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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 3 1
Rank change year-on-year -12 -2 +1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 539 577 1,038
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 7.88% 23.16% 23.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.59% 25.40% 28.25%
Number of salaries quoted 398 264 526
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,999 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.08% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £76,184
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 5,089 2,272 3,674
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 74.37% 91.21% 82.08%
Number of salaries quoted 4,008 1,315 2,394
10th Percentile £33,000 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £42,037
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 £69,950
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 11 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 11 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 16 £65,000 - 2
Ashton-under-Lyne +1 15 £51,000 - 4
Salford -8 11 £46,000 - 7
Oldham -1 10 £67,500 +19.46%
Stockport -6 5 £55,000 -12.00% 5
Bury 0 3 £92,482 - 1
Bolton -12 3 £55,000 -26.67% 4
Wigan -4 2 £77,500 -
Rochdale -3 1 £55,000 - 1
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 (6.68%) Confluence
2 20 (3.71%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.41%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (1.67%) Apache
5 5 (0.93%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.93%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.74%) CMS
7 3 (0.56%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.56%) 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 (0.19%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.19%) JBoss
9 1 (0.19%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 8 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.30%) Trello
3 6 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.11%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.37%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.37%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.19%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.74%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 175 (32.47%) Azure
2 147 (27.27%) AWS
3 74 (13.73%) Azure DevOps
4 40 (7.42%) Power Platform
4 40 (7.42%) Serverless
5 38 (7.05%) GitHub
5 38 (7.05%) SaaS
6 33 (6.12%) GCP
7 26 (4.82%) AWS CloudFormation
8 23 (4.27%) Power Automate
9 21 (3.90%) Microsoft Copilot
10 19 (3.53%) Microsoft 365
11 18 (3.34%) PowerApps
12 16 (2.97%) dbt
13 15 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
14 14 (2.60%) Snowflake
15 12 (2.23%) AWS Lambda
16 11 (2.04%) Amazon S3
16 11 (2.04%) Anthropic Claude
16 11 (2.04%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.37%) AMQP
1 2 (0.37%) HTTP
2 1 (0.19%) Fibre Channel
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 19 (3.53%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (2.97%) MongoDB
2 16 (2.97%) SQL Server
3 15 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (2.78%) DynamoDB
4 14 (2.60%) Power BI
5 13 (2.41%) NoSQL
6 12 (2.23%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (1.67%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.30%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (1.11%) Big Data
9 6 (1.11%) BigQuery
9 6 (1.11%) MySQL
10 4 (0.74%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.74%) Data Mining
10 4 (0.74%) Flink
11 3 (0.56%) Geospatial Data
11 3 (0.56%) GIS
11 3 (0.56%) QGIS
12 2 (0.37%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 63 (11.69%) JIRA
2 51 (9.46%) Git
3 22 (4.08%) GitLab
4 18 (3.34%) Jenkins
5 12 (2.23%) Claude Code
6 11 (2.04%) JUnit
6 11 (2.04%) Postman
6 11 (2.04%) Spock
7 8 (1.48%) Bitbucket
8 7 (1.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 5 (0.93%) IntelliJ
10 4 (0.74%) Maven
11 3 (0.56%) Eclipse
12 2 (0.37%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.37%) MSTest
12 2 (0.37%) NUnit
12 2 (0.37%) XCUITest
13 1 (0.19%) Gemini Tracker
13 1 (0.19%) Octopus Deploy
13 1 (0.19%) REST Assured
General
1 139 (25.79%) Social Skills
2 121 (22.45%) Finance
3 55 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (7.79%) Public Sector
5 34 (6.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 33 (6.12%) Marketing
7 19 (3.53%) Influencing Skills
7 19 (3.53%) Retail
8 17 (3.15%) Law
9 14 (2.60%) Banking
10 13 (2.41%) Telecoms
11 12 (2.23%) Games
12 11 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (1.48%) Advertising
13 8 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.11%) Local Government
14 6 (1.11%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.11%) Publishing
15 5 (0.93%) Legal
15 5 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 124 (23.01%) Senior
2 105 (19.48%) Developer
3 59 (10.95%) Software Engineer
4 47 (8.72%) Senior Developer
5 44 (8.16%) Lead
6 33 (6.12%) Project Manager
7 30 (5.57%) Analyst
8 29 (5.38%) Business Analyst
8 29 (5.38%) Engineering Manager
9 27 (5.01%) Data Engineer
10 26 (4.82%) Java Developer
11 24 (4.45%) Delivery Manager
12 20 (3.71%) Cloud Engineer
12 20 (3.71%) Senior Software Engineer
13 19 (3.53%) Lead Software Engineer
14 18 (3.34%) Product Owner
15 17 (3.15%) Software Developer
16 16 (2.97%) DevOps Engineer
16 16 (2.97%) Microsoft 365 Developer
17 15 (2.78%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (11.69%) .NET
2 47 (8.72%) HTML
3 42 (7.79%) Spring
4 39 (7.24%) CSS
5 38 (7.05%) Node.js
6 34 (6.31%) AngularJS
7 31 (5.75%) React
8 29 (5.38%) Spring Boot
9 27 (5.01%) REST
10 15 (2.78%) Kafka
10 15 (2.78%) RESTful
11 14 (2.60%) ASP.NET
12 11 (2.04%) Microsoft Graph
13 10 (1.86%) ASP.NET Core
13 10 (1.86%) Vue
14 9 (1.67%) .NET Core
14 9 (1.67%) Entity Framework
14 9 (1.67%) HTML5 Canvas
14 9 (1.67%) PySpark
14 9 (1.67%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 68 (12.62%) Product Ownership
2 48 (8.91%) Cloud Native
3 23 (4.27%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (3.15%) Enterprise Software
5 16 (2.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 13 (2.41%) Onboarding
7 12 (2.23%) Marketing Technology
7 12 (2.23%) Mobile App
7 12 (2.23%) Private Cloud
8 9 (1.67%) Driving Licence
9 7 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.11%) PMI
10 6 (1.11%) Social Media
10 6 (1.11%) Virtual Team
11 5 (0.93%) Cyber Defence
11 5 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (0.93%) IoT
11 5 (0.93%) Management Information System
12 4 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.74%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (3.71%) Linux
2 7 (1.30%) Windows
3 6 (1.11%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.93%) 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
6 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (33.21%) DevOps
2 168 (31.17%) CI/CD
3 145 (26.90%) Continuous Improvement
4 130 (24.12%) Scrum
5 120 (22.26%) AI
6 104 (19.29%) Software Engineering
7 100 (18.55%) Stakeholder Management
8 86 (15.96%) Problem-Solving
9 73 (13.54%) Mentoring
9 73 (13.54%) Roadmaps
9 73 (13.54%) TDD
10 65 (12.06%) Test Automation
11 61 (11.32%) Kanban
12 60 (11.13%) Microservices
13 59 (10.95%) Coaching
14 55 (10.20%) Full-Stack Development
15 53 (9.83%) Collaborative Culture
16 51 (9.46%) Decision-Making
17 49 (9.09%) Project Delivery
17 49 (9.09%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 109 (20.22%) Java
2 105 (19.48%) SQL
3 98 (18.18%) Python
4 83 (15.40%) JavaScript
5 64 (11.87%) C#
6 30 (5.57%) TypeScript
7 17 (3.15%) Go
8 12 (2.23%) Bash
9 11 (2.04%) C++
10 10 (1.86%) PHP
10 10 (1.86%) PowerShell
11 6 (1.11%) Apex Code
11 6 (1.11%) Groovy
12 4 (0.74%) C
12 4 (0.74%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.74%) SOQL
12 4 (0.74%) Swift
13 3 (0.56%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.56%) SOSL
14 2 (0.37%) Scala
Qualifications
1 65 (12.06%) Security Cleared
2 54 (10.02%) Degree
3 51 (9.46%) SC Cleared
4 24 (4.45%) DV Cleared
5 19 (3.53%) Master's Degree
6 15 (2.78%) PMI Certification
7 10 (1.86%) DBS Check
8 9 (1.67%) PMP
9 8 (1.48%) AWS Certification
9 8 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (1.48%) HNC
10 6 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (0.93%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 5 (0.93%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.74%) MBA
12 4 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 2 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.37%) Chartered Engineer
13 2 (0.37%) CSPO
14 1 (0.19%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (7.24%) Data Quality
2 27 (5.01%) QA
3 10 (1.86%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.67%) GDPR
5 8 (1.48%) PMO
6 7 (1.30%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.37%) SLA
9 1 (0.19%) GRC
9 1 (0.19%) ITGC
9 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 49 (9.09%) Docker
2 3 (0.56%) 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 63 (11.69%) Terraform
2 52 (9.65%) Kubernetes
3 27 (5.01%) Ansible
4 10 (1.86%) Argo
5 9 (1.67%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.11%) Grafana
7 4 (0.74%) Istio
8 3 (0.56%) Check_MK
8 3 (0.56%) Podman
9 2 (0.37%) Puppet
10 1 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.19%) AWS Copilot
10 1 (0.19%) linkerd
10 1 (0.19%) Nagios
10 1 (0.19%) Packer
10 1 (0.19%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 80 (14.84%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.53%) Salesforce
3 17 (3.15%) Databricks
3 17 (3.15%) Splunk
4 14 (2.60%) ServiceNow
5 12 (2.23%) Google
6 11 (2.04%) AppDynamics
6 11 (2.04%) Oracle
7 9 (1.67%) Adobe
8 7 (1.30%) Pega
9 6 (1.11%) Red Hat
10 5 (0.93%) SAP
11 4 (0.74%) NEC
12 3 (0.56%) Apple
12 3 (0.56%) Dell
12 3 (0.56%) Facebook
12 3 (0.56%) LogicMonitor
13 2 (0.37%) MuleSoft
13 2 (0.37%) New Relic
13 2 (0.37%) OpenAI