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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -14 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 760 1,176 1,379
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 6.06% 22.82% 17.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.37% 25.53% 22.72%
Number of salaries quoted 527 307 582
10th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,875 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,498 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.16% +3.51% +0.81%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £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% -

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 9,082 4,606 6,070
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 72.47% 89.37% 77.61%
Number of salaries quoted 6,867 2,208 3,547
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,587 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,309
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -0.61% -8.53%
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 12 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 12 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 -11 545 £66,750 +2.69% 314
Lancashire -9 80 £55,000 +9.88% 56
Cheshire -32 60 £55,000 -4.35% 39
Merseyside -12 54 £62,000 -0.80% 38
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 (4.61%) Confluence
2 26 (3.42%) SharePoint
3 19 (2.50%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (1.45%) Apache
5 5 (0.66%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.53%) CMS
6 4 (0.53%) OpenStack
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 (2.37%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.92%) Trello
4 6 (0.79%) AutoCAD
4 6 (0.79%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.79%) Revit
5 3 (0.39%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 18 (2.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.53%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.13%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 1 (0.13%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 243 (31.97%) Azure
2 174 (22.89%) AWS
3 94 (12.37%) Azure DevOps
4 65 (8.55%) Power Platform
5 48 (6.32%) Serverless
6 42 (5.53%) GCP
7 41 (5.39%) SaaS
8 39 (5.13%) GitHub
9 29 (3.82%) Power Automate
10 27 (3.55%) Microsoft 365
11 26 (3.42%) Microsoft Copilot
12 25 (3.29%) AWS CloudFormation
13 22 (2.89%) dbt
14 21 (2.76%) AWS Lambda
14 21 (2.76%) Dynamics 365
14 21 (2.76%) PowerApps
15 19 (2.50%) Snowflake
16 14 (1.84%) Amazon S3
16 14 (1.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 13 (1.71%) Copilot Studio
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%) CTI
3 1 (0.13%) DHCP
3 1 (0.13%) DNS
3 1 (0.13%) Fibre Channel
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 44 (5.79%) Azure SQL Database
2 36 (4.74%) MongoDB
3 35 (4.61%) Power BI
4 32 (4.21%) SQL Server
5 28 (3.68%) Data Warehouse
6 23 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
7 17 (2.24%) Relational Database
8 16 (2.11%) DynamoDB
8 16 (2.11%) NoSQL
9 14 (1.84%) Data Lake
10 12 (1.58%) Elasticsearch
11 11 (1.45%) BigQuery
12 9 (1.18%) Big Data
12 9 (1.18%) MySQL
13 8 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 7 (0.92%) Metadata
15 4 (0.53%) Amazon Redshift
15 4 (0.53%) Flink
15 4 (0.53%) Hadoop
15 4 (0.53%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 79 (10.39%) JIRA
2 51 (6.71%) Git
3 29 (3.82%) GitLab
4 15 (1.97%) JUnit
5 13 (1.71%) Jenkins
5 13 (1.71%) Spock
6 11 (1.45%) Postman
7 10 (1.32%) Claude Code
8 8 (1.05%) Bitbucket
9 7 (0.92%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 7 (0.92%) Maven
10 6 (0.79%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.53%) IntelliJ
11 4 (0.53%) Selenium
12 3 (0.39%) Ant
12 3 (0.39%) RStudio
13 2 (0.26%) Cucumber
13 2 (0.26%) Mockito
13 2 (0.26%) MSTest
13 2 (0.26%) Vagrant
General
1 209 (27.50%) Social Skills
2 147 (19.34%) Finance
3 80 (10.53%) Public Sector
4 76 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 53 (6.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 37 (4.87%) Retail
7 29 (3.82%) Marketing
8 28 (3.68%) Telecoms
9 27 (3.55%) Influencing Skills
10 19 (2.50%) Games
10 19 (2.50%) Law
10 19 (2.50%) Legal
10 19 (2.50%) Manufacturing
11 18 (2.37%) Publishing
12 17 (2.24%) Aerospace
13 12 (1.58%) Advertising
14 11 (1.45%) Local Government
15 10 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 176 (23.16%) Senior
2 157 (20.66%) Developer
3 79 (10.39%) Software Engineer
4 53 (6.97%) Analyst
4 53 (6.97%) Lead
5 51 (6.71%) Senior Developer
6 49 (6.45%) Project Manager
7 46 (6.05%) Business Analyst
8 41 (5.39%) .NET Developer
8 41 (5.39%) Data Engineer
9 37 (4.87%) Delivery Manager
10 34 (4.47%) Engineering Manager
11 31 (4.08%) Architect
12 27 (3.55%) Senior Software Engineer
13 24 (3.16%) DevOps Engineer
13 24 (3.16%) Product Owner
14 23 (3.03%) Design Engineer
14 23 (3.03%) Java Developer
14 23 (3.03%) Software Developer
15 21 (2.76%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (12.11%) .NET
2 71 (9.34%) Terraform
3 56 (7.37%) HTML
4 54 (7.11%) Spring
5 48 (6.32%) CSS
5 48 (6.32%) React
6 44 (5.79%) Node.js
7 43 (5.66%) ASP.NET
8 40 (5.26%) .NET Core
8 40 (5.26%) AngularJS
9 37 (4.87%) ASP.NET Core
9 37 (4.87%) Spring Boot
10 31 (4.08%) REST
11 21 (2.76%) Kafka
11 21 (2.76%) RESTful
12 19 (2.50%) Entity Framework
13 15 (1.97%) PySpark
14 14 (1.84%) Blazor
14 14 (1.84%) Middleware
14 14 (1.84%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 87 (11.45%) Product Ownership
2 56 (7.37%) Cloud Native
3 33 (4.34%) Enterprise Software
4 24 (3.16%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (3.16%) Greenfield Project
5 20 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (2.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 16 (2.11%) Mobile App
8 15 (1.97%) Driving Licence
9 14 (1.84%) Onboarding
9 14 (1.84%) Private Cloud
10 11 (1.45%) Marketing Technology
11 10 (1.32%) IoT
12 8 (1.05%) PMI
13 6 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (0.79%) Management Information System
13 6 (0.79%) Social Media
13 6 (0.79%) Social Network
13 6 (0.79%) Virtual Team
14 5 (0.66%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 33 (4.34%) Linux
2 12 (1.58%) Windows
3 5 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (0.66%) Unix
4 4 (0.53%) Android
4 4 (0.53%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.53%) 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
1 232 (30.53%) DevOps
2 222 (29.21%) Continuous Improvement
3 221 (29.08%) CI/CD
4 172 (22.63%) AI
5 147 (19.34%) Scrum
6 146 (19.21%) Software Engineering
7 144 (18.95%) Mentoring
8 140 (18.42%) Stakeholder Management
9 124 (16.32%) Problem-Solving
10 102 (13.42%) Coaching
11 87 (11.45%) Test Automation
12 80 (10.53%) Decision-Making
13 79 (10.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 78 (10.26%) Full-Stack Development
14 78 (10.26%) Roadmaps
15 76 (10.00%) Microservices
16 69 (9.08%) TDD
17 68 (8.95%) Analytics
18 67 (8.82%) Project Delivery
19 59 (7.76%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 167 (21.97%) SQL
2 132 (17.37%) Java
3 109 (14.34%) JavaScript
3 109 (14.34%) Python
4 97 (12.76%) C#
5 47 (6.18%) TypeScript
6 20 (2.63%) Go
7 18 (2.37%) C++
8 14 (1.84%) Bash
9 10 (1.32%) PHP
9 10 (1.32%) PowerShell
10 9 (1.18%) Apex Code
11 8 (1.05%) Groovy
12 6 (0.79%) C
12 6 (0.79%) R
13 4 (0.53%) SOQL
14 3 (0.39%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.39%) SOSL
15 2 (0.26%) Bicep
15 2 (0.26%) Rust
Qualifications
1 100 (13.16%) Degree
2 82 (10.79%) Security Cleared
3 61 (8.03%) SC Cleared
4 34 (4.47%) DV Cleared
5 27 (3.55%) DBS Check
6 21 (2.76%) Master's Degree
7 20 (2.63%) HNC
8 19 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
9 18 (2.37%) PMI Certification
10 11 (1.45%) PMP
11 10 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (1.18%) AWS Certification
12 9 (1.18%) Azure Certification
13 8 (1.05%) RIBA
14 7 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.66%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 4 (0.53%) MBA
16 4 (0.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 4 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
17 3 (0.39%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (7.89%) Data Quality
2 50 (6.58%) QA
3 30 (3.95%) Accessibility
4 18 (2.37%) GDPR
5 12 (1.58%) PMO
6 7 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.92%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.53%) 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 70 (9.21%) 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 71 (9.34%) Kubernetes
2 33 (4.34%) Ansible
3 13 (1.71%) Argo
4 9 (1.18%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.79%) Grafana
6 5 (0.66%) Podman
7 4 (0.53%) Istio
7 4 (0.53%) Puppet
8 3 (0.39%) Check_MK
8 3 (0.39%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.26%) Packer
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%) SCCM
10 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 136 (17.89%) Microsoft
2 23 (3.03%) Google
2 23 (3.03%) Salesforce
3 22 (2.89%) Databricks
3 22 (2.89%) ServiceNow
4 20 (2.63%) Oracle
4 20 (2.63%) YouTube
5 19 (2.50%) Splunk
6 13 (1.71%) AppDynamics
7 12 (1.58%) SAP
8 9 (1.18%) Adobe
8 9 (1.18%) Red Hat
9 6 (0.79%) Autodesk
10 4 (0.53%) Dell
10 4 (0.53%) NEC
10 4 (0.53%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.39%) Alteryx
11 3 (0.39%) BiZZdesign
11 3 (0.39%) Facebook
11 3 (0.39%) LogicMonitor