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 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 139 163
Rank change year-on-year -5 +24 +79
Permanent jobs citing Community of Practice 2 15 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.060% 0.60% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.078% 0.63% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 17
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £58,750 £56,495 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £59,430 £50,985
Median % change year-on-year +13.58% +16.56% -13.22%
75th Percentile £76,250 £62,365 £70,000
90th Percentile - - £77,491
North West median annual salary £53,999 £59,430 £50,743
% change year-on-year -9.14% +17.12% -13.63%

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 2,578 2,386 3,196
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 76.75% 94.91% 89.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,603 1,180 2,660
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.20%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,886 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,950 £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%

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
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Community of Practice within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 11 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
Altrincham -12 1 £67,500 - 2
Community of Practice
North West

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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (50.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Vagrant
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Java Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Java Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) React
1 1 (50.00%) Spring
1 1 (50.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) UX Design
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (50.00%) Packer
1 1 (50.00%) Progress Chef
1 1 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) UiPath