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 5 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -16 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 722 1,260 1,630
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 6.18% 24.37% 19.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.63% 26.83% 24.95%
Number of salaries quoted 531 351 878
10th Percentile £43,000 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.31% +0.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £75,772
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,250 £90,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -2.99%

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 8,363 4,696 6,533
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 71.57% 90.83% 77.59%
Number of salaries quoted 6,393 2,293 4,451
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -3.85% -5.45%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £65,603
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £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 5 August 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 5 August 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 -12 529 £66,750 +2.69% 261
Lancashire -8 79 £55,000 +9.88% 54
Cheshire -37 48 £55,000 -2.22% 108
Merseyside -27 42 £60,000 -5.51% 31
Cumbria -9 20 £47,500 -15.56% 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 40 (5.54%) Confluence
2 24 (3.32%) SharePoint
3 19 (2.63%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (1.11%) Apache
5 5 (0.69%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.69%) CMS
5 5 (0.69%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.42%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.42%) IIS
6 3 (0.42%) nginx
6 3 (0.42%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.42%) WordPress
7 2 (0.28%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.28%) CICS
7 2 (0.28%) WinCC
8 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.14%) JBoss
8 1 (0.14%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 15 (2.08%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.97%) Trello
5 5 (0.69%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.42%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.14%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 17 (2.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.42%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 3 (0.42%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 239 (33.10%) Azure
2 171 (23.68%) AWS
3 93 (12.88%) Azure DevOps
4 53 (7.34%) Power Platform
5 44 (6.09%) Serverless
6 43 (5.96%) SaaS
7 42 (5.82%) GCP
7 42 (5.82%) GitHub
8 28 (3.88%) Microsoft 365
9 27 (3.74%) Power Automate
10 26 (3.60%) AWS CloudFormation
11 23 (3.19%) dbt
12 22 (3.05%) Microsoft Copilot
13 20 (2.77%) PowerApps
14 18 (2.49%) Dynamics 365
15 16 (2.22%) Snowflake
16 15 (2.08%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 14 (1.94%) GitHub Copilot
18 13 (1.80%) Azure AI
18 13 (1.80%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.42%) TCP/IP
1 3 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (0.42%) Wireless
2 2 (0.28%) AMQP
2 2 (0.28%) Bluetooth
2 2 (0.28%) HTTP
2 2 (0.28%) ZigBee
3 1 (0.14%) Broadband
3 1 (0.14%) CTI
3 1 (0.14%) Fibre Channel
3 1 (0.14%) iSCSI
3 1 (0.14%) LAN
3 1 (0.14%) LTE
3 1 (0.14%) Network Security
3 1 (0.14%) SAN
3 1 (0.14%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.14%) SSL
3 1 (0.14%) VoIP
3 1 (0.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (5.96%) Azure SQL Database
2 38 (5.26%) MongoDB
3 32 (4.43%) SQL Server
4 26 (3.60%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (3.46%) PostgreSQL
5 25 (3.46%) Power BI
6 19 (2.63%) NoSQL
7 14 (1.94%) DynamoDB
8 13 (1.80%) BigQuery
9 12 (1.66%) Elasticsearch
9 12 (1.66%) MySQL
9 12 (1.66%) Relational Database
10 9 (1.25%) Data Lake
11 8 (1.11%) Big Data
12 6 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.69%) Metadata
14 4 (0.55%) Data Mining
14 4 (0.55%) Flink
15 3 (0.42%) Geospatial Data
15 3 (0.42%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 79 (10.94%) JIRA
2 56 (7.76%) Git
3 26 (3.60%) GitLab
4 18 (2.49%) Jenkins
5 13 (1.80%) Claude Code
6 12 (1.66%) JUnit
7 11 (1.52%) Postman
7 11 (1.52%) Spock
8 8 (1.11%) Bitbucket
9 7 (0.97%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 6 (0.83%) IntelliJ
11 4 (0.55%) Maven
12 3 (0.42%) Eclipse
13 2 (0.28%) Cypress.io
13 2 (0.28%) MSTest
13 2 (0.28%) NUnit
13 2 (0.28%) Visual Studio
13 2 (0.28%) XCUITest
14 1 (0.14%) Cucumber
14 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
General
1 187 (25.90%) Social Skills
2 152 (21.05%) Finance
3 68 (9.42%) Public Sector
4 65 (9.00%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (5.12%) Marketing
6 32 (4.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 28 (3.88%) Retail
8 25 (3.46%) Influencing Skills
9 19 (2.63%) Law
10 18 (2.49%) Games
11 16 (2.22%) Banking
11 16 (2.22%) Legal
12 14 (1.94%) Advertising
13 12 (1.66%) Telecoms
14 11 (1.52%) Aerospace
14 11 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
15 9 (1.25%) Manufacturing
16 8 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
16 8 (1.11%) Publishing
17 7 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 153 (21.19%) Senior
2 151 (20.91%) Developer
3 77 (10.66%) Software Engineer
4 56 (7.76%) Project Manager
5 54 (7.48%) Lead
6 53 (7.34%) Senior Developer
7 44 (6.09%) .NET Developer
8 43 (5.96%) Analyst
9 41 (5.68%) Business Analyst
10 36 (4.99%) Data Engineer
11 34 (4.71%) Delivery Manager
12 31 (4.29%) Engineering Manager
13 27 (3.74%) Architect
13 27 (3.74%) Java Developer
14 26 (3.60%) Product Owner
15 24 (3.32%) IT Manager
16 22 (3.05%) Senior Manager
16 22 (3.05%) Software Developer
17 21 (2.91%) DevOps Engineer
17 21 (2.91%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (13.85%) .NET
2 59 (8.17%) HTML
3 51 (7.06%) CSS
4 48 (6.65%) Node.js
5 45 (6.23%) ASP.NET
6 42 (5.82%) Spring
7 41 (5.68%) .NET Core
7 41 (5.68%) AngularJS
8 40 (5.54%) React
9 38 (5.26%) ASP.NET Core
10 30 (4.16%) REST
10 30 (4.16%) RESTful
11 29 (4.02%) Spring Boot
12 19 (2.63%) Entity Framework
13 15 (2.08%) Blazor
13 15 (2.08%) Kafka
13 15 (2.08%) Vue
14 13 (1.80%) ASP.NET Web API
14 13 (1.80%) ML.NET
15 12 (1.66%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 90 (12.47%) Product Ownership
2 54 (7.48%) Cloud Native
3 30 (4.16%) Enterprise Software
4 25 (3.46%) Distributed Systems
5 24 (3.32%) Driving Licence
5 24 (3.32%) Greenfield Project
6 18 (2.49%) Mobile App
7 16 (2.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 14 (1.94%) Onboarding
9 12 (1.66%) Marketing Technology
9 12 (1.66%) Private Cloud
10 10 (1.39%) PMI
11 9 (1.25%) Management Information System
12 7 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (0.97%) Social Network
12 7 (0.97%) Virtual Team
13 6 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (0.83%) Social Media
14 5 (0.69%) Cyber Defence
14 5 (0.69%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 26 (3.60%) Linux
2 11 (1.52%) Windows
3 6 (0.83%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.69%) Android
5 4 (0.55%) Unix
6 2 (0.28%) CentOS
6 2 (0.28%) Debian
6 2 (0.28%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.28%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.28%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.28%) VMS
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 225 (31.16%) DevOps
2 220 (30.47%) CI/CD
3 186 (25.76%) Continuous Improvement
4 162 (22.44%) Scrum
5 136 (18.84%) AI
6 135 (18.70%) Software Engineering
7 127 (17.59%) Stakeholder Management
8 116 (16.07%) Mentoring
9 107 (14.82%) Problem-Solving
10 90 (12.47%) Coaching
11 88 (12.19%) Roadmaps
12 85 (11.77%) TDD
13 83 (11.50%) Test Automation
14 82 (11.36%) Full-Stack Development
15 76 (10.53%) Microservices
16 70 (9.70%) Decision-Making
17 68 (9.42%) Kanban
17 68 (9.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 65 (9.00%) Project Management
19 61 (8.45%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 165 (22.85%) SQL
2 120 (16.62%) Java
3 105 (14.54%) JavaScript
3 105 (14.54%) Python
4 98 (13.57%) C#
5 36 (4.99%) TypeScript
6 16 (2.22%) Go
7 12 (1.66%) Bash
7 12 (1.66%) C++
8 10 (1.39%) PowerShell
9 9 (1.25%) PHP
10 7 (0.97%) Apex Code
11 6 (0.83%) Groovy
12 5 (0.69%) C
12 5 (0.69%) SOQL
13 4 (0.55%) SOSL
13 4 (0.55%) Swift
14 3 (0.42%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.42%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.28%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 67 (9.28%) Degree
2 63 (8.73%) Security Cleared
3 50 (6.93%) SC Cleared
4 23 (3.19%) DV Cleared
4 23 (3.19%) PMI Certification
5 18 (2.49%) Master's Degree
6 15 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (1.94%) PMP
8 10 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.39%) DBS Check
9 9 (1.25%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.25%) Azure Certification
10 6 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (0.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 5 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.55%) HNC
12 4 (0.55%) MBA
12 4 (0.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 3 (0.42%) ISTQB
14 2 (0.28%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (5.96%) QA
2 41 (5.68%) Data Quality
3 22 (3.05%) Accessibility
4 11 (1.52%) GDPR
4 11 (1.52%) PMO
5 7 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (0.97%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.69%) SLA
7 2 (0.28%) GRC
7 2 (0.28%) IEC 61131
7 2 (0.28%) IEC 61508
7 2 (0.28%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.14%) ITGC
8 1 (0.14%) NIST
8 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.14%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.14%) WCAG
System Software
1 63 (8.73%) Docker
2 3 (0.42%) Ceph
3 2 (0.28%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.14%) Firmware
4 1 (0.14%) NFS
4 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 74 (10.25%) Terraform
2 62 (8.59%) Kubernetes
3 29 (4.02%) Ansible
4 12 (1.66%) Argo
5 10 (1.39%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.97%) Grafana
7 4 (0.55%) Istio
8 3 (0.42%) Check_MK
8 3 (0.42%) Podman
8 3 (0.42%) Puppet
9 2 (0.28%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.14%) AWS Copilot
10 1 (0.14%) linkerd
10 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.14%) Nagios
10 1 (0.14%) Packer
10 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 134 (18.56%) Microsoft
2 26 (3.60%) ServiceNow
3 22 (3.05%) Salesforce
4 21 (2.91%) Google
5 20 (2.77%) Databricks
6 19 (2.63%) Oracle
7 18 (2.49%) Splunk
8 14 (1.94%) SAP
9 11 (1.52%) AppDynamics
10 9 (1.25%) Adobe
11 7 (0.97%) Pega
12 6 (0.83%) Red Hat
13 4 (0.55%) OpenAI
14 3 (0.42%) Apple
14 3 (0.42%) Cognos
14 3 (0.42%) Dell
14 3 (0.42%) Facebook
14 3 (0.42%) IBM
14 3 (0.42%) NEC
14 3 (0.42%) Siemens