AI Job Trends in Manchester

AI
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring AI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 28 56
Rank change year-on-year +15 +28 +45
Permanent jobs citing AI 442 209 215
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 7.39% 9.24% 3.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.44% 9.68% 4.55%
Number of salaries quoted 289 82 76
10th Percentile £41,250 £25,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £57,001 £32,813 £35,092
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +47.37% -26.92%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £105,500 £110,000 £98,500
North West median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.54% +36.84% -26.92%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,234 2,158 4,729
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 70.76% 95.44% 83.30%
Number of salaries quoted 3,333 1,217 3,567
10th Percentile £32,875 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -9.19%
75th Percentile £75,250 £76,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £81,250
North West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

AI
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing AI relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

AI job vacancy trend in Manchester

AI
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing AI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing AI

AI
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing AI in Manchester over the 6 months to 9 June 2026.

Salary histogram for AI in Manchester

AI
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AI within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
Bolton +27 8 £30,000 - 2
Salford -6 8 £80,000 - 7
Cheadle - 4 £63,750 -
Stockport -1 3 £32,500 - 2
Bury - 3 £92,482 - 2
Ashton-under-Lyne - 2 £51,000 - 7
Sale - 1 - -
AI
North West

AI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 10 (2.26%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.36%) Jupyter
3 5 (1.13%) CMS
3 5 (1.13%) WordPress
4 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.45%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.45%) IIS
5 2 (0.45%) nginx
Applications
1 25 (5.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.49%) Chatbot
3 5 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.71%) Cloudability
2 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 127 (28.73%) Azure
2 104 (23.53%) AWS
3 54 (12.22%) Power Platform
4 45 (10.18%) GCP
5 41 (9.28%) SaaS
6 29 (6.56%) Azure AI
7 28 (6.33%) Serverless
8 20 (4.52%) Microsoft 365
9 18 (4.07%) GitHub
10 16 (3.62%) Microsoft Copilot
11 15 (3.39%) Azure DevOps
12 14 (3.17%) Microsoft Purview
13 13 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
14 12 (2.71%) Anthropic Claude
15 10 (2.26%) GitHub Actions
16 8 (1.81%) Amazon ECS
17 7 (1.58%) Azure Monitor
17 7 (1.58%) ChatGPT
17 7 (1.58%) Entra ID
17 7 (1.58%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.36%) Unified Communications
1 6 (1.36%) VoIP
2 5 (1.13%) Firewall
2 5 (1.13%) VLAN
3 4 (0.90%) DNS
3 4 (0.90%) Telepresence
3 4 (0.90%) WebEx
4 3 (0.68%) BGP
4 3 (0.68%) Internet
4 3 (0.68%) OSPF
4 3 (0.68%) SAN
4 3 (0.68%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.45%) DKIM
5 2 (0.45%) DMARC
5 2 (0.45%) IPFIX
5 2 (0.45%) PBX
5 2 (0.45%) SNMP
5 2 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.23%) HTTP
6 1 (0.23%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (8.37%) Power BI
2 26 (5.88%) Tableau
3 12 (2.71%) MongoDB
4 11 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (2.49%) SQL Server
5 9 (2.04%) NoSQL
5 9 (2.04%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.90%) Big Data
6 4 (0.90%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.90%) MySQL
6 4 (0.90%) RDBMS
7 3 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.45%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.45%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.45%) Looker
9 1 (0.23%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.23%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 17 (3.85%) Git
2 12 (2.71%) Snyk
3 9 (2.04%) GitLab
3 9 (2.04%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.81%) Claude Code
5 6 (1.36%) Visual Studio Code
6 5 (1.13%) JUnit
7 4 (0.90%) Spock
8 3 (0.68%) JIRA
9 2 (0.45%) Maven
9 2 (0.45%) Postman
9 2 (0.45%) Selenium
9 2 (0.45%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.45%) Vite
9 2 (0.45%) XCUITest
10 1 (0.23%) Gemini Tracker
10 1 (0.23%) MLflow
General
1 95 (21.49%) Social Skills
2 86 (19.46%) Finance
3 80 (18.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 47 (10.63%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (9.28%) Banking
6 19 (4.30%) Retail
7 17 (3.85%) Public Sector
8 14 (3.17%) Law
8 14 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (2.49%) Manufacturing
10 10 (2.26%) Marketing
11 8 (1.81%) Telecoms
12 4 (0.90%) Legal
12 4 (0.90%) Local Government
13 3 (0.68%) French Language
13 3 (0.68%) Games
13 3 (0.68%) Italian Language
13 3 (0.68%) Portuguese Language
13 3 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.68%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 111 (25.11%) Senior
2 51 (11.54%) Analyst
3 42 (9.50%) Architect
3 42 (9.50%) Software Engineer
4 31 (7.01%) Python Engineer
5 29 (6.56%) Developer
6 26 (5.88%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 22 (4.98%) Data Analyst
8 21 (4.75%) Lead
9 19 (4.30%) Senior Analyst
10 18 (4.07%) Security Architect
10 18 (4.07%) Service Manager
11 17 (3.85%) Cloud Architect
11 17 (3.85%) Cloud Security Architect
11 17 (3.85%) Junior
11 17 (3.85%) Junior Analyst
11 17 (3.85%) Junior Data Analyst
12 16 (3.62%) Senior Developer
12 16 (3.62%) Senior Software Engineer
13 15 (3.39%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (4.98%) React
2 19 (4.30%) Vue
3 17 (3.85%) FastAPI
3 17 (3.85%) HTML
4 16 (3.62%) CSS
4 16 (3.62%) Node.js
5 15 (3.39%) Spring
6 14 (3.17%) .NET
7 12 (2.71%) JWT
7 12 (2.71%) OAuth
8 11 (2.49%) LangChain
8 11 (2.49%) Spring Boot
9 10 (2.26%) OpenID
9 10 (2.26%) SAML
10 9 (2.04%) Django
10 9 (2.04%) REST
11 8 (1.81%) AngularJS
11 8 (1.81%) OAuth2
11 8 (1.81%) RESTful
12 7 (1.58%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 49 (11.09%) Cloud Native
2 27 (6.11%) Onboarding
3 26 (5.88%) AI Agents
4 25 (5.66%) Distributed Systems
4 25 (5.66%) Product Ownership
5 22 (4.98%) Data Centre
6 10 (2.26%) Algorithms
7 8 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.58%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (1.58%) Management Information System
8 7 (1.58%) Public Cloud
9 6 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.36%) Private Cloud
10 5 (1.13%) Credit Risk
10 5 (1.13%) Life Science
11 4 (0.90%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (0.90%) Marketing Technology
11 4 (0.90%) Social Media
11 4 (0.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.26%) Windows
2 5 (1.13%) Apple iOS
2 5 (1.13%) Linux
2 5 (1.13%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.90%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (20.36%) CI/CD
2 85 (19.23%) DevOps
3 69 (15.61%) Software Engineering
4 67 (15.16%) Machine Learning
5 64 (14.48%) Agile
6 63 (14.25%) Analytics
7 61 (13.80%) Cybersecurity
8 54 (12.22%) Problem-Solving
9 41 (9.28%) Continuous Improvement
9 41 (9.28%) Decision-Making
10 38 (8.60%) Event-Driven
11 37 (8.37%) LLM
11 37 (8.37%) Roadmaps
12 36 (8.14%) Business Intelligence
12 36 (8.14%) Infrastructure as Code
13 35 (7.92%) Observability
14 34 (7.69%) Mentoring
15 32 (7.24%) Platform Engineering
16 31 (7.01%) Visualisation
17 30 (6.79%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 140 (31.67%) Python
2 62 (14.03%) SQL
3 37 (8.37%) Java
4 25 (5.66%) TypeScript
5 22 (4.98%) JavaScript
6 12 (2.71%) C#
7 10 (2.26%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.81%) Bash
9 7 (1.58%) Go
10 5 (1.13%) Bicep
11 4 (0.90%) Groovy
11 4 (0.90%) Scala
12 3 (0.68%) C
12 3 (0.68%) C++
12 3 (0.68%) PHP
12 3 (0.68%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.45%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.45%) Swift
Qualifications
1 35 (7.92%) Degree
2 26 (5.88%) Azure Certification
3 23 (5.20%) AWS Certification
4 16 (3.62%) Security Cleared
5 12 (2.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 10 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (2.04%) SC Cleared
8 6 (1.36%) ACCA
8 6 (1.36%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 6 (1.36%) CIMA
9 5 (1.13%) DBS Check
9 5 (1.13%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.90%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.68%) PhD
11 3 (0.68%) Postgraduate
12 2 (0.45%) HNC
12 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.23%) CISSP
13 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.23%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.85%) GRC
2 13 (2.94%) Data Quality
2 13 (2.94%) GDPR
2 13 (2.94%) QA
3 9 (2.04%) SLA
4 8 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 6 (1.36%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.36%) NIST
7 4 (0.90%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.90%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.68%) WCAG
9 2 (0.45%) GAAP
9 2 (0.45%) IFRS
10 1 (0.23%) Solvency II
System Software
1 26 (5.88%) Docker
2 15 (3.39%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (1.58%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.45%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 31 (7.01%) Terraform
2 29 (6.56%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.81%) Grafana
4 7 (1.58%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.90%) Cisco CUCM
6 4 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.68%) Nagios
8 2 (0.45%) cPanel
8 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.45%) Plesk
9 1 (0.23%) Istio
9 1 (0.23%) linkerd
9 1 (0.23%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.23%) Puppet
9 1 (0.23%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 84 (19.00%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.30%) ServiceNow
3 17 (3.85%) Adobe
3 17 (3.85%) Apple
4 16 (3.62%) CrowdStrike
5 12 (2.71%) Palo Alto
5 12 (2.71%) Tenable
6 11 (2.49%) Google
7 9 (2.04%) OpenAI
7 9 (2.04%) Splunk
8 8 (1.81%) Databricks
8 8 (1.81%) Oracle
9 6 (1.36%) Cisco
10 5 (1.13%) VMware
11 4 (0.90%) AppDynamics
11 4 (0.90%) New Relic
11 4 (0.90%) OneLogin
11 4 (0.90%) Salesforce
12 3 (0.68%) HighQ
13 2 (0.45%) Datto