AI Job Trends in Manchester
AI
North West > Manchester
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester citing AI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 8 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 5 | 4 | 57 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -1 | +53 | -10 |
| Permanent jobs citing AI | 834 | 428 | 135 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester | 10.68% | 17.43% | 3.72% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 13.94% | 20.42% | 4.36% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 444 | 118 | 40 |
| 10th Percentile | £42,500 | £21,500 | £42,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £52,500 | £30,750 | £50,938 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £70,000 | £55,000 | £68,750 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +27.27% | -20.00% | +5.77% |
| 75th Percentile | £95,000 | £82,500 | £84,063 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £108,250 | £93,925 |
| North West median annual salary | £65,000 | £57,500 | £57,004 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.04% | +0.87% | -12.30% |
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 citing process or methodology skills in Manchester.
| 6 months to 8 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 5,982 | 2,096 | 3,097 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester | 76.60% | 85.38% | 85.43% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4,356 | 1,292 | 1,418 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £28,250 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £35,000 | £40,625 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,750 | £52,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +16.83% | -5.45% | -7.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £70,000 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £85,000 | £85,000 |
| North West median annual salary | £55,000 | £50,000 | £52,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.00% | -3.85% | -5.45% |
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 Salary Trend in Manchester
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 8 November 2026.
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 8 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salford | -12 | 25 | £90,000 | +29.71% | 12 |
| Bolton | +4 | 14 | £37,500 | -30.23% | 2 |
| Cheadle | +4 | 11 | £63,750 | - | 1 |
| Ashton-under-Lyne | -2 | 9 | £51,000 | - | 3 |
| Rochdale | -1 | 6 | £70,000 | - | 4 |
| Stockport | -19 | 6 | £70,000 | - | 3 |
| Sale | +1 | 2 | £62,500 | - | |
| Altrincham | -5 | 2 | £60,000 | +140.00% | 3 |
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AI Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agile | 20.6% | 172 |
| 2 | Continuous Improvement | 20.3% | 169 |
| 3 | Software Engineering | 19.1% | 159 |
| 4 | CI/CD | 17.1% | 143 |
| 5 | Stakeholder Management | 16.2% | 135 |
| 6 | Problem-Solving | 16.1% | 134 |
| 7 | Coaching | 14.4% | 120 |
| 8 | DevOps | 14.1% | 118 |
| 9 | Analytics | 13.9% | 116 |
| 10 | Machine Learning | 13.5% | 113 |
| 11 | Decision-Making | 12.8% | 107 |
| 12 | Generative AI | 11.3% | 94 |
| 13 | Customer Service | 11.2% | 93 |
| 13 | Roadmaps | 11.2% | 93 |
| 15 | Mentoring | 10.3% | 86 |
| 16 | Stakeholder Engagement | 10.2% | 85 |
| 17 | Full-Stack Development | 8.4% | 70 |
| 18 | LLM | 8.0% | 67 |
| 19 | Data Science | 7.7% | 64 |
| 20 | Microservices | 7.3% | 61 |