Ontologist Job Trends in Manchester

Ontologist
North West > Manchester

The median Ontologist salary in Manchester is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Ontologist 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.042% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.045% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - -
North West median annual salary £80,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Manchester with a recognized job title 2,201 3,459 2,338
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.99% 95.08% 96.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,416 1,755 1,912
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,350 £34,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £55,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% -6.78% +7.27%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,750 £84,056
North West median annual salary £48,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Ontologist Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 4 November 2025, Ontologist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Manchester region featuring Ontologist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
1 1 (100.00%) Ontologies
1 1 (100.00%) Validation

Ontologist Skill Set
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Semantic Web
1 1 (100.00%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Ontologies
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality