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 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -14 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 799 1,166 1,362
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 6.18% 22.23% 18.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.47% 24.85% 22.75%
Number of salaries quoted 542 298 506
10th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £46,531 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,104 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +4.35% -3.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £70,938
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,150 £85,625
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 9,429 4,693 5,988
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 72.88% 89.49% 79.73%
Number of salaries quoted 7,013 2,205 3,186
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,346 £30,875
25th Percentile £41,250 £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 £64,473 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.64%

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 5 October 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 5 October 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 -12 568 £65,000 +1.96% 601
Lancashire -6 86 £60,000 +13.17% 82
Merseyside -9 63 £62,500 +4.17% 60
Cheshire -33 59 £55,000 -4.35% 75
Cumbria +5 20 £47,500 -17.39% 13
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 33 (4.13%) Confluence
1 33 (4.13%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.50%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (1.63%) Apache
4 5 (0.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 5 (0.63%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.63%) CMS
5 3 (0.38%) nginx
5 3 (0.38%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.38%) Tomcat
5 3 (0.38%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.38%) WebSphere
5 3 (0.38%) WordPress
6 2 (0.25%) IIS
6 2 (0.25%) WinCC
7 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.13%) JBoss
7 1 (0.13%) SAS
7 1 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 16 (2.00%) Microsoft Project
2 15 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.00%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.88%) Trello
5 6 (0.75%) AutoCAD
5 6 (0.75%) Revit
6 3 (0.38%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 19 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.50%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.13%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 1 (0.13%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 236 (29.54%) Azure
2 184 (23.03%) AWS
3 88 (11.01%) Azure DevOps
4 75 (9.39%) Power Platform
5 49 (6.13%) GitHub
5 49 (6.13%) Serverless
6 41 (5.13%) GCP
7 38 (4.76%) Power Automate
8 36 (4.51%) Microsoft Copilot
8 36 (4.51%) SaaS
9 35 (4.38%) Microsoft 365
10 28 (3.50%) PowerApps
11 25 (3.13%) AWS CloudFormation
12 24 (3.00%) AWS Lambda
12 24 (3.00%) dbt
13 23 (2.88%) Dynamics 365
14 22 (2.75%) Copilot Studio
15 18 (2.25%) Snowflake
16 17 (2.13%) Amazon S3
17 14 (1.75%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.00%) DNS
2 7 (0.88%) Network Security
3 6 (0.75%) Firewall
4 5 (0.63%) BIG-IP
4 5 (0.63%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 5 (0.63%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 3 (0.38%) AMQP
5 3 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.38%) Wireless
6 2 (0.25%) Bluetooth
6 2 (0.25%) DHCP
6 2 (0.25%) HTTP
6 2 (0.25%) NetScaler
6 2 (0.25%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.25%) ZigBee
7 1 (0.13%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (0.13%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.13%) LAN
7 1 (0.13%) VoIP
7 1 (0.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (5.51%) Azure SQL Database
2 40 (5.01%) MongoDB
3 38 (4.76%) Power BI
4 30 (3.75%) Data Warehouse
5 28 (3.50%) SQL Server
6 21 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
7 16 (2.00%) Data Lake
8 15 (1.88%) DynamoDB
8 15 (1.88%) Relational Database
9 14 (1.75%) NoSQL
10 12 (1.50%) Elasticsearch
11 11 (1.38%) BigQuery
12 9 (1.13%) Big Data
13 8 (1.00%) Metadata
14 7 (0.88%) MySQL
14 7 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 6 (0.75%) Amazon Redshift
16 5 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
17 4 (0.50%) Amazon Athena
17 4 (0.50%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 76 (9.51%) JIRA
2 50 (6.26%) Git
3 38 (4.76%) GitLab
4 19 (2.38%) Jenkins
5 16 (2.00%) JUnit
6 13 (1.63%) Spock
7 10 (1.25%) Claude Code
8 8 (1.00%) Bitbucket
8 8 (1.00%) Cypress.io
9 7 (0.88%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 7 (0.88%) Maven
9 7 (0.88%) Postman
10 6 (0.75%) Selenium
11 4 (0.50%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.50%) IntelliJ
11 4 (0.50%) Vagrant
12 3 (0.38%) Ant
12 3 (0.38%) Mockito
12 3 (0.38%) RStudio
13 2 (0.25%) MSTest
General
1 220 (27.53%) Social Skills
2 131 (16.40%) Finance
3 83 (10.39%) Public Sector
4 79 (9.89%) Analytical Skills
5 66 (8.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 42 (5.26%) Telecoms
7 39 (4.88%) Retail
8 31 (3.88%) Influencing Skills
9 26 (3.25%) Marketing
10 25 (3.13%) Publishing
11 19 (2.38%) Aerospace
11 19 (2.38%) Law
11 19 (2.38%) Legal
11 19 (2.38%) Manufacturing
12 17 (2.13%) Games
13 11 (1.38%) Local Government
14 10 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
15 9 (1.13%) Banking
15 9 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 190 (23.78%) Senior
2 163 (20.40%) Developer
3 85 (10.64%) Software Engineer
4 59 (7.38%) Lead
5 54 (6.76%) Senior Developer
6 53 (6.63%) Analyst
7 49 (6.13%) Business Analyst
8 41 (5.13%) Data Engineer
8 41 (5.13%) Project Manager
9 40 (5.01%) .NET Developer
9 40 (5.01%) Delivery Manager
10 37 (4.63%) Design Engineer
10 37 (4.63%) Engineering Manager
11 36 (4.51%) DevOps Engineer
12 32 (4.01%) Architect
13 31 (3.88%) Senior Software Engineer
14 24 (3.00%) IT Manager
14 24 (3.00%) Microsoft 365 Developer
15 22 (2.75%) Java Engineer
16 21 (2.63%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (10.89%) .NET
2 76 (9.51%) Terraform
3 61 (7.63%) Spring
4 60 (7.51%) HTML
5 59 (7.38%) React
6 45 (5.63%) CSS
7 41 (5.13%) ASP.NET
7 41 (5.13%) Node.js
8 40 (5.01%) Spring Boot
9 38 (4.76%) .NET Core
10 37 (4.63%) ASP.NET Core
11 36 (4.51%) AngularJS
12 33 (4.13%) Kafka
13 32 (4.01%) REST
14 19 (2.38%) Entity Framework
14 19 (2.38%) RESTful
15 16 (2.00%) Middleware
16 14 (1.75%) ASP.NET Web API
16 14 (1.75%) Blazor
17 12 (1.50%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 84 (10.51%) Product Ownership
2 59 (7.38%) Cloud Native
3 35 (4.38%) Enterprise Software
4 26 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (3.00%) Greenfield Project
6 23 (2.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 22 (2.75%) Distributed Systems
8 17 (2.13%) Private Cloud
9 16 (2.00%) IoT
9 16 (2.00%) Onboarding
10 14 (1.75%) Mobile App
11 12 (1.50%) Driving Licence
11 12 (1.50%) Media Streaming
11 12 (1.50%) Podcast
12 11 (1.38%) Data Centre
12 11 (1.38%) Marketing Technology
13 7 (0.88%) PMI
13 7 (0.88%) Public Cloud
14 6 (0.75%) IVR
14 6 (0.75%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 35 (4.38%) Linux
2 12 (1.50%) Windows
3 8 (1.00%) Unix
4 6 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.63%) Android
6 4 (0.50%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.50%) VMS
7 3 (0.38%) CentOS
7 3 (0.38%) Debian
7 3 (0.38%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.25%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.25%) FreeRTOS
8 2 (0.25%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.25%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 259 (32.42%) Continuous Improvement
2 245 (30.66%) DevOps
3 235 (29.41%) CI/CD
4 192 (24.03%) AI
5 163 (20.40%) Mentoring
6 162 (20.28%) Software Engineering
7 158 (19.77%) Problem-Solving
8 141 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
9 139 (17.40%) Scrum
10 109 (13.64%) Coaching
11 92 (11.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 88 (11.01%) Test Automation
13 79 (9.89%) Decision-Making
13 79 (9.89%) Microservices
14 76 (9.51%) Full-Stack Development
15 71 (8.89%) Roadmaps
16 68 (8.51%) Analytics
17 63 (7.88%) Infrastructure as Code
17 63 (7.88%) TDD
18 62 (7.76%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 160 (20.03%) SQL
2 136 (17.02%) Java
3 113 (14.14%) JavaScript
3 113 (14.14%) Python
4 93 (11.64%) C#
5 58 (7.26%) TypeScript
6 22 (2.75%) Go
7 18 (2.25%) Bash
8 13 (1.63%) PowerShell
9 12 (1.50%) C++
10 9 (1.13%) Apex Code
10 9 (1.13%) PHP
11 8 (1.00%) Groovy
12 6 (0.75%) R
13 5 (0.63%) ActionScript
13 5 (0.63%) C
14 4 (0.50%) SOQL
15 3 (0.38%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.38%) Rust
15 3 (0.38%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 116 (14.52%) Degree
2 97 (12.14%) Security Cleared
3 73 (9.14%) SC Cleared
4 42 (5.26%) DBS Check
5 36 (4.51%) DV Cleared
6 34 (4.26%) HNC
7 21 (2.63%) Master's Degree
8 20 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
9 17 (2.13%) PMI Certification
10 12 (1.50%) PMP
11 11 (1.38%) AWS Certification
12 10 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (1.00%) Azure Certification
13 8 (1.00%) RIBA
14 6 (0.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 5 (0.63%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 4 (0.50%) MBA
16 4 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
17 3 (0.38%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (7.26%) Data Quality
2 52 (6.51%) QA
3 43 (5.38%) Accessibility
4 18 (2.25%) GDPR
5 10 (1.25%) PMO
6 7 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.88%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.63%) SLA
8 4 (0.50%) WCAG
9 3 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.25%) GRC
10 2 (0.25%) IEC 61131
10 2 (0.25%) IEC 61508
10 2 (0.25%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.13%) NIST
11 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 82 (10.26%) Docker
2 3 (0.38%) Ceph
3 2 (0.25%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.25%) UAG
3 2 (0.25%) 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 89 (11.14%) Kubernetes
2 31 (3.88%) Ansible
3 14 (1.75%) Argo
4 10 (1.25%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.88%) Grafana
6 6 (0.75%) Podman
7 5 (0.63%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.50%) Istio
8 4 (0.50%) Packer
8 4 (0.50%) Puppet
9 3 (0.38%) Check_MK
10 2 (0.25%) AirWatch
10 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.25%) SCCM
10 2 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.25%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.13%) linkerd
11 1 (0.13%) Nagios
11 1 (0.13%) Opsview
Vendors
1 135 (16.90%) Microsoft
2 28 (3.50%) YouTube
3 26 (3.25%) Databricks
4 25 (3.13%) Google
5 22 (2.75%) Oracle
6 21 (2.63%) ServiceNow
7 19 (2.38%) Splunk
8 17 (2.13%) Salesforce
9 13 (1.63%) AppDynamics
10 11 (1.38%) SAP
11 10 (1.25%) Red Hat
12 9 (1.13%) Adobe
13 7 (0.88%) F5
14 6 (0.75%) Autodesk
14 6 (0.75%) OpenAI
15 5 (0.63%) Thales
16 4 (0.50%) Dell
16 4 (0.50%) IBM
16 4 (0.50%) NEC
17 3 (0.38%) VMware