Knowledge Management Job Trends in the North West

Knowledge Management
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Knowledge Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 190 196
Rank change year-on-year +23 +6 +92
Permanent jobs citing Knowledge Management 17 19 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.27% 0.38% 0.089%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.41% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 15 6 4
10th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £41,875
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,407 £44,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £58,810 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -40.49% +23.81% -5.00%
75th Percentile £37,500 £92,327 £49,063
90th Percentile - £98,474 £49,625
England median annual salary £37,750 £65,000 £54,151
% change year-on-year -41.92% +20.04% +8.30%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

Knowledge Management 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 5,121 4,605 3,926
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 81.38% 91.03% 87.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,498 2,254 3,048
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,114 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,354 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Knowledge Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Knowledge Management job vacancy trend in the North West

Knowledge Management
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Knowledge Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Knowledge Management

Knowledge Management
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 Knowledge Management within the North West region over the 6 months to 11 January 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 +16 11 £35,000 -63.02% 3
Cumbria +17 4 £35,854 -21.42%
Merseyside -6 2 - -
Knowledge Management
England

Knowledge Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (41.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (41.18%) Entra ID
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft 365
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft Copilot
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (23.53%) Oracle Reports
General
1 17 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (52.94%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Police
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft Engineer
1 7 (41.18%) Support Engineer
1 7 (41.18%) Systems Support
2 4 (23.53%) Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Development Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Development Support Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Service Desk Operator
2 4 (23.53%) Support Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Systems Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Systems Development Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Systems Support Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Applications Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Applications Support
3 3 (17.65%) Applications Support Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Systems Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Systems Support Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) HR Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (23.53%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 9 (52.94%) Onboarding
2 6 (35.29%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (23.53%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (23.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (41.18%) Client Onboarding
2 7 (41.18%) Task Automation
3 6 (35.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (23.53%) Change Control
4 4 (23.53%) Customer Service
4 4 (23.53%) Data Security
4 4 (23.53%) Identity Management
4 4 (23.53%) ITIL
4 4 (23.53%) ITSM
4 4 (23.53%) Migration
4 4 (23.53%) Service Management
4 4 (23.53%) Time Management
5 3 (17.65%) Identity Access Management
6 2 (11.76%) AI
6 2 (11.76%) Coaching
6 2 (11.76%) Digital Enablement
6 2 (11.76%) Service Delivery
6 2 (11.76%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 7 (41.18%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) BPSS Clearance
1 4 (23.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 2 (11.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 9 (52.94%) Microsoft
2 4 (23.53%) Oracle
3 2 (11.76%) ServiceNow
3 2 (11.76%) Workday