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 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -19 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 480 1,236 973
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 9.60% 18.24% 26.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.37% 21.68% 27.67%
Number of salaries quoted 312 462 701
10th Percentile £43,750 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,813 £77,715
90th Percentile £85,775 £85,000 £88,750
England median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year - - +3.05%

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 4,223 5,701 3,517
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 84.43% 84.14% 94.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,447 2,862 2,656
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,275 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% +3.54%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £84,056
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.44%

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 28 November 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 28 November 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
Manchester -5 312 £62,500 +4.17% 165
Cheshire -6 75 £55,000 +10.00% 48
Lancashire -19 49 £47,683 -12.98% 112
Merseyside -16 32 £57,500 +2.22% 9
Cumbria -9 11 £57,500 +3.14% 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 20 (4.17%) Confluence
2 15 (3.13%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.67%) CMS
4 5 (1.04%) Apache
5 4 (0.83%) nginx
6 3 (0.63%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.63%) Headless CMS
6 3 (0.63%) Magnolia
6 3 (0.63%) WordPress
7 2 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.42%) IIS
7 2 (0.42%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.21%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.21%) Umbraco
Applications
1 20 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.46%) MS Visio
4 6 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.63%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.63%) Sketch
6 3 (0.63%) Trello
7 2 (0.42%) Simulink
8 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.21%) InVision
Business Applications
1 9 (1.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.63%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.21%) Magento
4 1 (0.21%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.21%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 147 (30.63%) Azure
2 120 (25.00%) AWS
3 44 (9.17%) Power Platform
3 44 (9.17%) SaaS
4 39 (8.13%) GCP
5 27 (5.63%) Serverless
6 22 (4.58%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (3.54%) Dynamics 365
8 16 (3.33%) GitHub
8 16 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
9 15 (3.13%) AWS Lambda
10 13 (2.71%) Figma
11 10 (2.08%) AWS CloudFormation
11 10 (2.08%) Azure Service Bus
11 10 (2.08%) PaaS
12 9 (1.88%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (1.67%) Cloud Computing
13 8 (1.67%) Power Automate
14 7 (1.46%) Amazon EKS
14 7 (1.46%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.46%) Firewall
2 4 (0.83%) HTTP
2 4 (0.83%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.63%) DNS
3 3 (0.63%) SSH
3 3 (0.63%) Wireless
4 2 (0.42%) AMQP
4 2 (0.42%) OpenVPN
4 2 (0.42%) WAN
5 1 (0.21%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (7.29%) SQL Server
2 27 (5.63%) NoSQL
3 26 (5.42%) Power BI
4 22 (4.58%) MongoDB
5 13 (2.71%) MySQL
6 11 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (1.67%) Data Lake
7 8 (1.67%) DynamoDB
7 8 (1.67%) Redis
7 8 (1.67%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.83%) Big Data
9 4 (0.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.63%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.63%) Hazelcast
10 3 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.42%) GIS
Development Applications
1 39 (8.13%) JIRA
2 33 (6.88%) Git
3 14 (2.92%) GitLab
3 14 (2.92%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.08%) Cypress.io
5 4 (0.83%) Cucumber
5 4 (0.83%) JMeter
5 4 (0.83%) Selenium
6 3 (0.63%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.63%) Gatling
6 3 (0.63%) JIRA Agile
6 3 (0.63%) JUnit
6 3 (0.63%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.42%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.42%) webpack
8 1 (0.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.21%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.21%) Maven
8 1 (0.21%) NUnit
8 1 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
General
1 147 (30.63%) Social Skills
2 128 (26.67%) Finance
3 56 (11.67%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (7.08%) Public Sector
5 22 (4.58%) Marketing
6 21 (4.38%) Banking
7 20 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
8 19 (3.96%) Law
9 17 (3.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (3.54%) Local Government
10 16 (3.33%) Manufacturing
10 16 (3.33%) Retail
11 10 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (1.88%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.67%) Games
14 7 (1.46%) Avionics
14 7 (1.46%) Electronics
14 7 (1.46%) Financial Institution
15 6 (1.25%) Billing
16 5 (1.04%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 125 (26.04%) Senior
2 121 (25.21%) Developer
3 70 (14.58%) Lead
4 42 (8.75%) Senior Developer
5 41 (8.54%) Analyst
6 31 (6.46%) Architect
7 27 (5.63%) Project Manager
7 27 (5.63%) Software Engineer
8 26 (5.42%) Senior Manager
9 23 (4.79%) Solutions Architect
10 21 (4.38%) Java Developer
10 21 (4.38%) Software Developer
11 18 (3.75%) .NET Developer
11 18 (3.75%) Business Analyst
12 17 (3.54%) Systems Engineer
13 16 (3.33%) Audit Manager
13 16 (3.33%) Backend Developer
13 16 (3.33%) Senior Audit Manager
14 15 (3.13%) AWS Architect
14 15 (3.13%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (16.25%) .NET
2 63 (13.13%) React
3 40 (8.33%) CSS
4 36 (7.50%) HTML
5 28 (5.83%) AngularJS
6 27 (5.63%) RESTful
7 25 (5.21%) .NET Core
7 25 (5.21%) .NET Framework
7 25 (5.21%) REST
7 25 (5.21%) Spring Boot
8 24 (5.00%) Spring
9 23 (4.79%) Node.js
10 21 (4.38%) ASP.NET
11 19 (3.96%) Kafka
12 11 (2.29%) RabbitMQ
13 9 (1.88%) Entity Framework
13 9 (1.88%) Jest
13 9 (1.88%) Web Services
14 8 (1.67%) ASP.NET Web API
14 8 (1.67%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 41 (8.54%) Cloud Native
2 39 (8.13%) Product Ownership
3 25 (5.21%) Management Information System
4 20 (4.17%) Distributed Systems
5 18 (3.75%) Mobile App
6 14 (2.92%) Social Media
7 12 (2.50%) IoT
7 12 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (2.29%) Greenfield Project
9 9 (1.88%) Driving Licence
10 8 (1.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 7 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 7 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.04%) e-Learning
12 5 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.04%) Onboarding
13 4 (0.83%) Animation
13 4 (0.83%) Data Centre
13 4 (0.83%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 29 (6.04%) Windows
2 15 (3.13%) Linux
3 10 (2.08%) Windows 10
4 6 (1.25%) Android
5 4 (0.83%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.63%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.42%) CentOS
7 2 (0.42%) Debian
7 2 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.42%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.42%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (25.21%) CI/CD
2 117 (24.38%) DevOps
3 108 (22.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 106 (22.08%) Problem-Solving
5 89 (18.54%) Mentoring
6 81 (16.88%) Coaching
7 75 (15.63%) Software Engineering
8 68 (14.17%) Microservices
9 63 (13.13%) Roadmaps
9 63 (13.13%) Scrum
10 57 (11.88%) User Experience
11 50 (10.42%) Project Management
12 49 (10.21%) Containerisation
12 49 (10.21%) Project Delivery
12 49 (10.21%) Stakeholder Management
13 47 (9.79%) Clean Code
14 45 (9.38%) Full-Stack Development
15 41 (8.54%) Decision-Making
15 41 (8.54%) SDLC
15 41 (8.54%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 81 (16.88%) C#
2 65 (13.54%) SQL
3 64 (13.33%) Java
3 64 (13.33%) JavaScript
4 48 (10.00%) TypeScript
5 42 (8.75%) Python
6 14 (2.92%) Go
7 10 (2.08%) MATLAB
8 9 (1.88%) PowerShell
9 8 (1.67%) Elixir
9 8 (1.67%) Ruby
10 7 (1.46%) Bash
10 7 (1.46%) PHP
11 4 (0.83%) Bicep
11 4 (0.83%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.63%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.42%) C
13 2 (0.42%) C++
13 2 (0.42%) Swift
Qualifications
1 61 (12.71%) Degree
2 32 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 30 (6.25%) Security Cleared
4 23 (4.79%) ACCA
5 22 (4.58%) SC Cleared
6 15 (3.13%) DBS Check
7 12 (2.50%) Azure Certification
8 11 (2.29%) PMP
9 10 (2.08%) AWS Certification
9 10 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (2.08%) PMI Certification
10 8 (1.67%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.67%) TOGAF Certification
11 7 (1.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 7 (1.46%) CIMA
12 4 (0.83%) HNC
12 4 (0.83%) HND
13 3 (0.63%) CCNA
13 3 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (7.71%) QA
2 28 (5.83%) Accessibility
3 16 (3.33%) GAAP
3 16 (3.33%) IFRS
4 10 (2.08%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.88%) GDPR
6 8 (1.67%) NIST
6 8 (1.67%) SEPA
6 8 (1.67%) TARGET2
7 7 (1.46%) HIPAA
7 7 (1.46%) PMO
8 6 (1.25%) SLA
9 4 (0.83%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.42%) WCAG
11 1 (0.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.21%) HL7
11 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 59 (12.29%) Docker
2 19 (3.96%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.21%) HDFS
4 1 (0.21%) KVM
4 1 (0.21%) QEMU
4 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 54 (11.25%) Kubernetes
2 43 (8.96%) Terraform
3 11 (2.29%) Ansible
4 10 (2.08%) SCCM
5 9 (1.88%) Grafana
6 8 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (1.04%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.42%) Puppet
10 1 (0.21%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.21%) Rancher
Vendors
1 66 (13.75%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.79%) Google
3 16 (3.33%) SAP
4 15 (3.13%) Salesforce
5 11 (2.29%) ServiceNow
6 10 (2.08%) Databricks
7 8 (1.67%) Adobe
7 8 (1.67%) Splunk
8 6 (1.25%) Bloomberg
8 6 (1.25%) Facebook
8 6 (1.25%) Qualtrics
8 6 (1.25%) Sophos
9 5 (1.04%) Siemens
9 5 (1.04%) UiPath
10 4 (0.83%) Oracle
11 3 (0.63%) Aruba
11 3 (0.63%) Cisco
11 3 (0.63%) Meraki
11 3 (0.63%) New Relic
11 3 (0.63%) Veeam