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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -14 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 766 1,160 1,352
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 6.08% 22.75% 17.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.39% 25.45% 22.60%
Number of salaries quoted 530 294 563
10th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £49,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +3.51% +0.81%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £89,750
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 9,131 4,558 5,981
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 72.47% 89.41% 77.55%
Number of salaries quoted 6,892 2,158 3,469
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,712 £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 £79,300
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.26%

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 15 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 15 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 -11 547 £67,249 +7.60% 808
Lancashire -7 81 £55,000 +7.33% 80
Cheshire -31 61 £55,000 -4.35% 82
Merseyside -11 55 £62,250 -0.40% 65
Cumbria +2 20 £47,500 -17.39% 8
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 (4.57%) Confluence
2 26 (3.39%) SharePoint
3 19 (2.48%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (1.44%) Apache
5 5 (0.65%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.52%) CMS
6 4 (0.52%) OpenStack
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 (2.35%) Microsoft Project
2 15 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.91%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.91%) Trello
4 6 (0.78%) AutoCAD
4 6 (0.78%) Revit
5 3 (0.39%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 20 (2.61%) 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
1 245 (31.98%) Azure
2 174 (22.72%) AWS
3 96 (12.53%) Azure DevOps
4 68 (8.88%) Power Platform
5 48 (6.27%) Serverless
6 41 (5.35%) GCP
6 41 (5.35%) SaaS
7 40 (5.22%) GitHub
8 32 (4.18%) Power Automate
9 29 (3.79%) Microsoft 365
9 29 (3.79%) Microsoft Copilot
10 24 (3.13%) AWS CloudFormation
11 23 (3.00%) Dynamics 365
11 23 (3.00%) PowerApps
12 22 (2.87%) dbt
13 21 (2.74%) AWS Lambda
14 19 (2.48%) Snowflake
15 16 (2.09%) Copilot Studio
16 14 (1.83%) Amazon S3
16 14 (1.83%) Azure Cosmos DB
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%) DHCP
2 2 (0.26%) DNS
2 2 (0.26%) HTTP
2 2 (0.26%) NetScaler
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%) Firewall
3 1 (0.13%) iSCSI
3 1 (0.13%) LAN
3 1 (0.13%) SAN
3 1 (0.13%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.13%) SSL
3 1 (0.13%) VoIP
3 1 (0.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (5.74%) Azure SQL Database
2 36 (4.70%) MongoDB
2 36 (4.70%) Power BI
3 32 (4.18%) SQL Server
4 28 (3.66%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (3.00%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (2.22%) Relational Database
7 16 (2.09%) DynamoDB
7 16 (2.09%) NoSQL
8 13 (1.70%) Data Lake
9 12 (1.57%) Elasticsearch
10 11 (1.44%) BigQuery
11 9 (1.17%) Big Data
11 9 (1.17%) MySQL
12 8 (1.04%) Metadata
12 8 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.52%) Data Mining
13 4 (0.52%) Hadoop
13 4 (0.52%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 77 (10.05%) JIRA
2 50 (6.53%) Git
3 31 (4.05%) GitLab
4 15 (1.96%) JUnit
5 13 (1.70%) Jenkins
5 13 (1.70%) Spock
6 11 (1.44%) Claude Code
7 10 (1.31%) Postman
8 8 (1.04%) Bitbucket
9 7 (0.91%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 7 (0.91%) Maven
10 5 (0.65%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.52%) IntelliJ
12 3 (0.39%) Ant
12 3 (0.39%) RStudio
12 3 (0.39%) Selenium
13 2 (0.26%) Mockito
13 2 (0.26%) MSTest
13 2 (0.26%) Vagrant
13 2 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 214 (27.94%) Social Skills
2 146 (19.06%) Finance
3 79 (10.31%) Public Sector
4 76 (9.92%) Analytical Skills
5 53 (6.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 37 (4.83%) Retail
7 29 (3.79%) Influencing Skills
8 28 (3.66%) Telecoms
9 27 (3.52%) Marketing
10 19 (2.48%) Games
10 19 (2.48%) Law
10 19 (2.48%) Legal
10 19 (2.48%) Manufacturing
11 18 (2.35%) Aerospace
11 18 (2.35%) Publishing
12 11 (1.44%) Advertising
12 11 (1.44%) Local Government
12 11 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (1.17%) Banking
Job Titles
1 176 (22.98%) Senior
2 160 (20.89%) Developer
3 80 (10.44%) Software Engineer
4 54 (7.05%) Lead
5 53 (6.92%) Analyst
6 51 (6.66%) Senior Developer
7 47 (6.14%) Business Analyst
7 47 (6.14%) Project Manager
8 41 (5.35%) .NET Developer
8 41 (5.35%) Data Engineer
9 37 (4.83%) Delivery Manager
10 36 (4.70%) Engineering Manager
11 32 (4.18%) Architect
12 28 (3.66%) Senior Software Engineer
13 25 (3.26%) DevOps Engineer
14 24 (3.13%) Product Owner
14 24 (3.13%) Software Developer
15 23 (3.00%) Design Engineer
16 22 (2.87%) Java Developer
17 21 (2.74%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (12.01%) .NET
2 72 (9.40%) Terraform
3 56 (7.31%) HTML
4 52 (6.79%) Spring
5 49 (6.40%) React
6 48 (6.27%) CSS
7 44 (5.74%) Node.js
8 43 (5.61%) ASP.NET
9 41 (5.35%) AngularJS
10 40 (5.22%) .NET Core
11 37 (4.83%) ASP.NET Core
12 35 (4.57%) Spring Boot
13 33 (4.31%) REST
14 21 (2.74%) RESTful
15 20 (2.61%) Kafka
16 19 (2.48%) Entity Framework
17 16 (2.09%) Middleware
18 15 (1.96%) PySpark
18 15 (1.96%) Vue
19 14 (1.83%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 88 (11.49%) Product Ownership
2 58 (7.57%) Cloud Native
3 33 (4.31%) Enterprise Software
4 24 (3.13%) Greenfield Project
5 23 (3.00%) Distributed Systems
6 21 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (2.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 16 (2.09%) Mobile App
9 15 (1.96%) Onboarding
10 14 (1.83%) Private Cloud
11 13 (1.70%) Driving Licence
12 11 (1.44%) Marketing Technology
13 10 (1.31%) IoT
14 8 (1.04%) PMI
15 6 (0.78%) Data Centre
15 6 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
15 6 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
15 6 (0.78%) Social Media
15 6 (0.78%) Social Network
15 6 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 34 (4.44%) Linux
2 13 (1.70%) Windows
3 5 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (0.65%) Unix
4 4 (0.52%) Android
4 4 (0.52%) Apple iOS
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
6 2 (0.26%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.26%) 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
1 236 (30.81%) DevOps
2 227 (29.63%) Continuous Improvement
3 220 (28.72%) CI/CD
4 179 (23.37%) AI
5 150 (19.58%) Software Engineering
6 146 (19.06%) Scrum
7 145 (18.93%) Mentoring
8 140 (18.28%) Stakeholder Management
9 128 (16.71%) Problem-Solving
10 106 (13.84%) Coaching
11 84 (10.97%) Test Automation
12 82 (10.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 81 (10.57%) Decision-Making
14 79 (10.31%) Full-Stack Development
15 77 (10.05%) Roadmaps
16 73 (9.53%) Microservices
17 69 (9.01%) TDD
18 68 (8.88%) Analytics
19 64 (8.36%) Project Delivery
20 59 (7.70%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 166 (21.67%) SQL
2 131 (17.10%) Java
3 109 (14.23%) JavaScript
3 109 (14.23%) Python
4 96 (12.53%) C#
5 47 (6.14%) TypeScript
6 20 (2.61%) Go
7 18 (2.35%) C++
8 15 (1.96%) Bash
9 11 (1.44%) PowerShell
10 10 (1.31%) PHP
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%) Rust
15 3 (0.39%) SOSL
16 2 (0.26%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 102 (13.32%) Degree
2 86 (11.23%) Security Cleared
3 62 (8.09%) SC Cleared
4 36 (4.70%) DV Cleared
5 27 (3.52%) DBS Check
6 21 (2.74%) Master's Degree
7 20 (2.61%) HNC
8 18 (2.35%) BPSS Clearance
8 18 (2.35%) PMI Certification
9 12 (1.57%) PMP
10 11 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (1.17%) AWS Certification
12 9 (1.17%) Azure Certification
13 8 (1.04%) RIBA
14 5 (0.65%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 4 (0.52%) MBA
15 4 (0.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 4 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
16 3 (0.39%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (8.09%) Data Quality
2 49 (6.40%) QA
3 31 (4.05%) Accessibility
4 18 (2.35%) GDPR
5 11 (1.44%) PMO
6 7 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.91%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.65%) 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 71 (9.27%) Docker
2 3 (0.39%) Ceph
3 2 (0.26%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.26%) UAG
3 2 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.13%) Firmware
4 1 (0.13%) NFS
4 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 72 (9.40%) Kubernetes
2 34 (4.44%) Ansible
3 14 (1.83%) Argo
4 10 (1.31%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.91%) 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%) AirWatch
9 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.26%) Packer
9 2 (0.26%) SCCM
9 2 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.26%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.13%) linkerd
10 1 (0.13%) Nagios
Vendors
1 140 (18.28%) Microsoft
2 24 (3.13%) Google
3 23 (3.00%) Salesforce
4 22 (2.87%) ServiceNow
4 22 (2.87%) YouTube
5 21 (2.74%) Databricks
5 21 (2.74%) Oracle
6 19 (2.48%) Splunk
7 13 (1.70%) AppDynamics
8 12 (1.57%) SAP
9 9 (1.17%) Adobe
9 9 (1.17%) Red Hat
10 6 (0.78%) Autodesk
11 4 (0.52%) Dell
11 4 (0.52%) NEC
11 4 (0.52%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.52%) Thales
12 3 (0.39%) BiZZdesign
12 3 (0.39%) LogicMonitor
12 3 (0.39%) SaltStack