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 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 4 1
Rank change year-on-year -18 -3 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 454 980 888
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 7.68% 17.77% 25.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.97% 20.07% 26.82%
Number of salaries quoted 302 439 649
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,188 £47,500 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,775 £83,750 £91,250
England median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £67,500

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 5,064 4,882 3,311
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 85.66% 88.51% 94.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2,404 2,496 2,511
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,114 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% -5.91% +0.42%
75th Percentile £65,000 £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% - -4.00%

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 14 December 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 14 December 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 -19 284 £62,500 +4.17% 314
Cheshire -7 73 £55,000 +10.00% 124
Lancashire -12 52 £51,238 -2.87% 120
Merseyside -20 29 £67,500 +22.73% 59
Cumbria -12 14 £57,500 +4.07% 14
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 19 (4.19%) Confluence
2 17 (3.74%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.76%) CMS
4 4 (0.88%) Apache
4 4 (0.88%) nginx
5 3 (0.66%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.66%) Headless CMS
5 3 (0.66%) Magnolia
5 3 (0.66%) WordPress
6 2 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.44%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.22%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.22%) Umbraco
Applications
1 20 (4.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.88%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.66%) Adobe XD
5 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.66%) Sketch
6 2 (0.44%) Simulink
6 2 (0.44%) Trello
7 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.22%) InVision
Business Applications
1 7 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.22%) Magento
3 1 (0.22%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.22%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 143 (31.50%) Azure
2 104 (22.91%) AWS
3 46 (10.13%) SaaS
4 40 (8.81%) Power Platform
5 32 (7.05%) GCP
6 27 (5.95%) Serverless
7 21 (4.63%) Azure DevOps
7 21 (4.63%) Microsoft 365
8 15 (3.30%) GitHub
9 13 (2.86%) AWS Lambda
9 13 (2.86%) Figma
10 12 (2.64%) Dynamics 365
11 11 (2.42%) AWS CloudFormation
12 10 (2.20%) PaaS
13 9 (1.98%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 9 (1.98%) Azure Functions
13 9 (1.98%) Azure Service Bus
13 9 (1.98%) GitHub Actions
14 8 (1.76%) Azure AKS
14 8 (1.76%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.54%) Firewall
2 6 (1.32%) HTTP
3 4 (0.88%) DNS
4 3 (0.66%) SSH
4 3 (0.66%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.66%) Wireless
5 2 (0.44%) AMQP
5 2 (0.44%) OpenVPN
5 2 (0.44%) Unified Communications
5 2 (0.44%) WAN
6 1 (0.22%) 4G
6 1 (0.22%) LAN
6 1 (0.22%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (7.05%) SQL Server
2 26 (5.73%) NoSQL
3 24 (5.29%) Power BI
4 16 (3.52%) MongoDB
5 12 (2.64%) MySQL
6 11 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.32%) DynamoDB
7 6 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (1.32%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.10%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.88%) Big Data
9 4 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.88%) Redis
10 3 (0.66%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.66%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 3 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.44%) Cloudera CDH
11 2 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 37 (8.15%) JIRA
2 33 (7.27%) Git
3 14 (3.08%) GitLab
3 14 (3.08%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.54%) Cypress.io
5 4 (0.88%) JMeter
6 3 (0.66%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.66%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.66%) Gatling
6 3 (0.66%) JIRA Agile
6 3 (0.66%) JUnit
6 3 (0.66%) Selenium
6 3 (0.66%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.44%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (0.44%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.22%) Appium
8 1 (0.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.22%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.22%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.22%) LoadRunner
General
1 138 (30.40%) Social Skills
2 112 (24.67%) Finance
3 54 (11.89%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (7.49%) Public Sector
5 21 (4.63%) Banking
6 19 (4.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (3.96%) Law
7 18 (3.96%) Manufacturing
8 17 (3.74%) Influencing Skills
9 15 (3.30%) Marketing
10 13 (2.86%) Local Government
11 11 (2.42%) Retail
12 10 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (1.98%) Telecoms
14 7 (1.54%) Avionics
14 7 (1.54%) Electronics
15 6 (1.32%) Billing
15 6 (1.32%) Financial Institution
15 6 (1.32%) Games
15 6 (1.32%) Legal
Job Titles
1 111 (24.45%) Senior
2 107 (23.57%) Developer
3 79 (17.40%) Lead
4 39 (8.59%) Analyst
5 37 (8.15%) Senior Developer
6 29 (6.39%) Architect
7 25 (5.51%) Software Developer
7 25 (5.51%) Software Engineer
8 24 (5.29%) Project Manager
9 23 (5.07%) Senior Manager
10 20 (4.41%) Solutions Architect
11 19 (4.19%) Java Developer
12 17 (3.74%) Business Analyst
12 17 (3.74%) Systems Engineer
13 16 (3.52%) .NET Developer
14 14 (3.08%) Data Engineer
14 14 (3.08%) DevOps Engineer
15 13 (2.86%) Cloud Engineer
16 12 (2.64%) Backend Developer
16 12 (2.64%) Senior Audit Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (16.30%) .NET
2 56 (12.33%) React
3 36 (7.93%) CSS
4 32 (7.05%) HTML
5 28 (6.17%) AngularJS
6 27 (5.95%) REST
6 27 (5.95%) RESTful
7 25 (5.51%) .NET Framework
8 24 (5.29%) Spring
8 24 (5.29%) Spring Boot
9 23 (5.07%) .NET Core
10 22 (4.85%) ASP.NET
11 20 (4.41%) Node.js
12 14 (3.08%) Kafka
13 10 (2.20%) RabbitMQ
14 7 (1.54%) Entity Framework
14 7 (1.54%) Hibernate
14 7 (1.54%) Next.js
14 7 (1.54%) Web Services
15 6 (1.32%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 39 (8.59%) Cloud Native
2 34 (7.49%) Product Ownership
3 21 (4.63%) Distributed Systems
4 19 (4.19%) Management Information System
5 16 (3.52%) Mobile App
6 13 (2.86%) IoT
7 12 (2.64%) Social Media
8 11 (2.42%) Greenfield Project
9 9 (1.98%) Driving Licence
9 9 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (1.76%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 7 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (1.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 6 (1.32%) Onboarding
13 4 (0.88%) Data Centre
13 4 (0.88%) Public Cloud
14 3 (0.66%) Distributed Computing
14 3 (0.66%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 31 (6.83%) Windows
2 14 (3.08%) Linux
3 10 (2.20%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.10%) Android
5 4 (0.88%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.44%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.44%) CentOS
6 2 (0.44%) Debian
6 2 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.44%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.44%) VMS
7 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (26.21%) CI/CD
2 107 (23.57%) DevOps
3 102 (22.47%) Continuous Improvement
4 99 (21.81%) Problem-Solving
5 89 (19.60%) Mentoring
6 76 (16.74%) Coaching
7 68 (14.98%) Software Engineering
8 65 (14.32%) Microservices
9 62 (13.66%) Scrum
10 56 (12.33%) Roadmaps
10 56 (12.33%) User Experience
11 49 (10.79%) Containerisation
12 46 (10.13%) Project Management
13 45 (9.91%) Project Delivery
13 45 (9.91%) Stakeholder Management
14 42 (9.25%) Clean Code
15 40 (8.81%) Infrastructure as Code
16 39 (8.59%) AI
16 39 (8.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 37 (8.15%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 75 (16.52%) C#
2 58 (12.78%) JavaScript
3 56 (12.33%) Java
4 55 (12.11%) SQL
5 42 (9.25%) TypeScript
6 39 (8.59%) Python
7 15 (3.30%) Go
8 10 (2.20%) MATLAB
9 9 (1.98%) PowerShell
10 8 (1.76%) Elixir
10 8 (1.76%) Ruby
11 7 (1.54%) Bash
12 4 (0.88%) Bicep
12 4 (0.88%) PHP
13 3 (0.66%) C++
13 3 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.66%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.44%) C
14 2 (0.44%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.44%) Scala
Qualifications
1 55 (12.11%) Degree
2 35 (7.71%) BPSS Clearance
3 28 (6.17%) Security Cleared
4 20 (4.41%) SC Cleared
5 18 (3.96%) ACCA
6 14 (3.08%) DBS Check
6 14 (3.08%) PMP
7 13 (2.86%) PMI Certification
8 9 (1.98%) Azure Certification
9 8 (1.76%) DV Cleared
10 7 (1.54%) AWS Certification
11 6 (1.32%) CIMA
11 6 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.10%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.88%) HNC
13 4 (0.88%) HND
14 3 (0.66%) CCNA
14 3 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (8.59%) QA
2 31 (6.83%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.64%) GAAP
3 12 (2.64%) IFRS
4 9 (1.98%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.76%) PMO
5 8 (1.76%) SEPA
5 8 (1.76%) TARGET2
6 6 (1.32%) SLA
7 5 (1.10%) GDPR
7 5 (1.10%) NIST
8 4 (0.88%) HIPAA
8 4 (0.88%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 2 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 2 (0.44%) WCAG
10 1 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.22%) GxP
10 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 51 (11.23%) Docker
2 23 (5.07%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.22%) HDFS
4 1 (0.22%) KVM
4 1 (0.22%) QEMU
4 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 49 (10.79%) Kubernetes
2 44 (9.69%) Terraform
3 13 (2.86%) Ansible
4 10 (2.20%) Grafana
5 9 (1.98%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (1.76%) SCCM
7 6 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (1.10%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.66%) Puppet
10 2 (0.44%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.44%) Rancher
Vendors
1 69 (15.20%) Microsoft
2 18 (3.96%) SAP
3 14 (3.08%) Google
4 12 (2.64%) Salesforce
4 12 (2.64%) ServiceNow
5 8 (1.76%) Adobe
6 7 (1.54%) Databricks
6 7 (1.54%) Siemens
6 7 (1.54%) Splunk
7 6 (1.32%) Qualtrics
7 6 (1.32%) Sophos
8 5 (1.10%) New Relic
8 5 (1.10%) Oracle
9 4 (0.88%) Bloomberg
10 3 (0.66%) Aruba
10 3 (0.66%) Cisco
10 3 (0.66%) Meraki
10 3 (0.66%) SaltStack
10 3 (0.66%) Veeam
10 3 (0.66%) Zerto