Certification
8 8 (1.44%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.44%) PMP
9 7 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.90%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 5 (0.90%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.72%) MBA
11 4 (0.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 3 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.36%) Chartered Engineer
13 2 (0.36%) CSPO
14 1 (0.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (7.94%) Data Quality
2 29 (5.23%) QA
3 12 (2.17%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.62%) GDPR
5 8 (1.44%) PMO
6 7 (1.26%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.54%) SLA
9 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.18%) GRC
9 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 56 (10.11%) Docker
2 3 (0.54%) Ceph
3 1 (0.18%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.18%) Firmware
3 1 (0.18%) NFS
3 1 (0.18%) UAG
3 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 60 (10.83%) Kubernetes
2 34 (6.14%) Ansible
3 10 (1.81%) Argo
4 9 (1.62%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.08%) Grafana
6 5 (0.90%) Podman
7 4 (0.72%) Istio
8 3 (0.54%) Check_MK
8 3 (0.54%) Puppet
9 2 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.18%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.18%) linkerd
10 1 (0.18%) Nagios
10 1 (0.18%) SCCM
10 1 (0.18%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 82 (14.80%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.43%) Splunk
2 19 (3.43%) YouTube
3 18 (3.25%) Salesforce
4 17 (3.07%) Databricks
5 13 (2.35%) AppDynamics
5 13 (2.35%) Google
6 12 (2.17%) ServiceNow
7 10 (1.81%) Oracle
8 9 (1.62%) Adobe
8 9 (1.62%) Red Hat
9 4 (0.72%) Dell
9 4 (0.72%) NEC
9 4 (0.72%) Pega
9 4 (0.72%) SAP
10 3 (0.54%) Apple
10 3 (0.54%) Facebook
10 3 (0.54%) LogicMonitor
10 3 (0.54%) SaltStack
10 3 (0.54%) Thales