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 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 25 54
Rank change year-on-year +13 +29 +19
Permanent jobs citing AI 524 240 214
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 8.21% 9.65% 3.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.22% 10.40% 4.70%
Number of salaries quoted 338 98 69
10th Percentile £42,125 £25,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £30,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% +18.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,778 £78,750
90th Percentile £108,250 £110,000 £101,250
North West median annual salary £70,000 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +19.66% +6.36% -15.38%

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 4,672 2,307 4,555
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 73.18% 92.80% 82.91%
Number of salaries quoted 3,703 1,324 3,317
10th Percentile £33,500 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,438 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +2.80% -10.12%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £98,300 £88,333 £82,500
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,055 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.88% +0.11% -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 15 July 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 15 July 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 15 £80,000 - 20
Cheadle - 11 £63,750 -
Bolton +24 8 £30,000 - 9
Ashton-under-Lyne - 6 £51,000 - 1
Stockport -6 3 £32,500 - 15
Bury - 3 £92,482 - 15
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 12 (2.29%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.15%) CMS
2 6 (1.15%) Jupyter
3 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.95%) WordPress
4 2 (0.38%) IIS
4 2 (0.38%) nginx
5 1 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.19%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 18 (3.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.10%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.29%) Cloudability
2 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 142 (27.10%) Azure
2 126 (24.05%) AWS
3 59 (11.26%) Power Platform
4 55 (10.50%) SaaS
5 53 (10.11%) GCP
6 35 (6.68%) Azure AI
7 32 (6.11%) Serverless
8 27 (5.15%) GitHub
9 25 (4.77%) Microsoft 365
10 23 (4.39%) Microsoft Copilot
11 21 (4.01%) Anthropic Claude
12 19 (3.63%) Azure DevOps
13 16 (3.05%) GitHub Actions
14 13 (2.48%) PowerApps
15 12 (2.29%) AWS Lambda
16 10 (1.91%) Cloud Computing
16 10 (1.91%) Microsoft Purview
17 9 (1.72%) Amazon S3
17 9 (1.72%) Firebase
18 8 (1.53%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.53%) Firewall
2 6 (1.15%) VLAN
3 5 (0.95%) BGP
3 5 (0.95%) DNS
3 5 (0.95%) SAN
4 3 (0.57%) DKIM
4 3 (0.57%) DMARC
4 3 (0.57%) OSPF
4 3 (0.57%) PBX
4 3 (0.57%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.57%) Unified Communications
4 3 (0.57%) VoIP
4 3 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.38%) DMZ
5 2 (0.38%) IPFIX
5 2 (0.38%) IPsec
5 2 (0.38%) Network Security
5 2 (0.38%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.38%) SNMP
5 2 (0.38%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (7.06%) Power BI
2 25 (4.77%) Tableau
3 17 (3.24%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (2.86%) MongoDB
5 13 (2.48%) NoSQL
6 12 (2.29%) SQL Server
7 10 (1.91%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (1.15%) RDBMS
10 5 (0.95%) Big Data
10 5 (0.95%) MySQL
10 5 (0.95%) Pinecone
11 4 (0.76%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.76%) Data Mining
11 4 (0.76%) Electronic Patient Records
12 3 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.57%) Redis
12 3 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.38%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 22 (4.20%) Git
2 17 (3.24%) GitLab
3 14 (2.67%) Jenkins
4 13 (2.48%) Claude Code
5 12 (2.29%) Snyk
6 9 (1.72%) JUnit
6 9 (1.72%) Spock
7 6 (1.15%) Visual Studio Code
8 5 (0.95%) JIRA
8 5 (0.95%) Postman
9 4 (0.76%) Maven
9 4 (0.76%) Selenium
9 4 (0.76%) Vite
10 2 (0.38%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.38%) XCUITest
11 1 (0.19%) Gemini Tracker
11 1 (0.19%) Gradle
11 1 (0.19%) MLflow
11 1 (0.19%) Mocha
11 1 (0.19%) Storybook
General
1 112 (21.37%) Social Skills
2 108 (20.61%) Finance
3 71 (13.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 50 (9.54%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (6.68%) Banking
6 34 (6.49%) Public Sector
7 17 (3.24%) Law
7 17 (3.24%) Retail
8 15 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (2.67%) Marketing
10 11 (2.10%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (0.95%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.76%) Health Technology
13 4 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.57%) French Language
14 3 (0.57%) Italian Language
14 3 (0.57%) Legal
14 3 (0.57%) Portuguese Language
14 3 (0.57%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 150 (28.63%) Senior
2 60 (11.45%) Architect
3 54 (10.31%) Software Engineer
4 45 (8.59%) Analyst
5 40 (7.63%) Developer
6 31 (5.92%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 30 (5.73%) Python Engineer
8 25 (4.77%) Senior Developer
9 23 (4.39%) Senior Software Engineer
10 21 (4.01%) Data Analyst
10 21 (4.01%) Solutions Architect
11 20 (3.82%) Service Manager
12 19 (3.63%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
12 19 (3.63%) Senior Analyst
12 19 (3.63%) Senior Architect
13 18 (3.44%) Lead
13 18 (3.44%) Python Software Engineer
13 18 (3.44%) Security Architect
13 18 (3.44%) Senior Manager
14 17 (3.24%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (6.30%) React
2 24 (4.58%) Vue
3 22 (4.20%) CSS
3 22 (4.20%) HTML
3 22 (4.20%) Spring
4 21 (4.01%) FastAPI
5 20 (3.82%) .NET
6 19 (3.63%) Node.js
7 15 (2.86%) AngularJS
7 15 (2.86%) LangChain
8 13 (2.48%) OAuth
9 12 (2.29%) JWT
9 12 (2.29%) RESTful
10 11 (2.10%) OpenID
10 11 (2.10%) SAML
10 11 (2.10%) Spring Boot
11 10 (1.91%) Flask
11 10 (1.91%) Kafka
12 9 (1.72%) Next.js
12 9 (1.72%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 59 (11.26%) Cloud Native
2 39 (7.44%) AI Agents
3 36 (6.87%) Distributed Systems
4 34 (6.49%) Product Ownership
5 33 (6.30%) Onboarding
6 23 (4.39%) Data Centre
7 11 (2.10%) Private Cloud
7 11 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (1.91%) Algorithms
8 10 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (1.53%) Marketing Technology
10 7 (1.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 7 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (1.34%) Management Information System
11 6 (1.15%) Credit Risk
11 6 (1.15%) Virtual Team
12 5 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (0.95%) Life Science
12 5 (0.95%) Social Media
13 4 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.10%) Windows
2 6 (1.15%) Linux
2 6 (1.15%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.95%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.76%) Android
5 1 (0.19%) Unix
5 1 (0.19%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (22.71%) CI/CD
2 99 (18.89%) DevOps
3 93 (17.75%) Agile
3 93 (17.75%) Software Engineering
4 80 (15.27%) Machine Learning
5 79 (15.08%) Analytics
6 61 (11.64%) Problem-Solving
7 59 (11.26%) Continuous Improvement
7 59 (11.26%) Roadmaps
8 58 (11.07%) Cybersecurity
9 49 (9.35%) LLM
10 48 (9.16%) Decision-Making
10 48 (9.16%) Mentoring
11 47 (8.97%) Microservices
12 46 (8.78%) Observability
13 44 (8.40%) Infrastructure as Code
14 43 (8.21%) Stakeholder Management
15 42 (8.02%) Full-Stack Development
16 40 (7.63%) B2B
17 39 (7.44%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 156 (29.77%) Python
2 74 (14.12%) SQL
3 47 (8.97%) Java
4 43 (8.21%) JavaScript
4 43 (8.21%) TypeScript
5 22 (4.20%) C#
6 14 (2.67%) PowerShell
7 11 (2.10%) Go
8 9 (1.72%) Bash
9 7 (1.34%) Bicep
9 7 (1.34%) Scala
10 5 (0.95%) Groovy
11 4 (0.76%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.57%) C
12 3 (0.57%) C++
12 3 (0.57%) PHP
12 3 (0.57%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.38%) Swift
14 1 (0.19%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 43 (8.21%) Degree
2 27 (5.15%) Security Cleared
3 25 (4.77%) Azure Certification
4 18 (3.44%) AWS Certification
5 17 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (2.67%) SC Cleared
7 12 (2.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 9 (1.72%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.15%) ACCA
9 6 (1.15%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 6 (1.15%) CIMA
9 6 (1.15%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.95%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.57%) MBA
12 2 (0.38%) CCIE
12 2 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.38%) CSPO
12 2 (0.38%) HNC
12 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.82%) GDPR
2 17 (3.24%) Data Quality
2 17 (3.24%) GRC
3 15 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (2.86%) QA
4 12 (2.29%) SLA
5 10 (1.91%) PCI DSS
6 9 (1.72%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 6 (1.15%) NIST
9 5 (0.95%) WCAG
10 4 (0.76%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.38%) GAAP
12 2 (0.38%) IFRS
13 1 (0.19%) Solvency II
System Software
1 38 (7.25%) Docker
2 15 (2.86%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.57%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.57%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 37 (7.06%) Kubernetes
1 37 (7.06%) Terraform
2 11 (2.10%) Grafana
3 8 (1.53%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.57%) cPanel
4 3 (0.57%) Nagios
4 3 (0.57%) Plesk
5 2 (0.38%) Ansible
5 2 (0.38%) Istio
5 2 (0.38%) linkerd
5 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.38%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.38%) Puppet
5 2 (0.38%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (0.19%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 87 (16.60%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.39%) ServiceNow
3 16 (3.05%) Adobe
3 16 (3.05%) CrowdStrike
3 16 (3.05%) Splunk
4 15 (2.86%) OpenAI
5 14 (2.67%) Google
6 13 (2.48%) Apple
7 12 (2.29%) Palo Alto
7 12 (2.29%) Tenable
8 10 (1.91%) AppDynamics
9 9 (1.72%) Databricks
10 8 (1.53%) VMware
11 6 (1.15%) Oracle
12 5 (0.95%) Cisco
13 4 (0.76%) OneLogin
14 3 (0.57%) Acronis
14 3 (0.57%) NETGEAR
14 3 (0.57%) SonicWALL
14 3 (0.57%) WatchGuard