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 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -18 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 399 478 1,059
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 8.20% 23.44% 22.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.18% 24.58% 25.49%
Number of salaries quoted 294 290 852
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,000
25th Percentile £52,000 £52,625 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £75,772
90th Percentile £87,500 £93,778 £90,000
North West median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% +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 3,568 1,945 4,155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 73.33% 95.39% 86.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2,430 1,256 3,354
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,625 £90,822 £82,500
North West median annual salary £52,500 £53,125 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.18% +6.25% -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 16 April 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 16 April 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 -7 10 £77,500 +44.19% 2
Bolton -1 5 £50,000 -33.33% 3
Salford -10 5 £74,651 +11.19% 4
Bury -6 3 £92,482 - 1
Oldham - 3 £55,000 - 1
Stockport -7 2 - - 3
Rochdale -6 1 £55,000 +4.76%
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 27 (6.77%) Confluence
2 11 (2.76%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.75%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.50%) Apache
5 4 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.75%) CMS
6 3 (0.75%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.50%) CICS
7 2 (0.50%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.25%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.25%) PegaRULES
8 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.75%) Sketch
3 2 (0.50%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.25%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.25%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 133 (33.33%) Azure
2 100 (25.06%) AWS
3 49 (12.28%) SaaS
4 31 (7.77%) Serverless
5 29 (7.27%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (6.52%) GCP
7 24 (6.02%) Power Platform
8 20 (5.01%) AWS CloudFormation
9 15 (3.76%) Amazon EKS
10 14 (3.51%) Azure AKS
10 14 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
11 12 (3.01%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 12 (3.01%) Azure Functions
11 12 (3.01%) Azure Logic Apps
11 12 (3.01%) Azure Service Bus
12 11 (2.76%) GitHub
13 10 (2.51%) Azure Monitor
13 10 (2.51%) Figma
14 9 (2.26%) Anthropic Claude
14 9 (2.26%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.75%) HTTP
2 5 (1.25%) AMQP
2 5 (1.25%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.50%) OpenVPN
3 2 (0.50%) SSH
4 1 (0.25%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (8.27%) NoSQL
2 14 (3.51%) MySQL
3 13 (3.26%) MongoDB
4 12 (3.01%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (2.76%) Power BI
6 9 (2.26%) Relational Database
7 8 (2.01%) Data Lake
7 8 (2.01%) SQL Server
8 7 (1.75%) Big Data
8 7 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.75%) Hadoop
9 6 (1.50%) DynamoDB
10 5 (1.25%) Cloudera CDH
10 5 (1.25%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.75%) Geospatial Data
11 3 (0.75%) GIS
11 3 (0.75%) QGIS
12 2 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.50%) DB2
12 2 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 45 (11.28%) Git
2 42 (10.53%) JIRA
3 11 (2.76%) Jenkins
4 9 (2.26%) Claude Code
4 9 (2.26%) GitLab
4 9 (2.26%) Postman
5 5 (1.25%) Visual Studio
6 4 (1.00%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.75%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.75%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.75%) IntelliJ
7 3 (0.75%) JUnit
8 2 (0.50%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.50%) Selenium
8 2 (0.50%) Vagrant
8 2 (0.50%) XCUITest
9 1 (0.25%) GDB
9 1 (0.25%) Locust
9 1 (0.25%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.25%) WinDbg
General
1 88 (22.06%) Finance
2 87 (21.80%) Social Skills
3 31 (7.77%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (6.77%) Public Sector
5 21 (5.26%) Marketing
6 20 (5.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (4.01%) Banking
8 13 (3.26%) Law
9 11 (2.76%) Games
10 9 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (1.75%) Advertising
13 6 (1.50%) Aerospace
14 5 (1.25%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.25%) Retail
15 4 (1.00%) Electronics
15 4 (1.00%) Legal
15 4 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (1.00%) Retail Banking
16 3 (0.75%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 95 (23.81%) Senior
2 67 (16.79%) Developer
3 65 (16.29%) Software Engineer
4 50 (12.53%) Lead
5 29 (7.27%) Project Manager
5 29 (7.27%) Senior Developer
6 23 (5.76%) Data Engineer
7 22 (5.51%) Lead Software Engineer
8 19 (4.76%) Analyst
8 19 (4.76%) Java Developer
9 18 (4.51%) Senior Data Engineer
10 16 (4.01%) Java Engineer
10 16 (4.01%) Marketing Manager
10 16 (4.01%) Senior Software Engineer
11 15 (3.76%) Cloud Engineer
11 15 (3.76%) Delivery Manager
12 14 (3.51%) Business Analyst
13 13 (3.26%) .NET Developer
14 12 (3.01%) Full-Stack Developer
14 12 (3.01%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (14.29%) .NET
2 51 (12.78%) React
3 34 (8.52%) REST
4 32 (8.02%) CSS
5 31 (7.77%) Spring
6 30 (7.52%) AngularJS
6 30 (7.52%) HTML
6 30 (7.52%) Node.js
6 30 (7.52%) Spring Boot
7 29 (7.27%) RESTful
8 15 (3.76%) .NET Framework
9 13 (3.26%) Kafka
10 8 (2.01%) gRPC
10 8 (2.01%) Vue
10 8 (2.01%) Web Services
11 6 (1.50%) CSS3
11 6 (1.50%) HTML5
12 5 (1.25%) Hibernate
12 5 (1.25%) RabbitMQ
12 5 (1.25%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 50 (12.53%) Product Ownership
2 31 (7.77%) Cloud Native
3 27 (6.77%) Distributed Systems
4 16 (4.01%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (3.76%) Mobile App
6 10 (2.51%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.50%) Low-Code
8 6 (1.50%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.25%) Driving Licence
9 5 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.25%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.00%) Client/Server
10 4 (1.00%) Distributed Computing
10 4 (1.00%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (1.00%) PMI
10 4 (1.00%) Social Media
11 3 (0.75%) IoT
11 3 (0.75%) Public Cloud
11 3 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.01%) Linux
2 11 (2.76%) Windows
3 5 (1.25%) CentOS
3 5 (1.25%) Debian
3 5 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (1.25%) Ubuntu
4 2 (0.50%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.25%) Android
5 1 (0.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (30.08%) CI/CD
2 107 (26.82%) DevOps
3 97 (24.31%) Scrum
4 93 (23.31%) Software Engineering
5 89 (22.31%) Continuous Improvement
6 63 (15.79%) Microservices
7 56 (14.04%) TDD
8 51 (12.78%) Roadmaps
8 51 (12.78%) Stakeholder Management
9 49 (12.28%) AI
9 49 (12.28%) Coaching
10 48 (12.03%) Kanban
10 48 (12.03%) Mentoring
11 42 (10.53%) Clean Code
11 42 (10.53%) Full-Stack Development
12 41 (10.28%) Problem-Solving
13 40 (10.03%) Project Management
14 39 (9.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 38 (9.52%) Containerisation
16 37 (9.27%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 84 (21.05%) Java
2 65 (16.29%) SQL
3 63 (15.79%) JavaScript
4 61 (15.29%) Python
5 47 (11.78%) C#
6 29 (7.27%) TypeScript
7 10 (2.51%) C++
8 4 (1.00%) Bash
8 4 (1.00%) Go
8 4 (1.00%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.75%) C
9 3 (0.75%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.50%) Scala
10 2 (0.50%) Swift
11 1 (0.25%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.25%) Groovy
11 1 (0.25%) PHP
11 1 (0.25%) SOQL
11 1 (0.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (9.77%) Security Cleared
2 29 (7.27%) SC Cleared
3 16 (4.01%) PMI Certification
4 12 (3.01%) DV Cleared
4 12 (3.01%) PMP
5 10 (2.51%) Degree
6 4 (1.00%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.75%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.25%) ACCA
9 1 (0.25%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.25%) CIMA
9 1 (0.25%) CIPD
9 1 (0.25%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.01%) QA
2 17 (4.26%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.51%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.50%) PMO
5 3 (0.75%) WCAG
6 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.25%) GRC
6 1 (0.25%) GxP
6 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.25%) ITGC
6 1 (0.25%) NIST
System Software
1 28 (7.02%) Docker
2 9 (2.26%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 55 (13.78%) Terraform
2 44 (11.03%) Kubernetes
3 21 (5.26%) Ansible
4 8 (2.01%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (2.01%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.25%) Puppet
6 3 (0.75%) Grafana
6 3 (0.75%) Rancher
7 2 (0.50%) Packer
7 2 (0.50%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.50%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.25%) AWS Copilot
Vendors
1 47 (11.78%) Microsoft
2 15 (3.76%) Databricks
2 15 (3.76%) Salesforce
3 9 (2.26%) ServiceNow
4 8 (2.01%) New Relic
4 8 (2.01%) Splunk
5 7 (1.75%) Google
6 6 (1.50%) Pega
7 5 (1.25%) Red Hat
7 5 (1.25%) SaltStack
7 5 (1.25%) SAP
8 4 (1.00%) Oracle
9 3 (0.75%) Adobe
9 3 (0.75%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.75%) LogicMonitor
10 2 (0.50%) Qualtrics
10 2 (0.50%) WSO2
11 1 (0.25%) Genesys
11 1 (0.25%) Siebel
11 1 (0.25%) Software AG