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 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 562 1,176 1,712
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 25.57% 22.80% 34.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 26.86% 26.36% 35.76%
Number of salaries quoted 285 853 709
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £48,091
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +0.80% +8.23%
75th Percentile £81,250 £75,772 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,778 £90,000 £85,000
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 2,092 4,461 4,788
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 95.18% 86.47% 96.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,291 3,404 2,554
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,500 £41,250 £43,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,840 £69,604 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,000 £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 8 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 8 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 -16 27 £75,000 +25.00% 30
Altrincham +5 22 £53,750 -2.27% 31
Stockport +7 14 £55,000 +10.00% 20
Cheadle +8 9 - - 12
Oldham +1 7 - -
Wigan - 7 £31,500 - 1
Bury +2 6 - - 22
Sale - 6 - -
Ashton-under-Lyne - 5 - - 18
Heywood - 5 - -
Rochdale +3 4 £52,500 - 5
Salford -5 4 £67,138 -7.40% 15
Dukinfield - 4 - -
Stalybridge - 3 - -
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 38 (6.76%) Confluence
2 6 (1.07%) Apache Spark
2 6 (1.07%) IIS
3 5 (0.89%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.71%) CMS
5 2 (0.36%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.18%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.18%) Moodle
6 1 (0.18%) Totara
Applications
1 17 (3.02%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (2.85%) Trello
3 11 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.25%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.18%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.18%) Revit
Business Applications
1 3 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.53%) Siebel CRM
2 1 (0.18%) Magento
2 1 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 196 (34.88%) AWS
2 188 (33.45%) Azure
3 111 (19.75%) GCP
4 52 (9.25%) Power Platform
5 23 (4.09%) SaaS
6 17 (3.02%) Serverless
7 14 (2.49%) GitHub
8 13 (2.31%) Microsoft 365
9 12 (2.14%) Amazon EKS
9 12 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
10 11 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
11 9 (1.60%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (1.42%) AWS Lambda
13 7 (1.25%) Cloud Composer
13 7 (1.25%) Snowflake
14 6 (1.07%) AWS CloudFormation
15 5 (0.89%) Amazon EventBridge
15 5 (0.89%) Amazon SQS
15 5 (0.89%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 33 (5.87%) DNS
2 28 (4.98%) VPN
3 5 (0.89%) DHCP
3 5 (0.89%) NAS
3 5 (0.89%) SAN
3 5 (0.89%) VSAN
4 3 (0.53%) HTTP
5 2 (0.36%) DMZ
5 2 (0.36%) LoRaWAN
5 2 (0.36%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.18%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.18%) Firewall
6 1 (0.18%) FTP
6 1 (0.18%) Internet
6 1 (0.18%) MPLS
6 1 (0.18%) RTP
6 1 (0.18%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (10.50%) SQL Server
2 40 (7.12%) Power BI
3 37 (6.58%) NoSQL
4 31 (5.52%) MongoDB
5 28 (4.98%) MySQL
6 21 (3.74%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (1.78%) Relational Database
8 9 (1.60%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (1.42%) BigQuery
9 8 (1.42%) DynamoDB
9 8 (1.42%) Tableau
10 6 (1.07%) Data Lake
10 6 (1.07%) Redis
11 5 (0.89%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.71%) Amazon Aurora
12 4 (0.71%) Metadata
13 3 (0.53%) Big Data
13 3 (0.53%) Data Vault
13 3 (0.53%) Event Store
13 3 (0.53%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 83 (14.77%) JIRA
2 47 (8.36%) Git
3 28 (4.98%) Selenium
3 28 (4.98%) SonarQube
4 25 (4.45%) GitLab
5 21 (3.74%) Bitbucket
6 19 (3.38%) Cucumber
6 19 (3.38%) Maven
7 18 (3.20%) Sonatype Nexus
8 9 (1.60%) Jenkins
8 9 (1.60%) JMeter
9 8 (1.42%) Postman
10 6 (1.07%) LoadRunner
11 5 (0.89%) Appium
11 5 (0.89%) Babel
11 5 (0.89%) Oracle Forms
11 5 (0.89%) webpack
12 4 (0.71%) Balsamiq
12 4 (0.71%) Fiddler
13 3 (0.53%) NUnit
General
1 213 (37.90%) Finance
2 189 (33.63%) Social Skills
3 139 (24.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 92 (16.37%) Analytical Skills
5 70 (12.46%) Banking
6 44 (7.83%) Organisational Skills
7 41 (7.30%) Law
8 37 (6.58%) Retail
9 18 (3.20%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (2.14%) Automotive
11 10 (1.78%) Investment Banking
11 10 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (1.60%) Corporate Banking
12 9 (1.60%) Financial Institution
13 8 (1.42%) Back Office
13 8 (1.42%) Legal
13 8 (1.42%) Marketing
14 7 (1.25%) Electronics
15 6 (1.07%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.07%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 146 (25.98%) Senior
2 130 (23.13%) Software Engineer
3 103 (18.33%) Developer
4 83 (14.77%) Lead
5 78 (13.88%) Analyst
6 77 (13.70%) Senior Software Engineer
7 37 (6.58%) Digital Analyst
8 32 (5.69%) Software Developer
9 29 (5.16%) Senior Developer
10 24 (4.27%) Architect
11 22 (3.91%) .NET Developer
12 19 (3.38%) Business Analyst
13 16 (2.85%) AWS Engineer
13 16 (2.85%) Head of IT
14 14 (2.49%) Delivery Manager
14 14 (2.49%) Head of Delivery
14 14 (2.49%) Team Leader
15 13 (2.31%) Cloud Engineer
15 13 (2.31%) Senior .NET Developer
16 12 (2.14%) Agile Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (22.24%) .NET
2 98 (17.44%) Node.js
3 83 (14.77%) React
4 61 (10.85%) CSS
5 58 (10.32%) HTML
6 41 (7.30%) Kafka
7 39 (6.94%) Spring
8 38 (6.76%) RESTful
9 31 (5.52%) REST
9 31 (5.52%) Spring Boot
10 23 (4.09%) AngularJS
11 22 (3.91%) Redux
12 20 (3.56%) .NET Core
13 18 (3.20%) JPA
14 16 (2.85%) HTML5
15 15 (2.67%) GraphQL
15 15 (2.67%) Jest
16 14 (2.49%) ASP.NET Web API
16 14 (2.49%) Sass
17 13 (2.31%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 80 (14.23%) Cyberattack
2 66 (11.74%) Product Ownership
3 55 (9.79%) Self-Motivation
4 53 (9.43%) Linux Command Line
5 25 (4.45%) Enterprise Software
6 22 (3.91%) Social Media
7 21 (3.74%) Mobile App
8 16 (2.85%) Cloud Native
9 14 (2.49%) Distributed Systems
10 12 (2.14%) Algorithms
11 11 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (1.60%) Management Information System
13 7 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
13 7 (1.25%) Onboarding
14 6 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
14 6 (1.07%) Legacy Code
14 6 (1.07%) Mainframe
15 5 (0.89%) LIMS
16 4 (0.71%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 99 (17.62%) Linux
2 40 (7.12%) Android
3 16 (2.85%) Windows
4 7 (1.25%) Windows Vista
5 6 (1.07%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.53%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.18%) Unix
7 1 (0.18%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (31.85%) Software Engineering
2 151 (26.87%) Mentoring
3 145 (25.80%) Microservices
4 144 (25.62%) Scrum
5 132 (23.49%) DevOps
6 117 (20.82%) User Experience
7 101 (17.97%) Problem-Solving
8 97 (17.26%) CI/CD
9 96 (17.08%) Roadmaps
10 78 (13.88%) Continuous Improvement
11 74 (13.17%) Analytics
12 69 (12.28%) Data Engineering
12 69 (12.28%) Machine Learning
13 67 (11.92%) Cloud Security
14 62 (11.03%) Project Delivery
15 60 (10.68%) Stakeholder Management
15 60 (10.68%) TDD
16 59 (10.50%) SDLC
17 57 (10.14%) Artificial Intelligence
18 56 (9.96%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 159 (28.29%) Java
2 156 (27.76%) JavaScript
3 140 (24.91%) Python
4 90 (16.01%) Go
5 87 (15.48%) SQL
6 81 (14.41%) C++
7 72 (12.81%) TypeScript
8 55 (9.79%) C#
9 53 (9.43%) Rust
10 14 (2.49%) PowerShell
11 12 (2.14%) PHP
12 5 (0.89%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.53%) Bash
13 3 (0.53%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.18%) Dart
15 1 (0.18%) VBA
Qualifications
1 97 (17.26%) Degree
2 92 (16.37%) Security Cleared
3 80 (14.23%) DV Cleared
4 58 (10.32%) AWS Certification
5 57 (10.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 53 (9.43%) AWS Certified Developer
7 23 (4.09%) DBS Check
8 22 (3.91%) PMP
9 21 (3.74%) PMI Certification
10 17 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
11 16 (2.85%) Azure Certification
12 11 (1.96%) Master's Degree
13 8 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (1.07%) SC Cleared
15 5 (0.89%) ISTQB
15 5 (0.89%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 5 (0.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 4 (0.71%) CISM
16 4 (0.71%) CISSP
16 4 (0.71%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (7.65%) QA
2 27 (4.80%) Accessibility
3 21 (3.74%) Data Quality
4 13 (2.31%) GDPR
5 10 (1.78%) PCI DSS
5 10 (1.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 8 (1.42%) HIPAA
7 7 (1.25%) NIST
8 6 (1.07%) IEC 62304
8 6 (1.07%) ISO 13485
8 6 (1.07%) ISO 20022
8 6 (1.07%) ISO 9001
9 5 (0.89%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 5 (0.89%) HL7
9 5 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.71%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.53%) GRC
11 3 (0.53%) SEPA
12 2 (0.36%) NCSC
System Software
1 99 (17.62%) Docker
2 5 (0.89%) VMware NSX
3 4 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.18%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.18%) Firmware
4 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 67 (11.92%) Kubernetes
2 26 (4.63%) Ansible
3 25 (4.45%) Terraform
4 7 (1.25%) Grafana
5 5 (0.89%) Progress Chef
6 4 (0.71%) Kibana
7 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 61 (10.85%) Microsoft
2 36 (6.41%) Google
3 30 (5.34%) Alteryx
4 22 (3.91%) ServiceNow
5 18 (3.20%) Solace
6 15 (2.67%) Oracle
7 10 (1.78%) Informatica
8 9 (1.60%) Facebook
9 7 (1.25%) Bloomberg
9 7 (1.25%) Ping Identity
9 7 (1.25%) Salesforce
10 6 (1.07%) VMware
11 4 (0.71%) Liquidlogic
11 4 (0.71%) SAP
12 3 (0.53%) Databricks
12 3 (0.53%) New Relic
12 3 (0.53%) Siebel
12 3 (0.53%) Splunk
12 3 (0.53%) Workday
13 2 (0.36%) Sitecore