Artificial Intelligence Jobs in Manchester

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
North West > Manchester

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

6 months to
14 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 55 83
Rank change year-on-year +29 +28 +20
Permanent jobs citing Artificial Intelligence 237 223 173
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 9.36% 3.94% 4.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.16% 4.73% 4.39%
Number of salaries quoted 97 69 84
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £30,750 £42,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £93,778 £78,750 £77,715
90th Percentile £110,000 £101,250 £84,717
North West median annual salary £58,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +5.45% -15.38% +16.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Artificial Intelligence 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 2,332 4,714 3,941
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 92.06% 83.36% 96.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,333 3,312 2,443
10th Percentile £29,550 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,750 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -9.70% +8.23%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,216 £82,500 £83,750
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Artificial Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Artificial Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Artificial Intelligence in Manchester

Artificial Intelligence
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Artificial Intelligence in Manchester.

Salary trend for Artificial Intelligence in Manchester

Artificial Intelligence
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Artificial Intelligence in Manchester over the 6 months to 14 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Artificial Intelligence in Manchester

Artificial Intelligence
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Artificial Intelligence within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 14 July 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
Stockport +3 11 - - 5
Wigan - 5 - - 2
Salford +2 4 - - 8
Rochdale -3 4 - -
Bolton -27 1 - - 9
Artificial Intelligence
North West

Artificial Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (2.53%) CMS
1 6 (2.53%) Confluence
2 4 (1.69%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.27%) Apache
3 3 (1.27%) Apache Solr
3 3 (1.27%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 77 (32.49%) Chatbot
2 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (11.39%) Azure
2 21 (8.86%) AWS
3 17 (7.17%) GCP
4 15 (6.33%) Power Platform
5 10 (4.22%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (2.53%) Microsoft Copilot
7 5 (2.11%) Azure Machine Learning
8 4 (1.69%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (1.69%) Cloud Composer
8 4 (1.69%) GitHub
8 4 (1.69%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.27%) Amazon EMR
9 3 (1.27%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.27%) Cloudflare
9 3 (1.27%) Serverless
10 2 (0.84%) Google Analytics
10 2 (0.84%) Google Drive
10 2 (0.84%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.42%) DNS
1 1 (0.42%) Firewall
1 1 (0.42%) SD-WAN
1 1 (0.42%) VPN
1 1 (0.42%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.06%) Power BI
2 10 (4.22%) MySQL
3 5 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (2.11%) Tableau
4 4 (1.69%) BigQuery
4 4 (1.69%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (1.27%) Amazon Athena
5 3 (1.27%) Big Data
5 3 (1.27%) Looker
5 3 (1.27%) Metadata
5 3 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (0.84%) Cloud Spanner
7 1 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.42%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.42%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.42%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.42%) GIS
7 1 (0.42%) Spark SQL
7 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (7.17%) Git
2 7 (2.95%) JIRA
3 2 (0.84%) MLflow
4 1 (0.42%) GitLab
General
1 56 (23.63%) Social Skills
2 53 (22.36%) Finance
3 51 (21.52%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (14.77%) Banking
5 33 (13.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (6.33%) Marketing
7 9 (3.80%) Law
8 7 (2.95%) Aerospace
8 7 (2.95%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.11%) Legal
9 5 (2.11%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.11%) Retail
10 4 (1.69%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.27%) Private Banking
12 2 (0.84%) Advertising
12 2 (0.84%) Games
12 2 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.84%) Tech for Good
12 2 (0.84%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.42%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 77 (32.49%) Trainer
2 24 (10.13%) Senior
3 16 (6.75%) Analyst
4 13 (5.49%) Lead
5 12 (5.06%) Cisco Specialist
6 9 (3.80%) Architect
6 9 (3.80%) Developer
7 7 (2.95%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 7 (2.95%) IT Sales Executive
7 7 (2.95%) Sales Executive
7 7 (2.95%) Senior Software Engineer
7 7 (2.95%) Software Engineer
8 6 (2.53%) Digital Analyst
8 6 (2.53%) Head of AI
8 6 (2.53%) Head of Digital
8 6 (2.53%) Head of IT
8 6 (2.53%) Head of Support
8 6 (2.53%) IT Support
8 6 (2.53%) Microsoft Specialist
9 5 (2.11%) Gen AI Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.75%) React
2 12 (5.06%) Software Packaging
3 10 (4.22%) Node.js
4 7 (2.95%) Playwright
4 7 (2.95%) Spring Boot
5 6 (2.53%) TensorFlow
6 5 (2.11%) PyTorch
6 5 (2.11%) scikit-learn
6 5 (2.11%) Spring
7 4 (1.69%) RESTful
7 4 (1.69%) Vue
8 3 (1.27%) .NET
8 3 (1.27%) CSS
8 3 (1.27%) HTML
8 3 (1.27%) Keras
8 3 (1.27%) Next.js
9 2 (0.84%) CSS3
9 2 (0.84%) Express.js
9 2 (0.84%) HTML5
9 2 (0.84%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.06%) Algorithms
2 9 (3.80%) AI Agents
3 6 (2.53%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (2.53%) Microsoft Licensing
4 5 (2.11%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (1.69%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.69%) NHS
5 4 (1.69%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.27%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.84%) Blog
7 2 (0.84%) Derivative
7 2 (0.84%) Equities
7 2 (0.84%) Fixed Income
7 2 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.84%) IoT
7 2 (0.84%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.84%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.84%) Social Media
8 1 (0.42%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.27%) Linux
1 3 (1.27%) Windows
1 3 (1.27%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.42%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (32.49%) Conversational UI
2 38 (16.03%) Software Engineering
3 35 (14.77%) Mathematics
4 31 (13.08%) Agile
5 30 (12.66%) Analytics
5 30 (12.66%) Chemistry
6 27 (11.39%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (8.86%) Roadmaps
7 21 (8.86%) Statistics
8 20 (8.44%) Computer Science
8 20 (8.44%) Machine Learning
9 19 (8.02%) Cybersecurity
10 18 (7.59%) Decision-Making
11 17 (7.17%) Customer Engagement
12 16 (6.75%) Customer Service
12 16 (6.75%) Generative AI
13 15 (6.33%) Continuous Improvement
13 15 (6.33%) Mentoring
14 14 (5.91%) Physics
14 14 (5.91%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (13.08%) Python
2 20 (8.44%) SQL
3 16 (6.75%) Java
4 15 (6.33%) JavaScript
5 13 (5.49%) TypeScript
6 8 (3.38%) Go
7 6 (2.53%) C#
8 4 (1.69%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (1.27%) Scala
9 3 (1.27%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.84%) C++
10 2 (0.84%) R
10 2 (0.84%) VBA
11 1 (0.42%) Bicep
11 1 (0.42%) PHP
Qualifications
1 115 (48.52%) Degree
2 60 (25.32%) Master's Degree
3 59 (24.89%) PhD
4 4 (1.69%) CBAP
5 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.84%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.84%) MCP
7 1 (0.42%) APMG
7 1 (0.42%) CRISC
7 1 (0.42%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.42%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.42%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.42%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.69%) Data Quality
1 4 (1.69%) QA
2 3 (1.27%) GDPR
3 2 (0.84%) ITGC
4 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.42%) COBIT
4 1 (0.42%) P3O
4 1 (0.42%) PMO
4 1 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (2.95%) Docker
2 1 (0.42%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (2.95%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.53%) Terraform
3 2 (0.84%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.42%) Ansible
4 1 (0.42%) Grafana
4 1 (0.42%) Kubeflow
4 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 76 (32.07%) PayPal
2 29 (12.24%) Microsoft
3 22 (9.28%) Google
4 19 (8.02%) Cisco
5 7 (2.95%) Dell
5 7 (2.95%) VMware
6 6 (2.53%) Databricks
7 4 (1.69%) Alteryx
8 3 (1.27%) Adobe
8 3 (1.27%) Apple
8 3 (1.27%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.84%) Bloomberg
9 2 (0.84%) Facebook
9 2 (0.84%) Hotjar
9 2 (0.84%) Revolut
9 2 (0.84%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.84%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.42%) Foundry
10 1 (0.42%) Genesys
10 1 (0.42%) Meraki