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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -15 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 755 1,236 1,555
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 6.22% 23.63% 18.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.63% 26.20% 23.86%
Number of salaries quoted 544 349 787
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,174 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £58,465
Median % change year-on-year - +6.90% +1.68%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £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 8,744 4,717 6,517
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 72.07% 90.17% 77.24%
Number of salaries quoted 6,663 2,279 4,240
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -1.96% -7.27%
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -10.40%

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 24 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 24 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 -12 550 £66,750 +2.69% 176
Lancashire -10 74 £55,000 +14.91% 48
Cheshire -30 60 £55,000 -2.22% 24
Merseyside -21 49 £60,000 -4.00% 18
Cumbria -6 19 £47,500 -17.39% 4
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 39 (5.17%) Confluence
2 26 (3.44%) SharePoint
3 20 (2.65%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.32%) Apache
5 5 (0.66%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.66%) CMS
5 5 (0.66%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.40%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.40%) nginx
6 3 (0.40%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.40%) WordPress
7 2 (0.26%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.26%) CICS
7 2 (0.26%) IIS
7 2 (0.26%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.26%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.26%) WinCC
8 1 (0.13%) JBoss
8 1 (0.13%) PegaRULES
8 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (2.38%) Microsoft Project
2 15 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.93%) Trello
5 6 (0.79%) AutoCAD
5 6 (0.79%) Revit
6 5 (0.66%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.40%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 18 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.53%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.40%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 2 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 252 (33.38%) Azure
2 174 (23.05%) AWS
3 99 (13.11%) Azure DevOps
4 61 (8.08%) Power Platform
5 46 (6.09%) SaaS
6 45 (5.96%) Serverless
7 44 (5.83%) GCP
7 44 (5.83%) GitHub
8 27 (3.58%) Power Automate
9 26 (3.44%) AWS CloudFormation
10 25 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
11 23 (3.05%) dbt
11 23 (3.05%) Microsoft Copilot
12 21 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
13 20 (2.65%) PowerApps
14 19 (2.52%) Snowflake
15 15 (1.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 15 (1.99%) GitHub Copilot
16 13 (1.72%) Azure AI
16 13 (1.72%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (0.40%) Wireless
2 2 (0.26%) AMQP
2 2 (0.26%) Bluetooth
2 2 (0.26%) HTTP
2 2 (0.26%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.26%) ZigBee
3 1 (0.13%) Broadband
3 1 (0.13%) CTI
3 1 (0.13%) Fibre Channel
3 1 (0.13%) iSCSI
3 1 (0.13%) LAN
3 1 (0.13%) LTE
3 1 (0.13%) Network Security
3 1 (0.13%) SAN
3 1 (0.13%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.13%) SSL
3 1 (0.13%) VoIP
3 1 (0.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (5.96%) Azure SQL Database
2 36 (4.77%) MongoDB
3 33 (4.37%) SQL Server
4 32 (4.24%) Power BI
5 29 (3.84%) Data Warehouse
6 25 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
7 18 (2.38%) Relational Database
8 17 (2.25%) NoSQL
9 16 (2.12%) DynamoDB
10 12 (1.59%) BigQuery
10 12 (1.59%) Elasticsearch
11 11 (1.46%) Data Lake
12 10 (1.32%) MySQL
13 8 (1.06%) Big Data
13 8 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 5 (0.66%) Metadata
15 4 (0.53%) Data Mining
15 4 (0.53%) Flink
16 3 (0.40%) Geospatial Data
16 3 (0.40%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 83 (10.99%) JIRA
2 57 (7.55%) Git
3 28 (3.71%) GitLab
4 19 (2.52%) Jenkins
5 14 (1.85%) JUnit
6 13 (1.72%) Claude Code
7 11 (1.46%) Postman
7 11 (1.46%) Spock
8 8 (1.06%) Bitbucket
9 7 (0.93%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 6 (0.79%) IntelliJ
11 5 (0.66%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.53%) Maven
13 3 (0.40%) Eclipse
13 3 (0.40%) Selenium
14 2 (0.26%) Ant
14 2 (0.26%) Mockito
14 2 (0.26%) MSTest
14 2 (0.26%) NUnit
14 2 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 200 (26.49%) Social Skills
2 158 (20.93%) Finance
3 76 (10.07%) Public Sector
4 69 (9.14%) Analytical Skills
5 49 (6.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (4.50%) Marketing
6 34 (4.50%) Retail
7 27 (3.58%) Influencing Skills
8 22 (2.91%) Telecoms
9 21 (2.78%) Law
10 19 (2.52%) Games
10 19 (2.52%) Legal
11 18 (2.38%) Manufacturing
12 15 (1.99%) Banking
13 14 (1.85%) Advertising
13 14 (1.85%) Local Government
14 13 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
14 13 (1.72%) Publishing
15 12 (1.59%) Aerospace
16 10 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 167 (22.12%) Senior
2 160 (21.19%) Developer
3 78 (10.33%) Software Engineer
4 55 (7.28%) Lead
5 54 (7.15%) Project Manager
5 54 (7.15%) Senior Developer
6 47 (6.23%) Analyst
7 43 (5.70%) .NET Developer
8 40 (5.30%) Business Analyst
9 34 (4.50%) Data Engineer
9 34 (4.50%) Delivery Manager
9 34 (4.50%) Engineering Manager
10 27 (3.58%) Architect
10 27 (3.58%) Java Developer
11 26 (3.44%) Product Owner
12 24 (3.18%) IT Manager
12 24 (3.18%) Senior Software Engineer
13 23 (3.05%) DevOps Engineer
13 23 (3.05%) Software Developer
14 21 (2.78%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (13.25%) .NET
2 74 (9.80%) Terraform
3 59 (7.81%) HTML
4 52 (6.89%) CSS
5 49 (6.49%) Node.js
6 44 (5.83%) ASP.NET
6 44 (5.83%) React
6 44 (5.83%) Spring
7 41 (5.43%) .NET Core
7 41 (5.43%) AngularJS
8 38 (5.03%) ASP.NET Core
9 33 (4.37%) REST
10 29 (3.84%) RESTful
10 29 (3.84%) Spring Boot
11 19 (2.52%) Entity Framework
12 15 (1.99%) Blazor
12 15 (1.99%) Kafka
12 15 (1.99%) Vue
13 13 (1.72%) ASP.NET Web API
13 13 (1.72%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 93 (12.32%) Product Ownership
2 55 (7.28%) Cloud Native
3 34 (4.50%) Enterprise Software
4 25 (3.31%) Distributed Systems
5 24 (3.18%) Greenfield Project
6 18 (2.38%) Driving Licence
6 18 (2.38%) Mobile App
7 16 (2.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 15 (1.99%) Onboarding
9 12 (1.59%) Marketing Technology
9 12 (1.59%) Private Cloud
10 11 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (1.19%) Management Information System
11 9 (1.19%) PMI
12 8 (1.06%) IoT
13 7 (0.93%) Social Network
14 6 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
14 6 (0.79%) Social Media
14 6 (0.79%) Virtual Team
15 5 (0.66%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 26 (3.44%) Linux
2 10 (1.32%) Windows
3 5 (0.66%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.53%) Android
5 3 (0.40%) Unix
6 2 (0.26%) CentOS
6 2 (0.26%) Debian
6 2 (0.26%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.26%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.26%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.26%) VMS
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (31.26%) DevOps
2 223 (29.54%) CI/CD
3 203 (26.89%) Continuous Improvement
4 158 (20.93%) Scrum
5 156 (20.66%) AI
6 143 (18.94%) Software Engineering
7 136 (18.01%) Stakeholder Management
8 120 (15.89%) Mentoring
9 112 (14.83%) Problem-Solving
10 87 (11.52%) Coaching
10 87 (11.52%) Roadmaps
11 84 (11.13%) Full-Stack Development
11 84 (11.13%) Test Automation
12 80 (10.60%) TDD
13 78 (10.33%) Microservices
14 74 (9.80%) Decision-Making
15 71 (9.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 66 (8.74%) Project Delivery
17 63 (8.34%) Project Management
18 62 (8.21%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 174 (23.05%) SQL
2 124 (16.42%) Java
3 111 (14.70%) JavaScript
3 111 (14.70%) Python
4 100 (13.25%) C#
5 37 (4.90%) TypeScript
6 18 (2.38%) Go
7 14 (1.85%) C++
8 12 (1.59%) Bash
9 10 (1.32%) PHP
9 10 (1.32%) PowerShell
10 9 (1.19%) Apex Code
11 6 (0.79%) C
11 6 (0.79%) Groovy
12 5 (0.66%) R
12 5 (0.66%) SOQL
13 4 (0.53%) SOSL
14 3 (0.40%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.40%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.40%) Swift
Qualifications
1 89 (11.79%) Degree
2 68 (9.01%) Security Cleared
3 54 (7.15%) SC Cleared
4 26 (3.44%) DV Cleared
5 22 (2.91%) PMI Certification
6 21 (2.78%) DBS Check
7 20 (2.65%) BPSS Clearance
7 20 (2.65%) Master's Degree
8 14 (1.85%) HNC
8 14 (1.85%) PMP
9 10 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (1.19%) AWS Certification
10 9 (1.19%) Azure Certification
11 8 (1.06%) RIBA
12 6 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.66%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 4 (0.53%) MBA
14 4 (0.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 4 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (0.40%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (6.75%) QA
2 49 (6.49%) Data Quality
3 23 (3.05%) Accessibility
4 16 (2.12%) GDPR
5 13 (1.72%) PMO
6 7 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.93%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.66%) SLA
8 2 (0.26%) GRC
8 2 (0.26%) IEC 61131
8 2 (0.26%) IEC 61508
8 2 (0.26%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.26%) WCAG
9 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.13%) NIST
9 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 66 (8.74%) Docker
2 3 (0.40%) Ceph
3 2 (0.26%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.13%) Firmware
4 1 (0.13%) NFS
4 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 68 (9.01%) Kubernetes
2 31 (4.11%) Ansible
3 13 (1.72%) Argo
4 9 (1.19%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.79%) Grafana
6 4 (0.53%) Istio
7 3 (0.40%) Check_MK
7 3 (0.40%) Podman
7 3 (0.40%) Puppet
8 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.13%) linkerd
9 1 (0.13%) Nagios
9 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 136 (18.01%) Microsoft
2 25 (3.31%) ServiceNow
3 24 (3.18%) Salesforce
4 21 (2.78%) Databricks
4 21 (2.78%) Google
5 20 (2.65%) Oracle
6 18 (2.38%) Splunk
7 13 (1.72%) SAP
8 11 (1.46%) AppDynamics
9 9 (1.19%) Adobe
10 8 (1.06%) YouTube
11 7 (0.93%) Pega
12 6 (0.79%) Autodesk
12 6 (0.79%) Red Hat
13 5 (0.66%) IBM
14 4 (0.53%) Dell
14 4 (0.53%) NEC
14 4 (0.53%) OpenAI
15 3 (0.40%) Alteryx
15 3 (0.40%) BiZZdesign