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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 1 2
Rank change year-on-year -15 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 612 1,297 2,082
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 5.72% 27.63% 19.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.27% 29.14% 24.13%
Number of salaries quoted 472 357 1,405
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,700 £38,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,038 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% +8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,424 £77,500 £75,772
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £87,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -6.72%

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 7,399 4,451 8,628
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 69.19% 94.82% 78.90%
Number of salaries quoted 5,655 2,024 6,529
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -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 12 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 12 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 -11 454 £65,000 - 173
Lancashire -11 61 £55,000 +8.08% 61
Cheshire -34 43 £55,000 +15.79% 29
Merseyside -33 31 £55,000 -15.38% 11
Cumbria -14 19 £47,500 -13.64% 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 41 (6.70%) Confluence
2 16 (2.61%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.63%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.98%) CMS
5 5 (0.82%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.82%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.65%) Apache
6 4 (0.65%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.65%) WordPress
7 3 (0.49%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.33%) CICS
8 2 (0.33%) nginx
8 2 (0.33%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.16%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.16%) IIS
9 1 (0.16%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 12 (1.96%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.33%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.33%) Trello
5 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.16%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 13 (2.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.49%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 196 (32.03%) Azure
2 145 (23.69%) AWS
3 63 (10.29%) Azure DevOps
4 40 (6.54%) Power Platform
4 40 (6.54%) SaaS
4 40 (6.54%) Serverless
5 32 (5.23%) GCP
6 25 (4.08%) GitHub
6 25 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
7 23 (3.76%) AWS CloudFormation
8 16 (2.61%) Azure AKS
9 15 (2.45%) Azure Service Bus
10 13 (2.12%) Anthropic Claude
10 13 (2.12%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 12 (1.96%) Amazon EKS
11 12 (1.96%) Azure Logic Apps
11 12 (1.96%) dbt
12 11 (1.80%) Azure Functions
13 10 (1.63%) Power Automate
14 9 (1.47%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.49%) AMQP
2 2 (0.33%) HTTP
2 2 (0.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.16%) Broadband
3 1 (0.16%) DNS
3 1 (0.16%) LTE
3 1 (0.16%) SSL
3 1 (0.16%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (4.90%) MongoDB
2 29 (4.74%) NoSQL
3 28 (4.58%) SQL Server
4 22 (3.59%) Azure SQL Database
4 22 (3.59%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (3.59%) Power BI
5 16 (2.61%) MySQL
6 14 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (1.63%) Relational Database
8 9 (1.47%) BigQuery
9 8 (1.31%) Data Lake
9 8 (1.31%) DynamoDB
9 8 (1.31%) Elasticsearch
10 7 (1.14%) Big Data
11 5 (0.82%) Hadoop
12 4 (0.65%) Flink
12 4 (0.65%) Geospatial Data
12 4 (0.65%) GIS
12 4 (0.65%) Metadata
12 4 (0.65%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 73 (11.93%) JIRA
2 42 (6.86%) Git
3 21 (3.43%) GitLab
4 18 (2.94%) Jenkins
5 15 (2.45%) Claude Code
6 10 (1.63%) Postman
7 6 (0.98%) JUnit
8 5 (0.82%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.65%) IntelliJ
9 4 (0.65%) Spock
10 3 (0.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.49%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.33%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.33%) Maven
11 2 (0.33%) MSTest
11 2 (0.33%) NUnit
11 2 (0.33%) Selenium
11 2 (0.33%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.33%) Vagrant
11 2 (0.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 132 (21.57%) Social Skills
2 128 (20.92%) Finance
3 65 (10.62%) Public Sector
4 53 (8.66%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (5.23%) Marketing
6 24 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (3.10%) Games
8 18 (2.94%) Retail
9 17 (2.78%) Banking
10 14 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (1.80%) Advertising
11 11 (1.80%) Manufacturing
12 9 (1.47%) Law
12 9 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.14%) Aerospace
13 7 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (0.98%) Publishing
14 6 (0.98%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.82%) Legal
15 5 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 143 (23.37%) Senior
2 120 (19.61%) Developer
3 78 (12.75%) Software Engineer
4 72 (11.76%) Lead
5 44 (7.19%) Senior Developer
6 43 (7.03%) Project Manager
7 42 (6.86%) Analyst
8 34 (5.56%) .NET Developer
9 32 (5.23%) Business Analyst
10 30 (4.90%) Java Developer
11 29 (4.74%) Data Engineer
12 27 (4.41%) Software Developer
13 25 (4.08%) Delivery Manager
13 25 (4.08%) Lead Software Engineer
14 23 (3.76%) IT Manager
14 23 (3.76%) Java Engineer
15 20 (3.27%) Cloud Engineer
15 20 (3.27%) Senior Data Engineer
15 20 (3.27%) Senior Software Engineer
16 19 (3.10%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (14.87%) .NET
2 49 (8.01%) React
3 47 (7.68%) Node.js
4 39 (6.37%) HTML
5 38 (6.21%) CSS
6 37 (6.05%) Spring
7 36 (5.88%) REST
8 34 (5.56%) AngularJS
9 33 (5.39%) RESTful
10 32 (5.23%) .NET Core
10 32 (5.23%) ASP.NET
10 32 (5.23%) Spring Boot
11 22 (3.59%) .NET Framework
12 19 (3.10%) ASP.NET Core
13 15 (2.45%) Vue
14 13 (2.12%) Kafka
15 11 (1.80%) Entity Framework
16 8 (1.31%) Blazor
16 8 (1.31%) PySpark
16 8 (1.31%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 68 (11.11%) Product Ownership
2 39 (6.37%) Cloud Native
3 28 (4.58%) Driving Licence
4 26 (4.25%) Enterprise Software
5 24 (3.92%) Distributed Systems
6 18 (2.94%) Greenfield Project
7 13 (2.12%) Mobile App
8 9 (1.47%) Onboarding
8 9 (1.47%) PMI
9 8 (1.31%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (1.31%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 7 (1.14%) Marketing Technology
11 6 (0.98%) Low-Code
12 5 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (0.82%) Social Network
12 5 (0.82%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.65%) Enterprise Cloud
13 4 (0.65%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (3.43%) Linux
2 12 (1.96%) Windows
3 4 (0.65%) Unix
4 3 (0.49%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.49%) CentOS
4 3 (0.49%) Debian
4 3 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.49%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.33%) Android
5 2 (0.33%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (28.59%) CI/CD
2 169 (27.61%) DevOps
3 136 (22.22%) Scrum
4 135 (22.06%) Continuous Improvement
5 118 (19.28%) Software Engineering
6 106 (17.32%) Mentoring
7 92 (15.03%) Coaching
7 92 (15.03%) Stakeholder Management
8 81 (13.24%) TDD
9 79 (12.91%) Problem-Solving
10 78 (12.75%) AI
11 74 (12.09%) Microservices
12 68 (11.11%) Full-Stack Development
12 68 (11.11%) Roadmaps
13 65 (10.62%) Test Automation
14 64 (10.46%) Project Management
15 61 (9.97%) Kanban
16 60 (9.80%) Decision-Making
17 52 (8.50%) Infrastructure as Code
18 51 (8.33%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 136 (22.22%) SQL
2 119 (19.44%) Java
3 87 (14.22%) Python
4 84 (13.73%) JavaScript
5 77 (12.58%) C#
6 29 (4.74%) TypeScript
7 9 (1.47%) C++
8 7 (1.14%) Bash
8 7 (1.14%) PowerShell
9 6 (0.98%) Apex Code
10 5 (0.82%) Go
10 5 (0.82%) Groovy
10 5 (0.82%) PHP
10 5 (0.82%) SOQL
11 4 (0.65%) SOSL
12 3 (0.49%) C
12 3 (0.49%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.49%) Scala
13 2 (0.33%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 57 (9.31%) Security Cleared
2 46 (7.52%) SC Cleared
3 29 (4.74%) Degree
4 19 (3.10%) DV Cleared
5 18 (2.94%) PMI Certification
6 16 (2.61%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (1.63%) PMP
8 8 (1.31%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.82%) AWS Certification
9 5 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (0.82%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.49%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.33%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 2 (0.33%) Chartered Engineer
11 2 (0.33%) HND
11 2 (0.33%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.33%) RIBA
11 2 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.74%) QA
2 24 (3.92%) Data Quality
3 21 (3.43%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.14%) PMO
5 6 (0.98%) GDPR
6 2 (0.33%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.33%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.33%) SLA
6 2 (0.33%) WCAG
7 1 (0.16%) GRC
7 1 (0.16%) ITGC
7 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 39 (6.37%) Docker
2 4 (0.65%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 73 (11.93%) Terraform
2 51 (8.33%) Kubernetes
3 24 (3.92%) Ansible
4 6 (0.98%) Argo
5 5 (0.82%) Grafana
5 5 (0.82%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.82%) Puppet
6 4 (0.65%) Progress Chef
6 4 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.33%) Packer
8 2 (0.33%) Rancher
9 1 (0.16%) AWS Copilot
Vendors
1 107 (17.48%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.25%) ServiceNow
3 23 (3.76%) Salesforce
4 21 (3.43%) Databricks
5 17 (2.78%) SAP
6 16 (2.61%) Oracle
7 13 (2.12%) Google
8 11 (1.80%) Splunk
9 8 (1.31%) Adobe
10 6 (0.98%) Siemens
11 5 (0.82%) Pega
12 4 (0.65%) AppDynamics
13 3 (0.49%) Cognos
13 3 (0.49%) Facebook
13 3 (0.49%) IBM
13 3 (0.49%) LogicMonitor
13 3 (0.49%) New Relic
13 3 (0.49%) Red Hat
13 3 (0.49%) SaltStack
14 2 (0.33%) Atlassian