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 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -25 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 564 1,237 1,812
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 5.46% 28.47% 19.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.49% 29.76% 23.69%
Number of salaries quoted 416 392 1,421
10th Percentile £42,600 £42,500 £38,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,038 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% +8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £74,987 £78,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -7.41%

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 7,529 4,157 7,649
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 72.88% 95.67% 82.06%
Number of salaries quoted 4,641 2,166 6,073
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,375 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,938 £65,603
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £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 8 May 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 8 May 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 -12 403 £65,000 -3.70% 197
Lancashire -33 60 £58,196 +10.85% 39
Cheshire -38 51 £55,000 +10.00% 21
Merseyside -33 28 £55,550 -16.15% 10
Cumbria -20 18 £55,000 +11.96% 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 44 (7.80%) Confluence
2 12 (2.13%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.06%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.89%) Apache
5 5 (0.89%) CMS
6 4 (0.71%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.53%) WordPress
8 2 (0.35%) CICS
8 2 (0.35%) nginx
8 2 (0.35%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.35%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.18%) IIS
9 1 (0.18%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 11 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.35%) Simulink
4 2 (0.35%) Trello
5 1 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.18%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.35%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 182 (32.27%) Azure
2 122 (21.63%) AWS
3 45 (7.98%) SaaS
4 43 (7.62%) Azure DevOps
5 33 (5.85%) Serverless
6 32 (5.67%) Power Platform
7 30 (5.32%) GCP
8 25 (4.43%) Microsoft 365
9 22 (3.90%) AWS CloudFormation
10 20 (3.55%) Azure AKS
11 14 (2.48%) Amazon EKS
11 14 (2.48%) GitHub
12 13 (2.30%) Azure Service Bus
13 12 (2.13%) Anthropic Claude
14 11 (1.95%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 11 (1.95%) Azure Logic Apps
14 11 (1.95%) Microsoft Purview
15 10 (1.77%) Azure Functions
15 10 (1.77%) Azure Monitor
16 9 (1.60%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.89%) HTTP
2 4 (0.71%) AMQP
3 3 (0.53%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.35%) DNS
4 2 (0.35%) OpenVPN
4 2 (0.35%) SSH
4 2 (0.35%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.18%) 4G
5 1 (0.18%) Broadband
5 1 (0.18%) Firewall
5 1 (0.18%) LAN
5 1 (0.18%) LTE
5 1 (0.18%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.18%) SSL
5 1 (0.18%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (6.21%) SQL Server
2 33 (5.85%) NoSQL
3 24 (4.26%) MongoDB
4 21 (3.72%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (3.19%) MySQL
6 15 (2.66%) Power BI
7 9 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (1.60%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.24%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (1.24%) Data Lake
8 7 (1.24%) DynamoDB
9 6 (1.06%) Big Data
9 6 (1.06%) BigQuery
9 6 (1.06%) Hadoop
10 4 (0.71%) Cloudera CDH
10 4 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.71%) Flink
10 4 (0.71%) Geospatial Data
10 4 (0.71%) GIS
10 4 (0.71%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 70 (12.41%) JIRA
2 48 (8.51%) Git
3 19 (3.37%) GitLab
4 14 (2.48%) Jenkins
5 13 (2.30%) Claude Code
6 10 (1.77%) Postman
7 6 (1.06%) JUnit
8 4 (0.71%) IntelliJ
9 3 (0.53%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.53%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.53%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.35%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.35%) Selenium
10 2 (0.35%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.35%) Spock
10 2 (0.35%) Vagrant
10 2 (0.35%) XCUITest
11 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.18%) MSTest
11 1 (0.18%) WinDbg
General
1 124 (21.99%) Social Skills
2 119 (21.10%) Finance
3 53 (9.40%) Public Sector
4 48 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (4.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 21 (3.72%) Marketing
7 18 (3.19%) Banking
8 16 (2.84%) Manufacturing
9 15 (2.66%) Games
10 14 (2.48%) Law
11 12 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (1.77%) Retail
13 9 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (1.42%) Advertising
15 5 (0.89%) Aerospace
15 5 (0.89%) Legal
15 5 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.89%) Publishing
16 4 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.71%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 136 (24.11%) Senior
2 103 (18.26%) Developer
3 83 (14.72%) Lead
4 74 (13.12%) Software Engineer
5 45 (7.98%) Senior Developer
6 43 (7.62%) Project Manager
7 33 (5.85%) Analyst
8 30 (5.32%) Software Developer
9 27 (4.79%) Java Developer
10 25 (4.43%) Architect
10 25 (4.43%) Business Analyst
11 24 (4.26%) .NET Developer
11 24 (4.26%) Lead Software Engineer
12 23 (4.08%) Delivery Manager
13 22 (3.90%) Data Engineer
13 22 (3.90%) Java Engineer
14 19 (3.37%) IT Manager
14 19 (3.37%) Senior Software Engineer
15 18 (3.19%) Cloud Engineer
15 18 (3.19%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (14.72%) .NET
2 50 (8.87%) React
3 36 (6.38%) Node.js
4 35 (6.21%) .NET Framework
4 35 (6.21%) REST
4 35 (6.21%) RESTful
4 35 (6.21%) Spring
5 32 (5.67%) Spring Boot
6 30 (5.32%) AngularJS
6 30 (5.32%) CSS
7 29 (5.14%) HTML
8 27 (4.79%) .NET Core
8 27 (4.79%) ASP.NET
9 15 (2.66%) Kafka
10 10 (1.77%) Vue
10 10 (1.77%) Web Services
11 7 (1.24%) ASP.NET Core
11 7 (1.24%) gRPC
11 7 (1.24%) PySpark
11 7 (1.24%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 59 (10.46%) Product Ownership
2 36 (6.38%) Cloud Native
3 25 (4.43%) Distributed Systems
4 23 (4.08%) Enterprise Software
5 21 (3.72%) Driving Licence
6 16 (2.84%) Greenfield Project
7 14 (2.48%) Mobile App
8 8 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (1.42%) Low-Code
8 8 (1.42%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.06%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.06%) PMI
9 6 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (0.71%) Enterprise Cloud
11 4 (0.71%) Public Cloud
11 4 (0.71%) Social Media
11 4 (0.71%) Social Network
11 4 (0.71%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.08%) Linux
2 18 (3.19%) Windows
3 4 (0.71%) CentOS
3 4 (0.71%) Debian
3 4 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (0.71%) Ubuntu
3 4 (0.71%) Unix
3 4 (0.71%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.53%) Android
4 3 (0.53%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (25.71%) CI/CD
2 138 (24.47%) DevOps
3 134 (23.76%) Scrum
4 129 (22.87%) Continuous Improvement
5 111 (19.68%) Software Engineering
6 92 (16.31%) Mentoring
7 85 (15.07%) Coaching
8 72 (12.77%) Microservices
8 72 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
9 67 (11.88%) Stakeholder Management
9 67 (11.88%) TDD
10 66 (11.70%) Project Management
11 62 (10.99%) AI
12 60 (10.64%) Roadmaps
13 58 (10.28%) Kanban
14 51 (9.04%) Full-Stack Development
14 51 (9.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 48 (8.51%) Project Delivery
16 47 (8.33%) Decision-Making
16 47 (8.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 107 (18.97%) SQL
2 105 (18.62%) Java
3 69 (12.23%) JavaScript
3 69 (12.23%) Python
4 68 (12.06%) C#
5 34 (6.03%) TypeScript
6 9 (1.60%) C++
7 4 (0.71%) Bash
7 4 (0.71%) C
7 4 (0.71%) Go
7 4 (0.71%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.53%) Apex Code
8 3 (0.53%) Groovy
8 3 (0.53%) PL/SQL
8 3 (0.53%) SOQL
9 2 (0.35%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.35%) PHP
9 2 (0.35%) SOSL
9 2 (0.35%) Swift
9 2 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 45 (7.98%) Security Cleared
2 35 (6.21%) SC Cleared
3 29 (5.14%) Degree
4 22 (3.90%) PMI Certification
5 21 (3.72%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (2.84%) DV Cleared
6 16 (2.84%) PMP
7 7 (1.24%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.06%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.71%) HND
10 2 (0.35%) ACCA
10 2 (0.35%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.35%) HNC
10 2 (0.35%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.35%) SAFe Agilist
11 1 (0.18%) CIMA
11 1 (0.18%) CIPD
11 1 (0.18%) ISEB
11 1 (0.18%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (4.96%) QA
2 19 (3.37%) Accessibility
3 17 (3.01%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.42%) PMO
5 2 (0.35%) GDPR
5 2 (0.35%) SLA
5 2 (0.35%) WCAG
6 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.18%) GRC
6 1 (0.18%) GxP
6 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 1 (0.18%) ITGC
6 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 36 (6.38%) Docker
2 12 (2.13%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 71 (12.59%) Terraform
2 50 (8.87%) Kubernetes
3 26 (4.61%) Ansible
4 11 (1.95%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (1.24%) Puppet
7 5 (0.89%) Grafana
7 5 (0.89%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.53%) Argo
8 3 (0.53%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.53%) Rancher
9 2 (0.35%) Packer
9 2 (0.35%) SCCM
10 1 (0.18%) AWS Copilot
Vendors
1 95 (16.84%) Microsoft
2 22 (3.90%) Salesforce
3 20 (3.55%) ServiceNow
4 18 (3.19%) SAP
5 15 (2.66%) Databricks
6 12 (2.13%) Google
6 12 (2.13%) Splunk
7 10 (1.77%) Oracle
7 10 (1.77%) Siemens
8 8 (1.42%) New Relic
9 6 (1.06%) Pega
10 4 (0.71%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.71%) SaltStack
11 3 (0.53%) Adobe
11 3 (0.53%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.53%) IBM
11 3 (0.53%) LogicMonitor
12 2 (0.35%) AppDynamics
12 2 (0.35%) Cognos
12 2 (0.35%) WSO2