Generative AI Jobs in the North West

Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Generative AI skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Generative AI over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 236 241 -
Rank change year-on-year +5 - -
Permanent jobs citing Generative AI 53 54 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.66% 0.55% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 0.66% -
Number of salaries quoted 22 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,000 £72,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.21% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £73,750 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £90,000 £79,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +13.92% -7.06% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Generative AI 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 7,653 8,153 7,519
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.85% 82.81% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 4,004 6,185 3,939
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £30,966
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Generative AI
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Generative AI in the North West

Generative AI
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Generative AI in the North West.

Salary trend for Generative AI in the North West

Generative AI
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Generative AI in the North West over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Generative AI in the North West

Generative AI
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 Generative AI within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 May 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 +26 21 £72,500 - 45
Merseyside - 21 £100,000 - 3
Cheshire +3 8 £88,500 - 7
Lancashire - 3 £100,000 - 25
Generative AI
England

Generative AI
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 12 (22.64%) AWS
2 2 (3.77%) AWS KMS
2 2 (3.77%) Azure
3 1 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (1.89%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.89%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.77%) MySQL
General
1 24 (45.28%) Manufacturing
1 24 (45.28%) Retail
2 8 (15.09%) Dutch Language
2 8 (15.09%) Finnish Language
2 8 (15.09%) Norwegian Language
3 3 (5.66%) Social Skills
4 2 (3.77%) Banking
4 2 (3.77%) Law
4 2 (3.77%) Legal
Job Titles
1 24 (45.28%) Trainer
2 10 (18.87%) Machine Learning Engineer
3 5 (9.43%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
3 5 (9.43%) Gen AI Engineer
4 3 (5.66%) Architect
5 2 (3.77%) Lead
5 2 (3.77%) Senior
5 2 (3.77%) Senior Software Engineer
5 2 (3.77%) ServiceNow Architect
5 2 (3.77%) Software Engineer
6 1 (1.89%) Data Manager
6 1 (1.89%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (1.89%) ERP Architect
6 1 (1.89%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.77%) PyTorch
1 2 (3.77%) React
1 2 (3.77%) scikit-learn
1 2 (3.77%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 24 (45.28%) Robotics
2 4 (7.55%) Algorithms
3 2 (3.77%) AI Agents
3 2 (3.77%) Blog
3 2 (3.77%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (3.77%) NHS
3 2 (3.77%) Public Cloud
3 2 (3.77%) Social Media
4 1 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (96.23%) Artificial Intelligence
2 39 (73.58%) LLM
3 36 (67.92%) Machine Learning
4 24 (45.28%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (45.28%) Red Team
5 16 (30.19%) Data Privacy
6 14 (26.42%) Decision-Making
7 10 (18.87%) API Integration
7 10 (18.87%) Task Automation
7 10 (18.87%) Workflow
8 7 (13.21%) Risk Management
9 5 (9.43%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
10 4 (7.55%) Analytics
10 4 (7.55%) Coaching
10 4 (7.55%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (7.55%) Data Management
11 3 (5.66%) Data Analytics
11 3 (5.66%) ITSM
12 2 (3.77%) ITIL
12 2 (3.77%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (22.64%) Python
2 2 (3.77%) Java
2 2 (3.77%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 24 (45.28%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.55%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.89%) GRC
2 1 (1.89%) ITGC
2 1 (1.89%) QA
Vendors
1 24 (45.28%) Adobe
1 24 (45.28%) Databricks
1 24 (45.28%) Google
2 3 (5.66%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.77%) Facebook
3 2 (3.77%) Oracle
3 2 (3.77%) Salesforce
3 2 (3.77%) SAP
3 2 (3.77%) ServiceNow