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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 6 2
Rank change year-on-year -11 -4 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 820 845 1,302
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 6.35% 17.61% 18.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.68% 19.98% 22.55%
Number of salaries quoted 546 292 456
10th Percentile £42,000 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -3.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £69,575
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 9,450 4,229 5,774
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 73.22% 88.14% 80.50%
Number of salaries quoted 6,991 2,201 2,949
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -3.85% -5.45%
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 16 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 16 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 -14 585 £65,000 - 110
Lancashire +3 90 £60,000 +9.50% 22
Merseyside -2 62 £62,500 +8.70% 4
Cheshire -26 59 £55,000 -4.35% 16
Cumbria +11 21 £47,500 -17.39% 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 35 (4.27%) SharePoint
2 27 (3.29%) Confluence
3 20 (2.44%) 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 (2.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.85%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.85%) 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 (2.44%) 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
1 229 (27.93%) Azure
2 187 (22.80%) AWS
3 83 (10.12%) Azure DevOps
4 76 (9.27%) Power Platform
5 53 (6.46%) GitHub
6 50 (6.10%) Serverless
7 43 (5.24%) Power Automate
8 40 (4.88%) GCP
9 37 (4.51%) Microsoft Copilot
10 36 (4.39%) Microsoft 365
11 33 (4.02%) PowerApps
12 31 (3.78%) SaaS
13 26 (3.17%) AWS CloudFormation
14 25 (3.05%) AWS Lambda
14 25 (3.05%) Dynamics 365
15 24 (2.93%) dbt
16 23 (2.80%) Copilot Studio
17 18 (2.20%) Amazon S3
18 17 (2.07%) Snowflake
19 15 (1.83%) GitHub Copilot
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 46 (5.61%) Azure SQL Database
2 42 (5.12%) MongoDB
3 38 (4.63%) Power BI
4 32 (3.90%) Data Warehouse
5 28 (3.41%) SQL Server
6 22 (2.68%) PostgreSQL
7 17 (2.07%) NoSQL
8 16 (1.95%) Data Lake
9 15 (1.83%) Relational Database
10 14 (1.71%) DynamoDB
11 13 (1.59%) Elasticsearch
12 10 (1.22%) BigQuery
13 8 (0.98%) Big Data
13 8 (0.98%) Metadata
14 7 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (0.85%) MySQL
14 7 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 6 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
16 5 (0.61%) Amazon Athena
17 4 (0.49%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 70 (8.54%) JIRA
2 54 (6.59%) Git
3 42 (5.12%) GitLab
4 21 (2.56%) Jenkins
5 16 (1.95%) JUnit
6 13 (1.59%) Spock
7 8 (0.98%) Bitbucket
7 8 (0.98%) Claude Code
7 8 (0.98%) Cypress.io
8 7 (0.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 7 (0.85%) Maven
9 6 (0.73%) Postman
9 6 (0.73%) Selenium
10 4 (0.49%) Artifactory
10 4 (0.49%) IntelliJ
10 4 (0.49%) Vagrant
11 3 (0.37%) Ant
11 3 (0.37%) Mockito
11 3 (0.37%) RStudio
12 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 233 (28.41%) Social Skills
2 132 (16.10%) Finance
3 85 (10.37%) Public Sector
4 81 (9.88%) Analytical Skills
5 73 (8.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 45 (5.49%) Telecoms
7 40 (4.88%) Retail
8 33 (4.02%) Influencing Skills
9 29 (3.54%) Marketing
10 23 (2.80%) Publishing
11 20 (2.44%) Manufacturing
12 19 (2.32%) Aerospace
12 19 (2.32%) Law
12 19 (2.32%) Legal
13 13 (1.59%) Games
14 11 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (1.22%) Local Government
15 10 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
16 9 (1.10%) Banking
Job Titles
1 198 (24.15%) Senior
2 166 (20.24%) Developer
3 86 (10.49%) Software Engineer
4 64 (7.80%) Lead
5 55 (6.71%) Analyst
6 54 (6.59%) Senior Developer
7 51 (6.22%) Business Analyst
8 43 (5.24%) Project Manager
9 41 (5.00%) Data Engineer
9 41 (5.00%) Design Engineer
9 41 (5.00%) DevOps Engineer
10 40 (4.88%) .NET Developer
11 39 (4.76%) Delivery Manager
11 39 (4.76%) Engineering Manager
12 31 (3.78%) Architect
12 31 (3.78%) Senior Software Engineer
13 26 (3.17%) IT Manager
14 25 (3.05%) Microsoft 365 Developer
15 23 (2.80%) Senior Design Engineer
15 23 (2.80%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (10.85%) .NET
2 76 (9.27%) Terraform
3 66 (8.05%) HTML
4 63 (7.68%) React
4 63 (7.68%) Spring
5 50 (6.10%) CSS
6 43 (5.24%) Node.js
7 42 (5.12%) ASP.NET
7 42 (5.12%) Spring Boot
8 39 (4.76%) .NET Core
9 38 (4.63%) ASP.NET Core
10 37 (4.51%) AngularJS
11 35 (4.27%) Kafka
11 35 (4.27%) REST
12 22 (2.68%) RESTful
13 20 (2.44%) Entity Framework
14 16 (1.95%) Middleware
15 15 (1.83%) ASP.NET Web API
16 14 (1.71%) Blazor
17 12 (1.46%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 89 (10.85%) Product Ownership
2 60 (7.32%) Cloud Native
3 41 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
4 29 (3.54%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (2.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 24 (2.93%) Greenfield Project
6 22 (2.68%) Distributed Systems
7 19 (2.32%) IoT
8 17 (2.07%) Onboarding
8 17 (2.07%) Private Cloud
9 15 (1.83%) Driving Licence
10 12 (1.46%) Data Centre
10 12 (1.46%) Media Streaming
10 12 (1.46%) Mobile App
10 12 (1.46%) Podcast
11 11 (1.34%) Marketing Technology
12 8 (0.98%) Management Information System
13 7 (0.85%) Public Cloud
14 6 (0.73%) IVR
14 6 (0.73%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 35 (4.27%) Linux
2 12 (1.46%) 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
1 267 (32.56%) Continuous Improvement
2 252 (30.73%) DevOps
3 242 (29.51%) CI/CD
4 202 (24.63%) AI
5 174 (21.22%) Problem-Solving
6 171 (20.85%) Mentoring
7 164 (20.00%) Software Engineering
8 152 (18.54%) Stakeholder Management
9 134 (16.34%) Scrum
10 107 (13.05%) Coaching
11 99 (12.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 92 (11.22%) Test Automation
13 84 (10.24%) Microservices
14 81 (9.88%) Decision-Making
14 81 (9.88%) Full-Stack Development
15 79 (9.63%) Roadmaps
16 73 (8.90%) Collaborative Culture
17 65 (7.93%) Infrastructure as Code
17 65 (7.93%) Software Delivery
18 64 (7.80%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 168 (20.49%) SQL
2 137 (16.71%) Java
3 118 (14.39%) JavaScript
4 112 (13.66%) Python
5 95 (11.59%) C#
6 63 (7.68%) TypeScript
7 25 (3.05%) Go
8 17 (2.07%) Bash
9 12 (1.46%) C++
10 10 (1.22%) 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
14 5 (0.61%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 3 (0.37%) SOQL
16 3 (0.37%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 124 (15.12%) Degree
2 108 (13.17%) Security Cleared
3 79 (9.63%) SC Cleared
4 46 (5.61%) DBS Check
5 38 (4.63%) DV Cleared
5 38 (4.63%) HNC
6 21 (2.56%) Master's Degree
7 20 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
8 17 (2.07%) PMI Certification
9 13 (1.59%) PMP
10 12 (1.46%) AWS Certification
11 10 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (0.98%) RIBA
13 7 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 6 (0.73%) Azure Certification
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 60 (7.32%) QA
2 58 (7.07%) Data Quality
3 49 (5.98%) Accessibility
4 18 (2.20%) GDPR
5 11 (1.34%) PMO
6 7 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.85%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.61%) SLA
8 4 (0.49%) WCAG
9 3 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.37%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.24%) IEC 61131
10 2 (0.24%) IEC 61508
11 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.12%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.12%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.12%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.12%) SEPA
11 1 (0.12%) TARGET2
System Software
1 87 (10.61%) Docker
2 3 (0.37%) Ceph
3 2 (0.24%) UAG
3 2 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.12%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.12%) Firmware
4 1 (0.12%) NFS
4 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 93 (11.34%) Kubernetes
2 31 (3.78%) Ansible
3 14 (1.71%) Argo
4 9 (1.10%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.85%) 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
1 135 (16.46%) Microsoft
2 29 (3.54%) YouTube
3 25 (3.05%) Databricks
4 24 (2.93%) Oracle
5 23 (2.80%) Google
6 20 (2.44%) ServiceNow
7 19 (2.32%) Splunk
8 13 (1.59%) AppDynamics
8 13 (1.59%) Salesforce
8 13 (1.59%) SAP
9 10 (1.22%) Red Hat
10 9 (1.10%) Adobe
11 8 (0.98%) F5
12 7 (0.85%) OpenAI
13 6 (0.73%) Autodesk
13 6 (0.73%) Thales
14 4 (0.49%) Dell
14 4 (0.49%) IBM
14 4 (0.49%) NEC
15 3 (0.37%) VMware