Agile Job Trends in the North of England

Agile Software Development
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Agile skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 4 2
Rank change year-on-year -19 -2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 884 1,575 2,096
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 8.02% 17.34% 22.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.07% 19.07% 26.11%
Number of salaries quoted 635 675 1,754
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £49,875 £47,500 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £59,430 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.17% -0.95% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,886 £75,000
90th Percentile £86,253 £87,500 £88,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -3.70%

All Process & 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 8,778 8,258 8,027
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 79.65% 90.90% 87.91%
Number of salaries quoted 4,728 3,683 6,349
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,963
25th Percentile £32,875 £40,000 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,803
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +3.34% -3.23%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Agile relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Agile job vacancy trend in the North of England

Agile
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Agile.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Agile

Agile
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Agile in the North of England over the 6 months to 17 January 2026.

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 17 January 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
North West -18 464 £60,000 - 313
Yorkshire -7 341 £62,904 +9.40% 233
North East -17 83 £52,500 -11.66% 82
Agile
England

Agile
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 31 (3.51%) Confluence
2 23 (2.60%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.70%) Apache Spark
4 13 (1.47%) Apache
5 12 (1.36%) OpenStack
6 10 (1.13%) CMS
7 6 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.45%) nginx
9 3 (0.34%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.23%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.23%) Drupal
10 2 (0.23%) EPiServer
10 2 (0.23%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.23%) WordPress
11 1 (0.11%) FileNet
11 1 (0.11%) IIS
11 1 (0.11%) Magnolia
11 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 32 (3.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (2.83%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.79%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.45%) Sketch
6 3 (0.34%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.34%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.23%) InVision
7 2 (0.23%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.23%) Simulink
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (1.58%) SAP ERP
2 11 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.23%) FLEXCUBE
4 2 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.11%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 274 (31.00%) Azure
2 243 (27.49%) AWS
3 102 (11.54%) SaaS
4 91 (10.29%) Serverless
5 55 (6.22%) GCP
6 53 (6.00%) Power Platform
7 51 (5.77%) Amazon S3
8 50 (5.66%) Azure DevOps
9 47 (5.32%) AWS CloudFormation
9 47 (5.32%) AWS Lambda
10 42 (4.75%) GitHub
11 34 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
12 33 (3.73%) Amazon ECS
13 31 (3.51%) Amazon SQS
13 31 (3.51%) AWS Step Functions
14 26 (2.94%) Amazon EKS
15 20 (2.26%) GitHub Actions
16 17 (1.92%) Amazon ECR
16 17 (1.92%) Apigee
17 16 (1.81%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.58%) Firewall
2 12 (1.36%) DNS
3 8 (0.90%) HTTP
4 7 (0.79%) VoIP
5 6 (0.68%) AMQP
5 6 (0.68%) Asterisk PBX
5 6 (0.68%) PSTN
6 4 (0.45%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.34%) SSH
7 3 (0.34%) SSL
7 3 (0.34%) WAN
8 2 (0.23%) LAN
8 2 (0.23%) Network Security
8 2 (0.23%) OpenVPN
8 2 (0.23%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.23%) VPN
8 2 (0.23%) Wireless
9 1 (0.11%) 4G
9 1 (0.11%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (8.82%) SQL Server
2 54 (6.11%) NoSQL
3 46 (5.20%) DynamoDB
4 29 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (3.28%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (2.94%) Relational Database
6 25 (2.83%) Power BI
7 21 (2.38%) MySQL
8 20 (2.26%) Data Lake
9 19 (2.15%) MongoDB
10 18 (2.04%) Metadata
11 9 (1.02%) Amazon Redshift
12 8 (0.90%) Big Data
13 7 (0.79%) Hadoop
13 7 (0.79%) Redis
14 5 (0.57%) Apache Iceberg
14 5 (0.57%) BusinessObjects
14 5 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (0.57%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.45%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 71 (8.03%) Git
2 48 (5.43%) JIRA
3 47 (5.32%) GitLab
4 45 (5.09%) Jenkins
5 26 (2.94%) Cypress.io
6 20 (2.26%) SonarQube
7 18 (2.04%) Maven
8 5 (0.57%) JUnit
8 5 (0.57%) Selenium
9 4 (0.45%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.45%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.45%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.34%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.34%) JIRA Agile
10 3 (0.34%) JMeter
10 3 (0.34%) Postman
10 3 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
11 2 (0.23%) Locust
11 2 (0.23%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.23%) Storybook
General
1 269 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 167 (18.89%) Finance
3 108 (12.22%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (8.03%) Public Sector
5 29 (3.28%) Law
6 28 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
7 26 (2.94%) Banking
7 26 (2.94%) Marketing
8 25 (2.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 25 (2.83%) Retail
9 24 (2.71%) Manufacturing
10 18 (2.04%) Legal
11 16 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
11 16 (1.81%) Telecoms
12 14 (1.58%) Advertising
13 13 (1.47%) Games
14 12 (1.36%) Electronics
15 9 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.79%) Avionics
16 7 (0.79%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 199 (22.51%) Developer
2 193 (21.83%) Senior
3 131 (14.82%) Lead
4 73 (8.26%) Analyst
5 53 (6.00%) Architect
5 53 (6.00%) Software Engineer
6 49 (5.54%) Senior Developer
7 45 (5.09%) Business Analyst
8 43 (4.86%) Software Developer
9 41 (4.64%) Project Manager
10 37 (4.19%) Data Engineer
11 36 (4.07%) Java Developer
12 33 (3.73%) Senior Manager
13 32 (3.62%) .NET Developer
14 28 (3.17%) Delivery Manager
15 25 (2.83%) Full-Stack Developer
16 24 (2.71%) Software Manager
17 23 (2.60%) Development Manager
18 21 (2.38%) Cloud Engineer
18 21 (2.38%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (16.40%) .NET
2 135 (15.27%) React
3 75 (8.48%) CSS
4 73 (8.26%) REST
5 65 (7.35%) HTML
6 61 (6.90%) AngularJS
7 60 (6.79%) Node.js
7 60 (6.79%) Spring Boot
8 54 (6.11%) ASP.NET
9 51 (5.77%) Spring
10 46 (5.20%) .NET Core
11 45 (5.09%) RESTful
12 42 (4.75%) .NET Framework
13 27 (3.05%) Vue
14 23 (2.60%) Jest
14 23 (2.60%) Kafka
15 22 (2.49%) Web Services
16 21 (2.38%) ASP.NET Core
17 20 (2.26%) Blazor
18 19 (2.15%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 77 (8.71%) Cloud Native
2 60 (6.79%) Product Ownership
3 45 (5.09%) Distributed Systems
4 21 (2.38%) Data Structures
5 19 (2.15%) Mobile App
6 14 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (1.58%) Greenfield Project
6 14 (1.58%) IoT
6 14 (1.58%) Management Information System
6 14 (1.58%) Social Media
7 13 (1.47%) Public Cloud
8 12 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (1.36%) Low-Code
9 10 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
9 10 (1.13%) Driving Licence
9 10 (1.13%) Onboarding
9 10 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.02%) Client/Server
10 9 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (1.02%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 37 (4.19%) Windows
2 22 (2.49%) Linux
3 10 (1.13%) Windows 10
4 8 (0.90%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.68%) Android
6 4 (0.45%) CentOS
6 4 (0.45%) Debian
6 4 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.45%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.34%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.23%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.23%) VMS
9 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (26.92%) CI/CD
2 234 (26.47%) DevOps
3 210 (23.76%) Mentoring
4 200 (22.62%) Continuous Improvement
5 198 (22.40%) Problem-Solving
6 149 (16.86%) Software Engineering
7 144 (16.29%) Coaching
8 118 (13.35%) Scrum
9 115 (13.01%) Microservices
10 111 (12.56%) Stakeholder Management
11 95 (10.75%) SDLC
12 93 (10.52%) Infrastructure as Code
13 88 (9.95%) Project Management
14 85 (9.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 82 (9.28%) Project Delivery
16 79 (8.94%) Roadmaps
17 78 (8.82%) User Experience
18 75 (8.48%) Containerisation
19 74 (8.37%) Full-Stack Development
20 67 (7.58%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 141 (15.95%) SQL
2 134 (15.16%) JavaScript
3 131 (14.82%) C#
4 111 (12.56%) Java
5 93 (10.52%) Python
6 91 (10.29%) TypeScript
7 30 (3.39%) Bash
8 18 (2.04%) Go
9 17 (1.92%) Groovy
10 13 (1.47%) C++
11 12 (1.36%) PHP
11 12 (1.36%) PowerShell
12 9 (1.02%) MATLAB
13 8 (0.90%) Elixir
13 8 (0.90%) Ruby
14 7 (0.79%) C
14 7 (0.79%) Scala
15 6 (0.68%) VBA
16 5 (0.57%) Embedded C
16 5 (0.57%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 80 (9.05%) Degree
2 53 (6.00%) Security Cleared
3 43 (4.86%) SC Cleared
4 38 (4.30%) BPSS Clearance
5 30 (3.39%) AWS Certification
6 18 (2.04%) PMI Certification
6 18 (2.04%) PMP
7 16 (1.81%) AWS Certified Developer
7 16 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (1.47%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.13%) DBS Check
10 9 (1.02%) ITIL Certification
11 7 (0.79%) ACCA
11 7 (0.79%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 7 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (0.68%) Azure Certification
12 6 (0.68%) CCNP
12 6 (0.68%) CompTIA Security+
12 6 (0.68%) Network+ Certification
13 5 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (8.26%) QA
2 50 (5.66%) Accessibility
3 21 (2.38%) Data Quality
4 17 (1.92%) PMO
5 12 (1.36%) GDPR
6 8 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (0.90%) SEPA
6 8 (0.90%) TARGET2
7 7 (0.79%) SLA
8 6 (0.68%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 4 (0.45%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.45%) NIST
10 4 (0.45%) WCAG
11 3 (0.34%) GAAP
11 3 (0.34%) IFRS
11 3 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 3 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 116 (13.12%) Docker
2 26 (2.94%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.57%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (0.57%) Firmware
4 2 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.11%) HDFS
5 1 (0.11%) KVM
5 1 (0.11%) QEMU
5 1 (0.11%) Squid
5 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 115 (13.01%) Terraform
2 71 (8.03%) Kubernetes
3 28 (3.17%) Ansible
4 18 (2.04%) Grafana
5 17 (1.92%) HP Fortify
6 13 (1.47%) Prometheus
7 12 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
8 11 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (0.90%) SCCM
10 5 (0.57%) Puppet
11 3 (0.34%) Rancher
12 2 (0.23%) Progress Chef
13 1 (0.11%) Kibana
Vendors
1 141 (15.95%) Microsoft
2 46 (5.20%) SAP
3 27 (3.05%) Google
4 21 (2.38%) Databricks
5 17 (1.92%) Salesforce
6 15 (1.70%) ServiceNow
7 10 (1.13%) Adobe
7 10 (1.13%) New Relic
8 9 (1.02%) Oracle
8 9 (1.02%) Siemens
8 9 (1.02%) Splunk
9 7 (0.79%) Cisco
10 6 (0.68%) Qualtrics
10 6 (0.68%) Sophos
11 5 (0.57%) Pega
11 5 (0.57%) SaltStack
12 4 (0.45%) IBM
12 4 (0.45%) Red Hat
12 4 (0.45%) WSO2
13 2 (0.23%) Informatica