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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 1,999 2,461 3,260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 20.04% 31.95% 34.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 24.32% 33.44% 36.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,420 1,030 1,787
10th Percentile £38,500 £37,150 £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 £68,391
90th Percentile £87,625 £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 8,221 7,360 8,977
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 82.40% 95.55% 95.41%
Number of salaries quoted 6,231 3,864 5,251
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,017 £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 £81,500 £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 18 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 18 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 1,187 £60,000 +0.80% 241
Merseyside +2 259 £50,000 +11.11% 32
Lancashire +1 257 £57,965 +15.93% 50
Cheshire -2 242 £60,000 - 63
Cumbria -6 48 £60,000 +43.20% 17
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 (2.90%) Confluence
2 57 (2.85%) ArcGIS
2 57 (2.85%) GeoServer
3 27 (1.35%) Apache Spark
4 19 (0.95%) Apache
5 16 (0.80%) IIS
6 13 (0.65%) SharePoint
7 12 (0.60%) Tuxedo
8 11 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
8 11 (0.55%) CMS
9 8 (0.40%) Apache Solr
9 8 (0.40%) WebLogic
10 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
11 3 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
11 3 (0.15%) Captiva
11 3 (0.15%) FileNet
11 3 (0.15%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.10%) Red Hat Fuse
12 2 (0.10%) WordPress
Applications
1 43 (2.15%) 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%) MadCap Flare
6 1 (0.050%) RoboHelp
6 1 (0.050%) Sketch
6 1 (0.050%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 51 (2.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 24 (1.20%) 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%) SAP Hybris
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
Cloud Services
1 652 (32.62%) Azure
2 440 (22.01%) AWS
3 152 (7.60%) GCP
4 140 (7.00%) Azure DevOps
5 119 (5.95%) Power Platform
6 75 (3.75%) IBM Cloud
7 71 (3.55%) SaaS
8 59 (2.95%) Amazon EKS
8 59 (2.95%) GitHub
9 55 (2.75%) Amazon S3
9 55 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
10 53 (2.65%) Serverless
11 51 (2.55%) Dynamics 365
12 43 (2.15%) OCI
13 36 (1.80%) Amazon ECR
13 36 (1.80%) Route 53
14 26 (1.30%) Amazon Kinesis
15 24 (1.20%) AWS Lambda
16 23 (1.15%) Azure Data Factory
17 22 (1.10%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 29 (1.45%) Firewall
1 29 (1.45%) Internet
1 29 (1.45%) WAN
2 23 (1.15%) SAN
3 22 (1.10%) 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
1 236 (11.81%) SQL Server
2 152 (7.60%) PostgreSQL
3 110 (5.50%) NoSQL
4 83 (4.15%) MySQL
5 75 (3.75%) Power BI
6 74 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
6 74 (3.70%) MongoDB
7 65 (3.25%) BigQuery
8 61 (3.05%) Amazon RDS
9 57 (2.85%) GIS
9 57 (2.85%) QGIS
10 45 (2.25%) Relational Database
11 41 (2.05%) Azure SQL Database
11 41 (2.05%) Data Vault
12 38 (1.90%) Looker
13 37 (1.85%) DB2
14 33 (1.65%) DynamoDB
15 28 (1.40%) Big Data
15 28 (1.40%) Tableau
16 27 (1.35%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 168 (8.40%) Git
1 168 (8.40%) JIRA
2 49 (2.45%) Jenkins
3 41 (2.05%) GitLab
4 37 (1.85%) Visual Studio
5 25 (1.25%) Postman
6 20 (1.00%) Cypress.io
7 18 (0.90%) Selenium
8 17 (0.85%) JUnit
9 16 (0.80%) Gradle
10 15 (0.75%) Appium
10 15 (0.75%) TeamCity
11 14 (0.70%) IntelliJ
12 12 (0.60%) Mockito
12 12 (0.60%) Spinnaker
13 9 (0.45%) Jasmine
13 9 (0.45%) NUnit
13 9 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
14 8 (0.40%) Maven
15 7 (0.35%) JMeter
General
1 417 (20.86%) Social Skills
2 353 (17.66%) Finance
3 203 (10.16%) Public Sector
4 169 (8.45%) Analytical Skills
5 151 (7.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 141 (7.05%) Retail
7 82 (4.10%) Legal
8 76 (3.80%) Marketing
9 72 (3.60%) Banking
10 41 (2.05%) Law
11 36 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
12 34 (1.70%) Aerospace
13 31 (1.55%) Advertising
14 25 (1.25%) Manufacturing
15 24 (1.20%) Games
16 21 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
16 21 (1.05%) Telecoms
17 19 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
18 15 (0.75%) Publishing
19 11 (0.55%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 478 (23.91%) Developer
2 433 (21.66%) Senior
3 279 (13.96%) Lead
4 197 (9.85%) .NET Developer
5 195 (9.75%) Software Engineer
6 137 (6.85%) Project Manager
7 130 (6.50%) Architect
8 124 (6.20%) Analyst
9 104 (5.20%) Data Engineer
10 101 (5.05%) Senior Developer
11 82 (4.10%) Senior Software Engineer
12 75 (3.75%) C# Developer
13 69 (3.45%) DevOps Engineer
14 66 (3.30%) Technical Leader
15 64 (3.20%) Software Developer
15 64 (3.20%) Solutions Architect
16 63 (3.15%) Business Analyst
17 58 (2.90%) C# .NET Developer
18 53 (2.65%) Azure Engineer
19 49 (2.45%) Full Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 401 (20.06%) .NET
2 248 (12.41%) React
3 230 (11.51%) CSS
4 208 (10.41%) HTML
5 187 (9.35%) .NET Core
5 187 (9.35%) AngularJS
6 161 (8.05%) ASP.NET
7 130 (6.50%) REST
8 123 (6.15%) Node.js
9 101 (5.05%) ASP.NET MVC
10 99 (4.95%) Vue
11 94 (4.70%) RESTful
12 90 (4.50%) .NET Framework
13 89 (4.45%) Entity Framework
14 84 (4.20%) Web Services
15 80 (4.00%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 78 (3.90%) HTML5
17 76 (3.80%) ASP.NET Web API
18 74 (3.70%) Spring
19 65 (3.25%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 136 (6.80%) Product Ownership
2 88 (4.40%) Public Cloud
3 84 (4.20%) Data Structures
3 84 (4.20%) Greenfield Project
3 84 (4.20%) Hybrid Cloud
4 83 (4.15%) e-Learning
5 79 (3.95%) Blockchain
6 65 (3.25%) Management Information System
7 64 (3.20%) Cloud Native
8 51 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
9 49 (2.45%) Mobile App
10 46 (2.30%) Algorithms
11 45 (2.25%) Enterprise Software
12 39 (1.95%) Reinsurance
13 23 (1.15%) PMI
13 23 (1.15%) Video\Live Streaming
14 22 (1.10%) Blog
15 20 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
15 20 (1.00%) Private Cloud
16 15 (0.75%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 161 (8.05%) Linux
2 91 (4.55%) Windows
3 81 (4.05%) Android
4 64 (3.20%) Apple iOS
5 25 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 19 (0.95%) Ubuntu
7 18 (0.90%) Unix
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%) Amazon Linux
14 1 (0.050%) HPUX
14 1 (0.050%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 527 (26.36%) Mentoring
2 503 (25.16%) DevOps
3 393 (19.66%) Coaching
4 373 (18.66%) Software Engineering
5 311 (15.56%) Scrum
6 281 (14.06%) Project Management
7 263 (13.16%) Problem-Solving
8 246 (12.31%) Full Stack Development
9 244 (12.21%) TDD
10 236 (11.81%) Roadmaps
11 212 (10.61%) Analytics
12 185 (9.25%) CI/CD
13 181 (9.05%) Actionable Insight
14 179 (8.95%) Microservices
15 172 (8.60%) MVC
16 168 (8.40%) SDLC
17 160 (8.00%) Kanban
18 157 (7.85%) Test Automation
19 145 (7.25%) Design Patterns
20 138 (6.90%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 442 (22.11%) JavaScript
2 420 (21.01%) C#
3 348 (17.41%) SQL
4 242 (12.11%) Python
5 240 (12.01%) Java
6 129 (6.45%) TypeScript
7 53 (2.65%) PHP
8 42 (2.10%) C
9 29 (1.45%) C++
10 26 (1.30%) PowerShell
11 25 (1.25%) COBOL
11 25 (1.25%) Micro Focus COBOL
12 24 (1.20%) Go
13 22 (1.10%) T-SQL
13 22 (1.10%) VB.NET
14 16 (0.80%) Ruby
15 13 (0.65%) Kotlin
15 13 (0.65%) Perl
16 12 (0.60%) Scala
17 11 (0.55%) Bash
Qualifications
1 219 (10.96%) Degree
2 199 (9.95%) Security Cleared
3 152 (7.60%) SC Cleared
4 58 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 47 (2.35%) PMP
6 41 (2.05%) PMI Certification
7 32 (1.60%) DV Cleared
8 28 (1.40%) AWS Certification
9 21 (1.05%) 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%) HNC
16 8 (0.40%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (5.00%) QA
2 67 (3.35%) Data Quality
3 44 (2.20%) GDPR
4 39 (1.95%) Accessibility
5 19 (0.95%) 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%) GxP
System Software
1 120 (6.00%) Docker
2 25 (1.25%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
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 3 (0.15%) RACF
9 2 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.050%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 164 (8.20%) Kubernetes
2 161 (8.05%) Terraform
3 49 (2.45%) Ansible
4 37 (1.85%) 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
1 287 (14.36%) Microsoft
2 109 (5.45%) Google
3 90 (4.50%) Red Hat
4 88 (4.40%) Oracle
5 82 (4.10%) IBM
6 57 (2.85%) ESRI
7 48 (2.40%) Databricks
8 45 (2.25%) Informatica
9 36 (1.80%) Dynatrace
10 33 (1.65%) SAP
11 31 (1.55%) Facebook
12 25 (1.25%) Micro Focus
12 25 (1.25%) VMware
13 22 (1.10%) ServiceNow
14 21 (1.05%) Atlassian
15 19 (0.95%) Salesforce
16 17 (0.85%) Cisco
16 17 (0.85%) Fortinet
17 12 (0.60%) NetApp
17 12 (0.60%) Teradata