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 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 22 42
Rank change year-on-year +12 +20 +24
Permanent jobs citing AI 583 249 219
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 8.60% 9.96% 4.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.59% 10.89% 5.99%
Number of salaries quoted 363 104 53
10th Percentile £38,750 £25,000 £41,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £33,438 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £68,750 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +1.85% +3.85%
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £107,000 £110,000 £100,150
North West median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% +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 5,032 2,287 3,658
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 74.26% 91.44% 81.98%
Number of salaries quoted 3,956 1,328 2,409
10th Percentile £32,888 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £83,750
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%

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 8 August 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 8 August 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 -5 17 £80,000 - 11
Cheadle - 11 £63,750 - 1
Ashton-under-Lyne - 9 £51,000 - 1
Bolton +24 8 £30,000 - 8
Stockport -5 3 £32,500 - 5
Bury - 3 £92,482 - 2
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 15 (2.57%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.03%) Apache
2 6 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (1.03%) CMS
3 5 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.69%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 4 (0.69%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.51%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.51%) WordPress
6 2 (0.34%) IIS
6 2 (0.34%) nginx
7 1 (0.17%) Confluence
7 1 (0.17%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (2.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.72%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (2.06%) Cloudability
2 2 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.17%) Odoo
3 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 148 (25.39%) Azure
2 145 (24.87%) AWS
3 61 (10.46%) GCP
4 60 (10.29%) Power Platform
5 59 (10.12%) SaaS
6 35 (6.00%) GitHub
7 32 (5.49%) Serverless
8 31 (5.32%) Azure AI
9 28 (4.80%) Microsoft Copilot
10 27 (4.63%) Microsoft 365
11 24 (4.12%) Azure DevOps
12 20 (3.43%) Anthropic Claude
13 17 (2.92%) PowerApps
14 16 (2.74%) GitHub Actions
14 16 (2.74%) Snowflake
15 13 (2.23%) GitHub Copilot
16 12 (2.06%) AWS Lambda
16 12 (2.06%) Power Automate
17 11 (1.89%) dbt
17 11 (1.89%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.37%) Firewall
2 6 (1.03%) VLAN
3 5 (0.86%) BGP
3 5 (0.86%) DNS
3 5 (0.86%) SAN
4 3 (0.51%) DKIM
4 3 (0.51%) DMARC
4 3 (0.51%) HTTP
4 3 (0.51%) OSPF
4 3 (0.51%) PBX
4 3 (0.51%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.51%) Unified Communications
4 3 (0.51%) VoIP
4 3 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.34%) DMZ
5 2 (0.34%) IPFIX
5 2 (0.34%) IPsec
5 2 (0.34%) Network Security
5 2 (0.34%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.34%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (5.83%) Power BI
2 25 (4.29%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (3.95%) Tableau
4 18 (3.09%) MongoDB
5 15 (2.57%) NoSQL
5 15 (2.57%) SQL Server
6 12 (2.06%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (1.89%) Relational Database
8 8 (1.37%) DynamoDB
9 6 (1.03%) RDBMS
10 5 (0.86%) Big Data
10 5 (0.86%) Pinecone
11 4 (0.69%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.69%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.69%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.69%) Data Mining
11 4 (0.69%) Electronic Patient Records
11 4 (0.69%) MySQL
12 3 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 30 (5.15%) Git
2 20 (3.43%) GitLab
3 18 (3.09%) Jenkins
4 13 (2.23%) Claude Code
5 12 (2.06%) Snyk
6 11 (1.89%) JUnit
6 11 (1.89%) Spock
7 9 (1.54%) JIRA
8 8 (1.37%) Maven
9 7 (1.20%) Visual Studio Code
10 5 (0.86%) Postman
11 4 (0.69%) Selenium
11 4 (0.69%) Storybook
11 4 (0.69%) Vite
12 3 (0.51%) Bitbucket
13 2 (0.34%) IntelliJ
13 2 (0.34%) Terragrunt
13 2 (0.34%) XCUITest
14 1 (0.17%) Gemini Tracker
14 1 (0.17%) MLflow
General
1 139 (23.84%) Social Skills
2 112 (19.21%) Finance
3 79 (13.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 58 (9.95%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (5.49%) Public Sector
6 28 (4.80%) Banking
7 25 (4.29%) Law
8 18 (3.09%) Marketing
9 15 (2.57%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (2.40%) Retail
11 10 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (1.72%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.37%) Local Government
13 6 (1.03%) Social Housing
14 5 (0.86%) Legal
14 5 (0.86%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.69%) Billing
15 4 (0.69%) Health Technology
15 4 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.69%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 170 (29.16%) Senior
2 67 (11.49%) Architect
3 58 (9.95%) Software Engineer
4 50 (8.58%) Developer
5 45 (7.72%) Analyst
6 31 (5.32%) Python Engineer
7 30 (5.15%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 30 (5.15%) Senior Developer
8 28 (4.80%) Solutions Architect
9 26 (4.46%) Data Engineer
9 26 (4.46%) Senior Software Engineer
10 24 (4.12%) Senior Architect
11 22 (3.77%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
12 21 (3.60%) Lead
13 20 (3.43%) Data Analyst
14 19 (3.26%) Python Software Engineer
14 19 (3.26%) Senior Analyst
14 19 (3.26%) Senior Manager
15 18 (3.09%) Consultant
15 18 (3.09%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (6.00%) React
2 24 (4.12%) Spring
3 23 (3.95%) Vue
4 22 (3.77%) CSS
4 22 (3.77%) HTML
4 22 (3.77%) Node.js
5 20 (3.43%) FastAPI
6 19 (3.26%) .NET
6 19 (3.26%) AngularJS
7 15 (2.57%) LangChain
8 13 (2.23%) OAuth
9 12 (2.06%) JWT
10 11 (1.89%) Kafka
10 11 (1.89%) Microsoft Graph
10 11 (1.89%) OpenID
10 11 (1.89%) RESTful
10 11 (1.89%) SAML
10 11 (1.89%) Spring Boot
11 10 (1.72%) REST
12 9 (1.54%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 69 (11.84%) Cloud Native
2 45 (7.72%) AI Agents
3 38 (6.52%) Distributed Systems
3 38 (6.52%) Product Ownership
4 34 (5.83%) Onboarding
5 20 (3.43%) Data Centre
5 20 (3.43%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (2.23%) Management Information System
6 13 (2.23%) Private Cloud
6 13 (2.23%) Social Media
7 11 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (1.89%) Marketing Technology
8 10 (1.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 8 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (1.03%) Credit Risk
11 6 (1.03%) Data Structures
11 6 (1.03%) Life Science
11 6 (1.03%) Virtual Team
12 5 (0.86%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.72%) Windows
2 9 (1.54%) Linux
3 6 (1.03%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.34%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.34%) VMS
5 1 (0.17%) Android
5 1 (0.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (22.81%) CI/CD
2 119 (20.41%) Agile
3 114 (19.55%) DevOps
4 107 (18.35%) Software Engineering
5 94 (16.12%) Machine Learning
6 81 (13.89%) Analytics
7 72 (12.35%) Continuous Improvement
8 65 (11.15%) Roadmaps
9 63 (10.81%) Problem-Solving
10 60 (10.29%) Cybersecurity
11 59 (10.12%) Decision-Making
12 56 (9.61%) Stakeholder Management
13 55 (9.43%) Mentoring
14 52 (8.92%) Microservices
15 50 (8.58%) LLM
16 49 (8.40%) Observability
17 47 (8.06%) Full-Stack Development
18 45 (7.72%) Infrastructure as Code
19 44 (7.55%) Data Science
19 44 (7.55%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 166 (28.47%) Python
2 85 (14.58%) SQL
3 58 (9.95%) Java
4 54 (9.26%) JavaScript
5 50 (8.58%) TypeScript
6 26 (4.46%) C#
7 14 (2.40%) PowerShell
8 12 (2.06%) Go
9 10 (1.72%) Bash
9 10 (1.72%) Scala
10 7 (1.20%) Bicep
11 6 (1.03%) Groovy
12 4 (0.69%) C++
12 4 (0.69%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.69%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.51%) C
13 3 (0.51%) PHP
14 2 (0.34%) R
14 2 (0.34%) Swift
15 1 (0.17%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 48 (8.23%) Degree
2 33 (5.66%) Security Cleared
3 22 (3.77%) Azure Certification
4 18 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.92%) SC Cleared
6 16 (2.74%) AWS Certification
6 16 (2.74%) Master's Degree
7 12 (2.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 12 (2.06%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.03%) ACCA
8 6 (1.03%) CIMA
9 4 (0.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 4 (0.69%) MBA
9 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.34%) CCIE
11 2 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.34%) CSPO
11 2 (0.34%) HNC
11 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.97%) Data Quality
2 20 (3.43%) GDPR
3 17 (2.92%) GRC
4 16 (2.74%) Accessibility
4 16 (2.74%) QA
5 15 (2.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.06%) SLA
7 10 (1.72%) PCI DSS
8 7 (1.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 7 (1.20%) WCAG
9 6 (1.03%) NIST
10 4 (0.69%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.34%) GAAP
12 2 (0.34%) IFRS
13 1 (0.17%) Solvency II
System Software
1 47 (8.06%) Docker
2 15 (2.57%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.51%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.51%) Ceph
4 3 (0.51%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 41 (7.03%) Kubernetes
2 38 (6.52%) Terraform
3 12 (2.06%) Grafana
3 12 (2.06%) Prometheus
4 6 (1.03%) Istio
5 5 (0.86%) Ansible
6 3 (0.51%) Argo
6 3 (0.51%) Check_MK
6 3 (0.51%) cPanel
6 3 (0.51%) linkerd
6 3 (0.51%) Nagios
6 3 (0.51%) Plesk
6 3 (0.51%) Podman
6 3 (0.51%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.51%) Puppet
7 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.34%) SolarWinds Orion
8 1 (0.17%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 86 (14.75%) Microsoft
2 22 (3.77%) ServiceNow
3 20 (3.43%) Adobe
4 18 (3.09%) Splunk
5 17 (2.92%) Databricks
6 16 (2.74%) CrowdStrike
6 16 (2.74%) Google
7 13 (2.23%) Apple
8 12 (2.06%) AppDynamics
8 12 (2.06%) OpenAI
8 12 (2.06%) Palo Alto
8 12 (2.06%) Tenable
9 10 (1.72%) Oracle
10 8 (1.37%) VMware
11 5 (0.86%) Cisco
12 3 (0.51%) Acronis
12 3 (0.51%) Dell
12 3 (0.51%) HubSpot
12 3 (0.51%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.51%) Salesforce