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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 3 1
Rank change year-on-year -11 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 565 500 901
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 7.48% 21.30% 22.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.84% 23.87% 27.37%
Number of salaries quoted 380 214 319
10th Percentile £42,000 £44,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £49,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.77% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,350 £95,000
North West median annual salary £61,750 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +2.92% +3.45% +0.87%

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 5,743 2,095 3,292
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 76.06% 89.26% 83.17%
Number of salaries quoted 4,365 1,192 1,706
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £86,125 £83,875
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -0.99% -8.18%

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 23 September 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 23 September 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 -6 22 £42,000 -45.61% 21
Ashton-under-Lyne +1 19 £44,000 - 4
Altrincham -1 17 £65,000 - 22
Stockport -4 11 £60,000 - 10
Oldham -4 8 £67,500 +19.46% 2
Wigan -3 3 £77,500 - 1
Bolton -16 1 £55,000 +10.00% 12
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 33 (5.84%) Confluence
2 23 (4.07%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.30%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (1.95%) Apache
5 5 (0.88%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.71%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.53%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.53%) CMS
7 3 (0.53%) nginx
8 2 (0.35%) IIS
8 2 (0.35%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.35%) WordPress
9 1 (0.18%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.18%) JBoss
9 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.42%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (1.24%) Trello
4 6 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.71%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.35%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (1.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.71%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.18%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 163 (28.85%) Azure
2 148 (26.19%) AWS
3 72 (12.74%) Azure DevOps
4 47 (8.32%) Power Platform
5 39 (6.90%) Serverless
6 37 (6.55%) GitHub
7 32 (5.66%) SaaS
8 31 (5.49%) Power Automate
9 29 (5.13%) GCP
9 29 (5.13%) Microsoft Copilot
10 24 (4.25%) AWS CloudFormation
10 24 (4.25%) PowerApps
11 23 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
12 20 (3.54%) Dynamics 365
13 17 (3.01%) Copilot Studio
14 16 (2.83%) AWS Lambda
15 15 (2.65%) dbt
15 15 (2.65%) Snowflake
16 13 (2.30%) Amazon S3
17 11 (1.95%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.71%) DNS
1 4 (0.71%) Network Security
2 3 (0.53%) AMQP
2 3 (0.53%) Firewall
3 2 (0.35%) BIG-IP
3 2 (0.35%) DHCP
3 2 (0.35%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 2 (0.35%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 2 (0.35%) HTTP
3 2 (0.35%) NetScaler
4 1 (0.18%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (0.18%) iSCSI
4 1 (0.18%) LAN
4 1 (0.18%) SAN
4 1 (0.18%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.18%) SSL
4 1 (0.18%) WAN
4 1 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.54%) MongoDB
2 18 (3.19%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (2.83%) DynamoDB
4 15 (2.65%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (2.65%) Power BI
5 14 (2.48%) SQL Server
6 12 (2.12%) Azure SQL Database
7 10 (1.77%) NoSQL
8 7 (1.24%) Big Data
8 7 (1.24%) Elasticsearch
8 7 (1.24%) Relational Database
9 6 (1.06%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.88%) BigQuery
10 5 (0.88%) MySQL
11 4 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (0.71%) Data Mining
11 4 (0.71%) Hadoop
12 3 (0.53%) Cloudera CDH
12 3 (0.53%) Flink
13 2 (0.35%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 64 (11.33%) JIRA
2 43 (7.61%) Git
3 27 (4.78%) GitLab
4 15 (2.65%) Jenkins
5 13 (2.30%) JUnit
5 13 (2.30%) Spock
6 11 (1.95%) Postman
7 9 (1.59%) Claude Code
8 8 (1.42%) Bitbucket
9 7 (1.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 7 (1.24%) Maven
10 5 (0.88%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.71%) IntelliJ
11 4 (0.71%) Vagrant
12 3 (0.53%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.53%) RStudio
12 3 (0.53%) Selenium
13 2 (0.35%) MSTest
13 2 (0.35%) NUnit
14 1 (0.18%) Subversion
General
1 161 (28.50%) Social Skills
2 112 (19.82%) Finance
3 60 (10.62%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (10.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 40 (7.08%) Public Sector
6 37 (6.55%) Telecoms
7 22 (3.89%) Influencing Skills
7 22 (3.89%) Marketing
8 21 (3.72%) Retail
9 15 (2.65%) Law
10 14 (2.48%) Games
11 13 (2.30%) Publishing
12 10 (1.77%) Aerospace
13 8 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.42%) Legal
13 8 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.24%) Banking
15 4 (0.71%) Advertising
16 3 (0.53%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 135 (23.89%) Senior
2 110 (19.47%) Developer
3 55 (9.73%) Software Engineer
4 43 (7.61%) Lead
4 43 (7.61%) Senior Developer
5 40 (7.08%) Analyst
6 35 (6.19%) Design Engineer
7 34 (6.02%) Business Analyst
7 34 (6.02%) Engineering Manager
8 28 (4.96%) Data Engineer
9 26 (4.60%) Delivery Manager
10 25 (4.42%) Project Manager
11 23 (4.07%) DevOps Engineer
12 20 (3.54%) Microsoft 365 Developer
13 19 (3.36%) Java Developer
13 19 (3.36%) Senior Design Engineer
13 19 (3.36%) Senior Software Engineer
14 18 (3.19%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 17 (3.01%) Cloud Engineer
15 17 (3.01%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (10.80%) Terraform
2 55 (9.73%) Spring
3 49 (8.67%) .NET
4 45 (7.96%) HTML
5 42 (7.43%) React
6 37 (6.55%) Spring Boot
7 33 (5.84%) AngularJS
7 33 (5.84%) CSS
8 31 (5.49%) Node.js
9 28 (4.96%) REST
10 26 (4.60%) Kafka
11 14 (2.48%) ASP.NET
12 11 (1.95%) Microsoft Graph
13 10 (1.77%) ASP.NET Core
13 10 (1.77%) HTML5 Canvas
13 10 (1.77%) PySpark
14 9 (1.59%) .NET Core
14 9 (1.59%) Entity Framework
14 9 (1.59%) SPFx
14 9 (1.59%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 57 (10.09%) Product Ownership
2 53 (9.38%) Cloud Native
3 21 (3.72%) Distributed Systems
4 20 (3.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 16 (2.83%) Enterprise Software
6 15 (2.65%) IoT
6 15 (2.65%) Private Cloud
7 13 (2.30%) Onboarding
8 12 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (1.95%) Marketing Technology
10 9 (1.59%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.42%) Data Centre
11 8 (1.42%) Media Streaming
11 8 (1.42%) Podcast
12 6 (1.06%) Social Media
13 5 (0.88%) Cyber Defence
13 5 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (0.88%) IVR
13 5 (0.88%) NHS
13 5 (0.88%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 25 (4.42%) Linux
2 6 (1.06%) Windows
3 5 (0.88%) Android
3 5 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (0.71%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.71%) VMS
5 3 (0.53%) CentOS
5 3 (0.53%) Debian
5 3 (0.53%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.35%) Unix
6 2 (0.35%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.35%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (33.10%) Continuous Improvement
1 187 (33.10%) DevOps
2 159 (28.14%) CI/CD
3 153 (27.08%) AI
4 117 (20.71%) Problem-Solving
5 114 (20.18%) Software Engineering
6 108 (19.12%) Stakeholder Management
7 107 (18.94%) Scrum
8 106 (18.76%) Mentoring
9 71 (12.57%) Coaching
10 68 (12.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 65 (11.50%) Test Automation
12 60 (10.62%) Microservices
13 57 (10.09%) Roadmaps
14 55 (9.73%) TDD
15 54 (9.56%) Collaborative Culture
15 54 (9.56%) Decision-Making
16 50 (8.85%) Kanban
17 49 (8.67%) Full-Stack Development
17 49 (8.67%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 111 (19.65%) Java
2 95 (16.81%) Python
2 95 (16.81%) SQL
3 82 (14.51%) JavaScript
4 55 (9.73%) C#
5 44 (7.79%) TypeScript
6 20 (3.54%) Go
7 16 (2.83%) Bash
8 12 (2.12%) PowerShell
9 9 (1.59%) PHP
10 8 (1.42%) Groovy
11 7 (1.24%) C++
12 6 (1.06%) Apex Code
12 6 (1.06%) R
13 4 (0.71%) SOQL
14 3 (0.53%) C
14 3 (0.53%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.53%) Rust
14 3 (0.53%) SOSL
15 2 (0.35%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 86 (15.22%) Security Cleared
2 85 (15.04%) Degree
3 64 (11.33%) SC Cleared
4 36 (6.37%) DV Cleared
5 34 (6.02%) DBS Check
6 32 (5.66%) HNC
7 20 (3.54%) Master's Degree
8 12 (2.12%) PMI Certification
9 10 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (1.42%) AWS Certification
10 8 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (1.24%) PMP
12 5 (0.88%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 5 (0.88%) Azure Certification
13 4 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.71%) MBA
13 4 (0.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 2 (0.35%) Chartered Engineer
14 2 (0.35%) MCSE
14 2 (0.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (8.32%) Data Quality
2 31 (5.49%) QA
3 17 (3.01%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.59%) GDPR
5 7 (1.24%) PCI DSS
5 7 (1.24%) PMO
6 6 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.71%) SLA
8 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.18%) GRC
8 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 62 (10.97%) Docker
2 3 (0.53%) Ceph
3 2 (0.35%) UAG
3 2 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.18%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.18%) Firmware
4 1 (0.18%) NFS
4 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 69 (12.21%) Kubernetes
2 33 (5.84%) Ansible
3 11 (1.95%) Argo
3 11 (1.95%) Prometheus
4 8 (1.42%) Grafana
5 5 (0.88%) Podman
6 4 (0.71%) Istio
6 4 (0.71%) Packer
6 4 (0.71%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.53%) Check_MK
7 3 (0.53%) Puppet
8 2 (0.35%) AirWatch
8 2 (0.35%) SCCM
8 2 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.35%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.18%) linkerd
9 1 (0.18%) Nagios
Vendors
1 85 (15.04%) Microsoft
2 25 (4.42%) YouTube
3 19 (3.36%) Splunk
4 17 (3.01%) Databricks
4 17 (3.01%) Salesforce
5 14 (2.48%) Google
6 13 (2.30%) AppDynamics
7 11 (1.95%) ServiceNow
8 10 (1.77%) Oracle
9 9 (1.59%) Adobe
9 9 (1.59%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.71%) Dell
10 4 (0.71%) F5
10 4 (0.71%) NEC
10 4 (0.71%) Thales
11 3 (0.53%) Facebook
11 3 (0.53%) LogicMonitor
11 3 (0.53%) Pega
11 3 (0.53%) SaltStack
11 3 (0.53%) SAP