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 23 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -19 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 482 1,244 1,004
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 9.66% 17.79% 26.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.45% 21.51% 27.86%
Number of salaries quoted 308 465 702
10th Percentile £43,750 £40,000 £41,227
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £84,425 £85,000 £87,419
England median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year - - +3.85%

All Process and 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 4,210 5,784 3,604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 84.33% 82.73% 94.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2,433 2,920 2,715
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,475 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.93%

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 23 November 2025.

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 23 November 2025. 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 -5 321 £62,500 +4.17% 167
Cheshire -8 73 £55,000 +10.00% 42
Lancashire -20 44 £47,592 -13.31% 134
Merseyside -15 33 £57,500 - 10
Cumbria -11 10 £57,500 +3.14% 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 21 (4.36%) Confluence
2 14 (2.90%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.45%) CMS
4 5 (1.04%) Apache
5 3 (0.62%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.62%) Headless CMS
5 3 (0.62%) Magnolia
5 3 (0.62%) nginx
5 3 (0.62%) WordPress
6 2 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.41%) IIS
6 2 (0.41%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.21%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.21%) Umbraco
Applications
1 20 (4.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.45%) MS Visio
4 6 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.62%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.62%) Sketch
6 3 (0.62%) Trello
7 2 (0.41%) Simulink
8 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.21%) InVision
Business Applications
1 9 (1.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.62%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.21%) Magento
4 1 (0.21%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.21%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 137 (28.42%) Azure
2 125 (25.93%) AWS
3 43 (8.92%) Power Platform
3 43 (8.92%) SaaS
4 38 (7.88%) GCP
5 29 (6.02%) Serverless
6 22 (4.56%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (3.73%) AWS Lambda
7 18 (3.73%) GitHub
8 17 (3.53%) Dynamics 365
9 15 (3.11%) Microsoft 365
10 12 (2.49%) Figma
11 10 (2.07%) Azure Service Bus
12 9 (1.87%) AWS CloudFormation
12 9 (1.87%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (1.87%) PaaS
13 8 (1.66%) Cloud Computing
13 8 (1.66%) Power Automate
14 7 (1.45%) Azure Functions
14 7 (1.45%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.45%) Firewall
2 4 (0.83%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.62%) HTTP
3 3 (0.62%) SSH
3 3 (0.62%) Wireless
4 2 (0.41%) AMQP
4 2 (0.41%) DNS
4 2 (0.41%) OpenVPN
4 2 (0.41%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (6.43%) SQL Server
2 26 (5.39%) NoSQL
2 26 (5.39%) Power BI
3 23 (4.77%) MongoDB
4 12 (2.49%) MySQL
5 11 (2.28%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (1.87%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (1.66%) Data Lake
7 8 (1.66%) DynamoDB
7 8 (1.66%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.45%) Redis
9 4 (0.83%) Big Data
9 4 (0.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.62%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.62%) Hazelcast
10 3 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.41%) GIS
Development Applications
1 41 (8.51%) JIRA
2 29 (6.02%) Git
3 14 (2.90%) GitLab
3 14 (2.90%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.07%) Cypress.io
5 6 (1.24%) Cucumber
5 6 (1.24%) Selenium
6 4 (0.83%) JMeter
7 3 (0.62%) Gatling
7 3 (0.62%) JIRA Agile
7 3 (0.62%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.41%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.41%) JUnit
8 2 (0.41%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.41%) webpack
9 1 (0.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.21%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.21%) Maven
9 1 (0.21%) Mockito
9 1 (0.21%) NUnit
General
1 154 (31.95%) Social Skills
2 139 (28.84%) Finance
3 54 (11.20%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (8.30%) Public Sector
5 28 (5.81%) Marketing
6 23 (4.77%) Banking
7 21 (4.36%) Local Government
8 20 (4.15%) Influencing Skills
9 18 (3.73%) Law
10 17 (3.53%) Manufacturing
11 16 (3.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 16 (3.32%) Retail
12 11 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (2.28%) Telecoms
13 10 (2.07%) Games
14 9 (1.87%) Electronics
15 8 (1.66%) Financial Institution
16 7 (1.45%) Avionics
17 6 (1.24%) Billing
18 5 (1.04%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 127 (26.35%) Senior
2 120 (24.90%) Developer
3 66 (13.69%) Lead
4 43 (8.92%) Analyst
5 41 (8.51%) Senior Developer
6 30 (6.22%) Project Manager
6 30 (6.22%) Senior Manager
7 29 (6.02%) Software Engineer
8 28 (5.81%) Architect
9 22 (4.56%) Java Developer
9 22 (4.56%) Solutions Architect
10 20 (4.15%) Audit Manager
10 20 (4.15%) Senior Audit Manager
11 19 (3.94%) Software Developer
12 18 (3.73%) Business Analyst
13 17 (3.53%) .NET Developer
13 17 (3.53%) Systems Engineer
14 16 (3.32%) Backend Developer
15 15 (3.11%) AWS Architect
15 15 (3.11%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (15.15%) .NET
2 62 (12.86%) React
3 37 (7.68%) CSS
4 34 (7.05%) HTML
5 28 (5.81%) Spring Boot
6 27 (5.60%) Spring
7 25 (5.19%) AngularJS
7 25 (5.19%) Node.js
8 24 (4.98%) REST
8 24 (4.98%) RESTful
9 22 (4.56%) .NET Core
9 22 (4.56%) .NET Framework
10 19 (3.94%) Kafka
11 18 (3.73%) ASP.NET
12 10 (2.07%) RabbitMQ
13 9 (1.87%) Jest
13 9 (1.87%) Web Services
14 8 (1.66%) Entity Framework
14 8 (1.66%) Hibernate
14 8 (1.66%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 42 (8.71%) Cloud Native
2 40 (8.30%) Product Ownership
3 25 (5.19%) Management Information System
4 19 (3.94%) Distributed Systems
5 18 (3.73%) Mobile App
6 16 (3.32%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (2.90%) Social Media
8 10 (2.07%) Greenfield Project
8 10 (2.07%) IoT
9 9 (1.87%) Driving Licence
10 8 (1.66%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 7 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 7 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.24%) e-Learning
13 5 (1.04%) Animation
13 5 (1.04%) Onboarding
14 4 (0.83%) Data Centre
14 4 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
14 4 (0.83%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 29 (6.02%) Windows
2 14 (2.90%) Linux
3 10 (2.07%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.04%) Android
5 4 (0.83%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.62%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.41%) CentOS
7 2 (0.41%) Debian
7 2 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.41%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.41%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (24.69%) DevOps
2 118 (24.48%) CI/CD
3 109 (22.61%) Continuous Improvement
4 103 (21.37%) Problem-Solving
5 87 (18.05%) Mentoring
6 86 (17.84%) Coaching
7 75 (15.56%) Software Engineering
8 66 (13.69%) Roadmaps
9 65 (13.49%) Microservices
10 60 (12.45%) Scrum
11 58 (12.03%) User Experience
12 53 (11.00%) Stakeholder Management
13 51 (10.58%) Containerisation
14 48 (9.96%) Project Delivery
14 48 (9.96%) Project Management
15 47 (9.75%) Clean Code
16 46 (9.54%) Full-Stack Development
17 42 (8.71%) TDD
17 42 (8.71%) Test Automation
18 41 (8.51%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 77 (15.98%) C#
2 66 (13.69%) Java
3 65 (13.49%) JavaScript
4 62 (12.86%) SQL
5 49 (10.17%) TypeScript
6 40 (8.30%) Python
7 13 (2.70%) Go
8 10 (2.07%) MATLAB
9 9 (1.87%) PowerShell
10 8 (1.66%) Elixir
10 8 (1.66%) PHP
10 8 (1.66%) Ruby
11 7 (1.45%) Bash
12 4 (0.83%) Bicep
12 4 (0.83%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.41%) C
14 2 (0.41%) C++
14 2 (0.41%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.41%) Swift
Qualifications
1 60 (12.45%) Degree
2 32 (6.64%) Security Cleared
3 29 (6.02%) BPSS Clearance
4 27 (5.60%) ACCA
5 22 (4.56%) SC Cleared
6 15 (3.11%) DBS Check
7 12 (2.49%) Azure Certification
8 10 (2.07%) AWS Certification
8 10 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (2.07%) DV Cleared
8 10 (2.07%) PMP
9 9 (1.87%) PMI Certification
10 8 (1.66%) TOGAF Certification
11 7 (1.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 7 (1.45%) CIMA
12 4 (0.83%) HNC
12 4 (0.83%) HND
13 3 (0.62%) CCNA
13 3 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (7.26%) QA
2 26 (5.39%) Accessibility
3 20 (4.15%) GAAP
3 20 (4.15%) IFRS
4 10 (2.07%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.87%) GDPR
5 9 (1.87%) PMO
6 8 (1.66%) NIST
6 8 (1.66%) SEPA
6 8 (1.66%) TARGET2
7 7 (1.45%) HIPAA
8 6 (1.24%) SLA
9 4 (0.83%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.41%) WCAG
11 1 (0.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.21%) HL7
11 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 60 (12.45%) Docker
2 17 (3.53%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.21%) HDFS
4 1 (0.21%) KVM
4 1 (0.21%) QEMU
4 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 55 (11.41%) Kubernetes
2 40 (8.30%) Terraform
3 10 (2.07%) Ansible
4 9 (1.87%) SCCM
5 8 (1.66%) Grafana
6 6 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (1.04%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.41%) Puppet
10 1 (0.21%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 64 (13.28%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.77%) Google
3 16 (3.32%) Salesforce
3 16 (3.32%) SAP
4 11 (2.28%) ServiceNow
5 10 (2.07%) Databricks
6 8 (1.66%) Adobe
7 7 (1.45%) Facebook
7 7 (1.45%) Splunk
8 6 (1.24%) Bloomberg
8 6 (1.24%) Oracle
8 6 (1.24%) Qualtrics
8 6 (1.24%) Sophos
9 5 (1.04%) UiPath
10 4 (0.83%) Siemens
11 3 (0.62%) Aruba
11 3 (0.62%) Cisco
11 3 (0.62%) Meraki
11 3 (0.62%) SaltStack
11 3 (0.62%) Veeam