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 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -15 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 730 1,256 1,617
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 6.17% 24.32% 19.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.59% 26.87% 24.77%
Number of salaries quoted 536 353 861
10th Percentile £42,600 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,772
90th Percentile £96,250 £88,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -3.70%

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 8,498 4,674 6,529
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 71.81% 90.49% 77.78%
Number of salaries quoted 6,496 2,277 4,403
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -3.85% -5.45%
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,250 £65,603
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £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 12 August 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 12 August 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 -12 537 £66,999 +3.08% 458
Lancashire -6 76 £55,000 +9.88% 62
Cheshire -37 52 £55,000 -2.22% 53
Merseyside -23 42 £60,000 -4.00% 43
Cumbria -8 20 £47,500 -17.39% 8
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 40 (5.48%) Confluence
2 25 (3.42%) SharePoint
3 19 (2.60%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (1.23%) Apache
5 5 (0.68%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.68%) CMS
5 5 (0.68%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.41%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.41%) nginx
6 3 (0.41%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.41%) WordPress
7 2 (0.27%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.27%) CICS
7 2 (0.27%) IIS
7 2 (0.27%) WinCC
8 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.14%) JBoss
8 1 (0.14%) PegaRULES
8 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 15 (2.05%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (1.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.96%) Trello
5 5 (0.68%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.41%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.14%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 18 (2.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.55%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.41%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 2 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 247 (33.84%) Azure
2 172 (23.56%) AWS
3 95 (13.01%) Azure DevOps
4 58 (7.95%) Power Platform
5 45 (6.16%) SaaS
5 45 (6.16%) Serverless
6 44 (6.03%) GitHub
7 43 (5.89%) GCP
8 27 (3.70%) AWS CloudFormation
8 27 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
8 27 (3.70%) Power Automate
9 23 (3.15%) Microsoft Copilot
10 22 (3.01%) dbt
11 20 (2.74%) PowerApps
12 19 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
13 18 (2.47%) Snowflake
14 15 (2.05%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 15 (2.05%) GitHub Copilot
15 13 (1.78%) Azure AI
15 13 (1.78%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.41%) TCP/IP
1 3 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (0.41%) Wireless
2 2 (0.27%) AMQP
2 2 (0.27%) Bluetooth
2 2 (0.27%) HTTP
2 2 (0.27%) ZigBee
3 1 (0.14%) Broadband
3 1 (0.14%) CTI
3 1 (0.14%) Fibre Channel
3 1 (0.14%) iSCSI
3 1 (0.14%) LAN
3 1 (0.14%) LTE
3 1 (0.14%) Network Security
3 1 (0.14%) SAN
3 1 (0.14%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.14%) SSL
3 1 (0.14%) VoIP
3 1 (0.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (6.16%) Azure SQL Database
2 37 (5.07%) MongoDB
3 33 (4.52%) SQL Server
4 29 (3.97%) Power BI
5 28 (3.84%) Data Warehouse
6 25 (3.42%) PostgreSQL
7 18 (2.47%) NoSQL
8 15 (2.05%) DynamoDB
9 13 (1.78%) Relational Database
10 12 (1.64%) BigQuery
10 12 (1.64%) Elasticsearch
11 11 (1.51%) MySQL
12 10 (1.37%) Data Lake
13 8 (1.10%) Big Data
13 8 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 5 (0.68%) Metadata
15 4 (0.55%) Data Mining
15 4 (0.55%) Flink
16 3 (0.41%) Geospatial Data
16 3 (0.41%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 80 (10.96%) JIRA
2 56 (7.67%) Git
3 27 (3.70%) GitLab
4 19 (2.60%) Jenkins
5 13 (1.78%) Claude Code
5 13 (1.78%) JUnit
6 11 (1.51%) Postman
6 11 (1.51%) Spock
7 8 (1.10%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.96%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 6 (0.82%) IntelliJ
10 4 (0.55%) Maven
11 3 (0.41%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.41%) Eclipse
12 2 (0.27%) MSTest
12 2 (0.27%) NUnit
12 2 (0.27%) Selenium
12 2 (0.27%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.27%) XCUITest
13 1 (0.14%) Vagrant
General
1 185 (25.34%) Social Skills
2 151 (20.68%) Finance
3 70 (9.59%) Public Sector
4 65 (8.90%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (5.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 37 (5.07%) Marketing
6 30 (4.11%) Retail
7 25 (3.42%) Influencing Skills
8 20 (2.74%) Law
9 17 (2.33%) Games
9 17 (2.33%) Legal
10 16 (2.19%) Banking
10 16 (2.19%) Telecoms
11 14 (1.92%) Advertising
12 13 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (1.51%) Aerospace
13 11 (1.51%) Manufacturing
14 9 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (1.10%) Local Government
15 8 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 158 (21.64%) Senior
2 155 (21.23%) Developer
3 77 (10.55%) Software Engineer
4 55 (7.53%) Lead
4 55 (7.53%) Project Manager
4 55 (7.53%) Senior Developer
5 46 (6.30%) Analyst
6 43 (5.89%) .NET Developer
6 43 (5.89%) Business Analyst
7 33 (4.52%) Data Engineer
7 33 (4.52%) Delivery Manager
8 32 (4.38%) Engineering Manager
9 28 (3.84%) Architect
10 27 (3.70%) Java Developer
11 26 (3.56%) Product Owner
12 25 (3.42%) IT Manager
13 21 (2.88%) IT Project Manager
13 21 (2.88%) Senior Manager
13 21 (2.88%) Senior Software Engineer
13 21 (2.88%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (13.70%) .NET
2 59 (8.08%) HTML
3 51 (6.99%) CSS
4 48 (6.58%) Node.js
5 44 (6.03%) ASP.NET
5 44 (6.03%) Spring
6 43 (5.89%) React
7 41 (5.62%) .NET Core
7 41 (5.62%) AngularJS
8 38 (5.21%) ASP.NET Core
9 31 (4.25%) REST
10 30 (4.11%) Spring Boot
11 29 (3.97%) RESTful
12 19 (2.60%) Entity Framework
13 15 (2.05%) Blazor
13 15 (2.05%) Kafka
13 15 (2.05%) Vue
14 13 (1.78%) ASP.NET Web API
14 13 (1.78%) ML.NET
15 12 (1.64%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 92 (12.60%) Product Ownership
2 55 (7.53%) Cloud Native
3 32 (4.38%) Enterprise Software
4 25 (3.42%) Distributed Systems
5 24 (3.29%) Greenfield Project
6 22 (3.01%) Driving Licence
7 18 (2.47%) Mobile App
8 16 (2.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 14 (1.92%) Onboarding
10 12 (1.64%) Marketing Technology
10 12 (1.64%) Private Cloud
11 9 (1.23%) Management Information System
11 9 (1.23%) PMI
12 7 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (0.96%) Social Network
12 7 (0.96%) Virtual Team
13 6 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (0.82%) IoT
13 6 (0.82%) Social Media
14 5 (0.68%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 26 (3.56%) Linux
2 11 (1.51%) Windows
3 6 (0.82%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.68%) Android
5 4 (0.55%) Unix
6 2 (0.27%) CentOS
6 2 (0.27%) Debian
6 2 (0.27%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.27%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.27%) VMS
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (31.37%) DevOps
2 222 (30.41%) CI/CD
3 190 (26.03%) Continuous Improvement
4 159 (21.78%) Scrum
5 141 (19.32%) AI
6 137 (18.77%) Software Engineering
7 128 (17.53%) Stakeholder Management
8 118 (16.16%) Mentoring
9 108 (14.79%) Problem-Solving
10 88 (12.05%) Roadmaps
11 87 (11.92%) Coaching
12 85 (11.64%) TDD
13 83 (11.37%) Full-Stack Development
14 82 (11.23%) Test Automation
15 77 (10.55%) Microservices
16 70 (9.59%) Decision-Making
17 67 (9.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 65 (8.90%) Kanban
19 64 (8.77%) Project Management
20 62 (8.49%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 166 (22.74%) SQL
2 123 (16.85%) Java
3 108 (14.79%) Python
4 106 (14.52%) JavaScript
5 99 (13.56%) C#
6 37 (5.07%) TypeScript
7 17 (2.33%) Go
8 13 (1.78%) C++
9 12 (1.64%) Bash
10 10 (1.37%) PHP
10 10 (1.37%) PowerShell
11 8 (1.10%) Apex Code
12 6 (0.82%) C
12 6 (0.82%) Groovy
13 5 (0.68%) SOQL
14 4 (0.55%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.55%) SOSL
14 4 (0.55%) Swift
15 3 (0.41%) PL/SQL
16 2 (0.27%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 75 (10.27%) Degree
2 67 (9.18%) Security Cleared
3 53 (7.26%) SC Cleared
4 25 (3.42%) DV Cleared
5 22 (3.01%) PMI Certification
6 19 (2.60%) Master's Degree
7 15 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (1.92%) DBS Check
8 14 (1.92%) PMP
9 10 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (1.23%) AWS Certification
10 9 (1.23%) Azure Certification
11 8 (1.10%) HNC
12 6 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.68%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 4 (0.55%) MBA
14 4 (0.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 4 (0.55%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (0.41%) ISTQB
15 3 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (6.16%) Data Quality
2 41 (5.62%) QA
3 23 (3.15%) Accessibility
4 13 (1.78%) GDPR
5 12 (1.64%) PMO
6 7 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.96%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.68%) SLA
8 2 (0.27%) GRC
8 2 (0.27%) IEC 61131
8 2 (0.27%) IEC 61508
8 2 (0.27%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.27%) WCAG
9 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.14%) ITGC
9 1 (0.14%) NIST
9 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.14%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 63 (8.63%) Docker
2 3 (0.41%) Ceph
3 2 (0.27%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.14%) Firmware
4 1 (0.14%) NFS
4 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 75 (10.27%) Terraform
2 64 (8.77%) Kubernetes
3 29 (3.97%) Ansible
4 13 (1.78%) Argo
5 9 (1.23%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.82%) Grafana
7 4 (0.55%) Istio
8 3 (0.41%) Check_MK
8 3 (0.41%) Podman
8 3 (0.41%) Puppet
9 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.27%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.14%) AWS Copilot
10 1 (0.14%) linkerd
10 1 (0.14%) Nagios
10 1 (0.14%) Packer
10 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 136 (18.63%) Microsoft
2 25 (3.42%) ServiceNow
3 23 (3.15%) Salesforce
4 21 (2.88%) Databricks
4 21 (2.88%) Google
5 20 (2.74%) Oracle
6 18 (2.47%) Splunk
7 14 (1.92%) SAP
8 11 (1.51%) AppDynamics
9 9 (1.23%) Adobe
10 7 (0.96%) Pega
11 6 (0.82%) Red Hat
12 4 (0.55%) IBM
12 4 (0.55%) NEC
12 4 (0.55%) OpenAI
13 3 (0.41%) BiZZdesign
13 3 (0.41%) Cognos
13 3 (0.41%) Dell
13 3 (0.41%) LogicMonitor
13 3 (0.41%) Siemens