CIPD Job Trends in Manchester

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for CIPD qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 - 179
Rank change year-on-year - - +70
Permanent jobs citing CIPD 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.028% - 0.027%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.098% - 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45,421 - £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,421 - £31,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -37.00%
75th Percentile £47,421 - £33,250
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £47,000 - £35,000
% change year-on-year - - -30.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Manchester

CIPD falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,018 912 864
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 28.60% 36.66% 23.70%
Number of salaries quoted 385 404 651
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -7.60%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,500 £82,380 £82,500
North West median annual salary £48,000 £50,055 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.10% +0.11% -9.09%

CIPD
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

CIPD job vacancy trend in Manchester

CIPD
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing CIPD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing CIPD

CIPD
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CIPD within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 20 February 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
Oldham - 1 £46,421 - 1
CIPD
North West

CIPD
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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SEO
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared