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 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -14 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 802 1,173 1,367
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 6.19% 22.48% 18.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.49% 25.06% 22.90%
Number of salaries quoted 544 304 518
10th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,322 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,750 £60,000 £57,530
Median % change year-on-year +2.92% +4.29% -3.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £71,915
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,350 £86,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +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 9,451 4,680 5,969
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 73.00% 89.69% 79.35%
Number of salaries quoted 7,059 2,185 3,209
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -0.99% -8.18%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 -13 567 £66,750 +2.69% 700
Lancashire -8 86 £60,000 +13.17% 76
Merseyside -8 64 £62,500 +4.17% 68
Cheshire -34 62 £55,000 -4.35% 74
Cumbria +7 20 £47,500 -17.39% 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 34 (4.24%) Confluence
2 31 (3.87%) SharePoint
3 20 (2.49%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (1.50%) Apache
5 5 (0.62%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.62%) CMS
6 4 (0.50%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.50%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.37%) nginx
7 3 (0.37%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.37%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.37%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.37%) WordPress
8 2 (0.25%) IIS
8 2 (0.25%) WinCC
9 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.12%) JBoss
9 1 (0.12%) SAS
9 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 17 (2.12%) Microsoft Project
2 15 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.00%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.87%) Trello
5 6 (0.75%) AutoCAD
5 6 (0.75%) Revit
6 3 (0.37%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 19 (2.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.50%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.37%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.12%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 1 (0.12%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 245 (30.55%) Azure
2 186 (23.19%) AWS
3 91 (11.35%) Azure DevOps
4 73 (9.10%) Power Platform
5 50 (6.23%) Serverless
6 46 (5.74%) GitHub
7 42 (5.24%) GCP
8 38 (4.74%) SaaS
9 37 (4.61%) Power Automate
10 34 (4.24%) Microsoft Copilot
11 33 (4.11%) Microsoft 365
12 27 (3.37%) PowerApps
13 25 (3.12%) AWS CloudFormation
14 23 (2.87%) AWS Lambda
14 23 (2.87%) dbt
14 23 (2.87%) Dynamics 365
15 20 (2.49%) Copilot Studio
16 18 (2.24%) Snowflake
17 16 (2.00%) Amazon S3
18 14 (1.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.75%) DNS
2 5 (0.62%) Network Security
3 4 (0.50%) Firewall
4 3 (0.37%) AMQP
4 3 (0.37%) BIG-IP
4 3 (0.37%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 3 (0.37%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 3 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.37%) Wireless
5 2 (0.25%) Bluetooth
5 2 (0.25%) DHCP
5 2 (0.25%) HTTP
5 2 (0.25%) NetScaler
5 2 (0.25%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.25%) ZigBee
6 1 (0.12%) LAN
6 1 (0.12%) SAN
6 1 (0.12%) SSL
6 1 (0.12%) VoIP
6 1 (0.12%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (5.49%) Azure SQL Database
2 39 (4.86%) MongoDB
3 37 (4.61%) Power BI
4 31 (3.87%) SQL Server
5 30 (3.74%) Data Warehouse
6 22 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
7 17 (2.12%) Relational Database
8 16 (2.00%) Data Lake
8 16 (2.00%) DynamoDB
9 15 (1.87%) NoSQL
10 12 (1.50%) Elasticsearch
11 11 (1.37%) BigQuery
12 9 (1.12%) Big Data
13 8 (1.00%) Metadata
13 8 (1.00%) MySQL
13 8 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 5 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
15 4 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
15 4 (0.50%) Hadoop
15 4 (0.50%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 76 (9.48%) JIRA
2 50 (6.23%) Git
3 35 (4.36%) GitLab
4 16 (2.00%) Jenkins
4 16 (2.00%) JUnit
5 13 (1.62%) Spock
6 11 (1.37%) Claude Code
7 10 (1.25%) Postman
8 8 (1.00%) Bitbucket
8 8 (1.00%) Cypress.io
9 7 (0.87%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 7 (0.87%) Maven
10 6 (0.75%) Selenium
11 4 (0.50%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.50%) IntelliJ
11 4 (0.50%) Vagrant
12 3 (0.37%) Ant
12 3 (0.37%) Mockito
12 3 (0.37%) RStudio
13 2 (0.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 224 (27.93%) Social Skills
2 138 (17.21%) Finance
3 86 (10.72%) Public Sector
4 79 (9.85%) Analytical Skills
5 66 (8.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 40 (4.99%) Telecoms
7 39 (4.86%) Retail
8 29 (3.62%) Influencing Skills
9 27 (3.37%) Marketing
10 25 (3.12%) Publishing
11 19 (2.37%) Aerospace
11 19 (2.37%) Law
11 19 (2.37%) Legal
11 19 (2.37%) Manufacturing
12 17 (2.12%) Games
13 11 (1.37%) Local Government
13 11 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
15 9 (1.12%) Advertising
15 9 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 190 (23.69%) Senior
2 164 (20.45%) Developer
3 84 (10.47%) Software Engineer
4 59 (7.36%) Lead
5 54 (6.73%) Analyst
6 53 (6.61%) Senior Developer
7 50 (6.23%) Business Analyst
8 43 (5.36%) Project Manager
9 42 (5.24%) Data Engineer
10 41 (5.11%) .NET Developer
11 38 (4.74%) Delivery Manager
12 37 (4.61%) Engineering Manager
13 35 (4.36%) Design Engineer
14 33 (4.11%) Architect
15 32 (3.99%) DevOps Engineer
16 30 (3.74%) Senior Software Engineer
17 24 (2.99%) IT Manager
18 22 (2.74%) Java Engineer
18 22 (2.74%) Microsoft 365 Developer
18 22 (2.74%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (11.10%) .NET
2 77 (9.60%) Terraform
3 62 (7.73%) Spring
4 58 (7.23%) HTML
5 57 (7.11%) React
6 45 (5.61%) CSS
7 43 (5.36%) ASP.NET
8 42 (5.24%) Node.js
9 41 (5.11%) Spring Boot
10 40 (4.99%) .NET Core
11 38 (4.74%) AngularJS
12 37 (4.61%) ASP.NET Core
13 34 (4.24%) REST
14 33 (4.11%) Kafka
15 20 (2.49%) RESTful
16 19 (2.37%) Entity Framework
17 17 (2.12%) Middleware
18 14 (1.75%) Blazor
18 14 (1.75%) PySpark
19 13 (1.62%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 85 (10.60%) Product Ownership
2 61 (7.61%) Cloud Native
3 33 (4.11%) Enterprise Software
4 25 (3.12%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (2.99%) Distributed Systems
5 24 (2.99%) Greenfield Project
6 21 (2.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 16 (2.00%) IoT
7 16 (2.00%) Onboarding
7 16 (2.00%) Private Cloud
8 15 (1.87%) Mobile App
9 12 (1.50%) Driving Licence
9 12 (1.50%) Media Streaming
9 12 (1.50%) Podcast
10 11 (1.37%) Marketing Technology
11 9 (1.12%) Data Centre
12 7 (0.87%) PMI
13 6 (0.75%) IVR
13 6 (0.75%) Social Media
13 6 (0.75%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 35 (4.36%) Linux
2 12 (1.50%) Windows
3 8 (1.00%) Unix
4 6 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.62%) Android
6 4 (0.50%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.50%) VMS
7 3 (0.37%) CentOS
7 3 (0.37%) Debian
7 3 (0.37%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.25%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.25%) FreeRTOS
8 2 (0.25%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.25%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 258 (32.17%) Continuous Improvement
2 247 (30.80%) DevOps
3 236 (29.43%) CI/CD
4 189 (23.57%) AI
5 164 (20.45%) Mentoring
6 160 (19.95%) Software Engineering
7 153 (19.08%) Problem-Solving
8 142 (17.71%) Scrum
9 140 (17.46%) Stakeholder Management
10 111 (13.84%) Coaching
11 91 (11.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 89 (11.10%) Test Automation
13 82 (10.22%) Decision-Making
14 79 (9.85%) Microservices
15 77 (9.60%) Full-Stack Development
16 72 (8.98%) Roadmaps
17 68 (8.48%) Analytics
18 66 (8.23%) TDD
19 64 (7.98%) Project Delivery
20 63 (7.86%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 165 (20.57%) SQL
2 140 (17.46%) Java
3 112 (13.97%) JavaScript
3 112 (13.97%) Python
4 95 (11.85%) C#
5 56 (6.98%) TypeScript
6 22 (2.74%) Go
7 19 (2.37%) Bash
8 14 (1.75%) PowerShell
9 12 (1.50%) C++
10 9 (1.12%) Apex Code
10 9 (1.12%) PHP
11 8 (1.00%) Groovy
12 6 (0.75%) R
13 5 (0.62%) C
14 4 (0.50%) SOQL
15 3 (0.37%) ActionScript
15 3 (0.37%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.37%) Rust
15 3 (0.37%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 114 (14.21%) Degree
2 94 (11.72%) Security Cleared
3 71 (8.85%) SC Cleared
4 40 (4.99%) DBS Check
5 36 (4.49%) DV Cleared
6 32 (3.99%) HNC
7 21 (2.62%) Master's Degree
8 20 (2.49%) BPSS Clearance
9 17 (2.12%) PMI Certification
10 12 (1.50%) PMP
11 11 (1.37%) AWS Certification
12 10 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
13 9 (1.12%) Azure Certification
14 8 (1.00%) RIBA
15 6 (0.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 5 (0.62%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 4 (0.50%) MBA
17 4 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
18 3 (0.37%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (7.48%) Data Quality
2 51 (6.36%) QA
3 39 (4.86%) Accessibility
4 18 (2.24%) GDPR
5 11 (1.37%) PMO
6 7 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.87%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.62%) SLA
8 4 (0.50%) WCAG
9 3 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.25%) GRC
10 2 (0.25%) IEC 61131
10 2 (0.25%) IEC 61508
10 2 (0.25%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.12%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.12%) NIST
11 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.12%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 79 (9.85%) Docker
2 3 (0.37%) Ceph
3 2 (0.25%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.25%) UAG
3 2 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.12%) Firmware
4 1 (0.12%) NFS
4 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 88 (10.97%) Kubernetes
2 36 (4.49%) Ansible
3 14 (1.75%) Argo
4 11 (1.37%) Prometheus
5 8 (1.00%) Grafana
6 6 (0.75%) Podman
7 5 (0.62%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.50%) Istio
8 4 (0.50%) Packer
8 4 (0.50%) Puppet
9 3 (0.37%) Check_MK
10 2 (0.25%) AirWatch
10 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.25%) SCCM
10 2 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.25%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.12%) linkerd
11 1 (0.12%) Nagios
11 1 (0.12%) Opsview
Vendors
1 142 (17.71%) Microsoft
2 28 (3.49%) YouTube
3 25 (3.12%) Google
4 24 (2.99%) Databricks
5 22 (2.74%) Oracle
6 21 (2.62%) ServiceNow
7 20 (2.49%) Salesforce
8 19 (2.37%) Splunk
9 13 (1.62%) AppDynamics
10 11 (1.37%) SAP
11 10 (1.25%) Red Hat
12 9 (1.12%) Adobe
13 6 (0.75%) Autodesk
14 5 (0.62%) F5
14 5 (0.62%) Thales
15 4 (0.50%) Dell
15 4 (0.50%) IBM
15 4 (0.50%) NEC
15 4 (0.50%) OpenAI
16 3 (0.37%) VMware