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 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 58 49
Rank change year-on-year +52 -9 +59
Permanent jobs citing AI 356 134 137
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 14.91% 3.66% 5.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.55% 4.30% 6.01%
Number of salaries quoted 117 39 117
10th Percentile £21,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £30,750 £50,625 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £82,500 £84,375 £84,056
90th Percentile £108,500 £94,600 £95,000
North West median annual salary £57,500 £57,004 £65,000
% change year-on-year +0.87% -12.30% +18.18%

All Process and 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 2,028 3,117 2,281
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 84.92% 85.21% 94.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,288 1,426 1,868
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,250 £55,000 £59,541
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -7.63% +8.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% +4.76%

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 7 November 2025.

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 7 November 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
Salford +20 19 £69,384 +2.79% 5
Stockport +6 14 - - 12
Wigan - 4 - - 5
Bolton +1 3 £53,750 +15.59% 82
Rochdale +1 3 - - 1
Altrincham - 3 £25,000 - 26
Oldham +5 1 £65,000 +8.33% 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 5 (1.40%) Apache Solr
2 4 (1.12%) CMS
3 3 (0.84%) Confluence
3 3 (0.84%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.28%) Apache
5 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 128 (35.96%) Chatbot
2 7 (1.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.12%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.56%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (0.56%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 35 (9.83%) AWS
1 35 (9.83%) Azure
2 13 (3.65%) Power Platform
3 12 (3.37%) GCP
4 10 (2.81%) SaaS
5 9 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (1.97%) Amazon Bedrock
6 7 (1.97%) Microsoft Copilot
7 6 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (1.69%) Power Automate
8 5 (1.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 5 (1.40%) AWS CloudFormation
8 5 (1.40%) Azure Monitor
8 5 (1.40%) GitHub
9 4 (1.12%) Copilot Studio
10 3 (0.84%) OCI
10 3 (0.84%) Serverless
11 2 (0.56%) Cloudflare
11 2 (0.56%) Google Drive
11 2 (0.56%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.97%) Telepresence
1 7 (1.97%) Unified Communications
1 7 (1.97%) VoIP
1 7 (1.97%) WebEx
2 1 (0.28%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (0.28%) DNS
2 1 (0.28%) Firewall
2 1 (0.28%) HTTP
2 1 (0.28%) Network Security
2 1 (0.28%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.28%) VPN
2 1 (0.28%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.06%) MySQL
2 11 (3.09%) Power BI
3 10 (2.81%) MongoDB
4 9 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (2.25%) NoSQL
5 8 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (1.69%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (1.40%) Tableau
8 4 (1.12%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.84%) Looker
10 2 (0.56%) Metadata
10 2 (0.56%) Neo4j
10 2 (0.56%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.56%) SQL Server
10 2 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.28%) Delta Lake
11 1 (0.28%) DocumentDB
11 1 (0.28%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.28%) Snowflake Schema
11 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 10 (2.81%) Git
2 5 (1.40%) JIRA
3 3 (0.84%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.56%) MLflow
5 1 (0.28%) JUnit
General
1 88 (24.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 82 (23.03%) Analytical Skills
3 72 (20.22%) Social Skills
4 50 (14.04%) Finance
5 23 (6.46%) Marketing
6 16 (4.49%) Public Sector
7 11 (3.09%) Banking
8 10 (2.81%) Law
8 10 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (2.53%) Legal
9 9 (2.53%) Manufacturing
9 9 (2.53%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.69%) Games
11 5 (1.40%) Advertising
11 5 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.40%) Retail
12 4 (1.12%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.84%) Billing
13 3 (0.84%) Private Banking
14 2 (0.56%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 124 (34.83%) Trainer
2 28 (7.87%) Microsoft Specialist
3 25 (7.02%) Senior
4 23 (6.46%) Developer
5 20 (5.62%) Architect
6 13 (3.65%) Software Engineer
7 12 (3.37%) Cisco Specialist
8 11 (3.09%) Analyst
8 11 (3.09%) Consultant
9 10 (2.81%) Senior Software Engineer
10 9 (2.53%) Sales Executive
10 9 (2.53%) Solutions Architect
11 8 (2.25%) Software Developer
12 7 (1.97%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 7 (1.97%) IT Sales Executive
12 7 (1.97%) Support Engineer
12 7 (1.97%) Technical Manager
12 7 (1.97%) Voice Engineer
12 7 (1.97%) Voice Support Engineer
13 6 (1.69%) AWS Solution Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (6.46%) React
2 12 (3.37%) .NET
2 12 (3.37%) CSS
2 12 (3.37%) RESTful
3 10 (2.81%) HTML
4 6 (1.69%) CSS3
4 6 (1.69%) HTML5
4 6 (1.69%) Node.js
5 5 (1.40%) ASP.NET
5 5 (1.40%) TensorFlow
6 4 (1.12%) ASP.NET Core
6 4 (1.12%) Django
6 4 (1.12%) Kafka
6 4 (1.12%) Next.js
6 4 (1.12%) PyTorch
6 4 (1.12%) REST
6 4 (1.12%) scikit-learn
6 4 (1.12%) Tailwind CSS
7 3 (0.84%) FastAPI
7 3 (0.84%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.74%) AI Agents
2 17 (4.78%) Cloud Native
3 12 (3.37%) Data Centre
4 10 (2.81%) Blog
5 8 (2.25%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (1.69%) Microsoft Licensing
7 5 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.40%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.84%) Algorithms
9 3 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (0.84%) Molecular Biology
9 3 (0.84%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (0.56%) Derivative
10 2 (0.56%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.56%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.56%) Marketing Technology
10 2 (0.56%) Online Games
10 2 (0.56%) Taxonomies
10 2 (0.56%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.40%) Windows
2 4 (1.12%) Linux
2 4 (1.12%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (35.96%) Conversational UI
2 56 (15.73%) Chemistry
3 38 (10.67%) Analytics
3 38 (10.67%) Machine Learning
4 32 (8.99%) Customer Service
5 30 (8.43%) CRM
5 30 (8.43%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (8.15%) Agile
7 28 (7.87%) CI/CD
8 24 (6.74%) Customer Engagement
9 23 (6.46%) DevOps
9 23 (6.46%) Time Management
10 21 (5.90%) Mathematics
10 21 (5.90%) Roadmaps
10 21 (5.90%) Software Engineering
11 20 (5.62%) Computer Science
12 19 (5.34%) Decision-Making
13 18 (5.06%) Cybersecurity
14 17 (4.78%) Continuous Improvement
14 17 (4.78%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 34 (9.55%) Python
2 25 (7.02%) SQL
3 17 (4.78%) TypeScript
4 16 (4.49%) JavaScript
5 12 (3.37%) Java
6 10 (2.81%) C#
7 5 (1.40%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.12%) Go
9 3 (0.84%) PHP
10 2 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.56%) VBA
11 1 (0.28%) Bash
11 1 (0.28%) Bicep
11 1 (0.28%) C++
11 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.28%) R
11 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 192 (53.93%) Degree
2 85 (23.88%) Master's Degree
3 81 (22.75%) PhD
4 6 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.12%) SC Cleared
5 4 (1.12%) Security Cleared
6 3 (0.84%) PMP
7 2 (0.56%) CBAP
7 2 (0.56%) CCIE
7 2 (0.56%) CCNA
7 2 (0.56%) CCNP
7 2 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.56%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.56%) MCP
7 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.28%) APMG
8 1 (0.28%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.28%) MBA
8 1 (0.28%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.28%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.12%) GDPR
2 3 (0.84%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.56%) QA
4 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.28%) FINRA
4 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.28%) NCSC
4 1 (0.28%) NIST
4 1 (0.28%) P3O
4 1 (0.28%) PERC
4 1 (0.28%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (5.62%) Docker
2 4 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (3.93%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.97%) Cisco CUCM
2 7 (1.97%) Terraform
3 4 (1.12%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.56%) Ansible
5 1 (0.28%) Kubeflow
5 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 123 (34.55%) PayPal
2 72 (20.22%) Microsoft
3 33 (9.27%) Cisco
4 12 (3.37%) Adobe
5 11 (3.09%) Apple
5 11 (3.09%) Dell
5 11 (3.09%) Oracle
6 9 (2.53%) Palo Alto
7 8 (2.25%) Google
8 7 (1.97%) VMware
9 5 (1.40%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.12%) Databricks
10 4 (1.12%) Foundry
10 4 (1.12%) Genesys
11 3 (0.84%) Alteryx
12 2 (0.56%) Bloomberg
12 2 (0.56%) Hotjar
12 2 (0.56%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.56%) UiPath
13 1 (0.28%) IBM