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 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -13 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 769 1,173 1,382
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 6.12% 22.69% 17.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.45% 25.37% 22.78%
Number of salaries quoted 534 305 587
10th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £49,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,499 £60,000 £58,465
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +2.63% +1.68%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +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 9,104 4,623 6,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 72.50% 89.44% 77.55%
Number of salaries quoted 6,889 2,220 3,557
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,612 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -0.99% -8.18%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%

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 11 September 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 11 September 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 -12 554 £66,750 +2.69% 251
Lancashire -8 80 £55,000 +9.88% 54
Cheshire -31 60 £55,000 -2.22% 24
Merseyside -15 54 £62,000 -0.80% 33
Cumbria -1 19 £47,500 -17.39% 6
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 35 (4.55%) Confluence
2 26 (3.38%) SharePoint
3 19 (2.47%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (1.43%) Apache
5 5 (0.65%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.65%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.52%) CMS
7 3 (0.39%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.39%) nginx
7 3 (0.39%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.39%) WordPress
8 2 (0.26%) IIS
8 2 (0.26%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.26%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.26%) WinCC
9 1 (0.13%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.13%) JBoss
9 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (2.34%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.91%) Trello
4 6 (0.78%) AutoCAD
4 6 (0.78%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.78%) Revit
5 3 (0.39%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 18 (2.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.52%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.13%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 1 (0.13%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 247 (32.12%) Azure
2 178 (23.15%) AWS
3 95 (12.35%) Azure DevOps
4 65 (8.45%) Power Platform
5 50 (6.50%) Serverless
6 42 (5.46%) GCP
6 42 (5.46%) SaaS
7 40 (5.20%) GitHub
8 29 (3.77%) Power Automate
9 27 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
10 26 (3.38%) AWS CloudFormation
10 26 (3.38%) Microsoft Copilot
11 22 (2.86%) dbt
12 21 (2.73%) AWS Lambda
12 21 (2.73%) Dynamics 365
12 21 (2.73%) PowerApps
13 19 (2.47%) Snowflake
14 14 (1.82%) Amazon S3
14 14 (1.82%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 14 (1.82%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.39%) AMQP
1 3 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (0.39%) Wireless
2 2 (0.26%) Bluetooth
2 2 (0.26%) HTTP
2 2 (0.26%) Network Security
2 2 (0.26%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.26%) ZigBee
3 1 (0.13%) CTI
3 1 (0.13%) DHCP
3 1 (0.13%) DNS
3 1 (0.13%) Fibre Channel
3 1 (0.13%) Firewall
3 1 (0.13%) iSCSI
3 1 (0.13%) LAN
3 1 (0.13%) LTE
3 1 (0.13%) SAN
3 1 (0.13%) SSL
3 1 (0.13%) VoIP
3 1 (0.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (5.85%) Azure SQL Database
2 38 (4.94%) MongoDB
3 35 (4.55%) Power BI
4 32 (4.16%) SQL Server
5 28 (3.64%) Data Warehouse
6 24 (3.12%) PostgreSQL
7 18 (2.34%) Relational Database
8 16 (2.08%) DynamoDB
8 16 (2.08%) NoSQL
9 14 (1.82%) Data Lake
10 12 (1.56%) Elasticsearch
11 11 (1.43%) BigQuery
12 9 (1.17%) Big Data
12 9 (1.17%) MySQL
13 8 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 7 (0.91%) Metadata
15 4 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
15 4 (0.52%) Data Mining
15 4 (0.52%) Flink
15 4 (0.52%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 79 (10.27%) JIRA
2 53 (6.89%) Git
3 30 (3.90%) GitLab
4 15 (1.95%) JUnit
5 14 (1.82%) Jenkins
6 13 (1.69%) Spock
7 11 (1.43%) Claude Code
7 11 (1.43%) Postman
8 8 (1.04%) Bitbucket
9 7 (0.91%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 7 (0.91%) Maven
10 6 (0.78%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.52%) IntelliJ
11 4 (0.52%) Selenium
12 3 (0.39%) Ant
12 3 (0.39%) RStudio
13 2 (0.26%) Cucumber
13 2 (0.26%) NUnit
13 2 (0.26%) Vagrant
13 2 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 210 (27.31%) Social Skills
2 151 (19.64%) Finance
3 81 (10.53%) Public Sector
4 75 (9.75%) Analytical Skills
5 54 (7.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 37 (4.81%) Retail
7 29 (3.77%) Marketing
8 28 (3.64%) Telecoms
9 27 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
10 20 (2.60%) Law
11 19 (2.47%) Games
11 19 (2.47%) Legal
11 19 (2.47%) Manufacturing
12 17 (2.21%) Aerospace
12 17 (2.21%) Publishing
13 12 (1.56%) Advertising
14 11 (1.43%) Local Government
15 10 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 178 (23.15%) Senior
2 161 (20.94%) Developer
3 80 (10.40%) Software Engineer
4 55 (7.15%) Lead
5 53 (6.89%) Analyst
6 52 (6.76%) Senior Developer
7 51 (6.63%) Project Manager
8 46 (5.98%) Business Analyst
9 42 (5.46%) .NET Developer
10 40 (5.20%) Data Engineer
11 37 (4.81%) Delivery Manager
12 34 (4.42%) Engineering Manager
13 31 (4.03%) Architect
14 27 (3.51%) Senior Software Engineer
15 25 (3.25%) DevOps Engineer
16 24 (3.12%) Java Developer
16 24 (3.12%) Product Owner
17 23 (2.99%) Design Engineer
17 23 (2.99%) Software Developer
18 22 (2.86%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (12.09%) .NET
2 73 (9.49%) Terraform
3 56 (7.28%) HTML
4 54 (7.02%) Spring
5 50 (6.50%) React
6 48 (6.24%) CSS
7 47 (6.11%) Node.js
8 44 (5.72%) ASP.NET
9 41 (5.33%) .NET Core
9 41 (5.33%) AngularJS
10 38 (4.94%) ASP.NET Core
11 37 (4.81%) Spring Boot
12 33 (4.29%) REST
13 22 (2.86%) RESTful
14 20 (2.60%) Kafka
15 19 (2.47%) Entity Framework
16 15 (1.95%) Blazor
16 15 (1.95%) PySpark
17 14 (1.82%) Middleware
17 14 (1.82%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 88 (11.44%) Product Ownership
2 57 (7.41%) Cloud Native
3 33 (4.29%) Enterprise Software
4 26 (3.38%) Distributed Systems
5 24 (3.12%) Greenfield Project
6 20 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (2.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 16 (2.08%) Driving Licence
8 16 (2.08%) Mobile App
9 15 (1.95%) Onboarding
10 14 (1.82%) Private Cloud
11 11 (1.43%) Marketing Technology
12 10 (1.30%) IoT
13 8 (1.04%) PMI
14 7 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
14 7 (0.91%) Social Network
15 6 (0.78%) Management Information System
15 6 (0.78%) Social Media
15 6 (0.78%) Virtual Team
16 5 (0.65%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 33 (4.29%) Linux
2 12 (1.56%) Windows
3 5 (0.65%) Apple iOS
3 5 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (0.65%) Unix
4 4 (0.52%) Android
4 4 (0.52%) VMS
5 3 (0.39%) CentOS
5 3 (0.39%) Debian
5 3 (0.39%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.26%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.26%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.13%) Windows 7
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
1 235 (30.56%) DevOps
2 226 (29.39%) Continuous Improvement
3 225 (29.26%) CI/CD
4 175 (22.76%) AI
5 150 (19.51%) Scrum
6 147 (19.12%) Software Engineering
7 143 (18.60%) Mentoring
8 141 (18.34%) Stakeholder Management
9 123 (15.99%) Problem-Solving
10 104 (13.52%) Coaching
11 88 (11.44%) Test Automation
12 81 (10.53%) Full-Stack Development
13 80 (10.40%) Decision-Making
14 79 (10.27%) Roadmaps
14 79 (10.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 77 (10.01%) Microservices
16 71 (9.23%) TDD
17 68 (8.84%) Analytics
17 68 (8.84%) Project Delivery
18 60 (7.80%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 170 (22.11%) SQL
2 133 (17.30%) Java
3 112 (14.56%) JavaScript
4 109 (14.17%) Python
5 98 (12.74%) C#
6 47 (6.11%) TypeScript
7 20 (2.60%) Go
8 18 (2.34%) C++
9 14 (1.82%) Bash
10 10 (1.30%) PHP
10 10 (1.30%) PowerShell
11 9 (1.17%) Apex Code
12 8 (1.04%) Groovy
13 6 (0.78%) C
13 6 (0.78%) R
14 4 (0.52%) SOQL
15 3 (0.39%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.39%) SOSL
15 3 (0.39%) Swift
16 2 (0.26%) Rust
Qualifications
1 99 (12.87%) Degree
2 83 (10.79%) Security Cleared
3 62 (8.06%) SC Cleared
4 34 (4.42%) DV Cleared
5 27 (3.51%) DBS Check
6 20 (2.60%) HNC
6 20 (2.60%) Master's Degree
7 19 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
7 19 (2.47%) PMI Certification
8 12 (1.56%) PMP
9 10 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (1.17%) AWS Certification
10 9 (1.17%) Azure Certification
11 8 (1.04%) RIBA
12 7 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.65%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 4 (0.52%) MBA
14 4 (0.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 4 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (0.39%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (7.80%) Data Quality
2 50 (6.50%) QA
3 30 (3.90%) Accessibility
4 18 (2.34%) GDPR
5 12 (1.56%) PMO
6 7 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.91%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.52%) SLA
8 3 (0.39%) WCAG
9 2 (0.26%) GRC
9 2 (0.26%) IEC 61131
9 2 (0.26%) IEC 61508
9 2 (0.26%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.13%) NIST
10 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 72 (9.36%) Docker
2 3 (0.39%) Ceph
3 2 (0.26%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.13%) Firmware
4 1 (0.13%) NFS
4 1 (0.13%) UAG
4 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 72 (9.36%) Kubernetes
2 35 (4.55%) Ansible
3 13 (1.69%) Argo
4 9 (1.17%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.78%) Grafana
6 5 (0.65%) Podman
7 4 (0.52%) Istio
7 4 (0.52%) Puppet
8 3 (0.39%) Check_MK
8 3 (0.39%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.26%) Packer
9 2 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.13%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.13%) linkerd
10 1 (0.13%) Nagios
10 1 (0.13%) SCCM
10 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 137 (17.82%) Microsoft
2 23 (2.99%) Google
2 23 (2.99%) Salesforce
2 23 (2.99%) ServiceNow
3 22 (2.86%) Databricks
4 20 (2.60%) Oracle
4 20 (2.60%) YouTube
5 19 (2.47%) Splunk
6 13 (1.69%) AppDynamics
7 12 (1.56%) SAP
8 9 (1.17%) Adobe
8 9 (1.17%) Red Hat
9 6 (0.78%) Autodesk
10 4 (0.52%) Dell
10 4 (0.52%) NEC
10 4 (0.52%) OpenAI
10 4 (0.52%) Pega
11 3 (0.39%) Apple
11 3 (0.39%) BiZZdesign
11 3 (0.39%) IBM