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 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 13 51
Rank change year-on-year +6 +38 +3
Permanent jobs citing AI 719 292 166
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 9.64% 12.32% 4.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.70% 13.77% 4.94%
Number of salaries quoted 386 93 35
10th Percentile £41,250 £25,556 £41,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £42,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -7.41% +3.85%
75th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile - £110,000 £93,250
North West median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% +4.35% -11.54%

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 5,660 2,121 3,358
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 75.86% 89.46% 82.77%
Number of salaries quoted 4,321 1,204 1,784
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £83,500
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,055
% change year-on-year +10.00% -0.11% -8.99%

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 17 September 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 17 September 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
Salford -8 23 £85,000 +22.51% 12
Bolton +12 11 £33,750 -37.21% 32
Cheadle - 11 £63,750 - 1
Ashton-under-Lyne - 9 £51,000 - 1
Stockport -9 3 £70,000 - 17
Sale - 2 £62,500 - 5
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 25 (3.48%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.11%) Apache
2 8 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 4 (0.56%) CMS
5 3 (0.42%) Confluence
5 3 (0.42%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.28%) IIS
6 2 (0.28%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.28%) nginx
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.83%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.28%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (1.67%) Cloudability
2 7 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.28%) SAP PSCD
6 1 (0.14%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 1 (0.14%) Odoo
6 1 (0.14%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 152 (21.14%) Azure
2 150 (20.86%) AWS
3 69 (9.60%) Power Platform
4 63 (8.76%) GCP
5 59 (8.21%) SaaS
6 37 (5.15%) GitHub
7 31 (4.31%) Serverless
8 30 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
9 28 (3.89%) Microsoft Copilot
10 26 (3.62%) Azure DevOps
11 25 (3.48%) Azure AI
12 23 (3.20%) PowerApps
13 19 (2.64%) Anthropic Claude
14 17 (2.36%) GitHub Actions
14 17 (2.36%) Snowflake
15 15 (2.09%) Power Automate
16 14 (1.95%) GitHub Copilot
16 14 (1.95%) PaaS
17 13 (1.81%) dbt
18 12 (1.67%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.25%) Firewall
2 6 (0.83%) SMS
2 6 (0.83%) VLAN
3 5 (0.70%) BGP
3 5 (0.70%) DNS
3 5 (0.70%) SAN
4 3 (0.42%) DKIM
4 3 (0.42%) DMARC
4 3 (0.42%) HTTP
4 3 (0.42%) Network Security
4 3 (0.42%) OSPF
4 3 (0.42%) PBX
4 3 (0.42%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.42%) Unified Communications
4 3 (0.42%) VoIP
4 3 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.28%) IPFIX
5 2 (0.28%) IPsec
5 2 (0.28%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.28%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (5.84%) Power BI
2 25 (3.48%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (2.50%) Tableau
4 17 (2.36%) NoSQL
5 16 (2.23%) MongoDB
5 16 (2.23%) SQL Server
6 14 (1.95%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (1.67%) Relational Database
8 10 (1.39%) DynamoDB
9 6 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (0.83%) Big Data
9 6 (0.83%) RDBMS
10 5 (0.70%) Chroma
10 5 (0.70%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.70%) Electronic Patient Records
10 5 (0.70%) Metadata
10 5 (0.70%) MySQL
10 5 (0.70%) Pinecone
11 4 (0.56%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.56%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 32 (4.45%) Git
2 27 (3.76%) GitLab
3 19 (2.64%) Jenkins
4 17 (2.36%) JIRA
5 13 (1.81%) JUnit
5 13 (1.81%) Spock
6 12 (1.67%) Snyk
7 11 (1.53%) Claude Code
7 11 (1.53%) Maven
8 5 (0.70%) Postman
9 4 (0.56%) IntelliJ
9 4 (0.56%) Storybook
9 4 (0.56%) Vite
10 3 (0.42%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.42%) RStudio
10 3 (0.42%) Selenium
10 3 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.28%) Mocha
11 2 (0.28%) Terragrunt
12 1 (0.14%) Cypress.io
General
1 193 (26.84%) Social Skills
2 161 (22.39%) Finance
3 95 (13.21%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (12.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 50 (6.95%) Public Sector
6 41 (5.70%) Banking
7 32 (4.45%) Influencing Skills
7 32 (4.45%) Law
8 24 (3.34%) Marketing
9 20 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (1.81%) Legal
11 11 (1.53%) Retail
12 8 (1.11%) Local Government
12 8 (1.11%) Publishing
13 6 (0.83%) Social Housing
14 5 (0.70%) Games
14 5 (0.70%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.56%) Billing
15 4 (0.56%) Health Technology
15 4 (0.56%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 184 (25.59%) Senior
2 84 (11.68%) Architect
3 69 (9.60%) Software Engineer
4 54 (7.51%) Developer
5 51 (7.09%) Analyst
6 43 (5.98%) Lead
7 40 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
8 34 (4.73%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 31 (4.31%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
10 30 (4.17%) Senior Software Engineer
11 28 (3.89%) Data Engineer
11 28 (3.89%) Python Engineer
12 27 (3.76%) Senior Architect
13 26 (3.62%) Senior Manager
14 25 (3.48%) Consultant
14 25 (3.48%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 25 (3.48%) Senior Developer
15 22 (3.06%) Service Manager
16 21 (2.92%) Senior Analyst
17 18 (2.50%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (6.12%) Terraform
2 40 (5.56%) React
3 29 (4.03%) Spring
4 26 (3.62%) Vue
5 23 (3.20%) AngularJS
6 21 (2.92%) Node.js
7 20 (2.78%) CSS
8 19 (2.64%) .NET
8 19 (2.64%) HTML
9 17 (2.36%) FastAPI
10 16 (2.23%) Kafka
11 14 (1.95%) LangChain
11 14 (1.95%) REST
11 14 (1.95%) Spring Boot
12 13 (1.81%) OAuth
13 12 (1.67%) JWT
14 11 (1.53%) Microsoft Graph
14 11 (1.53%) OpenID
14 11 (1.53%) SAML
15 10 (1.39%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 71 (9.87%) Cloud Native
2 57 (7.93%) AI Agents
3 46 (6.40%) Product Ownership
4 41 (5.70%) Distributed Systems
5 35 (4.87%) Onboarding
6 27 (3.76%) Management Information System
6 27 (3.76%) Self-Motivation
7 22 (3.06%) Data Centre
8 17 (2.36%) Private Cloud
9 14 (1.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 14 (1.95%) Marketing Technology
10 11 (1.53%) Social Media
11 10 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (1.11%) Low-Code
13 7 (0.97%) Cyber Threat
13 7 (0.97%) Data Structures
14 6 (0.83%) Credit Risk
14 6 (0.83%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.67%) Windows
2 11 (1.53%) Linux
3 6 (0.83%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.56%) VMS
5 3 (0.42%) Unix
6 2 (0.28%) AIX
6 2 (0.28%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (20.86%) Agile
2 139 (19.33%) CI/CD
3 136 (18.92%) Continuous Improvement
4 128 (17.80%) Software Engineering
5 127 (17.66%) DevOps
6 101 (14.05%) Problem-Solving
7 100 (13.91%) Machine Learning
8 99 (13.77%) Analytics
9 94 (13.07%) Coaching
10 91 (12.66%) Decision-Making
11 87 (12.10%) Stakeholder Management
12 77 (10.71%) Customer Service
12 77 (10.71%) Roadmaps
13 75 (10.43%) Mentoring
14 73 (10.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 65 (9.04%) Cybersecurity
16 61 (8.48%) Generative AI
17 59 (8.21%) Full-Stack Development
18 58 (8.07%) Microservices
19 56 (7.79%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 162 (22.53%) Python
2 99 (13.77%) SQL
3 68 (9.46%) Java
4 61 (8.48%) TypeScript
5 59 (8.21%) JavaScript
6 26 (3.62%) C#
7 15 (2.09%) PowerShell
8 12 (1.67%) Go
9 11 (1.53%) Scala
10 9 (1.25%) Bash
11 8 (1.11%) Groovy
12 7 (0.97%) Bicep
13 5 (0.70%) C++
13 5 (0.70%) R
14 4 (0.56%) ABAP
14 4 (0.56%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.42%) C
15 3 (0.42%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.42%) PHP
16 2 (0.28%) Rust
Qualifications
1 66 (9.18%) Degree
2 57 (7.93%) Security Cleared
3 29 (4.03%) SC Cleared
4 21 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.50%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.36%) Master's Degree
7 16 (2.23%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.67%) AWS Certification
8 12 (1.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 9 (1.25%) ACCA
10 7 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.83%) CIMA
12 5 (0.70%) CISM
12 5 (0.70%) CISSP
12 5 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.56%) MBA
14 3 (0.42%) APMG
14 3 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.42%) CISA
14 3 (0.42%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (7.51%) Data Quality
2 29 (4.03%) Accessibility
3 22 (3.06%) QA
4 21 (2.92%) GDPR
5 16 (2.23%) GRC
5 16 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.67%) SLA
7 10 (1.39%) NIST
7 10 (1.39%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.97%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 7 (0.97%) WCAG
9 6 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.56%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.42%) COSO
11 3 (0.42%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.28%) GAAP
12 2 (0.28%) IFRS
12 2 (0.28%) PMO
13 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 53 (7.37%) Docker
2 15 (2.09%) Virtual Machines
3 10 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.56%) Active Directory
5 3 (0.42%) Ceph
5 3 (0.42%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 48 (6.68%) Kubernetes
2 13 (1.81%) Grafana
2 13 (1.81%) Prometheus
3 8 (1.11%) Ansible
4 6 (0.83%) Istio
5 3 (0.42%) Argo
5 3 (0.42%) Check_MK
5 3 (0.42%) cPanel
5 3 (0.42%) linkerd
5 3 (0.42%) Nagios
5 3 (0.42%) Plesk
5 3 (0.42%) Podman
5 3 (0.42%) Progress Chef
5 3 (0.42%) Puppet
6 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.28%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (0.14%) SCCM
7 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.14%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 89 (12.38%) Microsoft
2 57 (7.93%) YouTube
3 22 (3.06%) ServiceNow
4 20 (2.78%) Adobe
4 20 (2.78%) Databricks
4 20 (2.78%) Splunk
5 17 (2.36%) Oracle
6 16 (2.23%) CrowdStrike
6 16 (2.23%) Google
7 14 (1.95%) AppDynamics
8 13 (1.81%) Apple
9 12 (1.67%) OpenAI
9 12 (1.67%) Palo Alto
9 12 (1.67%) Tenable
10 11 (1.53%) Salesforce
11 10 (1.39%) VMware
12 7 (0.97%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 7 (0.97%) SAP
13 5 (0.70%) Cisco
13 5 (0.70%) Dynatrace