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 28 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -17 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 645 1,280 2,061
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 5.86% 26.25% 19.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.30% 28.13% 24.07%
Number of salaries quoted 505 364 1,351
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £38,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £63,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.67% +5.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £75,772
90th Percentile £93,750 £93,769 £87,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -5.38%

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 7,769 4,551 8,564
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 70.55% 93.32% 79.18%
Number of salaries quoted 5,972 2,135 6,406
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,564 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.66% +3.13% -9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,114 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 28 June 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 28 June 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 -12 475 £66,750 +2.69% 149
Lancashire -7 73 £55,000 +8.08% 56
Cheshire -38 41 £55,000 +15.79% 31
Merseyside -35 34 £55,000 -16.67% 10
Cumbria -13 18 £47,500 -13.64% 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 42 (6.51%) Confluence
2 17 (2.64%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.71%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.93%) CMS
5 5 (0.78%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.62%) Apache
6 4 (0.62%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.62%) WordPress
7 3 (0.47%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.47%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.31%) CICS
8 2 (0.31%) nginx
8 2 (0.31%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.16%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.16%) IIS
9 1 (0.16%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 13 (2.02%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.47%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.47%) Trello
5 2 (0.31%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.16%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 14 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.47%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 206 (31.94%) Azure
2 155 (24.03%) AWS
3 73 (11.32%) Azure DevOps
4 45 (6.98%) Power Platform
5 42 (6.51%) Serverless
6 41 (6.36%) SaaS
7 34 (5.27%) GCP
8 31 (4.81%) GitHub
9 25 (3.88%) AWS CloudFormation
9 25 (3.88%) Microsoft 365
10 17 (2.64%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 15 (2.33%) Azure AKS
11 15 (2.33%) Azure Service Bus
11 15 (2.33%) Power Automate
12 14 (2.17%) dbt
13 13 (2.02%) Anthropic Claude
13 13 (2.02%) PowerApps
14 12 (1.86%) Azure Logic Apps
14 12 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
14 12 (1.86%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.47%) AMQP
2 2 (0.31%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.16%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.16%) Broadband
3 1 (0.16%) CTI
3 1 (0.16%) LTE
3 1 (0.16%) SSL
3 1 (0.16%) VoIP
3 1 (0.16%) VPN
3 1 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.16%) Wireless
3 1 (0.16%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (5.74%) MongoDB
2 36 (5.58%) Azure SQL Database
3 25 (3.88%) NoSQL
3 25 (3.88%) Power BI
4 24 (3.72%) SQL Server
5 22 (3.41%) PostgreSQL
6 19 (2.95%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (2.17%) MySQL
8 11 (1.71%) Elasticsearch
9 10 (1.55%) BigQuery
9 10 (1.55%) Data Lake
10 9 (1.40%) Relational Database
11 8 (1.24%) DynamoDB
12 7 (1.09%) Big Data
13 4 (0.62%) Flink
13 4 (0.62%) Geospatial Data
13 4 (0.62%) GIS
13 4 (0.62%) Metadata
13 4 (0.62%) QGIS
14 3 (0.47%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 75 (11.63%) JIRA
2 41 (6.36%) Git
3 22 (3.41%) GitLab
4 19 (2.95%) Jenkins
5 15 (2.33%) Claude Code
6 11 (1.71%) Postman
7 7 (1.09%) JUnit
8 6 (0.93%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.93%) Spock
9 5 (0.78%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (0.62%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.47%) Eclipse
12 2 (0.31%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.31%) Maven
12 2 (0.31%) MSTest
12 2 (0.31%) NUnit
12 2 (0.31%) Selenium
12 2 (0.31%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.31%) Vagrant
12 2 (0.31%) XCUITest
General
1 137 (21.24%) Social Skills
2 136 (21.09%) Finance
3 72 (11.16%) Public Sector
4 55 (8.53%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (5.27%) Marketing
6 23 (3.57%) Retail
7 21 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (3.26%) Influencing Skills
8 20 (3.10%) Games
9 17 (2.64%) Banking
10 14 (2.17%) Advertising
11 12 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (1.55%) Law
13 9 (1.40%) Manufacturing
14 7 (1.09%) Aerospace
14 7 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (1.09%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.93%) Publishing
16 5 (0.78%) Legal
Job Titles
1 145 (22.48%) Senior
2 130 (20.16%) Developer
3 78 (12.09%) Software Engineer
4 61 (9.46%) Lead
5 44 (6.82%) Project Manager
5 44 (6.82%) Senior Developer
6 43 (6.67%) .NET Developer
7 42 (6.51%) Analyst
8 32 (4.96%) Business Analyst
9 31 (4.81%) Data Engineer
10 30 (4.65%) Java Developer
11 27 (4.19%) Delivery Manager
12 24 (3.72%) Engineering Manager
12 24 (3.72%) IT Manager
13 23 (3.57%) Architect
13 23 (3.57%) Java Engineer
14 22 (3.41%) Lead Software Engineer
14 22 (3.41%) Software Developer
15 21 (3.26%) Senior Software Engineer
16 20 (3.10%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (14.57%) .NET
2 50 (7.75%) Node.js
2 50 (7.75%) React
3 46 (7.13%) HTML
4 43 (6.67%) CSS
5 39 (6.05%) Spring
6 38 (5.89%) .NET Core
6 38 (5.89%) ASP.NET
7 37 (5.74%) AngularJS
8 34 (5.27%) REST
8 34 (5.27%) RESTful
9 32 (4.96%) Spring Boot
10 31 (4.81%) ASP.NET Core
11 17 (2.64%) Vue
12 16 (2.48%) Entity Framework
13 14 (2.17%) .NET Framework
13 14 (2.17%) Kafka
14 12 (1.86%) Blazor
15 11 (1.71%) ML.NET
16 10 (1.55%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 74 (11.47%) Product Ownership
2 48 (7.44%) Cloud Native
3 29 (4.50%) Driving Licence
4 26 (4.03%) Enterprise Software
5 24 (3.72%) Distributed Systems
5 24 (3.72%) Greenfield Project
6 15 (2.33%) Mobile App
7 11 (1.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 9 (1.40%) Onboarding
8 9 (1.40%) PMI
9 8 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (1.24%) Management Information System
9 8 (1.24%) Marketing Technology
10 7 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.09%) Social Network
10 7 (1.09%) Virtual Team
11 6 (0.93%) Private Cloud
12 5 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (0.78%) Low-Code
12 5 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 24 (3.72%) Linux
2 12 (1.86%) Windows
3 4 (0.62%) Apple iOS
3 4 (0.62%) Unix
4 3 (0.47%) Android
4 3 (0.47%) CentOS
4 3 (0.47%) Debian
4 3 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.47%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.31%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.16%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.16%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (30.39%) CI/CD
2 189 (29.30%) DevOps
3 156 (24.19%) Continuous Improvement
4 143 (22.17%) Scrum
5 121 (18.76%) Software Engineering
6 112 (17.36%) Mentoring
7 105 (16.28%) Stakeholder Management
8 97 (15.04%) Coaching
9 95 (14.73%) AI
10 88 (13.64%) TDD
11 87 (13.49%) Problem-Solving
12 80 (12.40%) Roadmaps
13 78 (12.09%) Full-Stack Development
14 75 (11.63%) Microservices
15 71 (11.01%) Test Automation
16 64 (9.92%) Decision-Making
16 64 (9.92%) Kanban
17 63 (9.77%) Project Management
18 57 (8.84%) Analytics
18 57 (8.84%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 145 (22.48%) SQL
2 120 (18.60%) Java
3 92 (14.26%) Python
4 91 (14.11%) JavaScript
5 87 (13.49%) C#
6 31 (4.81%) TypeScript
7 11 (1.71%) Bash
8 10 (1.55%) C++
8 10 (1.55%) PowerShell
9 7 (1.09%) Go
10 6 (0.93%) Apex Code
10 6 (0.93%) PHP
11 5 (0.78%) Groovy
11 5 (0.78%) SOQL
12 4 (0.62%) C
12 4 (0.62%) SOSL
13 3 (0.47%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.31%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.31%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 63 (9.77%) Security Cleared
2 50 (7.75%) SC Cleared
3 36 (5.58%) Degree
4 20 (3.10%) DV Cleared
5 18 (2.79%) PMI Certification
6 13 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (1.55%) PMP
8 9 (1.40%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.09%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.93%) AWS Certification
10 6 (0.93%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.47%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 2 (0.31%) CSPO
14 2 (0.31%) HND
14 2 (0.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 2 (0.31%) RIBA
14 2 (0.31%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (4.96%) QA
2 26 (4.03%) Data Quality
3 22 (3.41%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.55%) GDPR
5 7 (1.09%) PMO
6 6 (0.93%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.62%) SLA
9 2 (0.31%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.31%) WCAG
10 1 (0.16%) GRC
10 1 (0.16%) ITGC
10 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 50 (7.75%) Docker
2 2 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.16%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 76 (11.78%) Terraform
2 59 (9.15%) Kubernetes
3 25 (3.88%) Ansible
4 9 (1.40%) Argo
5 7 (1.09%) Grafana
5 7 (1.09%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.78%) Puppet
7 4 (0.62%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.31%) Packer
9 1 (0.16%) AWS Copilot
9 1 (0.16%) Istio
9 1 (0.16%) linkerd
9 1 (0.16%) Rancher
9 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 119 (18.45%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.19%) ServiceNow
3 20 (3.10%) Databricks
3 20 (3.10%) Salesforce
4 18 (2.79%) Oracle
5 16 (2.48%) SAP
6 12 (1.86%) Google
7 11 (1.71%) Splunk
8 9 (1.40%) Adobe
9 6 (0.93%) AppDynamics
10 5 (0.78%) Pega
11 4 (0.62%) Siemens
12 3 (0.47%) BiZZdesign
12 3 (0.47%) Cognos
12 3 (0.47%) Facebook
12 3 (0.47%) IBM
12 3 (0.47%) LogicMonitor
12 3 (0.47%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.47%) SaltStack
13 2 (0.31%) MuleSoft