Digital Innovation Job Trends in the North West

Digital Innovation
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Digital Innovation skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 223 221 209
Rank change year-on-year -2 -12 +44
Permanent jobs citing Digital Innovation 13 13 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.25% 0.17% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.22% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 5 9 4
10th Percentile - £41,755 £30,775
25th Percentile £44,000 £55,163 £42,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £63,277 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.35% +24.07% +2.00%
75th Percentile £52,750 £70,500 £52,688
90th Percentile £61,600 £75,500 £53,025
England median annual salary £75,000 £58,850 £65,000
% change year-on-year +27.44% -9.46% +6.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,632 6,028 4,178
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 89.33% 78.62% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 2,204 3,325 3,130
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -8.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £62,475
% change year-on-year -5.98% -6.36% +4.13%

Digital Innovation
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Digital Innovation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Innovation in the North West

Digital Innovation
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Digital Innovation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Digital Innovation

Digital Innovation
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital Innovation in the North West over the 6 months to 25 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Digital Innovation in the North West

Digital Innovation
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 Digital Innovation within the North West region over the 6 months to 25 September 2025. 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 +29 9 £48,500 -35.76% 7
Cheshire -21 4 - - 1
Digital Innovation
England

Digital Innovation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (23.08%) Azure
1 3 (23.08%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (7.69%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) MPLS
1 2 (15.38%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) GIS
General
1 6 (46.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 6 (46.15%) Public Sector
2 4 (30.77%) Legal
3 2 (15.38%) Billing
3 2 (15.38%) Finance
3 2 (15.38%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
4 1 (7.69%) Law
4 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Developer
2 3 (23.08%) Senior
2 3 (23.08%) Senior Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Software Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 1 (7.69%) Management Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Portfolio Management Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Requirements Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Requirements Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) Kafka
1 2 (15.38%) Spring
1 2 (15.38%) Spring Boot
2 1 (7.69%) Jest
2 1 (7.69%) Node.js
2 1 (7.69%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) CCTV
1 2 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Android
1 1 (7.69%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Agile
2 5 (38.46%) Project Management
3 4 (30.77%) Business Strategy
3 4 (30.77%) Project Delivery
4 3 (23.08%) Analytics
4 3 (23.08%) Collaborative Culture
4 3 (23.08%) Dashboard Development
4 3 (23.08%) Data Visualisation
4 3 (23.08%) Decision-Making
4 3 (23.08%) Mentoring
4 3 (23.08%) Thought Leadership
4 3 (23.08%) Visualisation
4 3 (23.08%) Web Development
5 2 (15.38%) Deadline-Driven
5 2 (15.38%) Microservices
5 2 (15.38%) Network Architecture
5 2 (15.38%) Requirements Management
5 2 (15.38%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 2 (15.38%) Software Engineering
5 2 (15.38%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) PHP
2 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
2 3 (23.08%) Python
3 2 (15.38%) Java
4 1 (7.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 4 (30.77%) Chartered Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Degree
3 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) IEC 61508
2 1 (7.69%) P3O
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Cisco CUCM
1 2 (15.38%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Cisco