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 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 3 1
Rank change year-on-year -17 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 282 597 694
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 9.72% 22.50% 27.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.20% 23.98% 29.94%
Number of salaries quoted 217 234 551
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,462 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,000 £51,938 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,200 £90,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +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 2,312 2,490 2,318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 79.67% 93.86% 90.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,396 1,165 1,857
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,200 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,000 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%

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 13 January 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 13 January 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
Bolton +5 7 £50,000 -9.09% 5
Oldham 0 3 £55,000 -18.52%
Salford -16 3 £74,830 +25.91% 12
Bury - 2 - - 1
Stockport -6 1 £55,000 - 9
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 10 (3.55%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.48%) Confluence
3 6 (2.13%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.77%) Apache
5 3 (1.06%) CMS
6 2 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.71%) nginx
7 1 (0.35%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.35%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 12 (4.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.06%) Adobe XD
2 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.06%) Sketch
3 2 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.35%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.35%) InVision
4 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.35%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.35%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 104 (36.88%) Azure
2 79 (28.01%) AWS
3 48 (17.02%) SaaS
4 30 (10.64%) Power Platform
5 25 (8.87%) Serverless
6 24 (8.51%) GCP
7 14 (4.96%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (4.61%) Figma
8 13 (4.61%) Microsoft 365
9 12 (4.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 11 (3.90%) Azure Functions
10 11 (3.90%) Azure Logic Apps
10 11 (3.90%) Azure Service Bus
10 11 (3.90%) Entra ID
11 10 (3.55%) AWS Lambda
12 9 (3.19%) Azure Monitor
13 8 (2.84%) Amazon EKS
13 8 (2.84%) AWS CloudFormation
13 8 (2.84%) Microsoft Purview
13 8 (2.84%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.84%) HTTP
2 4 (1.42%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.06%) AMQP
3 3 (1.06%) SSH
4 2 (0.71%) DNS
4 2 (0.71%) Firewall
4 2 (0.71%) OpenVPN
4 2 (0.71%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (9.57%) NoSQL
2 15 (5.32%) Power BI
3 14 (4.96%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (4.61%) MongoDB
5 11 (3.90%) MySQL
6 8 (2.84%) Data Lake
7 7 (2.48%) Big Data
7 7 (2.48%) SQL Server
8 6 (2.13%) Hadoop
9 5 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (1.77%) Relational Database
10 3 (1.06%) Cloudera CDH
10 3 (1.06%) DynamoDB
10 3 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.71%) Apache Iceberg
11 2 (0.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.35%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 28 (9.93%) Git
2 14 (4.96%) JIRA
3 7 (2.48%) GitLab
3 7 (2.48%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.42%) Cypress.io
4 4 (1.42%) JUnit
4 4 (1.42%) Visual Studio
5 3 (1.06%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.71%) JMeter
6 2 (0.71%) Postman
6 2 (0.71%) Selenium
7 1 (0.35%) Appium
7 1 (0.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.35%) Axure RP
7 1 (0.35%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.35%) Gatling
7 1 (0.35%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.35%) Locust
7 1 (0.35%) REST Assured
General
1 80 (28.37%) Social Skills
2 59 (20.92%) Finance
3 38 (13.48%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (7.45%) Public Sector
5 16 (5.67%) Law
6 14 (4.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (4.61%) Marketing
8 11 (3.90%) Banking
9 9 (3.19%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.48%) Electronics
10 7 (2.48%) Retail
11 6 (2.13%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.77%) Legal
12 5 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.77%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.42%) Games
14 3 (1.06%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.71%) Billing
15 2 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 71 (25.18%) Developer
2 63 (22.34%) Senior
3 40 (14.18%) Lead
4 35 (12.41%) Software Engineer
5 24 (8.51%) Senior Developer
6 19 (6.74%) Data Engineer
7 17 (6.03%) Analyst
8 16 (5.67%) Project Manager
9 13 (4.61%) .NET Developer
10 12 (4.26%) Software Developer
11 11 (3.90%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 11 (3.90%) Senior Software Engineer
12 10 (3.55%) Java Developer
13 9 (3.19%) Platform Engineer
13 9 (3.19%) Senior Data Engineer
14 8 (2.84%) Full-Stack Developer
14 8 (2.84%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 8 (2.84%) Lead Software Engineer
14 8 (2.84%) Principal Developer
14 8 (2.84%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (20.92%) .NET
2 57 (20.21%) React
3 35 (12.41%) REST
4 34 (12.06%) CSS
5 30 (10.64%) HTML
6 25 (8.87%) AngularJS
7 23 (8.16%) RESTful
8 22 (7.80%) Node.js
8 22 (7.80%) Spring
9 21 (7.45%) Spring Boot
10 14 (4.96%) .NET Framework
11 13 (4.61%) Kafka
12 9 (3.19%) Web Services
13 7 (2.48%) ASP.NET
13 7 (2.48%) gRPC
14 6 (2.13%) .NET Core
14 6 (2.13%) ASP.NET Core
14 6 (2.13%) Hibernate
14 6 (2.13%) JSON
15 5 (1.77%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 31 (10.99%) Cloud Native
2 28 (9.93%) Product Ownership
3 23 (8.16%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (4.61%) Mobile App
5 11 (3.90%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (3.55%) Social Media
7 7 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (2.48%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.77%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.42%) Client/Server
9 4 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.42%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.06%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.06%) Distributed Computing
10 3 (1.06%) IoT
10 3 (1.06%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.71%) Distributed Architecture
11 2 (0.71%) Housing Association
11 2 (0.71%) Legacy Code
11 2 (0.71%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.61%) Windows
2 10 (3.55%) Linux
3 3 (1.06%) CentOS
3 3 (1.06%) Debian
3 3 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (1.06%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.35%) Android
4 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (32.62%) CI/CD
2 78 (27.66%) DevOps
3 68 (24.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 66 (23.40%) Software Engineering
5 56 (19.86%) Problem-Solving
6 54 (19.15%) Microservices
7 52 (18.44%) Mentoring
8 48 (17.02%) User Experience
9 43 (15.25%) Scrum
10 42 (14.89%) AI
11 38 (13.48%) Containerisation
12 37 (13.12%) Full-Stack Development
13 34 (12.06%) Clean Code
13 34 (12.06%) Coaching
13 34 (12.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 31 (10.99%) TDD
15 30 (10.64%) Infrastructure as Code
16 29 (10.28%) Roadmaps
17 28 (9.93%) Decision-Making
18 27 (9.57%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 57 (20.21%) C#
2 53 (18.79%) JavaScript
3 48 (17.02%) Java
4 42 (14.89%) SQL
5 38 (13.48%) TypeScript
6 36 (12.77%) Python
7 6 (2.13%) Go
8 4 (1.42%) C++
8 4 (1.42%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.42%) Scala
9 3 (1.06%) Bicep
10 2 (0.71%) Bash
10 2 (0.71%) C
10 2 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.71%) PHP
10 2 (0.71%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.35%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 31 (10.99%) Security Cleared
2 23 (8.16%) SC Cleared
3 11 (3.90%) DV Cleared
4 10 (3.55%) DBS Check
5 9 (3.19%) Degree
6 8 (2.84%) PMI Certification
6 8 (2.84%) PMP
7 5 (1.77%) ACCA
7 5 (1.77%) CIMA
7 5 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.06%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.71%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.35%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (9.57%) Accessibility
2 20 (7.09%) QA
3 5 (1.77%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.42%) PMO
5 2 (0.71%) GDPR
5 2 (0.71%) NIST
5 2 (0.71%) WCAG
6 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.35%) GxP
6 1 (0.35%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.35%) HL7
6 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.35%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (9.57%) Docker
2 13 (4.61%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.35%) HDFS
3 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 36 (12.77%) Terraform
2 31 (10.99%) Kubernetes
3 11 (3.90%) Ansible
4 8 (2.84%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (2.84%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.06%) Puppet
6 2 (0.71%) Grafana
6 2 (0.71%) Rancher
7 1 (0.35%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 35 (12.41%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.19%) SAP
2 9 (3.19%) Splunk
3 8 (2.84%) Databricks
3 8 (2.84%) New Relic
4 7 (2.48%) Adobe
4 7 (2.48%) Salesforce
5 6 (2.13%) Google
5 6 (2.13%) Qualtrics
6 4 (1.42%) Oracle
7 3 (1.06%) Red Hat
7 3 (1.06%) SaltStack
8 2 (0.71%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.71%) Bloomberg
8 2 (0.71%) Dell
8 2 (0.71%) Informatica
8 2 (0.71%) MuleSoft
8 2 (0.71%) Pega
8 2 (0.71%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.71%) SnapLogic