Application Discovery Job Trends in the North West

Application Discovery
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Application Discovery skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Application Discovery 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.014% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.018% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £63,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - -
75th Percentile £71,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £66,250 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

Application Discovery 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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,618 4,364 5,659
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 78.52% 92.71% 85.70%
Number of salaries quoted 2,876 2,134 4,620
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,155 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £66,778
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +12.73% -12.00%

Application Discovery
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Application Discovery relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Application Discovery job vacancy trend in the North West

Application Discovery
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Application Discovery.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Application Discovery

Application Discovery
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Application Discovery within the North West region over the 6 months to 10 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
Manchester - 1 £67,500 -
Application Discovery
England

Application Discovery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Presales
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow