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 2 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 3 1
Rank change year-on-year -11 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 526 587 1,041
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 7.90% 23.31% 23.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.68% 25.42% 28.14%
Number of salaries quoted 390 265 551
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,249 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.46% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £75,880
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,000 £95,000
North West median annual salary £65,000 £60,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.88% +0.42% +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 4,927 2,309 3,700
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 74.01% 91.70% 81.82%
Number of salaries quoted 3,878 1,342 2,480
10th Percentile £32,775 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £83,750
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -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 2 August 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 2 August 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 -2 15 £65,000 - 5
Ashton-under-Lyne +1 14 £51,000 - 3
Salford -8 9 £62,151 - 5
Oldham -1 8 £67,500 +19.46%
Stockport -7 5 £55,000 -12.00% 2
Bury 0 3 £92,482 - 3
Bolton -12 3 £55,000 -26.67% 5
Wigan -4 2 £77,500 - 1
Rochdale -1 1 £55,000 -
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 36 (6.84%) Confluence
2 19 (3.61%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.09%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.14%) Apache
5 5 (0.95%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.95%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.76%) CMS
7 3 (0.57%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.57%) nginx
8 2 (0.38%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.38%) CICS
8 2 (0.38%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.38%) WordPress
9 1 (0.19%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.19%) IIS
9 1 (0.19%) JBoss
9 1 (0.19%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 8 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.33%) Trello
3 6 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.38%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.38%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.19%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.57%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 169 (32.13%) Azure
2 143 (27.19%) AWS
3 70 (13.31%) Azure DevOps
4 39 (7.41%) Serverless
5 38 (7.22%) Power Platform
6 36 (6.84%) SaaS
7 34 (6.46%) GitHub
8 32 (6.08%) GCP
9 25 (4.75%) AWS CloudFormation
10 21 (3.99%) Power Automate
11 20 (3.80%) Microsoft Copilot
12 18 (3.42%) Microsoft 365
13 17 (3.23%) PowerApps
14 14 (2.66%) dbt
15 13 (2.47%) Dynamics 365
16 11 (2.09%) Amazon S3
16 11 (2.09%) Anthropic Claude
16 11 (2.09%) AWS Lambda
16 11 (2.09%) Copilot Studio
17 10 (1.90%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.38%) AMQP
2 1 (0.19%) Fibre Channel
2 1 (0.19%) HTTP
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%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.19%) WAN
2 1 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (3.04%) MongoDB
3 15 (2.85%) NoSQL
3 15 (2.85%) SQL Server
4 14 (2.66%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (2.66%) Power BI
5 12 (2.28%) Azure SQL Database
5 12 (2.28%) DynamoDB
6 9 (1.71%) Relational Database
7 7 (1.33%) BigQuery
7 7 (1.33%) Elasticsearch
7 7 (1.33%) MySQL
8 6 (1.14%) Big Data
9 4 (0.76%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.76%) Data Mining
9 4 (0.76%) Flink
10 3 (0.57%) Geospatial Data
10 3 (0.57%) GIS
10 3 (0.57%) QGIS
11 2 (0.38%) Db2
Development Applications
1 61 (11.60%) JIRA
2 52 (9.89%) Git
3 21 (3.99%) GitLab
4 17 (3.23%) Jenkins
5 12 (2.28%) Claude Code
6 11 (2.09%) JUnit
6 11 (2.09%) Postman
6 11 (2.09%) Spock
7 8 (1.52%) Bitbucket
8 7 (1.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 5 (0.95%) IntelliJ
10 4 (0.76%) Maven
11 3 (0.57%) Eclipse
12 2 (0.38%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.38%) MSTest
12 2 (0.38%) NUnit
12 2 (0.38%) XCUITest
13 1 (0.19%) Gemini Tracker
13 1 (0.19%) REST Assured
13 1 (0.19%) Vagrant
General
1 139 (26.43%) Social Skills
2 121 (23.00%) Finance
3 55 (10.46%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (7.60%) Public Sector
5 33 (6.27%) Marketing
6 30 (5.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (3.61%) Influencing Skills
8 17 (3.23%) Retail
9 15 (2.85%) Banking
9 15 (2.85%) Law
10 12 (2.28%) Games
11 11 (2.09%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (1.71%) Advertising
12 9 (1.71%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.14%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.14%) Publishing
15 5 (0.95%) Local Government
15 5 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.76%) Legal
Job Titles
1 120 (22.81%) Senior
2 101 (19.20%) Developer
3 58 (11.03%) Software Engineer
4 44 (8.37%) Senior Developer
5 42 (7.98%) Lead
6 34 (6.46%) Project Manager
7 29 (5.51%) Analyst
8 28 (5.32%) Business Analyst
8 28 (5.32%) Data Engineer
9 27 (5.13%) Engineering Manager
9 27 (5.13%) Java Developer
10 22 (4.18%) Delivery Manager
11 20 (3.80%) Cloud Engineer
12 19 (3.61%) Lead Software Engineer
12 19 (3.61%) Senior Software Engineer
13 18 (3.42%) Product Owner
14 16 (3.04%) DevOps Engineer
14 16 (3.04%) Java Engineer
14 16 (3.04%) Software Developer
15 15 (2.85%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (11.41%) .NET
2 45 (8.56%) HTML
3 42 (7.98%) Spring
4 37 (7.03%) CSS
4 37 (7.03%) Node.js
5 35 (6.65%) AngularJS
6 30 (5.70%) React
7 29 (5.51%) Spring Boot
8 27 (5.13%) REST
9 16 (3.04%) RESTful
10 15 (2.85%) Kafka
11 13 (2.47%) ASP.NET
12 11 (2.09%) Vue
13 10 (1.90%) ASP.NET Core
13 10 (1.90%) Microsoft Graph
13 10 (1.90%) PySpark
14 9 (1.71%) Entity Framework
15 8 (1.52%) HTML5 Canvas
15 8 (1.52%) SOAP
15 8 (1.52%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 62 (11.79%) Product Ownership
2 44 (8.37%) Cloud Native
3 23 (4.37%) Distributed Systems
4 16 (3.04%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (2.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 13 (2.47%) Mobile App
6 13 (2.47%) Onboarding
7 12 (2.28%) Private Cloud
8 11 (2.09%) Marketing Technology
9 9 (1.71%) Driving Licence
10 7 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (1.14%) PMI
11 6 (1.14%) Social Media
11 6 (1.14%) Virtual Team
12 5 (0.95%) Cyber Defence
12 5 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
13 4 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (0.76%) Enterprise Cloud
13 4 (0.76%) Low-Code
13 4 (0.76%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 20 (3.80%) Linux
2 7 (1.33%) Windows
3 6 (1.14%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.95%) Android
5 2 (0.38%) CentOS
5 2 (0.38%) Debian
5 2 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.38%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.38%) VMS
6 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (32.89%) DevOps
2 166 (31.56%) CI/CD
3 140 (26.62%) Continuous Improvement
4 130 (24.71%) Scrum
5 115 (21.86%) AI
6 99 (18.82%) Software Engineering
7 97 (18.44%) Stakeholder Management
8 82 (15.59%) Problem-Solving
9 75 (14.26%) Roadmaps
10 73 (13.88%) TDD
11 69 (13.12%) Mentoring
12 66 (12.55%) Test Automation
13 62 (11.79%) Kanban
14 60 (11.41%) Microservices
15 59 (11.22%) Coaching
16 53 (10.08%) Full-Stack Development
17 52 (9.89%) Collaborative Culture
18 51 (9.70%) Decision-Making
19 50 (9.51%) Project Management
20 48 (9.13%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 108 (20.53%) Java
2 103 (19.58%) SQL
3 94 (17.87%) Python
4 80 (15.21%) JavaScript
5 59 (11.22%) C#
6 28 (5.32%) TypeScript
7 14 (2.66%) Go
8 12 (2.28%) Bash
9 10 (1.90%) C++
9 10 (1.90%) PowerShell
10 9 (1.71%) PHP
11 6 (1.14%) Apex Code
11 6 (1.14%) Groovy
12 4 (0.76%) SOQL
12 4 (0.76%) Swift
13 3 (0.57%) C
13 3 (0.57%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.57%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.57%) SOSL
14 2 (0.38%) Scala
Qualifications
1 62 (11.79%) Security Cleared
2 49 (9.32%) SC Cleared
3 47 (8.94%) Degree
4 23 (4.37%) DV Cleared
5 17 (3.23%) PMI Certification
6 16 (3.04%) Master's Degree
7 11 (2.09%) PMP
8 8 (1.52%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.14%) DBS Check
9 6 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.95%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 5 (0.95%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.76%) HNC
11 4 (0.76%) MBA
11 4 (0.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 2 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.38%) Chartered Engineer
12 2 (0.38%) CSPO
13 1 (0.19%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (6.65%) Data Quality
2 27 (5.13%) QA
3 10 (1.90%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.71%) GDPR
5 7 (1.33%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.14%) PMO
7 2 (0.38%) SLA
8 1 (0.19%) GRC
8 1 (0.19%) ITGC
8 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 48 (9.13%) Docker
2 3 (0.57%) 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 61 (11.60%) Terraform
2 50 (9.51%) Kubernetes
3 27 (5.13%) Ansible
4 9 (1.71%) Argo
4 9 (1.71%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.14%) Grafana
6 4 (0.76%) Istio
7 3 (0.57%) Check_MK
7 3 (0.57%) Podman
8 2 (0.38%) Puppet
9 1 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.19%) AWS Copilot
9 1 (0.19%) linkerd
9 1 (0.19%) Nagios
9 1 (0.19%) Packer
9 1 (0.19%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 80 (15.21%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.61%) Salesforce
3 17 (3.23%) Splunk
4 15 (2.85%) Databricks
5 14 (2.66%) ServiceNow
6 12 (2.28%) Google
7 11 (2.09%) AppDynamics
8 10 (1.90%) Oracle
9 9 (1.71%) Adobe
10 7 (1.33%) Pega
11 6 (1.14%) Red Hat
12 5 (0.95%) SAP
13 3 (0.57%) Apple
13 3 (0.57%) Dell
13 3 (0.57%) Facebook
13 3 (0.57%) LogicMonitor
13 3 (0.57%) NEC
14 2 (0.38%) MuleSoft
14 2 (0.38%) OpenAI
14 2 (0.38%) SaltStack