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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -14 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 769 1,176 1,378
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 6.14% 22.83% 17.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.47% 25.52% 22.77%
Number of salaries quoted 537 308 586
10th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £49,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £58,482
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +2.60% +1.71%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +3.70% +0.75%

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 9,080 4,608 6,053
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 72.54% 89.44% 77.44%
Number of salaries quoted 6,877 2,209 3,554
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,600 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £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 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%

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 10 September 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 10 September 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 -12 554 £66,750 +2.69% 478
Lancashire -9 79 £55,000 +9.88% 68
Cheshire -31 61 £55,000 -2.22% 36
Merseyside -18 54 £62,000 -0.80% 40
Cumbria -2 19 £47,500 -17.39% 7
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 35 (4.55%) Confluence
2 26 (3.38%) SharePoint
3 19 (2.47%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (1.43%) Apache
5 5 (0.65%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.65%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.52%) CMS
7 3 (0.39%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.39%) nginx
7 3 (0.39%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.39%) WordPress
8 2 (0.26%) IIS
8 2 (0.26%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.26%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.26%) WinCC
9 1 (0.13%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.13%) JBoss
9 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (2.34%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.91%) Trello
4 6 (0.78%) AutoCAD
4 6 (0.78%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.78%) Revit
5 3 (0.39%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 18 (2.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.52%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.13%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 246 (31.99%) Azure
2 175 (22.76%) AWS
3 95 (12.35%) Azure DevOps
4 65 (8.45%) Power Platform
5 46 (5.98%) Serverless
6 42 (5.46%) GCP
6 42 (5.46%) SaaS
7 40 (5.20%) GitHub
8 29 (3.77%) Power Automate
9 27 (3.51%) AWS CloudFormation
10 26 (3.38%) Microsoft 365
11 25 (3.25%) Microsoft Copilot
12 22 (2.86%) dbt
13 21 (2.73%) Dynamics 365
13 21 (2.73%) PowerApps
14 19 (2.47%) AWS Lambda
14 19 (2.47%) Snowflake
15 14 (1.82%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 14 (1.82%) GitHub Copilot
16 13 (1.69%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.39%) AMQP
1 3 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (0.39%) Wireless
2 2 (0.26%) Bluetooth
2 2 (0.26%) HTTP
2 2 (0.26%) Network Security
2 2 (0.26%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.26%) ZigBee
3 1 (0.13%) Broadband
3 1 (0.13%) CTI
3 1 (0.13%) DHCP
3 1 (0.13%) DNS
3 1 (0.13%) Firewall
3 1 (0.13%) iSCSI
3 1 (0.13%) LAN
3 1 (0.13%) LTE
3 1 (0.13%) SAN
3 1 (0.13%) SSL
3 1 (0.13%) VoIP
3 1 (0.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (5.85%) Azure SQL Database
2 37 (4.81%) MongoDB
3 35 (4.55%) Power BI
4 32 (4.16%) SQL Server
5 27 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
6 24 (3.12%) PostgreSQL
7 18 (2.34%) Relational Database
8 16 (2.08%) DynamoDB
9 15 (1.95%) NoSQL
10 12 (1.56%) Data Lake
10 12 (1.56%) Elasticsearch
11 11 (1.43%) BigQuery
12 9 (1.17%) Big Data
12 9 (1.17%) MySQL
13 8 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 7 (0.91%) Metadata
15 4 (0.52%) Data Mining
15 4 (0.52%) Flink
15 4 (0.52%) Spark SQL
16 3 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 80 (10.40%) JIRA
2 52 (6.76%) Git
3 32 (4.16%) GitLab
4 16 (2.08%) JUnit
5 15 (1.95%) Jenkins
6 13 (1.69%) Spock
7 11 (1.43%) Claude Code
7 11 (1.43%) Postman
8 8 (1.04%) Bitbucket
9 7 (0.91%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 7 (0.91%) Maven
10 6 (0.78%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.65%) IntelliJ
12 4 (0.52%) Selenium
13 3 (0.39%) Ant
13 3 (0.39%) RStudio
14 2 (0.26%) Cucumber
14 2 (0.26%) MSTest
14 2 (0.26%) NUnit
14 2 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 210 (27.31%) Social Skills
2 152 (19.77%) Finance
3 80 (10.40%) Public Sector
4 74 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
5 55 (7.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 37 (4.81%) Retail
7 30 (3.90%) Marketing
8 28 (3.64%) Telecoms
9 27 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
10 20 (2.60%) Games
10 20 (2.60%) Law
11 19 (2.47%) Legal
11 19 (2.47%) Manufacturing
12 17 (2.21%) Aerospace
12 17 (2.21%) Publishing
13 12 (1.56%) Advertising
13 12 (1.56%) Local Government
14 10 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 176 (22.89%) Senior
2 159 (20.68%) Developer
3 81 (10.53%) Software Engineer
4 54 (7.02%) Lead
5 53 (6.89%) Analyst
6 51 (6.63%) Project Manager
6 51 (6.63%) Senior Developer
7 45 (5.85%) Business Analyst
8 42 (5.46%) .NET Developer
9 38 (4.94%) Data Engineer
10 37 (4.81%) Delivery Manager
11 34 (4.42%) Engineering Manager
12 31 (4.03%) Architect
13 27 (3.51%) Senior Software Engineer
14 26 (3.38%) DevOps Engineer
15 24 (3.12%) Product Owner
16 23 (2.99%) Design Engineer
16 23 (2.99%) Java Developer
16 23 (2.99%) Software Developer
17 22 (2.86%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (12.35%) .NET
2 71 (9.23%) Terraform
3 56 (7.28%) HTML
4 51 (6.63%) Spring
5 48 (6.24%) CSS
5 48 (6.24%) React
6 47 (6.11%) Node.js
7 44 (5.72%) ASP.NET
8 41 (5.33%) .NET Core
8 41 (5.33%) AngularJS
9 38 (4.94%) ASP.NET Core
10 34 (4.42%) REST
10 34 (4.42%) Spring Boot
11 23 (2.99%) RESTful
12 19 (2.47%) Entity Framework
12 19 (2.47%) Kafka
13 15 (1.95%) Blazor
14 14 (1.82%) PySpark
14 14 (1.82%) Vue
15 13 (1.69%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 89 (11.57%) Product Ownership
2 55 (7.15%) Cloud Native
3 33 (4.29%) Enterprise Software
4 26 (3.38%) Distributed Systems
5 24 (3.12%) Greenfield Project
6 20 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (2.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 16 (2.08%) Driving Licence
8 16 (2.08%) Mobile App
9 15 (1.95%) Onboarding
10 14 (1.82%) Private Cloud
11 11 (1.43%) Marketing Technology
12 10 (1.30%) IoT
13 8 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
13 8 (1.04%) PMI
14 7 (0.91%) Social Network
15 6 (0.78%) Management Information System
15 6 (0.78%) Social Media
15 6 (0.78%) Virtual Team
16 5 (0.65%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 33 (4.29%) Linux
2 12 (1.56%) Windows
3 5 (0.65%) Apple iOS
3 5 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (0.65%) Unix
4 4 (0.52%) Android
4 4 (0.52%) VMS
5 3 (0.39%) CentOS
5 3 (0.39%) Debian
5 3 (0.39%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.26%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.26%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.13%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (30.43%) DevOps
2 225 (29.26%) CI/CD
2 225 (29.26%) Continuous Improvement
3 175 (22.76%) AI
4 151 (19.64%) Scrum
5 146 (18.99%) Software Engineering
6 141 (18.34%) Stakeholder Management
7 140 (18.21%) Mentoring
8 121 (15.73%) Problem-Solving
9 102 (13.26%) Coaching
10 87 (11.31%) Test Automation
11 82 (10.66%) Full-Stack Development
12 81 (10.53%) Roadmaps
13 79 (10.27%) Decision-Making
14 78 (10.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 77 (10.01%) Microservices
16 70 (9.10%) TDD
17 67 (8.71%) Project Delivery
18 66 (8.58%) Analytics
19 61 (7.93%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 170 (22.11%) SQL
2 130 (16.91%) Java
3 112 (14.56%) JavaScript
4 108 (14.04%) Python
5 99 (12.87%) C#
6 45 (5.85%) TypeScript
7 20 (2.60%) Go
8 18 (2.34%) C++
9 14 (1.82%) Bash
10 10 (1.30%) Apex Code
10 10 (1.30%) PHP
10 10 (1.30%) PowerShell
11 8 (1.04%) Groovy
12 6 (0.78%) C
12 6 (0.78%) R
13 5 (0.65%) SOQL
14 4 (0.52%) SOSL
15 3 (0.39%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.39%) Swift
16 2 (0.26%) Rust
Qualifications
1 100 (13.00%) Degree
2 81 (10.53%) Security Cleared
3 60 (7.80%) SC Cleared
4 34 (4.42%) DV Cleared
5 27 (3.51%) DBS Check
6 20 (2.60%) HNC
6 20 (2.60%) Master's Degree
7 19 (2.47%) PMI Certification
8 18 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (1.56%) PMP
10 10 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (1.17%) AWS Certification
11 9 (1.17%) Azure Certification
12 8 (1.04%) RIBA
13 7 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (0.65%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 4 (0.52%) MBA
15 4 (0.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 4 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
16 3 (0.39%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (7.54%) Data Quality
2 51 (6.63%) QA
3 29 (3.77%) Accessibility
4 18 (2.34%) GDPR
5 12 (1.56%) PMO
6 7 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.91%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.52%) SLA
8 3 (0.39%) WCAG
9 2 (0.26%) GRC
9 2 (0.26%) IEC 61131
9 2 (0.26%) IEC 61508
9 2 (0.26%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.13%) NIST
10 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 71 (9.23%) Docker
2 3 (0.39%) Ceph
3 2 (0.26%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.13%) Firmware
4 1 (0.13%) NFS
4 1 (0.13%) UAG
4 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 73 (9.49%) Kubernetes
2 36 (4.68%) Ansible
3 13 (1.69%) Argo
4 9 (1.17%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.78%) Grafana
6 5 (0.65%) Podman
7 4 (0.52%) Istio
7 4 (0.52%) Puppet
8 3 (0.39%) Check_MK
9 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.13%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.13%) linkerd
10 1 (0.13%) Nagios
10 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.13%) SCCM
10 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 136 (17.69%) Microsoft
2 24 (3.12%) Salesforce
3 23 (2.99%) Google
3 23 (2.99%) ServiceNow
4 21 (2.73%) Databricks
5 20 (2.60%) Oracle
5 20 (2.60%) Splunk
6 19 (2.47%) YouTube
7 13 (1.69%) AppDynamics
8 12 (1.56%) SAP
9 9 (1.17%) Adobe
9 9 (1.17%) Red Hat
10 6 (0.78%) Autodesk
11 4 (0.52%) Dell
11 4 (0.52%) NEC
11 4 (0.52%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.52%) Pega
12 3 (0.39%) Apple
12 3 (0.39%) BiZZdesign
12 3 (0.39%) IBM