Agile Jobs in the North West

Agile Software Development
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Agile skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Agile over the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 1,560 2,112 1,914
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 20.33% 19.83% 28.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.26% 24.85% 29.48%
Number of salaries quoted 521 1,240 1,003
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,869 £43,750 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,560 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.07% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,772 £73,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £63,500 £65,351
% change year-on-year +6.30% -2.83% +0.54%

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 7,009 8,498 6,493
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 91.33% 79.79% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 3,544 6,029 3,842
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -12.00% +4.17%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Agile as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Agile in the North West

Agile
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Agile in the North West.

Salary trend for Agile in the North West

Agile
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Agile in the North West over the 6 months to 12 July 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 12 July 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
Lancashire -7 633 £54,793 -5.47% 340
Manchester -2 619 £65,000 +8.33% 429
Cheshire -1 154 £52,500 -8.70% 72
Cumbria -28 90 £55,500 +0.91% 6
Merseyside -9 64 £66,000 +14.61% 48
Agile
England

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 138 (8.85%) Confluence
2 15 (0.96%) Oracle Application Server
3 9 (0.58%) CMS
3 9 (0.58%) IIS
3 9 (0.58%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.19%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.13%) Magnolia
6 2 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (0.13%) WordPress
7 1 (0.064%) Apache
7 1 (0.064%) Moodle
7 1 (0.064%) nginx
7 1 (0.064%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.064%) Totara
Applications
1 84 (5.38%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (3.21%) Simulink
3 23 (1.47%) Microsoft Project
3 23 (1.47%) Trello
4 20 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
5 16 (1.03%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.19%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.064%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.064%) Sketch
8 1 (0.064%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 65 (4.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 65 (4.17%) Teamcenter
2 10 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.19%) Siebel CRM
4 2 (0.13%) Magento
5 1 (0.064%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.064%) Shopify
5 1 (0.064%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 453 (29.04%) AWS
2 441 (28.27%) Azure
3 274 (17.56%) GCP
4 51 (3.27%) Power Platform
5 31 (1.99%) Serverless
6 29 (1.86%) SaaS
7 22 (1.41%) AWS Lambda
8 21 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
8 21 (1.35%) Microsoft 365
9 20 (1.28%) GitHub
10 18 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
11 17 (1.09%) Cloud Computing
12 12 (0.77%) Amazon EKS
13 11 (0.71%) Power Automate
14 9 (0.58%) Azure Monitor
14 9 (0.58%) GitHub Actions
15 8 (0.51%) Miro
16 7 (0.45%) Azure Service Bus
16 7 (0.45%) Cloud Composer
16 7 (0.45%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 388 (24.87%) DNS
2 383 (24.55%) VPN
3 11 (0.71%) Broadband
4 7 (0.45%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.26%) DHCP
5 4 (0.26%) HTTP
5 4 (0.26%) NAS
5 4 (0.26%) SAN
5 4 (0.26%) VSAN
6 3 (0.19%) Firewall
7 2 (0.13%) DMZ
7 2 (0.13%) Internet
7 2 (0.13%) LoRaWAN
7 2 (0.13%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.13%) WAN
8 1 (0.064%) ADSL
8 1 (0.064%) FTP
8 1 (0.064%) MPLS
8 1 (0.064%) RTP
8 1 (0.064%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 165 (10.58%) SQL Server
2 44 (2.82%) MongoDB
2 44 (2.82%) NoSQL
3 35 (2.24%) MySQL
4 34 (2.18%) PostgreSQL
5 33 (2.12%) Power BI
6 18 (1.15%) Relational Database
7 16 (1.03%) DynamoDB
8 15 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
8 15 (0.96%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 15 (0.96%) Oracle Reports
9 12 (0.77%) Data Lake
10 8 (0.51%) RDBMS
11 7 (0.45%) BigQuery
11 7 (0.45%) Redis
12 5 (0.32%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (0.32%) GIS
13 4 (0.26%) Hazelcast
13 4 (0.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 3 (0.19%) SQL CLR
Development Applications
1 267 (17.12%) JIRA
2 129 (8.27%) GitLab
3 126 (8.08%) Selenium
4 118 (7.56%) Cucumber
5 116 (7.44%) SonarQube
6 112 (7.18%) Bitbucket
7 111 (7.12%) Maven
8 110 (7.05%) Sonatype Nexus
9 66 (4.23%) Rational DOORS
10 52 (3.33%) Git
11 12 (0.77%) Jenkins
12 11 (0.71%) JMeter
13 7 (0.45%) Postman
14 6 (0.38%) LoadRunner
15 5 (0.32%) JUnit
16 4 (0.26%) Appium
16 4 (0.26%) Balsamiq
16 4 (0.26%) Cypress.io
16 4 (0.26%) Fiddler
16 4 (0.26%) Oracle Forms
General
1 719 (46.09%) Finance
2 685 (43.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 472 (30.26%) Analytical Skills
4 276 (17.69%) Social Skills
5 146 (9.36%) Banking
6 97 (6.22%) Retail
7 70 (4.49%) Corporate Banking
7 70 (4.49%) Investment Banking
8 67 (4.29%) Manufacturing
9 50 (3.21%) Aerospace
10 40 (2.56%) Law
11 38 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
12 31 (1.99%) Public Sector
13 24 (1.54%) Marketing
13 24 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
14 23 (1.47%) Local Government
15 20 (1.28%) Avionics
16 17 (1.09%) Financial Institution
16 17 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
16 17 (1.09%) Military
Job Titles
1 509 (32.63%) Developer
2 412 (26.41%) Senior
3 387 (24.81%) Software Developer
4 342 (21.92%) Software Engineer
5 213 (13.65%) Lead
6 199 (12.76%) Systems Engineer
7 189 (12.12%) Senior Software Engineer
8 88 (5.64%) Architect
9 85 (5.45%) Lead Systems Engineer
10 80 (5.13%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 78 (5.00%) Analyst
12 77 (4.94%) Solutions Architect
13 65 (4.17%) Platform Engineer
14 64 (4.10%) Team Leader
15 56 (3.59%) Lead Architect
15 56 (3.59%) Lead Solutions Architect
16 54 (3.46%) Senior Developer
17 34 (2.18%) .NET Developer
18 28 (1.79%) Senior Manager
19 27 (1.73%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 258 (16.54%) .NET
2 218 (13.97%) Node.js
3 174 (11.15%) React
4 150 (9.62%) CSS
5 149 (9.55%) Kafka
6 147 (9.42%) HTML
7 143 (9.17%) Spring
8 140 (8.97%) Spring Boot
9 113 (7.24%) Redux
10 110 (7.05%) JPA
11 98 (6.28%) RESTful
12 92 (5.90%) REST
13 77 (4.94%) Jest
14 76 (4.87%) Sass
15 74 (4.74%) CSS3
15 74 (4.74%) HTML5
16 44 (2.82%) Hibernate
17 41 (2.63%) .NET Core
18 26 (1.67%) AngularJS
19 24 (1.54%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 552 (35.38%) Cyberattack
2 236 (15.13%) Product Ownership
3 187 (11.99%) Self-Motivation
4 172 (11.03%) Linux Command Line
5 112 (7.18%) Enterprise Software
6 47 (3.01%) Management Information System
7 30 (1.92%) Social Media
8 26 (1.67%) Mobile App
9 24 (1.54%) Cloud Native
10 20 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
11 13 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
12 10 (0.64%) Wiki
13 9 (0.58%) e-Learning
13 9 (0.58%) Onboarding
14 8 (0.51%) Greenfield Project
15 7 (0.45%) Algorithms
15 7 (0.45%) Driving Licence
16 6 (0.38%) Hybrid Cloud
16 6 (0.38%) Private Cloud
17 5 (0.32%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 579 (37.12%) Linux
2 385 (24.68%) Android
3 24 (1.54%) Windows
4 8 (0.51%) Windows Vista
5 6 (0.38%) Windows 10
5 6 (0.38%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.26%) Unix
7 3 (0.19%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.064%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.064%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 473 (30.32%) Line Management
2 421 (26.99%) Software Engineering
3 408 (26.15%) OOP
4 400 (25.64%) Design Patterns
5 393 (25.19%) Mathematics
6 385 (24.68%) OO
7 381 (24.42%) Android Development
8 380 (24.36%) Microservices
9 358 (22.95%) Mentoring
10 321 (20.58%) User Experience
11 280 (17.95%) DevOps
12 257 (16.47%) Scrum
13 236 (15.13%) CI/CD
14 198 (12.69%) SysML
15 188 (12.05%) Data Engineering
16 187 (11.99%) Machine Learning
17 184 (11.79%) Cloud Security
18 176 (11.28%) Containerisation
18 176 (11.28%) Site Reliability Engineering
19 173 (11.09%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 770 (49.36%) Java
2 625 (40.06%) Python
3 563 (36.09%) Go
4 553 (35.45%) C++
5 381 (24.42%) JavaScript
6 222 (14.23%) SQL
7 172 (11.03%) Rust
8 158 (10.13%) TypeScript
9 82 (5.26%) C#
10 48 (3.08%) MATLAB
11 16 (1.03%) PowerShell
12 15 (0.96%) C
12 15 (0.96%) PHP
13 9 (0.58%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.38%) Bash
15 3 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.19%) PL/SQL
16 2 (0.13%) Bicep
16 2 (0.13%) Objective-C
16 2 (0.13%) Swift
Qualifications
1 570 (36.54%) Security Cleared
2 554 (35.51%) DV Cleared
3 268 (17.18%) BPSS Clearance
4 256 (16.41%) Degree
5 192 (12.31%) AWS Certification
6 185 (11.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 172 (11.03%) AWS Certified Developer
8 75 (4.81%) TOGAF Certification
9 51 (3.27%) DBS Check
10 30 (1.92%) ACCA
11 27 (1.73%) Azure Certification
12 23 (1.47%) PMI Certification
12 23 (1.47%) PMP
13 22 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
14 15 (0.96%) HND
15 12 (0.77%) SC Cleared
16 11 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
17 10 (0.64%) CIMA
18 7 (0.45%) ISTQB
19 5 (0.32%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (8.97%) QA
2 92 (5.90%) Accessibility
3 20 (1.28%) GAAP
3 20 (1.28%) IFRS
4 16 (1.03%) GDPR
5 15 (0.96%) Data Quality
5 15 (0.96%) HIPAA
6 13 (0.83%) NIST
7 8 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (0.38%) ISO 9001
8 6 (0.38%) SLA
9 5 (0.32%) HL7
9 5 (0.32%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.26%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.26%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.19%) GRC
11 3 (0.19%) NCSC
12 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.13%) IEC 62304
System Software
1 579 (37.12%) Docker
2 21 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (0.45%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.26%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.064%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.064%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.064%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 383 (24.55%) Ansible
2 182 (11.67%) Kubernetes
3 31 (1.99%) Terraform
4 11 (0.71%) SCCM
5 7 (0.45%) Grafana
6 6 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.38%) Progress Chef
7 4 (0.26%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.19%) Argo
8 3 (0.19%) Kibana
8 3 (0.19%) Kustomize
9 2 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.064%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.064%) Automic
10 1 (0.064%) Puppet
Vendors
1 156 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 109 (6.99%) Solace
3 86 (5.51%) SAP
4 65 (4.17%) Sparx
5 56 (3.59%) Siemens
6 54 (3.46%) Google
7 50 (3.21%) MathWorks
8 30 (1.92%) Oracle
9 21 (1.35%) Facebook
10 20 (1.28%) ServiceNow
11 15 (0.96%) Salesforce
12 12 (0.77%) Bloomberg
13 11 (0.71%) Databricks
14 9 (0.58%) Alteryx
15 8 (0.51%) Splunk
15 8 (0.51%) VMware
16 7 (0.45%) Ping Identity
17 5 (0.32%) Blue Prism
17 5 (0.32%) Liquidlogic
17 5 (0.32%) UiPath