Agile Jobs in the North West

Agile Software Development
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Agile skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Agile over the 6 months to 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 1,146 3,257 2,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 27.74% 36.21% 30.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 29.21% 37.69% 32.01%
Number of salaries quoted 689 1,668 1,921
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,675 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,306 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £77,715 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £89,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £66,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +1.50% +6.40% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Agile is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,923 8,641 8,198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 94.96% 96.06% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2,665 5,041 5,887
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,831 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,439 £40,500 £37,909
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% +6.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £84,000 £84,056 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Agile as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Agile in the North West

Agile
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Agile in the North West.

Salary trend for Agile in the North West

Agile
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Agile in the North West over the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

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 1 December 2023. 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 0 768 £62,500 +5.00% 295
Merseyside -2 149 £50,000 -13.04% 43
Cheshire 0 120 £59,896 +19.79% 77
Lancashire 0 76 £50,000 - 39
Cumbria -3 26 £63,500 +33.68% 17
Agile
England

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 17 (1.48%) Confluence
2 14 (1.22%) JBoss
2 14 (1.22%) Red Hat Fuse
3 13 (1.13%) Apache Spark
4 12 (1.05%) SAS
4 12 (1.05%) SharePoint
5 10 (0.87%) CMS
5 10 (0.87%) Tomcat
6 9 (0.79%) Apache
7 8 (0.70%) WordPress
8 7 (0.61%) Jetty
9 4 (0.35%) Captiva
9 4 (0.35%) FileNet
9 4 (0.35%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.26%) nginx
11 2 (0.17%) Anypoint
11 2 (0.17%) Drupal
11 2 (0.17%) Mendix
Applications
1 13 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.52%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.44%) Trello
4 3 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.087%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 56 (4.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.52%) Magento
2 6 (0.52%) Visualfiles
3 4 (0.35%) Cloudability
4 3 (0.26%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.087%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.087%) ReMetrica
5 1 (0.087%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.087%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.087%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 403 (35.17%) Azure
2 252 (21.99%) AWS
3 147 (12.83%) GCP
4 122 (10.65%) Power Platform
5 108 (9.42%) Azure DevOps
6 105 (9.16%) SaaS
7 98 (8.55%) PaaS
8 90 (7.85%) Dynamics 365
9 86 (7.50%) IaaS
10 73 (6.37%) Serverless
11 57 (4.97%) GitHub
12 39 (3.40%) Azure Functions
13 38 (3.32%) OpenShift
14 21 (1.83%) Amazon S3
15 18 (1.57%) Amazon EC2
16 14 (1.22%) AWS Lambda
16 14 (1.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 14 (1.22%) Microsoft 365
17 12 (1.05%) AWS CloudFormation
17 12 (1.05%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.57%) Firewall
2 17 (1.48%) Internet
3 14 (1.22%) HTTP
4 9 (0.79%) DNS
5 8 (0.70%) Network Security
5 8 (0.70%) VPN
6 7 (0.61%) DHCP
6 7 (0.61%) SAN
6 7 (0.61%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.52%) Wireless
8 5 (0.44%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 5 (0.44%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 5 (0.44%) IPv4
8 5 (0.44%) OSPF
8 5 (0.44%) VLAN
9 4 (0.35%) WAN
10 3 (0.26%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (0.17%) Broadband
11 2 (0.17%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (4.71%) Data Warehouse
2 52 (4.54%) SQL Server
3 46 (4.01%) Power BI
4 45 (3.93%) Data Lake
4 45 (3.93%) MongoDB
4 45 (3.93%) PostgreSQL
5 40 (3.49%) MySQL
6 35 (3.05%) NoSQL
7 30 (2.62%) Elasticsearch
8 24 (2.09%) Big Data
9 21 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
10 17 (1.48%) Amazon RDS
10 17 (1.48%) Relational Database
10 17 (1.48%) Tableau
11 14 (1.22%) Metadata
12 12 (1.05%) BigQuery
12 12 (1.05%) Data Hub
12 12 (1.05%) Hadoop
13 9 (0.79%) Looker
13 9 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 124 (10.82%) Git
2 96 (8.38%) Jenkins
3 43 (3.75%) JIRA
4 34 (2.97%) Cucumber
4 34 (2.97%) Cypress.io
4 34 (2.97%) Selenium
5 22 (1.92%) Spinnaker
6 21 (1.83%) IntelliJ
7 18 (1.57%) GitLab
8 15 (1.31%) Visual Studio
9 10 (0.87%) JUnit
10 9 (0.79%) Bitbucket
10 9 (0.79%) SonarQube
10 9 (0.79%) TeamCity
11 8 (0.70%) Gradle
11 8 (0.70%) IBM UrbanCode
12 7 (0.61%) Mockito
13 5 (0.44%) Octopus Deploy
13 5 (0.44%) SoapUI
13 5 (0.44%) WebDriver
General
1 446 (38.92%) Finance
2 290 (25.31%) Social Skills
3 259 (22.60%) Banking
4 110 (9.60%) Analytical Skills
5 103 (8.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 96 (8.38%) Retail
7 43 (3.75%) Public Sector
8 42 (3.66%) Aerospace
9 37 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
10 33 (2.88%) Marketing
11 26 (2.27%) Law
12 23 (2.01%) Telecoms
13 19 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
14 18 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
15 16 (1.40%) Retail Banking
16 11 (0.96%) Legal
17 10 (0.87%) Manufacturing
18 8 (0.70%) Tech for Good
19 6 (0.52%) Advertising
19 6 (0.52%) Games
Job Titles
1 264 (23.04%) Architect
2 215 (18.76%) Developer
2 215 (18.76%) Senior
3 167 (14.57%) Software Engineer
4 132 (11.52%) Solutions Architect
5 102 (8.90%) Lead
6 73 (6.37%) Analyst
6 73 (6.37%) Enterprise Architect
7 68 (5.93%) Dynamics 365 Architect
8 56 (4.89%) DevOps Engineer
9 51 (4.45%) Senior Software Engineer
10 46 (4.01%) .NET Developer
11 43 (3.75%) Senior Developer
12 36 (3.14%) CRM Architect
12 36 (3.14%) Dynamics CRM Architect
13 35 (3.05%) Cloud Engineer
14 33 (2.88%) Project Manager
14 33 (2.88%) Systems Engineer
15 31 (2.71%) Data Engineer
15 31 (2.71%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 159 (13.87%) .NET
2 121 (10.56%) HTML
3 109 (9.51%) React
4 103 (8.99%) Node.js
5 100 (8.73%) CSS
6 92 (8.03%) AngularJS
7 67 (5.85%) RESTful
8 65 (5.67%) REST
9 59 (5.15%) Spring
10 53 (4.62%) .NET Core
11 51 (4.45%) Kafka
12 44 (3.84%) XML
13 41 (3.58%) JSON
14 37 (3.23%) HTML5
15 36 (3.14%) Web Services
16 35 (3.05%) SOAP
17 34 (2.97%) Middleware
18 27 (2.36%) ASP.NET Web API
19 24 (2.09%) Express.js
20 23 (2.01%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 103 (8.99%) Product Ownership
2 88 (7.68%) Public Cloud
3 49 (4.28%) Cloud Native
4 46 (4.01%) Management Information System
5 41 (3.58%) Cyberattack
5 41 (3.58%) Self-Motivation
6 34 (2.97%) Private Cloud
7 27 (2.36%) Linux Command Line
7 27 (2.36%) Mainframe
8 26 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
9 22 (1.92%) Data Centre
9 22 (1.92%) Virtual Team
10 21 (1.83%) Blockchain
11 20 (1.75%) Mobile App
12 16 (1.40%) Online Banking
13 14 (1.22%) Data Structures
13 14 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
13 14 (1.22%) Onboarding
14 12 (1.05%) Legacy Applications
15 10 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 103 (8.99%) Linux
2 41 (3.58%) Unix
3 35 (3.05%) Windows
4 13 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (0.87%) Android
6 8 (0.70%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.44%) HPUX
7 5 (0.44%) Solaris
8 3 (0.26%) Windows Server
9 2 (0.17%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.087%) CentOS
10 1 (0.087%) CoreOS
10 1 (0.087%) Fedora
10 1 (0.087%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.087%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 339 (29.58%) DevOps
2 303 (26.44%) Software Engineering
3 234 (20.42%) Problem-Solving
4 213 (18.59%) Actionable Insight
5 209 (18.24%) Roadmaps
6 183 (15.97%) Mentoring
7 171 (14.92%) Scrum
8 162 (14.14%) CI/CD
8 162 (14.14%) Microservices
9 124 (10.82%) Enterprise Architecture
10 110 (9.60%) Analytics
10 110 (9.60%) User Experience
11 103 (8.99%) Project Management
12 96 (8.38%) TDD
13 94 (8.20%) Containerisation
14 93 (8.12%) SDLC
15 90 (7.85%) Machine Learning
16 89 (7.77%) Coaching
17 87 (7.59%) TOGAF
18 86 (7.50%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 235 (20.51%) Java
2 209 (18.24%) Python
3 205 (17.89%) SQL
4 195 (17.02%) JavaScript
5 117 (10.21%) C#
6 73 (6.37%) TypeScript
7 44 (3.84%) C++
8 41 (3.58%) Bash
8 41 (3.58%) PowerShell
9 36 (3.14%) Go
10 34 (2.97%) PL/SQL
10 34 (2.97%) Rust
11 28 (2.44%) T-SQL
12 25 (2.18%) PHP
13 17 (1.48%) Ruby
14 14 (1.22%) C
15 13 (1.13%) Scala
16 7 (0.61%) Kotlin
17 6 (0.52%) Apex Code
18 5 (0.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 147 (12.83%) Security Cleared
2 95 (8.29%) Degree
3 72 (6.28%) SC Cleared
4 49 (4.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 43 (3.75%) DV Cleared
6 35 (3.05%) AWS Certification
7 27 (2.36%) TOGAF Certification
8 24 (2.09%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 23 (2.01%) AWS Certified Developer
9 23 (2.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 10 (0.87%) PMI Certification
11 8 (0.70%) Azure Certification
11 8 (0.70%) OCP
11 8 (0.70%) Oracle Certification
11 8 (0.70%) PMP
12 5 (0.44%) GIAC
12 5 (0.44%) RHCE
13 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (0.26%) ISEB
14 3 (0.26%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (4.36%) QA
2 19 (1.66%) Accessibility
3 16 (1.40%) Data Quality
4 15 (1.31%) GDPR
5 11 (0.96%) PMO
6 6 (0.52%) WCAG
7 5 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.26%) GMP
8 3 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.17%) GRC
9 2 (0.17%) NCSC
9 2 (0.17%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.087%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.087%) SLA
System Software
1 159 (13.87%) Docker
2 17 (1.48%) Active Directory
3 16 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.70%) Firmware
5 7 (0.61%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.52%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.087%) KVM
8 1 (0.087%) NFS
8 1 (0.087%) RACF
8 1 (0.087%) Samba
8 1 (0.087%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.087%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 178 (15.53%) Kubernetes
2 96 (8.38%) Terraform
3 58 (5.06%) Ansible
4 14 (1.22%) Puppet
5 8 (0.70%) Istio
6 6 (0.52%) Progress Chef
7 4 (0.35%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.26%) Grafana
8 3 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.17%) SCCM
10 1 (0.087%) CA Endevor
10 1 (0.087%) CloudForms
10 1 (0.087%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.087%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.087%) Nagios
10 1 (0.087%) OpenNMS
10 1 (0.087%) Oracle Identity Management
10 1 (0.087%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.087%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 134 (11.69%) Microsoft
2 57 (4.97%) Google
3 37 (3.23%) Oracle
4 27 (2.36%) NEC
5 26 (2.27%) IBM
6 19 (1.66%) Salesforce
6 19 (1.66%) VMware
7 17 (1.48%) ServiceNow
7 17 (1.48%) Splunk
8 14 (1.22%) Confluent
8 14 (1.22%) Red Hat
9 11 (0.96%) Databricks
10 7 (0.61%) Hotjar
10 7 (0.61%) Sun
11 6 (0.52%) SAP
12 5 (0.44%) CheckPoint
12 5 (0.44%) Cisco
12 5 (0.44%) Fortinet
12 5 (0.44%) HP
12 5 (0.44%) Unisys