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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -14 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 751 1,211 1,483
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 6.14% 23.31% 18.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.50% 25.97% 23.40%
Number of salaries quoted 530 339 705
10th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £49,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +3.51% +0.81%
75th Percentile £79,688 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,750 £90,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,465
% change year-on-year -7.14% +6.93% -3.02%

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 8,832 4,663 6,337
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 72.25% 89.74% 77.42%
Number of salaries quoted 6,704 2,269 3,980
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -1.96% -7.27%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £79,263
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%

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 1 September 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 1 September 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 -11 545 £66,750 +2.69% 543
Lancashire -11 75 £55,000 +14.91% 83
Cheshire -31 61 £55,000 - 43
Merseyside -18 49 £60,000 -4.00% 45
Cumbria -6 19 £47,500 -17.39% 10
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 38 (5.06%) Confluence
2 25 (3.33%) SharePoint
3 19 (2.53%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.33%) Apache
5 5 (0.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.67%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.53%) CMS
7 3 (0.40%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.40%) nginx
7 3 (0.40%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.40%) WordPress
8 2 (0.27%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.27%) CICS
8 2 (0.27%) IIS
8 2 (0.27%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.27%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.27%) WinCC
9 1 (0.13%) JBoss
9 1 (0.13%) PegaRULES
9 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (2.40%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.93%) Trello
4 6 (0.80%) AutoCAD
4 6 (0.80%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.80%) Revit
5 3 (0.40%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 18 (2.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.53%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.13%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 249 (33.16%) Azure
2 170 (22.64%) AWS
3 100 (13.32%) Azure DevOps
4 64 (8.52%) Power Platform
5 43 (5.73%) GCP
5 43 (5.73%) SaaS
5 43 (5.73%) Serverless
6 41 (5.46%) GitHub
7 28 (3.73%) Power Automate
8 26 (3.46%) AWS CloudFormation
9 25 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
10 24 (3.20%) Microsoft Copilot
11 22 (2.93%) dbt
12 21 (2.80%) Dynamics 365
13 20 (2.66%) PowerApps
14 19 (2.53%) Snowflake
15 14 (1.86%) AWS Lambda
15 14 (1.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 14 (1.86%) GitHub Copilot
16 13 (1.73%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (0.40%) Wireless
2 2 (0.27%) AMQP
2 2 (0.27%) Bluetooth
2 2 (0.27%) HTTP
2 2 (0.27%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.27%) ZigBee
3 1 (0.13%) Broadband
3 1 (0.13%) CTI
3 1 (0.13%) Fibre Channel
3 1 (0.13%) iSCSI
3 1 (0.13%) LAN
3 1 (0.13%) LTE
3 1 (0.13%) Network Security
3 1 (0.13%) SAN
3 1 (0.13%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.13%) SSL
3 1 (0.13%) VoIP
3 1 (0.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (5.99%) Azure SQL Database
2 36 (4.79%) MongoDB
3 35 (4.66%) Power BI
4 32 (4.26%) SQL Server
5 27 (3.60%) Data Warehouse
6 24 (3.20%) PostgreSQL
7 20 (2.66%) Relational Database
8 16 (2.13%) DynamoDB
9 14 (1.86%) NoSQL
10 12 (1.60%) Elasticsearch
11 11 (1.46%) BigQuery
11 11 (1.46%) Data Lake
12 8 (1.07%) Big Data
12 8 (1.07%) MySQL
12 8 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (0.80%) Metadata
14 4 (0.53%) Data Mining
14 4 (0.53%) Flink
15 3 (0.40%) GIS
15 3 (0.40%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 82 (10.92%) JIRA
2 53 (7.06%) Git
3 31 (4.13%) GitLab
4 19 (2.53%) Jenkins
5 16 (2.13%) JUnit
6 13 (1.73%) Spock
7 12 (1.60%) Claude Code
8 11 (1.46%) Postman
9 8 (1.07%) Bitbucket
9 8 (1.07%) IntelliJ
10 7 (0.93%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 6 (0.80%) Maven
12 5 (0.67%) Cypress.io
13 3 (0.40%) Eclipse
13 3 (0.40%) RStudio
13 3 (0.40%) Selenium
14 2 (0.27%) Mockito
14 2 (0.27%) MSTest
14 2 (0.27%) NUnit
14 2 (0.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 206 (27.43%) Social Skills
2 156 (20.77%) Finance
3 79 (10.52%) Public Sector
4 70 (9.32%) Analytical Skills
5 51 (6.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 33 (4.39%) Retail
7 30 (3.99%) Marketing
8 29 (3.86%) Influencing Skills
9 24 (3.20%) Telecoms
10 20 (2.66%) Games
10 20 (2.66%) Manufacturing
11 19 (2.53%) Legal
12 18 (2.40%) Law
13 13 (1.73%) Publishing
14 12 (1.60%) Advertising
14 12 (1.60%) Aerospace
14 12 (1.60%) Local Government
15 11 (1.46%) Banking
15 11 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
16 10 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 165 (21.97%) Senior
2 157 (20.91%) Developer
3 77 (10.25%) Software Engineer
4 54 (7.19%) Lead
5 52 (6.92%) Project Manager
6 51 (6.79%) Analyst
7 50 (6.66%) Senior Developer
8 43 (5.73%) Business Analyst
9 42 (5.59%) .NET Developer
10 35 (4.66%) Delivery Manager
11 34 (4.53%) Data Engineer
11 34 (4.53%) Engineering Manager
12 28 (3.73%) Architect
13 24 (3.20%) Java Developer
13 24 (3.20%) Product Owner
13 24 (3.20%) Senior Software Engineer
14 23 (3.06%) DevOps Engineer
14 23 (3.06%) IT Manager
14 23 (3.06%) Software Developer
15 21 (2.80%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (12.92%) .NET
2 72 (9.59%) Terraform
3 58 (7.72%) HTML
4 51 (6.79%) CSS
5 50 (6.66%) Node.js
6 45 (5.99%) React
7 44 (5.86%) ASP.NET
7 44 (5.86%) Spring
8 43 (5.73%) AngularJS
9 41 (5.46%) .NET Core
10 38 (5.06%) ASP.NET Core
11 33 (4.39%) REST
12 27 (3.60%) Spring Boot
13 26 (3.46%) RESTful
14 19 (2.53%) Entity Framework
15 16 (2.13%) Kafka
16 15 (2.00%) Blazor
17 14 (1.86%) Vue
18 13 (1.73%) ASP.NET Web API
18 13 (1.73%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 90 (11.98%) Product Ownership
2 52 (6.92%) Cloud Native
3 34 (4.53%) Enterprise Software
4 26 (3.46%) Distributed Systems
5 25 (3.33%) Greenfield Project
6 17 (2.26%) Driving Licence
6 17 (2.26%) Mobile App
6 17 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (2.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 15 (2.00%) Onboarding
9 14 (1.86%) Private Cloud
10 11 (1.46%) Marketing Technology
11 8 (1.07%) IoT
11 8 (1.07%) Management Information System
11 8 (1.07%) PMI
12 7 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (0.93%) Social Network
13 6 (0.80%) Social Media
13 6 (0.80%) Virtual Team
14 5 (0.67%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 27 (3.60%) Linux
2 11 (1.46%) Windows
3 5 (0.67%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.53%) Android
4 4 (0.53%) Unix
4 4 (0.53%) VMS
5 2 (0.27%) CentOS
5 2 (0.27%) Debian
5 2 (0.27%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (0.27%) FreeRTOS
5 2 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (30.76%) DevOps
2 219 (29.16%) CI/CD
3 211 (28.10%) Continuous Improvement
4 166 (22.10%) AI
5 156 (20.77%) Scrum
6 141 (18.77%) Software Engineering
7 138 (18.38%) Stakeholder Management
8 124 (16.51%) Mentoring
9 114 (15.18%) Problem-Solving
10 95 (12.65%) Coaching
11 85 (11.32%) Full-Stack Development
11 85 (11.32%) Test Automation
12 81 (10.79%) Roadmaps
13 78 (10.39%) Decision-Making
14 75 (9.99%) Microservices
14 75 (9.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 75 (9.99%) TDD
15 68 (9.05%) Project Delivery
16 62 (8.26%) Kanban
17 61 (8.12%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 169 (22.50%) SQL
2 124 (16.51%) Java
3 112 (14.91%) JavaScript
4 108 (14.38%) Python
5 96 (12.78%) C#
6 40 (5.33%) TypeScript
7 18 (2.40%) Go
8 15 (2.00%) C++
9 12 (1.60%) Bash
10 10 (1.33%) PHP
10 10 (1.33%) PowerShell
11 9 (1.20%) Apex Code
12 8 (1.07%) Groovy
13 6 (0.80%) C
13 6 (0.80%) R
14 5 (0.67%) SOQL
15 4 (0.53%) SOSL
16 3 (0.40%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.40%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.40%) Swift
Qualifications
1 92 (12.25%) Degree
2 72 (9.59%) Security Cleared
3 54 (7.19%) SC Cleared
4 30 (3.99%) DV Cleared
5 23 (3.06%) DBS Check
6 20 (2.66%) Master's Degree
7 19 (2.53%) PMI Certification
8 17 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
9 16 (2.13%) HNC
10 12 (1.60%) PMP
11 10 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (1.20%) AWS Certification
12 9 (1.20%) Azure Certification
13 8 (1.07%) RIBA
14 6 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 4 (0.53%) MBA
16 4 (0.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 4 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
17 3 (0.40%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (6.92%) Data Quality
2 50 (6.66%) QA
3 25 (3.33%) Accessibility
4 18 (2.40%) GDPR
5 12 (1.60%) PMO
6 7 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.93%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.40%) SLA
7 3 (0.40%) WCAG
8 2 (0.27%) GRC
8 2 (0.27%) IEC 61131
8 2 (0.27%) IEC 61508
8 2 (0.27%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.13%) NIST
9 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 67 (8.92%) Docker
2 3 (0.40%) Ceph
3 2 (0.27%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.13%) Firmware
4 1 (0.13%) NFS
4 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 66 (8.79%) Kubernetes
2 32 (4.26%) Ansible
3 13 (1.73%) Argo
4 9 (1.20%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.80%) Grafana
6 4 (0.53%) Istio
7 3 (0.40%) Check_MK
7 3 (0.40%) Podman
7 3 (0.40%) Puppet
8 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.13%) linkerd
9 1 (0.13%) Nagios
9 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 133 (17.71%) Microsoft
2 24 (3.20%) ServiceNow
3 23 (3.06%) Salesforce
4 21 (2.80%) Databricks
4 21 (2.80%) Google
4 21 (2.80%) Oracle
5 20 (2.66%) Splunk
6 14 (1.86%) YouTube
7 13 (1.73%) AppDynamics
7 13 (1.73%) SAP
8 9 (1.20%) Adobe
9 7 (0.93%) Pega
10 6 (0.80%) Autodesk
10 6 (0.80%) Red Hat
11 4 (0.53%) Dell
11 4 (0.53%) NEC
11 4 (0.53%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.40%) Alteryx
12 3 (0.40%) BiZZdesign
12 3 (0.40%) LogicMonitor