Agile Jobs in the North of England

Agile Software Development
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 27 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 3,490 5,353 6,253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 19.28% 32.22% 34.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 23.51% 33.33% 36.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,507 2,465 3,785
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £43,441 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £57,810 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.27% +5.11% +10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,964 £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 of England

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 of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,844 16,060 17,295
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 81.98% 96.68% 94.10%
Number of salaries quoted 11,360 7,873 10,699
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £40,000 £38,386
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
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 of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in the North of England

Agile
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Agile in the North of England

Agile
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Agile in the North of England over the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Agile in the North of England

Agile
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the North of England region over the 6 months to 27 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
North West -1 2,006 £60,000 +4.35% 418
Yorkshire -1 1,081 £57,732 -3.78% 198
North East +1 403 £55,000 - 93
Agile
England

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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
1 125 (3.58%) Confluence
2 86 (2.46%) ArcGIS
3 85 (2.44%) GeoServer
4 31 (0.89%) Tuxedo
5 28 (0.80%) Apache Spark
6 26 (0.74%) Apache
7 23 (0.66%) SharePoint
8 19 (0.54%) CMS
9 17 (0.49%) IIS
10 12 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
10 12 (0.34%) WebLogic
11 11 (0.32%) WebSphere
12 10 (0.29%) Apache Solr
12 10 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 10 (0.29%) SAS
13 8 (0.23%) Anypoint
13 8 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
13 8 (0.23%) Umbraco
14 7 (0.20%) MS Project Server
15 5 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 45 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 40 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 37 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
4 23 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
5 18 (0.52%) AutoCAD
6 12 (0.34%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.11%) Maya
7 4 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.057%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.057%) MadCap Flare
8 2 (0.057%) RoboHelp
8 2 (0.057%) Sketch
9 1 (0.029%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.029%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.029%) Final Cut Pro
9 1 (0.029%) InVision
9 1 (0.029%) Trello
9 1 (0.029%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 56 (1.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 24 (0.69%) NetSuite
3 15 (0.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 9 (0.26%) SAP CX
4 9 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
5 7 (0.20%) NEC Housing
6 6 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
6 6 (0.17%) Magento
7 4 (0.11%) MIS ActiveH
8 3 (0.086%) Dynamics GP
8 3 (0.086%) SAP IBP
8 3 (0.086%) Shopify
9 2 (0.057%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.057%) SAP Hybris
9 2 (0.057%) Unit4 Business World
10 1 (0.029%) BPCS
10 1 (0.029%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 1 (0.029%) Payment Gateway
10 1 (0.029%) Sage X3
10 1 (0.029%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,042 (29.86%) Azure
2 722 (20.69%) AWS
3 264 (7.56%) GCP
4 225 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
5 196 (5.62%) Power Platform
6 116 (3.32%) SaaS
7 96 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
8 81 (2.32%) Serverless
9 75 (2.15%) IBM Cloud
10 72 (2.06%) GitHub
11 71 (2.03%) Dynamics 365
12 70 (2.01%) Amazon S3
13 64 (1.83%) Amazon EKS
14 55 (1.58%) Cloud Computing
15 52 (1.49%) Power Automate
15 52 (1.49%) PowerApps
16 46 (1.32%) AWS CloudFormation
17 45 (1.29%) AWS Lambda
17 45 (1.29%) OCI
18 44 (1.26%) Amazon Kinesis
Communications & Networking
1 50 (1.43%) Internet
2 47 (1.35%) Firewall
3 40 (1.15%) WAN
4 34 (0.97%) Broadband
4 34 (0.97%) DNS
5 33 (0.95%) TCP/IP
6 30 (0.86%) Wireless
7 26 (0.74%) LAN
7 26 (0.74%) SAN
8 25 (0.72%) Network Security
9 22 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
10 20 (0.57%) DHCP
10 20 (0.57%) SSL
11 15 (0.43%) MQTT
12 14 (0.40%) VPN
13 13 (0.37%) SD-WAN
14 12 (0.34%) 3G
14 12 (0.34%) BGP
14 12 (0.34%) RS-485
14 12 (0.34%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 362 (10.37%) SQL Server
2 227 (6.50%) PostgreSQL
3 179 (5.13%) NoSQL
4 140 (4.01%) MySQL
5 139 (3.98%) BigQuery
6 124 (3.55%) Data Warehouse
7 113 (3.24%) Power BI
8 112 (3.21%) MongoDB
9 86 (2.46%) GIS
10 85 (2.44%) QGIS
11 75 (2.15%) Relational Database
12 73 (2.09%) Amazon RDS
13 70 (2.01%) Looker
14 59 (1.69%) DynamoDB
15 54 (1.55%) Azure SQL Database
16 51 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
17 42 (1.20%) Data Vault
18 40 (1.15%) Redis
19 39 (1.12%) RDBMS
20 38 (1.09%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 295 (8.45%) JIRA
2 278 (7.97%) Git
3 84 (2.41%) Jenkins
4 68 (1.95%) GitLab
5 43 (1.23%) Selenium
6 38 (1.09%) Visual Studio
7 33 (0.95%) Postman
8 27 (0.77%) JUnit
9 25 (0.72%) Appium
10 21 (0.60%) Cypress.io
11 20 (0.57%) Team Foundation Server
12 19 (0.54%) JMeter
13 18 (0.52%) TeamCity
14 17 (0.49%) Cucumber
14 17 (0.49%) Gradle
15 16 (0.46%) Gatling
15 16 (0.46%) IntelliJ
16 15 (0.43%) IBM UrbanCode
17 14 (0.40%) SonarQube
18 11 (0.32%) NUnit
General
1 811 (23.24%) Social Skills
2 640 (18.34%) Finance
3 341 (9.77%) Analytical Skills
4 328 (9.40%) Public Sector
5 212 (6.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 192 (5.50%) Retail
7 182 (5.21%) Banking
8 164 (4.70%) Legal
9 105 (3.01%) Marketing
10 81 (2.32%) Law
11 75 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
12 62 (1.78%) Games
13 49 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
14 44 (1.26%) Advertising
15 42 (1.20%) Aerospace
15 42 (1.20%) Manufacturing
16 30 (0.86%) Telecoms
17 28 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
18 19 (0.54%) Electronics
18 19 (0.54%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 772 (22.12%) Developer
2 722 (20.69%) Senior
3 579 (16.59%) Lead
4 332 (9.51%) .NET Developer
5 294 (8.42%) Software Engineer
6 278 (7.97%) Analyst
7 277 (7.94%) Project Manager
8 208 (5.96%) Architect
9 158 (4.53%) C# Developer
10 145 (4.15%) Data Engineer
11 143 (4.10%) Senior Developer
12 132 (3.78%) Senior Software Engineer
13 121 (3.47%) C# .NET Developer
14 118 (3.38%) Technical Leader
15 108 (3.09%) Solutions Architect
16 102 (2.92%) DevOps Engineer
17 100 (2.87%) Delivery Manager
17 100 (2.87%) Software Developer
18 93 (2.66%) Business Analyst
19 83 (2.38%) Agile Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 668 (19.14%) .NET
2 366 (10.49%) React
3 320 (9.17%) AngularJS
4 318 (9.11%) .NET Core
5 315 (9.03%) CSS
6 290 (8.31%) HTML
7 268 (7.68%) ASP.NET
8 216 (6.19%) RESTful
9 190 (5.44%) ASP.NET Web API
10 187 (5.36%) .NET Framework
11 180 (5.16%) REST
12 173 (4.96%) Node.js
13 172 (4.93%) ASP.NET MVC
14 160 (4.58%) Entity Framework
15 140 (4.01%) Vue
16 115 (3.30%) Twitter Bootstrap
17 113 (3.24%) Web Services
18 110 (3.15%) HTML5
19 97 (2.78%) Spring
20 86 (2.46%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 233 (6.68%) Product Ownership
2 136 (3.90%) Public Cloud
3 126 (3.61%) Management Information System
4 119 (3.41%) Greenfield Project
5 114 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
6 105 (3.01%) Cloud Native
7 92 (2.64%) Data Structures
8 86 (2.46%) Mobile App
9 83 (2.38%) e-Learning
9 83 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
10 80 (2.29%) Blockchain
11 53 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
12 47 (1.35%) Algorithms
13 43 (1.23%) PMI
14 41 (1.17%) Onboarding
15 39 (1.12%) Blog
15 39 (1.12%) Reinsurance
16 36 (1.03%) NHS
17 33 (0.95%) Private Cloud
18 28 (0.80%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 220 (6.30%) Linux
2 131 (3.75%) Windows
3 103 (2.95%) Android
4 86 (2.46%) Apple iOS
5 29 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 23 (0.66%) Ubuntu
6 23 (0.66%) Unix
7 16 (0.46%) Embedded Linux
8 13 (0.37%) Windows 10
9 12 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
10 11 (0.32%) CentOS
10 11 (0.32%) Debian
10 11 (0.32%) Windows Server
11 9 (0.26%) Windows Phone
12 6 (0.17%) VME
13 5 (0.14%) Mac OS
14 3 (0.086%) Amazon Linux
14 3 (0.086%) Windows Server 2008
14 3 (0.086%) Windows Server 2012
14 3 (0.086%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,028 (29.46%) Mentoring
2 812 (23.27%) DevOps
3 805 (23.07%) Coaching
4 541 (15.50%) Scrum
5 540 (15.47%) Software Engineering
6 506 (14.50%) Project Management
7 472 (13.52%) Problem-Solving
8 428 (12.26%) Roadmaps
9 376 (10.77%) Full Stack Development
10 363 (10.40%) Microservices
11 337 (9.66%) TDD
12 328 (9.40%) Analytics
13 298 (8.54%) CI/CD
14 289 (8.28%) Kanban
15 268 (7.68%) SDLC
16 263 (7.54%) MVC
17 258 (7.39%) Actionable Insight
18 251 (7.19%) Continuous Improvement
19 245 (7.02%) Project Delivery
20 244 (6.99%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 704 (20.17%) JavaScript
2 686 (19.66%) C#
3 601 (17.22%) SQL
4 355 (10.17%) Python
5 345 (9.89%) Java
6 187 (5.36%) TypeScript
7 106 (3.04%) PHP
8 72 (2.06%) PowerShell
9 69 (1.98%) C
10 62 (1.78%) COBOL
10 62 (1.78%) Micro Focus COBOL
11 56 (1.60%) C++
12 39 (1.12%) T-SQL
13 32 (0.92%) Go
14 31 (0.89%) VB.NET
15 29 (0.83%) Ruby
16 27 (0.77%) Scala
17 23 (0.66%) Kotlin
18 19 (0.54%) Bash
18 19 (0.54%) Swift
Qualifications
1 382 (10.95%) Degree
2 302 (8.65%) Security Cleared
3 238 (6.82%) SC Cleared
4 112 (3.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 87 (2.49%) PMP
6 76 (2.18%) PMI Certification
7 47 (1.35%) Azure Certification
8 40 (1.15%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 37 (1.06%) AWS Certification
10 34 (0.97%) APMP
11 31 (0.89%) DV Cleared
12 28 (0.80%) HNC
13 27 (0.77%) HND
14 21 (0.60%) CAPM
15 20 (0.57%) ISTQB
15 20 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
15 20 (0.57%) PgMP
16 19 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
16 19 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
17 17 (0.49%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 158 (4.53%) QA
2 114 (3.27%) GDPR
3 83 (2.38%) Data Quality
4 82 (2.35%) Accessibility
5 62 (1.78%) PMO
6 22 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 19 (0.54%) WCAG
8 12 (0.34%) SLA
9 10 (0.29%) NIST
10 8 (0.23%) PSD2
11 7 (0.20%) ISO 9001
11 7 (0.20%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.14%) NEBOSH
13 4 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.11%) CRD IV
13 4 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.11%) GRC
14 3 (0.086%) IFRS
14 3 (0.086%) IFRS 9
15 2 (0.057%) EMIR
System Software
1 171 (4.90%) Docker
2 77 (2.21%) Active Directory
3 28 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (0.69%) RACF
5 12 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
5 12 (0.34%) Firmware
6 11 (0.32%) Hyper-V
7 9 (0.26%) Terminal Services
8 6 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.14%) SRDF
10 4 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
11 3 (0.086%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.029%) NFS
12 1 (0.029%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 232 (6.65%) Terraform
2 224 (6.42%) Kubernetes
3 77 (2.21%) Ansible
4 53 (1.52%) Prometheus
5 28 (0.80%) Grafana
6 22 (0.63%) Progress Chef
7 17 (0.49%) Puppet
7 17 (0.49%) ZABBIX
8 14 (0.40%) SCCM
9 12 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 12 (0.34%) Opsgenie
9 12 (0.34%) VxRail
10 9 (0.26%) AirWatch
11 8 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
11 8 (0.23%) Kibana
12 7 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
13 6 (0.17%) Nmap
14 5 (0.14%) SCOM
15 3 (0.086%) Podman
16 2 (0.057%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 566 (16.22%) Microsoft
2 192 (5.50%) Google
3 142 (4.07%) Oracle
4 100 (2.87%) IBM
5 90 (2.58%) Red Hat
6 86 (2.46%) ESRI
7 62 (1.78%) Micro Focus
8 55 (1.58%) Databricks
9 53 (1.52%) SAP
10 46 (1.32%) Atlassian
10 46 (1.32%) Informatica
11 41 (1.17%) ServiceNow
12 39 (1.12%) Salesforce
13 36 (1.03%) Dynatrace
13 36 (1.03%) Facebook
14 29 (0.83%) VMware
15 24 (0.69%) CyberArk
16 21 (0.60%) Cisco
17 20 (0.57%) Apple
18 18 (0.52%) Splunk