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 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -19 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 282 654 610
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 10.71% 23.13% 28.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.85% 24.94% 30.39%
Number of salaries quoted 205 242 471
10th Percentile £46,250 £43,023 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,969 £49,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,232 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.92% -3.63% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,625
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £95,000
North West median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -4.17% +4.35%

All Process and 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 2,195 2,622 2,007
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 83.33% 92.75% 94.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,264 1,234 1,611
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,150 £33,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £43,328
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £55,000 £57,662
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -4.62% +0.28%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,988 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £51,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.91% -6.36% +0.42%

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 18 December 2025.

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 18 December 2025. 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 +8 10 £50,000 -9.09% 9
Oldham +4 6 £55,000 -18.52% 2
Stockport -1 4 £55,000 - 4
Salford -18 3 £74,830 +15.12% 12
Altrincham -15 2 £67,500 +22.73%
Bury - 2 - -
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 8 (2.84%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.48%) Confluence
3 5 (1.77%) Apache
4 4 (1.42%) Apache Spark
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 4 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.06%) Adobe XD
3 3 (1.06%) Sketch
4 2 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.35%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.35%) InVision
5 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.77%) 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
1 107 (37.94%) Azure
2 85 (30.14%) AWS
3 39 (13.83%) SaaS
4 32 (11.35%) Power Platform
5 29 (10.28%) GCP
6 24 (8.51%) Serverless
7 19 (6.74%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (4.61%) Figma
9 12 (4.26%) AWS Lambda
10 9 (3.19%) Amazon EKS
10 9 (3.19%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 9 (3.19%) Azure Monitor
10 9 (3.19%) Entra ID
10 9 (3.19%) GitHub
10 9 (3.19%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (2.84%) AWS CloudFormation
11 8 (2.84%) Azure Functions
11 8 (2.84%) Azure Logic Apps
11 8 (2.84%) Azure Service Bus
12 6 (2.13%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.48%) 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 17 (6.03%) Power BI
3 13 (4.61%) MongoDB
4 11 (3.90%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (3.55%) MySQL
6 9 (3.19%) SQL Server
7 5 (1.77%) Big Data
7 5 (1.77%) Data Lake
7 5 (1.77%) DynamoDB
7 5 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (1.42%) Hadoop
8 4 (1.42%) Relational Database
9 3 (1.06%) Cloudera CDH
9 3 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (1.06%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 3 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.71%) Apache Iceberg
10 2 (0.71%) DocumentDB
10 2 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 26 (9.22%) Git
2 16 (5.67%) JIRA
3 9 (3.19%) GitLab
4 8 (2.84%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.42%) JMeter
5 4 (1.42%) Visual Studio
6 3 (1.06%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.06%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.06%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.06%) Gatling
6 3 (1.06%) JUnit
6 3 (1.06%) Selenium
7 1 (0.35%) Appium
7 1 (0.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.35%) Axure RP
7 1 (0.35%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.35%) Locust
7 1 (0.35%) Postman
7 1 (0.35%) REST Assured
General
1 83 (29.43%) Social Skills
2 66 (23.40%) Finance
3 37 (13.12%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (11.70%) Public Sector
5 18 (6.38%) Law
6 13 (4.61%) Marketing
7 12 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (4.26%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (4.26%) Local Government
8 11 (3.90%) Banking
9 8 (2.84%) Retail
10 7 (2.48%) Electronics
11 6 (2.13%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.77%) Legal
12 5 (1.77%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.42%) Games
13 4 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (1.06%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.71%) Back Office
15 2 (0.71%) Billing
Job Titles
1 73 (25.89%) Senior
2 72 (25.53%) Developer
3 40 (14.18%) Lead
4 28 (9.93%) Software Engineer
5 25 (8.87%) Senior Developer
6 20 (7.09%) Analyst
6 20 (7.09%) Senior Manager
7 16 (5.67%) Project Manager
8 14 (4.96%) Data Engineer
8 14 (4.96%) Software Developer
9 13 (4.61%) Architect
10 12 (4.26%) .NET Developer
10 12 (4.26%) Audit Manager
10 12 (4.26%) Java Developer
10 12 (4.26%) Senior Audit Manager
11 10 (3.55%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 10 (3.55%) Principal Developer
12 9 (3.19%) AWS Architect
12 9 (3.19%) Senior Software Engineer
12 9 (3.19%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (19.86%) .NET
2 50 (17.73%) React
3 32 (11.35%) CSS
4 28 (9.93%) HTML
5 27 (9.57%) REST
6 23 (8.16%) AngularJS
7 22 (7.80%) RESTful
8 20 (7.09%) Node.js
8 20 (7.09%) Spring
8 20 (7.09%) Spring Boot
9 13 (4.61%) .NET Framework
9 13 (4.61%) Kafka
10 8 (2.84%) Web Services
11 7 (2.48%) .NET Core
11 7 (2.48%) ASP.NET
11 7 (2.48%) Hibernate
12 6 (2.13%) ASP.NET Core
12 6 (2.13%) gRPC
13 5 (1.77%) Entity Framework
13 5 (1.77%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 36 (12.77%) Cloud Native
2 27 (9.57%) Product Ownership
3 21 (7.45%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (3.90%) Mobile App
4 11 (3.90%) Social Media
5 10 (3.55%) Management Information System
6 9 (3.19%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.42%) Client/Server
9 4 (1.42%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.42%) Low-Code
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%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.71%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.61%) Windows
2 11 (3.90%) 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 93 (32.98%) CI/CD
2 80 (28.37%) DevOps
3 66 (23.40%) Continuous Improvement
4 58 (20.57%) Microservices
4 58 (20.57%) Software Engineering
5 56 (19.86%) Problem-Solving
6 53 (18.79%) Mentoring
7 48 (17.02%) User Experience
8 44 (15.60%) Coaching
9 41 (14.54%) Containerisation
10 39 (13.83%) Scrum
11 36 (12.77%) Roadmaps
12 34 (12.06%) AI
13 33 (11.70%) Clean Code
13 33 (11.70%) Full-Stack Development
13 33 (11.70%) Infrastructure as Code
14 30 (10.64%) Decision-Making
14 30 (10.64%) SDLC
14 30 (10.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 28 (9.93%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 57 (20.21%) C#
2 49 (17.38%) JavaScript
3 45 (15.96%) Java
4 40 (14.18%) SQL
5 37 (13.12%) Python
5 37 (13.12%) TypeScript
6 6 (2.13%) PowerShell
7 5 (1.77%) Go
8 4 (1.42%) Bash
8 4 (1.42%) C++
9 3 (1.06%) Bicep
9 3 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (1.06%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.71%) C
10 2 (0.71%) PHP
10 2 (0.71%) Scala
11 1 (0.35%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 28 (9.93%) Security Cleared
2 21 (7.45%) SC Cleared
3 18 (6.38%) ACCA
4 11 (3.90%) DBS Check
4 11 (3.90%) Degree
5 9 (3.19%) DV Cleared
5 9 (3.19%) PMI Certification
5 9 (3.19%) PMP
6 7 (2.48%) AWS Certification
6 7 (2.48%) Azure Certification
7 6 (2.13%) CIMA
8 4 (1.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.06%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.71%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 2 (0.71%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.71%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.35%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (9.22%) Accessibility
2 22 (7.80%) QA
3 12 (4.26%) GAAP
3 12 (4.26%) IFRS
4 5 (1.77%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.77%) GDPR
4 5 (1.77%) NIST
5 4 (1.42%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.71%) PMO
6 2 (0.71%) WCAG
7 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.35%) GxP
7 1 (0.35%) HL7
7 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.35%) SLA
System Software
1 37 (13.12%) Docker
2 11 (3.90%) 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%) Kubernetes
2 34 (12.06%) Terraform
3 11 (3.90%) Ansible
4 6 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (2.13%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.06%) Grafana
5 3 (1.06%) Puppet
6 2 (0.71%) Rancher
7 1 (0.35%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 33 (11.70%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.26%) Google
3 9 (3.19%) SAP
4 7 (2.48%) Adobe
4 7 (2.48%) Splunk
5 6 (2.13%) Databricks
5 6 (2.13%) New Relic
5 6 (2.13%) Qualtrics
5 6 (2.13%) Salesforce
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