Community of Practice Job Trends in Manchester

Communities of Practice (CoP)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Community of Practice skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 135 139
Rank change year-on-year +7 +4 +89
Permanent jobs citing Community of Practice 2 17 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.070% 0.64% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.087% 0.68% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 8
10th Percentile - - £43,221
25th Percentile - £56,495 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £59,430 £57,993
Median % change year-on-year - +2.48% -3.35%
75th Percentile - £62,365 £72,518
90th Percentile - - £80,070
North West median annual salary £45,497 £53,505 £57,993
% change year-on-year -14.97% -7.74% -1.38%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

Community of Practice 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 2,287 2,496 2,316
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 79.63% 93.83% 90.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,369 1,167 1,854
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,800 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,750 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%

Community of Practice
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Community of Practice job vacancy trend in Manchester

Community of Practice
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Community of Practice.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Community of Practice

Community of Practice
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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) UiPath