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 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 3 1
Rank change year-on-year -16 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 294 566 789
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 9.36% 21.85% 24.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.01% 23.12% 27.35%
Number of salaries quoted 223 242 643
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,775 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,625 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,375
90th Percentile £87,500 £88,625 £86,250
North West median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +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 2,448 2,448 2,885
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 77.94% 94.52% 89.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,501 1,162 2,374
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,525 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,988 £42,238
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 29 January 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 29 January 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 +9 6 £50,000 -9.09% 2
Oldham +2 3 £55,000 -18.52% 2
Salford -20 3 £74,830 +25.91% 14
Bury - 2 - -
Stockport -4 1 £55,000 - 5
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 11 (3.74%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.06%) Confluence
3 7 (2.38%) Apache Spark
4 6 (2.04%) Apache
5 3 (1.02%) CMS
6 2 (0.68%) nginx
7 1 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.34%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.34%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.34%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 12 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.68%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.68%) Sketch
4 1 (0.34%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.34%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.34%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 108 (36.73%) Azure
2 83 (28.23%) AWS
3 46 (15.65%) SaaS
4 31 (10.54%) Power Platform
5 26 (8.84%) GCP
6 25 (8.50%) Serverless
7 15 (5.10%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (4.76%) Figma
8 14 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
9 12 (4.08%) AWS CloudFormation
10 11 (3.74%) AWS Lambda
10 11 (3.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 11 (3.74%) Azure Functions
10 11 (3.74%) Azure Logic Apps
10 11 (3.74%) Azure Service Bus
11 10 (3.40%) Amazon EKS
11 10 (3.40%) Entra ID
12 9 (3.06%) Azure Monitor
13 8 (2.72%) Azure AKS
13 8 (2.72%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.72%) HTTP
2 4 (1.36%) AMQP
2 4 (1.36%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.02%) SSH
4 2 (0.68%) DNS
4 2 (0.68%) Firewall
4 2 (0.68%) OpenVPN
4 2 (0.68%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (9.18%) NoSQL
2 16 (5.44%) Power BI
3 13 (4.42%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (4.42%) MongoDB
4 12 (4.08%) MySQL
5 8 (2.72%) Big Data
6 7 (2.38%) Data Lake
6 7 (2.38%) Hadoop
7 6 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (2.04%) SQL Server
8 5 (1.70%) Relational Database
9 4 (1.36%) Cloudera CDH
9 4 (1.36%) DynamoDB
9 4 (1.36%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.68%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.68%) Apache Iceberg
11 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.34%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 28 (9.52%) Git
2 17 (5.78%) JIRA
3 8 (2.72%) GitLab
4 7 (2.38%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.36%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.36%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.36%) JUnit
5 4 (1.36%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.68%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.68%) JMeter
6 2 (0.68%) Postman
6 2 (0.68%) Selenium
7 1 (0.34%) Appium
7 1 (0.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.34%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.34%) Gatling
7 1 (0.34%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.34%) Locust
7 1 (0.34%) REST Assured
General
1 79 (26.87%) Social Skills
2 63 (21.43%) Finance
3 36 (12.24%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (6.80%) Public Sector
5 14 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (4.76%) Law
6 12 (4.08%) Banking
6 12 (4.08%) Marketing
7 10 (3.40%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (2.72%) Retail
9 7 (2.38%) Electronics
10 6 (2.04%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.70%) Games
11 5 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.70%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.36%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.36%) Legal
13 2 (0.68%) Billing
13 2 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 70 (23.81%) Developer
2 67 (22.79%) Senior
3 40 (13.61%) Lead
4 35 (11.90%) Software Engineer
5 24 (8.16%) Senior Developer
6 20 (6.80%) Data Engineer
7 19 (6.46%) Analyst
8 15 (5.10%) Project Manager
9 12 (4.08%) .NET Developer
10 11 (3.74%) Java Developer
10 11 (3.74%) Senior Data Engineer
10 11 (3.74%) Senior Software Engineer
10 11 (3.74%) Software Developer
11 10 (3.40%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 9 (3.06%) Cloud Engineer
12 9 (3.06%) Platform Engineer
13 8 (2.72%) Full-Stack Developer
13 8 (2.72%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 8 (2.72%) Lead Software Engineer
13 8 (2.72%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (20.41%) React
2 57 (19.39%) .NET
3 37 (12.59%) REST
4 32 (10.88%) CSS
5 28 (9.52%) HTML
6 25 (8.50%) AngularJS
6 25 (8.50%) Node.js
7 24 (8.16%) Spring
8 23 (7.82%) Spring Boot
9 22 (7.48%) RESTful
10 13 (4.42%) Kafka
11 12 (4.08%) .NET Framework
12 9 (3.06%) Web Services
13 8 (2.72%) gRPC
14 7 (2.38%) Hibernate
15 6 (2.04%) ASP.NET
15 6 (2.04%) ASP.NET Core
15 6 (2.04%) JSON
16 5 (1.70%) .NET Core
16 5 (1.70%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 31 (10.54%) Cloud Native
2 30 (10.20%) Product Ownership
3 24 (8.16%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (4.42%) Mobile App
5 11 (3.74%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (3.06%) Social Media
7 7 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.70%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.36%) Client/Server
10 4 (1.36%) Distributed Computing
10 4 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.36%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.02%) IoT
11 3 (1.02%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.68%) Data Centre
12 2 (0.68%) Housing Association
12 2 (0.68%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.68%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.42%) Windows
2 12 (4.08%) Linux
3 4 (1.36%) CentOS
3 4 (1.36%) Debian
3 4 (1.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (1.36%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.34%) Android
4 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (30.95%) CI/CD
2 78 (26.53%) DevOps
3 70 (23.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 67 (22.79%) Software Engineering
5 57 (19.39%) Problem-Solving
6 55 (18.71%) Microservices
7 50 (17.01%) Mentoring
8 47 (15.99%) User Experience
9 44 (14.97%) Scrum
10 41 (13.95%) AI
11 40 (13.61%) Containerisation
12 37 (12.59%) Full-Stack Development
13 35 (11.90%) Coaching
14 34 (11.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 34 (11.56%) TDD
15 32 (10.88%) Clean Code
15 32 (10.88%) Infrastructure as Code
16 30 (10.20%) Stakeholder Management
17 29 (9.86%) Decision-Making
18 27 (9.18%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 55 (18.71%) JavaScript
2 54 (18.37%) C#
3 51 (17.35%) Java
4 42 (14.29%) SQL
5 39 (13.27%) TypeScript
6 38 (12.93%) Python
7 7 (2.38%) Go
8 4 (1.36%) C++
8 4 (1.36%) Scala
9 3 (1.02%) Bicep
9 3 (1.02%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.68%) Bash
10 2 (0.68%) C
10 2 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.68%) PHP
10 2 (0.68%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.34%) Groovy
11 1 (0.34%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 36 (12.24%) Security Cleared
2 25 (8.50%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.42%) DV Cleared
4 9 (3.06%) DBS Check
4 9 (3.06%) Degree
4 9 (3.06%) PMI Certification
5 8 (2.72%) PMP
6 5 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.36%) ACCA
7 4 (1.36%) CIMA
8 3 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.68%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.34%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.34%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.34%) SAFe Agilist
10 1 (0.34%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (9.18%) Accessibility
2 21 (7.14%) QA
3 5 (1.70%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.70%) PMO
4 2 (0.68%) WCAG
5 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.34%) GDPR
5 1 (0.34%) GxP
5 1 (0.34%) HL7
5 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.34%) NIST
5 1 (0.34%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (8.50%) Docker
2 12 (4.08%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.34%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 39 (13.27%) Terraform
2 32 (10.88%) Kubernetes
3 13 (4.42%) Ansible
4 8 (2.72%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (2.72%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.36%) Puppet
6 3 (1.02%) Rancher
7 1 (0.34%) Grafana
7 1 (0.34%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 34 (11.56%) Microsoft
2 10 (3.40%) Databricks
3 9 (3.06%) SAP
3 9 (3.06%) Splunk
4 8 (2.72%) New Relic
5 7 (2.38%) Adobe
5 7 (2.38%) Qualtrics
5 7 (2.38%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.04%) Google
7 5 (1.70%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.36%) Atlassian
8 4 (1.36%) Oracle
8 4 (1.36%) Red Hat
8 4 (1.36%) SaltStack
9 2 (0.68%) Bloomberg
9 2 (0.68%) Dell
9 2 (0.68%) Informatica
9 2 (0.68%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.68%) Pega
9 2 (0.68%) SnapLogic