Agile Job Trends in the North West

Agile Software Development
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Agile skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -24 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 560 1,120 1,803
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 5.33% 26.48% 19.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.24% 27.81% 23.69%
Number of salaries quoted 410 392 1,419
10th Percentile £43,870 £42,500 £38,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% +8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £74,987 £78,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £86,253 £92,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £65,576 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.32% +12.00% -7.41%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,731 4,028 7,611
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 73.61% 95.25% 82.19%
Number of salaries quoted 4,594 2,189 6,042
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,200 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,603
90th Percentile £88,925 £83,850 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Agile job vacancy trend in the North West

Agile
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Agile.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Agile

Agile
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Agile in the North West over the 6 months to 5 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Agile in the North West

Agile
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the North West region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
Manchester -21 399 £65,000 -3.18% 214
Lancashire -32 58 £58,446 +11.33% 47
Cheshire -37 52 £55,000 +10.00% 21
Merseyside -34 28 £55,550 -16.15% 10
Cumbria -17 19 £55,000 +11.96% 5
Agile
England

Agile
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 45 (8.04%) Confluence
2 11 (1.96%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.43%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.07%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.89%) Apache
6 4 (0.71%) CMS
6 4 (0.71%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.36%) CICS
7 2 (0.36%) nginx
7 2 (0.36%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.36%) WordPress
8 1 (0.18%) IIS
8 1 (0.18%) PegaRULES
8 1 (0.18%) Umbraco
Applications
1 10 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.36%) Simulink
4 1 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.18%) Sketch
4 1 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.36%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 178 (31.79%) Azure
2 119 (21.25%) AWS
3 47 (8.39%) SaaS
4 39 (6.96%) Azure DevOps
5 33 (5.89%) Serverless
6 30 (5.36%) GCP
6 30 (5.36%) Power Platform
7 24 (4.29%) Microsoft 365
8 22 (3.93%) AWS CloudFormation
9 20 (3.57%) Azure AKS
10 14 (2.50%) Amazon EKS
11 13 (2.32%) Azure Service Bus
12 12 (2.14%) GitHub
13 11 (1.96%) Anthropic Claude
13 11 (1.96%) Azure Logic Apps
13 11 (1.96%) Microsoft Purview
14 10 (1.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 10 (1.79%) Azure Functions
14 10 (1.79%) Azure Monitor
15 9 (1.61%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.07%) HTTP
2 4 (0.71%) AMQP
2 4 (0.71%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.36%) DNS
3 2 (0.36%) OpenVPN
3 2 (0.36%) SSH
3 2 (0.36%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.18%) 4G
4 1 (0.18%) Broadband
4 1 (0.18%) Firewall
4 1 (0.18%) LAN
4 1 (0.18%) LTE
4 1 (0.18%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.18%) SSL
4 1 (0.18%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 34 (6.07%) NoSQL
3 23 (4.11%) MongoDB
4 21 (3.75%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (3.21%) MySQL
6 14 (2.50%) Power BI
7 10 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (1.61%) Relational Database
9 8 (1.43%) Data Lake
9 8 (1.43%) DynamoDB
10 6 (1.07%) Big Data
10 6 (1.07%) BigQuery
10 6 (1.07%) Hadoop
11 4 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.71%) Cloudera CDH
11 4 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (0.71%) Flink
11 4 (0.71%) Geospatial Data
11 4 (0.71%) GIS
11 4 (0.71%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 68 (12.14%) JIRA
2 46 (8.21%) Git
3 18 (3.21%) GitLab
4 13 (2.32%) Jenkins
5 12 (2.14%) Claude Code
6 9 (1.61%) Postman
7 4 (0.71%) IntelliJ
7 4 (0.71%) JUnit
7 4 (0.71%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.54%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.54%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.36%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.36%) Selenium
9 2 (0.36%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.36%) Vagrant
9 2 (0.36%) XCUITest
10 1 (0.18%) MSTest
10 1 (0.18%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.18%) WinDbg
General
1 125 (22.32%) Social Skills
2 120 (21.43%) Finance
3 54 (9.64%) Public Sector
4 45 (8.04%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (4.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 20 (3.57%) Marketing
7 17 (3.04%) Banking
8 16 (2.86%) Manufacturing
9 15 (2.68%) Games
9 15 (2.68%) Law
10 11 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (1.79%) Retail
12 8 (1.43%) Advertising
12 8 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (0.89%) Aerospace
13 5 (0.89%) Legal
13 5 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.71%) Publishing
14 4 (0.71%) Retail Banking
14 4 (0.71%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 135 (24.11%) Senior
2 99 (17.68%) Developer
3 86 (15.36%) Lead
4 74 (13.21%) Software Engineer
5 43 (7.68%) Project Manager
5 43 (7.68%) Senior Developer
6 31 (5.54%) Analyst
7 28 (5.00%) Software Developer
8 25 (4.46%) Architect
9 24 (4.29%) Business Analyst
9 24 (4.29%) Data Engineer
9 24 (4.29%) Delivery Manager
9 24 (4.29%) Java Developer
9 24 (4.29%) Lead Software Engineer
10 22 (3.93%) .NET Developer
11 21 (3.75%) Java Engineer
12 20 (3.57%) Senior Data Engineer
13 19 (3.39%) IT Manager
14 18 (3.21%) Senior Software Engineer
15 17 (3.04%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (14.64%) .NET
2 52 (9.29%) React
3 36 (6.43%) Node.js
4 35 (6.25%) .NET Framework
5 34 (6.07%) RESTful
6 33 (5.89%) REST
7 32 (5.71%) Spring
8 31 (5.54%) Spring Boot
9 30 (5.36%) AngularJS
9 30 (5.36%) CSS
10 29 (5.18%) HTML
11 25 (4.46%) .NET Core
11 25 (4.46%) ASP.NET
12 15 (2.68%) Kafka
13 10 (1.79%) Vue
13 10 (1.79%) Web Services
14 7 (1.25%) gRPC
14 7 (1.25%) PySpark
14 7 (1.25%) RabbitMQ
15 5 (0.89%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 58 (10.36%) Product Ownership
2 37 (6.61%) Cloud Native
3 25 (4.46%) Distributed Systems
4 22 (3.93%) Enterprise Software
5 20 (3.57%) Driving Licence
6 16 (2.86%) Greenfield Project
7 14 (2.50%) Mobile App
8 8 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (1.43%) Low-Code
8 8 (1.43%) Management Information System
9 7 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.07%) PMI
11 5 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (0.89%) Onboarding
12 4 (0.71%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (0.71%) Public Cloud
12 4 (0.71%) Social Media
12 4 (0.71%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.54%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.11%) Linux
2 19 (3.39%) Windows
3 4 (0.71%) CentOS
3 4 (0.71%) Debian
3 4 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (0.71%) Ubuntu
3 4 (0.71%) Unix
3 4 (0.71%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.54%) Android
4 3 (0.54%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (0.54%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.36%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 131 (23.39%) DevOps
2 131 (23.39%) Scrum
3 129 (23.04%) Continuous Improvement
4 113 (20.18%) Software Engineering
5 91 (16.25%) Mentoring
6 88 (15.71%) Coaching
7 73 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
8 71 (12.68%) Microservices
9 68 (12.14%) Stakeholder Management
10 65 (11.61%) Project Management
11 64 (11.43%) TDD
12 60 (10.71%) Roadmaps
13 57 (10.18%) AI
14 56 (10.00%) Kanban
15 51 (9.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 49 (8.75%) Project Delivery
17 48 (8.57%) Full-Stack Development
18 46 (8.21%) Decision-Making
19 43 (7.68%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 104 (18.57%) SQL
2 102 (18.21%) Java
3 69 (12.32%) Python
4 68 (12.14%) C#
5 66 (11.79%) JavaScript
6 30 (5.36%) TypeScript
7 10 (1.79%) C++
8 5 (0.89%) Bash
8 5 (0.89%) PowerShell
9 4 (0.71%) C
9 4 (0.71%) Go
10 3 (0.54%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.36%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.36%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.36%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.36%) PHP
11 2 (0.36%) Scala
11 2 (0.36%) SOQL
11 2 (0.36%) Swift
11 2 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 43 (7.68%) Security Cleared
2 32 (5.71%) SC Cleared
3 30 (5.36%) Degree
4 22 (3.93%) BPSS Clearance
4 22 (3.93%) PMI Certification
5 16 (2.86%) PMP
6 15 (2.68%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.07%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.07%) DBS Check
8 5 (0.89%) HND
9 4 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.54%) HNC
11 2 (0.36%) ACCA
11 2 (0.36%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.36%) SAFe Agilist
12 1 (0.18%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.18%) CIPD
12 1 (0.18%) ISEB
12 1 (0.18%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 1 (0.18%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (5.00%) QA
2 19 (3.39%) Accessibility
3 16 (2.86%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.43%) PMO
5 2 (0.36%) GDPR
5 2 (0.36%) SLA
5 2 (0.36%) WCAG
6 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.18%) GRC
6 1 (0.18%) GxP
6 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 1 (0.18%) ITGC
6 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 33 (5.89%) Docker
2 12 (2.14%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 70 (12.50%) Terraform
2 47 (8.39%) Kubernetes
3 24 (4.29%) Ansible
4 11 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (1.25%) Puppet
7 5 (0.89%) Grafana
7 5 (0.89%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.54%) Argo
8 3 (0.54%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.54%) Rancher
9 2 (0.36%) Packer
9 2 (0.36%) SCCM
10 1 (0.18%) AWS Copilot
Vendors
1 94 (16.79%) Microsoft
2 22 (3.93%) Salesforce
3 18 (3.21%) ServiceNow
4 17 (3.04%) Databricks
4 17 (3.04%) SAP
5 12 (2.14%) Google
6 10 (1.79%) Siemens
6 10 (1.79%) Splunk
7 9 (1.61%) Oracle
8 8 (1.43%) New Relic
9 6 (1.07%) Pega
10 4 (0.71%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.71%) SaltStack
11 3 (0.54%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.54%) IBM
11 3 (0.54%) LogicMonitor
12 2 (0.36%) Adobe
12 2 (0.36%) Cognos
12 2 (0.36%) WSO2
13 1 (0.18%) Intel