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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 3 1
Rank change year-on-year -12 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 543 573 1,018
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 7.91% 23.06% 22.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.61% 25.29% 27.97%
Number of salaries quoted 393 263 509
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £40,988
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £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 £77,500 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £91,250 £97,500
North West median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - +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 5,119 2,266 3,640
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 74.54% 91.19% 81.95%
Number of salaries quoted 4,008 1,316 2,361
10th Percentile £33,500 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,500 £41,750
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 £69,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £83,500
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -1.96% -7.27%

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 14 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 14 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
Ashton-under-Lyne +1 15 £51,000 - 1
Altrincham -3 14 £65,000 - 1
Salford -8 11 £42,000 - 9
Oldham -1 10 £67,500 +11.11%
Stockport -5 6 £55,000 -12.00% 4
Bury 0 3 £92,482 -
Bolton -11 3 £55,000 -26.67% 4
Wigan -4 2 £77,500 - 1
Rochdale -3 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 (6.63%) Confluence
2 20 (3.68%) SharePoint
3 14 (2.58%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.84%) Apache
5 5 (0.92%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.92%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.74%) CMS
7 3 (0.55%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.55%) nginx
8 2 (0.37%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.37%) CICS
8 2 (0.37%) IIS
8 2 (0.37%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.37%) WordPress
9 1 (0.18%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.18%) JBoss
9 1 (0.18%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 8 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.29%) Trello
3 6 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.37%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.37%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.18%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.74%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 175 (32.23%) Azure
2 149 (27.44%) AWS
3 75 (13.81%) Azure DevOps
4 40 (7.37%) Power Platform
4 40 (7.37%) Serverless
5 39 (7.18%) GitHub
6 38 (7.00%) SaaS
7 32 (5.89%) GCP
8 26 (4.79%) AWS CloudFormation
9 23 (4.24%) Power Automate
10 21 (3.87%) Microsoft Copilot
11 19 (3.50%) Microsoft 365
12 18 (3.31%) PowerApps
13 17 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
14 16 (2.95%) dbt
15 15 (2.76%) Snowflake
16 12 (2.21%) AWS Lambda
17 11 (2.03%) Amazon S3
17 11 (2.03%) Anthropic Claude
17 11 (2.03%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.37%) AMQP
1 2 (0.37%) HTTP
2 1 (0.18%) Fibre Channel
2 1 (0.18%) iSCSI
2 1 (0.18%) LAN
2 1 (0.18%) LTE
2 1 (0.18%) Network Security
2 1 (0.18%) SAN
2 1 (0.18%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.18%) SSL
2 1 (0.18%) WAN
2 1 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.68%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (2.95%) DynamoDB
2 16 (2.95%) MongoDB
2 16 (2.95%) SQL Server
3 15 (2.76%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (2.58%) Power BI
5 12 (2.21%) Azure SQL Database
5 12 (2.21%) NoSQL
6 10 (1.84%) Relational Database
7 7 (1.29%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (1.10%) Big Data
8 6 (1.10%) BigQuery
8 6 (1.10%) MySQL
9 4 (0.74%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.74%) Data Mining
9 4 (0.74%) Flink
10 3 (0.55%) Geospatial Data
10 3 (0.55%) GIS
10 3 (0.55%) QGIS
11 2 (0.37%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 65 (11.97%) JIRA
2 51 (9.39%) Git
3 23 (4.24%) GitLab
4 18 (3.31%) Jenkins
5 12 (2.21%) Claude Code
6 11 (2.03%) JUnit
6 11 (2.03%) Postman
6 11 (2.03%) Spock
7 8 (1.47%) Bitbucket
8 7 (1.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 5 (0.92%) IntelliJ
10 4 (0.74%) Maven
11 3 (0.55%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.55%) Eclipse
12 2 (0.37%) MSTest
12 2 (0.37%) NUnit
12 2 (0.37%) XCUITest
13 1 (0.18%) Gemini Tracker
13 1 (0.18%) Octopus Deploy
13 1 (0.18%) REST Assured
General
1 140 (25.78%) Social Skills
2 124 (22.84%) Finance
3 54 (9.94%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (8.10%) Public Sector
5 34 (6.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 33 (6.08%) Marketing
7 20 (3.68%) Retail
8 19 (3.50%) Influencing Skills
9 17 (3.13%) Law
10 14 (2.58%) Banking
11 13 (2.39%) Games
11 13 (2.39%) Telecoms
12 11 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (1.47%) Advertising
13 8 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (1.29%) Legal
15 6 (1.10%) Local Government
15 6 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (0.92%) Publishing
17 4 (0.74%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 125 (23.02%) Senior
2 107 (19.71%) Developer
3 57 (10.50%) Software Engineer
4 47 (8.66%) Senior Developer
5 43 (7.92%) Lead
6 32 (5.89%) Analyst
7 31 (5.71%) Project Manager
8 29 (5.34%) Business Analyst
8 29 (5.34%) Engineering Manager
9 28 (5.16%) Data Engineer
10 26 (4.79%) Java Developer
11 24 (4.42%) Delivery Manager
12 21 (3.87%) Cloud Engineer
12 21 (3.87%) Senior Software Engineer
13 18 (3.31%) DevOps Engineer
13 18 (3.31%) Lead Software Engineer
13 18 (3.31%) Product Owner
13 18 (3.31%) Software Developer
14 16 (2.95%) Microsoft 365 Developer
15 15 (2.76%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (11.42%) .NET
2 48 (8.84%) HTML
3 41 (7.55%) Spring
4 40 (7.37%) CSS
5 39 (7.18%) Node.js
6 34 (6.26%) AngularJS
7 31 (5.71%) React
8 28 (5.16%) REST
8 28 (5.16%) Spring Boot
9 15 (2.76%) Kafka
10 14 (2.58%) ASP.NET
10 14 (2.58%) RESTful
11 11 (2.03%) Microsoft Graph
12 10 (1.84%) ASP.NET Core
12 10 (1.84%) Vue
13 9 (1.66%) .NET Core
13 9 (1.66%) Entity Framework
13 9 (1.66%) HTML5 Canvas
13 9 (1.66%) PySpark
13 9 (1.66%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 72 (13.26%) Product Ownership
2 49 (9.02%) Cloud Native
3 23 (4.24%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
5 16 (2.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 12 (2.21%) Marketing Technology
6 12 (2.21%) Mobile App
6 12 (2.21%) Onboarding
6 12 (2.21%) Private Cloud
7 8 (1.47%) Driving Licence
8 7 (1.29%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.10%) Social Media
10 5 (0.92%) Cyber Defence
10 5 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (0.92%) IoT
10 5 (0.92%) Management Information System
10 5 (0.92%) PMI
10 5 (0.92%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.74%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (3.68%) Linux
2 7 (1.29%) Windows
3 6 (1.10%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.92%) Android
5 2 (0.37%) CentOS
5 2 (0.37%) Debian
5 2 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.37%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.37%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (33.15%) DevOps
2 166 (30.57%) CI/CD
3 146 (26.89%) Continuous Improvement
4 130 (23.94%) Scrum
5 125 (23.02%) AI
6 103 (18.97%) Software Engineering
7 101 (18.60%) Stakeholder Management
8 87 (16.02%) Problem-Solving
9 73 (13.44%) Mentoring
9 73 (13.44%) Roadmaps
10 71 (13.08%) TDD
11 65 (11.97%) Test Automation
12 60 (11.05%) Kanban
12 60 (11.05%) Microservices
13 58 (10.68%) Coaching
14 56 (10.31%) Full-Stack Development
15 54 (9.94%) Collaborative Culture
16 51 (9.39%) Decision-Making
17 49 (9.02%) Project Delivery
18 47 (8.66%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 108 (19.89%) Java
2 107 (19.71%) SQL
3 99 (18.23%) Python
4 86 (15.84%) JavaScript
5 63 (11.60%) C#
6 31 (5.71%) TypeScript
7 18 (3.31%) Go
8 12 (2.21%) Bash
9 11 (2.03%) C++
10 10 (1.84%) PHP
10 10 (1.84%) PowerShell
11 6 (1.10%) Apex Code
11 6 (1.10%) Groovy
12 4 (0.74%) C
12 4 (0.74%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.74%) SOQL
12 4 (0.74%) Swift
13 3 (0.55%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.55%) SOSL
14 2 (0.37%) R
Qualifications
1 68 (12.52%) Security Cleared
2 55 (10.13%) Degree
3 54 (9.94%) SC Cleared
4 26 (4.79%) DV Cleared
5 20 (3.68%) Master's Degree
6 13 (2.39%) PMI Certification
7 10 (1.84%) DBS Check
8 8 (1.47%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.47%) HNC
8 8 (1.47%) PMP
9 6 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.92%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 5 (0.92%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.74%) MBA
11 4 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 2 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.37%) Chartered Engineer
12 2 (0.37%) CSPO
13 1 (0.18%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (7.37%) Data Quality
2 26 (4.79%) QA
3 10 (1.84%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.66%) GDPR
5 8 (1.47%) PMO
6 7 (1.29%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.37%) SLA
9 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.18%) GRC
9 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.18%) WCAG
System Software
1 49 (9.02%) Docker
2 3 (0.55%) Ceph
3 1 (0.18%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.18%) Firmware
3 1 (0.18%) NFS
3 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 63 (11.60%) Terraform
2 53 (9.76%) Kubernetes
3 29 (5.34%) Ansible
4 10 (1.84%) Argo
5 9 (1.66%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.10%) Grafana
7 4 (0.74%) Istio
8 3 (0.55%) Check_MK
8 3 (0.55%) Podman
9 2 (0.37%) Puppet
10 1 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.18%) linkerd
10 1 (0.18%) Nagios
10 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 80 (14.73%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.50%) Salesforce
3 18 (3.31%) Databricks
4 17 (3.13%) Splunk
5 14 (2.58%) ServiceNow
6 11 (2.03%) AppDynamics
6 11 (2.03%) Google
6 11 (2.03%) Oracle
7 9 (1.66%) Adobe
8 7 (1.29%) Pega
9 6 (1.10%) Red Hat
10 5 (0.92%) SAP
11 4 (0.74%) NEC
12 3 (0.55%) Apple
12 3 (0.55%) Dell
12 3 (0.55%) Facebook
12 3 (0.55%) LogicMonitor
13 2 (0.37%) OpenAI
13 2 (0.37%) SaltStack
13 2 (0.37%) YouTube