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 27 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 3 1
Rank change year-on-year -11 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 512 587 1,085
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 7.84% 23.40% 22.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.64% 25.41% 27.55%
Number of salaries quoted 382 263 615
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,147
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £47,193
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,347 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.61% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,400 £92,500
North West median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - +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 4,810 2,310 3,939
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 73.67% 92.07% 82.39%
Number of salaries quoted 3,791 1,339 2,729
10th Percentile £33,000 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £41,250
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 £68,750
90th Percentile £98,500 £87,550 £82,500
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,055 £51,000
% change year-on-year +9.88% -1.85% -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 27 July 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 27 July 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 17 £67,500 +3.85% 3
Ashton-under-Lyne +1 14 £51,000 - 2
Oldham -1 7 £67,500 +19.46% 2
Salford -11 7 £74,651 - 2
Stockport -8 4 £55,000 -12.00% 2
Bury 0 3 £92,482 - 3
Bolton -12 3 £55,000 -26.67% 5
Wigan -4 2 £77,500 - 1
Rochdale -2 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 37 (7.23%) Confluence
2 19 (3.71%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.95%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.98%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 5 (0.98%) Apache
4 5 (0.98%) CMS
4 5 (0.98%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.59%) GeoServer
5 3 (0.59%) nginx
5 3 (0.59%) WordPress
6 2 (0.39%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.39%) CICS
6 2 (0.39%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.20%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.20%) IIS
7 1 (0.20%) JBoss
7 1 (0.20%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 7 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (1.37%) Trello
2 6 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.39%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.39%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.20%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.39%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 160 (31.25%) Azure
2 141 (27.54%) AWS
3 65 (12.70%) Azure DevOps
4 40 (7.81%) Serverless
5 36 (7.03%) Power Platform
6 35 (6.84%) SaaS
7 32 (6.25%) GitHub
8 29 (5.66%) GCP
9 25 (4.88%) AWS CloudFormation
10 19 (3.71%) Power Automate
11 18 (3.52%) Microsoft 365
12 17 (3.32%) Microsoft Copilot
13 15 (2.93%) PowerApps
14 13 (2.54%) dbt
15 11 (2.15%) Amazon S3
15 11 (2.15%) Anthropic Claude
15 11 (2.15%) AWS Lambda
15 11 (2.15%) Dynamics 365
16 9 (1.76%) Copilot Studio
17 8 (1.56%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.39%) AMQP
2 1 (0.20%) Fibre Channel
2 1 (0.20%) HTTP
2 1 (0.20%) iSCSI
2 1 (0.20%) LAN
2 1 (0.20%) LTE
2 1 (0.20%) Network Security
2 1 (0.20%) SAN
2 1 (0.20%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.20%) SSL
2 1 (0.20%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.20%) WAN
2 1 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (2.93%) MongoDB
2 15 (2.93%) NoSQL
2 15 (2.93%) SQL Server
3 14 (2.73%) Power BI
4 13 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (2.15%) Azure SQL Database
5 11 (2.15%) DynamoDB
6 9 (1.76%) Relational Database
7 7 (1.37%) BigQuery
7 7 (1.37%) Elasticsearch
7 7 (1.37%) MySQL
8 6 (1.17%) Big Data
9 4 (0.78%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.78%) Data Mining
9 4 (0.78%) Flink
10 3 (0.59%) Geospatial Data
10 3 (0.59%) GIS
10 3 (0.59%) QGIS
11 2 (0.39%) Db2
Development Applications
1 62 (12.11%) JIRA
2 47 (9.18%) Git
3 19 (3.71%) GitLab
4 17 (3.32%) Jenkins
5 12 (2.34%) Claude Code
6 11 (2.15%) Postman
7 9 (1.76%) JUnit
7 9 (1.76%) Spock
8 8 (1.56%) Bitbucket
9 7 (1.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (0.78%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.59%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.59%) Maven
12 2 (0.39%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.39%) MSTest
12 2 (0.39%) NUnit
12 2 (0.39%) Vagrant
12 2 (0.39%) XCUITest
13 1 (0.20%) Gemini Tracker
13 1 (0.20%) REST Assured
General
1 133 (25.98%) Social Skills
2 117 (22.85%) Finance
3 53 (10.35%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (8.01%) Public Sector
5 34 (6.64%) Marketing
6 25 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (3.32%) Influencing Skills
8 16 (3.13%) Retail
9 15 (2.93%) Banking
10 12 (2.34%) Games
10 12 (2.34%) Law
11 11 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (1.76%) Advertising
13 8 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.17%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.98%) Local Government
15 5 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.98%) Publishing
15 5 (0.98%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.78%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 112 (21.88%) Senior
2 95 (18.55%) Developer
3 60 (11.72%) Software Engineer
4 42 (8.20%) Lead
4 42 (8.20%) Senior Developer
5 32 (6.25%) Project Manager
6 29 (5.66%) Data Engineer
7 28 (5.47%) Analyst
8 27 (5.27%) Business Analyst
8 27 (5.27%) Java Developer
9 26 (5.08%) Engineering Manager
10 21 (4.10%) Delivery Manager
11 20 (3.91%) Cloud Engineer
11 20 (3.91%) Lead Software Engineer
12 18 (3.52%) Java Engineer
12 18 (3.52%) Product Owner
13 17 (3.32%) Senior Software Engineer
14 16 (3.13%) DevOps Engineer
14 16 (3.13%) Senior Data Engineer
14 16 (3.13%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (11.52%) .NET
2 44 (8.59%) HTML
3 41 (8.01%) Spring
4 38 (7.42%) Node.js
5 37 (7.23%) CSS
6 34 (6.64%) AngularJS
7 30 (5.86%) React
7 30 (5.86%) Spring Boot
8 23 (4.49%) REST
9 16 (3.13%) RESTful
10 15 (2.93%) Kafka
11 12 (2.34%) ASP.NET
12 11 (2.15%) Vue
13 10 (1.95%) Microsoft Graph
13 10 (1.95%) PySpark
14 9 (1.76%) ASP.NET Core
14 9 (1.76%) Entity Framework
15 8 (1.56%) HTML5 Canvas
15 8 (1.56%) SPFx
16 7 (1.37%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 62 (12.11%) Product Ownership
2 44 (8.59%) Cloud Native
3 21 (4.10%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (2.93%) Enterprise Software
4 15 (2.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 12 (2.34%) Mobile App
5 12 (2.34%) Onboarding
6 11 (2.15%) Marketing Technology
7 10 (1.95%) Private Cloud
8 9 (1.76%) Driving Licence
9 7 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.17%) PMI
10 6 (1.17%) Social Media
10 6 (1.17%) Virtual Team
11 5 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.78%) Cyber Defence
12 4 (0.78%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (0.78%) IVR
12 4 (0.78%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 20 (3.91%) Linux
2 7 (1.37%) Windows
3 5 (0.98%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.78%) Android
5 2 (0.39%) CentOS
5 2 (0.39%) Debian
5 2 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.39%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.20%) Unix
6 1 (0.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (32.23%) DevOps
2 162 (31.64%) CI/CD
3 135 (26.37%) Continuous Improvement
4 127 (24.80%) Scrum
5 106 (20.70%) AI
6 97 (18.95%) Software Engineering
7 94 (18.36%) Stakeholder Management
8 75 (14.65%) Problem-Solving
9 74 (14.45%) Roadmaps
9 74 (14.45%) TDD
10 66 (12.89%) Mentoring
11 62 (12.11%) Test Automation
12 61 (11.91%) Kanban
13 60 (11.72%) Coaching
14 57 (11.13%) Microservices
15 53 (10.35%) Collaborative Culture
16 51 (9.96%) Decision-Making
16 51 (9.96%) Full-Stack Development
17 48 (9.38%) Infrastructure as Code
18 47 (9.18%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 106 (20.70%) Java
2 99 (19.34%) SQL
3 91 (17.77%) Python
4 76 (14.84%) JavaScript
5 57 (11.13%) C#
6 28 (5.47%) TypeScript
7 13 (2.54%) Go
8 12 (2.34%) Bash
9 10 (1.95%) PowerShell
10 9 (1.76%) C++
11 8 (1.56%) PHP
12 5 (0.98%) Apex Code
12 5 (0.98%) Groovy
13 4 (0.78%) SOQL
14 3 (0.59%) C
14 3 (0.59%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.59%) SOSL
14 3 (0.59%) Swift
15 2 (0.39%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.39%) Scala
Qualifications
1 63 (12.30%) Security Cleared
2 50 (9.77%) SC Cleared
3 41 (8.01%) Degree
4 23 (4.49%) DV Cleared
5 16 (3.13%) PMI Certification
6 15 (2.93%) Master's Degree
7 10 (1.95%) PMP
8 8 (1.56%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (0.98%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 5 (0.98%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.78%) MBA
10 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.39%) Chartered Engineer
11 2 (0.39%) CSPO
11 2 (0.39%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.20%) SAFe Agilist
12 1 (0.20%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.05%) Data Quality
2 25 (4.88%) QA
3 10 (1.95%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.76%) GDPR
5 7 (1.37%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.17%) PMO
7 2 (0.39%) SLA
8 1 (0.20%) GRC
8 1 (0.20%) ITGC
8 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.20%) WCAG
System Software
1 46 (8.98%) Docker
2 3 (0.59%) Ceph
3 1 (0.20%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.20%) Firmware
3 1 (0.20%) NFS
3 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 62 (12.11%) Terraform
2 50 (9.77%) Kubernetes
3 27 (5.27%) Ansible
4 9 (1.76%) Argo
4 9 (1.76%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.17%) Grafana
6 4 (0.78%) Istio
7 3 (0.59%) Check_MK
7 3 (0.59%) Podman
8 2 (0.39%) Packer
8 2 (0.39%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.39%) Puppet
9 1 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.20%) AWS Copilot
9 1 (0.20%) linkerd
9 1 (0.20%) Nagios
9 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 77 (15.04%) Microsoft
2 17 (3.32%) Salesforce
3 15 (2.93%) ServiceNow
3 15 (2.93%) Splunk
4 14 (2.73%) Databricks
5 10 (1.95%) Adobe
5 10 (1.95%) Google
6 9 (1.76%) AppDynamics
6 9 (1.76%) Oracle
7 7 (1.37%) Pega
8 6 (1.17%) Red Hat
9 5 (0.98%) SAP
10 3 (0.59%) Dell
10 3 (0.59%) Facebook
10 3 (0.59%) LogicMonitor
11 2 (0.39%) Apple
11 2 (0.39%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.39%) OpenAI
11 2 (0.39%) SaltStack
11 2 (0.39%) WSO2