Agile Jobs in the North West

Agile Software Development
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Agile skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Agile over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 1,990 2,490 3,231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 20.18% 31.80% 34.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 24.37% 33.26% 36.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,427 1,053 1,799
10th Percentile £38,500 £36,450 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £75,772 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +3.85% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Agile is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,165 7,487 8,915
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 82.81% 95.62% 95.41%
Number of salaries quoted 6,197 3,913 5,267
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,831 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

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 11 May 2024.

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 11 May 2024. 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 0 1,183 £60,000 +0.80% 217
Lancashire +1 254 £57,965 +15.93% 38
Merseyside +2 253 £50,000 +6.38% 28
Cheshire -2 246 £60,000 - 65
Cumbria -5 48 £60,000 +43.20% 11
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 58 (2.91%) Confluence
2 57 (2.86%) ArcGIS
2 57 (2.86%) GeoServer
3 27 (1.36%) Apache Spark
4 19 (0.95%) Apache
5 16 (0.80%) IIS
6 13 (0.65%) SharePoint
7 12 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
7 12 (0.60%) Tuxedo
8 10 (0.50%) CMS
9 8 (0.40%) Apache Solr
9 8 (0.40%) WebLogic
10 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
11 4 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 4 (0.20%) Captiva
11 4 (0.20%) FileNet
11 4 (0.20%) WebSphere
12 3 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
13 2 (0.10%) JBoss
13 2 (0.10%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 39 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 18 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.25%) AutoCAD
3 5 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.25%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.20%) Maya
5 3 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.050%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.050%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.050%) Final Cut Pro
6 1 (0.050%) InVision
6 1 (0.050%) Sketch
6 1 (0.050%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 51 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 24 (1.21%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 9 (0.45%) SAP CX
4 9 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.20%) MIS ActiveH
7 3 (0.15%) SAP IBP
8 2 (0.10%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.10%) Shopify
8 2 (0.10%) Unit4 Business World
9 1 (0.050%) BPCS
9 1 (0.050%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.050%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.050%) Magento
9 1 (0.050%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 1 (0.050%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.050%) Sage X3
9 1 (0.050%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.050%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 651 (32.71%) Azure
2 429 (21.56%) AWS
3 155 (7.79%) GCP
4 140 (7.04%) Azure DevOps
5 122 (6.13%) Power Platform
6 75 (3.77%) IBM Cloud
7 72 (3.62%) SaaS
8 61 (3.07%) GitHub
9 59 (2.96%) Amazon EKS
10 55 (2.76%) Amazon S3
10 55 (2.76%) Microsoft 365
11 53 (2.66%) Serverless
12 51 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
13 43 (2.16%) OCI
14 36 (1.81%) Amazon ECR
14 36 (1.81%) Route 53
15 24 (1.21%) AWS Lambda
16 23 (1.16%) Azure Data Factory
17 22 (1.11%) Power Automate
18 20 (1.01%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 29 (1.46%) Firewall
1 29 (1.46%) Internet
1 29 (1.46%) WAN
2 23 (1.16%) SAN
3 22 (1.11%) DNS
4 17 (0.85%) TCP/IP
5 16 (0.80%) LAN
6 15 (0.75%) SSL
7 13 (0.65%) Broadband
7 13 (0.65%) Network Security
8 12 (0.60%) DHCP
8 12 (0.60%) iSCSI
8 12 (0.60%) SD-WAN
9 11 (0.55%) AMQP
9 11 (0.55%) Remote Desktop
10 10 (0.50%) Wireless
11 8 (0.40%) BGP
12 5 (0.25%) NAS
12 5 (0.25%) VPN
12 5 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 235 (11.81%) SQL Server
2 144 (7.24%) PostgreSQL
3 104 (5.23%) NoSQL
4 83 (4.17%) MySQL
5 78 (3.92%) Power BI
6 74 (3.72%) MongoDB
7 73 (3.67%) Data Warehouse
8 66 (3.32%) BigQuery
9 61 (3.07%) Amazon RDS
10 57 (2.86%) GIS
10 57 (2.86%) QGIS
11 45 (2.26%) Relational Database
12 41 (2.06%) Azure SQL Database
13 40 (2.01%) Data Vault
14 39 (1.96%) Looker
15 37 (1.86%) DB2
16 29 (1.46%) Big Data
16 29 (1.46%) Tableau
17 27 (1.36%) Data Lake
17 27 (1.36%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 169 (8.49%) JIRA
2 168 (8.44%) Git
3 49 (2.46%) Jenkins
4 41 (2.06%) GitLab
5 37 (1.86%) Visual Studio
6 25 (1.26%) Postman
7 21 (1.06%) Cypress.io
8 18 (0.90%) Selenium
9 17 (0.85%) Gradle
10 16 (0.80%) JUnit
10 16 (0.80%) TeamCity
11 15 (0.75%) Appium
11 15 (0.75%) IntelliJ
12 13 (0.65%) Mockito
13 12 (0.60%) Spinnaker
14 10 (0.50%) Jasmine
15 9 (0.45%) NUnit
15 9 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
16 8 (0.40%) Bitbucket
16 8 (0.40%) Maven
General
1 415 (20.85%) Social Skills
2 364 (18.29%) Finance
3 199 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 172 (8.64%) Analytical Skills
5 158 (7.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 137 (6.88%) Retail
7 80 (4.02%) Legal
8 75 (3.77%) Banking
9 72 (3.62%) Marketing
10 48 (2.41%) Law
11 37 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
12 34 (1.71%) Aerospace
13 31 (1.56%) Advertising
14 25 (1.26%) Manufacturing
15 24 (1.21%) Games
16 21 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
16 21 (1.06%) Telecoms
17 19 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
18 15 (0.75%) Publishing
19 11 (0.55%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 481 (24.17%) Developer
2 436 (21.91%) Senior
3 275 (13.82%) Lead
4 198 (9.95%) .NET Developer
5 188 (9.45%) Software Engineer
6 137 (6.88%) Project Manager
7 127 (6.38%) Analyst
8 126 (6.33%) Architect
9 104 (5.23%) Data Engineer
10 100 (5.03%) Senior Developer
11 82 (4.12%) Senior Software Engineer
12 75 (3.77%) C# Developer
13 68 (3.42%) DevOps Engineer
14 65 (3.27%) Business Analyst
15 64 (3.22%) Software Developer
15 64 (3.22%) Technical Leader
16 63 (3.17%) Solutions Architect
17 58 (2.91%) C# .NET Developer
18 53 (2.66%) Azure Engineer
19 49 (2.46%) Full Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 401 (20.15%) .NET
2 247 (12.41%) React
3 227 (11.41%) CSS
4 205 (10.30%) HTML
5 188 (9.45%) AngularJS
6 187 (9.40%) .NET Core
7 161 (8.09%) ASP.NET
8 123 (6.18%) Node.js
8 123 (6.18%) REST
9 101 (5.08%) ASP.NET MVC
10 99 (4.97%) Vue
11 95 (4.77%) RESTful
12 90 (4.52%) .NET Framework
13 89 (4.47%) Entity Framework
14 80 (4.02%) Twitter Bootstrap
15 79 (3.97%) HTML5
15 79 (3.97%) Web Services
16 78 (3.92%) ASP.NET Web API
17 72 (3.62%) Spring
18 64 (3.22%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 136 (6.83%) Product Ownership
2 88 (4.42%) Public Cloud
3 84 (4.22%) Data Structures
3 84 (4.22%) Greenfield Project
3 84 (4.22%) Hybrid Cloud
4 83 (4.17%) e-Learning
5 80 (4.02%) Blockchain
6 62 (3.12%) Cloud Native
6 62 (3.12%) Management Information System
7 49 (2.46%) Mobile App
7 49 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
8 46 (2.31%) Algorithms
8 46 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
9 39 (1.96%) Reinsurance
10 24 (1.21%) Video\Live Streaming
11 23 (1.16%) PMI
12 21 (1.06%) Private Cloud
13 17 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
14 16 (0.80%) Mainframe
15 15 (0.75%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 161 (8.09%) Linux
2 91 (4.57%) Windows
3 81 (4.07%) Android
4 64 (3.22%) Apple iOS
5 25 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 20 (1.01%) Unix
7 19 (0.95%) Ubuntu
8 11 (0.55%) CentOS
8 11 (0.55%) Debian
8 11 (0.55%) Windows 10
9 9 (0.45%) Windows Phone
10 5 (0.25%) Mac OS
11 4 (0.20%) Embedded Linux
12 3 (0.15%) VME
12 3 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.10%) Windows Server
13 2 (0.10%) Windows Vista
14 1 (0.050%) HPUX
14 1 (0.050%) Solaris
14 1 (0.050%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 527 (26.48%) Mentoring
2 491 (24.67%) DevOps
3 390 (19.60%) Coaching
4 364 (18.29%) Software Engineering
5 310 (15.58%) Scrum
6 281 (14.12%) Project Management
7 269 (13.52%) Problem-Solving
8 245 (12.31%) Full Stack Development
8 245 (12.31%) TDD
9 236 (11.86%) Roadmaps
10 205 (10.30%) Analytics
11 188 (9.45%) Actionable Insight
12 187 (9.40%) CI/CD
13 177 (8.89%) Microservices
14 172 (8.64%) MVC
15 167 (8.39%) SDLC
16 160 (8.04%) Kanban
17 158 (7.94%) Test Automation
18 146 (7.34%) Design Patterns
19 138 (6.93%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 441 (22.16%) JavaScript
2 420 (21.11%) C#
3 354 (17.79%) SQL
4 244 (12.26%) Python
5 236 (11.86%) Java
6 130 (6.53%) TypeScript
7 52 (2.61%) PHP
8 42 (2.11%) C
9 28 (1.41%) C++
10 25 (1.26%) COBOL
10 25 (1.26%) Micro Focus COBOL
11 24 (1.21%) Go
11 24 (1.21%) PowerShell
11 24 (1.21%) T-SQL
12 22 (1.11%) VB.NET
13 16 (0.80%) Ruby
14 13 (0.65%) Kotlin
14 13 (0.65%) Perl
15 11 (0.55%) Bash
16 10 (0.50%) R
Qualifications
1 214 (10.75%) Degree
2 205 (10.30%) Security Cleared
3 151 (7.59%) SC Cleared
4 53 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 47 (2.36%) PMP
6 41 (2.06%) PMI Certification
7 38 (1.91%) DV Cleared
8 28 (1.41%) AWS Certification
9 21 (1.06%) Azure Certification
10 18 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 15 (0.75%) HND
11 15 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
12 13 (0.65%) APMP
12 13 (0.65%) DBS Check
13 12 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
14 11 (0.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 10 (0.50%) CCNP
15 10 (0.50%) Master's Degree
16 8 (0.40%) ISEB
16 8 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (5.03%) QA
2 66 (3.32%) Data Quality
3 46 (2.31%) Accessibility
4 45 (2.26%) GDPR
5 20 (1.01%) PMO
6 9 (0.45%) WCAG
7 6 (0.30%) SLA
8 5 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.15%) NIST
10 2 (0.10%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.10%) EMIR
10 2 (0.10%) MiFID
11 1 (0.050%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.050%) GAMP
11 1 (0.050%) GMP
11 1 (0.050%) GxP
System Software
1 120 (6.03%) Docker
2 24 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (1.16%) Active Directory
4 12 (0.60%) Embedded Firmware
4 12 (0.60%) Firmware
5 9 (0.45%) Terminal Services
6 5 (0.25%) SRDF
7 4 (0.20%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.050%) RACF
9 1 (0.050%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 163 (8.19%) Kubernetes
2 162 (8.14%) Terraform
3 48 (2.41%) Ansible
4 37 (1.86%) Prometheus
5 17 (0.85%) ZABBIX
6 12 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 12 (0.60%) Opsgenie
6 12 (0.60%) Puppet
6 12 (0.60%) VxRail
7 9 (0.45%) AirWatch
8 8 (0.40%) Progress Chef
9 6 (0.30%) Grafana
9 6 (0.30%) Kibana
10 5 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.15%) Podman
11 3 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.050%) CSIRT
12 1 (0.050%) Kiali
12 1 (0.050%) Packer
12 1 (0.050%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 285 (14.32%) Microsoft
2 111 (5.58%) Google
3 90 (4.52%) Red Hat
4 89 (4.47%) Oracle
5 83 (4.17%) IBM
6 57 (2.86%) ESRI
7 47 (2.36%) Databricks
8 44 (2.21%) Informatica
9 36 (1.81%) Dynatrace
10 33 (1.66%) SAP
11 31 (1.56%) Facebook
12 25 (1.26%) Micro Focus
12 25 (1.26%) VMware
13 23 (1.16%) ServiceNow
14 21 (1.06%) Atlassian
15 18 (0.90%) Salesforce
16 17 (0.85%) Cisco
16 17 (0.85%) Fortinet
17 13 (0.65%) Adobe
18 12 (0.60%) NetApp