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 20 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -16 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 676 1,269 1,880
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 5.94% 24.71% 19.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.36% 26.98% 24.39%
Number of salaries quoted 511 352 1,147
10th Percentile £43,000 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,688 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £78,312 £77,500 £75,772
90th Percentile £94,366 £92,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -0.54%

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 8,088 4,704 7,707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 71.08% 91.61% 78.88%
Number of salaries quoted 6,207 2,286 5,598
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £38,507
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,055 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.88% +0.11% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 20 July 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 20 July 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 -10 498 £67,500 +3.85% 135
Lancashire -13 71 £55,000 +9.88% 37
Cheshire -39 46 £56,250 +4.65% 37
Merseyside -25 38 £56,100 -13.02% 13
Cumbria -10 19 £47,500 -15.18%
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 41 (6.07%) Confluence
2 22 (3.25%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.63%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.89%) CMS
5 5 (0.74%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.59%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.59%) WordPress
7 3 (0.44%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.30%) Apache
8 2 (0.30%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.30%) CICS
8 2 (0.30%) nginx
8 2 (0.30%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.15%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.15%) IIS
9 1 (0.15%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 14 (2.07%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.04%) Trello
4 6 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.44%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.15%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 15 (2.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.44%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 2 (0.30%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 219 (32.40%) Azure
2 161 (23.82%) AWS
3 80 (11.83%) Azure DevOps
4 48 (7.10%) Power Platform
5 44 (6.51%) Serverless
6 40 (5.92%) SaaS
7 34 (5.03%) GCP
7 34 (5.03%) GitHub
8 28 (4.14%) Microsoft 365
9 27 (3.99%) AWS CloudFormation
10 21 (3.11%) Power Automate
11 17 (2.51%) PowerApps
12 16 (2.37%) dbt
12 16 (2.37%) Microsoft Copilot
13 15 (2.22%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 14 (2.07%) Dynamics 365
15 13 (1.92%) Azure AKS
15 13 (1.92%) Azure Service Bus
16 12 (1.78%) Azure AI
17 11 (1.63%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.44%) TCP/IP
1 3 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (0.44%) Wireless
2 2 (0.30%) AMQP
2 2 (0.30%) Bluetooth
2 2 (0.30%) ZigBee
3 1 (0.15%) Broadband
3 1 (0.15%) CTI
3 1 (0.15%) LAN
3 1 (0.15%) LTE
3 1 (0.15%) Network Security
3 1 (0.15%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.15%) VoIP
3 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (5.77%) Azure SQL Database
2 37 (5.47%) MongoDB
3 25 (3.70%) Power BI
4 24 (3.55%) SQL Server
5 21 (3.11%) NoSQL
6 20 (2.96%) PostgreSQL
7 19 (2.81%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (1.92%) MySQL
9 12 (1.78%) Elasticsearch
10 10 (1.48%) BigQuery
11 9 (1.33%) DynamoDB
12 8 (1.18%) Big Data
12 8 (1.18%) Data Lake
12 8 (1.18%) Relational Database
13 4 (0.59%) Data Mining
13 4 (0.59%) Flink
13 4 (0.59%) Geospatial Data
13 4 (0.59%) GIS
13 4 (0.59%) QGIS
13 4 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 78 (11.54%) JIRA
2 42 (6.21%) Git
3 24 (3.55%) GitLab
4 18 (2.66%) Jenkins
5 13 (1.92%) Claude Code
6 11 (1.63%) Postman
7 10 (1.48%) JUnit
8 9 (1.33%) Spock
9 7 (1.04%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 7 (1.04%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.74%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.44%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.44%) Maven
12 2 (0.30%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.30%) MSTest
12 2 (0.30%) NUnit
12 2 (0.30%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.30%) Vagrant
12 2 (0.30%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.30%) XCUITest
General
1 156 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 147 (21.75%) Finance
3 72 (10.65%) Public Sector
4 59 (8.73%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (5.03%) Marketing
6 26 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 24 (3.55%) Influencing Skills
7 24 (3.55%) Retail
8 18 (2.66%) Banking
8 18 (2.66%) Games
9 15 (2.22%) Advertising
10 13 (1.92%) Law
11 11 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (1.48%) Legal
13 9 (1.33%) Manufacturing
14 8 (1.18%) Telecoms
15 7 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (1.04%) Local Government
15 7 (1.04%) Publishing
16 6 (0.89%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 145 (21.45%) Senior
2 139 (20.56%) Developer
3 77 (11.39%) Software Engineer
4 59 (8.73%) Lead
5 54 (7.99%) Project Manager
6 48 (7.10%) Senior Developer
7 43 (6.36%) .NET Developer
8 41 (6.07%) Analyst
9 33 (4.88%) Business Analyst
10 29 (4.29%) Data Engineer
10 29 (4.29%) Delivery Manager
10 29 (4.29%) Engineering Manager
10 29 (4.29%) Java Developer
11 26 (3.85%) Architect
12 24 (3.55%) IT Manager
13 23 (3.40%) Senior Manager
14 22 (3.25%) Lead Software Engineer
15 21 (3.11%) Cloud Engineer
15 21 (3.11%) DevOps Engineer
15 21 (3.11%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (14.50%) .NET
2 54 (7.99%) HTML
3 49 (7.25%) Node.js
4 47 (6.95%) CSS
5 42 (6.21%) Spring
6 41 (6.07%) AngularJS
6 41 (6.07%) ASP.NET
6 41 (6.07%) React
7 40 (5.92%) .NET Core
8 36 (5.33%) ASP.NET Core
9 34 (5.03%) RESTful
10 31 (4.59%) Spring Boot
11 26 (3.85%) REST
12 18 (2.66%) Entity Framework
13 16 (2.37%) Vue
14 15 (2.22%) Kafka
15 13 (1.92%) Blazor
16 12 (1.78%) ML.NET
17 11 (1.63%) ASP.NET Web API
18 10 (1.48%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 75 (11.09%) Product Ownership
2 51 (7.54%) Cloud Native
3 28 (4.14%) Enterprise Software
4 27 (3.99%) Driving Licence
5 25 (3.70%) Greenfield Project
6 23 (3.40%) Distributed Systems
7 16 (2.37%) Mobile App
8 15 (2.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 10 (1.48%) Marketing Technology
9 10 (1.48%) PMI
10 9 (1.33%) Onboarding
10 9 (1.33%) Private Cloud
11 8 (1.18%) Management Information System
11 8 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.18%) Virtual Team
12 7 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (1.04%) Social Network
13 6 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
14 5 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
14 5 (0.74%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 23 (3.40%) Linux
2 11 (1.63%) Windows
3 5 (0.74%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.59%) Android
4 4 (0.59%) Unix
5 2 (0.30%) CentOS
5 2 (0.30%) Debian
5 2 (0.30%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (0.30%) FreeRTOS
5 2 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.30%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.15%) VMS
6 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (30.62%) DevOps
2 203 (30.03%) CI/CD
3 167 (24.70%) Continuous Improvement
4 155 (22.93%) Scrum
5 125 (18.49%) Software Engineering
6 115 (17.01%) Stakeholder Management
7 112 (16.57%) AI
8 110 (16.27%) Mentoring
9 99 (14.64%) Problem-Solving
10 92 (13.61%) Coaching
11 88 (13.02%) TDD
12 87 (12.87%) Roadmaps
13 81 (11.98%) Full-Stack Development
14 76 (11.24%) Microservices
14 76 (11.24%) Test Automation
15 67 (9.91%) Project Management
16 66 (9.76%) Decision-Making
16 66 (9.76%) Kanban
17 60 (8.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 56 (8.28%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 146 (21.60%) SQL
2 122 (18.05%) Java
3 97 (14.35%) JavaScript
4 95 (14.05%) Python
5 92 (13.61%) C#
6 33 (4.88%) TypeScript
7 12 (1.78%) Bash
8 11 (1.63%) C++
8 11 (1.63%) Go
9 10 (1.48%) PowerShell
10 8 (1.18%) PHP
11 6 (0.89%) Apex Code
12 5 (0.74%) C
12 5 (0.74%) Groovy
12 5 (0.74%) SOQL
13 4 (0.59%) SOSL
14 3 (0.44%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.44%) Swift
15 2 (0.30%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.30%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 66 (9.76%) Security Cleared
2 50 (7.40%) SC Cleared
3 48 (7.10%) Degree
4 24 (3.55%) PMI Certification
5 23 (3.40%) DV Cleared
6 15 (2.22%) PMP
7 13 (1.92%) Master's Degree
8 11 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.18%) AWS Certification
10 8 (1.18%) Azure Certification
11 6 (0.89%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.74%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 5 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.59%) MBA
13 4 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.59%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 3 (0.44%) ISTQB
15 2 (0.30%) Chartered Engineer
15 2 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (5.33%) QA
2 27 (3.99%) Data Quality
3 24 (3.55%) Accessibility
4 11 (1.63%) GDPR
5 7 (1.04%) PCI DSS
5 7 (1.04%) PMO
6 6 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.59%) SLA
8 2 (0.30%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.30%) WCAG
9 1 (0.15%) GRC
9 1 (0.15%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.15%) ITGC
9 1 (0.15%) NIST
9 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.15%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 54 (7.99%) Docker
2 2 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.15%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 74 (10.95%) Terraform
2 60 (8.88%) Kubernetes
3 26 (3.85%) Ansible
4 9 (1.33%) Argo
5 7 (1.04%) Grafana
5 7 (1.04%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.44%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.44%) Puppet
7 2 (0.30%) Packer
8 1 (0.15%) AWS Copilot
8 1 (0.15%) Istio
8 1 (0.15%) linkerd
Vendors
1 127 (18.79%) Microsoft
2 27 (3.99%) ServiceNow
3 20 (2.96%) Salesforce
4 18 (2.66%) Databricks
5 17 (2.51%) Oracle
6 16 (2.37%) Splunk
7 15 (2.22%) SAP
8 14 (2.07%) Google
9 11 (1.63%) Adobe
10 9 (1.33%) AppDynamics
11 5 (0.74%) Pega
12 4 (0.59%) OpenAI
13 3 (0.44%) BiZZdesign
13 3 (0.44%) Cognos
13 3 (0.44%) Facebook
13 3 (0.44%) IBM
13 3 (0.44%) LogicMonitor
14 2 (0.30%) Apple
14 2 (0.30%) Red Hat
14 2 (0.30%) Siemens