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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 33 54
Rank change year-on-year +30 +21 +58
Permanent jobs citing AI 688 169 206
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 12.84% 7.69% 4.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.75% 8.04% 4.81%
Number of salaries quoted 228 83 74
10th Percentile £33,750 £25,313 £31,500
25th Percentile £54,688 £45,625 £35,092
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +57.89% -24.00%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £89,375
90th Percentile £105,750 £114,000 £100,894
North West median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.45% +52.63% -20.83%

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 3,875 2,101 4,279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 72.34% 95.54% 85.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2,741 1,287 3,414
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,325 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,750 £40,988 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +5.50% -5.22%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,840 £69,152
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £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 9 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 9 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 +13 29 £32,500 - 5
Bolton - 16 £30,000 - 8
Salford +3 15 £70,000 - 8
Bury - 13 £92,482 - 2
Wigan +4 11 - - 2
Cheadle - 11 - -
Dukinfield - 10 - -
Heywood - 10 - - 1
Ashton-under-Lyne - 10 - - 9
Stalybridge - 10 - -
Oldham +12 9 - - 2
Rochdale 0 9 - -
Sale - 9 - -
Altrincham - 9 - - 6
Littleborough - 9 - -
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 10 (1.45%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.02%) Jupyter
3 6 (0.87%) CMS
4 5 (0.73%) WordPress
5 3 (0.44%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 34 (4.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.74%) Chatbot
3 9 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (1.74%) Cloudability
2 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 328 (47.67%) Cloud Computing
2 107 (15.55%) Azure
3 80 (11.63%) AWS
4 51 (7.41%) Power Platform
5 34 (4.94%) SaaS
6 33 (4.80%) Azure AI
7 32 (4.65%) GCP
8 21 (3.05%) Serverless
9 15 (2.18%) Microsoft 365
10 12 (1.74%) Microsoft Purview
11 11 (1.60%) GitHub
12 9 (1.31%) Azure Monitor
12 9 (1.31%) Entra ID
12 9 (1.31%) Microsoft Copilot
13 8 (1.16%) Anthropic Claude
13 8 (1.16%) OneDrive
14 6 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
14 6 (0.87%) ChatGPT
15 5 (0.73%) GitHub Actions
15 5 (0.73%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 318 (46.22%) Internet
2 6 (0.87%) Telepresence
2 6 (0.87%) Unified Communications
2 6 (0.87%) VoIP
2 6 (0.87%) WebEx
3 3 (0.44%) HTTP
4 1 (0.15%) BGP
4 1 (0.15%) Firewall
4 1 (0.15%) LTE
4 1 (0.15%) Network Security
4 1 (0.15%) OSPF
4 1 (0.15%) SAN
4 1 (0.15%) TCAP
4 1 (0.15%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.15%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (4.65%) Power BI
2 23 (3.34%) Tableau
3 11 (1.60%) MongoDB
4 9 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (0.87%) NoSQL
6 4 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.58%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.44%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.44%) Hadoop
7 3 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.29%) Big Data
8 2 (0.29%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.29%) Metadata
8 2 (0.29%) MySQL
8 2 (0.29%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.15%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.15%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 12 (1.74%) Git
2 10 (1.45%) Snyk
3 7 (1.02%) Claude Code
4 6 (0.87%) Visual Studio Code
5 5 (0.73%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.73%) JUnit
6 4 (0.58%) GitLab
6 4 (0.58%) JIRA
7 2 (0.29%) Spock
7 2 (0.29%) Vite
7 2 (0.29%) XCUITest
8 1 (0.15%) Maven
8 1 (0.15%) Postman
8 1 (0.15%) Selenium
General
1 409 (59.45%) Social Skills
2 403 (58.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 352 (51.16%) Banking
4 75 (10.90%) Finance
5 53 (7.70%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (2.62%) Public Sector
7 17 (2.47%) Retail
8 13 (1.89%) Marketing
9 12 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (1.31%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.02%) Law
12 6 (0.87%) Legal
12 6 (0.87%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.58%) Local Government
13 4 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.44%) French Language
14 3 (0.44%) Italian Language
14 3 (0.44%) Portuguese Language
14 3 (0.44%) Spanish Language
15 2 (0.29%) Billing
Job Titles
1 250 (36.34%) Lecturer
2 85 (12.35%) Senior
3 54 (7.85%) Analyst
4 33 (4.80%) Software Engineer
5 29 (4.22%) Python Engineer
6 25 (3.63%) Architect
7 24 (3.49%) Data Analyst
8 21 (3.05%) Junior
8 21 (3.05%) Junior Analyst
8 21 (3.05%) Junior Data Analyst
9 19 (2.76%) Developer
9 19 (2.76%) Senior Analyst
10 18 (2.62%) Lead
11 17 (2.47%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 15 (2.18%) Service Manager
13 13 (1.89%) Cloud Architect
13 13 (1.89%) Cloud Security Architect
13 13 (1.89%) Security Architect
13 13 (1.89%) Senior Software Engineer
14 11 (1.60%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.33%) HTML
2 15 (2.18%) CSS
2 15 (2.18%) React
3 12 (1.74%) Node.js
3 12 (1.74%) Spring
4 11 (1.60%) FastAPI
5 10 (1.45%) .NET
5 10 (1.45%) Spring Boot
6 9 (1.31%) AngularJS
7 8 (1.16%) Django
7 8 (1.16%) REST
7 8 (1.16%) Vue
8 7 (1.02%) NumPy
8 7 (1.02%) Pandas
8 7 (1.02%) RESTful
9 6 (0.87%) Hugging Face
9 6 (0.87%) JWT
9 6 (0.87%) Matplotlib
9 6 (0.87%) scikit-learn
9 6 (0.87%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 318 (46.22%) IoT
2 35 (5.09%) Cloud Native
3 27 (3.92%) Onboarding
4 20 (2.91%) Data Centre
5 19 (2.76%) Product Ownership
6 17 (2.47%) AI Agents
7 16 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (1.45%) Algorithms
8 10 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.31%) Blog
9 9 (1.31%) Public Cloud
10 6 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (0.73%) Low-Code
12 4 (0.58%) Cyber Threat
12 4 (0.58%) Marketing Technology
12 4 (0.58%) Social Media
12 4 (0.58%) Taxonomies
13 3 (0.44%) Life Science
13 3 (0.44%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.73%) Apple iOS
2 4 (0.58%) Android
2 4 (0.58%) Windows
3 2 (0.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 373 (54.22%) Cybersecurity
2 365 (53.05%) Machine Learning
3 343 (49.85%) User Experience
4 320 (46.51%) Web Development
5 68 (9.88%) DevOps
6 61 (8.87%) CI/CD
7 57 (8.28%) Agile
8 51 (7.41%) Software Engineering
9 49 (7.12%) Problem-Solving
10 46 (6.69%) Analytics
11 36 (5.23%) Cost Optimisation
12 34 (4.94%) Continuous Improvement
13 33 (4.80%) Roadmaps
14 32 (4.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 31 (4.51%) Business Intelligence
16 30 (4.36%) B2B
17 29 (4.22%) Decision-Making
17 29 (4.22%) Event-Driven
17 29 (4.22%) Technology Transformation
18 28 (4.07%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 111 (16.13%) Python
2 47 (6.83%) SQL
3 30 (4.36%) Java
4 17 (2.47%) TypeScript
5 16 (2.33%) JavaScript
6 6 (0.87%) PowerShell
7 5 (0.73%) Bash
8 4 (0.58%) C#
9 3 (0.44%) Bicep
9 3 (0.44%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.29%) C
10 2 (0.29%) C++
10 2 (0.29%) Groovy
10 2 (0.29%) Scala
10 2 (0.29%) Swift
11 1 (0.15%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.15%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.15%) PHP
11 1 (0.15%) R
Qualifications
1 361 (52.47%) Degree
2 324 (47.09%) Master's Degree
3 322 (46.80%) PhD
4 318 (46.22%) Postgraduate
5 28 (4.07%) Azure Certification
6 27 (3.92%) AWS Certification
7 13 (1.89%) Security Cleared
8 12 (1.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 9 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.16%) SC Cleared
11 6 (0.87%) ACCA
11 6 (0.87%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 6 (0.87%) CIMA
12 5 (0.73%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.44%) DV Cleared
14 2 (0.29%) HNC
14 2 (0.29%) PMP
15 1 (0.15%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.18%) GRC
2 11 (1.60%) QA
3 9 (1.31%) Data Quality
4 6 (0.87%) GDPR
4 6 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.58%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.58%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.58%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.29%) GAAP
6 2 (0.29%) IFRS
6 2 (0.29%) NIST
6 2 (0.29%) SLA
7 1 (0.15%) Solvency II
7 1 (0.15%) WCAG
System Software
1 18 (2.62%) Docker
2 11 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (1.31%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (2.47%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.33%) Terraform
3 8 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (0.87%) Cisco CUCM
5 4 (0.58%) Grafana
6 3 (0.44%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.15%) Nagios
Vendors
1 84 (12.21%) Microsoft
2 21 (3.05%) Adobe
2 21 (3.05%) Apple
3 17 (2.47%) ServiceNow
4 14 (2.03%) CrowdStrike
5 10 (1.45%) Palo Alto
5 10 (1.45%) Splunk
5 10 (1.45%) Tenable
6 8 (1.16%) New Relic
6 8 (1.16%) Oracle
7 7 (1.02%) Google
8 6 (0.87%) Cisco
8 6 (0.87%) Databricks
9 5 (0.73%) OpenAI
10 4 (0.58%) OneLogin
10 4 (0.58%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.44%) PayPal
12 2 (0.29%) AppDynamics
13 1 (0.15%) SAP
13 1 (0.15%) VMware