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

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 2,106 3,490 5,353
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 18.20% 19.28% 32.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.30% 23.51% 33.31%
Number of salaries quoted 920 2,507 2,465
10th Percentile £41,000 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,683 £43,441 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,530 £57,965 £57,810
Median % change year-on-year -0.75% +0.27% +5.11%
75th Percentile £73,886 £75,000 £73,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,964 £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 10,913 14,844 16,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 94.30% 81.98% 96.68%
Number of salaries quoted 5,415 11,360 7,881
10th Percentile £25,250 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £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 £62,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,250
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 28 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 28 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 1,643 £57,560 -4.07% 720
Yorkshire -7 388 £58,000 +0.46% 408
North East -14 75 £52,500 -4.55% 153
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 (9.83%) Confluence
2 15 (0.71%) Oracle Application Server
3 10 (0.47%) Apache Spark
3 10 (0.47%) SharePoint
4 9 (0.43%) IIS
5 7 (0.33%) CMS
6 5 (0.24%) Apache
6 5 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.24%) SAS
7 3 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.095%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.095%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.047%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.047%) Moodle
9 1 (0.047%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.047%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.047%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.047%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.047%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.047%) Totara
Applications
1 99 (4.70%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (2.37%) Simulink
3 28 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 22 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
5 21 (1.00%) Trello
6 14 (0.66%) MS Visio
7 10 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 8 (0.38%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.095%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.047%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.047%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 65 (3.09%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 65 (3.09%) Teamcenter
2 6 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.14%) Siebel CRM
4 2 (0.095%) Oracle BPM
4 2 (0.095%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.047%) iTrent
5 1 (0.047%) Magento
5 1 (0.047%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.047%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.047%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 550 (26.12%) Azure
2 529 (25.12%) AWS
3 320 (15.19%) GCP
4 101 (4.80%) Power Platform
5 57 (2.71%) GitHub
6 50 (2.37%) SaaS
7 49 (2.33%) Serverless
8 43 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
9 35 (1.66%) AWS Lambda
10 28 (1.33%) Microsoft 365
11 23 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
12 21 (1.00%) Cloud Computing
13 17 (0.81%) Amazon S3
14 16 (0.76%) Amazon EKS
15 13 (0.62%) GitHub Actions
15 13 (0.62%) Power Automate
16 11 (0.52%) PaaS
17 10 (0.47%) Azure Data Factory
17 10 (0.47%) Snowflake
18 9 (0.43%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 400 (18.99%) DNS
2 394 (18.71%) VPN
3 19 (0.90%) Broadband
4 7 (0.33%) Intranet
5 6 (0.28%) Firewall
5 6 (0.28%) NAS
5 6 (0.28%) SD-WAN
5 6 (0.28%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.24%) DHCP
6 5 (0.24%) SAN
6 5 (0.24%) VSAN
6 5 (0.24%) WAN
7 4 (0.19%) 5G
7 4 (0.19%) HTTP
8 2 (0.095%) DMZ
8 2 (0.095%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.095%) Internet
8 2 (0.095%) LoRaWAN
8 2 (0.095%) MPLS
8 2 (0.095%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 223 (10.59%) SQL Server
2 84 (3.99%) Power BI
3 64 (3.04%) NoSQL
4 58 (2.75%) MySQL
5 47 (2.23%) PostgreSQL
6 46 (2.18%) MongoDB
7 35 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
8 24 (1.14%) Relational Database
9 20 (0.95%) DynamoDB
10 19 (0.90%) Data Lake
11 18 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
12 15 (0.71%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 14 (0.66%) Big Data
13 14 (0.66%) BigQuery
14 13 (0.62%) RDBMS
15 12 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
16 10 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
17 8 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 8 (0.38%) Tableau
18 7 (0.33%) Redis
Development Applications
1 367 (17.43%) JIRA
2 138 (6.55%) GitLab
3 136 (6.46%) Selenium
4 131 (6.22%) Bitbucket
5 125 (5.94%) Cucumber
6 122 (5.79%) SonarQube
7 113 (5.37%) Maven
8 112 (5.32%) Sonatype Nexus
9 87 (4.13%) Git
10 84 (3.99%) Rational DOORS
11 31 (1.47%) Jenkins
12 21 (1.00%) eggPlant
13 17 (0.81%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 12 (0.57%) Postman
15 11 (0.52%) Octopus Deploy
16 10 (0.47%) JMeter
17 8 (0.38%) TeamCity
18 7 (0.33%) Babel
18 7 (0.33%) JUnit
18 7 (0.33%) webpack
General
1 857 (40.69%) Finance
2 759 (36.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 524 (24.88%) Analytical Skills
4 451 (21.42%) Social Skills
5 233 (11.06%) Banking
6 116 (5.51%) Retail
7 93 (4.42%) Presentation Skills
8 82 (3.89%) Organisational Skills
9 77 (3.66%) Manufacturing
10 73 (3.47%) Investment Banking
11 72 (3.42%) Corporate Banking
12 68 (3.23%) Law
13 53 (2.52%) Aerospace
14 35 (1.66%) Marketing
15 32 (1.52%) Public Sector
16 22 (1.04%) Military
17 20 (0.95%) Avionics
18 17 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
19 15 (0.71%) Financial Institution
20 14 (0.66%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 586 (27.83%) Developer
2 530 (25.17%) Senior
3 433 (20.56%) Software Developer
4 426 (20.23%) Software Engineer
5 250 (11.87%) Systems Engineer
6 244 (11.59%) Lead
7 239 (11.35%) Senior Software Engineer
8 164 (7.79%) Analyst
9 133 (6.32%) Architect
10 94 (4.46%) Solutions Architect
11 80 (3.80%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 75 (3.56%) Lead Systems Engineer
13 69 (3.28%) Team Leader
14 68 (3.23%) Platform Engineer
15 63 (2.99%) Senior Developer
16 62 (2.94%) Lead Architect
17 60 (2.85%) Lead Solutions Architect
18 53 (2.52%) Project Manager
19 52 (2.47%) Digital Analyst
20 43 (2.04%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 307 (14.58%) .NET
2 242 (11.49%) Node.js
3 224 (10.64%) React
4 178 (8.45%) CSS
5 167 (7.93%) HTML
6 157 (7.45%) Spring
7 156 (7.41%) Kafka
8 150 (7.12%) Spring Boot
9 129 (6.13%) REST
10 123 (5.84%) Redux
11 114 (5.41%) RESTful
12 113 (5.37%) JPA
13 87 (4.13%) HTML5
14 82 (3.89%) Jest
15 77 (3.66%) Sass
16 76 (3.61%) CSS3
17 57 (2.71%) .NET Core
18 44 (2.09%) AngularJS
19 43 (2.04%) Hibernate
20 38 (1.80%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 562 (26.69%) Cyberattack
2 320 (15.19%) Product Ownership
3 195 (9.26%) Self-Motivation
4 172 (8.17%) Linux Command Line
5 122 (5.79%) Enterprise Software
6 80 (3.80%) Management Information System
7 34 (1.61%) Cloud Native
8 30 (1.42%) Distributed Systems
9 28 (1.33%) Mobile App
10 26 (1.23%) Driving Licence
10 26 (1.23%) Social Media
11 22 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
12 18 (0.85%) Onboarding
13 16 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
13 16 (0.76%) Data Centre
13 16 (0.76%) Virtual Team
14 14 (0.66%) Algorithms
15 11 (0.52%) Hybrid Cloud
16 10 (0.47%) Private Cloud
16 10 (0.47%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 607 (28.82%) Linux
2 401 (19.04%) Android
3 38 (1.80%) Windows
4 8 (0.38%) zOS
5 7 (0.33%) Unix
6 6 (0.28%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.28%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.28%) Windows Vista
7 4 (0.19%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.095%) VMS
10 1 (0.047%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.047%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.047%) Solaris
10 1 (0.047%) ThreadX
10 1 (0.047%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.047%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 579 (27.49%) Software Engineering
2 502 (23.84%) Line Management
3 461 (21.89%) OOP
4 456 (21.65%) OO
5 442 (20.99%) Mentoring
6 430 (20.42%) Microservices
7 425 (20.18%) Design Patterns
8 409 (19.42%) Mathematics
9 397 (18.85%) Android Development
10 390 (18.52%) DevOps
11 348 (16.52%) Scrum
12 329 (15.62%) User Experience
13 315 (14.96%) CI/CD
14 251 (11.92%) SysML
15 245 (11.63%) Problem-Solving
16 218 (10.35%) Test Automation
17 211 (10.02%) Systems Engineering
18 207 (9.83%) Continuous Improvement
19 201 (9.54%) Containerisation
20 199 (9.45%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 882 (41.88%) Java
2 692 (32.86%) Python
3 578 (27.45%) Go
4 574 (27.26%) C++
5 461 (21.89%) JavaScript
6 302 (14.34%) SQL
7 193 (9.16%) TypeScript
8 178 (8.45%) Rust
9 161 (7.64%) C#
10 99 (4.70%) MATLAB
11 31 (1.47%) C
11 31 (1.47%) PHP
12 28 (1.33%) PowerShell
13 16 (0.76%) VB
14 15 (0.71%) Ada
15 13 (0.62%) Bash
15 13 (0.62%) T-SQL
16 8 (0.38%) R
17 7 (0.33%) Kotlin
18 6 (0.28%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 591 (28.06%) Security Cleared
2 564 (26.78%) DV Cleared
3 432 (20.51%) Degree
4 379 (18.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 189 (8.97%) AWS Certification
6 179 (8.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 172 (8.17%) AWS Certified Developer
8 78 (3.70%) TOGAF Certification
9 47 (2.23%) DBS Check
10 44 (2.09%) PMP
11 29 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
12 28 (1.33%) Azure Certification
12 28 (1.33%) Chartered Engineer
13 24 (1.14%) PMI Certification
14 20 (0.95%) ACCA
15 19 (0.90%) SC Cleared
16 16 (0.76%) CIMA
16 16 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
17 15 (0.71%) HND
18 12 (0.57%) CCAB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 170 (8.07%) QA
2 100 (4.75%) Accessibility
3 22 (1.04%) Data Quality
4 20 (0.95%) GDPR
5 19 (0.90%) SLA
6 16 (0.76%) PCI DSS
7 14 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 10 (0.47%) HIPAA
8 10 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 8 (0.38%) IFRS
9 8 (0.38%) NIST
10 7 (0.33%) ISO 9001
10 7 (0.33%) NCSC
10 7 (0.33%) PMO
11 5 (0.24%) HL7
11 5 (0.24%) IEC 62304
11 5 (0.24%) ISO 13485
11 5 (0.24%) ISO 20022
12 4 (0.19%) Basel III
12 4 (0.19%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 610 (28.96%) Docker
2 23 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
3 10 (0.47%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.24%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.095%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.095%) Squid
7 1 (0.047%) Apache Flume
7 1 (0.047%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.047%) HDFS
7 1 (0.047%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.047%) NFS
7 1 (0.047%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.047%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.047%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 405 (19.23%) Ansible
2 212 (10.07%) Kubernetes
3 67 (3.18%) Terraform
4 10 (0.47%) Grafana
4 10 (0.47%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.38%) SCCM
6 7 (0.33%) Kibana
6 7 (0.33%) Progress Chef
7 5 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.19%) Argo
8 4 (0.19%) Kustomize
8 4 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.095%) Automic
9 2 (0.095%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.095%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.047%) logstash
10 1 (0.047%) NetApp OnCommand
10 1 (0.047%) Oozie
10 1 (0.047%) SCOM
10 1 (0.047%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 208 (9.88%) Microsoft
2 112 (5.32%) Solace
3 97 (4.61%) SAP
4 86 (4.08%) Oracle
5 65 (3.09%) Sparx
6 56 (2.66%) Siemens
7 51 (2.42%) Google
8 50 (2.37%) MathWorks
9 44 (2.09%) Alteryx
10 35 (1.66%) ServiceNow
11 25 (1.19%) Atlassian
12 21 (1.00%) Keysight
13 18 (0.85%) Databricks
13 18 (0.85%) VMware
14 17 (0.81%) Salesforce
15 15 (0.71%) Facebook
16 14 (0.66%) IBM
17 9 (0.43%) Ping Identity
18 8 (0.38%) Bloomberg
18 8 (0.38%) Informatica