Agile Jobs in the North West

Agile Software Development
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Agile skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Agile over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 1,661 2,017 2,334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 21.17% 19.39% 31.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.10% 23.94% 32.53%
Number of salaries quoted 606 1,399 1,017
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £37,400
25th Percentile £47,863 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,560 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.07% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,772 £72,647
90th Percentile £84,375 £87,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £67,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -6.72% +3.08%

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 7,516 8,426 7,175
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.78% 80.99% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,815 6,336 3,833
10th Percentile £25,480 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,840 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Agile as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Agile in the North West

Agile
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Agile in the North West.

Salary trend for Agile in the North West

Agile
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Agile in the North West over the 6 months to 31 May 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 31 May 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
Lancashire -6 703 £54,793 -5.47% 239
Manchester -1 601 £65,000 +8.33% 484
Cheshire -2 148 £50,000 -17.48% 104
Cumbria -23 140 £41,000 -31.67% 10
Merseyside -9 69 £65,000 +18.00% 50
Agile
England

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 154 (9.27%) Confluence
2 15 (0.90%) Oracle Application Server
3 9 (0.54%) SharePoint
4 8 (0.48%) IIS
5 7 (0.42%) CMS
6 5 (0.30%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.060%) Apache
9 1 (0.060%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.060%) Moodle
9 1 (0.060%) nginx
9 1 (0.060%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.060%) Totara
Applications
1 83 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (3.01%) Simulink
3 21 (1.26%) Microsoft Project
3 21 (1.26%) Trello
4 15 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
5 12 (0.72%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.18%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.060%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.060%) Sketch
8 1 (0.060%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 65 (3.91%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 65 (3.91%) Teamcenter
2 6 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.18%) Siebel CRM
4 2 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.060%) Magento
5 1 (0.060%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.060%) Shopify
5 1 (0.060%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 445 (26.79%) AWS
2 433 (26.07%) Azure
3 270 (16.26%) GCP
4 76 (4.58%) Power Platform
5 28 (1.69%) SaaS
6 27 (1.63%) Serverless
7 23 (1.38%) Microsoft 365
8 21 (1.26%) GitHub
9 20 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
10 18 (1.08%) AWS Lambda
11 17 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
12 14 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
13 13 (0.78%) Amazon EKS
14 10 (0.60%) GitHub Actions
15 7 (0.42%) Amazon S3
15 7 (0.42%) Azure Monitor
15 7 (0.42%) Cloud Composer
15 7 (0.42%) Power Automate
15 7 (0.42%) Snowflake
16 6 (0.36%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 389 (23.42%) DNS
2 383 (23.06%) VPN
3 11 (0.66%) Broadband
4 7 (0.42%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.30%) DHCP
5 5 (0.30%) NAS
5 5 (0.30%) SAN
5 5 (0.30%) VSAN
6 4 (0.24%) HTTP
7 2 (0.12%) DMZ
7 2 (0.12%) Firewall
7 2 (0.12%) Internet
7 2 (0.12%) LoRaWAN
7 2 (0.12%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.12%) WAN
8 1 (0.060%) ADSL
8 1 (0.060%) Bluetooth
8 1 (0.060%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.060%) MPLS
8 1 (0.060%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 185 (11.14%) SQL Server
2 62 (3.73%) Power BI
3 42 (2.53%) NoSQL
4 40 (2.41%) MongoDB
5 38 (2.29%) PostgreSQL
6 36 (2.17%) MySQL
7 17 (1.02%) Relational Database
8 15 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
8 15 (0.90%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 15 (0.90%) Oracle Reports
9 13 (0.78%) DynamoDB
10 10 (0.60%) Data Lake
11 9 (0.54%) BigQuery
12 8 (0.48%) RDBMS
13 6 (0.36%) Elasticsearch
13 6 (0.36%) Redis
14 5 (0.30%) GIS
15 4 (0.24%) Amazon Aurora
15 4 (0.24%) Tableau
16 3 (0.18%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 296 (17.82%) JIRA
2 128 (7.71%) Bitbucket
3 126 (7.59%) GitLab
4 125 (7.53%) Selenium
5 118 (7.10%) SonarQube
6 116 (6.98%) Cucumber
7 110 (6.62%) Maven
8 109 (6.56%) Sonatype Nexus
9 81 (4.88%) Rational DOORS
10 56 (3.37%) Git
11 21 (1.26%) eggPlant
12 17 (1.02%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 12 (0.72%) Jenkins
14 9 (0.54%) JMeter
15 8 (0.48%) Postman
15 8 (0.48%) webpack
16 7 (0.42%) Babel
17 6 (0.36%) LoadRunner
17 6 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
18 5 (0.30%) Appium
General
1 725 (43.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 706 (42.50%) Finance
3 473 (28.48%) Analytical Skills
4 313 (18.84%) Social Skills
5 152 (9.15%) Banking
6 100 (6.02%) Retail
7 73 (4.39%) Organisational Skills
8 70 (4.21%) Corporate Banking
8 70 (4.21%) Investment Banking
9 66 (3.97%) Manufacturing
10 50 (3.01%) Aerospace
11 42 (2.53%) Law
12 35 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
13 20 (1.20%) Avionics
13 20 (1.20%) Military
14 19 (1.14%) Marketing
15 15 (0.90%) Financial Institution
16 14 (0.84%) Public Sector
17 13 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
18 10 (0.60%) Aeronautics
Job Titles
1 528 (31.79%) Developer
2 430 (25.89%) Senior
3 416 (25.05%) Software Developer
4 365 (21.97%) Software Engineer
5 208 (12.52%) Lead
5 208 (12.52%) Senior Software Engineer
6 197 (11.86%) Systems Engineer
7 131 (7.89%) Analyst
8 84 (5.06%) Architect
9 80 (4.82%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 75 (4.52%) Lead Systems Engineer
11 70 (4.21%) Solutions Architect
12 67 (4.03%) Team Leader
13 65 (3.91%) Platform Engineer
14 58 (3.49%) Lead Architect
15 56 (3.37%) Lead Solutions Architect
16 50 (3.01%) Digital Analyst
16 50 (3.01%) Senior Developer
17 38 (2.29%) Project Manager
18 32 (1.93%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 257 (15.47%) .NET
2 223 (13.43%) Node.js
3 179 (10.78%) React
4 154 (9.27%) CSS
5 151 (9.09%) HTML
6 146 (8.79%) Kafka
7 140 (8.43%) Spring
8 133 (8.01%) Spring Boot
9 113 (6.80%) Redux
10 109 (6.56%) JPA
11 103 (6.20%) RESTful
12 101 (6.08%) REST
13 81 (4.88%) HTML5
14 76 (4.58%) Sass
15 74 (4.46%) CSS3
15 74 (4.46%) Jest
16 41 (2.47%) Hibernate
17 39 (2.35%) .NET Core
18 24 (1.44%) AngularJS
19 21 (1.26%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 552 (33.23%) Cyberattack
2 252 (15.17%) Product Ownership
3 182 (10.96%) Self-Motivation
4 172 (10.36%) Linux Command Line
5 115 (6.92%) Enterprise Software
6 67 (4.03%) Management Information System
7 26 (1.57%) Social Media
8 23 (1.38%) Mobile App
9 22 (1.32%) Cloud Native
10 16 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
11 15 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
12 11 (0.66%) Algorithms
12 11 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
13 10 (0.60%) Driving Licence
13 10 (0.60%) Onboarding
13 10 (0.60%) Wiki
14 8 (0.48%) Hybrid Cloud
15 7 (0.42%) Data Structures
16 5 (0.30%) e-Learning
16 5 (0.30%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 582 (35.04%) Linux
2 387 (23.30%) Android
3 25 (1.51%) Windows
4 6 (0.36%) Windows 10
4 6 (0.36%) Windows Vista
5 5 (0.30%) Unix
5 5 (0.30%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.12%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.060%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.060%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 479 (28.84%) Line Management
2 467 (28.12%) Software Engineering
3 431 (25.95%) OOP
4 418 (25.17%) OO
5 410 (24.68%) Design Patterns
6 395 (23.78%) Mathematics
7 384 (23.12%) Android Development
8 380 (22.88%) Microservices
9 369 (22.22%) Mentoring
10 311 (18.72%) User Experience
11 292 (17.58%) Scrum
12 268 (16.13%) DevOps
13 226 (13.61%) CI/CD
14 199 (11.98%) SysML
15 190 (11.44%) Machine Learning
16 189 (11.38%) Data Engineering
17 186 (11.20%) Cloud Security
18 177 (10.66%) Test Automation
19 176 (10.60%) Site Reliability Engineering
20 167 (10.05%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 801 (48.22%) Java
2 633 (38.11%) Python
3 564 (33.96%) Go
4 554 (33.35%) C++
5 385 (23.18%) JavaScript
6 221 (13.31%) SQL
7 174 (10.48%) Rust
8 156 (9.39%) TypeScript
9 109 (6.56%) C#
10 46 (2.77%) MATLAB
11 30 (1.81%) C
12 16 (0.96%) VB
13 15 (0.90%) Ada
13 15 (0.90%) PHP
13 15 (0.90%) PowerShell
14 8 (0.48%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.24%) Bash
15 4 (0.24%) PL/SQL
16 2 (0.12%) Bicep
16 2 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 569 (34.26%) Security Cleared
2 554 (33.35%) DV Cleared
3 344 (20.71%) Degree
4 324 (19.51%) BPSS Clearance
5 185 (11.14%) AWS Certification
6 180 (10.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 172 (10.36%) AWS Certified Developer
8 70 (4.21%) TOGAF Certification
9 45 (2.71%) DBS Check
10 37 (2.23%) PMP
11 23 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
12 22 (1.32%) Azure Certification
13 20 (1.20%) PMI Certification
14 15 (0.90%) HND
15 12 (0.72%) ACCA
16 11 (0.66%) Chartered Engineer
17 10 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
18 9 (0.54%) SC Cleared
19 8 (0.48%) CIMA
20 5 (0.30%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (8.49%) QA
2 91 (5.48%) Accessibility
3 14 (0.84%) Data Quality
4 13 (0.78%) GDPR
5 10 (0.60%) HIPAA
6 8 (0.48%) NIST
6 8 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (0.42%) ISO 9001
8 6 (0.36%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.36%) SLA
9 5 (0.30%) HL7
9 5 (0.30%) IEC 62304
9 5 (0.30%) ISO 13485
9 5 (0.30%) ISO 20022
9 5 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.24%) GAAP
10 4 (0.24%) IFRS
10 4 (0.24%) PMO
10 4 (0.24%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.18%) GRC
System Software
1 571 (34.38%) Docker
2 21 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (0.42%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.30%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.060%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.060%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.060%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 383 (23.06%) Ansible
2 178 (10.72%) Kubernetes
3 31 (1.87%) Terraform
4 9 (0.54%) SCCM
5 7 (0.42%) Grafana
5 7 (0.42%) Progress Chef
6 4 (0.24%) Kibana
6 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.24%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.18%) Argo
7 3 (0.18%) Kustomize
8 2 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.060%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.060%) Automic
9 1 (0.060%) Puppet
Vendors
1 158 (9.51%) Microsoft
2 109 (6.56%) Solace
3 86 (5.18%) SAP
4 65 (3.91%) Sparx
5 64 (3.85%) Oracle
6 56 (3.37%) Siemens
7 50 (3.01%) MathWorks
8 48 (2.89%) Google
9 42 (2.53%) Alteryx
10 24 (1.44%) ServiceNow
11 22 (1.32%) Atlassian
12 21 (1.26%) Keysight
13 16 (0.96%) Facebook
14 10 (0.60%) Databricks
14 10 (0.60%) Salesforce
15 9 (0.54%) Ping Identity
16 8 (0.48%) Bloomberg
16 8 (0.48%) VMware
17 7 (0.42%) Informatica
18 5 (0.30%) Sophos