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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 5 2
Rank change year-on-year -19 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 549 671 1,704
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 6.32% 18.55% 20.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.39% 19.65% 23.95%
Number of salaries quoted 392 398 1,368
10th Percentile £44,972 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +0.80%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,772
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,875 £87,875
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -7.41%

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 6,542 3,414 7,116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 75.33% 94.39% 83.78%
Number of salaries quoted 3,689 2,128 5,695
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,500 £40,620 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,897 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.92% +9.79% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,040 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.27% +9.09% -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 March 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 March 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 -16 383 £65,000 -7.14% 217
Lancashire -23 60 £55,000 +4.76% 50
Cheshire -20 53 £55,000 +10.00% 35
Merseyside -30 30 £47,500 -26.92% 20
Cumbria -13 20 £60,250 +14.76% 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 42 (7.65%) Confluence
2 14 (2.55%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.09%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.91%) Apache
4 5 (0.91%) CMS
5 4 (0.73%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.55%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.36%) CICS
7 2 (0.36%) nginx
8 1 (0.18%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.18%) IIS
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.18%) PegaRULES
8 1 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (2.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.19%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.55%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.55%) Sketch
5 2 (0.36%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.36%) Simulink
6 1 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.36%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.18%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 159 (28.96%) Azure
2 109 (19.85%) AWS
3 47 (8.56%) SaaS
4 33 (6.01%) Serverless
5 32 (5.83%) Power Platform
6 26 (4.74%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (4.74%) GCP
6 26 (4.74%) Microsoft 365
7 21 (3.83%) AWS CloudFormation
8 15 (2.73%) Azure AKS
9 14 (2.55%) Amazon EKS
10 13 (2.37%) GitHub
11 12 (2.19%) Figma
12 9 (1.64%) AWS Lambda
12 9 (1.64%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 9 (1.64%) Azure Functions
12 9 (1.64%) Azure Logic Apps
12 9 (1.64%) Azure Monitor
12 9 (1.64%) Azure Service Bus
12 9 (1.64%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.28%) HTTP
2 5 (0.91%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.73%) AMQP
4 3 (0.55%) SSH
5 2 (0.36%) DNS
5 2 (0.36%) Firewall
5 2 (0.36%) OpenVPN
5 2 (0.36%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.18%) 4G
6 1 (0.18%) Broadband
6 1 (0.18%) LAN
6 1 (0.18%) LTE
6 1 (0.18%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.18%) SSL
6 1 (0.18%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (6.19%) NoSQL
2 30 (5.46%) SQL Server
3 18 (3.28%) MongoDB
4 17 (3.10%) MySQL
5 16 (2.91%) Power BI
6 15 (2.73%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.28%) Data Lake
8 7 (1.28%) Relational Database
9 6 (1.09%) Big Data
9 6 (1.09%) Hadoop
10 5 (0.91%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (0.73%) Cloudera CDH
11 4 (0.73%) DynamoDB
11 4 (0.73%) Geospatial Data
11 4 (0.73%) GIS
11 4 (0.73%) QGIS
12 3 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.55%) Redis
13 2 (0.36%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 61 (11.11%) JIRA
2 47 (8.56%) Git
3 17 (3.10%) Jenkins
4 15 (2.73%) GitLab
5 7 (1.28%) Claude Code
6 5 (0.91%) Cypress.io
6 5 (0.91%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.73%) IntelliJ
7 4 (0.73%) JUnit
7 4 (0.73%) Postman
8 3 (0.55%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.55%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.36%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.36%) JIRA Agile
9 2 (0.36%) Selenium
9 2 (0.36%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.36%) Vagrant
9 2 (0.36%) XCUITest
10 1 (0.18%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.18%) REST Assured
General
1 135 (24.59%) Social Skills
2 120 (21.86%) Finance
3 49 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (8.20%) Public Sector
5 27 (4.92%) Marketing
6 23 (4.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 22 (4.01%) Manufacturing
8 19 (3.46%) Banking
9 17 (3.10%) Law
10 13 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (1.82%) Retail
12 9 (1.64%) Games
12 9 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.28%) Legal
13 7 (1.28%) Telecoms
14 6 (1.09%) Advertising
14 6 (1.09%) Electronics
14 6 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.91%) Avionics
16 4 (0.73%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 126 (22.95%) Senior
2 95 (17.30%) Developer
3 88 (16.03%) Lead
4 70 (12.75%) Software Engineer
5 45 (8.20%) Project Manager
6 34 (6.19%) Analyst
6 34 (6.19%) Senior Developer
7 30 (5.46%) Software Developer
8 27 (4.92%) Architect
9 23 (4.19%) Lead Software Engineer
10 22 (4.01%) Business Analyst
10 22 (4.01%) Data Engineer
11 21 (3.83%) Java Developer
12 18 (3.28%) IT Manager
12 18 (3.28%) Marketing Manager
12 18 (3.28%) Solutions Architect
13 17 (3.10%) .NET Developer
13 17 (3.10%) Java Engineer
14 16 (2.91%) Delivery Manager
14 16 (2.91%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (15.30%) .NET
2 60 (10.93%) React
3 39 (7.10%) RESTful
4 37 (6.74%) CSS
5 35 (6.38%) .NET Framework
5 35 (6.38%) HTML
6 34 (6.19%) Node.js
7 32 (5.83%) REST
8 31 (5.65%) Spring
9 30 (5.46%) Spring Boot
10 28 (5.10%) AngularJS
11 26 (4.74%) ASP.NET
12 22 (4.01%) .NET Core
13 12 (2.19%) Kafka
14 11 (2.00%) Web Services
15 9 (1.64%) CSS3
15 9 (1.64%) HTML5
16 8 (1.46%) ASP.NET Core
17 7 (1.28%) gRPC
17 7 (1.28%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 57 (10.38%) Product Ownership
2 39 (7.10%) Cloud Native
3 24 (4.37%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (3.10%) Driving Licence
5 16 (2.91%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (2.55%) Greenfield Project
6 14 (2.55%) Mobile App
7 10 (1.82%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (1.46%) Low-Code
8 8 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.46%) Social Media
9 7 (1.28%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.73%) Client/Server
12 4 (0.73%) Distributed Computing
12 4 (0.73%) IoT
12 4 (0.73%) Public Cloud
12 4 (0.73%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.19%) Windows
2 20 (3.64%) Linux
3 5 (0.91%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.73%) Android
4 4 (0.73%) CentOS
4 4 (0.73%) Debian
4 4 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (0.73%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.55%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.36%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.18%) Unix
7 1 (0.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (24.41%) CI/CD
2 123 (22.40%) Continuous Improvement
3 116 (21.13%) Scrum
4 112 (20.40%) DevOps
5 110 (20.04%) Software Engineering
6 96 (17.49%) Mentoring
7 87 (15.85%) Coaching
8 78 (14.21%) Problem-Solving
9 75 (13.66%) Stakeholder Management
10 67 (12.20%) Microservices
11 66 (12.02%) Project Management
12 58 (10.56%) AI
12 58 (10.56%) TDD
13 56 (10.20%) Roadmaps
14 53 (9.65%) Full-Stack Development
14 53 (9.65%) Project Delivery
15 52 (9.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 47 (8.56%) Kanban
16 47 (8.56%) User Experience
17 46 (8.38%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 90 (16.39%) Java
2 87 (15.85%) SQL
3 79 (14.39%) JavaScript
4 72 (13.11%) C#
5 60 (10.93%) Python
6 39 (7.10%) TypeScript
7 9 (1.64%) C++
8 6 (1.09%) Go
9 4 (0.73%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.55%) Bash
10 3 (0.55%) C
10 3 (0.55%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.36%) Bicep
11 2 (0.36%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.36%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.36%) Scala
11 2 (0.36%) Swift
11 2 (0.36%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.36%) VBA
12 1 (0.18%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 38 (6.92%) Security Cleared
2 31 (5.65%) BPSS Clearance
3 30 (5.46%) Degree
4 26 (4.74%) SC Cleared
5 24 (4.37%) PMI Certification
6 21 (3.83%) PMP
7 12 (2.19%) DV Cleared
8 9 (1.64%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.91%) HND
10 3 (0.55%) ACCA
10 3 (0.55%) CIMA
10 3 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.55%) HNC
10 3 (0.55%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.36%) SAFe Agilist
12 1 (0.18%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.18%) CIPD
12 1 (0.18%) ISEB
12 1 (0.18%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (6.38%) QA
2 26 (4.74%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.00%) PMO
4 7 (1.28%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.55%) WCAG
6 2 (0.36%) SLA
7 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.18%) GDPR
7 1 (0.18%) GxP
7 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.18%) ITGC
7 1 (0.18%) NIST
System Software
1 33 (6.01%) Docker
2 14 (2.55%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.18%) KVM
4 1 (0.18%) QEMU
4 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 56 (10.20%) Terraform
2 46 (8.38%) Kubernetes
3 19 (3.46%) Ansible
4 12 (2.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.09%) Puppet
7 5 (0.91%) Grafana
8 4 (0.73%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.73%) SCCM
9 3 (0.55%) Rancher
10 2 (0.36%) Packer
10 2 (0.36%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.18%) AWS Copilot
Vendors
1 87 (15.85%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.19%) SAP
3 17 (3.10%) Salesforce
4 14 (2.55%) Databricks
5 13 (2.37%) ServiceNow
6 12 (2.19%) Google
6 12 (2.19%) Siemens
7 11 (2.00%) Splunk
8 8 (1.46%) New Relic
8 8 (1.46%) Oracle
9 6 (1.09%) Pega
10 5 (0.91%) Adobe
10 5 (0.91%) SaltStack
11 4 (0.73%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.73%) Qualtrics
11 4 (0.73%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.55%) IBM
13 2 (0.36%) Bloomberg
13 2 (0.36%) Cognos
13 2 (0.36%) Sophos