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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 3 1
Rank change year-on-year -12 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 539 524 925
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 7.54% 21.92% 22.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.02% 24.41% 27.15%
Number of salaries quoted 374 229 387
10th Percentile £43,000 £43,950 £41,250
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 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £89,000 £97,500
North West median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,982
% change year-on-year +4.17% +3.48% +0.84%

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 5,379 2,147 3,407
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 75.27% 89.80% 81.82%
Number of salaries quoted 4,172 1,237 1,986
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,650 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £34,448 £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 £87,500 £83,313
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -1.96% -7.27%

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 4 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 4 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 - 4
Salford -11 13 £42,000 - 20
Altrincham -4 11 £65,000 - 7
Oldham -4 8 £67,500 +19.46% 4
Stockport -4 7 £60,000 -4.00% 5
Wigan -2 2 £77,500 - 2
Bolton -10 2 £55,000 -26.67% 11
Bury -2 1 £92,482 -
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 (6.31%) Confluence
2 20 (3.71%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.41%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.86%) Apache
5 5 (0.93%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.93%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.56%) CMS
6 3 (0.56%) nginx
7 2 (0.37%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.37%) IIS
7 2 (0.37%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.37%) WordPress
8 1 (0.19%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.19%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.19%) JBoss
8 1 (0.19%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.48%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.30%) Trello
4 3 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.56%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.37%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.74%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 162 (30.06%) Azure
2 140 (25.97%) AWS
3 72 (13.36%) Azure DevOps
4 42 (7.79%) Power Platform
5 35 (6.49%) GitHub
5 35 (6.49%) SaaS
5 35 (6.49%) Serverless
6 28 (5.19%) GCP
7 25 (4.64%) AWS CloudFormation
7 25 (4.64%) Power Automate
8 23 (4.27%) Microsoft Copilot
9 20 (3.71%) Microsoft 365
10 19 (3.53%) PowerApps
11 18 (3.34%) Dynamics 365
12 15 (2.78%) dbt
12 15 (2.78%) Snowflake
13 12 (2.23%) AWS Lambda
13 12 (2.23%) Copilot Studio
14 10 (1.86%) Amazon S3
14 10 (1.86%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.37%) AMQP
1 2 (0.37%) HTTP
2 1 (0.19%) Fibre Channel
2 1 (0.19%) iSCSI
2 1 (0.19%) LAN
2 1 (0.19%) LTE
2 1 (0.19%) Network Security
2 1 (0.19%) SAN
2 1 (0.19%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.19%) SSL
2 1 (0.19%) WAN
2 1 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.53%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (3.15%) MongoDB
3 16 (2.97%) DynamoDB
4 15 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (2.78%) Power BI
4 15 (2.78%) SQL Server
5 12 (2.23%) Azure SQL Database
6 10 (1.86%) NoSQL
7 8 (1.48%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.30%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (1.11%) Big Data
10 5 (0.93%) BigQuery
10 5 (0.93%) MySQL
11 4 (0.74%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.74%) Data Mining
11 4 (0.74%) Flink
12 2 (0.37%) Cloudera CDH
12 2 (0.37%) Hadoop
12 2 (0.37%) Star Schema
12 2 (0.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 64 (11.87%) JIRA
2 45 (8.35%) Git
3 27 (5.01%) GitLab
4 14 (2.60%) Jenkins
5 13 (2.41%) JUnit
5 13 (2.41%) Spock
6 11 (2.04%) Postman
7 10 (1.86%) Claude Code
8 8 (1.48%) Bitbucket
9 7 (1.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 7 (1.30%) Maven
10 4 (0.74%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.56%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.56%) RStudio
12 2 (0.37%) MSTest
12 2 (0.37%) NUnit
13 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
13 1 (0.19%) Subversion
13 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio
13 1 (0.19%) Xcode
General
1 151 (28.01%) Social Skills
2 124 (23.01%) Finance
3 58 (10.76%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (7.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 41 (7.61%) Public Sector
6 25 (4.64%) Marketing
7 22 (4.08%) Influencing Skills
8 21 (3.90%) Telecoms
9 18 (3.34%) Retail
10 16 (2.97%) Law
11 14 (2.60%) Games
12 8 (1.48%) Banking
12 8 (1.48%) Legal
12 8 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (1.48%) Publishing
13 7 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.11%) Advertising
15 4 (0.74%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.74%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 125 (23.19%) Senior
2 106 (19.67%) Developer
3 53 (9.83%) Software Engineer
4 44 (8.16%) Lead
5 43 (7.98%) Senior Developer
6 37 (6.86%) Analyst
7 31 (5.75%) Business Analyst
7 31 (5.75%) Engineering Manager
8 29 (5.38%) Project Manager
9 26 (4.82%) Data Engineer
9 26 (4.82%) Delivery Manager
10 22 (4.08%) Java Developer
11 20 (3.71%) Cloud Engineer
11 20 (3.71%) Senior Software Engineer
12 19 (3.53%) Design Engineer
12 19 (3.53%) DevOps Engineer
13 18 (3.34%) Software Developer
14 17 (3.15%) Lead Software Engineer
14 17 (3.15%) Microsoft 365 Developer
15 15 (2.78%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (10.76%) Terraform
2 54 (10.02%) .NET
3 46 (8.53%) Spring
4 43 (7.98%) HTML
5 35 (6.49%) CSS
5 35 (6.49%) Node.js
6 33 (6.12%) AngularJS
6 33 (6.12%) React
7 31 (5.75%) Spring Boot
8 27 (5.01%) REST
9 18 (3.34%) Kafka
10 14 (2.60%) ASP.NET
11 11 (2.04%) Microsoft Graph
12 10 (1.86%) ASP.NET Core
13 9 (1.67%) .NET Core
13 9 (1.67%) Entity Framework
13 9 (1.67%) HTML5 Canvas
13 9 (1.67%) PySpark
13 9 (1.67%) SPFx
13 9 (1.67%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 65 (12.06%) Product Ownership
2 46 (8.53%) Cloud Native
3 24 (4.45%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (3.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 15 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (2.60%) Private Cloud
7 13 (2.41%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.04%) Marketing Technology
9 10 (1.86%) Mobile App
10 9 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.30%) IoT
12 6 (1.11%) Driving Licence
12 6 (1.11%) Social Media
13 5 (0.93%) Cyber Defence
13 5 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (0.93%) PMI
13 5 (0.93%) Virtual Team
14 4 (0.74%) Data Centre
14 4 (0.74%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (3.90%) Linux
2 6 (1.11%) Windows
3 5 (0.93%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.74%) Android
4 4 (0.74%) VMS
5 2 (0.37%) CentOS
5 2 (0.37%) Debian
5 2 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.37%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (32.65%) DevOps
2 164 (30.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 157 (29.13%) CI/CD
4 141 (26.16%) AI
5 117 (21.71%) Scrum
6 108 (20.04%) Stakeholder Management
7 103 (19.11%) Software Engineering
8 94 (17.44%) Problem-Solving
9 85 (15.77%) Mentoring
10 67 (12.43%) Test Automation
11 66 (12.24%) Coaching
11 66 (12.24%) Roadmaps
12 58 (10.76%) Microservices
12 58 (10.76%) TDD
13 55 (10.20%) Collaborative Culture
14 54 (10.02%) Decision-Making
14 54 (10.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 53 (9.83%) Kanban
16 51 (9.46%) Project Delivery
17 50 (9.28%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 103 (19.11%) Java
2 99 (18.37%) SQL
3 93 (17.25%) Python
4 81 (15.03%) JavaScript
5 58 (10.76%) C#
6 36 (6.68%) TypeScript
7 18 (3.34%) Go
8 12 (2.23%) Bash
8 12 (2.23%) C++
9 10 (1.86%) PHP
9 10 (1.86%) PowerShell
10 8 (1.48%) Groovy
11 6 (1.11%) Apex Code
11 6 (1.11%) R
12 4 (0.74%) C
12 4 (0.74%) SOQL
13 3 (0.56%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.56%) SOSL
13 3 (0.56%) Swift
14 2 (0.37%) Rust
Qualifications
1 73 (13.54%) Security Cleared
2 66 (12.24%) Degree
3 55 (10.20%) SC Cleared
4 30 (5.57%) DV Cleared
5 20 (3.71%) Master's Degree
6 18 (3.34%) DBS Check
7 16 (2.97%) HNC
8 13 (2.41%) PMI Certification
9 8 (1.48%) AWS Certification
9 8 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (1.48%) PMP
10 6 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (0.93%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 5 (0.93%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.74%) MBA
12 4 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 3 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.37%) Chartered Engineer
14 2 (0.37%) CSPO
15 1 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (7.98%) Data Quality
2 28 (5.19%) QA
3 10 (1.86%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.67%) GDPR
5 8 (1.48%) PMO
6 7 (1.30%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.37%) SLA
9 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.19%) GRC
9 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 53 (9.83%) Docker
2 3 (0.56%) Ceph
3 1 (0.19%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.19%) Firmware
3 1 (0.19%) NFS
3 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 57 (10.58%) Kubernetes
2 30 (5.57%) Ansible
3 10 (1.86%) Argo
4 9 (1.67%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.11%) Grafana
6 4 (0.74%) Istio
7 3 (0.56%) Check_MK
7 3 (0.56%) Podman
8 2 (0.37%) Puppet
8 2 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.19%) linkerd
9 1 (0.19%) Nagios
Vendors
1 80 (14.84%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.53%) Splunk
3 18 (3.34%) Salesforce
4 17 (3.15%) Databricks
4 17 (3.15%) YouTube
5 13 (2.41%) AppDynamics
5 13 (2.41%) ServiceNow
6 11 (2.04%) Google
7 10 (1.86%) Oracle
8 9 (1.67%) Adobe
9 6 (1.11%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.74%) Dell
10 4 (0.74%) NEC
10 4 (0.74%) Pega
10 4 (0.74%) SAP
11 3 (0.56%) Apple
11 3 (0.56%) Facebook
11 3 (0.56%) LogicMonitor
12 2 (0.37%) MuleSoft
12 2 (0.37%) OpenAI