Digital Economy Job Trends, Salaries & Related Skills in Manchester

Digital Economy (Web Economy, New Economy)
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Digital Economy in permanent job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Digital Economy over the 6 months leading up to 3 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 3 Feb 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	-	-	174
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	+77
Permanent jobs citing Digital Economy	0	0	2
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester	-	-	0.057%
As % of the General category	-	-	0.10%
Number of salaries quoted	0	0	2
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	-	-	£66,110
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	-	-	£73,090
Median % change year-on-year	-	-	+173.23%
75^th Percentile	-	-	£80,070
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
North West median annual salary	-	-	£73,090
% change year-on-year	-	-	+173.23%

All General Skills
Manchester

Digital Economy falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills	1,840	1,790	1,967
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester	56.93%	69.87%	55.74%
Number of salaries quoted	974	760	1,576
10^th Percentile	£28,250	£31,250	£26,500
25^th Percentile	£35,000	£41,250	£37,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£55,000	£52,500
Median % change year-on-year	-9.09%	+4.76%	-4.55%
75^th Percentile	£73,500	£73,886	£69,936
90^th Percentile	£95,000	£90,822	£82,548
North West median annual salary	£48,450	£52,500	£48,153
% change year-on-year	-7.71%	+9.03%	-8.28%

Digital Economy
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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