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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -14 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 817 1,055 1,320
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 6.34% 20.68% 18.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.65% 23.25% 22.79%
Number of salaries quoted 542 293 464
10th Percentile £42,000 £41,900 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,530
Median % change year-on-year - +4.29% -3.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £69,800
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £86,250
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 9,441 4,538 5,791
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 73.25% 88.96% 80.26%
Number of salaries quoted 6,988 2,199 2,978
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,195 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £34,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £51,750
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -3.38% -5.91%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%

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 14 October 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 14 October 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 -13 584 £65,000 - 444
Lancashire -6 88 £60,000 +9.50% 44
Merseyside -5 63 £62,500 +8.70% 43
Cheshire -29 58 £55,000 -4.35% 51
Cumbria +9 21 £47,500 -17.39% 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 35 (4.28%) SharePoint
2 29 (3.55%) Confluence
3 20 (2.45%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (1.59%) Apache
5 5 (0.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.61%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.49%) CMS
6 4 (0.49%) nginx
7 3 (0.37%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.37%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.37%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.24%) IIS
8 2 (0.24%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.24%) WinCC
8 2 (0.24%) WordPress
9 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.12%) JBoss
9 1 (0.12%) SAS
9 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 18 (2.20%) Microsoft Project
2 17 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.86%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.86%) Trello
5 6 (0.73%) AutoCAD
5 6 (0.73%) Revit
6 3 (0.37%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.12%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 20 (2.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.49%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.37%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.12%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 1 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.12%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.12%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.12%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.12%) Sage CRM
5 1 (0.12%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 227 (27.78%) Azure
2 186 (22.77%) AWS
3 84 (10.28%) Azure DevOps
4 77 (9.42%) Power Platform
5 51 (6.24%) GitHub
6 48 (5.88%) Serverless
7 42 (5.14%) Power Automate
8 40 (4.90%) GCP
9 37 (4.53%) Microsoft Copilot
10 36 (4.41%) Microsoft 365
11 33 (4.04%) SaaS
12 32 (3.92%) PowerApps
13 26 (3.18%) AWS CloudFormation
14 25 (3.06%) dbt
15 24 (2.94%) AWS Lambda
15 24 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
16 23 (2.82%) Copilot Studio
17 18 (2.20%) Amazon S3
17 18 (2.20%) Snowflake
18 15 (1.84%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.10%) DNS
2 8 (0.98%) Network Security
3 6 (0.73%) BIG-IP
3 6 (0.73%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 6 (0.73%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 6 (0.73%) Firewall
4 3 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.37%) Wireless
5 2 (0.24%) AMQP
5 2 (0.24%) Bluetooth
5 2 (0.24%) DHCP
5 2 (0.24%) HTTP
5 2 (0.24%) NetScaler
5 2 (0.24%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.24%) ZigBee
6 1 (0.12%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (0.12%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.12%) LAN
6 1 (0.12%) VoIP
6 1 (0.12%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (5.39%) Azure SQL Database
2 40 (4.90%) MongoDB
3 39 (4.77%) Power BI
4 31 (3.79%) Data Warehouse
5 27 (3.30%) SQL Server
6 21 (2.57%) PostgreSQL
7 15 (1.84%) Data Lake
7 15 (1.84%) NoSQL
7 15 (1.84%) Relational Database
8 14 (1.71%) DynamoDB
9 12 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
10 11 (1.35%) BigQuery
11 9 (1.10%) Metadata
12 8 (0.98%) Big Data
13 7 (0.86%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (0.86%) MySQL
13 7 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 6 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
15 5 (0.61%) Amazon Athena
16 4 (0.49%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 73 (8.94%) JIRA
2 52 (6.36%) Git
3 41 (5.02%) GitLab
4 20 (2.45%) Jenkins
5 16 (1.96%) JUnit
6 13 (1.59%) Spock
7 9 (1.10%) Claude Code
8 8 (0.98%) Bitbucket
8 8 (0.98%) Cypress.io
9 7 (0.86%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 7 (0.86%) Maven
9 7 (0.86%) Postman
10 6 (0.73%) Selenium
11 4 (0.49%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.49%) IntelliJ
11 4 (0.49%) Vagrant
12 3 (0.37%) Ant
12 3 (0.37%) Mockito
12 3 (0.37%) RStudio
13 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 229 (28.03%) Social Skills
2 134 (16.40%) Finance
3 84 (10.28%) Public Sector
4 79 (9.67%) Analytical Skills
5 73 (8.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 46 (5.63%) Telecoms
7 41 (5.02%) Retail
8 33 (4.04%) Influencing Skills
9 28 (3.43%) Marketing
10 23 (2.82%) Publishing
11 20 (2.45%) Aerospace
11 20 (2.45%) Manufacturing
12 19 (2.33%) Law
12 19 (2.33%) Legal
13 14 (1.71%) Games
14 10 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (1.22%) Local Government
14 10 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (0.98%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 195 (23.87%) Senior
2 163 (19.95%) Developer
3 85 (10.40%) Software Engineer
4 62 (7.59%) Lead
5 54 (6.61%) Analyst
6 53 (6.49%) Senior Developer
7 50 (6.12%) Business Analyst
8 43 (5.26%) Project Manager
9 42 (5.14%) DevOps Engineer
10 41 (5.02%) Data Engineer
10 41 (5.02%) Design Engineer
11 40 (4.90%) Delivery Manager
12 39 (4.77%) .NET Developer
13 37 (4.53%) Engineering Manager
14 32 (3.92%) Architect
15 31 (3.79%) Senior Software Engineer
16 26 (3.18%) IT Manager
17 25 (3.06%) Microsoft 365 Developer
18 23 (2.82%) Java Engineer
18 23 (2.82%) Senior Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (10.53%) .NET
2 77 (9.42%) Terraform
3 63 (7.71%) HTML
4 62 (7.59%) Spring
5 61 (7.47%) React
6 47 (5.75%) CSS
7 41 (5.02%) ASP.NET
7 41 (5.02%) Node.js
7 41 (5.02%) Spring Boot
8 38 (4.65%) .NET Core
9 37 (4.53%) ASP.NET Core
10 36 (4.41%) AngularJS
11 35 (4.28%) Kafka
12 33 (4.04%) REST
13 20 (2.45%) RESTful
14 19 (2.33%) Entity Framework
15 16 (1.96%) Middleware
16 15 (1.84%) ASP.NET Web API
17 14 (1.71%) Blazor
18 12 (1.47%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 89 (10.89%) Product Ownership
2 59 (7.22%) Cloud Native
3 40 (4.90%) Enterprise Software
4 29 (3.55%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (2.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 24 (2.94%) Greenfield Project
6 22 (2.69%) Distributed Systems
7 18 (2.20%) IoT
8 17 (2.08%) Private Cloud
9 16 (1.96%) Onboarding
10 15 (1.84%) Driving Licence
11 12 (1.47%) Data Centre
11 12 (1.47%) Media Streaming
11 12 (1.47%) Mobile App
11 12 (1.47%) Podcast
12 11 (1.35%) Marketing Technology
13 8 (0.98%) Management Information System
14 7 (0.86%) Public Cloud
15 6 (0.73%) IVR
15 6 (0.73%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 36 (4.41%) Linux
2 12 (1.47%) Windows
3 8 (0.98%) Unix
4 6 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.61%) Android
6 4 (0.49%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.49%) VMS
7 2 (0.24%) CentOS
7 2 (0.24%) Debian
7 2 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (0.24%) FreeRTOS
7 2 (0.24%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.24%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.24%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (32.31%) Continuous Improvement
2 250 (30.60%) DevOps
3 239 (29.25%) CI/CD
4 199 (24.36%) AI
5 170 (20.81%) Problem-Solving
6 168 (20.56%) Mentoring
7 161 (19.71%) Software Engineering
8 149 (18.24%) Stakeholder Management
9 138 (16.89%) Scrum
10 107 (13.10%) Coaching
11 98 (12.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 91 (11.14%) Test Automation
13 82 (10.04%) Microservices
14 79 (9.67%) Full-Stack Development
15 78 (9.55%) Decision-Making
16 75 (9.18%) Roadmaps
17 69 (8.45%) Collaborative Culture
18 66 (8.08%) Analytics
19 65 (7.96%) Infrastructure as Code
20 64 (7.83%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 163 (19.95%) SQL
2 137 (16.77%) Java
3 116 (14.20%) JavaScript
4 112 (13.71%) Python
5 92 (11.26%) C#
6 62 (7.59%) TypeScript
7 24 (2.94%) Go
8 18 (2.20%) Bash
9 12 (1.47%) C++
10 11 (1.35%) PowerShell
11 9 (1.10%) PHP
12 8 (0.98%) Apex Code
12 8 (0.98%) Groovy
13 6 (0.73%) R
14 5 (0.61%) ActionScript
14 5 (0.61%) C
15 4 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.49%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.37%) SOQL
16 3 (0.37%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 124 (15.18%) Degree
2 107 (13.10%) Security Cleared
3 77 (9.42%) SC Cleared
4 46 (5.63%) DBS Check
5 39 (4.77%) DV Cleared
6 38 (4.65%) HNC
7 21 (2.57%) Master's Degree
8 20 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
9 17 (2.08%) PMI Certification
10 13 (1.59%) PMP
11 12 (1.47%) AWS Certification
12 10 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (0.98%) Azure Certification
13 8 (0.98%) RIBA
14 7 (0.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 5 (0.61%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 4 (0.49%) MBA
16 4 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
17 3 (0.37%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (7.10%) Data Quality
1 58 (7.10%) QA
2 49 (6.00%) Accessibility
3 18 (2.20%) GDPR
4 11 (1.35%) PMO
5 7 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (0.86%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.61%) SLA
7 4 (0.49%) WCAG
8 3 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.37%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.24%) IEC 61131
9 2 (0.24%) IEC 61508
10 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.12%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.12%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.12%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.12%) SEPA
10 1 (0.12%) TARGET2
System Software
1 86 (10.53%) Docker
2 3 (0.37%) Ceph
3 2 (0.24%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.24%) UAG
3 2 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.12%) Firmware
4 1 (0.12%) NFS
4 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 93 (11.38%) Kubernetes
2 32 (3.92%) Ansible
3 14 (1.71%) Argo
4 9 (1.10%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.86%) Podman
6 6 (0.73%) Grafana
7 5 (0.61%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.49%) Istio
8 4 (0.49%) Packer
9 3 (0.37%) Check_MK
9 3 (0.37%) Puppet
10 2 (0.24%) AirWatch
10 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.24%) SCCM
10 2 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.24%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.12%) linkerd
11 1 (0.12%) Nagios
11 1 (0.12%) Opsview
Vendors
1 133 (16.28%) Microsoft
2 29 (3.55%) YouTube
3 26 (3.18%) Databricks
4 24 (2.94%) Oracle
5 23 (2.82%) Google
6 19 (2.33%) ServiceNow
6 19 (2.33%) Splunk
7 14 (1.71%) Salesforce
8 13 (1.59%) AppDynamics
8 13 (1.59%) SAP
9 10 (1.22%) Red Hat
10 9 (1.10%) Adobe
11 8 (0.98%) F5
12 6 (0.73%) Autodesk
12 6 (0.73%) OpenAI
12 6 (0.73%) Thales
13 4 (0.49%) Dell
13 4 (0.49%) IBM
13 4 (0.49%) NEC
14 3 (0.37%) VMware