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 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 5 2
Rank change year-on-year -18 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 499 807 1,402
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 6.67% 17.82% 20.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.58% 19.11% 24.39%
Number of salaries quoted 346 385 1,148
10th Percentile £44,611 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.83% - +0.80%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £75,756
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £69,000 £63,749
% change year-on-year -5.80% +8.24% -5.56%

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 5,818 4,223 5,748
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 77.81% 93.24% 85.86%
Number of salaries quoted 3,089 2,110 4,683
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,114 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,620 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £66,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -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 20 February 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 20 February 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 -18 314 £62,500 -3.85% 262
Cheshire -11 73 £55,000 +10.00% 55
Lancashire -22 53 £55,000 +4.76% 75
Merseyside -21 37 £50,000 -16.67% 36
Cumbria -4 20 £60,250 +31.70% 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 29 (5.81%) Confluence
2 18 (3.61%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.20%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.00%) Apache
4 5 (1.00%) CMS
5 4 (0.80%) nginx
6 2 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.40%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.20%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.20%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.20%) IIS
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (3.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.60%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.60%) Sketch
5 2 (0.40%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.40%) Simulink
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.20%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 156 (31.26%) Azure
2 98 (19.64%) AWS
3 50 (10.02%) SaaS
4 36 (7.21%) Power Platform
5 32 (6.41%) Microsoft 365
6 30 (6.01%) GCP
7 26 (5.21%) Serverless
8 18 (3.61%) AWS CloudFormation
8 18 (3.61%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (3.01%) Figma
10 12 (2.40%) Azure AKS
11 10 (2.00%) Amazon EKS
11 10 (2.00%) AWS Lambda
11 10 (2.00%) Entra ID
11 10 (2.00%) GitHub
11 10 (2.00%) PaaS
12 9 (1.80%) Azure Functions
12 9 (1.80%) Azure Logic Apps
12 9 (1.80%) Azure Service Bus
12 9 (1.80%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.60%) HTTP
2 5 (1.00%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.80%) AMQP
3 4 (0.80%) DNS
3 4 (0.80%) Firewall
4 3 (0.60%) SSH
5 2 (0.40%) OpenVPN
5 2 (0.40%) Unified Communications
5 2 (0.40%) WAN
6 1 (0.20%) 4G
6 1 (0.20%) LAN
6 1 (0.20%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.20%) SSL
6 1 (0.20%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (6.41%) SQL Server
2 31 (6.21%) NoSQL
3 18 (3.61%) Power BI
4 17 (3.41%) MongoDB
4 17 (3.41%) MySQL
5 13 (2.61%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (1.60%) Data Lake
8 7 (1.40%) Big Data
8 7 (1.40%) Hadoop
9 5 (1.00%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (1.00%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.80%) Cloudera CDH
10 4 (0.80%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.60%) Redis
11 3 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.40%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 43 (8.62%) JIRA
2 35 (7.01%) Git
3 13 (2.61%) GitLab
4 12 (2.40%) Jenkins
5 7 (1.40%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.80%) JUnit
6 4 (0.80%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.60%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.60%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.40%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.40%) JIRA Agile
8 2 (0.40%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (0.40%) Vagrant
9 1 (0.20%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.20%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.20%) JMeter
9 1 (0.20%) Locust
9 1 (0.20%) Postman
9 1 (0.20%) Selenium
General
1 132 (26.45%) Social Skills
2 108 (21.64%) Finance
3 54 (10.82%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (6.61%) Public Sector
5 22 (4.41%) Banking
5 22 (4.41%) Manufacturing
6 21 (4.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (3.81%) Marketing
8 15 (3.01%) Influencing Skills
9 14 (2.81%) Law
10 11 (2.20%) Retail
11 8 (1.60%) Billing
11 8 (1.60%) Games
11 8 (1.60%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.40%) Legal
13 6 (1.20%) Avionics
13 6 (1.20%) Electronics
13 6 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 112 (22.44%) Senior
2 93 (18.64%) Developer
3 82 (16.43%) Lead
4 49 (9.82%) Software Engineer
5 38 (7.62%) Analyst
6 31 (6.21%) Project Manager
6 31 (6.21%) Software Developer
7 29 (5.81%) Architect
7 29 (5.81%) Senior Developer
8 24 (4.81%) Business Analyst
8 24 (4.81%) Data Engineer
9 18 (3.61%) Solutions Architect
10 17 (3.41%) .NET Developer
11 16 (3.21%) Cloud Engineer
12 15 (3.01%) Lead Developer
12 15 (3.01%) Senior Data Engineer
12 15 (3.01%) Senior Manager
13 14 (2.81%) Java Developer
14 13 (2.61%) IT Manager
15 12 (2.40%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (16.03%) .NET
2 65 (13.03%) React
3 35 (7.01%) .NET Framework
3 35 (7.01%) CSS
4 34 (6.81%) HTML
4 34 (6.81%) REST
4 34 (6.81%) RESTful
5 29 (5.81%) AngularJS
6 28 (5.61%) ASP.NET
6 28 (5.61%) Node.js
6 28 (5.61%) Spring
7 27 (5.41%) Spring Boot
8 25 (5.01%) .NET Core
9 13 (2.61%) Kafka
10 10 (2.00%) Web Services
11 9 (1.80%) RabbitMQ
12 8 (1.60%) gRPC
13 7 (1.40%) ASP.NET Core
13 7 (1.40%) Hibernate
14 6 (1.20%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 43 (8.62%) Product Ownership
2 40 (8.02%) Cloud Native
3 23 (4.61%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (3.01%) Mobile App
5 12 (2.40%) Greenfield Project
6 11 (2.20%) Driving Licence
6 11 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.60%) Low-Code
7 8 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.60%) Social Media
7 8 (1.60%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 7 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.40%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (1.20%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.00%) IoT
10 5 (1.00%) Public Cloud
11 4 (0.80%) Client/Server
11 4 (0.80%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 26 (5.21%) Windows
2 17 (3.41%) Linux
3 7 (1.40%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.00%) Android
4 5 (1.00%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.80%) CentOS
5 4 (0.80%) Debian
5 4 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.80%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.40%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.40%) VMS
6 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (23.45%) CI/CD
2 113 (22.65%) Continuous Improvement
3 95 (19.04%) DevOps
3 95 (19.04%) Mentoring
4 94 (18.84%) Software Engineering
5 91 (18.24%) Problem-Solving
6 84 (16.83%) Scrum
7 82 (16.43%) Coaching
8 62 (12.42%) Microservices
9 58 (11.62%) Stakeholder Management
10 53 (10.62%) Project Management
10 53 (10.62%) User Experience
11 50 (10.02%) Containerisation
12 49 (9.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 47 (9.42%) TDD
14 45 (9.02%) AI
14 45 (9.02%) Full-Stack Development
14 45 (9.02%) Project Delivery
15 41 (8.22%) Roadmaps
16 39 (7.82%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 75 (15.03%) C#
2 73 (14.63%) SQL
3 71 (14.23%) Java
4 69 (13.83%) JavaScript
5 44 (8.82%) Python
5 44 (8.82%) TypeScript
6 8 (1.60%) Go
7 6 (1.20%) PowerShell
8 4 (0.80%) Bicep
8 4 (0.80%) C++
9 3 (0.60%) Bash
9 3 (0.60%) Scala
9 3 (0.60%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.40%) C
10 2 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.40%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.40%) PHP
10 2 (0.40%) VBA
11 1 (0.20%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.20%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 37 (7.41%) Security Cleared
2 32 (6.41%) Degree
3 30 (6.01%) BPSS Clearance
4 26 (5.21%) SC Cleared
5 19 (3.81%) PMI Certification
6 18 (3.61%) PMP
7 11 (2.20%) DV Cleared
8 9 (1.80%) DBS Check
9 5 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.80%) HNC
10 4 (0.80%) HND
11 3 (0.60%) ACCA
11 3 (0.60%) CIMA
11 3 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.40%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.40%) SAFe Agilist
13 1 (0.20%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.20%) CIPD
13 1 (0.20%) ISEB
13 1 (0.20%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.21%) QA
2 29 (5.81%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.00%) PMO
4 8 (1.60%) SEPA
4 8 (1.60%) TARGET2
5 4 (0.80%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.80%) ISO 20022
6 3 (0.60%) WCAG
7 2 (0.40%) GDPR
7 2 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 2 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 2 (0.40%) SLA
8 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.20%) GxP
8 1 (0.20%) HL7
8 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.20%) ITGC
8 1 (0.20%) NIST
System Software
1 37 (7.41%) Docker
2 22 (4.41%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.20%) HDFS
5 1 (0.20%) KVM
5 1 (0.20%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 51 (10.22%) Terraform
2 45 (9.02%) Kubernetes
3 16 (3.21%) Ansible
4 12 (2.40%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (1.80%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (1.60%) SCCM
7 7 (1.40%) Grafana
8 6 (1.20%) Puppet
9 4 (0.80%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.80%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.60%) Rancher
11 2 (0.40%) Packer
12 1 (0.20%) AWS Copilot
Vendors
1 90 (18.04%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.41%) SAP
3 15 (3.01%) Google
4 14 (2.81%) Databricks
4 14 (2.81%) ServiceNow
5 13 (2.61%) Salesforce
6 12 (2.40%) Siemens
7 10 (2.00%) Splunk
8 8 (1.60%) Adobe
8 8 (1.60%) New Relic
9 7 (1.40%) Qualtrics
10 6 (1.20%) Oracle
10 6 (1.20%) Sophos
11 5 (1.00%) SaltStack
12 4 (0.80%) Atlassian
12 4 (0.80%) Red Hat
13 2 (0.40%) AppDynamics
13 2 (0.40%) Bloomberg
13 2 (0.40%) IBM
13 2 (0.40%) Pega