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 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -23 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 561 1,058 1,791
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 5.57% 25.82% 19.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.51% 27.20% 23.70%
Number of salaries quoted 412 403 1,415
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £38,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% +0.80%
75th Percentile £74,987 £78,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £86,252 £92,000 £88,750
England median annual salary £65,668 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.19% +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 7,466 3,889 7,558
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 74.07% 94.90% 82.43%
Number of salaries quoted 4,397 2,169 6,018
10th Percentile £29,450 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.41% +6.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £66,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +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 24 April 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 24 April 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 -18 399 £65,000 -3.70% 170
Lancashire -32 61 £58,446 +11.33% 66
Cheshire -31 52 £55,000 +10.00% 20
Merseyside -38 26 £48,750 -26.42% 8
Cumbria -19 19 £60,000 +22.14% 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 (7.84%) Confluence
2 11 (1.96%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.07%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.89%) Apache
4 5 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.71%) CMS
5 4 (0.71%) GeoServer
6 2 (0.36%) CICS
6 2 (0.36%) nginx
6 2 (0.36%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.36%) WordPress
7 1 (0.18%) IIS
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.18%) PegaRULES
7 1 (0.18%) Umbraco
Applications
1 11 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.36%) Simulink
4 2 (0.36%) Sketch
5 1 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.18%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.36%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.18%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 173 (30.84%) Azure
2 114 (20.32%) AWS
3 49 (8.73%) SaaS
4 37 (6.60%) Azure DevOps
5 33 (5.88%) Serverless
6 29 (5.17%) Power Platform
7 27 (4.81%) GCP
8 24 (4.28%) Microsoft 365
9 21 (3.74%) AWS CloudFormation
10 19 (3.39%) Azure AKS
11 15 (2.67%) Amazon EKS
12 13 (2.32%) GitHub
13 12 (2.14%) Azure Service Bus
14 11 (1.96%) Azure Logic Apps
15 10 (1.78%) Anthropic Claude
15 10 (1.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 10 (1.78%) Azure Functions
15 10 (1.78%) Azure Monitor
16 9 (1.60%) Entra ID
16 9 (1.60%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.25%) HTTP
2 5 (0.89%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.71%) AMQP
4 2 (0.36%) DNS
4 2 (0.36%) Firewall
4 2 (0.36%) OpenVPN
4 2 (0.36%) SSH
4 2 (0.36%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.18%) 4G
5 1 (0.18%) Broadband
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 (6.24%) NoSQL
2 34 (6.06%) SQL Server
3 20 (3.57%) MongoDB
3 20 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (3.39%) MySQL
5 13 (2.32%) Power BI
6 11 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (1.60%) Data Lake
7 9 (1.60%) Relational Database
8 8 (1.43%) DynamoDB
9 6 (1.07%) Big Data
9 6 (1.07%) Hadoop
10 4 (0.71%) Cloudera CDH
10 4 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.71%) Geospatial Data
10 4 (0.71%) GIS
10 4 (0.71%) QGIS
11 3 (0.53%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.53%) Flink
11 3 (0.53%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 66 (11.76%) JIRA
2 49 (8.73%) Git
3 16 (2.85%) GitLab
4 13 (2.32%) Jenkins
5 11 (1.96%) Claude Code
6 9 (1.60%) Postman
7 5 (0.89%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.71%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.71%) IntelliJ
8 4 (0.71%) JUnit
9 3 (0.53%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.53%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.36%) Selenium
10 2 (0.36%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.36%) Vagrant
10 2 (0.36%) XCUITest
11 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.18%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.18%) WinDbg
General
1 131 (23.35%) Social Skills
2 118 (21.03%) Finance
3 54 (9.63%) Public Sector
4 45 (8.02%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (4.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 22 (3.92%) Marketing
7 17 (3.03%) Manufacturing
8 16 (2.85%) Banking
9 15 (2.67%) Law
10 13 (2.32%) Games
11 10 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (1.60%) Retail
13 7 (1.25%) Advertising
14 6 (1.07%) Legal
15 5 (0.89%) Aerospace
16 4 (0.71%) Electronics
16 4 (0.71%) Local Government
16 4 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.71%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 135 (24.06%) Senior
2 99 (17.65%) Developer
3 87 (15.51%) Lead
4 71 (12.66%) Software Engineer
5 45 (8.02%) Project Manager
6 43 (7.66%) Senior Developer
7 33 (5.88%) Analyst
8 26 (4.63%) Software Developer
9 24 (4.28%) Business Analyst
9 24 (4.28%) Lead Software Engineer
10 23 (4.10%) Architect
10 23 (4.10%) Data Engineer
10 23 (4.10%) Delivery Manager
11 22 (3.92%) Java Developer
12 20 (3.57%) .NET Developer
12 20 (3.57%) Java Engineer
13 19 (3.39%) Cloud Engineer
13 19 (3.39%) IT Manager
14 18 (3.21%) Senior Data Engineer
15 17 (3.03%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (14.26%) .NET
2 51 (9.09%) React
3 36 (6.42%) .NET Framework
4 35 (6.24%) Node.js
5 34 (6.06%) RESTful
6 33 (5.88%) CSS
7 32 (5.70%) REST
8 31 (5.53%) HTML
9 30 (5.35%) Spring
10 29 (5.17%) AngularJS
10 29 (5.17%) Spring Boot
11 24 (4.28%) .NET Core
11 24 (4.28%) ASP.NET
12 14 (2.50%) Kafka
13 12 (2.14%) Web Services
14 8 (1.43%) Vue
15 7 (1.25%) gRPC
15 7 (1.25%) RabbitMQ
16 6 (1.07%) PySpark
17 5 (0.89%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 58 (10.34%) Product Ownership
2 36 (6.42%) Cloud Native
3 26 (4.63%) Distributed Systems
4 20 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
5 19 (3.39%) Driving Licence
6 16 (2.85%) Greenfield Project
7 15 (2.67%) Mobile App
8 9 (1.60%) Management Information System
9 8 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (1.43%) Low-Code
9 8 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.07%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.07%) PMI
11 5 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (0.71%) Distributed Computing
12 4 (0.71%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (0.71%) Public Cloud
12 4 (0.71%) Social Media
12 4 (0.71%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (3.74%) Linux
2 18 (3.21%) Windows
3 4 (0.71%) Android
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%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.53%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.53%) Unix
4 3 (0.53%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (24.60%) CI/CD
2 128 (22.82%) Scrum
3 126 (22.46%) DevOps
4 125 (22.28%) Continuous Improvement
5 110 (19.61%) Software Engineering
6 93 (16.58%) Mentoring
7 88 (15.69%) Coaching
8 71 (12.66%) Microservices
9 70 (12.48%) Problem-Solving
9 70 (12.48%) Stakeholder Management
10 66 (11.76%) Project Management
11 63 (11.23%) TDD
12 58 (10.34%) Roadmaps
13 54 (9.63%) AI
13 54 (9.63%) Kanban
14 52 (9.27%) Project Delivery
14 52 (9.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 47 (8.38%) Full-Stack Development
16 46 (8.20%) Decision-Making
17 45 (8.02%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 99 (17.65%) SQL
2 98 (17.47%) Java
3 71 (12.66%) JavaScript
4 69 (12.30%) C#
5 65 (11.59%) Python
6 31 (5.53%) TypeScript
7 10 (1.78%) C++
8 6 (1.07%) Bash
8 6 (1.07%) PowerShell
9 4 (0.71%) Go
10 3 (0.53%) C
10 3 (0.53%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.36%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.36%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.36%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.36%) PHP
11 2 (0.36%) Scala
11 2 (0.36%) SOQL
11 2 (0.36%) Swift
11 2 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 39 (6.95%) Security Cleared
2 29 (5.17%) SC Cleared
3 27 (4.81%) Degree
4 23 (4.10%) BPSS Clearance
5 22 (3.92%) PMI Certification
6 16 (2.85%) PMP
7 11 (1.96%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.07%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.89%) HND
10 4 (0.71%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (0.53%) HNC
12 2 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.36%) SAFe Agilist
13 1 (0.18%) ACCA
13 1 (0.18%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.18%) CIMA
13 1 (0.18%) CIPD
13 1 (0.18%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.18%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.17%) QA
2 21 (3.74%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.14%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.43%) PMO
5 2 (0.36%) SLA
5 2 (0.36%) WCAG
6 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.18%) GDPR
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%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.18%) ITGC
6 1 (0.18%) NIST
System Software
1 32 (5.70%) Docker
2 12 (2.14%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 65 (11.59%) Terraform
2 47 (8.38%) Kubernetes
3 24 (4.28%) Ansible
4 12 (2.14%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (1.25%) Puppet
7 5 (0.89%) Grafana
7 5 (0.89%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.53%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.53%) Rancher
9 2 (0.36%) Argo
9 2 (0.36%) Packer
9 2 (0.36%) SCCM
10 1 (0.18%) AWS Copilot
Vendors
1 96 (17.11%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.10%) Salesforce
3 18 (3.21%) SAP
4 16 (2.85%) Databricks
4 16 (2.85%) ServiceNow
5 12 (2.14%) Google
6 10 (1.78%) Siemens
6 10 (1.78%) Splunk
7 9 (1.60%) Oracle
8 8 (1.43%) New Relic
9 6 (1.07%) Pega
10 4 (0.71%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.71%) SaltStack
11 3 (0.53%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.53%) IBM
11 3 (0.53%) LogicMonitor
12 2 (0.36%) Adobe
12 2 (0.36%) Cognos
12 2 (0.36%) WSO2
13 1 (0.18%) Apple