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 10 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -8 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 533 1,214 1,035
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 10.47% 17.68% 26.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.34% 21.75% 27.75%
Number of salaries quoted 321 424 735
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,641
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,465 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -2.56% +5.26%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,500 £76,875
90th Percentile £86,000 £86,250 £87,419
England median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year - - +3.85%

All Process and 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 4,318 5,581 3,730
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 84.85% 81.26% 94.17%
Number of salaries quoted 2,415 2,755 2,838
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,114 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,750 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% +4.76%
75th Percentile £64,612 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 10 November 2025.

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 10 November 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
Manchester -4 353 £62,500 +4.17% 392
Cheshire -8 81 £57,500 +15.00% 47
Lancashire -34 50 £47,592 -13.47% 214
Merseyside -13 37 £57,500 -4.17% 12
Cumbria -8 11 £57,500 +4.07% 13
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 27 (5.07%) Confluence
2 12 (2.25%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.69%) CMS
4 5 (0.94%) Apache
5 3 (0.56%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.56%) Headless CMS
5 3 (0.56%) IIS
5 3 (0.56%) Magnolia
5 3 (0.56%) nginx
5 3 (0.56%) WordPress
6 2 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.38%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.19%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.19%) Umbraco
Applications
1 23 (4.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.88%) MS Visio
3 9 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.75%) Adobe XD
6 4 (0.75%) Sketch
6 4 (0.75%) Trello
7 3 (0.56%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.38%) Simulink
9 1 (0.19%) InVision
9 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (2.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.56%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.19%) Magento
4 1 (0.19%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.19%) Siebel CRM
4 1 (0.19%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 167 (31.33%) AWS
2 164 (30.77%) Azure
3 46 (8.63%) Power Platform
4 43 (8.07%) SaaS
5 42 (7.88%) GCP
6 31 (5.82%) Serverless
7 22 (4.13%) Azure DevOps
7 22 (4.13%) GitHub
8 20 (3.75%) AWS Lambda
9 19 (3.56%) Dynamics 365
10 14 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
11 12 (2.25%) Figma
12 11 (2.06%) Cloud Computing
13 10 (1.88%) Azure Service Bus
13 10 (1.88%) Power Automate
14 9 (1.69%) PaaS
15 8 (1.50%) AWS CloudFormation
15 8 (1.50%) GitHub Actions
15 8 (1.50%) PowerApps
16 7 (1.31%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.31%) Firewall
2 4 (0.75%) HTTP
2 4 (0.75%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.56%) Wireless
4 2 (0.38%) AMQP
4 2 (0.38%) DNS
4 2 (0.38%) SSH
4 2 (0.38%) WAN
5 1 (0.19%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (11.26%) SQL Server
2 30 (5.63%) MongoDB
3 29 (5.44%) NoSQL
3 29 (5.44%) Power BI
4 14 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (2.06%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (1.88%) Data Lake
6 10 (1.88%) DynamoDB
6 10 (1.88%) MySQL
7 9 (1.69%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.31%) Redis
9 4 (0.75%) Big Data
9 4 (0.75%) GIS
9 4 (0.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.56%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.56%) Hazelcast
11 2 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 78 (14.63%) JIRA
2 47 (8.82%) GitLab
3 39 (7.32%) Cucumber
3 39 (7.32%) Selenium
4 32 (6.00%) SonarQube
5 31 (5.82%) Bitbucket
6 30 (5.63%) Maven
6 30 (5.63%) Sonatype Nexus
7 25 (4.69%) Git
8 14 (2.63%) Jenkins
9 10 (1.88%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.75%) JMeter
11 3 (0.56%) Gatling
11 3 (0.56%) JIRA Agile
11 3 (0.56%) JUnit
12 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.38%) webpack
13 1 (0.19%) LoadRunner
13 1 (0.19%) NUnit
13 1 (0.19%) Sinon.JS
General
1 180 (33.77%) Finance
2 164 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 60 (11.26%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (9.57%) Banking
5 47 (8.82%) Retail
6 43 (8.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 40 (7.50%) Public Sector
8 30 (5.63%) Marketing
9 29 (5.44%) Corporate Banking
9 29 (5.44%) Investment Banking
10 21 (3.94%) Influencing Skills
10 21 (3.94%) Local Government
11 17 (3.19%) Manufacturing
12 16 (3.00%) Law
13 12 (2.25%) Games
13 12 (2.25%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (1.88%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.50%) Financial Institution
16 7 (1.31%) Back Office
16 7 (1.31%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 132 (24.77%) Senior
2 120 (22.51%) Developer
3 63 (11.82%) Lead
4 60 (11.26%) Software Engineer
5 49 (9.19%) Analyst
6 43 (8.07%) Senior Developer
7 31 (5.82%) Project Manager
7 31 (5.82%) Senior Manager
8 30 (5.63%) Architect
9 24 (4.50%) Java Developer
9 24 (4.50%) Solutions Architect
10 21 (3.94%) Business Analyst
11 20 (3.75%) Audit Manager
11 20 (3.75%) Senior Audit Manager
12 19 (3.56%) .NET Developer
13 17 (3.19%) AWS Architect
13 17 (3.19%) Systems Engineer
14 16 (3.00%) AWS Solution Architect
14 16 (3.00%) Backend Developer
14 16 (3.00%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (16.89%) React
2 69 (12.95%) .NET
3 63 (11.82%) CSS
3 63 (11.82%) Spring Boot
4 62 (11.63%) Spring
5 60 (11.26%) HTML
6 56 (10.51%) REST
7 55 (10.32%) Kafka
8 52 (9.76%) RESTful
9 38 (7.13%) Jest
10 37 (6.94%) CSS3
11 36 (6.75%) HTML5
12 32 (6.00%) Redux
13 30 (5.63%) JPA
13 30 (5.63%) Sass
14 27 (5.07%) AngularJS
15 25 (4.69%) Node.js
16 21 (3.94%) .NET Core
17 16 (3.00%) .NET Framework
18 15 (2.81%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 75 (14.07%) Product Ownership
2 39 (7.32%) Cloud Native
3 31 (5.82%) Enterprise Software
4 26 (4.88%) Management Information System
5 19 (3.56%) Distributed Systems
5 19 (3.56%) Mobile App
6 17 (3.19%) Social Media
7 14 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (1.88%) IoT
9 9 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (1.69%) Driving Licence
10 8 (1.50%) e-Learning
10 8 (1.50%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 8 (1.50%) Wiki
11 7 (1.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 7 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (1.13%) Onboarding
13 5 (0.94%) Animation
14 4 (0.75%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 31 (5.82%) Windows
2 13 (2.44%) Linux
3 10 (1.88%) Windows 10
4 5 (0.94%) Android
4 5 (0.94%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.56%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.38%) CentOS
6 2 (0.38%) Debian
6 2 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.38%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.38%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (29.27%) DevOps
2 150 (28.14%) CI/CD
3 115 (21.58%) Mentoring
4 114 (21.39%) Continuous Improvement
5 112 (21.01%) Software Engineering
6 111 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
7 98 (18.39%) Microservices
8 92 (17.26%) User Experience
9 86 (16.14%) Coaching
10 83 (15.57%) Containerisation
11 79 (14.82%) Roadmaps
12 78 (14.63%) Full-Stack Development
13 76 (14.26%) Test Automation
14 73 (13.70%) SDLC
15 61 (11.44%) Scrum
16 59 (11.07%) Stakeholder Management
17 57 (10.69%) Front End Development
18 55 (10.32%) Performance Optimisation
19 53 (9.94%) Project Management
20 51 (9.57%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 105 (19.70%) Java
2 94 (17.64%) SQL
3 92 (17.26%) JavaScript
4 80 (15.01%) TypeScript
5 75 (14.07%) C#
6 46 (8.63%) Python
7 13 (2.44%) Go
8 10 (1.88%) MATLAB
8 10 (1.88%) PHP
9 9 (1.69%) PowerShell
10 8 (1.50%) Elixir
10 8 (1.50%) Ruby
11 7 (1.31%) Bash
12 5 (0.94%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.75%) Bicep
14 3 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.38%) C++
15 2 (0.38%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.38%) Scala
15 2 (0.38%) Swift
Qualifications
1 64 (12.01%) Degree
2 30 (5.63%) BPSS Clearance
3 29 (5.44%) ACCA
3 29 (5.44%) Security Cleared
4 21 (3.94%) SC Cleared
5 18 (3.38%) DBS Check
6 13 (2.44%) Azure Certification
7 11 (2.06%) AWS Certification
7 11 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (2.06%) PMP
8 10 (1.88%) PMI Certification
9 9 (1.69%) CIMA
9 9 (1.69%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.69%) TOGAF Certification
10 8 (1.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.75%) HNC
11 4 (0.75%) HND
12 3 (0.56%) CCNA
12 3 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (12.20%) QA
2 55 (10.32%) Accessibility
3 20 (3.75%) GAAP
3 20 (3.75%) IFRS
4 10 (1.88%) Data Quality
4 10 (1.88%) GDPR
5 9 (1.69%) NIST
6 8 (1.50%) HIPAA
6 8 (1.50%) PMO
6 8 (1.50%) SEPA
6 8 (1.50%) TARGET2
7 6 (1.13%) SLA
8 4 (0.75%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.56%) WCAG
10 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.19%) HL7
10 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 96 (18.01%) Docker
2 15 (2.81%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.19%) HDFS
5 1 (0.19%) KVM
5 1 (0.19%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 89 (16.70%) Kubernetes
2 39 (7.32%) Terraform
3 11 (2.06%) SCCM
4 9 (1.69%) Ansible
5 8 (1.50%) Grafana
6 6 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.94%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.38%) Puppet
9 1 (0.19%) Automic
9 1 (0.19%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 66 (12.38%) Microsoft
2 29 (5.44%) Solace
3 27 (5.07%) Google
4 15 (2.81%) SAP
5 14 (2.63%) Salesforce
6 12 (2.25%) Databricks
6 12 (2.25%) Facebook
6 12 (2.25%) ServiceNow
7 9 (1.69%) Adobe
8 7 (1.31%) Bloomberg
8 7 (1.31%) UiPath
9 6 (1.13%) Oracle
9 6 (1.13%) Qualtrics
9 6 (1.13%) Sophos
9 6 (1.13%) Splunk
10 5 (0.94%) Blue Prism
11 4 (0.75%) Siemens
12 3 (0.56%) Cisco
12 3 (0.56%) Veeam
12 3 (0.56%) VMware