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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -14 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 734 1,250 1,603
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 6.19% 24.10% 19.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.60% 26.64% 24.67%
Number of salaries quoted 532 352 846
10th Percentile £42,520 £41,250 £38,125
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 £75,579
90th Percentile £97,250 £89,875 £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 8,536 4,693 6,498
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 71.93% 90.49% 77.61%
Number of salaries quoted 6,503 2,275 4,371
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £39,720
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 14 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 14 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 -12 543 £66,750 +2.69% 236
Lancashire -10 73 £55,000 +15.13% 54
Cheshire -34 53 £55,000 -4.35% 36
Merseyside -20 44 £60,000 -4.00% 36
Cumbria -6 18 £47,500 -17.39% 8
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 (5.45%) Confluence
2 26 (3.54%) SharePoint
3 20 (2.72%) 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 16 (2.18%) 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 (2.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.54%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.41%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 2 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 250 (34.06%) Azure
2 172 (23.43%) AWS
3 99 (13.49%) Azure DevOps
4 57 (7.77%) Power Platform
5 45 (6.13%) GitHub
5 45 (6.13%) SaaS
5 45 (6.13%) Serverless
6 42 (5.72%) GCP
7 27 (3.68%) AWS CloudFormation
7 27 (3.68%) Microsoft 365
7 27 (3.68%) Power Automate
8 23 (3.13%) Microsoft Copilot
9 22 (3.00%) dbt
10 21 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
11 20 (2.72%) PowerApps
12 19 (2.59%) Snowflake
13 16 (2.18%) GitHub Copilot
14 15 (2.04%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 13 (1.77%) Azure AI
15 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 (6.13%) Azure SQL Database
2 36 (4.90%) MongoDB
3 33 (4.50%) SQL Server
4 28 (3.81%) Data Warehouse
4 28 (3.81%) Power BI
5 25 (3.41%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (2.32%) NoSQL
7 16 (2.18%) DynamoDB
8 14 (1.91%) Relational Database
9 12 (1.63%) BigQuery
9 12 (1.63%) Elasticsearch
10 10 (1.36%) Data Lake
10 10 (1.36%) MySQL
11 8 (1.09%) Big Data
11 8 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.68%) Metadata
13 4 (0.54%) Data Mining
13 4 (0.54%) Flink
14 3 (0.41%) GIS
14 3 (0.41%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 84 (11.44%) JIRA
2 57 (7.77%) Git
3 28 (3.81%) 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 (0.54%) 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 (25.61%) Social Skills
2 154 (20.98%) Finance
3 69 (9.40%) Public Sector
4 64 (8.72%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (5.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 37 (5.04%) Marketing
6 31 (4.22%) Retail
7 25 (3.41%) Influencing Skills
8 19 (2.59%) Games
8 19 (2.59%) Law
9 18 (2.45%) Legal
10 16 (2.18%) Banking
10 16 (2.18%) Telecoms
11 14 (1.91%) Advertising
12 13 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
13 12 (1.63%) Aerospace
14 9 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
15 8 (1.09%) Local Government
15 8 (1.09%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 157 (21.39%) Developer
2 156 (21.25%) Senior
3 76 (10.35%) Software Engineer
4 55 (7.49%) Senior Developer
5 53 (7.22%) Lead
5 53 (7.22%) Project Manager
6 47 (6.40%) Analyst
7 43 (5.86%) .NET Developer
8 42 (5.72%) Business Analyst
9 34 (4.63%) Data Engineer
10 33 (4.50%) Delivery Manager
11 32 (4.36%) Engineering Manager
12 27 (3.68%) Architect
12 27 (3.68%) Java Developer
13 26 (3.54%) Product Owner
14 23 (3.13%) IT Manager
15 22 (3.00%) DevOps Engineer
15 22 (3.00%) Senior Software Engineer
15 22 (3.00%) Software Developer
16 21 (2.86%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (13.62%) .NET
2 60 (8.17%) HTML
3 52 (7.08%) CSS
4 49 (6.68%) Node.js
5 44 (5.99%) ASP.NET
5 44 (5.99%) React
5 44 (5.99%) Spring
6 41 (5.59%) .NET Core
6 41 (5.59%) AngularJS
7 38 (5.18%) ASP.NET Core
8 32 (4.36%) REST
9 29 (3.95%) RESTful
9 29 (3.95%) Spring Boot
10 19 (2.59%) Entity Framework
11 15 (2.04%) Blazor
11 15 (2.04%) Kafka
11 15 (2.04%) Vue
12 13 (1.77%) ASP.NET Web API
12 13 (1.77%) ML.NET
13 12 (1.63%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 97 (13.22%) Product Ownership
2 55 (7.49%) Cloud Native
3 32 (4.36%) Enterprise Software
4 25 (3.41%) Distributed Systems
5 24 (3.27%) Greenfield Project
6 21 (2.86%) Driving Licence
7 18 (2.45%) Mobile App
8 16 (2.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 14 (1.91%) Onboarding
10 12 (1.63%) Marketing Technology
10 12 (1.63%) Private Cloud
11 9 (1.23%) Management Information System
11 9 (1.23%) PMI
12 8 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (0.95%) Social Network
14 6 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
14 6 (0.82%) IoT
14 6 (0.82%) Social Media
14 6 (0.82%) Virtual Team
15 5 (0.68%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 26 (3.54%) 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 (31.74%) DevOps
2 223 (30.38%) CI/CD
3 192 (26.16%) Continuous Improvement
4 162 (22.07%) Scrum
5 146 (19.89%) AI
6 138 (18.80%) Software Engineering
7 131 (17.85%) Stakeholder Management
8 114 (15.53%) Mentoring
9 108 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
10 88 (11.99%) Roadmaps
11 84 (11.44%) Full-Stack Development
12 83 (11.31%) Coaching
12 83 (11.31%) TDD
12 83 (11.31%) Test Automation
13 77 (10.49%) Microservices
14 71 (9.67%) Decision-Making
15 65 (8.86%) Kanban
15 65 (8.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 64 (8.72%) SDLC
17 62 (8.45%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 168 (22.89%) SQL
2 122 (16.62%) Java
3 110 (14.99%) JavaScript
4 109 (14.85%) Python
5 99 (13.49%) C#
6 38 (5.18%) TypeScript
7 18 (2.45%) Go
8 13 (1.77%) C++
9 12 (1.63%) 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 (0.54%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.54%) SOSL
14 4 (0.54%) Swift
15 3 (0.41%) PL/SQL
16 2 (0.27%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 76 (10.35%) Degree
2 68 (9.26%) Security Cleared
3 54 (7.36%) SC Cleared
4 26 (3.54%) DV Cleared
5 20 (2.72%) Master's Degree
5 20 (2.72%) PMI Certification
6 14 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (1.91%) DBS Check
7 12 (1.63%) PMP
8 10 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (1.23%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.23%) Azure Certification
10 8 (1.09%) HNC
11 6 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.68%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 4 (0.54%) MBA
13 4 (0.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 4 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.41%) ISTQB
14 3 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (6.27%) Data Quality
2 42 (5.72%) QA
3 24 (3.27%) Accessibility
4 13 (1.77%) PMO
5 12 (1.63%) GDPR
6 7 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.95%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.68%) SLA
8 3 (0.41%) WCAG
9 2 (0.27%) GRC
9 2 (0.27%) IEC 61131
9 2 (0.27%) IEC 61508
9 2 (0.27%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.14%) NIST
10 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.14%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 63 (8.58%) 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 (10.08%) Terraform
2 66 (8.99%) Kubernetes
3 31 (4.22%) Ansible
4 13 (1.77%) Argo
5 9 (1.23%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.82%) Grafana
7 4 (0.54%) 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 (18.66%) Microsoft
2 25 (3.41%) ServiceNow
3 23 (3.13%) Salesforce
4 22 (3.00%) Databricks
5 20 (2.72%) Google
5 20 (2.72%) Oracle
6 18 (2.45%) 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 (0.54%) NEC
13 4 (0.54%) OpenAI
14 3 (0.41%) Apple
14 3 (0.41%) BiZZdesign
14 3 (0.41%) Cognos
14 3 (0.41%) Dell
14 3 (0.41%) Facebook