MoSCoW Job Trends in the North of England

MoSCoW Method
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring MoSCoW skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 260 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing MoSCoW 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.019% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.023% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £40,700 - -
25th Percentile £41,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 - -
75th Percentile £46,000 - -
90th Percentile £46,900 - -
England median annual salary £43,000 £50,967 £67,500
% change year-on-year -15.63% -24.49% +61.19%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

MoSCoW 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 8,531 8,241 7,566
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 80.17% 90.66% 88.34%
Number of salaries quoted 4,542 3,667 5,961
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £29,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £38,856
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -0.94%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,040 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

MoSCoW
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

MoSCoW job vacancy trend in the North of England

MoSCoW
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

MoSCoW
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 MoSCoW within the North of England region over the 6 months to 12 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 East - 2 £43,000 - 3
MoSCoW
England

MoSCoW
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Law
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Management
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Business Process Mapping
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Product Backlog
2 1 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Service Design
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Retrospective
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (50.00%) CSPO
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft