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 15 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -15 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 733 1,245 1,585
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 6.17% 24.01% 19.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.57% 26.55% 24.51%
Number of salaries quoted 531 348 837
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,563 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -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 8,552 4,690 6,466
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 72.01% 90.44% 77.51%
Number of salaries quoted 6,518 2,269 4,347
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -1.96% -7.27%
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +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 15 August 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 15 August 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 -12 542 £66,999 +3.08% 472
Lancashire -9 73 £55,000 +14.91% 65
Cheshire -34 54 £55,000 -4.35% 48
Merseyside -24 43 £60,000 -4.00% 40
Cumbria -5 18 £47,500 -17.39% 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 40 (5.46%) Confluence
2 26 (3.55%) SharePoint
3 20 (2.73%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.36%) Apache
5 5 (0.68%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.68%) CMS
5 5 (0.68%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.41%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.41%) nginx
6 3 (0.41%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.41%) WordPress
7 2 (0.27%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.27%) CICS
7 2 (0.27%) IIS
7 2 (0.27%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.27%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.27%) WinCC
8 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.14%) JBoss
8 1 (0.14%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 17 (2.32%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.95%) Trello
5 5 (0.68%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.41%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.14%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 18 (2.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.55%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.41%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 2 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 250 (34.11%) Azure
2 172 (23.47%) AWS
3 99 (13.51%) Azure DevOps
4 58 (7.91%) Power Platform
5 45 (6.14%) GitHub
5 45 (6.14%) SaaS
5 45 (6.14%) Serverless
6 42 (5.73%) GCP
7 27 (3.68%) AWS CloudFormation
7 27 (3.68%) Power Automate
8 26 (3.55%) Microsoft 365
9 23 (3.14%) Microsoft Copilot
10 22 (3.00%) dbt
11 21 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
12 20 (2.73%) PowerApps
13 19 (2.59%) Snowflake
14 16 (2.18%) GitHub Copilot
15 15 (2.05%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 13 (1.77%) Azure AI
16 13 (1.77%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (0.41%) Wireless
2 2 (0.27%) AMQP
2 2 (0.27%) Bluetooth
2 2 (0.27%) HTTP
2 2 (0.27%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.27%) ZigBee
3 1 (0.14%) Broadband
3 1 (0.14%) CTI
3 1 (0.14%) Fibre Channel
3 1 (0.14%) iSCSI
3 1 (0.14%) LAN
3 1 (0.14%) LTE
3 1 (0.14%) Network Security
3 1 (0.14%) SAN
3 1 (0.14%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.14%) SSL
3 1 (0.14%) VoIP
3 1 (0.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (6.14%) Azure SQL Database
2 36 (4.91%) MongoDB
3 33 (4.50%) SQL Server
4 29 (3.96%) Power BI
5 28 (3.82%) Data Warehouse
6 25 (3.41%) PostgreSQL
7 17 (2.32%) NoSQL
8 16 (2.18%) DynamoDB
9 15 (2.05%) Relational Database
10 12 (1.64%) BigQuery
10 12 (1.64%) Elasticsearch
11 10 (1.36%) Data Lake
11 10 (1.36%) MySQL
12 8 (1.09%) Big Data
12 8 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.68%) Metadata
14 4 (0.55%) Data Mining
14 4 (0.55%) Flink
15 3 (0.41%) GIS
15 3 (0.41%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 84 (11.46%) JIRA
2 57 (7.78%) Git
3 28 (3.82%) GitLab
4 19 (2.59%) Jenkins
5 14 (1.91%) JUnit
6 13 (1.77%) Claude Code
7 11 (1.50%) Postman
7 11 (1.50%) Spock
8 8 (1.09%) Bitbucket
9 7 (0.95%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 6 (0.82%) IntelliJ
11 5 (0.68%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.55%) Maven
13 3 (0.41%) Eclipse
13 3 (0.41%) Selenium
14 2 (0.27%) Mockito
14 2 (0.27%) MSTest
14 2 (0.27%) NUnit
14 2 (0.27%) Visual Studio
14 2 (0.27%) XCUITest
General
1 188 (25.65%) Social Skills
2 155 (21.15%) Finance
3 69 (9.41%) Public Sector
4 66 (9.00%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (5.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 36 (4.91%) Marketing
7 32 (4.37%) Retail
8 25 (3.41%) Influencing Skills
9 20 (2.73%) Law
10 19 (2.59%) Games
10 19 (2.59%) Legal
11 16 (2.18%) Banking
11 16 (2.18%) Telecoms
12 14 (1.91%) Advertising
13 13 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (1.64%) Aerospace
15 9 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
15 9 (1.23%) Manufacturing
15 9 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
16 8 (1.09%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 157 (21.42%) Developer
2 156 (21.28%) Senior
3 75 (10.23%) Software Engineer
4 55 (7.50%) Senior Developer
5 54 (7.37%) Project Manager
6 53 (7.23%) Lead
7 47 (6.41%) Analyst
8 43 (5.87%) .NET Developer
9 42 (5.73%) Business Analyst
10 34 (4.64%) Data Engineer
11 33 (4.50%) Delivery Manager
12 32 (4.37%) Engineering Manager
13 27 (3.68%) Architect
13 27 (3.68%) Java Developer
14 26 (3.55%) Product Owner
15 23 (3.14%) IT Manager
16 22 (3.00%) DevOps Engineer
16 22 (3.00%) Senior Software Engineer
16 22 (3.00%) Software Developer
17 21 (2.86%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (13.64%) .NET
2 60 (8.19%) HTML
3 52 (7.09%) CSS
4 49 (6.68%) Node.js
5 44 (6.00%) ASP.NET
5 44 (6.00%) React
5 44 (6.00%) Spring
6 41 (5.59%) .NET Core
6 41 (5.59%) AngularJS
7 38 (5.18%) ASP.NET Core
8 32 (4.37%) REST
9 29 (3.96%) RESTful
9 29 (3.96%) Spring Boot
10 19 (2.59%) Entity Framework
11 15 (2.05%) Blazor
11 15 (2.05%) Kafka
11 15 (2.05%) Vue
12 13 (1.77%) ASP.NET Web API
12 13 (1.77%) ML.NET
13 12 (1.64%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 97 (13.23%) Product Ownership
2 55 (7.50%) Cloud Native
3 32 (4.37%) Enterprise Software
4 25 (3.41%) Distributed Systems
5 24 (3.27%) Greenfield Project
6 20 (2.73%) Driving Licence
7 18 (2.46%) Mobile App
8 16 (2.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 15 (2.05%) Onboarding
10 12 (1.64%) Marketing Technology
10 12 (1.64%) Private Cloud
11 9 (1.23%) Management Information System
11 9 (1.23%) PMI
11 9 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (0.95%) Social Network
13 6 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (0.82%) IoT
13 6 (0.82%) Social Media
13 6 (0.82%) Virtual Team
14 5 (0.68%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 26 (3.55%) Linux
2 11 (1.50%) Windows
3 6 (0.82%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.68%) Android
5 3 (0.41%) Unix
6 2 (0.27%) CentOS
6 2 (0.27%) Debian
6 2 (0.27%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.27%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.27%) VMS
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (31.79%) DevOps
2 223 (30.42%) CI/CD
3 194 (26.47%) Continuous Improvement
4 163 (22.24%) Scrum
5 148 (20.19%) AI
6 137 (18.69%) Software Engineering
7 132 (18.01%) Stakeholder Management
8 114 (15.55%) Mentoring
9 109 (14.87%) Problem-Solving
10 88 (12.01%) Roadmaps
11 84 (11.46%) Full-Stack Development
12 83 (11.32%) Coaching
12 83 (11.32%) TDD
12 83 (11.32%) Test Automation
13 77 (10.50%) Microservices
14 72 (9.82%) Decision-Making
15 66 (9.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 65 (8.87%) Kanban
17 64 (8.73%) SDLC
18 63 (8.59%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 169 (23.06%) SQL
2 121 (16.51%) Java
3 110 (15.01%) JavaScript
4 109 (14.87%) Python
5 99 (13.51%) C#
6 38 (5.18%) TypeScript
7 18 (2.46%) Go
8 13 (1.77%) C++
9 12 (1.64%) Bash
10 10 (1.36%) PHP
10 10 (1.36%) PowerShell
11 8 (1.09%) Apex Code
12 6 (0.82%) C
12 6 (0.82%) Groovy
13 5 (0.68%) SOQL
14 4 (0.55%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.55%) SOSL
14 4 (0.55%) Swift
15 3 (0.41%) PL/SQL
16 2 (0.27%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 76 (10.37%) Degree
2 68 (9.28%) Security Cleared
3 54 (7.37%) SC Cleared
4 26 (3.55%) DV Cleared
5 21 (2.86%) PMI Certification
6 20 (2.73%) Master's Degree
7 14 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (1.91%) DBS Check
8 13 (1.77%) PMP
9 10 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (1.23%) AWS Certification
10 9 (1.23%) Azure Certification
11 8 (1.09%) HNC
12 6 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.68%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 4 (0.55%) MBA
14 4 (0.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 4 (0.55%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (0.41%) ISTQB
15 3 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (6.28%) Data Quality
2 42 (5.73%) QA
3 24 (3.27%) Accessibility
4 13 (1.77%) GDPR
4 13 (1.77%) PMO
5 7 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (0.95%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.68%) SLA
7 3 (0.41%) WCAG
8 2 (0.27%) GRC
8 2 (0.27%) IEC 61131
8 2 (0.27%) IEC 61508
8 2 (0.27%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.14%) NIST
9 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.14%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 63 (8.59%) Docker
2 3 (0.41%) Ceph
3 2 (0.27%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.14%) Firmware
4 1 (0.14%) NFS
4 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 74 (10.10%) Terraform
2 66 (9.00%) Kubernetes
3 31 (4.23%) Ansible
4 13 (1.77%) Argo
5 9 (1.23%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.82%) Grafana
7 4 (0.55%) Istio
8 3 (0.41%) Check_MK
8 3 (0.41%) Podman
8 3 (0.41%) Puppet
9 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.14%) linkerd
10 1 (0.14%) Nagios
10 1 (0.14%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 137 (18.69%) Microsoft
2 25 (3.41%) ServiceNow
3 24 (3.27%) Salesforce
4 22 (3.00%) Databricks
5 20 (2.73%) Google
5 20 (2.73%) Oracle
6 18 (2.46%) Splunk
7 13 (1.77%) SAP
8 11 (1.50%) AppDynamics
9 9 (1.23%) Adobe
10 7 (0.95%) Pega
11 6 (0.82%) Red Hat
12 5 (0.68%) IBM
13 4 (0.55%) NEC
13 4 (0.55%) OpenAI
14 3 (0.41%) Alteryx
14 3 (0.41%) Apple
14 3 (0.41%) BiZZdesign
14 3 (0.41%) Facebook
14 3 (0.41%) LogicMonitor