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 23 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 31 54
Rank change year-on-year +27 +23 +55
Permanent jobs citing AI 642 193 208
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 11.15% 9.01% 4.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.52% 9.41% 4.80%
Number of salaries quoted 251 75 76
10th Percentile £36,750 £25,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £40,500 £35,092
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +47.37% -26.92%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £101,250
North West median annual salary £72,500 £68,750 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.45% +44.74% -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 4,136 2,052 4,332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 71.81% 95.84% 85.41%
Number of salaries quoted 3,032 1,167 3,444
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,450 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +6.48% -6.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,840 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £82,500
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 23 May 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 23 May 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
Stockport +9 23 £32,500 - 4
Bolton +36 13 £30,000 - 7
Salford -4 13 £75,000 - 13
Bury - 11 £92,482 - 2
Wigan +4 9 - - 5
Stalybridge - 8 - -
Cheadle - 8 - - 1
Dukinfield - 8 - -
Heywood - 8 - -
Ashton-under-Lyne - 8 - - 2
Rochdale -2 7 - - 1
Sale - 7 - -
Altrincham - 7 - - 7
Littleborough - 7 - -
Oldham - 7 - - 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 8 (1.25%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.09%) Jupyter
3 6 (0.93%) CMS
4 5 (0.78%) WordPress
5 3 (0.47%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.16%) IIS
Applications
1 33 (5.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.56%) Chatbot
3 9 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (1.87%) Cloudability
2 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 255 (39.72%) Cloud Computing
2 121 (18.85%) Azure
3 90 (14.02%) AWS
4 55 (8.57%) Power Platform
5 37 (5.76%) GCP
6 35 (5.45%) SaaS
7 32 (4.98%) Azure AI
8 23 (3.58%) Serverless
9 16 (2.49%) Microsoft 365
10 15 (2.34%) GitHub
11 13 (2.02%) Microsoft Purview
12 10 (1.56%) Anthropic Claude
12 10 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (1.56%) Microsoft Copilot
13 8 (1.25%) Azure Monitor
13 8 (1.25%) Entra ID
13 8 (1.25%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (1.09%) ChatGPT
15 6 (0.93%) OneDrive
16 5 (0.78%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 245 (38.16%) Internet
2 6 (0.93%) Telepresence
2 6 (0.93%) Unified Communications
2 6 (0.93%) VoIP
2 6 (0.93%) WebEx
3 3 (0.47%) BGP
3 3 (0.47%) Firewall
3 3 (0.47%) HTTP
3 3 (0.47%) OSPF
3 3 (0.47%) SAN
3 3 (0.47%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.47%) VLAN
4 2 (0.31%) IPFIX
4 2 (0.31%) SNMP
5 1 (0.16%) DNS
5 1 (0.16%) LTE
5 1 (0.16%) Network Security
5 1 (0.16%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (5.61%) Power BI
2 26 (4.05%) Tableau
3 12 (1.87%) MongoDB
4 10 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (1.25%) SQL Server
6 7 (1.09%) NoSQL
7 5 (0.78%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.47%) Big Data
8 3 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.47%) Hadoop
8 3 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.31%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.31%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.31%) MySQL
10 1 (0.16%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.16%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.16%) InfluxDB
10 1 (0.16%) Looker
10 1 (0.16%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 15 (2.34%) Git
2 12 (1.87%) Snyk
3 8 (1.25%) Claude Code
3 8 (1.25%) GitLab
4 7 (1.09%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.09%) JUnit
5 6 (0.93%) Visual Studio Code
6 4 (0.62%) JIRA
6 4 (0.62%) Spock
7 2 (0.31%) Maven
7 2 (0.31%) Vite
7 2 (0.31%) XCUITest
8 1 (0.16%) Postman
8 1 (0.16%) Selenium
8 1 (0.16%) Terragrunt
General
1 335 (52.18%) Social Skills
2 331 (51.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 280 (43.61%) Banking
4 82 (12.77%) Finance
5 52 (8.10%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (2.65%) Public Sector
6 17 (2.65%) Retail
7 12 (1.87%) Law
7 12 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (1.71%) Marketing
9 9 (1.40%) Manufacturing
10 8 (1.25%) Telecoms
11 6 (0.93%) Legal
12 4 (0.62%) Local Government
12 4 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.47%) French Language
13 3 (0.47%) Italian Language
13 3 (0.47%) Portuguese Language
13 3 (0.47%) Spanish Language
14 2 (0.31%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 186 (28.97%) Lecturer
2 98 (15.26%) Senior
3 55 (8.57%) Analyst
4 36 (5.61%) Software Engineer
5 31 (4.83%) Architect
5 31 (4.83%) Python Engineer
6 24 (3.74%) Data Analyst
7 21 (3.27%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 21 (3.27%) Developer
7 21 (3.27%) Lead
8 20 (3.12%) Junior
8 20 (3.12%) Junior Analyst
8 20 (3.12%) Junior Data Analyst
9 19 (2.96%) Senior Analyst
10 16 (2.49%) Cloud Architect
10 16 (2.49%) Cloud Security Architect
10 16 (2.49%) Security Architect
10 16 (2.49%) Senior Software Engineer
10 16 (2.49%) Service Manager
11 13 (2.02%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.65%) HTML
1 17 (2.65%) React
2 16 (2.49%) CSS
3 15 (2.34%) Spring
4 13 (2.02%) .NET
5 12 (1.87%) Node.js
6 11 (1.71%) AngularJS
6 11 (1.71%) FastAPI
6 11 (1.71%) Spring Boot
7 10 (1.56%) Vue
8 9 (1.40%) JWT
8 9 (1.40%) OAuth
9 8 (1.25%) Django
9 8 (1.25%) LangChain
9 8 (1.25%) REST
10 7 (1.09%) OpenID
10 7 (1.09%) Pandas
10 7 (1.09%) RESTful
10 7 (1.09%) SAML
10 7 (1.09%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 245 (38.16%) IoT
2 38 (5.92%) Cloud Native
3 28 (4.36%) Onboarding
4 22 (3.43%) Data Centre
4 22 (3.43%) Product Ownership
5 21 (3.27%) AI Agents
6 20 (3.12%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (1.56%) Algorithms
7 10 (1.56%) Public Cloud
8 9 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (0.78%) Blog
10 5 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (0.78%) Low-Code
10 5 (0.78%) Management Information System
10 5 (0.78%) Private Cloud
11 4 (0.62%) Credit Risk
11 4 (0.62%) Life Science
11 4 (0.62%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.93%) Windows
2 5 (0.78%) Apple iOS
3 4 (0.62%) Android
4 2 (0.31%) Linux
4 2 (0.31%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 304 (47.35%) Cybersecurity
2 301 (46.88%) Machine Learning
3 268 (41.74%) User Experience
4 248 (38.63%) Web Development
5 74 (11.53%) CI/CD
5 74 (11.53%) DevOps
6 61 (9.50%) Agile
7 56 (8.72%) Software Engineering
8 52 (8.10%) Analytics
9 50 (7.79%) Problem-Solving
10 36 (5.61%) Continuous Improvement
11 35 (5.45%) Business Intelligence
11 35 (5.45%) Decision-Making
12 34 (5.30%) Cost Optimisation
12 34 (5.30%) Roadmaps
13 33 (5.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 31 (4.83%) Event-Driven
14 31 (4.83%) Visualisation
15 29 (4.52%) B2B
15 29 (4.52%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 123 (19.16%) Python
2 53 (8.26%) SQL
3 36 (5.61%) Java
4 20 (3.12%) JavaScript
4 20 (3.12%) TypeScript
5 9 (1.40%) PowerShell
6 7 (1.09%) Bash
7 6 (0.93%) C#
8 5 (0.78%) Bicep
9 4 (0.62%) Groovy
10 3 (0.47%) Go
10 3 (0.47%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.31%) C
11 2 (0.31%) C++
11 2 (0.31%) Scala
11 2 (0.31%) Swift
12 1 (0.16%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.16%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.16%) PHP
12 1 (0.16%) R
Qualifications
1 282 (43.93%) Degree
2 248 (38.63%) Master's Degree
3 246 (38.32%) PhD
4 245 (38.16%) Postgraduate
5 28 (4.36%) Azure Certification
6 27 (4.21%) AWS Certification
7 14 (2.18%) Security Cleared
8 12 (1.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 9 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.25%) SC Cleared
11 6 (0.93%) ACCA
11 6 (0.93%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 6 (0.93%) CIMA
12 5 (0.78%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.47%) DV Cleared
14 2 (0.31%) HNC
15 1 (0.16%) MBA
15 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Certification
15 1 (0.16%) PMI Certification
15 1 (0.16%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (2.65%) GRC
2 12 (1.87%) QA
3 11 (1.71%) GDPR
4 10 (1.56%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.93%) SLA
7 5 (0.78%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.78%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.62%) NIST
8 4 (0.62%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.62%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.31%) GAAP
9 2 (0.31%) IFRS
10 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.16%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 22 (3.43%) Docker
2 14 (2.18%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (1.25%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (3.58%) Terraform
2 22 (3.43%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.09%) Grafana
3 7 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.93%) Cisco CUCM
4 6 (0.93%) Prometheus
4 6 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.47%) Nagios
6 1 (0.16%) Istio
6 1 (0.16%) linkerd
6 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.16%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.16%) Puppet
6 1 (0.16%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 84 (13.08%) Microsoft
2 21 (3.27%) Adobe
2 21 (3.27%) Apple
3 18 (2.80%) ServiceNow
4 16 (2.49%) CrowdStrike
5 12 (1.87%) Palo Alto
5 12 (1.87%) Tenable
6 10 (1.56%) Splunk
7 9 (1.40%) Google
7 9 (1.40%) Oracle
8 6 (0.93%) Cisco
8 6 (0.93%) Databricks
8 6 (0.93%) New Relic
8 6 (0.93%) OpenAI
9 4 (0.62%) AppDynamics
9 4 (0.62%) OneLogin
9 4 (0.62%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.47%) VMware
11 1 (0.16%) iManage
11 1 (0.16%) SAP