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 7 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -24 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 567 1,237 1,812
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 5.37% 28.38% 19.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.31% 29.77% 23.73%
Number of salaries quoted 415 392 1,426
10th Percentile £42,580 £42,500 £38,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% +8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,000 £88,125
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -7.41%

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 7,752 4,155 7,636
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 73.49% 95.34% 82.20%
Number of salaries quoted 4,621 2,183 6,065
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,840 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,625 £65,603
90th Percentile £89,000 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £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 7 May 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 7 May 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 -20 403 £65,000 -3.70% 201
Lancashire -35 60 £58,446 +11.33% 37
Cheshire -34 53 £55,000 +10.00% 24
Merseyside -33 28 £55,550 -16.15% 9
Cumbria -19 19 £55,000 +11.96% 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 45 (7.94%) Confluence
2 11 (1.94%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.41%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.06%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.88%) Apache
5 5 (0.88%) CMS
6 4 (0.71%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.53%) WordPress
8 2 (0.35%) CICS
8 2 (0.35%) nginx
8 2 (0.35%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.35%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.18%) IIS
9 1 (0.18%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 11 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.35%) Simulink
4 2 (0.35%) Trello
5 1 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.18%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.35%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 180 (31.75%) Azure
2 121 (21.34%) AWS
3 48 (8.47%) SaaS
4 42 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
5 32 (5.64%) Serverless
6 31 (5.47%) Power Platform
7 30 (5.29%) GCP
8 24 (4.23%) Microsoft 365
9 22 (3.88%) AWS CloudFormation
10 20 (3.53%) Azure AKS
11 14 (2.47%) Amazon EKS
12 13 (2.29%) Azure Service Bus
12 13 (2.29%) GitHub
13 12 (2.12%) Anthropic Claude
14 11 (1.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 11 (1.94%) Azure Logic Apps
14 11 (1.94%) Microsoft Purview
15 10 (1.76%) Azure Functions
15 10 (1.76%) Azure Monitor
16 9 (1.59%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.06%) HTTP
2 4 (0.71%) AMQP
2 4 (0.71%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.35%) DNS
3 2 (0.35%) OpenVPN
3 2 (0.35%) SSH
3 2 (0.35%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.18%) 4G
4 1 (0.18%) Broadband
4 1 (0.18%) Firewall
4 1 (0.18%) LAN
4 1 (0.18%) LTE
4 1 (0.18%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.18%) SSL
4 1 (0.18%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (6.17%) SQL Server
2 33 (5.82%) NoSQL
3 24 (4.23%) MongoDB
4 21 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (3.17%) MySQL
6 15 (2.65%) Power BI
7 10 (1.76%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (1.59%) Relational Database
9 8 (1.41%) Data Lake
10 7 (1.23%) DynamoDB
11 6 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (1.06%) Big Data
11 6 (1.06%) BigQuery
11 6 (1.06%) Hadoop
12 4 (0.71%) Cloudera CDH
12 4 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (0.71%) Flink
12 4 (0.71%) Geospatial Data
12 4 (0.71%) GIS
12 4 (0.71%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 69 (12.17%) JIRA
2 48 (8.47%) Git
3 18 (3.17%) GitLab
4 14 (2.47%) Jenkins
5 13 (2.29%) Claude Code
6 9 (1.59%) Postman
7 5 (0.88%) JUnit
8 4 (0.71%) IntelliJ
8 4 (0.71%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.53%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.53%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.35%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.35%) Selenium
10 2 (0.35%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.35%) Vagrant
10 2 (0.35%) XCUITest
11 1 (0.18%) MSTest
11 1 (0.18%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.18%) Spock
11 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 128 (22.57%) Social Skills
2 122 (21.52%) Finance
3 54 (9.52%) Public Sector
4 47 (8.29%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (4.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 21 (3.70%) Marketing
7 17 (3.00%) Banking
8 16 (2.82%) Manufacturing
9 15 (2.65%) Games
10 14 (2.47%) Law
11 11 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (1.76%) Retail
13 8 (1.41%) Advertising
13 8 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.88%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.88%) Legal
14 5 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.71%) Publishing
15 4 (0.71%) Retail Banking
15 4 (0.71%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 137 (24.16%) Senior
2 103 (18.17%) Developer
3 88 (15.52%) Lead
4 75 (13.23%) Software Engineer
5 45 (7.94%) Senior Developer
6 43 (7.58%) Project Manager
7 32 (5.64%) Analyst
8 28 (4.94%) Software Developer
9 25 (4.41%) Architect
9 25 (4.41%) Java Developer
9 25 (4.41%) Lead Software Engineer
10 24 (4.23%) .NET Developer
10 24 (4.23%) Business Analyst
10 24 (4.23%) Delivery Manager
11 23 (4.06%) Data Engineer
12 22 (3.88%) Java Engineer
13 19 (3.35%) IT Manager
13 19 (3.35%) Senior Data Engineer
13 19 (3.35%) Senior Software Engineer
14 17 (3.00%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (14.81%) .NET
2 52 (9.17%) React
3 37 (6.53%) Node.js
4 35 (6.17%) .NET Framework
4 35 (6.17%) RESTful
5 34 (6.00%) REST
6 33 (5.82%) Spring
7 31 (5.47%) AngularJS
7 31 (5.47%) CSS
7 31 (5.47%) Spring Boot
8 30 (5.29%) HTML
9 27 (4.76%) .NET Core
9 27 (4.76%) ASP.NET
10 15 (2.65%) Kafka
11 10 (1.76%) Vue
11 10 (1.76%) Web Services
12 7 (1.23%) ASP.NET Core
12 7 (1.23%) gRPC
12 7 (1.23%) PySpark
12 7 (1.23%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 59 (10.41%) Product Ownership
2 36 (6.35%) Cloud Native
3 26 (4.59%) Distributed Systems
4 23 (4.06%) Enterprise Software
5 20 (3.53%) Driving Licence
6 16 (2.82%) Greenfield Project
7 14 (2.47%) Mobile App
8 8 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (1.41%) Low-Code
8 8 (1.41%) Management Information System
9 7 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.06%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.06%) PMI
11 5 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (0.71%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (0.71%) Public Cloud
12 4 (0.71%) Social Media
12 4 (0.71%) Social Network
12 4 (0.71%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.06%) Linux
2 19 (3.35%) Windows
3 4 (0.71%) CentOS
3 4 (0.71%) Debian
3 4 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (0.71%) Ubuntu
3 4 (0.71%) Unix
3 4 (0.71%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.53%) Android
4 3 (0.53%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (25.22%) CI/CD
2 135 (23.81%) DevOps
3 133 (23.46%) Scrum
4 131 (23.10%) Continuous Improvement
5 114 (20.11%) Software Engineering
6 92 (16.23%) Mentoring
7 87 (15.34%) Coaching
8 74 (13.05%) Problem-Solving
9 72 (12.70%) Microservices
10 68 (11.99%) Stakeholder Management
11 66 (11.64%) Project Management
11 66 (11.64%) TDD
12 60 (10.58%) AI
12 60 (10.58%) Roadmaps
13 57 (10.05%) Kanban
14 51 (8.99%) Full-Stack Development
14 51 (8.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 49 (8.64%) Project Delivery
16 47 (8.29%) Decision-Making
17 45 (7.94%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 106 (18.69%) SQL
2 104 (18.34%) Java
3 70 (12.35%) C#
4 69 (12.17%) JavaScript
4 69 (12.17%) Python
5 33 (5.82%) TypeScript
6 10 (1.76%) C++
7 5 (0.88%) Bash
7 5 (0.88%) PowerShell
8 4 (0.71%) C
8 4 (0.71%) Go
9 3 (0.53%) Apex Code
9 3 (0.53%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.53%) SOQL
10 2 (0.35%) Groovy
10 2 (0.35%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.35%) PHP
10 2 (0.35%) Scala
10 2 (0.35%) SOSL
10 2 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 43 (7.58%) Security Cleared
2 33 (5.82%) SC Cleared
3 30 (5.29%) Degree
4 22 (3.88%) BPSS Clearance
4 22 (3.88%) PMI Certification
5 16 (2.82%) DV Cleared
5 16 (2.82%) PMP
6 6 (1.06%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.06%) DBS Check
7 5 (0.88%) HND
8 4 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.53%) HNC
10 2 (0.35%) ACCA
10 2 (0.35%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.35%) SAFe Agilist
11 1 (0.18%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.18%) CIPD
11 1 (0.18%) ISEB
11 1 (0.18%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.18%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (4.94%) QA
2 20 (3.53%) Accessibility
3 17 (3.00%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.41%) PMO
5 2 (0.35%) GDPR
5 2 (0.35%) SLA
5 2 (0.35%) WCAG
6 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.18%) GRC
6 1 (0.18%) GxP
6 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 1 (0.18%) ITGC
6 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 34 (6.00%) Docker
2 12 (2.12%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 69 (12.17%) Terraform
2 47 (8.29%) Kubernetes
3 24 (4.23%) Ansible
4 11 (1.94%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (1.23%) Puppet
7 5 (0.88%) Grafana
7 5 (0.88%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.53%) Argo
8 3 (0.53%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.53%) Rancher
9 2 (0.35%) Packer
9 2 (0.35%) SCCM
10 1 (0.18%) AWS Copilot
Vendors
1 95 (16.75%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.06%) Salesforce
3 18 (3.17%) ServiceNow
4 17 (3.00%) SAP
5 16 (2.82%) Databricks
6 12 (2.12%) Google
7 11 (1.94%) Splunk
8 10 (1.76%) Siemens
9 9 (1.59%) Oracle
10 8 (1.41%) New Relic
11 6 (1.06%) Pega
12 4 (0.71%) Red Hat
12 4 (0.71%) SaltStack
13 3 (0.53%) Adobe
13 3 (0.53%) Atlassian
13 3 (0.53%) IBM
13 3 (0.53%) LogicMonitor
14 2 (0.35%) Cognos
14 2 (0.35%) WSO2
15 1 (0.18%) Intel