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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 178 163
Rank change year-on-year +36 -15 +39
Permanent jobs citing Digital Innovation 9 5 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.38% 0.12% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.15% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 3
10th Percentile - £63,600 -
25th Percentile £44,000 £66,750 £49,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £75,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.76% +48.04% +2.00%
75th Percentile £52,750 £83,250 £52,875
90th Percentile £61,600 £85,800 £53,100
North West median annual salary £48,500 £63,277 £51,000
% change year-on-year -23.35% +24.07% +2.00%

All Process and 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 2,120 3,363 2,592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 89.26% 83.59% 94.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,197 1,709 2,067
10th Percentile £28,650 £30,000 £35,650
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £73,125
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,750 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.99% -8.18% +4.76%

Digital Innovation
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Digital Innovation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Innovation 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 26 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Digital Innovation in Manchester

Digital Innovation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
1 3 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) MPLS
1 2 (22.22%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) GIS
General
1 2 (22.22%) Billing
1 2 (22.22%) Finance
1 2 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (22.22%) Legal
1 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
1 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
2 1 (11.11%) Law
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Senior
2 3 (33.33%) Senior Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 1 (11.11%) Management Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Portfolio Management Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) Kafka
1 2 (22.22%) Spring
1 2 (22.22%) Spring Boot
2 1 (11.11%) Jest
2 1 (11.11%) Node.js
2 1 (11.11%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Android
1 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Agile
2 3 (33.33%) Analytics
2 3 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
2 3 (33.33%) Dashboard Development
2 3 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
2 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 3 (33.33%) Project Management
2 3 (33.33%) Visualisation
2 3 (33.33%) Web Development
3 2 (22.22%) Business Strategy
3 2 (22.22%) Code Quality
3 2 (22.22%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
3 2 (22.22%) Microservices
3 2 (22.22%) Network Architecture
3 2 (22.22%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 2 (22.22%) SDLC
3 2 (22.22%) Technical Debt
3 2 (22.22%) Test Automation
3 2 (22.22%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) PHP
2 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 3 (33.33%) Python
3 2 (22.22%) Java
4 1 (11.11%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Chartered Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) APMG
2 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) P3O
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco