Digital Innovation Job Trends in Manchester

Digital Innovation
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Digital Innovation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 137 188
Rank change year-on-year -18 +51 +24
Permanent jobs citing Digital Innovation 24 32 24
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.40% 1.45% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 1.51% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 20 9 20
10th Percentile £42,600 - -
25th Percentile £51,250 £30,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -20.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £62,500 £52,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £66,375 £56,300 £67,800
North West median annual salary £55,000 £48,000 £53,750
% change year-on-year +14.58% -10.70% +5.39%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

Digital Innovation 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 4,329 2,115 4,496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 72.14% 95.70% 84.08%
Number of salaries quoted 3,201 1,195 3,507
10th Percentile £32,875 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,300 £81,250
North West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

Digital Innovation
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Digital Innovation job vacancy trend in Manchester

Digital Innovation
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Digital Innovation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Digital Innovation

Digital Innovation
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital Innovation in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Digital Innovation in Manchester

Digital Innovation
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Innovation within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 1 June 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 - 6 £55,000 -
Bolton - 2 £52,500 -
Stockport - 1 £60,000 -
Digital Innovation
North West

Digital Innovation
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 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (29.17%) Power Platform
2 6 (25.00%) Azure
3 2 (8.33%) IaaS
3 2 (8.33%) PaaS
3 2 (8.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.50%) Power BI
General
1 6 (25.00%) Finance
1 6 (25.00%) Marketing
1 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (25.00%) Analyst
1 6 (25.00%) Marketing Manager
1 6 (25.00%) Technology Manager
2 4 (16.67%) Lead
3 3 (12.50%) Architect
3 3 (12.50%) Business Analyst
3 3 (12.50%) Innovation Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Azure Architect
4 2 (8.33%) Migration Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Migration Project Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Product Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Project Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (8.33%) Systems Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Digital Transformation
5 1 (4.17%) Digital Transformation Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Migration Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.67%) PyTorch
1 4 (16.67%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Marketing Technology
2 4 (16.67%) Low-Code
3 3 (12.50%) Driving Licence
4 2 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (8.33%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (4.17%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (37.50%) AI
2 8 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 7 (29.17%) Agile
4 6 (25.00%) Innovative Thinking
4 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (20.83%) Analytics
5 5 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (20.83%) Roadmaps
6 4 (16.67%) Business Strategy
6 4 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
6 4 (16.67%) Data Architecture
6 4 (16.67%) Data Governance
6 4 (16.67%) Data Privacy
6 4 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 4 (16.67%) Innovation Management
6 4 (16.67%) Machine Learning
6 4 (16.67%) Predictive Analytics
7 3 (12.50%) Business Transformation
7 3 (12.50%) Data Migration
7 3 (12.50%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.67%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) GDPR
Vendors
1 7 (29.17%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.33%) BiZZdesign