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 21 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 1,874 3,464 6,032
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 17.52% 20.28% 34.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.61% 24.16% 35.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,016 2,574 2,645
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 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% -2.62% +8.23%
75th Percentile £75,772 £75,772 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £86,250
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 10,070 14,339 17,163
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 94.15% 83.97% 96.87%
Number of salaries quoted 5,683 11,031 8,127
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,500 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +9.45%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,560 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.65% -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 21 April 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 21 April 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 1,384 £57,560 -4.07% 707
Yorkshire -5 408 £57,500 -0.80% 363
North East -9 82 £55,000 +4.76% 129
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
1 135 (7.20%) Confluence
2 15 (0.80%) Oracle Application Server
3 13 (0.69%) SharePoint
4 10 (0.53%) Apache Spark
5 8 (0.43%) SAS
6 7 (0.37%) CMS
6 7 (0.37%) IIS
7 5 (0.27%) Apache
8 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.053%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.053%) Moodle
11 1 (0.053%) nginx
11 1 (0.053%) OpenEdge
11 1 (0.053%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.053%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.053%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.053%) Totara
11 1 (0.053%) WebLogic
Applications
1 98 (5.23%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (2.67%) Simulink
3 29 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
4 19 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.91%) Trello
6 15 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 10 (0.53%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.21%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.053%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.053%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.053%) Revit
9 1 (0.053%) Sketch
9 1 (0.053%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 51 (2.72%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 50 (2.67%) Teamcenter
3 6 (0.32%) PeopleSoft HCM
4 4 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.16%) Siebel CRM
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle BPM
7 1 (0.053%) iTrent
7 1 (0.053%) Magento
7 1 (0.053%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.053%) Shopify
7 1 (0.053%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 280 (14.94%) Azure
2 227 (12.11%) AWS
3 120 (6.40%) Power Platform
4 117 (6.24%) GCP
5 60 (3.20%) SaaS
6 48 (2.56%) GitHub
7 44 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
8 34 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
9 33 (1.76%) Serverless
10 25 (1.33%) Microsoft 365
11 17 (0.91%) Amazon EKS
11 17 (0.91%) AWS Lambda
11 17 (0.91%) Cloud Computing
12 16 (0.85%) PaaS
13 15 (0.80%) Amazon S3
14 13 (0.69%) OCI
15 11 (0.59%) Snowflake
16 10 (0.53%) AWS CloudFormation
17 9 (0.48%) Amazon ECS
17 9 (0.48%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 396 (21.13%) DNS
2 391 (20.86%) VPN
3 8 (0.43%) Broadband
4 7 (0.37%) Intranet
5 6 (0.32%) 5G
5 6 (0.32%) Firewall
5 6 (0.32%) NAS
5 6 (0.32%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.27%) DHCP
6 5 (0.27%) SAN
6 5 (0.27%) SD-WAN
6 5 (0.27%) VSAN
7 4 (0.21%) Network Security
8 3 (0.16%) HTTP
9 2 (0.11%) Bluetooth
9 2 (0.11%) DMZ
9 2 (0.11%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.11%) Internet
9 2 (0.11%) WAN
9 2 (0.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (7.10%) SQL Server
2 92 (4.91%) Power BI
3 64 (3.42%) MySQL
4 63 (3.36%) NoSQL
5 41 (2.19%) MongoDB
6 39 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
7 34 (1.81%) Data Warehouse
8 19 (1.01%) Relational Database
9 18 (0.96%) Oracle Reports
10 15 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
10 15 (0.80%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 14 (0.75%) Data Lake
12 13 (0.69%) Big Data
12 13 (0.69%) BigQuery
13 11 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
13 11 (0.59%) DynamoDB
13 11 (0.59%) Redis
13 11 (0.59%) Tableau
14 8 (0.43%) RDBMS
14 8 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 216 (11.53%) JIRA
2 93 (4.96%) Git
3 69 (3.68%) Rational DOORS
4 32 (1.71%) Jenkins
5 24 (1.28%) GitLab
6 21 (1.12%) eggPlant
6 21 (1.12%) Selenium
7 20 (1.07%) Bitbucket
8 17 (0.91%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 12 (0.64%) Postman
9 12 (0.64%) SonarQube
10 11 (0.59%) Octopus Deploy
11 10 (0.53%) JMeter
12 9 (0.48%) Babel
12 9 (0.48%) JUnit
12 9 (0.48%) TeamCity
12 9 (0.48%) Visual Studio
12 9 (0.48%) webpack
13 8 (0.43%) Cucumber
14 6 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
General
1 772 (41.20%) Finance
2 545 (29.08%) Analytical Skills
3 500 (26.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 491 (26.20%) Social Skills
5 156 (8.32%) Banking
6 97 (5.18%) Organisational Skills
7 85 (4.54%) Law
8 67 (3.58%) Presentation Skills
9 54 (2.88%) Aerospace
10 52 (2.77%) Manufacturing
11 44 (2.35%) Retail
12 31 (1.65%) Public Sector
13 30 (1.60%) Legal
14 29 (1.55%) Marketing
15 21 (1.12%) Military
16 20 (1.07%) Automotive
16 20 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
17 18 (0.96%) Games
18 14 (0.75%) Financial Institution
19 13 (0.69%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 604 (32.23%) Developer
2 441 (23.53%) Software Developer
3 360 (19.21%) Senior
4 252 (13.45%) Lead
5 209 (11.15%) Systems Engineer
6 196 (10.46%) Analyst
7 157 (8.38%) Software Engineer
8 110 (5.87%) Architect
9 82 (4.38%) Lead Systems Engineer
10 74 (3.95%) Senior Software Engineer
11 70 (3.74%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 70 (3.74%) Solutions Architect
12 67 (3.58%) Team Leader
13 65 (3.47%) Digital Analyst
14 64 (3.42%) Project Manager
15 63 (3.36%) Senior Developer
16 54 (2.88%) Platform Engineer
17 52 (2.77%) Business Analyst
17 52 (2.77%) Graduate
18 51 (2.72%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 182 (9.71%) .NET
2 131 (6.99%) React
3 84 (4.48%) CSS
4 82 (4.38%) Node.js
5 79 (4.22%) HTML
6 71 (3.79%) .NET Core
7 58 (3.09%) AngularJS
8 56 (2.99%) REST
9 52 (2.77%) RESTful
10 46 (2.45%) .NET Framework
11 42 (2.24%) ASP.NET
12 41 (2.19%) Spring
13 40 (2.13%) Kafka
14 33 (1.76%) Spring Boot
15 27 (1.44%) ASP.NET Web API
16 25 (1.33%) Vue
17 24 (1.28%) GraphQL
17 24 (1.28%) Laravel
18 17 (0.91%) Entity Framework
18 17 (0.91%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 393 (20.97%) Cyberattack
2 210 (11.21%) Product Ownership
3 96 (5.12%) Management Information System
4 31 (1.65%) Mobile App
5 30 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
6 29 (1.55%) Cloud Native
6 29 (1.55%) Greenfield Project
7 25 (1.33%) Driving Licence
8 24 (1.28%) Social Media
9 21 (1.12%) Algorithms
10 20 (1.07%) Onboarding
11 18 (0.96%) Credit Risk
12 17 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
13 16 (0.85%) Learning Management System
14 15 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
14 15 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
15 14 (0.75%) Virtual Team
16 13 (0.69%) Operational Technology
16 13 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
17 12 (0.64%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 438 (23.37%) Linux
2 410 (21.88%) Android
3 41 (2.19%) Windows
4 9 (0.48%) Apple iOS
5 8 (0.43%) Windows Vista
5 8 (0.43%) zOS
6 7 (0.37%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.32%) Windows 10
8 5 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.11%) Unix
9 2 (0.11%) VMS
10 1 (0.053%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.053%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.053%) Solaris
10 1 (0.053%) ThreadX
10 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 518 (27.64%) Line Management
2 466 (24.87%) OO
2 466 (24.87%) OOP
3 418 (22.31%) Design Patterns
4 410 (21.88%) Mathematics
5 401 (21.40%) Android Development
6 330 (17.61%) Software Engineering
7 273 (14.57%) DevOps
8 251 (13.39%) Problem-Solving
9 220 (11.74%) Project Management
10 215 (11.47%) Mentoring
11 209 (11.15%) Roadmaps
11 209 (11.15%) SysML
12 200 (10.67%) Scrum
13 191 (10.19%) Stakeholder Management
14 188 (10.03%) CI/CD
15 182 (9.71%) Analytics
15 182 (9.71%) Systems Engineering
16 171 (9.12%) Microservices
17 169 (9.02%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 604 (32.23%) Java
2 516 (27.53%) Python
3 406 (21.66%) Go
4 405 (21.61%) C++
5 205 (10.94%) SQL
6 204 (10.89%) C#
7 198 (10.57%) JavaScript
8 117 (6.24%) TypeScript
9 75 (4.00%) MATLAB
10 44 (2.35%) PHP
11 38 (2.03%) C
12 24 (1.28%) PowerShell
13 16 (0.85%) VB
14 15 (0.80%) Ada
14 15 (0.80%) Kotlin
15 11 (0.59%) T-SQL
16 10 (0.53%) Bash
16 10 (0.53%) R
17 9 (0.48%) Rust
18 4 (0.21%) Perl
Qualifications
1 439 (23.43%) Security Cleared
2 430 (22.95%) Degree
3 393 (20.97%) DV Cleared
4 313 (16.70%) BPSS Clearance
5 62 (3.31%) TOGAF Certification
6 50 (2.67%) PMP
7 40 (2.13%) DBS Check
8 29 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
9 26 (1.39%) Master's Degree
9 26 (1.39%) PMI Certification
10 25 (1.33%) Chartered Engineer
10 25 (1.33%) HND
11 23 (1.23%) SC Cleared
12 21 (1.12%) Azure Certification
13 16 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
13 16 (0.85%) PhD
14 13 (0.69%) AWS Certification
15 10 (0.53%) ACCA
15 10 (0.53%) CIMA
15 10 (0.53%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (3.95%) QA
2 28 (1.49%) Data Quality
3 25 (1.33%) Accessibility
3 25 (1.33%) GDPR
4 22 (1.17%) PCI DSS
5 21 (1.12%) SLA
6 16 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 12 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (0.53%) PMO
9 8 (0.43%) Basel III
9 8 (0.43%) IEC 62304
9 8 (0.43%) IFRS
9 8 (0.43%) IFRS 9
9 8 (0.43%) ISO 13485
10 7 (0.37%) Basel II
10 7 (0.37%) Dodd-Frank
10 7 (0.37%) HIPAA
10 7 (0.37%) ISO 9001
11 6 (0.32%) NIST
12 5 (0.27%) NCSC
System Software
1 485 (25.88%) Docker
2 26 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (0.48%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.27%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.11%) Firmware
5 2 (0.11%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.053%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.053%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.053%) NFS
6 1 (0.053%) Squid
6 1 (0.053%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.053%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 402 (21.45%) Ansible
2 90 (4.80%) Kubernetes
3 70 (3.74%) Terraform
4 11 (0.59%) Grafana
5 7 (0.37%) Kibana
6 6 (0.32%) Progress Chef
6 6 (0.32%) SCCM
7 5 (0.27%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.11%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.11%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.053%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.053%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.053%) logstash
9 1 (0.053%) NetApp OnCommand
9 1 (0.053%) Packer
9 1 (0.053%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 1 (0.053%) WSUS
Vendors
1 220 (11.74%) Microsoft
2 87 (4.64%) Oracle
3 66 (3.52%) SAP
4 60 (3.20%) Alteryx
5 51 (2.72%) Sparx
6 50 (2.67%) MathWorks
7 49 (2.61%) Google
8 40 (2.13%) Siemens
9 37 (1.97%) ServiceNow
10 27 (1.44%) Atlassian
11 24 (1.28%) IBM
12 21 (1.12%) Keysight
13 19 (1.01%) VMware
14 12 (0.64%) Red Hat
15 11 (0.59%) Salesforce
16 10 (0.53%) Informatica
17 8 (0.43%) Databricks
18 7 (0.37%) Bloomberg
19 6 (0.32%) Adobe
19 6 (0.32%) PeopleSoft