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 11 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 3 1
Rank change year-on-year -17 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 347 506 1,002
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 8.87% 22.71% 23.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.91% 23.70% 26.40%
Number of salaries quoted 264 278 828
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,813 £53,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,500 £75,772
90th Percentile £87,125 £92,875 £86,625
North West median annual salary £62,500 £61,903 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.97% +3.17% +0.80%

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 2,913 2,135 3,795
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 74.43% 95.83% 88.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,904 1,232 3,133
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £30,520
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,884 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.81% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,017 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £54,793 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.75% +9.59% -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 11 March 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 11 March 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 -6 8 £81,250 +54.76% 4
Bolton +1 7 £50,000 -33.33% 12
Salford -14 5 £74,830 +25.91% 12
Bury - 3 £92,482 - 3
Oldham - 3 £55,000 - 3
Stockport -2 2 £55,000 - 6
Rochdale -3 1 £55,000 +4.76%
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 16 (4.61%) Confluence
2 12 (3.46%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.73%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.44%) Apache
4 5 (1.44%) CMS
5 2 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.58%) CICS
5 2 (0.58%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.29%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.29%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.29%) PegaRULES
6 1 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (2.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.86%) Sketch
3 2 (0.58%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.29%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.29%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 111 (31.99%) Azure
2 89 (25.65%) AWS
3 43 (12.39%) SaaS
4 28 (8.07%) Serverless
5 27 (7.78%) GCP
6 25 (7.20%) Power Platform
7 15 (4.32%) AWS CloudFormation
7 15 (4.32%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (4.32%) Figma
7 15 (4.32%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (3.75%) Azure AKS
9 11 (3.17%) Amazon EKS
10 10 (2.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 10 (2.88%) Azure Functions
10 10 (2.88%) Azure Logic Apps
10 10 (2.88%) Azure Service Bus
10 10 (2.88%) Entra ID
10 10 (2.88%) GitHub
11 9 (2.59%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (2.59%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.02%) HTTP
2 5 (1.44%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.15%) AMQP
4 3 (0.86%) SSH
5 2 (0.58%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (8.93%) NoSQL
2 13 (3.75%) MySQL
3 12 (3.46%) Power BI
4 11 (3.17%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (3.17%) MongoDB
5 9 (2.59%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (2.02%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.73%) Big Data
7 6 (1.73%) Data Lake
7 6 (1.73%) Hadoop
7 6 (1.73%) SQL Server
8 5 (1.44%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (1.15%) Cloudera CDH
9 4 (1.15%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.58%) DB2
11 2 (0.58%) GIS
11 2 (0.58%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 37 (10.66%) Git
2 27 (7.78%) JIRA
3 10 (2.88%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.31%) GitLab
5 4 (1.15%) Claude Code
5 4 (1.15%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.86%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.86%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.86%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.86%) IntelliJ
6 3 (0.86%) JUnit
7 2 (0.58%) Vagrant
8 1 (0.29%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.29%) JMeter
8 1 (0.29%) Locust
8 1 (0.29%) Postman
8 1 (0.29%) Selenium
8 1 (0.29%) XCUITest
General
1 86 (24.78%) Social Skills
2 70 (20.17%) Finance
3 33 (9.51%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (6.92%) Marketing
5 23 (6.63%) Public Sector
6 19 (5.48%) Banking
7 15 (4.32%) Law
8 13 (3.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (3.75%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.31%) Manufacturing
10 8 (2.31%) Retail
11 6 (1.73%) Electronics
11 6 (1.73%) Games
12 5 (1.44%) Legal
13 4 (1.15%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.15%) Billing
13 4 (1.15%) Retail Banking
13 4 (1.15%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.86%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 77 (22.19%) Senior
2 66 (19.02%) Developer
3 55 (15.85%) Software Engineer
4 45 (12.97%) Lead
5 25 (7.20%) Senior Developer
6 23 (6.63%) Data Engineer
6 23 (6.63%) Project Manager
7 20 (5.76%) Analyst
8 19 (5.48%) Lead Software Engineer
9 17 (4.90%) Marketing Manager
10 16 (4.61%) Java Developer
11 15 (4.32%) Senior Data Engineer
12 11 (3.17%) .NET Developer
12 11 (3.17%) Business Analyst
12 11 (3.17%) Full-Stack Developer
12 11 (3.17%) IT Manager
12 11 (3.17%) Java Engineer
12 11 (3.17%) Senior Software Engineer
13 10 (2.88%) Cloud Engineer
13 10 (2.88%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (16.71%) .NET
2 56 (16.14%) React
3 34 (9.80%) CSS
4 33 (9.51%) HTML
4 33 (9.51%) REST
5 32 (9.22%) RESTful
6 29 (8.36%) Node.js
7 27 (7.78%) Spring
8 26 (7.49%) AngularJS
8 26 (7.49%) Spring Boot
9 17 (4.90%) .NET Framework
10 14 (4.03%) Kafka
11 10 (2.88%) CSS3
11 10 (2.88%) HTML5
12 8 (2.31%) Web Services
13 7 (2.02%) gRPC
13 7 (2.02%) Vue
14 6 (1.73%) ASP.NET
14 6 (1.73%) ASP.NET Core
14 6 (1.73%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 41 (11.82%) Product Ownership
2 35 (10.09%) Cloud Native
3 22 (6.34%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (4.03%) Mobile App
5 13 (3.75%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (2.31%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (2.31%) Social Media
7 7 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.73%) Low-Code
9 5 (1.44%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.15%) Client/Server
10 4 (1.15%) Distributed Computing
10 4 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.15%) Onboarding
11 3 (0.86%) Driving Licence
11 3 (0.86%) IoT
11 3 (0.86%) Public Cloud
11 3 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.58%) Mainframe
12 2 (0.58%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.75%) Windows
2 11 (3.17%) Linux
3 4 (1.15%) CentOS
3 4 (1.15%) Debian
3 4 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (1.15%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.29%) Android
4 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (29.68%) CI/CD
2 84 (24.21%) DevOps
3 83 (23.92%) Software Engineering
4 80 (23.05%) Continuous Improvement
5 71 (20.46%) Scrum
6 59 (17.00%) Microservices
7 51 (14.70%) Mentoring
7 51 (14.70%) Problem-Solving
8 47 (13.54%) TDD
9 46 (13.26%) AI
10 45 (12.97%) User Experience
11 44 (12.68%) Full-Stack Development
11 44 (12.68%) Stakeholder Management
12 43 (12.39%) Coaching
13 40 (11.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 39 (11.24%) Clean Code
15 38 (10.95%) Roadmaps
16 37 (10.66%) Containerisation
17 33 (9.51%) Decision-Making
17 33 (9.51%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 70 (20.17%) Java
2 66 (19.02%) JavaScript
3 57 (16.43%) SQL
4 49 (14.12%) C#
5 45 (12.97%) Python
6 39 (11.24%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.73%) Go
8 4 (1.15%) C++
8 4 (1.15%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.58%) C
9 2 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.58%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.58%) Scala
9 2 (0.58%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.29%) Bicep
10 1 (0.29%) Groovy
10 1 (0.29%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.29%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.29%) Swift
Qualifications
1 33 (9.51%) Security Cleared
2 23 (6.63%) SC Cleared
3 15 (4.32%) PMI Certification
4 13 (3.75%) PMP
5 11 (3.17%) Degree
5 11 (3.17%) DV Cleared
6 8 (2.31%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.86%) ACCA
7 3 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.86%) CIMA
7 3 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.29%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.29%) CIPD
9 1 (0.29%) SAFe Agilist
9 1 (0.29%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.92%) Accessibility
2 23 (6.63%) QA
3 5 (1.44%) PMO
4 3 (0.86%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.86%) WCAG
5 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.29%) GDPR
5 1 (0.29%) GxP
5 1 (0.29%) HL7
5 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.29%) ITGC
5 1 (0.29%) NIST
5 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (6.92%) Docker
2 10 (2.88%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 41 (11.82%) Terraform
2 37 (10.66%) Kubernetes
3 13 (3.75%) Ansible
4 8 (2.31%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (2.31%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.15%) Puppet
6 3 (0.86%) Rancher
7 2 (0.58%) Packer
7 2 (0.58%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.29%) AWS Copilot
8 1 (0.29%) Grafana
Vendors
1 33 (9.51%) Microsoft
2 13 (3.75%) Databricks
3 9 (2.59%) Salesforce
3 9 (2.59%) Splunk
4 8 (2.31%) Adobe
4 8 (2.31%) Google
4 8 (2.31%) New Relic
4 8 (2.31%) SAP
5 7 (2.02%) Qualtrics
5 7 (2.02%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.73%) Oracle
7 5 (1.44%) Pega
8 4 (1.15%) Atlassian
8 4 (1.15%) Red Hat
8 4 (1.15%) SaltStack
9 2 (0.58%) Bloomberg
10 1 (0.29%) Dell
10 1 (0.29%) Informatica
10 1 (0.29%) Software AG
10 1 (0.29%) webMethods