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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 3 1
Rank change year-on-year -11 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 562 504 908
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 7.48% 21.28% 22.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.86% 23.82% 26.88%
Number of salaries quoted 377 214 331
10th Percentile £42,000 £43,825 £41,250
25th Percentile £49,000 £50,313 £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 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,350 £95,000
North West median annual salary £60,208 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +0.35% +3.45% -2.56%

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 5,700 2,116 3,378
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 75.90% 89.36% 82.94%
Number of salaries quoted 4,346 1,201 1,788
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,000 £30,700
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £40,997
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 £100,000 £86,250 £83,750
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 19 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 19 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
Salford -6 20 £42,000 -45.61% 20
Ashton-under-Lyne +1 18 £47,500 - 4
Altrincham -3 13 £65,000 - 19
Stockport -5 11 £60,000 - 11
Oldham -4 8 £67,500 +19.46% 5
Wigan -4 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 31 (5.52%) Confluence
2 22 (3.91%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.31%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (1.96%) Apache
5 5 (0.89%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.71%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.53%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.53%) CMS
7 3 (0.53%) nginx
8 2 (0.36%) IIS
8 2 (0.36%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.36%) WordPress
9 1 (0.18%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.18%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.18%) JBoss
9 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (1.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.42%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (1.25%) Trello
4 6 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.71%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.36%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (1.78%) 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
1 164 (29.18%) Azure
2 145 (25.80%) AWS
3 72 (12.81%) Azure DevOps
4 46 (8.19%) Power Platform
5 38 (6.76%) Serverless
6 35 (6.23%) GitHub
7 33 (5.87%) SaaS
8 30 (5.34%) Power Automate
9 29 (5.16%) GCP
10 28 (4.98%) Microsoft Copilot
11 24 (4.27%) AWS CloudFormation
12 23 (4.09%) PowerApps
13 22 (3.91%) Microsoft 365
14 20 (3.56%) Dynamics 365
15 16 (2.85%) AWS Lambda
15 16 (2.85%) Copilot Studio
16 15 (2.67%) dbt
16 15 (2.67%) Snowflake
17 13 (2.31%) Amazon S3
18 11 (1.96%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.53%) AMQP
1 3 (0.53%) DNS
1 3 (0.53%) Network Security
2 2 (0.36%) DHCP
2 2 (0.36%) Firewall
2 2 (0.36%) HTTP
2 2 (0.36%) NetScaler
3 1 (0.18%) BIG-IP
3 1 (0.18%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 1 (0.18%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 1 (0.18%) Fibre Channel
3 1 (0.18%) iSCSI
3 1 (0.18%) LAN
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 20 (3.56%) MongoDB
2 18 (3.20%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (2.85%) DynamoDB
4 15 (2.67%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (2.67%) Power BI
4 15 (2.67%) SQL Server
5 12 (2.14%) Azure SQL Database
6 11 (1.96%) NoSQL
7 7 (1.25%) Big Data
7 7 (1.25%) Elasticsearch
7 7 (1.25%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.07%) Data Lake
9 5 (0.89%) BigQuery
9 5 (0.89%) MySQL
10 4 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.71%) Data Mining
10 4 (0.71%) Hadoop
11 3 (0.53%) Cloudera CDH
11 3 (0.53%) Flink
12 2 (0.36%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 61 (10.85%) JIRA
2 43 (7.65%) Git
3 27 (4.80%) GitLab
4 14 (2.49%) Jenkins
5 13 (2.31%) JUnit
5 13 (2.31%) Spock
6 12 (2.14%) Postman
7 9 (1.60%) Claude Code
8 8 (1.42%) Bitbucket
9 7 (1.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 7 (1.25%) Maven
10 5 (0.89%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.71%) IntelliJ
12 3 (0.53%) RStudio
12 3 (0.53%) Selenium
13 2 (0.36%) MSTest
13 2 (0.36%) NUnit
13 2 (0.36%) Vagrant
14 1 (0.18%) Android Studio
14 1 (0.18%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 162 (28.83%) Social Skills
2 113 (20.11%) Finance
3 59 (10.50%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (9.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 40 (7.12%) Public Sector
6 33 (5.87%) Telecoms
7 22 (3.91%) Influencing Skills
7 22 (3.91%) Marketing
8 21 (3.74%) Retail
9 15 (2.67%) Law
10 14 (2.49%) Games
11 12 (2.14%) Publishing
12 10 (1.78%) Aerospace
13 9 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (1.42%) Legal
14 8 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (1.07%) Banking
17 5 (0.89%) Advertising
18 3 (0.53%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 130 (23.13%) Senior
2 109 (19.40%) Developer
3 56 (9.96%) Software Engineer
4 44 (7.83%) Lead
5 41 (7.30%) Analyst
5 41 (7.30%) Senior Developer
6 35 (6.23%) Business Analyst
7 34 (6.05%) Engineering Manager
8 31 (5.52%) Design Engineer
9 28 (4.98%) Data Engineer
10 26 (4.63%) Delivery Manager
11 25 (4.45%) Project Manager
12 22 (3.91%) DevOps Engineer
13 20 (3.56%) Java Developer
13 20 (3.56%) Senior Software Engineer
14 19 (3.38%) Microsoft 365 Developer
15 18 (3.20%) Cloud Engineer
15 18 (3.20%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 18 (3.20%) Software Developer
16 17 (3.02%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (10.50%) Terraform
2 53 (9.43%) Spring
3 51 (9.07%) .NET
4 45 (8.01%) HTML
5 40 (7.12%) React
6 35 (6.23%) CSS
6 35 (6.23%) Spring Boot
7 34 (6.05%) AngularJS
8 33 (5.87%) Node.js
9 28 (4.98%) REST
10 25 (4.45%) Kafka
11 14 (2.49%) ASP.NET
12 11 (1.96%) Microsoft Graph
13 10 (1.78%) ASP.NET Core
13 10 (1.78%) HTML5 Canvas
13 10 (1.78%) PySpark
13 10 (1.78%) Vue
14 9 (1.60%) .NET Core
14 9 (1.60%) Entity Framework
14 9 (1.60%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 59 (10.50%) Product Ownership
2 52 (9.25%) Cloud Native
3 21 (3.74%) Distributed Systems
4 19 (3.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 15 (2.67%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (2.67%) Private Cloud
6 13 (2.31%) IoT
6 13 (2.31%) Onboarding
7 12 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (1.96%) Marketing Technology
9 9 (1.60%) Mobile App
10 7 (1.25%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.25%) Media Streaming
10 7 (1.25%) Podcast
11 6 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (1.07%) Social Media
12 5 (0.89%) Cyber Defence
12 5 (0.89%) Low-Code
12 5 (0.89%) NHS
12 5 (0.89%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 25 (4.45%) Linux
2 7 (1.25%) Windows
3 5 (0.89%) Android
3 5 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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 (0.36%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.36%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (32.74%) DevOps
2 181 (32.21%) Continuous Improvement
3 158 (28.11%) CI/CD
4 150 (26.69%) AI
5 113 (20.11%) Software Engineering
6 111 (19.75%) Problem-Solving
7 110 (19.57%) Scrum
8 107 (19.04%) Stakeholder Management
9 104 (18.51%) Mentoring
10 70 (12.46%) Coaching
11 66 (11.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 66 (11.74%) Test Automation
12 61 (10.85%) Microservices
13 59 (10.50%) Roadmaps
14 55 (9.79%) Collaborative Culture
14 55 (9.79%) TDD
15 54 (9.61%) Decision-Making
16 52 (9.25%) Full-Stack Development
16 52 (9.25%) Kanban
17 47 (8.36%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 110 (19.57%) Java
2 97 (17.26%) Python
3 96 (17.08%) SQL
4 84 (14.95%) JavaScript
5 56 (9.96%) C#
6 41 (7.30%) TypeScript
7 20 (3.56%) Go
8 15 (2.67%) Bash
9 11 (1.96%) PowerShell
10 10 (1.78%) C++
10 10 (1.78%) PHP
11 8 (1.42%) Groovy
12 6 (1.07%) Apex Code
12 6 (1.07%) R
13 4 (0.71%) C
13 4 (0.71%) SOQL
14 3 (0.53%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.53%) Rust
14 3 (0.53%) SOSL
15 2 (0.36%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 85 (15.12%) Security Cleared
2 82 (14.59%) Degree
3 62 (11.03%) SC Cleared
4 37 (6.58%) DV Cleared
5 30 (5.34%) DBS Check
6 28 (4.98%) HNC
7 20 (3.56%) Master's Degree
8 12 (2.14%) PMI Certification
9 10 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (1.42%) AWS Certification
12 7 (1.25%) PMP
13 5 (0.89%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 5 (0.89%) Azure Certification
14 4 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (0.71%) MBA
14 4 (0.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 2 (0.36%) Chartered Engineer
15 2 (0.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 2 (0.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (8.36%) Data Quality
2 31 (5.52%) QA
3 16 (2.85%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.60%) GDPR
5 7 (1.25%) PCI DSS
5 7 (1.25%) PMO
6 6 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.71%) SLA
8 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.18%) GRC
8 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 59 (10.50%) Docker
2 3 (0.53%) Ceph
3 2 (0.36%) UAG
3 2 (0.36%) 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 65 (11.57%) Kubernetes
2 33 (5.87%) Ansible
3 11 (1.96%) Argo
4 10 (1.78%) Prometheus
5 7 (1.25%) Grafana
6 5 (0.89%) Podman
7 4 (0.71%) Istio
8 3 (0.53%) Check_MK
8 3 (0.53%) Puppet
9 2 (0.36%) AirWatch
9 2 (0.36%) Packer
9 2 (0.36%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.36%) SCCM
9 2 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.36%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.18%) linkerd
10 1 (0.18%) Nagios
Vendors
1 85 (15.12%) Microsoft
2 22 (3.91%) YouTube
3 19 (3.38%) Splunk
4 18 (3.20%) Salesforce
5 17 (3.02%) Databricks
6 14 (2.49%) Google
7 13 (2.31%) AppDynamics
8 11 (1.96%) ServiceNow
9 10 (1.78%) Oracle
10 9 (1.60%) Adobe
10 9 (1.60%) Red Hat
11 4 (0.71%) Dell
11 4 (0.71%) NEC
11 4 (0.71%) Thales
12 3 (0.53%) F5
12 3 (0.53%) Facebook
12 3 (0.53%) LogicMonitor
12 3 (0.53%) Pega
12 3 (0.53%) SaltStack
12 3 (0.53%) VMware