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 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -13 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 751 1,200 1,475
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 6.13% 23.23% 18.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.48% 25.93% 23.39%
Number of salaries quoted 532 328 700
10th Percentile £42,000 £41,136 £38,750
25th Percentile £49,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +3.51% +0.81%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £96,125 £87,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +6.87% -2.96%

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 8,859 4,628 6,307
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 72.34% 89.59% 77.41%
Number of salaries quoted 6,727 2,241 3,950
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £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 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%

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 3 September 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 3 September 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 -12 539 £66,750 +2.69% 548
Lancashire -10 78 £55,000 +14.91% 78
Cheshire -29 61 £55,000 -2.22% 42
Merseyside -15 52 £60,000 -4.00% 48
Cumbria -5 19 £47,500 -17.39% 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 37 (4.93%) Confluence
2 25 (3.33%) SharePoint
3 19 (2.53%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.33%) Apache
5 5 (0.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.67%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.53%) CMS
7 3 (0.40%) nginx
7 3 (0.40%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.40%) WordPress
8 2 (0.27%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.27%) IIS
8 2 (0.27%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.27%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.27%) WinCC
9 1 (0.13%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.13%) JBoss
9 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (2.40%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.93%) Trello
4 6 (0.80%) AutoCAD
4 6 (0.80%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.80%) Revit
5 3 (0.40%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 18 (2.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.53%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.13%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 243 (32.36%) Azure
2 169 (22.50%) AWS
3 96 (12.78%) Azure DevOps
4 64 (8.52%) Power Platform
5 43 (5.73%) Serverless
6 42 (5.59%) SaaS
7 41 (5.46%) GCP
7 41 (5.46%) GitHub
8 28 (3.73%) Power Automate
9 26 (3.46%) AWS CloudFormation
10 25 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
11 24 (3.20%) Microsoft Copilot
12 22 (2.93%) dbt
13 21 (2.80%) Dynamics 365
14 20 (2.66%) PowerApps
15 19 (2.53%) Snowflake
16 16 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
17 14 (1.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 14 (1.86%) GitHub Copilot
18 13 (1.73%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (0.40%) 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 (0.13%) Broadband
3 1 (0.13%) CTI
3 1 (0.13%) Fibre Channel
3 1 (0.13%) iSCSI
3 1 (0.13%) LAN
3 1 (0.13%) LTE
3 1 (0.13%) Network Security
3 1 (0.13%) SAN
3 1 (0.13%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.13%) SSL
3 1 (0.13%) VoIP
3 1 (0.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (5.99%) Azure SQL Database
2 37 (4.93%) MongoDB
3 35 (4.66%) Power BI
4 32 (4.26%) SQL Server
5 27 (3.60%) Data Warehouse
6 24 (3.20%) PostgreSQL
7 18 (2.40%) Relational Database
8 16 (2.13%) DynamoDB
9 15 (2.00%) NoSQL
10 12 (1.60%) Elasticsearch
11 11 (1.46%) BigQuery
11 11 (1.46%) Data Lake
12 9 (1.20%) MySQL
13 8 (1.07%) Big Data
13 8 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 7 (0.93%) Metadata
15 4 (0.53%) Data Mining
15 4 (0.53%) Flink
16 3 (0.40%) Semantic Layer
16 3 (0.40%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 81 (10.79%) JIRA
2 51 (6.79%) Git
3 32 (4.26%) GitLab
4 16 (2.13%) JUnit
5 15 (2.00%) Jenkins
6 13 (1.73%) Spock
7 11 (1.46%) Claude Code
7 11 (1.46%) Postman
8 8 (1.07%) Bitbucket
9 7 (0.93%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 7 (0.93%) Maven
10 5 (0.67%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.67%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.40%) Ant
11 3 (0.40%) RStudio
11 3 (0.40%) Selenium
12 2 (0.27%) Mockito
12 2 (0.27%) MSTest
12 2 (0.27%) NUnit
12 2 (0.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 207 (27.56%) Social Skills
2 153 (20.37%) Finance
3 79 (10.52%) Public Sector
4 73 (9.72%) Analytical Skills
5 51 (6.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (4.53%) Retail
7 31 (4.13%) Marketing
8 28 (3.73%) Influencing Skills
9 24 (3.20%) Telecoms
10 20 (2.66%) Games
10 20 (2.66%) Law
10 20 (2.66%) Manufacturing
11 19 (2.53%) Legal
12 15 (2.00%) Publishing
13 12 (1.60%) Advertising
13 12 (1.60%) Aerospace
13 12 (1.60%) Local Government
14 11 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
15 10 (1.33%) Banking
15 10 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 168 (22.37%) Senior
2 158 (21.04%) Developer
3 74 (9.85%) Software Engineer
4 52 (6.92%) Lead
4 52 (6.92%) Senior Developer
5 51 (6.79%) Analyst
5 51 (6.79%) Project Manager
6 43 (5.73%) Business Analyst
7 42 (5.59%) .NET Developer
8 37 (4.93%) Delivery Manager
9 36 (4.79%) Data Engineer
10 34 (4.53%) Engineering Manager
11 29 (3.86%) Architect
12 24 (3.20%) Product Owner
12 24 (3.20%) Senior Software Engineer
13 23 (3.06%) DevOps Engineer
13 23 (3.06%) Java Developer
13 23 (3.06%) Software Developer
14 22 (2.93%) IT Manager
15 21 (2.80%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (12.65%) .NET
2 70 (9.32%) Terraform
3 55 (7.32%) HTML
4 48 (6.39%) CSS
4 48 (6.39%) Spring
5 46 (6.13%) Node.js
6 45 (5.99%) React
7 44 (5.86%) ASP.NET
8 41 (5.46%) .NET Core
9 40 (5.33%) AngularJS
10 38 (5.06%) ASP.NET Core
11 33 (4.39%) REST
12 31 (4.13%) Spring Boot
13 23 (3.06%) RESTful
14 19 (2.53%) Entity Framework
15 17 (2.26%) Kafka
16 15 (2.00%) Blazor
17 14 (1.86%) Vue
18 13 (1.73%) ASP.NET Web API
18 13 (1.73%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 90 (11.98%) Product Ownership
2 53 (7.06%) Cloud Native
3 33 (4.39%) Enterprise Software
4 26 (3.46%) Distributed Systems
5 24 (3.20%) Greenfield Project
6 18 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (2.26%) Mobile App
8 16 (2.13%) Driving Licence
8 16 (2.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 15 (2.00%) Onboarding
10 14 (1.86%) Private Cloud
11 11 (1.46%) Marketing Technology
12 8 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
12 8 (1.07%) IoT
12 8 (1.07%) PMI
13 7 (0.93%) Social Network
14 6 (0.80%) Management Information System
14 6 (0.80%) Social Media
14 6 (0.80%) Virtual Team
15 5 (0.67%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 28 (3.73%) Linux
2 11 (1.46%) Windows
3 5 (0.67%) Apple iOS
3 5 (0.67%) Unix
4 4 (0.53%) Android
4 4 (0.53%) VMS
5 2 (0.27%) CentOS
5 2 (0.27%) Debian
5 2 (0.27%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (0.27%) FreeRTOS
5 2 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (30.49%) DevOps
2 219 (29.16%) CI/CD
3 216 (28.76%) Continuous Improvement
4 171 (22.77%) AI
5 149 (19.84%) Scrum
6 140 (18.64%) Stakeholder Management
7 139 (18.51%) Software Engineering
8 130 (17.31%) Mentoring
9 116 (15.45%) Problem-Solving
10 99 (13.18%) Coaching
11 85 (11.32%) Test Automation
12 81 (10.79%) Full-Stack Development
12 81 (10.79%) Roadmaps
13 79 (10.52%) Decision-Making
14 75 (9.99%) Microservices
14 75 (9.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 71 (9.45%) TDD
16 67 (8.92%) Project Delivery
17 63 (8.39%) Analytics
18 61 (8.12%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 168 (22.37%) SQL
2 122 (16.25%) Java
3 108 (14.38%) JavaScript
4 104 (13.85%) Python
5 98 (13.05%) C#
6 43 (5.73%) TypeScript
7 18 (2.40%) Go
8 17 (2.26%) C++
9 12 (1.60%) Bash
10 10 (1.33%) Apex Code
10 10 (1.33%) PHP
10 10 (1.33%) PowerShell
11 8 (1.07%) Groovy
12 6 (0.80%) C
12 6 (0.80%) R
13 5 (0.67%) SOQL
14 4 (0.53%) SOSL
15 3 (0.40%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.40%) Swift
16 2 (0.27%) Rust
Qualifications
1 93 (12.38%) Degree
2 73 (9.72%) Security Cleared
3 55 (7.32%) SC Cleared
4 30 (3.99%) DV Cleared
5 23 (3.06%) DBS Check
6 20 (2.66%) Master's Degree
7 19 (2.53%) PMI Certification
8 18 (2.40%) BPSS Clearance
9 16 (2.13%) HNC
10 12 (1.60%) PMP
11 10 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (1.20%) AWS Certification
12 9 (1.20%) Azure Certification
13 8 (1.07%) RIBA
14 6 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 4 (0.53%) MBA
16 4 (0.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 4 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
17 3 (0.40%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (7.46%) Data Quality
2 50 (6.66%) QA
3 26 (3.46%) Accessibility
4 18 (2.40%) GDPR
5 12 (1.60%) PMO
6 7 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.93%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.40%) SLA
7 3 (0.40%) 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 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.13%) NIST
9 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 68 (9.05%) Docker
2 3 (0.40%) Ceph
3 2 (0.27%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.13%) Firmware
4 1 (0.13%) NFS
4 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 69 (9.19%) Kubernetes
2 32 (4.26%) Ansible
3 13 (1.73%) Argo
4 9 (1.20%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.80%) Grafana
6 4 (0.53%) Istio
7 3 (0.40%) Check_MK
7 3 (0.40%) Podman
7 3 (0.40%) Puppet
8 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.13%) linkerd
9 1 (0.13%) Nagios
9 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 133 (17.71%) Microsoft
2 24 (3.20%) Salesforce
2 24 (3.20%) ServiceNow
3 21 (2.80%) Databricks
3 21 (2.80%) Google
4 20 (2.66%) Oracle
4 20 (2.66%) Splunk
5 17 (2.26%) YouTube
6 13 (1.73%) AppDynamics
6 13 (1.73%) SAP
7 9 (1.20%) Adobe
8 6 (0.80%) Autodesk
8 6 (0.80%) Red Hat
9 4 (0.53%) Dell
9 4 (0.53%) NEC
9 4 (0.53%) OpenAI
9 4 (0.53%) Pega
10 3 (0.40%) Apple
10 3 (0.40%) Facebook
10 3 (0.40%) IBM