Cognitive Science
North West > Manchester
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Cognitive Science skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Feb 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 144 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent jobs citing Cognitive Science | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester | - | 0.12% | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 0.13% | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| North West median annual salary | - | - | - |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester
Cognitive Science 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 | 2,660 | 2,378 | 3,243 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester | 76.00% | 94.93% | 89.29% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,683 | 1,174 | 2,688 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,800 | £34,500 | £29,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £41,250 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £72,500 | £74,080 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £87,500 | £82,500 |
| North West median annual salary | £50,000 | £52,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +5.00% | -8.90% |
Cognitive Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cognitive Science relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
