Cognitive Science Job Trends in the North West

Cognitive Science
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Cognitive Science skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 201 -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Cognitive Science 0 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West - 0.066% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.071% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
England median annual salary - - £44,225
% change year-on-year - - -68.41%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

Cognitive Science 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 5,755 4,249 5,715
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 77.92% 93.22% 85.79%
Number of salaries quoted 3,029 2,099 4,660
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,620 £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 £67,500 £67,500 £66,778
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £80,070
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%

Cognitive Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Cognitive Science job vacancy trend in the North West