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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -25 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 561 1,235 1,804
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 5.33% 28.47% 19.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.25% 29.84% 23.69%
Number of salaries quoted 411 393 1,419
10th Percentile £42,700 £42,500 £38,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% +8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £74,994 £78,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £86,253 £92,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £65,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.43% +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 7,736 4,139 7,616
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 73.56% 95.41% 82.19%
Number of salaries quoted 4,608 2,189 6,046
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £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 £70,000 £71,250 £65,603
90th Percentile £89,500 £83,850 £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 6 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 6 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 -20 400 £65,000 -3.18% 208
Lancashire -30 58 £58,446 +11.33% 43
Cheshire -36 52 £55,000 +10.00% 24
Merseyside -36 28 £55,550 -16.15% 11
Cumbria -20 19 £55,000 +11.96% 5
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 45 (8.02%) Confluence
2 11 (1.96%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.43%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.07%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.89%) Apache
5 5 (0.89%) CMS
6 4 (0.71%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.53%) WordPress
8 2 (0.36%) CICS
8 2 (0.36%) nginx
8 2 (0.36%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.36%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.18%) IIS
9 1 (0.18%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 10 (1.78%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.36%) Simulink
3 2 (0.36%) Trello
4 1 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.18%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.36%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 178 (31.73%) Azure
2 119 (21.21%) AWS
3 47 (8.38%) SaaS
4 41 (7.31%) Azure DevOps
5 32 (5.70%) Serverless
6 30 (5.35%) GCP
6 30 (5.35%) Power Platform
7 24 (4.28%) Microsoft 365
8 22 (3.92%) AWS CloudFormation
9 20 (3.57%) Azure AKS
10 14 (2.50%) Amazon EKS
11 13 (2.32%) Azure Service Bus
11 13 (2.32%) GitHub
12 11 (1.96%) Anthropic Claude
12 11 (1.96%) Azure Logic Apps
12 11 (1.96%) Microsoft Purview
13 10 (1.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 10 (1.78%) Azure Functions
13 10 (1.78%) Azure Monitor
14 9 (1.60%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.07%) HTTP
2 4 (0.71%) AMQP
2 4 (0.71%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.36%) DNS
3 2 (0.36%) OpenVPN
3 2 (0.36%) SSH
3 2 (0.36%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.18%) 4G
4 1 (0.18%) Broadband
4 1 (0.18%) Firewall
4 1 (0.18%) LAN
4 1 (0.18%) LTE
4 1 (0.18%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.18%) SSL
4 1 (0.18%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (6.24%) SQL Server
2 33 (5.88%) NoSQL
3 23 (4.10%) MongoDB
4 21 (3.74%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (3.21%) MySQL
6 14 (2.50%) Power BI
7 10 (1.78%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (1.60%) Relational Database
9 8 (1.43%) Data Lake
10 7 (1.25%) DynamoDB
11 6 (1.07%) Big Data
11 6 (1.07%) BigQuery
11 6 (1.07%) Hadoop
12 4 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.71%) Cloudera CDH
12 4 (0.71%) Flink
12 4 (0.71%) Geospatial Data
12 4 (0.71%) GIS
12 4 (0.71%) Metadata
12 4 (0.71%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 69 (12.30%) JIRA
2 47 (8.38%) Git
3 17 (3.03%) GitLab
4 13 (2.32%) Jenkins
5 12 (2.14%) Claude Code
6 9 (1.60%) Postman
7 4 (0.71%) IntelliJ
7 4 (0.71%) JUnit
7 4 (0.71%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.53%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.53%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.36%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.36%) Selenium
9 2 (0.36%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.36%) Vagrant
9 2 (0.36%) XCUITest
10 1 (0.18%) MSTest
10 1 (0.18%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.18%) WinDbg
General
1 126 (22.46%) Social Skills
2 120 (21.39%) Finance
3 54 (9.63%) Public Sector
4 47 (8.38%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (4.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 21 (3.74%) Marketing
7 17 (3.03%) Banking
8 16 (2.85%) Manufacturing
9 15 (2.67%) Games
10 14 (2.50%) Law
11 11 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (1.78%) Retail
13 8 (1.43%) Advertising
13 8 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.89%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.89%) Legal
14 5 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.71%) Local Government
15 4 (0.71%) Publishing
15 4 (0.71%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 135 (24.06%) Senior
2 100 (17.83%) Developer
3 87 (15.51%) Lead
4 74 (13.19%) Software Engineer
5 44 (7.84%) Senior Developer
6 43 (7.66%) Project Manager
7 31 (5.53%) Analyst
8 28 (4.99%) Software Developer
9 25 (4.46%) Architect
10 24 (4.28%) Business Analyst
10 24 (4.28%) Delivery Manager
10 24 (4.28%) Java Developer
10 24 (4.28%) Lead Software Engineer
11 23 (4.10%) Data Engineer
12 22 (3.92%) .NET Developer
13 21 (3.74%) Java Engineer
14 19 (3.39%) IT Manager
14 19 (3.39%) Senior Data Engineer
15 18 (3.21%) Senior Software Engineer
16 17 (3.03%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (14.62%) .NET
2 51 (9.09%) React
3 37 (6.60%) Node.js
4 35 (6.24%) .NET Framework
5 34 (6.06%) REST
6 33 (5.88%) RESTful
7 32 (5.70%) Spring
8 31 (5.53%) CSS
8 31 (5.53%) Spring Boot
9 30 (5.35%) AngularJS
9 30 (5.35%) HTML
10 25 (4.46%) .NET Core
10 25 (4.46%) ASP.NET
11 15 (2.67%) Kafka
12 10 (1.78%) Web Services
13 9 (1.60%) Vue
14 7 (1.25%) gRPC
14 7 (1.25%) PySpark
14 7 (1.25%) RabbitMQ
15 5 (0.89%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 59 (10.52%) Product Ownership
2 36 (6.42%) Cloud Native
3 25 (4.46%) Distributed Systems
4 22 (3.92%) Enterprise Software
5 20 (3.57%) Driving Licence
6 16 (2.85%) Greenfield Project
7 14 (2.50%) Mobile App
8 8 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (1.43%) Low-Code
8 8 (1.43%) Management Information System
9 7 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.07%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.07%) PMI
11 5 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (0.71%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (0.71%) Public Cloud
12 4 (0.71%) Social Media
12 4 (0.71%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.53%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.10%) Linux
2 19 (3.39%) Windows
3 4 (0.71%) CentOS
3 4 (0.71%) Debian
3 4 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (0.71%) Ubuntu
3 4 (0.71%) Unix
3 4 (0.71%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.53%) Android
4 3 (0.53%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.36%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (25.13%) CI/CD
2 133 (23.71%) DevOps
3 131 (23.35%) Scrum
4 130 (23.17%) Continuous Improvement
5 113 (20.14%) Software Engineering
6 91 (16.22%) Mentoring
7 87 (15.51%) Coaching
8 74 (13.19%) Problem-Solving
9 71 (12.66%) Microservices
10 68 (12.12%) Stakeholder Management
11 66 (11.76%) Project Management
12 65 (11.59%) TDD
13 60 (10.70%) Roadmaps
14 57 (10.16%) AI
15 56 (9.98%) Kanban
16 51 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 49 (8.73%) Project Delivery
18 48 (8.56%) Full-Stack Development
19 46 (8.20%) Decision-Making
20 43 (7.66%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 103 (18.36%) SQL
2 102 (18.18%) Java
3 69 (12.30%) Python
4 68 (12.12%) C#
5 66 (11.76%) JavaScript
6 30 (5.35%) TypeScript
7 10 (1.78%) C++
8 5 (0.89%) Bash
8 5 (0.89%) PowerShell
9 4 (0.71%) C
9 4 (0.71%) Go
10 3 (0.53%) Apex Code
10 3 (0.53%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.53%) SOQL
11 2 (0.36%) Bicep
11 2 (0.36%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.36%) Scala
11 2 (0.36%) SOSL
11 2 (0.36%) Swift
11 2 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 43 (7.66%) Security Cleared
2 33 (5.88%) SC Cleared
3 30 (5.35%) Degree
4 22 (3.92%) BPSS Clearance
4 22 (3.92%) PMI Certification
5 16 (2.85%) DV Cleared
5 16 (2.85%) PMP
6 6 (1.07%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.07%) DBS Check
7 5 (0.89%) HND
8 4 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.53%) HNC
10 2 (0.36%) ACCA
10 2 (0.36%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.36%) SAFe Agilist
11 1 (0.18%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.18%) CIMA
11 1 (0.18%) CIPD
11 1 (0.18%) ISEB
11 1 (0.18%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (4.99%) QA
2 19 (3.39%) Accessibility
3 17 (3.03%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.43%) PMO
5 2 (0.36%) GDPR
5 2 (0.36%) SLA
5 2 (0.36%) WCAG
6 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.18%) GRC
6 1 (0.18%) GxP
6 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 1 (0.18%) ITGC
6 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 33 (5.88%) Docker
2 12 (2.14%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 69 (12.30%) Terraform
2 47 (8.38%) Kubernetes
3 24 (4.28%) Ansible
4 11 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (1.25%) Puppet
7 5 (0.89%) Grafana
7 5 (0.89%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.53%) Argo
8 3 (0.53%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.53%) Rancher
9 2 (0.36%) Packer
9 2 (0.36%) SCCM
10 1 (0.18%) AWS Copilot
Vendors
1 93 (16.58%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.10%) Salesforce
3 18 (3.21%) ServiceNow
4 17 (3.03%) SAP
5 16 (2.85%) Databricks
6 12 (2.14%) Google
7 10 (1.78%) Siemens
7 10 (1.78%) Splunk
8 9 (1.60%) Oracle
9 8 (1.43%) New Relic
10 6 (1.07%) Pega
11 4 (0.71%) Red Hat
11 4 (0.71%) SaltStack
12 3 (0.53%) Adobe
12 3 (0.53%) Atlassian
12 3 (0.53%) IBM
12 3 (0.53%) LogicMonitor
13 2 (0.36%) Cognos
13 2 (0.36%) WSO2
14 1 (0.18%) Intel