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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -13 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 576 486 902
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 7.52% 20.61% 23.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.85% 23.16% 27.34%
Number of salaries quoted 374 211 288
10th Percentile £42,000 £44,250 £41,513
25th Percentile £47,813 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £94,125
North West median annual salary £60,000 £60,250 £57,900
% change year-on-year -0.41% +4.06% -2.73%

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 5,849 2,098 3,299
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 76.38% 88.97% 84.65%
Number of salaries quoted 4,359 1,194 1,586
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £33,750 £41,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £52,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £69,950
90th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -2.91% -6.36%

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 October 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 October 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
Salford +1 24 £42,000 -44.75% 22
Ashton-under-Lyne +1 22 £44,000 - 4
Altrincham -2 18 £65,000 - 17
Stockport -5 11 £60,000 +9.09% 10
Oldham -4 8 £67,500 +19.46% 1
Wigan -1 3 £77,500 -
Bolton -14 3 £55,000 +10.00% 11
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 26 (4.51%) SharePoint
2 25 (4.34%) Confluence
3 11 (1.91%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.74%) Apache
5 5 (0.87%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.69%) CMS
6 4 (0.69%) nginx
7 3 (0.52%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.35%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.35%) IIS
8 2 (0.35%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.35%) WordPress
9 1 (0.17%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.17%) JBoss
9 1 (0.17%) SAS
9 1 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 11 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (1.22%) Trello
3 6 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.69%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.35%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.69%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.17%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 1 (0.17%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.17%) Sage CRM
3 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 148 (25.69%) AWS
2 144 (25.00%) Azure
3 62 (10.76%) Azure DevOps
4 49 (8.51%) Power Platform
5 41 (7.12%) GitHub
6 36 (6.25%) Power Automate
7 35 (6.08%) Serverless
8 32 (5.56%) Microsoft Copilot
9 29 (5.03%) PowerApps
10 26 (4.51%) GCP
10 26 (4.51%) Microsoft 365
10 26 (4.51%) SaaS
11 23 (3.99%) AWS CloudFormation
12 20 (3.47%) Copilot Studio
12 20 (3.47%) Dynamics 365
13 15 (2.60%) AWS Lambda
13 15 (2.60%) dbt
14 14 (2.43%) OneDrive
14 14 (2.43%) Snowflake
15 13 (2.26%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.56%) DNS
2 8 (1.39%) Network Security
3 6 (1.04%) BIG-IP
3 6 (1.04%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 6 (1.04%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 6 (1.04%) Firewall
4 2 (0.35%) AMQP
4 2 (0.35%) DHCP
4 2 (0.35%) HTTP
4 2 (0.35%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.17%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (0.17%) iSCSI
5 1 (0.17%) LAN
5 1 (0.17%) RTP
5 1 (0.17%) SAN
5 1 (0.17%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.17%) SSL
5 1 (0.17%) WAN
5 1 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.47%) MongoDB
2 15 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
2 15 (2.60%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (2.43%) DynamoDB
3 14 (2.43%) Power BI
4 12 (2.08%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (2.08%) SQL Server
5 8 (1.39%) NoSQL
6 7 (1.22%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (1.04%) Big Data
8 5 (0.87%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.69%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (0.69%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.69%) Data Mining
9 4 (0.69%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.52%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.52%) MySQL
11 2 (0.35%) Amazon Athena
11 2 (0.35%) Flink
11 2 (0.35%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 57 (9.90%) JIRA
2 41 (7.12%) Git
3 31 (5.38%) GitLab
4 19 (3.30%) Jenkins
5 13 (2.26%) JUnit
5 13 (2.26%) Spock
6 8 (1.39%) Bitbucket
7 7 (1.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 7 (1.22%) Claude Code
7 7 (1.22%) Maven
7 7 (1.22%) Postman
8 5 (0.87%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.69%) Artifactory
9 4 (0.69%) IntelliJ
9 4 (0.69%) Vagrant
10 3 (0.52%) RStudio
10 3 (0.52%) Selenium
11 2 (0.35%) MSTest
11 2 (0.35%) NUnit
12 1 (0.17%) Subversion
General
1 165 (28.65%) Social Skills
2 101 (17.53%) Finance
3 61 (10.59%) Analytical Skills
3 61 (10.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 43 (7.47%) Telecoms
5 37 (6.42%) Public Sector
6 27 (4.69%) Influencing Skills
7 23 (3.99%) Marketing
7 23 (3.99%) Retail
8 17 (2.95%) Publishing
9 15 (2.60%) Law
10 11 (1.91%) Aerospace
11 9 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.56%) Games
12 8 (1.39%) Banking
12 8 (1.39%) Legal
12 8 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.52%) iGaming
14 3 (0.52%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 140 (24.31%) Senior
2 110 (19.10%) Developer
3 58 (10.07%) Software Engineer
4 49 (8.51%) Lead
5 44 (7.64%) Senior Developer
6 41 (7.12%) Analyst
6 41 (7.12%) Design Engineer
7 34 (5.90%) Engineering Manager
8 33 (5.73%) Business Analyst
8 33 (5.73%) DevOps Engineer
9 26 (4.51%) Delivery Manager
10 25 (4.34%) Data Engineer
11 23 (3.99%) Microsoft 365 Developer
11 23 (3.99%) Senior Design Engineer
12 21 (3.65%) Project Manager
12 21 (3.65%) Senior Software Engineer
13 18 (3.13%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 18 (3.13%) Lead Software Engineer
14 17 (2.95%) Architect
14 17 (2.95%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (10.42%) Terraform
2 55 (9.55%) Spring
3 48 (8.33%) .NET
3 48 (8.33%) HTML
4 46 (7.99%) React
5 37 (6.42%) Spring Boot
6 33 (5.73%) CSS
7 29 (5.03%) AngularJS
7 29 (5.03%) Node.js
8 28 (4.86%) Kafka
9 25 (4.34%) REST
10 14 (2.43%) ASP.NET
11 11 (1.91%) Microsoft Graph
12 10 (1.74%) ASP.NET Core
12 10 (1.74%) HTML5 Canvas
13 9 (1.56%) .NET Core
13 9 (1.56%) Entity Framework
13 9 (1.56%) SPFx
14 8 (1.39%) Middleware
15 7 (1.22%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 59 (10.24%) Product Ownership
2 50 (8.68%) Cloud Native
3 23 (3.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 21 (3.65%) Enterprise Software
5 17 (2.95%) Distributed Systems
5 17 (2.95%) IoT
5 17 (2.95%) Private Cloud
6 16 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (2.26%) Onboarding
8 12 (2.08%) Data Centre
8 12 (2.08%) Media Streaming
8 12 (2.08%) Podcast
9 11 (1.91%) Marketing Technology
10 6 (1.04%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.04%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.04%) Social Media
11 5 (0.87%) Cyber Defence
11 5 (0.87%) Driving Licence
11 5 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (0.87%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 26 (4.51%) Linux
2 6 (1.04%) Windows
3 5 (0.87%) Android
3 5 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (0.69%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.69%) VMS
5 2 (0.35%) CentOS
5 2 (0.35%) Debian
5 2 (0.35%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.35%) Unix
5 2 (0.35%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.35%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (33.85%) Continuous Improvement
2 187 (32.47%) DevOps
3 166 (28.82%) AI
4 161 (27.95%) CI/CD
5 134 (23.26%) Problem-Solving
6 118 (20.49%) Software Engineering
7 116 (20.14%) Mentoring
8 110 (19.10%) Stakeholder Management
9 99 (17.19%) Scrum
10 72 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 69 (11.98%) Coaching
12 64 (11.11%) Test Automation
13 63 (10.94%) Microservices
14 57 (9.90%) Roadmaps
15 55 (9.55%) Collaborative Culture
16 51 (8.85%) User Stories
16 51 (8.85%) Workshop Facilitation
17 50 (8.68%) Infrastructure as Code
18 49 (8.51%) Decision-Making
18 49 (8.51%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 108 (18.75%) Java
2 96 (16.67%) Python
3 92 (15.97%) SQL
4 85 (14.76%) JavaScript
5 54 (9.38%) C#
6 52 (9.03%) TypeScript
7 23 (3.99%) Go
8 18 (3.13%) Bash
9 12 (2.08%) PowerShell
10 9 (1.56%) PHP
11 8 (1.39%) Groovy
12 6 (1.04%) C++
12 6 (1.04%) R
13 5 (0.87%) ActionScript
13 5 (0.87%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.52%) C
14 3 (0.52%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.52%) Rust
14 3 (0.52%) SOQL
14 3 (0.52%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 98 (17.01%) Security Cleared
2 93 (16.15%) Degree
3 71 (12.33%) SC Cleared
4 40 (6.94%) DBS Check
5 38 (6.60%) DV Cleared
5 38 (6.60%) HNC
6 20 (3.47%) Master's Degree
7 10 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (1.74%) PMI Certification
8 8 (1.39%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.22%) PMP
9 7 (1.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 5 (0.87%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 4 (0.69%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.69%) MBA
12 2 (0.35%) ACCA
12 2 (0.35%) Chartered Engineer
12 2 (0.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (6.94%) Data Quality
2 36 (6.25%) QA
3 28 (4.86%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.56%) GDPR
5 7 (1.22%) PCI DSS
5 7 (1.22%) PMO
6 6 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.69%) SLA
8 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.17%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.17%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.17%) SEPA
8 1 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.17%) TARGET2
System Software
1 66 (11.46%) Docker
2 3 (0.52%) Ceph
3 2 (0.35%) UAG
3 2 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.17%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.17%) Firmware
4 1 (0.17%) NFS
4 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 76 (13.19%) Kubernetes
2 31 (5.38%) Ansible
3 11 (1.91%) Argo
4 9 (1.56%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.04%) Grafana
5 6 (1.04%) Podman
6 4 (0.69%) Istio
6 4 (0.69%) Packer
6 4 (0.69%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.52%) Check_MK
8 2 (0.35%) AirWatch
8 2 (0.35%) Puppet
8 2 (0.35%) SCCM
8 2 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.35%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.17%) linkerd
9 1 (0.17%) Nagios
9 1 (0.17%) Opsview
Vendors
1 78 (13.54%) Microsoft
2 29 (5.03%) YouTube
3 19 (3.30%) Splunk
4 16 (2.78%) Databricks
5 14 (2.43%) Google
6 13 (2.26%) AppDynamics
7 10 (1.74%) Oracle
7 10 (1.74%) Salesforce
7 10 (1.74%) ServiceNow
8 9 (1.56%) Adobe
8 9 (1.56%) Red Hat
9 8 (1.39%) F5
10 5 (0.87%) Thales
11 4 (0.69%) Dell
11 4 (0.69%) NEC
11 4 (0.69%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.52%) Apple
12 3 (0.52%) Facebook
12 3 (0.52%) SAP
12 3 (0.52%) VMware