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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 1 2
Rank change year-on-year -26 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 579 1,310 1,829
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 5.52% 28.23% 19.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.71% 29.47% 23.69%
Number of salaries quoted 438 383 1,422
10th Percentile £43,435 £42,500 £38,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,625 £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 £75,000 £78,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £87,500 £93,772 £87,500
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 7,510 4,445 7,721
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 71.63% 95.78% 81.94%
Number of salaries quoted 4,903 2,127 6,124
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £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 £71,250 £70,000 £65,603
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,950 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 16 May 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 May 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 -11 417 £65,000 - 209
Lancashire -27 63 £55,000 +8.08% 38
Cheshire -41 50 £55,000 +4.76% 20
Merseyside -38 27 £58,050 -12.38% 10
Cumbria -22 17 £53,250 +20.00% 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 (7.08%) Confluence
2 11 (1.90%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.55%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.04%) CMS
5 5 (0.86%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.69%) Apache
6 4 (0.69%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.69%) WordPress
7 3 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.52%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.35%) CICS
8 2 (0.35%) nginx
8 2 (0.35%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.17%) IIS
9 1 (0.17%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 11 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
1 11 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.35%) Trello
4 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.17%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.35%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 190 (32.82%) Azure
2 130 (22.45%) AWS
3 47 (8.12%) Azure DevOps
4 45 (7.77%) SaaS
5 35 (6.04%) Serverless
6 32 (5.53%) Power Platform
7 30 (5.18%) GCP
8 24 (4.15%) Microsoft 365
9 20 (3.45%) AWS CloudFormation
10 19 (3.28%) Azure AKS
10 19 (3.28%) GitHub
11 14 (2.42%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 13 (2.25%) Amazon EKS
12 13 (2.25%) Anthropic Claude
12 13 (2.25%) Azure Service Bus
13 11 (1.90%) Azure Logic Apps
14 10 (1.73%) Azure Functions
14 10 (1.73%) Microsoft Purview
15 9 (1.55%) Azure Monitor
15 9 (1.55%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.86%) HTTP
2 3 (0.52%) AMQP
2 3 (0.52%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.35%) DNS
3 2 (0.35%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.17%) 4G
4 1 (0.17%) Broadband
4 1 (0.17%) LAN
4 1 (0.17%) LTE
4 1 (0.17%) OpenVPN
4 1 (0.17%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.17%) SSH
4 1 (0.17%) SSL
4 1 (0.17%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (6.04%) SQL Server
2 34 (5.87%) NoSQL
3 29 (5.01%) MongoDB
4 22 (3.80%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (3.11%) MySQL
6 16 (2.76%) Power BI
7 13 (2.25%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (1.73%) Relational Database
9 9 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (1.38%) Data Lake
11 7 (1.21%) BigQuery
11 7 (1.21%) DynamoDB
12 6 (1.04%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (0.86%) Big Data
13 5 (0.86%) Hadoop
14 4 (0.69%) Flink
14 4 (0.69%) Geospatial Data
14 4 (0.69%) GIS
14 4 (0.69%) Metadata
14 4 (0.69%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 69 (11.92%) JIRA
2 49 (8.46%) Git
3 22 (3.80%) GitLab
4 15 (2.59%) Jenkins
5 14 (2.42%) Claude Code
6 10 (1.73%) Postman
7 8 (1.38%) JUnit
8 4 (0.69%) IntelliJ
8 4 (0.69%) Spock
9 3 (0.52%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.52%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.52%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.35%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.35%) Maven
10 2 (0.35%) MSTest
10 2 (0.35%) NUnit
10 2 (0.35%) Selenium
10 2 (0.35%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.35%) Vagrant
10 2 (0.35%) XCUITest
General
1 122 (21.07%) Finance
2 121 (20.90%) Social Skills
3 59 (10.19%) Public Sector
4 49 (8.46%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (4.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 22 (3.80%) Marketing
7 18 (3.11%) Banking
8 16 (2.76%) Games
9 13 (2.25%) Manufacturing
10 12 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (2.07%) Law
10 12 (2.07%) Retail
11 10 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (1.55%) Advertising
13 6 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.04%) Publishing
14 5 (0.86%) Legal
15 4 (0.69%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.69%) Back Office
15 4 (0.69%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 143 (24.70%) Senior
2 112 (19.34%) Developer
3 80 (13.82%) Lead
4 75 (12.95%) Software Engineer
5 48 (8.29%) Senior Developer
6 43 (7.43%) Project Manager
7 35 (6.04%) Analyst
8 32 (5.53%) Java Developer
9 31 (5.35%) Software Developer
10 30 (5.18%) .NET Developer
11 27 (4.66%) Business Analyst
12 25 (4.32%) Lead Software Engineer
13 24 (4.15%) Data Engineer
14 23 (3.97%) Delivery Manager
14 23 (3.97%) Java Engineer
15 22 (3.80%) Architect
16 20 (3.45%) Cloud Engineer
16 20 (3.45%) IT Manager
17 19 (3.28%) Senior Data Engineer
17 19 (3.28%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (15.03%) .NET
2 49 (8.46%) React
3 39 (6.74%) Node.js
3 39 (6.74%) Spring
4 36 (6.22%) RESTful
5 35 (6.04%) REST
6 34 (5.87%) AngularJS
6 34 (5.87%) Spring Boot
7 33 (5.70%) CSS
8 32 (5.53%) .NET Framework
8 32 (5.53%) ASP.NET
8 32 (5.53%) HTML
9 31 (5.35%) .NET Core
10 15 (2.59%) Kafka
11 13 (2.25%) ASP.NET Core
12 11 (1.90%) Vue
13 9 (1.55%) Web Services
14 8 (1.38%) Entity Framework
14 8 (1.38%) PySpark
15 6 (1.04%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 62 (10.71%) Product Ownership
2 35 (6.04%) Cloud Native
3 25 (4.32%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (4.32%) Enterprise Software
4 23 (3.97%) Driving Licence
5 17 (2.94%) Greenfield Project
6 14 (2.42%) Mobile App
7 8 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (1.38%) Low-Code
7 8 (1.38%) Onboarding
8 7 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.21%) Management Information System
8 7 (1.21%) PMI
9 5 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (0.86%) Social Network
10 4 (0.69%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (0.69%) Marketing Technology
10 4 (0.69%) Private Cloud
10 4 (0.69%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (3.45%) Linux
2 15 (2.59%) Windows
3 4 (0.69%) Unix
4 3 (0.52%) Android
4 3 (0.52%) CentOS
4 3 (0.52%) Debian
4 3 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.52%) Ubuntu
4 3 (0.52%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.52%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (27.63%) CI/CD
2 147 (25.39%) DevOps
3 134 (23.14%) Scrum
4 132 (22.80%) Continuous Improvement
5 113 (19.52%) Software Engineering
6 99 (17.10%) Mentoring
7 87 (15.03%) Coaching
8 76 (13.13%) Microservices
9 73 (12.61%) TDD
10 72 (12.44%) Problem-Solving
11 69 (11.92%) Stakeholder Management
12 67 (11.57%) Project Management
13 66 (11.40%) AI
14 61 (10.54%) Full-Stack Development
14 61 (10.54%) Roadmaps
15 59 (10.19%) Kanban
16 56 (9.67%) Test Automation
17 49 (8.46%) Project Delivery
17 49 (8.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 47 (8.12%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 116 (20.03%) SQL
2 115 (19.86%) Java
3 74 (12.78%) JavaScript
4 72 (12.44%) C#
4 72 (12.44%) Python
5 35 (6.04%) TypeScript
6 9 (1.55%) C++
7 5 (0.86%) Groovy
8 4 (0.69%) Apex Code
8 4 (0.69%) Bash
8 4 (0.69%) Go
8 4 (0.69%) PowerShell
8 4 (0.69%) SOQL
9 3 (0.52%) C
9 3 (0.52%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.52%) SOSL
10 2 (0.35%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.35%) PHP
10 2 (0.35%) Scala
10 2 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 46 (7.94%) Security Cleared
2 38 (6.56%) SC Cleared
3 28 (4.84%) Degree
4 22 (3.80%) PMI Certification
5 17 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (2.76%) DV Cleared
6 16 (2.76%) PMP
7 8 (1.38%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.04%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.52%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.35%) Chartered Engineer
11 2 (0.35%) HND
11 2 (0.35%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.17%) ACCA
12 1 (0.17%) CAPM
12 1 (0.17%) CIPD
12 1 (0.17%) ISEB
12 1 (0.17%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.17%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (4.49%) QA
2 22 (3.80%) Accessibility
3 18 (3.11%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.38%) PMO
5 2 (0.35%) GDPR
5 2 (0.35%) SLA
5 2 (0.35%) WCAG
6 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.17%) GRC
6 1 (0.17%) GxP
6 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 1 (0.17%) ITGC
6 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 43 (7.43%) Docker
2 11 (1.90%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 74 (12.78%) Terraform
2 53 (9.15%) Kubernetes
3 26 (4.49%) Ansible
4 10 (1.73%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.04%) Puppet
7 5 (0.86%) Grafana
7 5 (0.86%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.52%) Argo
8 3 (0.52%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.52%) Rancher
9 2 (0.35%) Packer
9 2 (0.35%) SCCM
10 1 (0.17%) AWS Copilot
Vendors
1 99 (17.10%) Microsoft
2 22 (3.80%) Salesforce
2 22 (3.80%) ServiceNow
3 16 (2.76%) Databricks
3 16 (2.76%) SAP
4 13 (2.25%) Splunk
5 11 (1.90%) Google
5 11 (1.90%) Oracle
6 8 (1.38%) Siemens
7 7 (1.21%) New Relic
8 6 (1.04%) Pega
9 5 (0.86%) Adobe
10 4 (0.69%) AppDynamics
11 3 (0.52%) IBM
11 3 (0.52%) LogicMonitor
11 3 (0.52%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.52%) SaltStack
12 2 (0.35%) Atlassian
12 2 (0.35%) Cognos
12 2 (0.35%) Facebook