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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 1 2
Rank change year-on-year -30 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 589 1,290 1,840
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 5.33% 28.41% 18.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.43% 29.72% 23.29%
Number of salaries quoted 449 354 1,400
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £38,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £87,630 £93,778 £87,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +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 7,922 4,341 7,899
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 71.69% 95.62% 80.47%
Number of salaries quoted 5,294 1,952 6,226
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 29 May 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 29 May 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 -10 433 £65,000 - 223
Lancashire -26 58 £55,000 +8.08% 45
Cheshire -43 46 £55,000 +12.82% 17
Merseyside -35 31 £55,000 -15.38% 14
Cumbria -15 17 £51,500 +12.57% 2
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 (6.96%) Confluence
2 11 (1.87%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.70%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.85%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 5 (0.85%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.85%) CMS
5 4 (0.68%) Apache
5 4 (0.68%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.68%) WordPress
6 3 (0.51%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.34%) CICS
7 2 (0.34%) nginx
7 2 (0.34%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.17%) IIS
8 1 (0.17%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 13 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.87%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.34%) Trello
4 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.17%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 12 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.34%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 191 (32.43%) Azure
2 136 (23.09%) AWS
3 56 (9.51%) Azure DevOps
4 42 (7.13%) SaaS
5 39 (6.62%) Serverless
6 36 (6.11%) Power Platform
7 31 (5.26%) GCP
8 24 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
9 22 (3.74%) GitHub
10 21 (3.57%) AWS CloudFormation
11 17 (2.89%) Azure AKS
11 17 (2.89%) Azure Service Bus
12 14 (2.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 13 (2.21%) Anthropic Claude
13 13 (2.21%) Azure Functions
13 13 (2.21%) Azure Logic Apps
14 12 (2.04%) Amazon EKS
15 11 (1.87%) dbt
16 8 (1.36%) Azure Monitor
16 8 (1.36%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.68%) HTTP
2 3 (0.51%) AMQP
2 3 (0.51%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.17%) 4G
3 1 (0.17%) Broadband
3 1 (0.17%) DNS
3 1 (0.17%) LAN
3 1 (0.17%) LTE
3 1 (0.17%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.17%) SSL
3 1 (0.17%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.17%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (5.77%) SQL Server
2 30 (5.09%) NoSQL
3 29 (4.92%) MongoDB
4 23 (3.90%) PostgreSQL
5 20 (3.40%) Power BI
6 17 (2.89%) Azure SQL Database
7 16 (2.72%) MySQL
8 10 (1.70%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (1.70%) Relational Database
9 9 (1.53%) BigQuery
10 8 (1.36%) Data Lake
11 6 (1.02%) Big Data
11 6 (1.02%) DynamoDB
11 6 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (0.85%) Hadoop
13 4 (0.68%) Flink
13 4 (0.68%) Geospatial Data
13 4 (0.68%) GIS
13 4 (0.68%) Metadata
13 4 (0.68%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 71 (12.05%) JIRA
2 45 (7.64%) Git
3 21 (3.57%) GitLab
4 18 (3.06%) Jenkins
5 14 (2.38%) Claude Code
6 10 (1.70%) Postman
7 7 (1.19%) JUnit
8 4 (0.68%) IntelliJ
8 4 (0.68%) Spock
9 3 (0.51%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.51%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.51%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.34%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.34%) Maven
10 2 (0.34%) MSTest
10 2 (0.34%) NUnit
10 2 (0.34%) Selenium
10 2 (0.34%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.34%) Vagrant
10 2 (0.34%) XCUITest
General
1 133 (22.58%) Social Skills
2 125 (21.22%) Finance
3 61 (10.36%) Public Sector
4 54 (9.17%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (4.75%) Marketing
6 27 (4.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (3.06%) Banking
8 17 (2.89%) Games
9 14 (2.38%) Retail
10 13 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
11 12 (2.04%) Manufacturing
12 11 (1.87%) Advertising
13 10 (1.70%) Law
14 9 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (1.02%) Legal
16 6 (1.02%) Publishing
17 4 (0.68%) Aerospace
17 4 (0.68%) Back Office
17 4 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 142 (24.11%) Senior
2 115 (19.52%) Developer
3 77 (13.07%) Lead
4 76 (12.90%) Software Engineer
5 46 (7.81%) Project Manager
5 46 (7.81%) Senior Developer
6 38 (6.45%) Analyst
7 33 (5.60%) .NET Developer
8 30 (5.09%) Java Developer
8 30 (5.09%) Software Developer
9 28 (4.75%) Business Analyst
10 26 (4.41%) Data Engineer
11 25 (4.24%) Lead Software Engineer
12 24 (4.07%) Delivery Manager
13 23 (3.90%) Java Engineer
14 22 (3.74%) IT Manager
15 20 (3.40%) Cloud Engineer
15 20 (3.40%) Senior Data Engineer
16 19 (3.23%) Architect
16 19 (3.23%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (15.11%) .NET
2 49 (8.32%) React
3 43 (7.30%) Node.js
4 38 (6.45%) CSS
5 37 (6.28%) HTML
5 37 (6.28%) REST
6 36 (6.11%) Spring
7 33 (5.60%) AngularJS
7 33 (5.60%) RESTful
8 31 (5.26%) .NET Core
8 31 (5.26%) ASP.NET
8 31 (5.26%) Spring Boot
9 26 (4.41%) .NET Framework
10 15 (2.55%) ASP.NET Core
11 14 (2.38%) Kafka
12 13 (2.21%) Vue
13 9 (1.53%) Entity Framework
14 8 (1.36%) PySpark
14 8 (1.36%) Web Services
15 7 (1.19%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 65 (11.04%) Product Ownership
2 37 (6.28%) Cloud Native
3 26 (4.41%) Driving Licence
3 26 (4.41%) Enterprise Software
4 23 (3.90%) Distributed Systems
5 17 (2.89%) Greenfield Project
6 14 (2.38%) Mobile App
7 10 (1.70%) Onboarding
8 8 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (1.36%) Low-Code
8 8 (1.36%) PMI
9 7 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.02%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.02%) Marketing Technology
11 5 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (0.85%) Social Network
12 4 (0.68%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (0.68%) Private Cloud
12 4 (0.68%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.51%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (3.57%) Linux
2 16 (2.72%) Windows
3 4 (0.68%) Unix
4 3 (0.51%) CentOS
4 3 (0.51%) Debian
4 3 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.51%) Ubuntu
4 3 (0.51%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.34%) Android
5 2 (0.34%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (29.03%) CI/CD
2 160 (27.16%) DevOps
3 133 (22.58%) Scrum
4 132 (22.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 114 (19.35%) Software Engineering
6 99 (16.81%) Mentoring
7 87 (14.77%) Coaching
8 82 (13.92%) Stakeholder Management
9 79 (13.41%) TDD
10 77 (13.07%) Problem-Solving
11 74 (12.56%) Microservices
12 71 (12.05%) AI
13 68 (11.54%) Project Management
14 65 (11.04%) Roadmaps
15 64 (10.87%) Full-Stack Development
16 60 (10.19%) Kanban
16 60 (10.19%) Test Automation
17 53 (9.00%) Decision-Making
18 52 (8.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 49 (8.32%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 125 (21.22%) SQL
2 114 (19.35%) Java
3 79 (13.41%) JavaScript
3 79 (13.41%) Python
4 72 (12.22%) C#
5 32 (5.43%) TypeScript
6 10 (1.70%) C++
7 7 (1.19%) Bash
7 7 (1.19%) PowerShell
8 6 (1.02%) Apex Code
9 5 (0.85%) Groovy
9 5 (0.85%) SOQL
10 4 (0.68%) PHP
10 4 (0.68%) SOSL
11 3 (0.51%) C
11 3 (0.51%) Go
11 3 (0.51%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.34%) Swift
12 2 (0.34%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 52 (8.83%) Security Cleared
2 42 (7.13%) SC Cleared
3 24 (4.07%) Degree
4 21 (3.57%) PMI Certification
5 18 (3.06%) DV Cleared
6 14 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (2.38%) PMP
7 8 (1.36%) Azure Certification
8 5 (0.85%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.51%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.34%) Chartered Engineer
11 2 (0.34%) HND
11 2 (0.34%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.34%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.17%) APMP
12 1 (0.17%) CAPM
12 1 (0.17%) CIPD
12 1 (0.17%) ISEB
12 1 (0.17%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (4.58%) QA
2 21 (3.57%) Data Quality
3 20 (3.40%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.36%) PMO
5 4 (0.68%) GDPR
6 2 (0.34%) SLA
6 2 (0.34%) WCAG
7 1 (0.17%) GRC
7 1 (0.17%) GxP
7 1 (0.17%) ITGC
7 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 42 (7.13%) Docker
2 8 (1.36%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 73 (12.39%) Terraform
2 52 (8.83%) Kubernetes
3 25 (4.24%) Ansible
4 7 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (1.02%) Argo
5 6 (1.02%) Grafana
5 6 (1.02%) Puppet
5 6 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.85%) Progress Chef
6 5 (0.85%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.34%) Packer
7 2 (0.34%) Rancher
8 1 (0.17%) AWS Copilot
8 1 (0.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 105 (17.83%) Microsoft
2 25 (4.24%) ServiceNow
3 23 (3.90%) Salesforce
4 18 (3.06%) Databricks
5 17 (2.89%) SAP
6 16 (2.72%) Oracle
7 12 (2.04%) Google
8 11 (1.87%) Splunk
9 7 (1.19%) Adobe
9 7 (1.19%) Siemens
10 6 (1.02%) Pega
11 5 (0.85%) New Relic
12 4 (0.68%) AppDynamics
13 3 (0.51%) LogicMonitor
13 3 (0.51%) Red Hat
13 3 (0.51%) SaltStack
14 2 (0.34%) Atlassian
14 2 (0.34%) Cognos
14 2 (0.34%) Facebook
14 2 (0.34%) IBM