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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 21 43
Rank change year-on-year +11 +22 +29
Permanent jobs citing AI 549 250 207
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 8.41% 9.96% 4.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.41% 10.82% 5.26%
Number of salaries quoted 350 105 56
10th Percentile £38,575 £25,000 £38,796
25th Percentile £53,750 £32,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £65,141
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% -0.22% +0.22%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £101,250
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 4,810 2,310 3,939
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 73.67% 92.07% 82.39%
Number of salaries quoted 3,791 1,339 2,729
10th Percentile £33,000 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £41,250
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 £68,750
90th Percentile £98,500 £87,550 £82,500
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,055 £51,000
% change year-on-year +9.88% -1.85% -7.27%

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 27 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 27 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 16 £80,000 - 5
Cheadle - 11 £63,750 -
Bolton +22 8 £30,000 - 3
Ashton-under-Lyne - 8 £51,000 - 1
Stockport -6 3 £32,500 - 2
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 (2.73%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.09%) CMS
2 6 (1.09%) Jupyter
3 5 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.91%) WordPress
4 4 (0.73%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.55%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.36%) Apache
6 2 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.36%) IIS
6 2 (0.36%) nginx
7 1 (0.18%) Confluence
7 1 (0.18%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 19 (3.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.19%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (2.19%) Cloudability
2 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 142 (25.87%) Azure
2 138 (25.14%) AWS
3 62 (11.29%) Power Platform
4 58 (10.56%) GCP
5 56 (10.20%) SaaS
6 32 (5.83%) Azure AI
6 32 (5.83%) Serverless
7 30 (5.46%) GitHub
8 27 (4.92%) Microsoft 365
9 24 (4.37%) Microsoft Copilot
10 20 (3.64%) Anthropic Claude
10 20 (3.64%) Azure DevOps
11 16 (2.91%) GitHub Actions
12 15 (2.73%) PowerApps
13 12 (2.19%) AWS Lambda
14 11 (2.00%) PaaS
15 10 (1.82%) Microsoft Purview
15 10 (1.82%) Power Automate
16 9 (1.64%) GitHub Copilot
16 9 (1.64%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.46%) Firewall
2 6 (1.09%) VLAN
3 5 (0.91%) BGP
3 5 (0.91%) DNS
3 5 (0.91%) SAN
4 3 (0.55%) DKIM
4 3 (0.55%) DMARC
4 3 (0.55%) OSPF
4 3 (0.55%) PBX
4 3 (0.55%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.55%) Unified Communications
4 3 (0.55%) VoIP
4 3 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.36%) DMZ
5 2 (0.36%) IPFIX
5 2 (0.36%) IPsec
5 2 (0.36%) Network Security
5 2 (0.36%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.36%) SNMP
5 2 (0.36%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (6.92%) Power BI
2 24 (4.37%) Tableau
3 19 (3.46%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (2.91%) MongoDB
5 15 (2.73%) SQL Server
6 14 (2.55%) NoSQL
7 11 (2.00%) Relational Database
8 9 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (1.09%) RDBMS
10 5 (0.91%) Big Data
10 5 (0.91%) MySQL
10 5 (0.91%) Pinecone
11 4 (0.73%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.73%) Data Mining
11 4 (0.73%) DynamoDB
11 4 (0.73%) Electronic Patient Records
12 3 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.55%) Redis
12 3 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 26 (4.74%) Git
2 18 (3.28%) GitLab
3 17 (3.10%) Jenkins
4 13 (2.37%) Claude Code
5 12 (2.19%) Snyk
6 9 (1.64%) JUnit
6 9 (1.64%) Spock
7 8 (1.46%) Visual Studio Code
8 7 (1.28%) JIRA
8 7 (1.28%) Maven
9 5 (0.91%) Postman
10 4 (0.73%) Selenium
10 4 (0.73%) Storybook
10 4 (0.73%) Vite
11 2 (0.36%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.36%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.36%) XCUITest
12 1 (0.18%) Gemini Tracker
12 1 (0.18%) Gradle
12 1 (0.18%) MLflow
General
1 124 (22.59%) Social Skills
2 111 (20.22%) Finance
3 73 (13.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 54 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (6.01%) Banking
6 32 (5.83%) Public Sector
7 18 (3.28%) Law
8 15 (2.73%) Marketing
8 15 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (2.73%) Retail
9 11 (2.00%) Manufacturing
10 7 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (0.91%) Local Government
11 5 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (0.91%) Telecoms
12 4 (0.73%) Health Technology
12 4 (0.73%) Legal
12 4 (0.73%) Publishing
13 3 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.55%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 159 (28.96%) Senior
2 62 (11.29%) Architect
3 55 (10.02%) Software Engineer
4 46 (8.38%) Analyst
4 46 (8.38%) Developer
5 30 (5.46%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 30 (5.46%) Python Engineer
6 29 (5.28%) Senior Developer
7 23 (4.19%) Senior Software Engineer
7 23 (4.19%) Solutions Architect
8 22 (4.01%) Data Engineer
9 20 (3.64%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
9 20 (3.64%) Data Analyst
9 20 (3.64%) Senior Architect
10 19 (3.46%) Lead
10 19 (3.46%) Senior Analyst
11 18 (3.28%) Python Software Engineer
11 18 (3.28%) Security Architect
11 18 (3.28%) Service Manager
12 17 (3.10%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (6.01%) React
2 24 (4.37%) CSS
2 24 (4.37%) HTML
3 23 (4.19%) Vue
4 22 (4.01%) Node.js
4 22 (4.01%) Spring
5 20 (3.64%) FastAPI
6 18 (3.28%) .NET
6 18 (3.28%) AngularJS
7 15 (2.73%) LangChain
8 13 (2.37%) OAuth
9 12 (2.19%) JWT
10 11 (2.00%) Kafka
10 11 (2.00%) OpenID
10 11 (2.00%) RESTful
10 11 (2.00%) SAML
10 11 (2.00%) Spring Boot
11 10 (1.82%) Microsoft Graph
12 9 (1.64%) Flask
12 9 (1.64%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 62 (11.29%) Cloud Native
2 41 (7.47%) AI Agents
3 36 (6.56%) Distributed Systems
4 33 (6.01%) Product Ownership
5 31 (5.65%) Onboarding
6 20 (3.64%) Data Centre
7 15 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (2.00%) Private Cloud
9 10 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.82%) Management Information System
10 9 (1.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 9 (1.64%) Marketing Technology
11 8 (1.46%) Social Media
12 7 (1.28%) Algorithms
12 7 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
13 6 (1.09%) Credit Risk
13 6 (1.09%) Life Science
13 6 (1.09%) Virtual Team
14 5 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.82%) Windows
2 9 (1.64%) Linux
3 6 (1.09%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.36%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.18%) Android
5 1 (0.18%) Unix
5 1 (0.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (23.32%) CI/CD
2 106 (19.31%) Agile
2 106 (19.31%) DevOps
3 96 (17.49%) Software Engineering
4 83 (15.12%) Machine Learning
5 76 (13.84%) Analytics
6 65 (11.84%) Continuous Improvement
7 62 (11.29%) Roadmaps
8 59 (10.75%) Problem-Solving
9 57 (10.38%) Cybersecurity
10 53 (9.65%) Decision-Making
11 51 (9.29%) Mentoring
12 49 (8.93%) Microservices
13 48 (8.74%) LLM
13 48 (8.74%) Stakeholder Management
14 47 (8.56%) Observability
15 45 (8.20%) Infrastructure as Code
16 44 (8.01%) Full-Stack Development
17 41 (7.47%) B2B
17 41 (7.47%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 160 (29.14%) Python
2 76 (13.84%) SQL
3 54 (9.84%) Java
4 49 (8.93%) JavaScript
5 47 (8.56%) TypeScript
6 24 (4.37%) C#
7 14 (2.55%) PowerShell
8 12 (2.19%) Go
9 10 (1.82%) Bash
10 9 (1.64%) Scala
11 7 (1.28%) Bicep
12 5 (0.91%) Groovy
13 4 (0.73%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.73%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.55%) C
14 3 (0.55%) C++
14 3 (0.55%) PHP
15 2 (0.36%) Swift
16 1 (0.18%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 45 (8.20%) Degree
2 28 (5.10%) Security Cleared
3 24 (4.37%) Azure Certification
4 18 (3.28%) AWS Certification
4 18 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (2.73%) SC Cleared
6 12 (2.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 12 (2.19%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.46%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.09%) ACCA
8 6 (1.09%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 6 (1.09%) CIMA
9 4 (0.73%) MBA
10 2 (0.36%) CCIE
10 2 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.36%) CSPO
10 2 (0.36%) HNC
10 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (0.18%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.64%) Data Quality
2 18 (3.28%) GDPR
3 17 (3.10%) GRC
4 16 (2.91%) QA
5 15 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (2.37%) Accessibility
7 12 (2.19%) SLA
8 10 (1.82%) PCI DSS
9 7 (1.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 7 (1.28%) WCAG
10 6 (1.09%) NIST
11 4 (0.73%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.36%) GAAP
13 2 (0.36%) IFRS
14 1 (0.18%) Solvency II
System Software
1 43 (7.83%) Docker
2 15 (2.73%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.55%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.55%) Ceph
4 3 (0.55%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 40 (7.29%) Kubernetes
2 38 (6.92%) Terraform
3 12 (2.19%) Grafana
3 12 (2.19%) Prometheus
4 6 (1.09%) Istio
5 5 (0.91%) Ansible
6 3 (0.55%) Argo
6 3 (0.55%) Check_MK
6 3 (0.55%) cPanel
6 3 (0.55%) linkerd
6 3 (0.55%) Nagios
6 3 (0.55%) Plesk
6 3 (0.55%) Podman
6 3 (0.55%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.55%) Puppet
7 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.36%) SolarWinds Orion
8 1 (0.18%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 87 (15.85%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.01%) ServiceNow
3 20 (3.64%) Adobe
4 16 (2.91%) CrowdStrike
4 16 (2.91%) Google
4 16 (2.91%) Splunk
5 13 (2.37%) Apple
6 12 (2.19%) OpenAI
6 12 (2.19%) Palo Alto
6 12 (2.19%) Tenable
7 11 (2.00%) Databricks
8 10 (1.82%) AppDynamics
9 8 (1.46%) Oracle
9 8 (1.46%) VMware
10 5 (0.91%) Cisco
11 3 (0.55%) Acronis
11 3 (0.55%) Dell
11 3 (0.55%) NETGEAR
11 3 (0.55%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.55%) Salesforce