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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 3 1
Rank change year-on-year -17 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 363 496 1,016
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 9.01% 22.77% 23.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.10% 23.75% 26.38%
Number of salaries quoted 273 285 835
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,500 £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 £83,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £87,250 £93,778 £86,250
North West median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +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 2,999 2,088 3,851
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 74.40% 95.87% 87.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,978 1,250 3,159
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £30,125
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £41,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,840 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,625 £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 17 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 17 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
Bolton +5 8 £50,000 -33.33% 7
Altrincham -7 8 £81,250 +54.76% 7
Salford -15 5 £74,830 +25.91% 7
Bury - 3 £92,482 - 2
Oldham - 3 £55,000 - 3
Stockport -6 2 £55,000 - 4
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 17 (4.68%) Confluence
2 12 (3.31%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.65%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.38%) Apache
4 5 (1.38%) CMS
5 2 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.55%) CICS
5 2 (0.55%) GeoServer
5 2 (0.55%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.28%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.28%) PegaRULES
6 1 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (2.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.83%) Sketch
3 2 (0.55%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.28%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.28%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 113 (31.13%) Azure
2 93 (25.62%) AWS
3 44 (12.12%) SaaS
4 29 (7.99%) Serverless
5 25 (6.89%) GCP
6 24 (6.61%) Power Platform
7 18 (4.96%) AWS CloudFormation
8 15 (4.13%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (4.13%) Figma
9 14 (3.86%) Microsoft 365
10 13 (3.58%) Amazon EKS
10 13 (3.58%) Azure AKS
11 11 (3.03%) GitHub
12 10 (2.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 10 (2.75%) Azure Functions
12 10 (2.75%) Azure Logic Apps
12 10 (2.75%) Azure Service Bus
12 10 (2.75%) Entra ID
13 9 (2.48%) AWS Lambda
13 9 (2.48%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.93%) HTTP
2 5 (1.38%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.10%) AMQP
4 3 (0.83%) SSH
5 2 (0.55%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (8.26%) NoSQL
2 12 (3.31%) MongoDB
2 12 (3.31%) MySQL
3 11 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (3.03%) Power BI
4 10 (2.75%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (1.93%) Data Lake
5 7 (1.93%) Relational Database
5 7 (1.93%) SQL Server
6 6 (1.65%) Big Data
6 6 (1.65%) Hadoop
7 5 (1.38%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (1.10%) Cloudera CDH
8 4 (1.10%) DynamoDB
9 3 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.55%) GIS
10 2 (0.55%) Hazelcast
10 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 40 (11.02%) Git
2 28 (7.71%) JIRA
3 12 (3.31%) Jenkins
4 9 (2.48%) GitLab
5 5 (1.38%) Claude Code
6 4 (1.10%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.10%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.83%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.83%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.83%) IntelliJ
7 3 (0.83%) JUnit
8 2 (0.55%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.55%) Postman
8 2 (0.55%) Selenium
8 2 (0.55%) Vagrant
8 2 (0.55%) XCUITest
9 1 (0.28%) JMeter
9 1 (0.28%) Locust
9 1 (0.28%) REST Assured
General
1 90 (24.79%) Social Skills
2 74 (20.39%) Finance
3 35 (9.64%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (6.89%) Marketing
5 24 (6.61%) Public Sector
6 19 (5.23%) Banking
7 16 (4.41%) Law
8 14 (3.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (3.58%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (2.20%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.93%) Retail
13 6 (1.65%) Electronics
13 6 (1.65%) Games
14 4 (1.10%) Advertising
14 4 (1.10%) Aerospace
14 4 (1.10%) Legal
14 4 (1.10%) Retail Banking
14 4 (1.10%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.83%) Billing
Job Titles
1 82 (22.59%) Senior
2 67 (18.46%) Developer
3 57 (15.70%) Software Engineer
4 48 (13.22%) Lead
5 27 (7.44%) Project Manager
6 26 (7.16%) Senior Developer
7 24 (6.61%) Data Engineer
8 20 (5.51%) Lead Software Engineer
9 18 (4.96%) Analyst
9 18 (4.96%) Marketing Manager
10 17 (4.68%) Java Developer
11 16 (4.41%) Senior Data Engineer
12 13 (3.58%) IT Manager
12 13 (3.58%) Java Engineer
13 12 (3.31%) Full-Stack Developer
13 12 (3.31%) Senior Software Engineer
14 11 (3.03%) .NET Developer
14 11 (3.03%) Business Analyst
14 11 (3.03%) Cloud Engineer
15 10 (2.75%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (16.53%) .NET
2 57 (15.70%) React
3 33 (9.09%) CSS
3 33 (9.09%) REST
4 32 (8.82%) HTML
4 32 (8.82%) RESTful
5 31 (8.54%) Node.js
6 28 (7.71%) Spring
7 27 (7.44%) Spring Boot
8 26 (7.16%) AngularJS
9 17 (4.68%) .NET Framework
10 14 (3.86%) Kafka
11 9 (2.48%) CSS3
11 9 (2.48%) HTML5
11 9 (2.48%) Web Services
12 7 (1.93%) gRPC
13 6 (1.65%) ASP.NET
13 6 (1.65%) ASP.NET Core
13 6 (1.65%) Hibernate
13 6 (1.65%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 43 (11.85%) Product Ownership
2 35 (9.64%) Cloud Native
3 24 (6.61%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (3.86%) Enterprise Software
4 14 (3.86%) Mobile App
5 8 (2.20%) Greenfield Project
5 8 (2.20%) Social Media
6 7 (1.93%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.65%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.38%) Driving Licence
8 5 (1.38%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.38%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.10%) Client/Server
9 4 (1.10%) Distributed Computing
9 4 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.83%) IoT
10 3 (0.83%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.55%) Enterprise Cloud
11 2 (0.55%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.58%) Windows
2 11 (3.03%) Linux
3 4 (1.10%) CentOS
3 4 (1.10%) Debian
3 4 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (1.10%) Ubuntu
4 2 (0.55%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.28%) Android
5 1 (0.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (30.03%) CI/CD
2 86 (23.69%) DevOps
3 85 (23.42%) Continuous Improvement
3 85 (23.42%) Software Engineering
4 76 (20.94%) Scrum
5 62 (17.08%) Microservices
6 52 (14.33%) Mentoring
7 50 (13.77%) AI
7 50 (13.77%) Problem-Solving
8 49 (13.50%) TDD
9 48 (13.22%) Stakeholder Management
10 46 (12.67%) Coaching
11 45 (12.40%) Full-Stack Development
12 44 (12.12%) User Experience
13 42 (11.57%) Clean Code
14 40 (11.02%) Roadmaps
15 39 (10.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 37 (10.19%) Containerisation
17 35 (9.64%) Kanban
18 34 (9.37%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 75 (20.66%) Java
2 67 (18.46%) JavaScript
3 59 (16.25%) SQL
4 51 (14.05%) C#
5 49 (13.50%) Python
6 39 (10.74%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.65%) Go
8 4 (1.10%) C++
8 4 (1.10%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.55%) C
9 2 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.55%) Scala
9 2 (0.55%) Swift
9 2 (0.55%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.28%) Bicep
10 1 (0.28%) Groovy
10 1 (0.28%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.28%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 34 (9.37%) Security Cleared
2 24 (6.61%) SC Cleared
3 16 (4.41%) PMI Certification
4 14 (3.86%) PMP
5 11 (3.03%) Degree
5 11 (3.03%) DV Cleared
6 8 (2.20%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.83%) ACCA
7 3 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.83%) CIMA
8 2 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.28%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.28%) CIPD
9 1 (0.28%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.61%) Accessibility
2 23 (6.34%) QA
3 6 (1.65%) PMO
4 4 (1.10%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.83%) WCAG
6 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.28%) GxP
6 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.28%) ITGC
6 1 (0.28%) NIST
System Software
1 26 (7.16%) Docker
2 10 (2.75%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 44 (12.12%) Terraform
2 39 (10.74%) Kubernetes
3 15 (4.13%) Ansible
4 8 (2.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (2.20%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.10%) Puppet
6 3 (0.83%) Rancher
7 2 (0.55%) Packer
7 2 (0.55%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.28%) AWS Copilot
8 1 (0.28%) Grafana
Vendors
1 35 (9.64%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.86%) Databricks
3 9 (2.48%) Salesforce
3 9 (2.48%) Splunk
4 8 (2.20%) Adobe
4 8 (2.20%) New Relic
4 8 (2.20%) SAP
4 8 (2.20%) ServiceNow
5 7 (1.93%) Google
5 7 (1.93%) Qualtrics
6 6 (1.65%) Oracle
6 6 (1.65%) Pega
7 4 (1.10%) Atlassian
7 4 (1.10%) Red Hat
7 4 (1.10%) SaltStack
8 2 (0.55%) Bloomberg
8 2 (0.55%) WSO2
9 1 (0.28%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 1 (0.28%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.28%) Spotify