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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 1 2
Rank change year-on-year -16 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 620 1,291 2,099
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 5.74% 27.43% 18.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.28% 28.94% 24.02%
Number of salaries quoted 477 356 1,414
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,688 £38,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% +8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,424 £77,500 £75,772
90th Percentile £91,000 £93,778 £87,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -6.41%

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 7,489 4,461 8,737
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 69.36% 94.77% 78.81%
Number of salaries quoted 5,732 2,030 6,597
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +4.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 15 June 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 June 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 -12 461 £65,000 - 186
Lancashire -10 63 £55,000 +8.08% 58
Cheshire -36 43 £55,000 +15.79% 31
Merseyside -37 31 £55,000 -15.06% 10
Cumbria -13 18 £47,500 -13.64% 3
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 41 (6.61%) Confluence
2 16 (2.58%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.61%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.97%) CMS
5 5 (0.81%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.81%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.65%) Apache
6 4 (0.65%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.65%) WordPress
7 3 (0.48%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.32%) CICS
8 2 (0.32%) nginx
8 2 (0.32%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.16%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.16%) IIS
9 1 (0.16%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 12 (1.94%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.32%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.32%) Trello
5 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.16%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 13 (2.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.48%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 199 (32.10%) Azure
2 146 (23.55%) AWS
3 65 (10.48%) Azure DevOps
4 40 (6.45%) Power Platform
4 40 (6.45%) SaaS
4 40 (6.45%) Serverless
5 33 (5.32%) GCP
6 28 (4.52%) GitHub
7 25 (4.03%) Microsoft 365
8 23 (3.71%) AWS CloudFormation
9 16 (2.58%) Azure AKS
10 15 (2.42%) Azure Service Bus
11 13 (2.10%) Anthropic Claude
11 13 (2.10%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 12 (1.94%) Azure Logic Apps
12 12 (1.94%) dbt
13 11 (1.77%) Amazon EKS
13 11 (1.77%) Azure Functions
14 10 (1.61%) Power Automate
15 9 (1.45%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.48%) AMQP
2 2 (0.32%) HTTP
2 2 (0.32%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.16%) Broadband
3 1 (0.16%) LTE
3 1 (0.16%) SSL
3 1 (0.16%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (5.00%) MongoDB
2 28 (4.52%) NoSQL
2 28 (4.52%) SQL Server
3 24 (3.87%) Azure SQL Database
4 22 (3.55%) Power BI
5 21 (3.39%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (2.42%) MySQL
7 14 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (1.61%) Relational Database
9 9 (1.45%) BigQuery
10 8 (1.29%) Data Lake
11 7 (1.13%) Big Data
11 7 (1.13%) DynamoDB
11 7 (1.13%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (0.81%) Hadoop
13 4 (0.65%) Flink
13 4 (0.65%) Geospatial Data
13 4 (0.65%) GIS
13 4 (0.65%) Metadata
13 4 (0.65%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 73 (11.77%) JIRA
2 42 (6.77%) Git
3 22 (3.55%) GitLab
4 19 (3.06%) Jenkins
5 15 (2.42%) Claude Code
6 11 (1.77%) Postman
7 8 (1.29%) JUnit
8 6 (0.97%) Spock
9 4 (0.65%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.65%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.48%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.32%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.32%) Maven
11 2 (0.32%) MSTest
11 2 (0.32%) NUnit
11 2 (0.32%) Selenium
11 2 (0.32%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.32%) Vagrant
11 2 (0.32%) Visual Studio
General
1 134 (21.61%) Finance
2 133 (21.45%) Social Skills
3 63 (10.16%) Public Sector
4 54 (8.71%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (5.16%) Marketing
6 24 (3.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (3.23%) Games
7 20 (3.23%) Retail
8 17 (2.74%) Banking
9 15 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (1.94%) Advertising
11 10 (1.61%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (1.45%) Law
13 7 (1.13%) Aerospace
13 7 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (0.97%) Publishing
14 6 (0.97%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.81%) Legal
15 5 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 147 (23.71%) Senior
2 121 (19.52%) Developer
3 79 (12.74%) Software Engineer
4 67 (10.81%) Lead
5 44 (7.10%) Senior Developer
6 43 (6.94%) Project Manager
7 42 (6.77%) Analyst
8 36 (5.81%) .NET Developer
9 32 (5.16%) Business Analyst
10 30 (4.84%) Java Developer
11 29 (4.68%) Data Engineer
12 27 (4.35%) Software Developer
13 25 (4.03%) Delivery Manager
14 23 (3.71%) IT Manager
14 23 (3.71%) Java Engineer
14 23 (3.71%) Lead Software Engineer
15 22 (3.55%) Senior Software Engineer
16 20 (3.23%) Senior Data Engineer
17 19 (3.06%) Cloud Engineer
17 19 (3.06%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (14.68%) .NET
2 49 (7.90%) React
3 46 (7.42%) Node.js
4 40 (6.45%) HTML
5 39 (6.29%) CSS
5 39 (6.29%) Spring
6 36 (5.81%) REST
7 35 (5.65%) AngularJS
8 34 (5.48%) .NET Core
8 34 (5.48%) ASP.NET
9 33 (5.32%) RESTful
10 32 (5.16%) Spring Boot
11 22 (3.55%) .NET Framework
12 21 (3.39%) ASP.NET Core
13 15 (2.42%) Vue
14 13 (2.10%) Kafka
15 11 (1.77%) Entity Framework
16 9 (1.45%) Blazor
17 8 (1.29%) ML.NET
17 8 (1.29%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 70 (11.29%) Product Ownership
2 43 (6.94%) Cloud Native
3 28 (4.52%) Driving Licence
4 26 (4.19%) Distributed Systems
5 25 (4.03%) Enterprise Software
6 20 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
7 13 (2.10%) Mobile App
8 9 (1.45%) Onboarding
8 9 (1.45%) PMI
9 8 (1.29%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (1.29%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 7 (1.13%) Marketing Technology
11 6 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (0.97%) Low-Code
11 6 (0.97%) Private Cloud
11 6 (0.97%) Social Network
12 5 (0.81%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.65%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.55%) Linux
2 12 (1.94%) Windows
3 4 (0.65%) Unix
4 3 (0.48%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.48%) CentOS
4 3 (0.48%) Debian
4 3 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.48%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.32%) Android
5 2 (0.32%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (29.19%) CI/CD
2 173 (27.90%) DevOps
3 140 (22.58%) Continuous Improvement
3 140 (22.58%) Scrum
4 120 (19.35%) Software Engineering
5 105 (16.94%) Mentoring
6 95 (15.32%) Coaching
7 92 (14.84%) Stakeholder Management
8 84 (13.55%) AI
9 83 (13.39%) TDD
10 82 (13.23%) Problem-Solving
11 75 (12.10%) Microservices
12 71 (11.45%) Full-Stack Development
13 69 (11.13%) Roadmaps
14 68 (10.97%) Test Automation
15 65 (10.48%) Project Management
16 64 (10.32%) Kanban
17 61 (9.84%) Decision-Making
18 54 (8.71%) Infrastructure as Code
19 50 (8.06%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 138 (22.26%) SQL
2 120 (19.35%) Java
3 88 (14.19%) Python
4 86 (13.87%) JavaScript
5 80 (12.90%) C#
6 31 (5.00%) TypeScript
7 10 (1.61%) Bash
8 9 (1.45%) C++
8 9 (1.45%) PowerShell
9 6 (0.97%) Apex Code
9 6 (0.97%) PHP
10 5 (0.81%) Go
10 5 (0.81%) Groovy
10 5 (0.81%) SOQL
11 4 (0.65%) SOSL
12 3 (0.48%) C
12 3 (0.48%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.48%) Scala
13 2 (0.32%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.32%) VBA
Qualifications
1 59 (9.52%) Security Cleared
2 47 (7.58%) SC Cleared
3 30 (4.84%) Degree
4 20 (3.23%) DV Cleared
5 18 (2.90%) PMI Certification
6 15 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (1.61%) PMP
8 9 (1.45%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.81%) AWS Certification
9 5 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (0.81%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.65%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.32%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 2 (0.32%) Chartered Engineer
12 2 (0.32%) HND
12 2 (0.32%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 2 (0.32%) RIBA
12 2 (0.32%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (4.84%) QA
2 24 (3.87%) Data Quality
3 22 (3.55%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.13%) PMO
5 6 (0.97%) GDPR
6 2 (0.32%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.32%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.32%) SLA
6 2 (0.32%) WCAG
7 1 (0.16%) GRC
7 1 (0.16%) ITGC
7 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 46 (7.42%) Docker
2 4 (0.65%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 74 (11.94%) Terraform
2 55 (8.87%) Kubernetes
3 24 (3.87%) Ansible
4 8 (1.29%) Argo
5 7 (1.13%) Grafana
5 7 (1.13%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.81%) Puppet
7 4 (0.65%) Progress Chef
7 4 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.32%) Packer
10 1 (0.16%) AWS Copilot
10 1 (0.16%) Istio
10 1 (0.16%) linkerd
10 1 (0.16%) Rancher
Vendors
1 110 (17.74%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.19%) ServiceNow
3 22 (3.55%) Salesforce
4 21 (3.39%) Databricks
5 16 (2.58%) Oracle
5 16 (2.58%) SAP
6 13 (2.10%) Google
6 13 (2.10%) Splunk
7 8 (1.29%) Adobe
8 6 (0.97%) AppDynamics
9 5 (0.81%) Pega
9 5 (0.81%) Siemens
10 3 (0.48%) Cognos
10 3 (0.48%) Facebook
10 3 (0.48%) IBM
10 3 (0.48%) LogicMonitor
10 3 (0.48%) New Relic
10 3 (0.48%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.48%) SaltStack
11 2 (0.32%) WSO2