AI Job Trends in Manchester

AI
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring AI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 12 56
Rank change year-on-year +7 +44 -12
Permanent jobs citing AI 789 331 146
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 10.30% 14.04% 3.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.49% 15.78% 4.43%
Number of salaries quoted 408 96 39
10th Percentile £41,750 £24,570 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £42,500 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +3.85%
75th Percentile £97,500 £82,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £93,250
North West median annual salary £67,472 £61,250 £56,509
% change year-on-year +10.16% +8.39% -13.06%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

AI 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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,849 2,098 3,299
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 76.38% 88.97% 84.65%
Number of salaries quoted 4,359 1,194 1,586
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £33,750 £41,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £52,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £69,950
90th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -2.91% -6.36%

AI
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing AI relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

AI job vacancy trend in Manchester

AI
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing AI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing AI

AI
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing AI in Manchester over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Salary histogram for AI in Manchester

AI
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AI within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 11 October 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
Salford -10 24 £90,000 +29.71% 11
Bolton +12 14 £37,500 -30.23% 24
Cheadle - 11 £63,750 - 9
Ashton-under-Lyne - 9 £51,000 -
Stockport -11 4 £70,000 - 10
Sale - 2 £62,500 - 2
AI
North West

AI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 27 (3.42%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (1.01%) Apache
4 8 (1.01%) Confluence
5 7 (0.89%) CMS
6 4 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.51%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.38%) IIS
7 3 (0.38%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.25%) nginx
9 1 (0.13%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 16 (2.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.63%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.38%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.14%) Cloudability
3 5 (0.63%) SAP PSCD
4 4 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.13%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 1 (0.13%) Odoo
7 1 (0.13%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 157 (19.90%) AWS
2 155 (19.65%) Azure
3 70 (8.87%) Power Platform
4 69 (8.75%) SaaS
5 61 (7.73%) GCP
6 39 (4.94%) GitHub
7 36 (4.56%) Microsoft 365
8 29 (3.68%) Microsoft Copilot
9 25 (3.17%) Serverless
10 23 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
10 23 (2.92%) PowerApps
11 21 (2.66%) Anthropic Claude
12 17 (2.15%) Azure AI
12 17 (2.15%) Snowflake
13 16 (2.03%) Entra ID
13 16 (2.03%) Power Automate
14 15 (1.90%) PaaS
15 14 (1.77%) dbt
15 14 (1.77%) GitHub Copilot
16 13 (1.65%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.77%) Firewall
2 12 (1.52%) DNS
3 10 (1.27%) VLAN
4 7 (0.89%) SMS
4 7 (0.89%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.76%) DHCP
6 5 (0.63%) SAN
6 5 (0.63%) SSL
6 5 (0.63%) VPN
7 4 (0.51%) BGP
8 3 (0.38%) DKIM
8 3 (0.38%) DMARC
8 3 (0.38%) HTTP
8 3 (0.38%) PBX
8 3 (0.38%) SNMP
8 3 (0.38%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.38%) VoIP
8 3 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.25%) IPFIX
9 2 (0.25%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (5.45%) Power BI
2 26 (3.30%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (2.28%) SQL Server
4 17 (2.15%) Tableau
5 16 (2.03%) MongoDB
5 16 (2.03%) NoSQL
6 15 (1.90%) Relational Database
7 12 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (1.27%) DynamoDB
9 8 (1.01%) Big Data
10 7 (0.89%) Chroma
10 7 (0.89%) Pinecone
11 6 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (0.76%) BigQuery
11 6 (0.76%) Electronic Patient Records
11 6 (0.76%) Metadata
11 6 (0.76%) Power Query
11 6 (0.76%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.51%) Data Mining
12 4 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 37 (4.69%) Git
2 35 (4.44%) GitLab
3 22 (2.79%) JIRA
4 19 (2.41%) Jenkins
5 13 (1.65%) JUnit
5 13 (1.65%) Spock
6 11 (1.39%) Claude Code
6 11 (1.39%) Maven
7 9 (1.14%) Snyk
8 6 (0.76%) Postman
9 4 (0.51%) Artifactory
9 4 (0.51%) IntelliJ
9 4 (0.51%) Storybook
9 4 (0.51%) Vite
10 3 (0.38%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.38%) RStudio
10 3 (0.38%) Selenium
10 3 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.25%) Mocha
11 2 (0.25%) Terragrunt
General
1 225 (28.52%) Social Skills
2 208 (26.36%) Finance
3 118 (14.96%) Analytical Skills
4 100 (12.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 50 (6.34%) Public Sector
6 45 (5.70%) Marketing
7 43 (5.45%) Banking
8 37 (4.69%) Influencing Skills
9 34 (4.31%) Law
10 30 (3.80%) Legal
11 22 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (1.39%) Publishing
13 10 (1.27%) Retail
14 9 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (1.01%) Local Government
16 6 (0.76%) Games
16 6 (0.76%) Social Housing
16 6 (0.76%) Telecoms
17 5 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
17 5 (0.63%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 190 (24.08%) Senior
2 80 (10.14%) Architect
3 73 (9.25%) Software Engineer
4 66 (8.37%) Developer
5 52 (6.59%) Lead
6 49 (6.21%) Analyst
7 39 (4.94%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 38 (4.82%) Solutions Architect
9 34 (4.31%) Data Engineer
10 32 (4.06%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
10 32 (4.06%) Senior Software Engineer
11 30 (3.80%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 28 (3.55%) Senior Developer
13 27 (3.42%) Consultant
14 25 (3.17%) Senior Manager
15 24 (3.04%) Senior Architect
16 21 (2.66%) Python Engineer
17 18 (2.28%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
18 17 (2.15%) Associate Director
18 17 (2.15%) Head of AI
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (6.46%) Terraform
2 47 (5.96%) React
3 31 (3.93%) Spring
4 26 (3.30%) Node.js
4 26 (3.30%) Vue
5 22 (2.79%) AngularJS
5 22 (2.79%) CSS
6 21 (2.66%) REST
7 20 (2.53%) FastAPI
8 19 (2.41%) Kafka
9 18 (2.28%) HTML
10 16 (2.03%) .NET
10 16 (2.03%) LangChain
10 16 (2.03%) Spring Boot
11 14 (1.77%) OAuth
12 13 (1.65%) JWT
13 12 (1.52%) Middleware
13 12 (1.52%) SAML
14 11 (1.39%) Microsoft Graph
14 11 (1.39%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 63 (7.98%) Cloud Native
2 57 (7.22%) AI Agents
3 51 (6.46%) Onboarding
3 51 (6.46%) Product Ownership
4 40 (5.07%) Management Information System
5 39 (4.94%) Distributed Systems
6 34 (4.31%) Self-Motivation
7 22 (2.79%) Marketing Technology
8 18 (2.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 17 (2.15%) Data Centre
9 17 (2.15%) Private Cloud
10 12 (1.52%) Social Media
11 10 (1.27%) Data Structures
11 10 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (1.14%) Hackathon
13 8 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
13 8 (1.01%) Low-Code
13 8 (1.01%) Virtual Team
14 7 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (0.89%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.15%) Windows
2 14 (1.77%) Linux
3 12 (1.52%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.51%) Unix
4 4 (0.51%) VMS
5 2 (0.25%) AIX
5 2 (0.25%) Solaris
6 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (21.04%) Agile
2 159 (20.15%) Continuous Improvement
3 142 (18.00%) CI/CD
4 137 (17.36%) Software Engineering
5 124 (15.72%) DevOps
5 124 (15.72%) Problem-Solving
6 116 (14.70%) Coaching
7 110 (13.94%) Machine Learning
8 108 (13.69%) Stakeholder Management
9 105 (13.31%) Analytics
10 96 (12.17%) Decision-Making
11 93 (11.79%) Customer Service
12 84 (10.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 82 (10.39%) Roadmaps
14 81 (10.27%) Mentoring
15 74 (9.38%) Generative AI
16 66 (8.37%) Cybersecurity
17 64 (8.11%) Full-Stack Development
17 64 (8.11%) Microservices
18 60 (7.60%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 173 (21.93%) Python
2 108 (13.69%) SQL
3 81 (10.27%) Java
3 81 (10.27%) TypeScript
4 65 (8.24%) JavaScript
5 25 (3.17%) C#
6 17 (2.15%) Go
6 17 (2.15%) PowerShell
7 15 (1.90%) Scala
8 10 (1.27%) Bash
9 8 (1.01%) Groovy
10 7 (0.89%) ABAP
11 6 (0.76%) Bicep
11 6 (0.76%) R
12 5 (0.63%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.51%) C++
13 4 (0.51%) Rust
13 4 (0.51%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.25%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 87 (11.03%) Degree
2 68 (8.62%) Security Cleared
3 41 (5.20%) SC Cleared
4 29 (3.68%) Master's Degree
5 27 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (2.15%) DV Cleared
7 11 (1.39%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.14%) AWS Certification
8 9 (1.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 8 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (0.89%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.76%) CISM
11 6 (0.76%) CISSP
11 6 (0.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 5 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (0.63%) SAP Certification
13 4 (0.51%) ACCA
13 4 (0.51%) CISA
13 4 (0.51%) MBA
14 3 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (7.48%) Data Quality
2 35 (4.44%) Accessibility
3 22 (2.79%) GDPR
3 22 (2.79%) QA
4 15 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.77%) SLA
6 11 (1.39%) GRC
6 11 (1.39%) NIST
7 8 (1.01%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.89%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 7 (0.89%) WCAG
9 6 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.38%) COSO
10 3 (0.38%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.38%) PMO
11 2 (0.25%) EU AI Act
11 2 (0.25%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.13%) ITGC
12 1 (0.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 51 (6.46%) Docker
2 12 (1.52%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
3 11 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.51%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.38%) Ceph
6 1 (0.13%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 53 (6.72%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.39%) Prometheus
3 10 (1.27%) Ansible
3 10 (1.27%) Grafana
4 8 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.76%) Istio
6 5 (0.63%) Autotask
7 4 (0.51%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 3 (0.38%) Argo
8 3 (0.38%) Check_MK
8 3 (0.38%) cPanel
8 3 (0.38%) linkerd
8 3 (0.38%) Plesk
8 3 (0.38%) Podman
8 3 (0.38%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.38%) Puppet
9 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Clustering
9 2 (0.25%) Nagios
9 2 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.25%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 95 (12.04%) Microsoft
2 72 (9.13%) YouTube
3 22 (2.79%) Salesforce
4 21 (2.66%) Adobe
5 20 (2.53%) Google
5 20 (2.53%) Oracle
5 20 (2.53%) Splunk
6 18 (2.28%) ServiceNow
7 17 (2.15%) Databricks
7 17 (2.15%) Samsung
7 17 (2.15%) TikTok
8 14 (1.77%) AppDynamics
8 14 (1.77%) OpenAI
9 11 (1.39%) CrowdStrike
9 11 (1.39%) SAP
9 11 (1.39%) VMware
10 10 (1.27%) Apple
11 9 (1.14%) Palo Alto
11 9 (1.14%) Tenable
12 8 (1.01%) Datto