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

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 725 1,234 1,035
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 14.80% 17.81% 26.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.43% 22.01% 27.81%
Number of salaries quoted 316 438 733
10th Percentile £42,125 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,232 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.04% -2.95% +6.19%
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £86,500 £86,625 £86,250
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 4,159 5,607 3,722
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 84.93% 80.94% 94.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2,338 2,796 2,852
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +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% - -

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 3 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 3 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 -1 444 £62,500 +4.17% 250
Lancashire -20 116 £47,683 -13.30% 140
Cheshire +10 112 £57,500 +15.00% 73
Merseyside -16 43 £57,500 -4.17% 10
Cumbria -7 9 £57,500 +4.07% 11
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 51 (7.03%) Confluence
2 12 (1.66%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.24%) CMS
4 4 (0.55%) Apache
5 3 (0.41%) Headless CMS
5 3 (0.41%) IIS
5 3 (0.41%) Magnolia
5 3 (0.41%) nginx
5 3 (0.41%) WordPress
6 2 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.28%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.28%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 24 (3.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.66%) MS Visio
3 8 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.83%) Trello
6 4 (0.55%) Adobe XD
6 4 (0.55%) Sketch
7 3 (0.41%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.14%) InVision
8 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.14%) Magento
4 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.14%) Siebel CRM
4 1 (0.14%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 362 (49.93%) AWS
2 359 (49.52%) Azure
3 211 (29.10%) GCP
4 50 (6.90%) Power Platform
5 45 (6.21%) SaaS
6 30 (4.14%) Serverless
7 24 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
8 22 (3.03%) GitHub
9 19 (2.62%) AWS Lambda
9 19 (2.62%) Dynamics 365
10 14 (1.93%) Microsoft 365
11 12 (1.66%) Azure Service Bus
11 12 (1.66%) Cloud Computing
11 12 (1.66%) Figma
11 12 (1.66%) Power Automate
12 11 (1.52%) PaaS
13 8 (1.10%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (1.10%) PowerApps
14 7 (0.97%) Azure Functions
14 7 (0.97%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.10%) Firewall
2 4 (0.55%) DNS
2 4 (0.55%) WAN
3 3 (0.41%) HTTP
3 3 (0.41%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.41%) Wireless
4 2 (0.28%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.28%) VPN
5 1 (0.14%) AMQP
5 1 (0.14%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (15.45%) SQL Server
2 33 (4.55%) Power BI
3 30 (4.14%) NoSQL
4 29 (4.00%) MongoDB
5 14 (1.93%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (1.79%) MySQL
7 11 (1.52%) Data Lake
8 10 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (1.38%) DynamoDB
8 10 (1.38%) Relational Database
9 7 (0.97%) Redis
10 4 (0.55%) GIS
10 4 (0.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 4 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.41%) Big Data
11 3 (0.41%) Hazelcast
12 2 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.28%) SQL CLR
Development Applications
1 131 (18.07%) JIRA
2 98 (13.52%) GitLab
3 91 (12.55%) Cucumber
3 91 (12.55%) Selenium
4 84 (11.59%) SonarQube
5 83 (11.45%) Bitbucket
6 82 (11.31%) Maven
6 82 (11.31%) Sonatype Nexus
7 26 (3.59%) Git
8 15 (2.07%) Jenkins
9 10 (1.38%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.55%) JMeter
11 3 (0.41%) Gatling
11 3 (0.41%) JIRA Agile
11 3 (0.41%) JUnit
12 2 (0.28%) webpack
13 1 (0.14%) Appium
13 1 (0.14%) CircleCI
13 1 (0.14%) Locust
13 1 (0.14%) Sinon.JS
General
1 237 (32.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 229 (31.59%) Finance
3 164 (22.62%) Social Skills
4 103 (14.21%) Banking
5 74 (10.21%) Retail
6 61 (8.41%) Analytical Skills
7 55 (7.59%) Corporate Banking
7 55 (7.59%) Investment Banking
8 39 (5.38%) Public Sector
9 31 (4.28%) Marketing
10 21 (2.90%) Local Government
11 19 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
12 16 (2.21%) Manufacturing
13 15 (2.07%) Law
14 14 (1.93%) Games
15 12 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
16 10 (1.38%) Telecoms
17 8 (1.10%) Financial Institution
18 7 (0.97%) Back Office
19 6 (0.83%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 270 (37.24%) Senior
2 252 (34.76%) Software Engineer
3 150 (20.69%) Senior Software Engineer
4 121 (16.69%) Developer
5 59 (8.14%) Lead
6 51 (7.03%) Analyst
7 43 (5.93%) Senior Developer
8 31 (4.28%) Senior Manager
9 30 (4.14%) Architect
9 30 (4.14%) Project Manager
10 26 (3.59%) Java Developer
11 22 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
12 21 (2.90%) Business Analyst
13 20 (2.76%) .NET Developer
13 20 (2.76%) Audit Manager
13 20 (2.76%) Senior Audit Manager
14 18 (2.48%) AWS Architect
15 17 (2.34%) AWS Solution Architect
15 17 (2.34%) Senior Java Developer
16 16 (2.21%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 211 (29.10%) .NET
2 164 (22.62%) Node.js
3 138 (19.03%) React
4 115 (15.86%) CSS
4 115 (15.86%) Spring Boot
5 114 (15.72%) Spring
6 112 (15.45%) HTML
7 107 (14.76%) Kafka
8 84 (11.59%) Redux
9 82 (11.31%) JPA
10 81 (11.17%) REST
11 77 (10.62%) RESTful
12 64 (8.83%) Jest
13 63 (8.69%) CSS3
14 62 (8.55%) HTML5
15 56 (7.72%) Sass
16 35 (4.83%) Hibernate
17 23 (3.17%) AngularJS
18 21 (2.90%) .NET Core
19 17 (2.34%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 154 (21.24%) Self-Motivation
2 142 (19.59%) Cyberattack
2 142 (19.59%) Linux Command Line
3 128 (17.66%) Product Ownership
4 82 (11.31%) Enterprise Software
5 38 (5.24%) Cloud Native
6 26 (3.59%) Management Information System
7 19 (2.62%) Distributed Systems
7 19 (2.62%) Mobile App
7 19 (2.62%) Social Media
8 10 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
8 10 (1.38%) IoT
9 9 (1.24%) Driving Licence
9 9 (1.24%) e-Learning
10 8 (1.10%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 8 (1.10%) Wiki
11 7 (0.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 7 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (0.83%) Data Centre
12 6 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 153 (21.10%) Linux
2 29 (4.00%) Windows
3 10 (1.38%) Windows 10
4 5 (0.69%) Android
5 4 (0.55%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.41%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.28%) VMS
8 1 (0.14%) CentOS
8 1 (0.14%) Debian
8 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 304 (41.93%) Software Engineering
2 290 (40.00%) Microservices
3 283 (39.03%) Mentoring
4 261 (36.00%) User Experience
5 210 (28.97%) DevOps
6 202 (27.86%) CI/CD
6 202 (27.86%) Scrum
7 160 (22.07%) Data Engineering
8 153 (21.10%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 151 (20.83%) Machine Learning
10 150 (20.69%) Cloud Security
11 136 (18.76%) Continuous Improvement
12 135 (18.62%) Containerisation
13 129 (17.79%) Full-Stack Development
13 129 (17.79%) Test Automation
14 124 (17.10%) SDLC
15 111 (15.31%) Problem-Solving
16 109 (15.03%) Front End Development
17 107 (14.76%) Performance Optimisation
18 85 (11.72%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 300 (41.38%) Java
2 284 (39.17%) JavaScript
3 189 (26.07%) Python
4 155 (21.38%) Go
5 150 (20.69%) SQL
6 143 (19.72%) C++
7 142 (19.59%) Rust
8 106 (14.62%) TypeScript
9 76 (10.48%) C#
10 10 (1.38%) MATLAB
10 10 (1.38%) PHP
10 10 (1.38%) PowerShell
11 8 (1.10%) Elixir
11 8 (1.10%) Ruby
12 6 (0.83%) Bash
13 5 (0.69%) Bicep
13 5 (0.69%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.28%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.28%) Swift
Qualifications
1 170 (23.45%) Security Cleared
2 154 (21.24%) AWS Certification
3 151 (20.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 150 (20.69%) DV Cleared
5 142 (19.59%) AWS Certified Developer
6 65 (8.97%) Degree
7 31 (4.28%) ACCA
8 25 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
9 22 (3.03%) DBS Check
10 21 (2.90%) SC Cleared
11 17 (2.34%) Azure Certification
12 12 (1.66%) PMP
13 11 (1.52%) CIMA
13 11 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
13 11 (1.52%) PMI Certification
14 9 (1.24%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (0.41%) CCNA
15 3 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
15 3 (0.41%) Master's Degree
15 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (16.14%) QA
2 82 (11.31%) Accessibility
3 20 (2.76%) GAAP
3 20 (2.76%) IFRS
4 11 (1.52%) GDPR
5 10 (1.38%) Data Quality
5 10 (1.38%) NIST
6 9 (1.24%) HIPAA
7 8 (1.10%) PMO
7 8 (1.10%) SEPA
7 8 (1.10%) TARGET2
8 6 (0.83%) SLA
9 4 (0.55%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.41%) WCAG
11 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.14%) HL7
11 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.14%) P3O
11 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 151 (20.83%) Docker
2 15 (2.07%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.14%) HDFS
5 1 (0.14%) KVM
5 1 (0.14%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 143 (19.72%) Kubernetes
2 37 (5.10%) Terraform
3 11 (1.52%) SCCM
4 9 (1.24%) Ansible
5 8 (1.10%) Grafana
6 6 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.69%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.28%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.28%) Puppet
10 1 (0.14%) Automic
Vendors
1 81 (11.17%) Solace
2 65 (8.97%) Microsoft
3 28 (3.86%) Google
4 14 (1.93%) Facebook
5 13 (1.79%) Databricks
5 13 (1.79%) Salesforce
5 13 (1.79%) SAP
5 13 (1.79%) ServiceNow
6 9 (1.24%) Adobe
7 7 (0.97%) Bloomberg
7 7 (0.97%) UiPath
8 6 (0.83%) Oracle
8 6 (0.83%) Qualtrics
8 6 (0.83%) Sophos
8 6 (0.83%) Splunk
9 5 (0.69%) Blue Prism
9 5 (0.69%) Meraki
10 3 (0.41%) Aruba
10 3 (0.41%) Palo Alto
10 3 (0.41%) Zerto