Agile Jobs in the North of England

Agile Software Development
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 2,169 3,489 5,546
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 18.44% 19.76% 32.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.41% 23.78% 34.02%
Number of salaries quoted 989 2,549 2,478
10th Percentile £41,000 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,683 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,965 £58,507
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% -0.93% +6.38%
75th Percentile £73,886 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -7.41% +3.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,174 14,675 16,303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 94.99% 83.09% 96.80%
Number of salaries quoted 5,765 11,264 7,872
10th Percentile £25,480 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,250 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £82,450
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Agile as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Agile in the North of England

Agile
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Agile in the North of England.

Salary trend for Agile in the North of England

Agile
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Agile in the North of England over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Agile in the North of England

Agile
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the North of England region over the 6 months to 18 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
North West -3 1,677 £57,560 -4.07% 785
Yorkshire -7 407 £57,500 -0.80% 389
North East -12 85 £55,000 +2.04% 143
Agile
England

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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
1 207 (9.54%) Confluence
2 15 (0.69%) Oracle Application Server
3 12 (0.55%) SharePoint
4 10 (0.46%) Apache Spark
5 8 (0.37%) CMS
6 7 (0.32%) IIS
6 7 (0.32%) SAS
7 5 (0.23%) Apache
8 4 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.092%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.092%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.046%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.046%) Moodle
11 1 (0.046%) OpenEdge
11 1 (0.046%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.046%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.046%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.046%) Totara
11 1 (0.046%) WebLogic
Applications
1 97 (4.47%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (2.31%) Simulink
3 28 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
4 24 (1.11%) Microsoft Project
5 21 (0.97%) Trello
6 14 (0.65%) MS Visio
7 12 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 7 (0.32%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.092%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.092%) Sketch
10 1 (0.046%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.046%) Revit
10 1 (0.046%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 66 (3.04%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 65 (3.00%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.14%) Siebel CRM
5 2 (0.092%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.046%) iTrent
6 1 (0.046%) Magento
6 1 (0.046%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.046%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.046%) Shopify
6 1 (0.046%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 568 (26.19%) Azure
2 537 (24.76%) AWS
3 327 (15.08%) GCP
4 114 (5.26%) Power Platform
5 58 (2.67%) SaaS
6 57 (2.63%) GitHub
7 46 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
8 42 (1.94%) Serverless
9 28 (1.29%) AWS Lambda
9 28 (1.29%) Dynamics 365
10 27 (1.24%) Microsoft 365
11 20 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
12 16 (0.74%) Amazon EKS
13 15 (0.69%) Amazon S3
14 12 (0.55%) AWS CloudFormation
14 12 (0.55%) GitHub Actions
14 12 (0.55%) PaaS
14 12 (0.55%) Power Automate
15 10 (0.46%) Azure Monitor
15 10 (0.46%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 400 (18.44%) DNS
2 394 (18.17%) VPN
3 16 (0.74%) Broadband
4 8 (0.37%) Firewall
5 7 (0.32%) Intranet
5 7 (0.32%) SD-WAN
6 6 (0.28%) NAS
6 6 (0.28%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.23%) DHCP
7 5 (0.23%) SAN
7 5 (0.23%) VSAN
7 5 (0.23%) WAN
8 4 (0.18%) 5G
8 4 (0.18%) HTTP
9 3 (0.14%) Network Security
10 2 (0.092%) DMZ
10 2 (0.092%) Ethernet
10 2 (0.092%) Internet
10 2 (0.092%) LoRaWAN
10 2 (0.092%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 236 (10.88%) SQL Server
2 92 (4.24%) Power BI
3 67 (3.09%) MySQL
3 67 (3.09%) NoSQL
4 43 (1.98%) MongoDB
5 42 (1.94%) PostgreSQL
6 35 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
7 25 (1.15%) Relational Database
8 18 (0.83%) Data Lake
8 18 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
9 15 (0.69%) DynamoDB
9 15 (0.69%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 14 (0.65%) Big Data
10 14 (0.65%) BigQuery
11 13 (0.60%) RDBMS
12 12 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
13 10 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
14 9 (0.41%) Redis
14 9 (0.41%) Tableau
15 8 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 367 (16.92%) JIRA
2 135 (6.22%) GitLab
3 133 (6.13%) Selenium
4 131 (6.04%) Bitbucket
5 123 (5.67%) SonarQube
6 122 (5.62%) Cucumber
7 114 (5.26%) Maven
8 113 (5.21%) Sonatype Nexus
9 96 (4.43%) Git
10 84 (3.87%) Rational DOORS
11 31 (1.43%) Jenkins
12 21 (0.97%) eggPlant
13 17 (0.78%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 12 (0.55%) Postman
15 11 (0.51%) Octopus Deploy
16 10 (0.46%) JMeter
17 9 (0.41%) Babel
17 9 (0.41%) TeamCity
17 9 (0.41%) Visual Studio
17 9 (0.41%) webpack
General
1 858 (39.56%) Finance
2 769 (35.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 536 (24.71%) Analytical Skills
4 470 (21.67%) Social Skills
5 246 (11.34%) Banking
6 120 (5.53%) Retail
7 92 (4.24%) Presentation Skills
8 88 (4.06%) Organisational Skills
9 80 (3.69%) Law
10 77 (3.55%) Manufacturing
11 74 (3.41%) Investment Banking
12 72 (3.32%) Corporate Banking
13 54 (2.49%) Aerospace
14 32 (1.48%) Marketing
15 24 (1.11%) Public Sector
16 22 (1.01%) Legal
16 22 (1.01%) Military
17 20 (0.92%) Avionics
18 19 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
19 17 (0.78%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 596 (27.48%) Developer
2 539 (24.85%) Senior
3 437 (20.15%) Software Engineer
4 434 (20.01%) Software Developer
5 259 (11.94%) Lead
6 251 (11.57%) Systems Engineer
7 245 (11.30%) Senior Software Engineer
8 171 (7.88%) Analyst
9 136 (6.27%) Architect
10 95 (4.38%) Solutions Architect
11 80 (3.69%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 75 (3.46%) Lead Systems Engineer
13 70 (3.23%) Team Leader
14 69 (3.18%) Platform Engineer
15 64 (2.95%) Lead Architect
16 62 (2.86%) Senior Developer
17 61 (2.81%) Lead Solutions Architect
18 60 (2.77%) Digital Analyst
19 53 (2.44%) Project Manager
20 44 (2.03%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 332 (15.31%) .NET
2 249 (11.48%) Node.js
3 239 (11.02%) React
4 192 (8.85%) CSS
5 183 (8.44%) HTML
6 153 (7.05%) Spring
7 152 (7.01%) Kafka
8 145 (6.69%) Spring Boot
9 133 (6.13%) REST
10 124 (5.72%) Redux
11 120 (5.53%) RESTful
12 113 (5.21%) JPA
13 87 (4.01%) HTML5
14 83 (3.83%) Jest
15 77 (3.55%) Sass
16 76 (3.50%) CSS3
17 62 (2.86%) .NET Core
18 55 (2.54%) AngularJS
19 43 (1.98%) .NET Framework
20 42 (1.94%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 562 (25.91%) Cyberattack
2 325 (14.98%) Product Ownership
3 188 (8.67%) Self-Motivation
4 172 (7.93%) Linux Command Line
5 126 (5.81%) Enterprise Software
6 84 (3.87%) Management Information System
7 33 (1.52%) Cloud Native
8 31 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
9 30 (1.38%) Social Media
10 29 (1.34%) Mobile App
11 26 (1.20%) Driving Licence
12 21 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
13 19 (0.88%) Onboarding
14 17 (0.78%) Algorithms
15 16 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
15 16 (0.74%) Data Centre
16 15 (0.69%) Virtual Team
17 11 (0.51%) Credit Risk
17 11 (0.51%) Hybrid Cloud
17 11 (0.51%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 608 (28.03%) Linux
2 405 (18.67%) Android
3 42 (1.94%) Windows
4 10 (0.46%) Windows Vista
5 8 (0.37%) zOS
6 7 (0.32%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.32%) Unix
7 6 (0.28%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.28%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.092%) VMS
10 1 (0.046%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.046%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.046%) Solaris
10 1 (0.046%) ThreadX
10 1 (0.046%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.046%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 598 (27.57%) Software Engineering
2 500 (23.05%) Line Management
3 467 (21.53%) OOP
4 464 (21.39%) OO
5 458 (21.12%) Mentoring
6 436 (20.10%) Microservices
7 423 (19.50%) Design Patterns
8 411 (18.95%) Mathematics
9 398 (18.35%) Android Development
10 391 (18.03%) DevOps
11 369 (17.01%) Scrum
12 332 (15.31%) User Experience
13 315 (14.52%) CI/CD
14 251 (11.57%) SysML
15 246 (11.34%) Problem-Solving
16 216 (9.96%) Test Automation
17 213 (9.82%) Continuous Improvement
18 209 (9.64%) Systems Engineering
19 202 (9.31%) Machine Learning
20 201 (9.27%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 880 (40.57%) Java
2 691 (31.86%) Python
3 580 (26.74%) Go
4 574 (26.46%) C++
5 485 (22.36%) JavaScript
6 311 (14.34%) SQL
7 195 (8.99%) TypeScript
8 187 (8.62%) C#
9 178 (8.21%) Rust
10 99 (4.56%) MATLAB
11 41 (1.89%) PHP
12 31 (1.43%) C
13 28 (1.29%) PowerShell
14 16 (0.74%) VB
15 15 (0.69%) Ada
16 13 (0.60%) T-SQL
17 12 (0.55%) Bash
18 9 (0.41%) Kotlin
18 9 (0.41%) R
19 6 (0.28%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 598 (27.57%) Security Cleared
2 562 (25.91%) DV Cleared
3 449 (20.70%) Degree
4 378 (17.43%) BPSS Clearance
5 189 (8.71%) AWS Certification
6 179 (8.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 172 (7.93%) AWS Certified Developer
8 78 (3.60%) TOGAF Certification
9 52 (2.40%) PMP
10 51 (2.35%) DBS Check
11 29 (1.34%) Azure Certification
11 29 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
12 28 (1.29%) PMI Certification
13 26 (1.20%) Chartered Engineer
14 22 (1.01%) SC Cleared
15 18 (0.83%) HND
16 17 (0.78%) Master's Degree
17 16 (0.74%) ACCA
17 16 (0.74%) CIMA
17 16 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 179 (8.25%) QA
2 101 (4.66%) Accessibility
3 24 (1.11%) Data Quality
4 21 (0.97%) GDPR
5 20 (0.92%) SLA
6 18 (0.83%) PCI DSS
7 13 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 10 (0.46%) HIPAA
9 9 (0.41%) NIST
10 7 (0.32%) ISO 9001
10 7 (0.32%) NCSC
11 6 (0.28%) IEC 62304
11 6 (0.28%) ISO 13485
12 5 (0.23%) Basel III
12 5 (0.23%) Dodd-Frank
12 5 (0.23%) IFRS
12 5 (0.23%) IFRS 9
12 5 (0.23%) ISO 20022
12 5 (0.23%) PMO
System Software
1 608 (28.03%) Docker
2 23 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
3 10 (0.46%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.23%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.092%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.092%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.046%) Apache Flume
6 1 (0.046%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.046%) HDFS
6 1 (0.046%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.046%) NFS
6 1 (0.046%) Squid
6 1 (0.046%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.046%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.046%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 406 (18.72%) Ansible
2 209 (9.64%) Kubernetes
3 69 (3.18%) Terraform
4 10 (0.46%) Grafana
4 10 (0.46%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.32%) Progress Chef
5 7 (0.32%) SCCM
6 6 (0.28%) Kibana
7 4 (0.18%) Argo
7 4 (0.18%) Kustomize
7 4 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.092%) Automic
8 2 (0.092%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.092%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.046%) logstash
9 1 (0.046%) Oozie
9 1 (0.046%) Puppet
9 1 (0.046%) SCOM
9 1 (0.046%) WSUS
Vendors
1 215 (9.91%) Microsoft
2 112 (5.16%) Solace
3 94 (4.33%) SAP
4 84 (3.87%) Oracle
5 66 (3.04%) Sparx
6 56 (2.58%) Siemens
7 53 (2.44%) Google
8 52 (2.40%) Alteryx
9 50 (2.31%) MathWorks
10 36 (1.66%) ServiceNow
11 26 (1.20%) Atlassian
12 21 (0.97%) Keysight
13 18 (0.83%) VMware
14 17 (0.78%) Databricks
15 16 (0.74%) IBM
16 14 (0.65%) Facebook
17 12 (0.55%) Salesforce
18 9 (0.41%) Informatica
18 9 (0.41%) Ping Identity
19 8 (0.37%) Bloomberg