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

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 6 2
Rank change year-on-year -16 -4 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 487 807 1,368
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 6.72% 17.32% 20.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.57% 18.63% 24.21%
Number of salaries quoted 336 381 1,127
10th Percentile £44,611 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,824 £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 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £86,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £63,749
% change year-on-year -7.14% +9.81% -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 5,680 4,332 5,650
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 78.36% 92.96% 85.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,964 2,137 4,604
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £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 £66,250 £67,500 £66,538
90th Percentile £82,500 £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 13 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 13 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 -17 303 £62,500 -3.85% 175
Cheshire -10 74 £55,000 +10.00% 38
Lancashire -20 52 £55,000 +4.76% 71
Merseyside -17 37 £55,000 -8.33% 24
Cumbria -3 18 £65,500 +33.34% 5
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 27 (5.54%) Confluence
2 19 (3.90%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.44%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.23%) Apache
5 5 (1.03%) CMS
6 4 (0.82%) nginx
7 2 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.41%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.21%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.21%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.21%) IIS
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.62%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.41%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.41%) Simulink
5 2 (0.41%) Sketch
6 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.21%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.21%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 155 (31.83%) Azure
2 101 (20.74%) AWS
3 51 (10.47%) SaaS
4 35 (7.19%) Power Platform
5 32 (6.57%) GCP
6 30 (6.16%) Microsoft 365
7 27 (5.54%) Serverless
8 17 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (3.29%) AWS CloudFormation
10 14 (2.87%) Figma
11 12 (2.46%) Azure AKS
12 11 (2.26%) AWS Lambda
13 10 (2.05%) Amazon EKS
13 10 (2.05%) Entra ID
13 10 (2.05%) GitHub
14 9 (1.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 9 (1.85%) Azure Functions
14 9 (1.85%) Azure Logic Apps
14 9 (1.85%) Azure Service Bus
14 9 (1.85%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.64%) HTTP
2 4 (0.82%) AMQP
2 4 (0.82%) DNS
2 4 (0.82%) Firewall
2 4 (0.82%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.62%) SSH
4 2 (0.41%) OpenVPN
4 2 (0.41%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.41%) WAN
5 1 (0.21%) 4G
5 1 (0.21%) LAN
5 1 (0.21%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.21%) SSL
5 1 (0.21%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (6.57%) SQL Server
2 31 (6.37%) NoSQL
3 17 (3.49%) Power BI
4 16 (3.29%) MongoDB
4 16 (3.29%) MySQL
5 14 (2.87%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (1.64%) Big Data
7 8 (1.64%) Data Lake
8 7 (1.44%) Hadoop
9 5 (1.03%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.82%) Cloudera CDH
10 4 (0.82%) DynamoDB
10 4 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.41%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.41%) Redis
12 2 (0.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 41 (8.42%) JIRA
2 35 (7.19%) Git
3 13 (2.67%) GitLab
4 12 (2.46%) Jenkins
5 7 (1.44%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.82%) JUnit
6 4 (0.82%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.62%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.62%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.41%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.41%) JIRA Agile
8 2 (0.41%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (0.41%) Vagrant
9 1 (0.21%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.21%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.21%) JMeter
9 1 (0.21%) Locust
9 1 (0.21%) Postman
9 1 (0.21%) Selenium
General
1 130 (26.69%) Social Skills
2 110 (22.59%) Finance
3 55 (11.29%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (6.37%) Public Sector
5 21 (4.31%) Banking
6 20 (4.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (3.90%) Manufacturing
8 15 (3.08%) Marketing
9 14 (2.87%) Influencing Skills
10 13 (2.67%) Law
11 11 (2.26%) Retail
12 8 (1.64%) Billing
12 8 (1.64%) Games
12 8 (1.64%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.23%) Avionics
13 6 (1.23%) Electronics
13 6 (1.23%) Financial Institution
13 6 (1.23%) Legal
13 6 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 106 (21.77%) Senior
2 95 (19.51%) Developer
3 85 (17.45%) Lead
4 46 (9.45%) Software Engineer
5 36 (7.39%) Analyst
6 31 (6.37%) Software Developer
7 30 (6.16%) Project Manager
8 29 (5.95%) Architect
8 29 (5.95%) Senior Developer
9 24 (4.93%) Data Engineer
10 20 (4.11%) Business Analyst
11 18 (3.70%) Solutions Architect
12 17 (3.49%) .NET Developer
13 15 (3.08%) Cloud Engineer
13 15 (3.08%) Lead Developer
14 14 (2.87%) Java Developer
14 14 (2.87%) Senior Data Engineer
14 14 (2.87%) Senior Manager
15 12 (2.46%) Senior Software Engineer
16 11 (2.26%) Lead Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (16.63%) .NET
2 66 (13.55%) React
3 36 (7.39%) CSS
4 35 (7.19%) .NET Framework
4 35 (7.19%) REST
5 33 (6.78%) HTML
5 33 (6.78%) RESTful
6 29 (5.95%) AngularJS
6 29 (5.95%) Spring
7 28 (5.75%) ASP.NET
7 28 (5.75%) Node.js
7 28 (5.75%) Spring Boot
8 26 (5.34%) .NET Core
9 13 (2.67%) Kafka
10 11 (2.26%) Web Services
11 9 (1.85%) RabbitMQ
12 8 (1.64%) gRPC
12 8 (1.64%) Hibernate
13 7 (1.44%) ASP.NET Core
13 7 (1.44%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 38 (7.80%) Cloud Native
1 38 (7.80%) Product Ownership
2 24 (4.93%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (3.29%) Mobile App
4 12 (2.46%) Greenfield Project
5 11 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.64%) Driving Licence
6 8 (1.64%) Low-Code
6 8 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.64%) Social Media
6 8 (1.64%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 7 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (1.44%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.44%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.03%) IoT
9 5 (1.03%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.82%) Client/Server
10 4 (0.82%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 26 (5.34%) Windows
2 16 (3.29%) Linux
3 8 (1.64%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.03%) Android
4 5 (1.03%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.82%) CentOS
5 4 (0.82%) Debian
5 4 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.82%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.41%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.41%) VMS
6 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (24.02%) CI/CD
2 108 (22.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 94 (19.30%) DevOps
3 94 (19.30%) Mentoring
4 93 (19.10%) Software Engineering
5 91 (18.69%) Problem-Solving
6 81 (16.63%) Coaching
7 80 (16.43%) Scrum
8 62 (12.73%) Microservices
9 57 (11.70%) Stakeholder Management
10 52 (10.68%) User Experience
11 51 (10.47%) Project Management
12 50 (10.27%) Containerisation
13 47 (9.65%) AI
14 46 (9.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 45 (9.24%) Full-Stack Development
15 45 (9.24%) Project Delivery
15 45 (9.24%) TDD
16 41 (8.42%) Roadmaps
17 37 (7.60%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 76 (15.61%) C#
2 73 (14.99%) SQL
3 68 (13.96%) Java
3 68 (13.96%) JavaScript
4 45 (9.24%) Python
5 43 (8.83%) TypeScript
6 8 (1.64%) Go
7 6 (1.23%) PowerShell
8 4 (0.82%) Bicep
8 4 (0.82%) C++
8 4 (0.82%) Scala
9 3 (0.62%) Bash
9 3 (0.62%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.41%) C
10 2 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.41%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.41%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.41%) PHP
10 2 (0.41%) VBA
11 1 (0.21%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 35 (7.19%) Security Cleared
2 30 (6.16%) BPSS Clearance
2 30 (6.16%) Degree
3 24 (4.93%) SC Cleared
4 17 (3.49%) PMI Certification
5 16 (3.29%) PMP
6 11 (2.26%) DV Cleared
7 9 (1.85%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.82%) HNC
9 4 (0.82%) HND
10 3 (0.62%) ACCA
10 3 (0.62%) CIMA
10 3 (0.62%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.41%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.41%) SAFe Agilist
12 1 (0.21%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.21%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.21%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.37%) QA
2 28 (5.75%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.05%) PMO
4 8 (1.64%) SEPA
4 8 (1.64%) TARGET2
5 4 (0.82%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.82%) ISO 20022
6 3 (0.62%) SLA
7 2 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 2 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 2 (0.41%) WCAG
8 1 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.21%) GDPR
8 1 (0.21%) GxP
8 1 (0.21%) HL7
8 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.21%) ITGC
8 1 (0.21%) NIST
System Software
1 38 (7.80%) Docker
2 23 (4.72%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.21%) HDFS
5 1 (0.21%) KVM
5 1 (0.21%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 50 (10.27%) Terraform
2 46 (9.45%) Kubernetes
3 16 (3.29%) Ansible
4 12 (2.46%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (1.64%) SCCM
7 7 (1.44%) Grafana
8 6 (1.23%) Puppet
9 4 (0.82%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.82%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.62%) Rancher
11 2 (0.41%) Packer
Vendors
1 88 (18.07%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.31%) SAP
3 15 (3.08%) ServiceNow
4 14 (2.87%) Google
5 13 (2.67%) Databricks
5 13 (2.67%) Salesforce
6 11 (2.26%) Siemens
7 10 (2.05%) Splunk
8 8 (1.64%) Adobe
8 8 (1.64%) New Relic
9 7 (1.44%) Qualtrics
10 6 (1.23%) Oracle
10 6 (1.23%) Sophos
11 5 (1.03%) SaltStack
12 4 (0.82%) Atlassian
12 4 (0.82%) Red Hat
13 2 (0.41%) Bloomberg
13 2 (0.41%) IBM
13 2 (0.41%) Informatica
13 2 (0.41%) Pega