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 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 5 2
Rank change year-on-year -18 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 555 714 1,667
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 6.59% 18.67% 20.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.66% 19.75% 24.21%
Number of salaries quoted 390 404 1,340
10th Percentile £44,427 £42,500 £38,734
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +0.80%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,772
90th Percentile £85,000 £91,996 £87,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +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 6,408 3,616 6,885
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 76.09% 94.56% 84.34%
Number of salaries quoted 3,542 2,148 5,525
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,375 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,793 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% +9.59% -9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 21 March 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 21 March 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 -16 379 £65,000 -5.45% 211
Lancashire -21 60 £55,000 +4.76% 53
Cheshire -18 59 £55,000 +10.00% 36
Merseyside -25 34 £47,500 -26.92% 22
Cumbria -14 20 £60,250 +14.76% 2
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 37 (6.67%) Confluence
2 18 (3.24%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.08%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.08%) CMS
4 5 (0.90%) Apache
5 4 (0.72%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.54%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.36%) CICS
7 2 (0.36%) nginx
8 1 (0.18%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.18%) IIS
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.18%) PegaRULES
8 1 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.54%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.54%) Sketch
5 2 (0.36%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.36%) Simulink
6 1 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.36%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 2 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.18%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 165 (29.73%) Azure
2 112 (20.18%) AWS
3 49 (8.83%) SaaS
4 35 (6.31%) Serverless
5 34 (6.13%) Power Platform
6 30 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
7 29 (5.23%) GCP
8 22 (3.96%) Azure DevOps
9 20 (3.60%) AWS CloudFormation
10 15 (2.70%) Azure AKS
10 15 (2.70%) Figma
11 14 (2.52%) GitHub
12 13 (2.34%) Amazon EKS
13 10 (1.80%) AWS Lambda
13 10 (1.80%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 10 (1.80%) Azure Functions
13 10 (1.80%) Azure Logic Apps
13 10 (1.80%) Azure Service Bus
13 10 (1.80%) Entra ID
14 9 (1.62%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.26%) HTTP
2 5 (0.90%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.72%) AMQP
4 3 (0.54%) SSH
5 2 (0.36%) DNS
5 2 (0.36%) Firewall
5 2 (0.36%) OpenVPN
5 2 (0.36%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.18%) 4G
6 1 (0.18%) Broadband
6 1 (0.18%) LAN
6 1 (0.18%) LTE
6 1 (0.18%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.18%) SSL
6 1 (0.18%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (6.13%) NoSQL
2 32 (5.77%) SQL Server
3 18 (3.24%) MongoDB
4 17 (3.06%) Power BI
5 16 (2.88%) MySQL
6 14 (2.52%) PostgreSQL
7 13 (2.34%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.26%) Data Lake
8 7 (1.26%) Relational Database
9 6 (1.08%) Big Data
9 6 (1.08%) Hadoop
10 5 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (0.72%) Cloudera CDH
11 4 (0.72%) DynamoDB
11 4 (0.72%) Geospatial Data
11 4 (0.72%) GIS
11 4 (0.72%) QGIS
12 3 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.54%) Redis
12 3 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 55 (9.91%) JIRA
2 46 (8.29%) Git
3 18 (3.24%) Jenkins
4 14 (2.52%) GitLab
5 7 (1.26%) Claude Code
6 6 (1.08%) Cypress.io
7 5 (0.90%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.72%) IntelliJ
8 4 (0.72%) JUnit
9 3 (0.54%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.54%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.54%) Postman
10 2 (0.36%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.36%) JIRA Agile
10 2 (0.36%) Selenium
10 2 (0.36%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.36%) Vagrant
10 2 (0.36%) XCUITest
11 1 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
11 1 (0.18%) WinDbg
General
1 135 (24.32%) Social Skills
2 122 (21.98%) Finance
3 53 (9.55%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (7.93%) Public Sector
5 27 (4.86%) Marketing
6 24 (4.32%) Banking
7 23 (4.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (4.14%) Manufacturing
8 17 (3.06%) Law
9 16 (2.88%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (1.98%) Retail
11 9 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (1.44%) Telecoms
13 7 (1.26%) Games
13 7 (1.26%) Legal
13 7 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.08%) Electronics
15 5 (0.90%) Advertising
15 5 (0.90%) Avionics
16 4 (0.72%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 130 (23.42%) Senior
2 98 (17.66%) Developer
3 91 (16.40%) Lead
4 69 (12.43%) Software Engineer
5 41 (7.39%) Project Manager
6 38 (6.85%) Analyst
7 36 (6.49%) Senior Developer
8 30 (5.41%) Software Developer
9 28 (5.05%) Architect
10 24 (4.32%) Data Engineer
11 23 (4.14%) Business Analyst
11 23 (4.14%) Lead Software Engineer
12 22 (3.96%) Java Developer
13 18 (3.24%) IT Manager
13 18 (3.24%) Marketing Manager
13 18 (3.24%) Solutions Architect
14 17 (3.06%) .NET Developer
14 17 (3.06%) Java Engineer
15 16 (2.88%) Senior Manager
15 16 (2.88%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (15.32%) .NET
2 63 (11.35%) React
3 40 (7.21%) RESTful
4 37 (6.67%) CSS
5 36 (6.49%) .NET Framework
6 35 (6.31%) HTML
7 34 (6.13%) Node.js
8 33 (5.95%) REST
9 32 (5.77%) Spring
10 31 (5.59%) Spring Boot
11 27 (4.86%) AngularJS
12 26 (4.68%) ASP.NET
13 22 (3.96%) .NET Core
14 13 (2.34%) Kafka
15 11 (1.98%) Web Services
16 9 (1.62%) CSS3
16 9 (1.62%) HTML5
17 8 (1.44%) ASP.NET Core
18 7 (1.26%) gRPC
18 7 (1.26%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 53 (9.55%) Product Ownership
2 41 (7.39%) Cloud Native
3 24 (4.32%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (3.06%) Driving Licence
5 16 (2.88%) Mobile App
6 15 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (2.52%) Greenfield Project
8 10 (1.80%) Management Information System
9 8 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (1.44%) Low-Code
9 8 (1.44%) Onboarding
9 8 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.44%) Social Media
10 5 (0.90%) IoT
11 4 (0.72%) Client/Server
11 4 (0.72%) Distributed Computing
11 4 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (0.72%) Public Cloud
11 4 (0.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 27 (4.86%) Windows
2 20 (3.60%) Linux
3 6 (1.08%) Windows 10
4 5 (0.90%) Android
4 5 (0.90%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.72%) CentOS
5 4 (0.72%) Debian
5 4 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.72%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.54%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.36%) VMS
7 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (24.50%) CI/CD
2 129 (23.24%) Continuous Improvement
3 113 (20.36%) Scrum
3 113 (20.36%) Software Engineering
4 110 (19.82%) DevOps
5 100 (18.02%) Mentoring
6 89 (16.04%) Coaching
7 83 (14.95%) Problem-Solving
8 74 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
9 69 (12.43%) Microservices
10 63 (11.35%) Project Management
11 61 (10.99%) TDD
12 57 (10.27%) AI
13 54 (9.73%) Full-Stack Development
14 53 (9.55%) Roadmaps
15 51 (9.19%) Project Delivery
16 50 (9.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 49 (8.83%) User Experience
18 46 (8.29%) Clean Code
19 44 (7.93%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 92 (16.58%) Java
2 88 (15.86%) SQL
3 79 (14.23%) JavaScript
4 75 (13.51%) C#
5 59 (10.63%) Python
6 41 (7.39%) TypeScript
7 9 (1.62%) C++
8 6 (1.08%) Go
9 4 (0.72%) PL/SQL
9 4 (0.72%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.54%) Bash
10 3 (0.54%) C
10 3 (0.54%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.54%) MATLAB
10 3 (0.54%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.36%) Bicep
11 2 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.36%) Scala
11 2 (0.36%) Swift
11 2 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 37 (6.67%) Security Cleared
2 32 (5.77%) BPSS Clearance
3 31 (5.59%) Degree
4 25 (4.50%) SC Cleared
5 23 (4.14%) PMI Certification
6 21 (3.78%) PMP
7 12 (2.16%) DV Cleared
8 9 (1.62%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.90%) HND
10 3 (0.54%) ACCA
10 3 (0.54%) CIMA
10 3 (0.54%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.54%) HNC
10 3 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.36%) SAFe Agilist
12 1 (0.18%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.18%) CIPD
12 1 (0.18%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (6.13%) QA
2 29 (5.23%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.16%) PMO
4 5 (0.90%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.54%) SEPA
5 3 (0.54%) TARGET2
5 3 (0.54%) WCAG
6 2 (0.36%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.36%) SLA
7 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.18%) GDPR
7 1 (0.18%) GxP
7 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.18%) ITGC
7 1 (0.18%) NIST
System Software
1 36 (6.49%) Docker
2 19 (3.42%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.18%) KVM
5 1 (0.18%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 55 (9.91%) Terraform
2 48 (8.65%) Kubernetes
3 18 (3.24%) Ansible
4 12 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (1.62%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (1.44%) SCCM
7 6 (1.08%) Puppet
8 5 (0.90%) Grafana
9 4 (0.72%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.54%) Rancher
11 2 (0.36%) Packer
11 2 (0.36%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.18%) AWS Copilot
Vendors
1 94 (16.94%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.14%) SAP
3 17 (3.06%) ServiceNow
4 16 (2.88%) Salesforce
5 14 (2.52%) Databricks
6 13 (2.34%) Google
7 12 (2.16%) Siemens
8 11 (1.98%) Splunk
9 9 (1.62%) Oracle
10 8 (1.44%) Adobe
10 8 (1.44%) New Relic
11 7 (1.26%) Qualtrics
12 6 (1.08%) Pega
12 6 (1.08%) Sophos
13 5 (0.90%) SaltStack
14 4 (0.72%) Atlassian
14 4 (0.72%) Red Hat
15 3 (0.54%) IBM
16 2 (0.36%) Bloomberg
16 2 (0.36%) Cognos