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

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -19 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 491 1,228 1,008
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 9.72% 17.91% 26.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.50% 21.75% 27.85%
Number of salaries quoted 311 445 706
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,227
25th Percentile £48,875 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,836 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.74% -3.61% +4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £87,419
England median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year - - +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 4,270 5,646 3,620
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 84.50% 82.35% 94.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2,451 2,800 2,735
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

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 21 November 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 21 November 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 -4 327 £62,500 +4.17% 351
Cheshire -7 74 £55,000 +10.00% 65
Lancashire -19 44 £47,592 -13.47% 134
Merseyside -14 34 £57,500 -4.17% 13
Cumbria -14 11 £57,500 +3.14% 15
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 23 (4.68%) Confluence
2 14 (2.85%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.43%) CMS
4 5 (1.02%) Apache
5 3 (0.61%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.61%) Headless CMS
5 3 (0.61%) IIS
5 3 (0.61%) Magnolia
5 3 (0.61%) nginx
5 3 (0.61%) WordPress
6 2 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.41%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.20%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.20%) Umbraco
Applications
1 21 (4.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.43%) MS Visio
4 6 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.61%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.61%) Sketch
6 3 (0.61%) Trello
7 2 (0.41%) Simulink
8 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.20%) InVision
8 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.61%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.20%) Magento
4 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.20%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 138 (28.11%) Azure
2 128 (26.07%) AWS
3 45 (9.16%) Power Platform
4 44 (8.96%) SaaS
5 39 (7.94%) GCP
6 29 (5.91%) Serverless
7 22 (4.48%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (4.07%) GitHub
9 18 (3.67%) AWS Lambda
9 18 (3.67%) Dynamics 365
10 15 (3.05%) Microsoft 365
11 12 (2.44%) Figma
12 10 (2.04%) Azure Service Bus
13 9 (1.83%) AWS CloudFormation
13 9 (1.83%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (1.83%) PaaS
13 9 (1.83%) Power Automate
14 8 (1.63%) Cloud Computing
15 7 (1.43%) Azure Functions
15 7 (1.43%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.43%) Firewall
2 4 (0.81%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.61%) HTTP
3 3 (0.61%) SSH
3 3 (0.61%) Wireless
4 2 (0.41%) AMQP
4 2 (0.41%) DNS
4 2 (0.41%) OpenVPN
4 2 (0.41%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (6.72%) SQL Server
2 28 (5.70%) NoSQL
3 27 (5.50%) Power BI
4 26 (5.30%) MongoDB
5 12 (2.44%) MySQL
6 11 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (1.83%) Data Lake
9 8 (1.63%) DynamoDB
9 8 (1.63%) Relational Database
10 7 (1.43%) Redis
11 4 (0.81%) Big Data
11 4 (0.81%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.61%) Hadoop
12 3 (0.61%) Hazelcast
13 2 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
13 2 (0.41%) GIS
13 2 (0.41%) SQL CLR
Development Applications
1 43 (8.76%) JIRA
2 29 (5.91%) Git
3 15 (3.05%) GitLab
4 14 (2.85%) Jenkins
5 10 (2.04%) Cypress.io
6 7 (1.43%) Cucumber
6 7 (1.43%) Selenium
7 4 (0.81%) JMeter
8 3 (0.61%) Gatling
8 3 (0.61%) JIRA Agile
8 3 (0.61%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.41%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.41%) JUnit
9 2 (0.41%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.41%) webpack
10 1 (0.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.20%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.20%) Maven
10 1 (0.20%) NUnit
10 1 (0.20%) Rational DOORS
General
1 156 (31.77%) Social Skills
2 141 (28.72%) Finance
3 57 (11.61%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (8.15%) Public Sector
5 28 (5.70%) Marketing
6 23 (4.68%) Banking
7 21 (4.28%) Local Government
8 20 (4.07%) Influencing Skills
9 18 (3.67%) Law
9 18 (3.67%) Manufacturing
10 17 (3.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (3.46%) Retail
11 11 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (2.24%) Telecoms
12 10 (2.04%) Games
13 9 (1.83%) Electronics
14 8 (1.63%) Financial Institution
15 7 (1.43%) Avionics
16 6 (1.22%) Back Office
16 6 (1.22%) Billing
Job Titles
1 127 (25.87%) Senior
2 122 (24.85%) Developer
3 67 (13.65%) Lead
4 44 (8.96%) Analyst
5 41 (8.35%) Senior Developer
6 30 (6.11%) Project Manager
6 30 (6.11%) Senior Manager
6 30 (6.11%) Software Engineer
7 28 (5.70%) Architect
8 22 (4.48%) Java Developer
8 22 (4.48%) Solutions Architect
9 20 (4.07%) Audit Manager
9 20 (4.07%) Senior Audit Manager
10 19 (3.87%) Software Developer
11 18 (3.67%) .NET Developer
11 18 (3.67%) Business Analyst
12 17 (3.46%) Systems Engineer
13 16 (3.26%) Backend Developer
14 15 (3.05%) AWS Architect
14 15 (3.05%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (15.27%) .NET
2 62 (12.63%) React
3 37 (7.54%) CSS
4 34 (6.92%) HTML
5 30 (6.11%) Spring Boot
6 29 (5.91%) Spring
7 25 (5.09%) AngularJS
7 25 (5.09%) Node.js
8 24 (4.89%) REST
8 24 (4.89%) RESTful
9 23 (4.68%) .NET Core
9 23 (4.68%) .NET Framework
10 22 (4.48%) Kafka
11 18 (3.67%) ASP.NET
12 11 (2.24%) RabbitMQ
13 9 (1.83%) Entity Framework
13 9 (1.83%) Hibernate
13 9 (1.83%) Jest
13 9 (1.83%) Web Services
14 8 (1.63%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 42 (8.55%) Cloud Native
2 41 (8.35%) Product Ownership
3 25 (5.09%) Management Information System
4 20 (4.07%) Distributed Systems
5 18 (3.67%) Mobile App
6 17 (3.46%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (2.85%) Social Media
8 10 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
8 10 (2.04%) IoT
9 9 (1.83%) Driving Licence
10 8 (1.63%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 7 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 7 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.22%) e-Learning
13 5 (1.02%) Animation
13 5 (1.02%) Onboarding
13 5 (1.02%) Wiki
14 4 (0.81%) Data Centre
14 4 (0.81%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 30 (6.11%) Windows
2 14 (2.85%) Linux
3 10 (2.04%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.02%) Android
4 5 (1.02%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.61%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.41%) CentOS
6 2 (0.41%) Debian
6 2 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.41%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.41%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (24.85%) DevOps
2 121 (24.64%) CI/CD
3 112 (22.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 107 (21.79%) Problem-Solving
5 88 (17.92%) Mentoring
6 86 (17.52%) Coaching
7 79 (16.09%) Software Engineering
8 67 (13.65%) Microservices
8 67 (13.65%) Roadmaps
9 60 (12.22%) Scrum
10 58 (11.81%) User Experience
11 54 (11.00%) Stakeholder Management
12 53 (10.79%) Containerisation
13 50 (10.18%) Project Management
14 49 (9.98%) Clean Code
15 48 (9.78%) Project Delivery
16 47 (9.57%) Full-Stack Development
17 44 (8.96%) TDD
18 42 (8.55%) Test Automation
19 41 (8.35%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 80 (16.29%) C#
2 68 (13.85%) Java
3 66 (13.44%) SQL
4 65 (13.24%) JavaScript
5 49 (9.98%) TypeScript
6 40 (8.15%) Python
7 13 (2.65%) Go
8 10 (2.04%) MATLAB
9 9 (1.83%) PowerShell
10 8 (1.63%) Elixir
10 8 (1.63%) PHP
10 8 (1.63%) Ruby
11 7 (1.43%) Bash
12 5 (1.02%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.81%) Bicep
14 3 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.41%) C
15 2 (0.41%) C++
15 2 (0.41%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.41%) Swift
Qualifications
1 62 (12.63%) Degree
2 32 (6.52%) Security Cleared
3 30 (6.11%) BPSS Clearance
4 27 (5.50%) ACCA
5 22 (4.48%) SC Cleared
6 15 (3.05%) DBS Check
7 12 (2.44%) Azure Certification
8 11 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (2.04%) AWS Certification
9 10 (2.04%) DV Cleared
9 10 (2.04%) PMP
10 9 (1.83%) PMI Certification
11 8 (1.63%) TOGAF Certification
12 7 (1.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 7 (1.43%) CIMA
13 4 (0.81%) HNC
13 4 (0.81%) HND
14 3 (0.61%) CCNA
14 3 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (7.33%) QA
2 26 (5.30%) Accessibility
3 20 (4.07%) GAAP
3 20 (4.07%) IFRS
4 10 (2.04%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.83%) GDPR
5 9 (1.83%) PMO
6 8 (1.63%) NIST
6 8 (1.63%) SEPA
6 8 (1.63%) TARGET2
7 7 (1.43%) HIPAA
8 6 (1.22%) SLA
9 4 (0.81%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.41%) WCAG
11 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.20%) HL7
11 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 62 (12.63%) Docker
2 17 (3.46%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.20%) HDFS
5 1 (0.20%) KVM
5 1 (0.20%) QEMU
5 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 57 (11.61%) Kubernetes
2 40 (8.15%) Terraform
3 10 (2.04%) Ansible
3 10 (2.04%) SCCM
4 8 (1.63%) Grafana
5 7 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (1.02%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.41%) Puppet
9 1 (0.20%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 66 (13.44%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.89%) Google
3 16 (3.26%) Salesforce
3 16 (3.26%) SAP
4 12 (2.44%) ServiceNow
5 11 (2.24%) Databricks
6 8 (1.63%) Adobe
6 8 (1.63%) Facebook
6 8 (1.63%) Splunk
7 6 (1.22%) Bloomberg
7 6 (1.22%) Oracle
7 6 (1.22%) Qualtrics
7 6 (1.22%) Sophos
7 6 (1.22%) UiPath
8 4 (0.81%) Blue Prism
8 4 (0.81%) Siemens
9 3 (0.61%) Aruba
9 3 (0.61%) Cisco
9 3 (0.61%) Veeam
9 3 (0.61%) VMware