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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -14 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 744 1,240 1,577
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 6.20% 23.82% 18.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.61% 26.37% 24.35%
Number of salaries quoted 535 347 828
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 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +2.04% +2.26%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,625 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £89,250 £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 8,642 4,702 6,476
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 72.06% 90.32% 77.51%
Number of salaries quoted 6,588 2,276 4,330
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 £65,250 £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 18 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 18 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 -12 545 £66,750 +2.69% 161
Lancashire -8 74 £55,000 +12.34% 54
Cheshire -29 58 £55,000 -4.35% 29
Merseyside -23 46 £60,000 -4.00% 17
Cumbria -9 18 £47,500 -17.39% 5
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 39 (5.24%) Confluence
2 26 (3.49%) SharePoint
3 20 (2.69%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.34%) Apache
5 5 (0.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.67%) CMS
5 5 (0.67%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.40%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.40%) nginx
6 3 (0.40%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.40%) 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 (0.13%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.13%) JBoss
8 1 (0.13%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 18 (2.42%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.94%) Trello
5 5 (0.67%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.67%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.67%) Revit
6 3 (0.40%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 18 (2.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.54%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.40%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 2 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 250 (33.60%) Azure
2 175 (23.52%) AWS
3 98 (13.17%) Azure DevOps
4 59 (7.93%) Power Platform
5 46 (6.18%) SaaS
6 45 (6.05%) GitHub
6 45 (6.05%) Serverless
7 44 (5.91%) GCP
8 27 (3.63%) AWS CloudFormation
8 27 (3.63%) Power Automate
9 26 (3.49%) Microsoft 365
10 23 (3.09%) dbt
10 23 (3.09%) Microsoft Copilot
11 21 (2.82%) Dynamics 365
12 20 (2.69%) PowerApps
13 19 (2.55%) Snowflake
14 16 (2.15%) GitHub Copilot
15 15 (2.02%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 13 (1.75%) Azure AI
16 13 (1.75%) Azure Service Bus
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 (6.05%) Azure SQL Database
2 36 (4.84%) MongoDB
3 33 (4.44%) SQL Server
4 30 (4.03%) Power BI
5 29 (3.90%) Data Warehouse
6 25 (3.36%) PostgreSQL
7 17 (2.28%) NoSQL
8 16 (2.15%) DynamoDB
8 16 (2.15%) Relational Database
9 12 (1.61%) BigQuery
9 12 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
10 11 (1.48%) Data Lake
11 10 (1.34%) MySQL
12 8 (1.08%) Big Data
12 8 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.67%) Metadata
14 4 (0.54%) Data Mining
14 4 (0.54%) Flink
15 3 (0.40%) GIS
15 3 (0.40%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 83 (11.16%) JIRA
2 58 (7.80%) Git
3 28 (3.76%) GitLab
4 19 (2.55%) Jenkins
5 14 (1.88%) JUnit
6 13 (1.75%) Claude Code
7 11 (1.48%) Postman
7 11 (1.48%) Spock
8 8 (1.08%) Bitbucket
9 7 (0.94%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 6 (0.81%) IntelliJ
11 5 (0.67%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.54%) Maven
13 3 (0.40%) Eclipse
13 3 (0.40%) 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
1 196 (26.34%) Social Skills
2 157 (21.10%) Finance
3 74 (9.95%) Public Sector
4 66 (8.87%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (6.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (4.57%) Marketing
7 32 (4.30%) Retail
8 25 (3.36%) Influencing Skills
9 20 (2.69%) Law
9 20 (2.69%) Telecoms
10 19 (2.55%) Games
10 19 (2.55%) Legal
11 15 (2.02%) Banking
11 15 (2.02%) Manufacturing
12 14 (1.88%) Advertising
13 13 (1.75%) Local Government
13 13 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (1.61%) Aerospace
14 12 (1.61%) Publishing
15 10 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 163 (21.91%) Senior
2 159 (21.37%) Developer
3 75 (10.08%) Software Engineer
4 55 (7.39%) Project Manager
4 55 (7.39%) Senior Developer
5 54 (7.26%) Lead
6 46 (6.18%) Analyst
7 43 (5.78%) .NET Developer
8 41 (5.51%) Business Analyst
9 34 (4.57%) Data Engineer
10 33 (4.44%) Delivery Manager
11 32 (4.30%) Engineering Manager
12 27 (3.63%) Architect
12 27 (3.63%) Java Developer
13 26 (3.49%) Product Owner
14 24 (3.23%) IT Manager
15 23 (3.09%) DevOps Engineer
16 22 (2.96%) Senior Software Engineer
16 22 (2.96%) Software Developer
17 21 (2.82%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (13.44%) .NET
2 59 (7.93%) HTML
3 52 (6.99%) CSS
4 49 (6.59%) Node.js
5 44 (5.91%) ASP.NET
5 44 (5.91%) React
5 44 (5.91%) Spring
6 41 (5.51%) .NET Core
6 41 (5.51%) AngularJS
7 38 (5.11%) ASP.NET Core
8 33 (4.44%) REST
9 29 (3.90%) RESTful
9 29 (3.90%) Spring Boot
10 19 (2.55%) Entity Framework
11 15 (2.02%) Blazor
11 15 (2.02%) Kafka
11 15 (2.02%) Vue
12 13 (1.75%) ASP.NET Web API
12 13 (1.75%) ML.NET
13 12 (1.61%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 94 (12.63%) Product Ownership
2 56 (7.53%) Cloud Native
3 33 (4.44%) Enterprise Software
4 25 (3.36%) Distributed Systems
5 24 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
6 20 (2.69%) Driving Licence
7 18 (2.42%) Mobile App
8 16 (2.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 15 (2.02%) Onboarding
10 12 (1.61%) Marketing Technology
10 12 (1.61%) Private Cloud
11 9 (1.21%) Management Information System
11 9 (1.21%) PMI
11 9 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (1.08%) IoT
13 7 (0.94%) Social Network
14 6 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
14 6 (0.81%) Social Media
14 6 (0.81%) Virtual Team
15 5 (0.67%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 26 (3.49%) Linux
2 10 (1.34%) Windows
3 6 (0.81%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.67%) Android
5 3 (0.40%) 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 (0.13%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (31.45%) DevOps
2 224 (30.11%) CI/CD
3 199 (26.75%) Continuous Improvement
4 161 (21.64%) Scrum
5 153 (20.56%) AI
6 138 (18.55%) Software Engineering
7 133 (17.88%) Stakeholder Management
8 119 (15.99%) Mentoring
9 111 (14.92%) Problem-Solving
10 86 (11.56%) Coaching
10 86 (11.56%) Roadmaps
11 84 (11.29%) Full-Stack Development
11 84 (11.29%) Test Automation
12 82 (11.02%) TDD
13 78 (10.48%) Microservices
14 72 (9.68%) Decision-Making
15 68 (9.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 65 (8.74%) Project Delivery
17 64 (8.60%) Project Management
17 64 (8.60%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 171 (22.98%) SQL
2 122 (16.40%) Java
3 111 (14.92%) JavaScript
4 110 (14.78%) Python
5 99 (13.31%) C#
6 38 (5.11%) TypeScript
7 18 (2.42%) Go
8 14 (1.88%) C++
9 12 (1.61%) Bash
10 10 (1.34%) PHP
10 10 (1.34%) PowerShell
11 8 (1.08%) Apex Code
12 6 (0.81%) C
12 6 (0.81%) Groovy
13 5 (0.67%) SOQL
14 4 (0.54%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.54%) SOSL
14 4 (0.54%) Swift
15 3 (0.40%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.40%) R
Qualifications
1 85 (11.42%) Degree
2 68 (9.14%) Security Cleared
3 54 (7.26%) SC Cleared
4 26 (3.49%) DV Cleared
5 22 (2.96%) PMI Certification
6 20 (2.69%) Master's Degree
7 19 (2.55%) BPSS Clearance
7 19 (2.55%) DBS Check
8 14 (1.88%) PMP
9 12 (1.61%) HNC
10 10 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (1.21%) AWS Certification
11 9 (1.21%) Azure Certification
12 7 (0.94%) RIBA
13 6 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (0.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 4 (0.54%) MBA
15 4 (0.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 4 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
16 3 (0.40%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (6.59%) QA
2 47 (6.32%) Data Quality
3 23 (3.09%) Accessibility
4 14 (1.88%) GDPR
5 13 (1.75%) PMO
6 7 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.94%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.67%) SLA
8 2 (0.27%) GRC
8 2 (0.27%) IEC 61131
8 2 (0.27%) IEC 61508
8 2 (0.27%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.27%) WCAG
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 65 (8.74%) 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 75 (10.08%) Terraform
2 67 (9.01%) Kubernetes
3 31 (4.17%) Ansible
4 13 (1.75%) Argo
5 9 (1.21%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.81%) Grafana
7 4 (0.54%) Istio
8 3 (0.40%) Check_MK
8 3 (0.40%) Podman
8 3 (0.40%) Puppet
9 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.13%) linkerd
10 1 (0.13%) Nagios
10 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 137 (18.41%) Microsoft
2 25 (3.36%) ServiceNow
3 23 (3.09%) Salesforce
4 21 (2.82%) Databricks
4 21 (2.82%) Google
5 20 (2.69%) Oracle
6 18 (2.42%) Splunk
7 13 (1.75%) SAP
8 11 (1.48%) AppDynamics
9 9 (1.21%) Adobe
10 7 (0.94%) Pega
11 6 (0.81%) Red Hat
12 5 (0.67%) Autodesk
12 5 (0.67%) IBM
12 5 (0.67%) YouTube
13 4 (0.54%) Dell
13 4 (0.54%) NEC
13 4 (0.54%) OpenAI
14 3 (0.40%) Apple
14 3 (0.40%) BiZZdesign