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 29 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 3 1
Rank change year-on-year -12 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 478 607 1,236
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 7.63% 25.91% 21.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.49% 27.48% 25.77%
Number of salaries quoted 365 283 801
10th Percentile £44,250 £43,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,750 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.69% +8.33% +0.80%
75th Percentile £82,500 £78,125 £75,000
90th Percentile £99,000 £93,778 £90,000
North West median annual salary £63,076 £63,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.67% +5.83% +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 4,556 2,209 4,797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 72.73% 94.28% 83.22%
Number of salaries quoted 3,612 1,269 3,556
10th Percentile £32,775 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -9.48%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,886 £68,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,164 £81,250
North West median annual salary £55,000 £51,564 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.66% +3.13% -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 29 June 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 29 June 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 -1 15 £67,500 +12.50% 3
Ashton-under-Lyne +1 10 £47,500 - 1
Salford -10 7 £74,651 - 6
Stockport -6 4 £55,000 - 2
Bury +1 3 £92,482 -
Oldham 0 3 £69,973 +23.84% 3
Bolton -9 2 £55,000 -26.67% 2
Rochdale -3 1 £55,000 -
Wigan -3 1 £80,000 - 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 34 (7.11%) Confluence
2 15 (3.14%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.67%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.05%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 5 (1.05%) CMS
5 4 (0.84%) Apache
6 3 (0.63%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.63%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.63%) WordPress
7 2 (0.42%) CICS
7 2 (0.42%) nginx
7 2 (0.42%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.42%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.21%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.21%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 6 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.63%) Trello
5 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.21%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 4 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 148 (30.96%) Azure
2 134 (28.03%) AWS
3 56 (11.72%) Azure DevOps
4 39 (8.16%) SaaS
5 36 (7.53%) Serverless
6 32 (6.69%) Power Platform
7 27 (5.65%) GCP
8 26 (5.44%) GitHub
9 24 (5.02%) AWS CloudFormation
10 16 (3.35%) Microsoft 365
11 13 (2.72%) Anthropic Claude
11 13 (2.72%) Microsoft Copilot
11 13 (2.72%) Power Automate
12 11 (2.30%) PowerApps
13 10 (2.09%) Amazon EKS
13 10 (2.09%) Azure AKS
14 9 (1.88%) Azure Logic Apps
14 9 (1.88%) dbt
15 8 (1.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 8 (1.67%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.63%) AMQP
2 1 (0.21%) LTE
2 1 (0.21%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.18%) NoSQL
2 16 (3.35%) MongoDB
2 16 (3.35%) Power BI
3 14 (2.93%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (2.30%) SQL Server
5 10 (2.09%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (1.88%) MySQL
6 9 (1.88%) Relational Database
7 8 (1.67%) DynamoDB
8 7 (1.46%) Big Data
8 7 (1.46%) BigQuery
8 7 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (1.26%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.84%) Flink
11 3 (0.63%) Cloudera CDH
11 3 (0.63%) Data Mining
11 3 (0.63%) Geospatial Data
11 3 (0.63%) Hadoop
11 3 (0.63%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 53 (11.09%) JIRA
2 40 (8.37%) Git
3 17 (3.56%) Jenkins
4 16 (3.35%) GitLab
5 14 (2.93%) Claude Code
6 11 (2.30%) Postman
7 6 (1.26%) Bitbucket
7 6 (1.26%) JUnit
7 6 (1.26%) Spock
8 5 (1.05%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.63%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.63%) IntelliJ
10 2 (0.42%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.42%) Maven
10 2 (0.42%) MSTest
10 2 (0.42%) NUnit
10 2 (0.42%) Selenium
10 2 (0.42%) Vagrant
10 2 (0.42%) XCUITest
11 1 (0.21%) REST Assured
General
1 112 (23.43%) Finance
2 100 (20.92%) Social Skills
3 45 (9.41%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (7.95%) Public Sector
5 31 (6.49%) Marketing
6 19 (3.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (3.35%) Banking
7 16 (3.35%) Influencing Skills
7 16 (3.35%) Retail
8 14 (2.93%) Games
9 12 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (1.88%) Advertising
10 9 (1.88%) Law
11 7 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.05%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.84%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.84%) Publishing
13 4 (0.84%) Retail Banking
13 4 (0.84%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 115 (24.06%) Senior
2 89 (18.62%) Developer
3 64 (13.39%) Software Engineer
4 43 (9.00%) Lead
5 39 (8.16%) Senior Developer
6 29 (6.07%) Data Engineer
7 28 (5.86%) Java Developer
8 26 (5.44%) Analyst
9 24 (5.02%) Project Manager
10 23 (4.81%) Business Analyst
11 21 (4.39%) Delivery Manager
11 21 (4.39%) Engineering Manager
12 20 (4.18%) Cloud Engineer
12 20 (4.18%) Java Engineer
12 20 (4.18%) Lead Software Engineer
12 20 (4.18%) Senior Software Engineer
13 19 (3.97%) Senior Data Engineer
14 18 (3.77%) Product Owner
15 16 (3.35%) Senior Java Developer
16 15 (3.14%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (12.13%) .NET
2 40 (8.37%) Node.js
2 40 (8.37%) React
3 38 (7.95%) Spring
4 36 (7.53%) HTML
5 32 (6.69%) AngularJS
5 32 (6.69%) CSS
6 31 (6.49%) REST
6 31 (6.49%) Spring Boot
7 19 (3.97%) RESTful
8 14 (2.93%) Kafka
9 12 (2.51%) Vue
10 8 (1.67%) .NET Framework
10 8 (1.67%) ASP.NET
10 8 (1.67%) PySpark
11 7 (1.46%) ASP.NET Core
11 7 (1.46%) Microsoft Graph
12 6 (1.26%) .NET Core
12 6 (1.26%) Entity Framework
12 6 (1.26%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 64 (13.39%) Product Ownership
2 39 (8.16%) Cloud Native
3 23 (4.81%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (2.93%) Mobile App
5 13 (2.72%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (2.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 9 (1.88%) Driving Licence
8 8 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (1.67%) Marketing Technology
8 8 (1.67%) Onboarding
9 7 (1.46%) PMI
9 7 (1.46%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.26%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.84%) Enterprise Cloud
13 3 (0.63%) IVR
13 3 (0.63%) Low-Code
13 3 (0.63%) Management Information System
14 2 (0.42%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 18 (3.77%) Linux
2 7 (1.46%) Windows
3 4 (0.84%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.63%) Android
4 3 (0.63%) CentOS
4 3 (0.63%) Debian
4 3 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.63%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.21%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (32.22%) CI/CD
2 144 (30.13%) DevOps
3 131 (27.41%) Continuous Improvement
4 116 (24.27%) Scrum
5 95 (19.87%) Software Engineering
6 83 (17.36%) AI
7 79 (16.53%) Stakeholder Management
8 77 (16.11%) TDD
9 71 (14.85%) Roadmaps
10 67 (14.02%) Problem-Solving
11 64 (13.39%) Mentoring
12 62 (12.97%) Coaching
12 62 (12.97%) Microservices
13 57 (11.92%) Kanban
13 57 (11.92%) Test Automation
14 51 (10.67%) Decision-Making
15 50 (10.46%) Full-Stack Development
15 50 (10.46%) Infrastructure as Code
16 44 (9.21%) Collaborative Culture
17 40 (8.37%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 104 (21.76%) Java
2 96 (20.08%) SQL
3 86 (17.99%) Python
4 71 (14.85%) JavaScript
5 55 (11.51%) C#
6 25 (5.23%) TypeScript
7 11 (2.30%) Bash
8 10 (2.09%) PowerShell
9 9 (1.88%) C++
10 7 (1.46%) Go
11 6 (1.26%) PHP
12 5 (1.05%) Apex Code
12 5 (1.05%) Groovy
13 4 (0.84%) SOQL
14 3 (0.63%) C
14 3 (0.63%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.63%) SOSL
15 2 (0.42%) Bicep
15 2 (0.42%) Scala
15 2 (0.42%) Swift
Qualifications
1 61 (12.76%) Security Cleared
2 48 (10.04%) SC Cleared
3 26 (5.44%) Degree
4 20 (4.18%) DV Cleared
5 13 (2.72%) PMI Certification
6 7 (1.46%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.26%) AWS Certification
7 6 (1.26%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.26%) PMP
8 5 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.63%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 2 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.42%) Chartered Engineer
11 2 (0.42%) CSPO
11 2 (0.42%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.42%) MBA
11 2 (0.42%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.42%) SAFe Agilist
12 1 (0.21%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (5.23%) Data Quality
2 23 (4.81%) QA
3 11 (2.30%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.67%) GDPR
5 6 (1.26%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.05%) PMO
7 2 (0.42%) SLA
7 2 (0.42%) WCAG
8 1 (0.21%) GRC
8 1 (0.21%) ITGC
8 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 39 (8.16%) Docker
2 2 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.21%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 64 (13.39%) Terraform
2 48 (10.04%) Kubernetes
3 22 (4.60%) Ansible
4 6 (1.26%) Argo
4 6 (1.26%) Grafana
4 6 (1.26%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.63%) Puppet
6 2 (0.42%) Packer
6 2 (0.42%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.21%) AWS Copilot
7 1 (0.21%) Istio
7 1 (0.21%) linkerd
7 1 (0.21%) Rancher
Vendors
1 65 (13.60%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.35%) Databricks
2 16 (3.35%) Salesforce
3 15 (3.14%) ServiceNow
4 9 (1.88%) Adobe
4 9 (1.88%) Splunk
5 8 (1.67%) Oracle
6 7 (1.46%) Google
7 6 (1.26%) AppDynamics
8 5 (1.05%) Pega
9 4 (0.84%) SAP
10 3 (0.63%) Facebook
10 3 (0.63%) LogicMonitor
10 3 (0.63%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.63%) SaltStack
11 2 (0.42%) Atlassian
11 2 (0.42%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.42%) WSO2
12 1 (0.21%) Apple
12 1 (0.21%) Proofpoint