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

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 4 1
Rank change year-on-year -18 -3 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 450 905 977
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 7.14% 17.92% 22.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.78% 19.70% 25.35%
Number of salaries quoted 308 393 777
10th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £39,543
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,430 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% +1.24%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,875 £86,250 £89,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -3.70%

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 5,128 4,593 3,854
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 81.36% 90.97% 87.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,500 2,247 2,985
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,114 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 10 January 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 10 January 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 -17 274 £62,500 -3.85% 145
Cheshire -12 77 £55,000 +10.00% 57
Lancashire -16 52 £50,000 -4.76% 87
Merseyside -21 28 £62,500 +8.70% 22
Cumbria -3 17 £61,500 +17.14% 7
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 20 (4.44%) Confluence
1 20 (4.44%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.56%) CMS
3 6 (1.33%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.11%) Apache
5 4 (0.89%) nginx
6 2 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.44%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.44%) Magnolia
6 2 (0.44%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.44%) WordPress
7 1 (0.22%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.22%) Umbraco
Applications
1 19 (4.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.89%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.67%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.67%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.67%) Sketch
5 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.44%) Simulink
6 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.22%) InVision
6 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.22%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.22%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 150 (33.33%) Azure
2 96 (21.33%) AWS
3 51 (11.33%) SaaS
4 38 (8.44%) Power Platform
5 30 (6.67%) GCP
6 26 (5.78%) Microsoft 365
7 24 (5.33%) Serverless
8 17 (3.78%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (2.89%) Figma
9 13 (2.89%) GitHub
10 12 (2.67%) AWS CloudFormation
11 11 (2.44%) AWS Lambda
11 11 (2.44%) Entra ID
12 10 (2.22%) PaaS
13 9 (2.00%) Azure AKS
13 9 (2.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 9 (2.00%) Azure Monitor
14 8 (1.78%) Azure Logic Apps
14 8 (1.78%) GitHub Actions
14 8 (1.78%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.78%) HTTP
2 6 (1.33%) Firewall
3 4 (0.89%) DNS
3 4 (0.89%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.67%) AMQP
4 3 (0.67%) SSH
5 2 (0.44%) OpenVPN
5 2 (0.44%) Unified Communications
5 2 (0.44%) WAN
5 2 (0.44%) Wireless
6 1 (0.22%) 4G
6 1 (0.22%) LAN
6 1 (0.22%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (7.78%) SQL Server
2 29 (6.44%) NoSQL
3 20 (4.44%) Power BI
4 16 (3.56%) MongoDB
5 14 (3.11%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (2.44%) MySQL
7 8 (1.78%) Data Lake
8 7 (1.56%) Big Data
9 6 (1.33%) Hadoop
9 6 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (1.11%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.67%) Cloudera CDH
11 3 (0.67%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.67%) Redis
11 3 (0.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 3 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.44%) Apache Iceberg
12 2 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 32 (7.11%) Git
1 32 (7.11%) JIRA
2 12 (2.67%) GitLab
2 12 (2.67%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.56%) Cypress.io
4 4 (0.89%) JUnit
4 4 (0.89%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.67%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.67%) JIRA Agile
6 2 (0.44%) JMeter
6 2 (0.44%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.44%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.22%) Appium
7 1 (0.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.22%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.22%) Gatling
7 1 (0.22%) Locust
7 1 (0.22%) Postman
7 1 (0.22%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.22%) Selenium
General
1 127 (28.22%) Social Skills
2 99 (22.00%) Finance
3 56 (12.44%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (5.11%) Public Sector
5 22 (4.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 20 (4.44%) Banking
6 20 (4.44%) Manufacturing
7 16 (3.56%) Law
8 14 (3.11%) Influencing Skills
8 14 (3.11%) Marketing
9 11 (2.44%) Retail
10 9 (2.00%) Telecoms
11 8 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.56%) Avionics
12 7 (1.56%) Electronics
13 6 (1.33%) Billing
13 6 (1.33%) Games
13 6 (1.33%) Legal
14 5 (1.11%) Financial Institution
14 5 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 106 (23.56%) Developer
2 99 (22.00%) Senior
3 81 (18.00%) Lead
4 36 (8.00%) Analyst
5 35 (7.78%) Senior Developer
6 33 (7.33%) Software Engineer
7 31 (6.89%) Software Developer
8 27 (6.00%) Architect
9 22 (4.89%) Project Manager
10 20 (4.44%) Data Engineer
11 18 (4.00%) .NET Developer
11 18 (4.00%) Solutions Architect
12 17 (3.78%) Business Analyst
13 16 (3.56%) Systems Engineer
14 14 (3.11%) Lead Developer
15 13 (2.89%) Cloud Engineer
15 13 (2.89%) Java Developer
16 12 (2.67%) Backend Developer
16 12 (2.67%) DevOps Engineer
17 11 (2.44%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (18.00%) .NET
2 59 (13.11%) React
3 37 (8.22%) CSS
4 35 (7.78%) .NET Framework
5 33 (7.33%) HTML
6 31 (6.89%) REST
7 30 (6.67%) ASP.NET
8 28 (6.22%) .NET Core
8 28 (6.22%) AngularJS
9 27 (6.00%) RESTful
10 23 (5.11%) Node.js
10 23 (5.11%) Spring
10 23 (5.11%) Spring Boot
11 13 (2.89%) Kafka
12 10 (2.22%) RabbitMQ
13 9 (2.00%) Web Services
14 7 (1.56%) ASP.NET Core
14 7 (1.56%) gRPC
15 6 (1.33%) Entity Framework
15 6 (1.33%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 36 (8.00%) Cloud Native
2 34 (7.56%) Product Ownership
3 22 (4.89%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (3.11%) Mobile App
5 13 (2.89%) IoT
5 13 (2.89%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
7 10 (2.22%) Social Media
8 8 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.78%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 7 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.56%) Driving Licence
10 6 (1.33%) Onboarding
11 5 (1.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.11%) Low-Code
12 4 (0.89%) Client/Server
13 3 (0.67%) Data Centre
13 3 (0.67%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 31 (6.89%) Windows
2 14 (3.11%) Linux
3 10 (2.22%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.11%) Android
5 4 (0.89%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.67%) CentOS
6 3 (0.67%) Debian
6 3 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.67%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.44%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.44%) VMS
8 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (25.33%) CI/CD
2 104 (23.11%) DevOps
3 99 (22.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 97 (21.56%) Problem-Solving
5 89 (19.78%) Mentoring
6 76 (16.89%) Software Engineering
7 67 (14.89%) Coaching
8 66 (14.67%) Scrum
9 61 (13.56%) Microservices
10 53 (11.78%) User Experience
11 48 (10.67%) AI
11 48 (10.67%) Containerisation
11 48 (10.67%) Roadmaps
12 41 (9.11%) Project Delivery
12 41 (9.11%) Stakeholder Management
13 40 (8.89%) Project Management
13 40 (8.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 39 (8.67%) Clean Code
15 38 (8.44%) Full-Stack Development
16 37 (8.22%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 81 (18.00%) C#
2 65 (14.44%) SQL
3 60 (13.33%) JavaScript
4 54 (12.00%) Java
5 40 (8.89%) Python
6 39 (8.67%) TypeScript
7 15 (3.33%) Go
8 9 (2.00%) MATLAB
9 8 (1.78%) Elixir
9 8 (1.78%) Ruby
10 7 (1.56%) PowerShell
11 5 (1.11%) Bash
12 4 (0.89%) Bicep
12 4 (0.89%) C++
12 4 (0.89%) Scala
13 3 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.67%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.44%) C
14 2 (0.44%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.44%) PHP
Qualifications
1 42 (9.33%) Degree
2 36 (8.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 31 (6.89%) Security Cleared
4 22 (4.89%) SC Cleared
5 12 (2.67%) PMP
6 11 (2.44%) PMI Certification
7 10 (2.22%) DBS Check
7 10 (2.22%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.33%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.11%) ACCA
9 5 (1.11%) CIMA
10 4 (0.89%) HNC
10 4 (0.89%) HND
11 3 (0.67%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.67%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.44%) CCNA
12 2 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (7.78%) QA
2 33 (7.33%) Accessibility
3 9 (2.00%) PMO
4 8 (1.78%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.78%) SEPA
4 8 (1.78%) TARGET2
5 6 (1.33%) SLA
6 4 (0.89%) ISO 20022
7 3 (0.67%) GDPR
7 3 (0.67%) NIST
8 2 (0.44%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 2 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 2 (0.44%) WCAG
9 1 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.22%) GxP
9 1 (0.22%) HL7
9 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 41 (9.11%) Docker
2 26 (5.78%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.22%) HDFS
4 1 (0.22%) KVM
4 1 (0.22%) QEMU
4 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 47 (10.44%) Terraform
2 46 (10.22%) Kubernetes
3 14 (3.11%) Ansible
4 12 (2.67%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (2.00%) Grafana
5 9 (2.00%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (1.78%) SCCM
7 5 (1.11%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.89%) Puppet
9 2 (0.44%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.44%) Rancher
Vendors
1 83 (18.44%) Microsoft
2 20 (4.44%) SAP
3 14 (3.11%) Google
4 12 (2.67%) ServiceNow
5 11 (2.44%) Salesforce
6 10 (2.22%) Databricks
7 9 (2.00%) Siemens
7 9 (2.00%) Splunk
8 8 (1.78%) New Relic
9 7 (1.56%) Adobe
10 6 (1.33%) Qualtrics
10 6 (1.33%) Sophos
11 5 (1.11%) Oracle
12 4 (0.89%) SaltStack
13 3 (0.67%) Red Hat
14 2 (0.44%) Bloomberg
14 2 (0.44%) Cisco
14 2 (0.44%) IBM
14 2 (0.44%) Informatica
14 2 (0.44%) Veeam