Agile Jobs in Manchester

Agile Software Development
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Agile skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Agile over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 606 1,183 1,696
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 26.67% 22.77% 34.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 28.00% 26.36% 35.92%
Number of salaries quoted 290 855 699
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,850 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,138 £60,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +11.90% +0.80% +8.23%
75th Percentile £81,000 £75,772 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,778 £90,000 £84,056
North West median annual salary £57,560 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.07% +4.35% +4.55%

All Process and 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 2,164 4,488 4,722
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 95.25% 86.39% 96.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,307 3,424 2,535
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,625 £41,250 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,850 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.83% -4.61% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,840 £69,604 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,200 £82,500 £83,750
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Agile as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Agile in Manchester

Agile
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Agile in Manchester.

Salary trend for Agile in Manchester

Agile
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Agile in Manchester over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

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 May 2025. 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 -11 29 £75,000 +25.00% 30
Altrincham +5 25 £53,750 -2.27% 31
Stockport +7 17 £55,000 +10.00% 18
Cheadle +8 11 - - 13
Oldham +2 10 - - 1
Sale - 9 - -
Bury +3 8 - - 23
Ashton-under-Lyne - 8 - - 19
Wigan - 8 £31,500 - 1
Heywood - 7 - -
Dukinfield - 6 - -
Salford -5 5 £67,138 -7.40% 14
Stalybridge - 5 - -
Rochdale +3 4 £52,500 - 5
Littleborough - 1 - -
Agile
North West

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 37 (6.11%) Confluence
2 6 (0.99%) Apache Spark
2 6 (0.99%) IIS
3 5 (0.83%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.66%) CMS
5 2 (0.33%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.17%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.17%) Moodle
6 1 (0.17%) Totara
Applications
1 19 (3.14%) Microsoft Project
2 18 (2.97%) Trello
3 11 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.49%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.17%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.17%) Revit
Business Applications
1 3 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.50%) Siebel CRM
2 1 (0.17%) Magento
2 1 (0.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 235 (38.78%) AWS
2 227 (37.46%) Azure
3 140 (23.10%) GCP
4 54 (8.91%) Power Platform
5 25 (4.13%) SaaS
6 17 (2.81%) Serverless
7 14 (2.31%) GitHub
8 13 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
9 12 (1.98%) Amazon EKS
9 12 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (1.98%) Cloud Computing
9 12 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (1.49%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (1.32%) AWS Lambda
12 7 (1.16%) Cloud Composer
12 7 (1.16%) Snowflake
13 6 (0.99%) AWS CloudFormation
13 6 (0.99%) Azure Monitor
14 5 (0.83%) Amazon EventBridge
14 5 (0.83%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (5.61%) DNS
2 29 (4.79%) VPN
3 5 (0.83%) DHCP
3 5 (0.83%) NAS
3 5 (0.83%) SAN
3 5 (0.83%) VSAN
4 3 (0.50%) HTTP
5 2 (0.33%) DMZ
5 2 (0.33%) Firewall
5 2 (0.33%) LoRaWAN
5 2 (0.33%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.17%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.17%) FTP
6 1 (0.17%) Internet
6 1 (0.17%) MPLS
6 1 (0.17%) RTP
6 1 (0.17%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.17%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (11.22%) SQL Server
2 42 (6.93%) Power BI
3 37 (6.11%) NoSQL
4 31 (5.12%) MongoDB
5 29 (4.79%) MySQL
6 21 (3.47%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (1.82%) Relational Database
8 9 (1.49%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (1.32%) BigQuery
9 8 (1.32%) DynamoDB
9 8 (1.32%) Tableau
10 7 (1.16%) Data Lake
11 6 (0.99%) Redis
12 5 (0.83%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.66%) Amazon Aurora
13 4 (0.66%) Metadata
14 3 (0.50%) Big Data
14 3 (0.50%) Data Vault
14 3 (0.50%) Event Store
14 3 (0.50%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 93 (15.35%) JIRA
2 48 (7.92%) Git
3 37 (6.11%) Selenium
3 37 (6.11%) SonarQube
4 34 (5.61%) GitLab
5 30 (4.95%) Bitbucket
6 28 (4.62%) Cucumber
6 28 (4.62%) Maven
7 27 (4.46%) Sonatype Nexus
8 9 (1.49%) Jenkins
8 9 (1.49%) JMeter
9 8 (1.32%) Postman
10 6 (0.99%) LoadRunner
11 5 (0.83%) Appium
11 5 (0.83%) Babel
11 5 (0.83%) Oracle Forms
11 5 (0.83%) webpack
12 4 (0.66%) Balsamiq
12 4 (0.66%) Fiddler
13 3 (0.50%) JUnit
General
1 221 (36.47%) Finance
2 190 (31.35%) Social Skills
3 176 (29.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 91 (15.02%) Analytical Skills
5 79 (13.04%) Banking
6 48 (7.92%) Retail
7 42 (6.93%) Law
8 41 (6.77%) Organisational Skills
9 19 (3.14%) Investment Banking
10 18 (2.97%) Corporate Banking
10 18 (2.97%) Influencing Skills
11 12 (1.98%) Automotive
12 10 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (1.49%) Financial Institution
13 9 (1.49%) Marketing
14 8 (1.32%) Back Office
14 8 (1.32%) Legal
15 7 (1.16%) Electronics
15 7 (1.16%) Manufacturing
16 6 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 175 (28.88%) Senior
2 168 (27.72%) Software Engineer
3 106 (17.49%) Senior Software Engineer
4 105 (17.33%) Developer
5 83 (13.70%) Lead
6 75 (12.38%) Analyst
7 36 (5.94%) Digital Analyst
8 32 (5.28%) Software Developer
9 29 (4.79%) Senior Developer
10 25 (4.13%) Architect
11 22 (3.63%) .NET Developer
12 17 (2.81%) Business Analyst
13 16 (2.64%) AWS Engineer
13 16 (2.64%) Head of IT
14 14 (2.31%) Delivery Manager
14 14 (2.31%) Head of Delivery
14 14 (2.31%) Team Leader
15 13 (2.15%) Cloud Engineer
15 13 (2.15%) Senior .NET Developer
16 12 (1.98%) Agile Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 154 (25.41%) .NET
2 127 (20.96%) Node.js
3 92 (15.18%) React
4 70 (11.55%) CSS
5 67 (11.06%) HTML
6 50 (8.25%) Kafka
7 49 (8.09%) Spring
8 47 (7.76%) RESTful
9 41 (6.77%) Spring Boot
10 40 (6.60%) REST
11 31 (5.12%) Redux
12 27 (4.46%) JPA
13 25 (4.13%) HTML5
14 24 (3.96%) Jest
15 23 (3.80%) AngularJS
15 23 (3.80%) Sass
16 20 (3.30%) .NET Core
16 20 (3.30%) CSS3
17 15 (2.48%) GraphQL
18 14 (2.31%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 109 (17.99%) Cyberattack
2 84 (13.86%) Self-Motivation
3 82 (13.53%) Linux Command Line
4 76 (12.54%) Product Ownership
5 34 (5.61%) Enterprise Software
6 25 (4.13%) Social Media
7 21 (3.47%) Mobile App
8 16 (2.64%) Cloud Native
9 14 (2.31%) Distributed Systems
10 12 (1.98%) Algorithms
10 12 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (1.49%) Management Information System
13 7 (1.16%) Onboarding
14 6 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
14 6 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
14 6 (0.99%) Legacy Code
14 6 (0.99%) Mainframe
15 5 (0.83%) LIMS
16 4 (0.66%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 129 (21.29%) Linux
2 40 (6.60%) Android
3 17 (2.81%) Windows
4 8 (1.32%) Windows Vista
5 6 (0.99%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.50%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.17%) Unix
7 1 (0.17%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (36.14%) Software Engineering
2 190 (31.35%) Mentoring
3 182 (30.03%) Microservices
4 174 (28.71%) Scrum
5 155 (25.58%) User Experience
6 140 (23.10%) DevOps
7 106 (17.49%) CI/CD
8 105 (17.33%) Problem-Solving
9 99 (16.34%) Data Engineering
9 99 (16.34%) Machine Learning
10 96 (15.84%) Cloud Security
10 96 (15.84%) Roadmaps
11 83 (13.70%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 78 (12.87%) Continuous Improvement
13 75 (12.38%) Analytics
14 69 (11.39%) SDLC
15 66 (10.89%) Full-Stack Development
16 63 (10.40%) Project Delivery
17 61 (10.07%) TDD
18 60 (9.90%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 198 (32.67%) Java
2 195 (32.18%) JavaScript
3 171 (28.22%) Python
4 119 (19.64%) Go
5 110 (18.15%) C++
6 99 (16.34%) SQL
7 82 (13.53%) Rust
8 81 (13.37%) TypeScript
9 55 (9.08%) C#
10 15 (2.48%) PowerShell
11 12 (1.98%) PHP
12 5 (0.83%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.50%) Bash
13 3 (0.50%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.17%) Bicep
15 1 (0.17%) Dart
15 1 (0.17%) VBA
Qualifications
1 122 (20.13%) Security Cleared
2 109 (17.99%) DV Cleared
3 97 (16.01%) Degree
4 87 (14.36%) AWS Certification
5 86 (14.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 82 (13.53%) AWS Certified Developer
7 27 (4.46%) DBS Check
8 23 (3.80%) PMP
9 22 (3.63%) PMI Certification
10 17 (2.81%) Azure Certification
10 17 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (1.82%) Master's Degree
12 8 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (1.16%) SC Cleared
14 5 (0.83%) ACCA
14 5 (0.83%) CIMA
14 5 (0.83%) ISTQB
14 5 (0.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 4 (0.66%) CISM
15 4 (0.66%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (8.91%) QA
2 37 (6.11%) Accessibility
3 19 (3.14%) Data Quality
4 13 (2.15%) GDPR
5 10 (1.65%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.32%) HIPAA
6 8 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (1.16%) NIST
8 6 (0.99%) IEC 62304
8 6 (0.99%) ISO 13485
8 6 (0.99%) ISO 9001
9 5 (0.83%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 5 (0.83%) HL7
9 5 (0.83%) ISO 20022
9 5 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.66%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.50%) GRC
12 2 (0.33%) NCSC
12 2 (0.33%) SEPA
System Software
1 108 (17.82%) Docker
2 5 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (0.83%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.17%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.17%) Firmware
3 1 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 76 (12.54%) Kubernetes
2 26 (4.29%) Ansible
3 25 (4.13%) Terraform
4 7 (1.16%) Grafana
5 5 (0.83%) Progress Chef
6 4 (0.66%) Kibana
7 1 (0.17%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 58 (9.57%) Microsoft
2 37 (6.11%) Google
3 28 (4.62%) Alteryx
4 27 (4.46%) Solace
5 20 (3.30%) ServiceNow
6 15 (2.48%) Oracle
7 10 (1.65%) Informatica
8 9 (1.49%) Facebook
9 7 (1.16%) Bloomberg
9 7 (1.16%) Ping Identity
9 7 (1.16%) Salesforce
10 6 (0.99%) VMware
11 5 (0.83%) Databricks
12 4 (0.66%) Liquidlogic
12 4 (0.66%) SAP
13 3 (0.50%) IBM
13 3 (0.50%) New Relic
13 3 (0.50%) Siebel
13 3 (0.50%) Splunk
13 3 (0.50%) Workday