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 14 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -14 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 753 1,167 1,358
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 5.99% 22.71% 17.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.28% 25.41% 22.60%
Number of salaries quoted 521 300 574
10th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £49,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +3.51% +0.81%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +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 9,092 4,592 6,009
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 72.35% 89.37% 77.58%
Number of salaries quoted 6,870 2,188 3,505
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,587 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -0.99% -8.18%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £79,035
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.93%

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 14 September 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 14 September 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 -12 538 £67,249 +3.46% 580
Lancashire -8 79 £55,000 +8.59% 68
Cheshire -32 60 £55,000 -4.35% 58
Merseyside -13 54 £62,000 -0.80% 46
Cumbria -1 20 £47,500 -17.39% 6
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 35 (4.65%) Confluence
2 26 (3.45%) SharePoint
3 19 (2.52%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (1.46%) Apache
5 5 (0.66%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.53%) CMS
6 4 (0.53%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.40%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.40%) nginx
7 3 (0.40%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.40%) WordPress
8 2 (0.27%) IIS
8 2 (0.27%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.27%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.27%) WinCC
9 1 (0.13%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.13%) JBoss
9 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (2.39%) Microsoft Project
2 15 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.93%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.93%) Trello
4 6 (0.80%) AutoCAD
4 6 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.80%) Revit
5 3 (0.40%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 18 (2.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.53%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.13%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 1 (0.13%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 243 (32.27%) Azure
2 172 (22.84%) AWS
3 94 (12.48%) Azure DevOps
4 66 (8.76%) Power Platform
5 48 (6.37%) Serverless
6 41 (5.44%) GCP
6 41 (5.44%) SaaS
7 39 (5.18%) GitHub
8 30 (3.98%) Power Automate
9 28 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
10 26 (3.45%) Microsoft Copilot
11 23 (3.05%) AWS CloudFormation
12 22 (2.92%) dbt
13 21 (2.79%) AWS Lambda
13 21 (2.79%) Dynamics 365
13 21 (2.79%) PowerApps
14 19 (2.52%) Snowflake
15 14 (1.86%) Amazon S3
15 14 (1.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 13 (1.73%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.40%) AMQP
1 3 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (0.40%) Wireless
2 2 (0.27%) Bluetooth
2 2 (0.27%) DHCP
2 2 (0.27%) DNS
2 2 (0.27%) HTTP
2 2 (0.27%) NetScaler
2 2 (0.27%) Network Security
2 2 (0.27%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.27%) ZigBee
3 1 (0.13%) CTI
3 1 (0.13%) Firewall
3 1 (0.13%) iSCSI
3 1 (0.13%) LAN
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 44 (5.84%) Azure SQL Database
2 36 (4.78%) MongoDB
2 36 (4.78%) Power BI
3 31 (4.12%) SQL Server
4 28 (3.72%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (3.05%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (2.26%) Relational Database
7 16 (2.12%) DynamoDB
7 16 (2.12%) NoSQL
8 13 (1.73%) Data Lake
9 12 (1.59%) Elasticsearch
10 11 (1.46%) BigQuery
11 9 (1.20%) Big Data
11 9 (1.20%) MySQL
12 8 (1.06%) Metadata
12 8 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.53%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.53%) Data Mining
13 4 (0.53%) Hadoop
13 4 (0.53%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 77 (10.23%) JIRA
2 50 (6.64%) Git
3 29 (3.85%) GitLab
4 15 (1.99%) JUnit
5 13 (1.73%) Spock
6 12 (1.59%) Jenkins
7 10 (1.33%) Claude Code
7 10 (1.33%) Postman
8 8 (1.06%) Bitbucket
9 7 (0.93%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 7 (0.93%) Maven
10 5 (0.66%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.53%) IntelliJ
12 3 (0.40%) Ant
12 3 (0.40%) RStudio
12 3 (0.40%) Selenium
13 2 (0.27%) Mockito
13 2 (0.27%) MSTest
13 2 (0.27%) Vagrant
13 2 (0.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 206 (27.36%) Social Skills
2 144 (19.12%) Finance
3 79 (10.49%) Public Sector
4 76 (10.09%) Analytical Skills
5 53 (7.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 37 (4.91%) Retail
7 28 (3.72%) Telecoms
8 27 (3.59%) Influencing Skills
8 27 (3.59%) Marketing
9 19 (2.52%) Games
9 19 (2.52%) Law
9 19 (2.52%) Legal
9 19 (2.52%) Manufacturing
10 18 (2.39%) Aerospace
10 18 (2.39%) Publishing
11 11 (1.46%) Advertising
11 11 (1.46%) Local Government
12 10 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 174 (23.11%) Senior
2 157 (20.85%) Developer
3 79 (10.49%) Software Engineer
4 53 (7.04%) Analyst
4 53 (7.04%) Lead
5 51 (6.77%) Senior Developer
6 47 (6.24%) Project Manager
7 46 (6.11%) Business Analyst
8 41 (5.44%) .NET Developer
8 41 (5.44%) Data Engineer
9 37 (4.91%) Delivery Manager
10 34 (4.52%) Engineering Manager
11 31 (4.12%) Architect
12 27 (3.59%) Senior Software Engineer
13 24 (3.19%) DevOps Engineer
14 23 (3.05%) Design Engineer
14 23 (3.05%) Product Owner
14 23 (3.05%) Software Developer
15 22 (2.92%) Java Developer
16 21 (2.79%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (12.08%) .NET
2 70 (9.30%) Terraform
3 56 (7.44%) HTML
4 52 (6.91%) Spring
5 48 (6.37%) CSS
5 48 (6.37%) React
6 44 (5.84%) Node.js
7 43 (5.71%) ASP.NET
8 40 (5.31%) .NET Core
8 40 (5.31%) AngularJS
9 37 (4.91%) ASP.NET Core
10 35 (4.65%) Spring Boot
11 32 (4.25%) REST
12 21 (2.79%) RESTful
13 20 (2.66%) Kafka
14 19 (2.52%) Entity Framework
15 15 (1.99%) PySpark
16 14 (1.86%) Blazor
16 14 (1.86%) Middleware
16 14 (1.86%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 87 (11.55%) Product Ownership
2 56 (7.44%) Cloud Native
3 33 (4.38%) Enterprise Software
4 24 (3.19%) Greenfield Project
5 23 (3.05%) Distributed Systems
6 20 (2.66%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (2.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 16 (2.12%) Mobile App
9 14 (1.86%) Onboarding
9 14 (1.86%) Private Cloud
10 13 (1.73%) Driving Licence
11 11 (1.46%) Marketing Technology
12 10 (1.33%) IoT
13 8 (1.06%) PMI
14 6 (0.80%) Data Centre
14 6 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
14 6 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
14 6 (0.80%) Social Media
14 6 (0.80%) Social Network
14 6 (0.80%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 34 (4.52%) Linux
2 13 (1.73%) Windows
3 5 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (0.66%) Unix
4 4 (0.53%) Android
4 4 (0.53%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.53%) VMS
5 3 (0.40%) CentOS
5 3 (0.40%) Debian
5 3 (0.40%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.27%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.27%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.27%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.27%) Windows 7
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
1 231 (30.68%) DevOps
2 220 (29.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 218 (28.95%) CI/CD
4 173 (22.97%) AI
5 147 (19.52%) Software Engineering
6 145 (19.26%) Scrum
7 141 (18.73%) Mentoring
8 138 (18.33%) Stakeholder Management
9 125 (16.60%) Problem-Solving
10 101 (13.41%) Coaching
11 84 (11.16%) Test Automation
12 79 (10.49%) Decision-Making
12 79 (10.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 78 (10.36%) Full-Stack Development
14 76 (10.09%) Roadmaps
15 73 (9.69%) Microservices
16 69 (9.16%) TDD
17 68 (9.03%) Analytics
18 63 (8.37%) Project Delivery
19 57 (7.57%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 166 (22.05%) SQL
2 129 (17.13%) Java
3 109 (14.48%) JavaScript
4 107 (14.21%) Python
5 95 (12.62%) C#
6 47 (6.24%) TypeScript
7 20 (2.66%) Go
8 18 (2.39%) C++
9 14 (1.86%) Bash
10 10 (1.33%) PHP
10 10 (1.33%) PowerShell
11 9 (1.20%) Apex Code
12 8 (1.06%) Groovy
13 6 (0.80%) C
13 6 (0.80%) R
14 4 (0.53%) SOQL
15 3 (0.40%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.40%) SOSL
16 2 (0.27%) Bicep
16 2 (0.27%) Rust
Qualifications
1 101 (13.41%) Degree
2 84 (11.16%) Security Cleared
3 61 (8.10%) SC Cleared
4 34 (4.52%) DV Cleared
5 27 (3.59%) DBS Check
6 21 (2.79%) Master's Degree
7 20 (2.66%) HNC
8 18 (2.39%) BPSS Clearance
8 18 (2.39%) PMI Certification
9 12 (1.59%) PMP
10 10 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (1.20%) AWS Certification
11 9 (1.20%) Azure Certification
12 8 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (1.06%) RIBA
13 5 (0.66%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 4 (0.53%) MBA
14 4 (0.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 4 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (0.40%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (7.97%) Data Quality
2 49 (6.51%) QA
3 31 (4.12%) Accessibility
4 18 (2.39%) GDPR
5 11 (1.46%) PMO
6 7 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.93%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.66%) SLA
8 3 (0.40%) WCAG
9 2 (0.27%) GRC
9 2 (0.27%) IEC 61131
9 2 (0.27%) IEC 61508
9 2 (0.27%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.13%) NIST
10 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 69 (9.16%) Docker
2 3 (0.40%) Ceph
3 2 (0.27%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.27%) UAG
3 2 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
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 70 (9.30%) Kubernetes
2 33 (4.38%) Ansible
3 13 (1.73%) Argo
4 9 (1.20%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.80%) Grafana
6 5 (0.66%) Podman
7 4 (0.53%) Istio
7 4 (0.53%) Puppet
8 3 (0.40%) Check_MK
8 3 (0.40%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.27%) AirWatch
9 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.27%) Packer
9 2 (0.27%) SCCM
9 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.27%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.13%) linkerd
10 1 (0.13%) Nagios
Vendors
1 136 (18.06%) Microsoft
2 24 (3.19%) Google
3 23 (3.05%) Salesforce
4 22 (2.92%) ServiceNow
5 21 (2.79%) Databricks
6 20 (2.66%) Oracle
6 20 (2.66%) YouTube
7 19 (2.52%) Splunk
8 13 (1.73%) AppDynamics
9 11 (1.46%) SAP
10 9 (1.20%) Adobe
10 9 (1.20%) Red Hat
11 6 (0.80%) Autodesk
12 4 (0.53%) Dell
12 4 (0.53%) NEC
12 4 (0.53%) OpenAI
12 4 (0.53%) Thales
13 3 (0.40%) BiZZdesign
13 3 (0.40%) LogicMonitor
13 3 (0.40%) SaltStack