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 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -16 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 671 1,277 1,957
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 5.95% 24.83% 19.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.38% 27.05% 24.12%
Number of salaries quoted 506 356 1,232
10th Percentile £42,600 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,869 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £78,312 £77,500 £75,772
90th Percentile £94,058 £93,764 £87,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £63,624
% change year-on-year -7.14% +10.02% -2.86%

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 8,010 4,721 8,112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 70.99% 91.79% 79.00%
Number of salaries quoted 6,151 2,276 5,976
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,055 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.88% +0.11% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 15 July 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 15 July 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 -12 493 £67,500 +3.85% 180
Lancashire -10 71 £55,000 +9.88% 122
Cheshire -38 47 £55,000 +2.33% 49
Merseyside -28 35 £55,550 -15.83% 28
Cumbria -6 21 £47,500 -15.18% 3
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 42 (6.26%) Confluence
2 21 (3.13%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.64%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.89%) CMS
5 5 (0.75%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.60%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.60%) WordPress
7 3 (0.45%) Apache
7 3 (0.45%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.45%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.30%) CICS
8 2 (0.30%) nginx
8 2 (0.30%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.15%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.15%) IIS
9 1 (0.15%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 14 (2.09%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.04%) Trello
4 6 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.45%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.15%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 15 (2.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.45%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 2 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.15%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 213 (31.74%) Azure
2 161 (23.99%) AWS
3 77 (11.48%) Azure DevOps
4 47 (7.00%) Power Platform
5 44 (6.56%) Serverless
6 38 (5.66%) SaaS
7 35 (5.22%) GCP
8 34 (5.07%) GitHub
9 28 (4.17%) AWS CloudFormation
10 27 (4.02%) Microsoft 365
11 19 (2.83%) Power Automate
12 17 (2.53%) PowerApps
13 16 (2.38%) dbt
14 15 (2.24%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 14 (2.09%) Azure AKS
15 14 (2.09%) Microsoft Copilot
16 13 (1.94%) Azure Service Bus
16 13 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
17 12 (1.79%) Azure AI
18 11 (1.64%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.45%) AMQP
1 3 (0.45%) TCP/IP
1 3 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (0.45%) Wireless
2 2 (0.30%) Bluetooth
2 2 (0.30%) ZigBee
3 1 (0.15%) Broadband
3 1 (0.15%) CTI
3 1 (0.15%) LAN
3 1 (0.15%) LTE
3 1 (0.15%) Network Security
3 1 (0.15%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.15%) SSL
3 1 (0.15%) VoIP
3 1 (0.15%) VPN
3 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (5.81%) Azure SQL Database
2 38 (5.66%) MongoDB
3 25 (3.73%) Power BI
4 24 (3.58%) SQL Server
5 22 (3.28%) NoSQL
5 22 (3.28%) PostgreSQL
6 18 (2.68%) Data Warehouse
7 15 (2.24%) MySQL
8 13 (1.94%) Elasticsearch
9 10 (1.49%) BigQuery
9 10 (1.49%) DynamoDB
10 9 (1.34%) Big Data
11 8 (1.19%) Data Lake
11 8 (1.19%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.60%) Data Mining
12 4 (0.60%) Flink
12 4 (0.60%) Geospatial Data
12 4 (0.60%) GIS
12 4 (0.60%) QGIS
12 4 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 79 (11.77%) JIRA
2 42 (6.26%) Git
3 25 (3.73%) GitLab
4 18 (2.68%) Jenkins
5 13 (1.94%) Claude Code
6 11 (1.64%) Postman
7 10 (1.49%) JUnit
8 9 (1.34%) Spock
9 8 (1.19%) Bitbucket
10 7 (1.04%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 5 (0.75%) IntelliJ
12 3 (0.45%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.45%) Maven
13 2 (0.30%) Cypress.io
13 2 (0.30%) MSTest
13 2 (0.30%) NUnit
13 2 (0.30%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.30%) Vagrant
13 2 (0.30%) Visual Studio
13 2 (0.30%) XCUITest
General
1 157 (23.40%) Social Skills
2 147 (21.91%) Finance
3 72 (10.73%) Public Sector
4 57 (8.49%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (5.07%) Marketing
6 25 (3.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 24 (3.58%) Influencing Skills
7 24 (3.58%) Retail
8 18 (2.68%) Banking
8 18 (2.68%) Games
9 15 (2.24%) Advertising
10 13 (1.94%) Law
11 11 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (1.49%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.19%) Legal
13 8 (1.19%) Telecoms
14 7 (1.04%) Aerospace
14 7 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (0.89%) Local Government
15 6 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 145 (21.61%) Senior
2 136 (20.27%) Developer
3 78 (11.62%) Software Engineer
4 59 (8.79%) Lead
5 56 (8.35%) Project Manager
6 46 (6.86%) Senior Developer
7 44 (6.56%) Analyst
8 43 (6.41%) .NET Developer
9 34 (5.07%) Business Analyst
10 30 (4.47%) Java Developer
11 27 (4.02%) Data Engineer
11 27 (4.02%) Engineering Manager
12 26 (3.87%) Architect
12 26 (3.87%) Delivery Manager
13 25 (3.73%) IT Manager
14 23 (3.43%) Senior Manager
15 22 (3.28%) Lead Software Engineer
16 21 (3.13%) Cloud Engineer
16 21 (3.13%) Java Engineer
17 20 (2.98%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (14.16%) .NET
2 52 (7.75%) HTML
3 50 (7.45%) Node.js
4 46 (6.86%) CSS
5 44 (6.56%) Spring
6 42 (6.26%) AngularJS
6 42 (6.26%) React
7 41 (6.11%) ASP.NET
8 40 (5.96%) .NET Core
9 36 (5.37%) ASP.NET Core
10 35 (5.22%) RESTful
11 33 (4.92%) Spring Boot
12 26 (3.87%) REST
13 18 (2.68%) Entity Framework
14 16 (2.38%) Vue
15 14 (2.09%) Kafka
16 13 (1.94%) Blazor
17 12 (1.79%) ML.NET
18 11 (1.64%) ASP.NET Web API
19 10 (1.49%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 74 (11.03%) Product Ownership
2 51 (7.60%) Cloud Native
3 28 (4.17%) Driving Licence
4 27 (4.02%) Enterprise Software
5 25 (3.73%) Greenfield Project
6 24 (3.58%) Distributed Systems
7 14 (2.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 14 (2.09%) Mobile App
8 10 (1.49%) PMI
9 9 (1.34%) Marketing Technology
9 9 (1.34%) Onboarding
9 9 (1.34%) Private Cloud
10 8 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (1.19%) Management Information System
10 8 (1.19%) Virtual Team
11 7 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.04%) Social Network
12 5 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (0.75%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 26 (3.87%) Linux
2 12 (1.79%) Windows
3 4 (0.60%) Apple iOS
3 4 (0.60%) Unix
4 3 (0.45%) Android
4 3 (0.45%) CentOS
4 3 (0.45%) Debian
4 3 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.45%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.30%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (0.30%) FreeRTOS
5 2 (0.30%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (29.96%) CI/CD
1 201 (29.96%) DevOps
2 163 (24.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 154 (22.95%) Scrum
4 125 (18.63%) Software Engineering
5 115 (17.14%) Stakeholder Management
6 109 (16.24%) Mentoring
7 107 (15.95%) AI
8 97 (14.46%) Problem-Solving
9 92 (13.71%) Coaching
10 88 (13.11%) TDD
11 84 (12.52%) Roadmaps
12 81 (12.07%) Full-Stack Development
13 77 (11.48%) Microservices
14 76 (11.33%) Test Automation
15 69 (10.28%) Project Management
16 67 (9.99%) Decision-Making
16 67 (9.99%) Kanban
17 58 (8.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 57 (8.49%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 144 (21.46%) SQL
2 122 (18.18%) Java
3 95 (14.16%) JavaScript
3 95 (14.16%) Python
4 89 (13.26%) C#
5 33 (4.92%) TypeScript
6 12 (1.79%) Bash
7 11 (1.64%) C++
8 10 (1.49%) Go
8 10 (1.49%) PowerShell
9 7 (1.04%) PHP
10 6 (0.89%) Apex Code
11 5 (0.75%) C
11 5 (0.75%) Groovy
11 5 (0.75%) SOQL
12 4 (0.60%) SOSL
13 3 (0.45%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.30%) Scala
14 2 (0.30%) Swift
14 2 (0.30%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 66 (9.84%) Security Cleared
2 50 (7.45%) SC Cleared
3 47 (7.00%) Degree
4 24 (3.58%) PMI Certification
5 23 (3.43%) DV Cleared
6 15 (2.24%) PMP
7 12 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (1.79%) Master's Degree
8 8 (1.19%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.19%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (0.89%) DBS Check
10 5 (0.75%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 5 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.60%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 3 (0.45%) MBA
13 2 (0.30%) Chartered Engineer
13 2 (0.30%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (5.07%) QA
2 27 (4.02%) Data Quality
3 24 (3.58%) Accessibility
4 11 (1.64%) GDPR
5 7 (1.04%) PCI DSS
5 7 (1.04%) PMO
6 6 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.60%) SLA
8 2 (0.30%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.30%) WCAG
9 1 (0.15%) GRC
9 1 (0.15%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.15%) ITGC
9 1 (0.15%) NIST
9 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.15%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 55 (8.20%) Docker
2 2 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.15%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 75 (11.18%) Terraform
2 62 (9.24%) Kubernetes
3 28 (4.17%) Ansible
4 9 (1.34%) Argo
5 7 (1.04%) Grafana
5 7 (1.04%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.75%) Puppet
7 4 (0.60%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.30%) Packer
9 1 (0.15%) AWS Copilot
9 1 (0.15%) Istio
9 1 (0.15%) linkerd
9 1 (0.15%) Rancher
9 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 123 (18.33%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.02%) ServiceNow
3 20 (2.98%) Salesforce
4 18 (2.68%) Databricks
4 18 (2.68%) Oracle
5 16 (2.38%) SAP
5 16 (2.38%) Splunk
6 14 (2.09%) Google
7 10 (1.49%) Adobe
8 9 (1.34%) AppDynamics
9 5 (0.75%) Pega
10 4 (0.60%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.45%) BiZZdesign
11 3 (0.45%) Cognos
11 3 (0.45%) Facebook
11 3 (0.45%) IBM
11 3 (0.45%) LogicMonitor
11 3 (0.45%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.45%) SaltStack
11 3 (0.45%) Siemens