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 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 4 1
Rank change year-on-year -17 -3 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 449 1,010 942
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 8.10% 16.83% 25.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.40% 19.56% 27.44%
Number of salaries quoted 299 443 670
10th Percentile £44,994 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £69,900 £77,500
90th Percentile £84,200 £85,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year - - +1.07%

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 4,779 5,163 3,433
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 86.19% 86.04% 94.29%
Number of salaries quoted 2,365 2,670 2,602
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,099 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,369 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% -6.60% +2.33%
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% - -4.00%

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 8 December 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 8 December 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 -17 284 £62,500 +4.17% 315
Cheshire -9 70 £55,000 +10.00% 167
Lancashire -12 51 £47,683 -12.85% 139
Merseyside -18 30 £62,500 +13.64% 67
Cumbria -14 12 £57,500 +3.60% 13
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 16 (3.56%) Confluence
1 16 (3.56%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.78%) CMS
3 4 (0.89%) Apache
3 4 (0.89%) nginx
4 3 (0.67%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.67%) Headless CMS
4 3 (0.67%) Magnolia
4 3 (0.67%) WordPress
5 2 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.45%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.22%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.22%) IIS
6 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.22%) Umbraco
Applications
1 20 (4.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.45%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.11%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.67%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.67%) Sketch
6 3 (0.67%) Trello
7 2 (0.45%) Simulink
8 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.22%) InVision
Business Applications
1 9 (2.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.22%) Magento
3 1 (0.22%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.22%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 141 (31.40%) Azure
2 107 (23.83%) AWS
3 46 (10.24%) SaaS
4 42 (9.35%) Power Platform
5 34 (7.57%) GCP
6 29 (6.46%) Serverless
7 20 (4.45%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (4.01%) Microsoft 365
9 16 (3.56%) GitHub
10 14 (3.12%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (3.12%) Dynamics 365
11 13 (2.90%) Figma
12 10 (2.23%) AWS CloudFormation
12 10 (2.23%) Azure Functions
12 10 (2.23%) Azure Service Bus
12 10 (2.23%) PaaS
13 9 (2.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 9 (2.00%) GitHub Actions
14 8 (1.78%) Azure AKS
14 8 (1.78%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.56%) Firewall
2 6 (1.34%) HTTP
3 3 (0.67%) DNS
3 3 (0.67%) SSH
3 3 (0.67%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.67%) Wireless
4 2 (0.45%) AMQP
4 2 (0.45%) OpenVPN
4 2 (0.45%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (7.35%) SQL Server
2 27 (6.01%) NoSQL
3 25 (5.57%) Power BI
4 18 (4.01%) MongoDB
5 11 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (2.45%) MySQL
6 7 (1.56%) Data Lake
7 6 (1.34%) DynamoDB
7 6 (1.34%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (1.11%) Redis
9 4 (0.89%) Big Data
10 3 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.67%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 3 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.45%) Cloudera CDH
11 2 (0.45%) PostHog
Development Applications
1 35 (7.80%) JIRA
2 29 (6.46%) Git
3 14 (3.12%) Jenkins
4 13 (2.90%) GitLab
5 7 (1.56%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.89%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.89%) JMeter
6 4 (0.89%) JUnit
6 4 (0.89%) Selenium
7 3 (0.67%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.67%) Gatling
7 3 (0.67%) JIRA Agile
7 3 (0.67%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.67%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.45%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.22%) Axure RP
9 1 (0.22%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.22%) Maven
9 1 (0.22%) Mockito
General
1 137 (30.51%) Social Skills
2 114 (25.39%) Finance
3 56 (12.47%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (6.46%) Public Sector
5 20 (4.45%) Banking
6 18 (4.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (4.01%) Influencing Skills
7 17 (3.79%) Law
8 15 (3.34%) Manufacturing
8 15 (3.34%) Marketing
9 14 (3.12%) Retail
10 13 (2.90%) Local Government
11 9 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (2.00%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.56%) Avionics
12 7 (1.56%) Electronics
12 7 (1.56%) Financial Institution
12 7 (1.56%) Games
13 6 (1.34%) Billing
13 6 (1.34%) Legal
Job Titles
1 111 (24.72%) Senior
2 106 (23.61%) Developer
3 73 (16.26%) Lead
4 39 (8.69%) Analyst
5 36 (8.02%) Senior Developer
6 27 (6.01%) Architect
7 23 (5.12%) Project Manager
7 23 (5.12%) Software Engineer
8 22 (4.90%) Senior Manager
9 21 (4.68%) Java Developer
9 21 (4.68%) Software Developer
10 19 (4.23%) Solutions Architect
11 17 (3.79%) .NET Developer
11 17 (3.79%) Business Analyst
11 17 (3.79%) Systems Engineer
12 15 (3.34%) Data Engineer
13 14 (3.12%) DevOps Engineer
14 12 (2.67%) Backend Developer
14 12 (2.67%) Senior Audit Manager
14 12 (2.67%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (15.81%) .NET
2 56 (12.47%) React
3 36 (8.02%) CSS
4 32 (7.13%) HTML
5 27 (6.01%) REST
6 26 (5.79%) AngularJS
6 26 (5.79%) RESTful
6 26 (5.79%) Spring Boot
7 25 (5.57%) Spring
8 24 (5.35%) .NET Framework
9 22 (4.90%) .NET Core
10 20 (4.45%) Node.js
11 19 (4.23%) ASP.NET
12 15 (3.34%) Kafka
13 11 (2.45%) RabbitMQ
14 9 (2.00%) Hibernate
15 8 (1.78%) Entity Framework
16 7 (1.56%) Next.js
16 7 (1.56%) Web Services
17 6 (1.34%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 41 (9.13%) Cloud Native
2 35 (7.80%) Product Ownership
3 22 (4.90%) Distributed Systems
4 21 (4.68%) Management Information System
5 17 (3.79%) Mobile App
6 13 (2.90%) Social Media
7 12 (2.67%) IoT
8 10 (2.23%) Greenfield Project
9 9 (2.00%) Driving Licence
10 8 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.78%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 7 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (1.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 5 (1.11%) Onboarding
14 4 (0.89%) Data Centre
14 4 (0.89%) e-Learning
14 4 (0.89%) Public Cloud
15 3 (0.67%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 31 (6.90%) Windows
2 13 (2.90%) Linux
3 10 (2.23%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.11%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.89%) Android
6 2 (0.45%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.45%) CentOS
6 2 (0.45%) Debian
6 2 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.45%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.45%) VMS
7 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (26.50%) CI/CD
2 108 (24.05%) DevOps
3 105 (23.39%) Continuous Improvement
4 102 (22.72%) Problem-Solving
5 88 (19.60%) Mentoring
6 73 (16.26%) Coaching
7 68 (15.14%) Software Engineering
8 66 (14.70%) Microservices
9 62 (13.81%) Roadmaps
10 59 (13.14%) Scrum
11 56 (12.47%) User Experience
12 49 (10.91%) Containerisation
13 47 (10.47%) Project Management
14 45 (10.02%) Clean Code
15 44 (9.80%) Project Delivery
16 43 (9.58%) Stakeholder Management
17 40 (8.91%) Infrastructure as Code
18 39 (8.69%) Decision-Making
19 38 (8.46%) AI
19 38 (8.46%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 76 (16.93%) C#
2 58 (12.92%) JavaScript
3 57 (12.69%) Java
4 56 (12.47%) SQL
5 42 (9.35%) TypeScript
6 38 (8.46%) Python
7 14 (3.12%) Go
8 10 (2.23%) MATLAB
9 9 (2.00%) PowerShell
10 8 (1.78%) Elixir
10 8 (1.78%) Ruby
11 7 (1.56%) Bash
12 4 (0.89%) Bicep
12 4 (0.89%) PHP
13 3 (0.67%) C++
13 3 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.67%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.45%) C
14 2 (0.45%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.45%) Scala
Qualifications
1 58 (12.92%) Degree
2 33 (7.35%) BPSS Clearance
3 28 (6.24%) Security Cleared
4 20 (4.45%) SC Cleared
5 19 (4.23%) ACCA
6 15 (3.34%) DBS Check
7 12 (2.67%) PMP
8 11 (2.45%) PMI Certification
9 10 (2.23%) Azure Certification
10 8 (1.78%) AWS Certification
10 8 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.78%) DV Cleared
11 7 (1.56%) CIMA
12 6 (1.34%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (1.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 4 (0.89%) HNC
14 4 (0.89%) HND
15 3 (0.67%) CCNA
15 3 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
15 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (8.69%) QA
2 29 (6.46%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.67%) GAAP
3 12 (2.67%) IFRS
4 10 (2.23%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.78%) SEPA
5 8 (1.78%) TARGET2
6 7 (1.56%) PMO
7 6 (1.34%) GDPR
7 6 (1.34%) NIST
7 6 (1.34%) SLA
8 5 (1.11%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.89%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 2 (0.45%) WCAG
11 1 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.22%) HL7
11 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 53 (11.80%) Docker
2 21 (4.68%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.22%) HDFS
4 1 (0.22%) KVM
4 1 (0.22%) QEMU
4 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 51 (11.36%) Kubernetes
2 42 (9.35%) Terraform
3 12 (2.67%) Ansible
4 10 (2.23%) Grafana
4 10 (2.23%) SCCM
5 9 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (1.11%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.67%) Puppet
8 2 (0.45%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.22%) Rancher
Vendors
1 65 (14.48%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.56%) Google
2 16 (3.56%) SAP
3 12 (2.67%) Salesforce
4 11 (2.45%) ServiceNow
5 9 (2.00%) Databricks
6 8 (1.78%) Adobe
7 7 (1.56%) Splunk
8 6 (1.34%) Qualtrics
8 6 (1.34%) Sophos
9 5 (1.11%) Oracle
9 5 (1.11%) Siemens
10 4 (0.89%) Bloomberg
10 4 (0.89%) Facebook
10 4 (0.89%) New Relic
10 4 (0.89%) UiPath
11 3 (0.67%) Meraki
11 3 (0.67%) Palo Alto
11 3 (0.67%) SaltStack
11 3 (0.67%) Zerto