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

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 763 1,271 1,133
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 16.15% 18.00% 27.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.48% 22.34% 28.52%
Number of salaries quoted 289 451 777
10th Percentile £42,350 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +8.24%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,100 £86,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% - +3.85%

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 4,128 5,690 3,973
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 87.37% 80.57% 94.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,183 2,896 3,038
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% +4.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,249
% change year-on-year -8.33% -0.41% +0.42%

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 October 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 20 October 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 0 446 £62,500 +4.17% 314
Cheshire +7 144 £57,500 +19.17% 92
Lancashire -19 121 £54,793 -2.59% 162
Merseyside -16 45 £62,500 +4.17% 22
Cumbria -8 6 £57,500 +4.55% 14
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 61 (7.99%) Confluence
2 12 (1.57%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.31%) CMS
4 4 (0.52%) Headless CMS
5 3 (0.39%) Apache
5 3 (0.39%) IIS
5 3 (0.39%) Magnolia
5 3 (0.39%) nginx
5 3 (0.39%) WordPress
6 2 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.26%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 26 (3.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.57%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.79%) Trello
5 3 (0.39%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.26%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.26%) Sketch
7 1 (0.13%) InVision
7 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.13%) Magento
4 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.13%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.13%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 420 (55.05%) AWS
2 411 (53.87%) Azure
3 252 (33.03%) GCP
4 48 (6.29%) Power Platform
5 38 (4.98%) SaaS
6 27 (3.54%) Serverless
7 23 (3.01%) Azure DevOps
8 22 (2.88%) GitHub
9 19 (2.49%) Dynamics 365
10 18 (2.36%) AWS Lambda
11 17 (2.23%) Microsoft 365
12 12 (1.57%) Cloud Computing
12 12 (1.57%) Power Automate
13 10 (1.31%) Azure Service Bus
14 9 (1.18%) Figma
14 9 (1.18%) PaaS
15 8 (1.05%) GitHub Actions
15 8 (1.05%) PowerApps
16 6 (0.79%) Amazon ECS
16 6 (0.79%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.92%) Firewall
2 4 (0.52%) DNS
2 4 (0.52%) WAN
3 3 (0.39%) Wireless
4 2 (0.26%) HTTP
4 2 (0.26%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.26%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.26%) VPN
5 1 (0.13%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (18.48%) SQL Server
2 31 (4.06%) Power BI
3 29 (3.80%) MongoDB
3 29 (3.80%) NoSQL
4 15 (1.97%) MySQL
4 15 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (1.57%) Relational Database
6 11 (1.44%) Data Lake
7 10 (1.31%) DynamoDB
8 8 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (0.92%) Redis
10 4 (0.52%) GIS
11 3 (0.39%) Hazelcast
11 3 (0.39%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 3 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (0.26%) Big Data
12 2 (0.26%) Data Hub
12 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 156 (20.45%) JIRA
2 126 (16.51%) GitLab
3 119 (15.60%) Selenium
4 118 (15.47%) Cucumber
5 112 (14.68%) SonarQube
6 111 (14.55%) Bitbucket
7 110 (14.42%) Maven
7 110 (14.42%) Sonatype Nexus
8 22 (2.88%) Git
9 15 (1.97%) Jenkins
10 7 (0.92%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.39%) Gatling
11 3 (0.39%) JMeter
11 3 (0.39%) JUnit
12 2 (0.26%) Rational DOORS
12 2 (0.26%) webpack
13 1 (0.13%) Axure RP
13 1 (0.13%) Mocha
13 1 (0.13%) Mockito
13 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 294 (38.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 258 (33.81%) Finance
3 162 (21.23%) Social Skills
4 130 (17.04%) Banking
5 90 (11.80%) Retail
6 70 (9.17%) Corporate Banking
6 70 (9.17%) Investment Banking
7 60 (7.86%) Analytical Skills
8 40 (5.24%) Public Sector
9 28 (3.67%) Marketing
10 22 (2.88%) Local Government
11 20 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
12 16 (2.10%) Law
13 14 (1.83%) Games
13 14 (1.83%) Manufacturing
14 12 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
15 9 (1.18%) Telecoms
16 8 (1.05%) Back Office
16 8 (1.05%) Financial Institution
17 6 (0.79%) Billing
Job Titles
1 306 (40.10%) Software Engineer
2 297 (38.93%) Senior
3 181 (23.72%) Senior Software Engineer
4 118 (15.47%) Developer
5 53 (6.95%) Lead
6 51 (6.68%) Analyst
7 43 (5.64%) Senior Developer
8 30 (3.93%) Architect
9 28 (3.67%) Project Manager
9 28 (3.67%) Senior Manager
10 24 (3.15%) Java Developer
11 22 (2.88%) Solutions Architect
12 20 (2.62%) .NET Developer
12 20 (2.62%) Audit Manager
12 20 (2.62%) Business Analyst
12 20 (2.62%) Senior Audit Manager
13 19 (2.49%) AWS Architect
14 18 (2.36%) Applications Support
14 18 (2.36%) AWS Solution Architect
15 17 (2.23%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 237 (31.06%) .NET
2 196 (25.69%) Node.js
3 162 (21.23%) React
4 139 (18.22%) Spring Boot
5 138 (18.09%) CSS
5 138 (18.09%) Spring
6 136 (17.82%) HTML
7 135 (17.69%) Kafka
8 113 (14.81%) Redux
9 110 (14.42%) JPA
10 95 (12.45%) REST
11 92 (12.06%) RESTful
12 78 (10.22%) Jest
13 77 (10.09%) CSS3
14 76 (9.96%) HTML5
15 71 (9.31%) Sass
16 46 (6.03%) Hibernate
17 22 (2.88%) .NET Core
17 22 (2.88%) AngularJS
18 16 (2.10%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 183 (23.98%) Self-Motivation
2 172 (22.54%) Cyberattack
2 172 (22.54%) Linux Command Line
3 155 (20.31%) Product Ownership
4 109 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
5 36 (4.72%) Cloud Native
6 26 (3.41%) Management Information System
7 19 (2.49%) Social Media
8 17 (2.23%) Mobile App
9 15 (1.97%) Distributed Systems
10 11 (1.44%) IoT
11 10 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (1.31%) Driving Licence
12 9 (1.18%) e-Learning
12 9 (1.18%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 8 (1.05%) Wiki
14 7 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 7 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
15 6 (0.79%) Data Centre
16 5 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 180 (23.59%) Linux
2 26 (3.41%) Windows
3 10 (1.31%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.52%) Android
5 2 (0.26%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.26%) VMS
5 2 (0.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 356 (46.66%) Software Engineering
2 344 (45.09%) Microservices
3 320 (41.94%) Mentoring
4 307 (40.24%) User Experience
5 235 (30.80%) DevOps
6 226 (29.62%) Scrum
7 220 (28.83%) CI/CD
8 187 (24.51%) Data Engineering
9 183 (23.98%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 181 (23.72%) Cloud Security
10 181 (23.72%) Machine Learning
11 159 (20.84%) Containerisation
12 155 (20.31%) Full-Stack Development
13 150 (19.66%) Test Automation
14 148 (19.40%) SDLC
15 139 (18.22%) Continuous Improvement
16 136 (17.82%) Front End Development
17 133 (17.43%) Performance Optimisation
18 107 (14.02%) Problem-Solving
19 94 (12.32%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 352 (46.13%) Java
2 340 (44.56%) JavaScript
3 219 (28.70%) Python
4 185 (24.25%) Go
5 180 (23.59%) SQL
6 172 (22.54%) C++
6 172 (22.54%) Rust
7 121 (15.86%) TypeScript
8 71 (9.31%) C#
9 11 (1.44%) PowerShell
10 10 (1.31%) MATLAB
10 10 (1.31%) PHP
11 8 (1.05%) Elixir
11 8 (1.05%) Ruby
12 6 (0.79%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.66%) Bash
13 5 (0.66%) Bicep
14 3 (0.39%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.26%) Objective-C
15 2 (0.26%) Scala
Qualifications
1 197 (25.82%) Security Cleared
2 185 (24.25%) AWS Certification
3 182 (23.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 178 (23.33%) DV Cleared
5 172 (22.54%) AWS Certified Developer
6 64 (8.39%) Degree
7 32 (4.19%) ACCA
8 23 (3.01%) DBS Check
9 21 (2.75%) BPSS Clearance
10 18 (2.36%) Azure Certification
10 18 (2.36%) SC Cleared
11 12 (1.57%) CIMA
12 11 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (1.44%) PMI Certification
12 11 (1.44%) PMP
13 10 (1.31%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.39%) CCNA
14 3 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.39%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (18.61%) QA
2 92 (12.06%) Accessibility
3 20 (2.62%) GAAP
3 20 (2.62%) IFRS
4 12 (1.57%) GDPR
5 10 (1.31%) Data Quality
5 10 (1.31%) HIPAA
5 10 (1.31%) NIST
6 9 (1.18%) SEPA
7 8 (1.05%) PMO
7 8 (1.05%) TARGET2
8 6 (0.79%) SLA
9 5 (0.66%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.39%) HL7
11 2 (0.26%) WCAG
12 1 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 12207
12 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 1 (0.13%) P3O
12 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 177 (23.20%) Docker
2 15 (1.97%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.13%) HDFS
5 1 (0.13%) KVM
5 1 (0.13%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 166 (21.76%) Kubernetes
2 34 (4.46%) Terraform
3 11 (1.44%) SCCM
4 8 (1.05%) Ansible
5 7 (0.92%) Grafana
6 5 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.66%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.26%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.13%) Automic
9 1 (0.13%) Puppet
Vendors
1 109 (14.29%) Solace
2 62 (8.13%) Microsoft
3 28 (3.67%) Google
4 18 (2.36%) Facebook
5 14 (1.83%) ServiceNow
6 12 (1.57%) Databricks
6 12 (1.57%) Salesforce
7 10 (1.31%) SAP
8 8 (1.05%) Adobe
9 7 (0.92%) Bloomberg
9 7 (0.92%) UiPath
10 6 (0.79%) Sophos
10 6 (0.79%) Splunk
11 5 (0.66%) Blue Prism
11 5 (0.66%) Meraki
11 5 (0.66%) Oracle
11 5 (0.66%) Qualtrics
12 4 (0.52%) Liquidlogic
13 3 (0.39%) Ping Identity
13 3 (0.39%) Zerto