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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 13 54
Rank change year-on-year +7 +41 -2
Permanent jobs citing AI 732 293 152
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 9.69% 12.48% 3.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.75% 13.99% 4.62%
Number of salaries quoted 391 93 36
10th Percentile £40,000 £25,556 £41,875
25th Percentile £52,500 £42,500 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £84,063
90th Percentile - £110,000 £93,250
North West median annual salary £70,000 £63,750 £56,509
% change year-on-year +9.80% +12.81% -13.06%

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 5,743 2,095 3,292
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 76.06% 89.26% 83.17%
Number of salaries quoted 4,365 1,192 1,706
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £86,125 £83,875
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -0.99% -8.18%

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 September 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 September 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 -9 24 £90,000 +29.71% 18
Bolton +10 11 £37,500 -30.23% 31
Cheadle - 11 £63,750 - 5
Ashton-under-Lyne - 9 £51,000 - 2
Stockport -10 3 £70,000 - 17
Sale - 2 £62,500 - 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 25 (3.42%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.09%) Apache
2 8 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (0.82%) Confluence
4 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.41%) CMS
6 3 (0.41%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.27%) IIS
7 2 (0.27%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.27%) nginx
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 19 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.82%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.41%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (1.64%) Cloudability
2 8 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.41%) SAP PSCD
5 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.14%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 1 (0.14%) Odoo
6 1 (0.14%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 155 (21.17%) Azure
2 153 (20.90%) AWS
3 67 (9.15%) Power Platform
4 65 (8.88%) GCP
5 58 (7.92%) SaaS
6 39 (5.33%) GitHub
7 31 (4.23%) Serverless
8 28 (3.83%) Microsoft 365
9 27 (3.69%) Azure DevOps
9 27 (3.69%) Microsoft Copilot
10 24 (3.28%) Azure AI
11 23 (3.14%) PowerApps
12 18 (2.46%) Anthropic Claude
13 17 (2.32%) GitHub Actions
13 17 (2.32%) Snowflake
14 16 (2.19%) Power Automate
15 15 (2.05%) PaaS
16 14 (1.91%) GitHub Copilot
17 13 (1.78%) dbt
18 12 (1.64%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.23%) Firewall
2 6 (0.82%) SMS
2 6 (0.82%) VLAN
3 5 (0.68%) BGP
3 5 (0.68%) DNS
3 5 (0.68%) SAN
4 3 (0.41%) DKIM
4 3 (0.41%) DMARC
4 3 (0.41%) HTTP
4 3 (0.41%) Network Security
4 3 (0.41%) OSPF
4 3 (0.41%) PBX
4 3 (0.41%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.41%) Unified Communications
4 3 (0.41%) VoIP
4 3 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.27%) IPFIX
5 2 (0.27%) IPsec
5 2 (0.27%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.27%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (5.74%) Power BI
2 26 (3.55%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (2.32%) MongoDB
3 17 (2.32%) NoSQL
3 17 (2.32%) SQL Server
3 17 (2.32%) Tableau
4 14 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (1.78%) Relational Database
6 10 (1.37%) DynamoDB
7 6 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (0.82%) Big Data
7 6 (0.82%) Electronic Patient Records
7 6 (0.82%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.68%) BigQuery
8 5 (0.68%) Chroma
8 5 (0.68%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.68%) Metadata
8 5 (0.68%) MySQL
8 5 (0.68%) Pinecone
9 4 (0.55%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 34 (4.64%) Git
2 28 (3.83%) GitLab
3 21 (2.87%) JIRA
4 20 (2.73%) Jenkins
5 13 (1.78%) JUnit
5 13 (1.78%) Spock
6 12 (1.64%) Snyk
7 11 (1.50%) Maven
8 10 (1.37%) Claude Code
9 5 (0.68%) Postman
10 4 (0.55%) IntelliJ
10 4 (0.55%) Storybook
10 4 (0.55%) Vite
11 3 (0.41%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.41%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.41%) RStudio
11 3 (0.41%) Selenium
11 3 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
12 2 (0.27%) Mocha
12 2 (0.27%) Terragrunt
General
1 197 (26.91%) Social Skills
2 167 (22.81%) Finance
3 99 (13.52%) Analytical Skills
4 89 (12.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 53 (7.24%) Public Sector
6 42 (5.74%) Banking
7 32 (4.37%) Influencing Skills
7 32 (4.37%) Law
8 24 (3.28%) Marketing
9 19 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
10 15 (2.05%) Legal
11 11 (1.50%) Retail
12 9 (1.23%) Publishing
13 8 (1.09%) Local Government
14 6 (0.82%) Social Housing
15 5 (0.68%) Games
15 5 (0.68%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.55%) Billing
16 4 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.55%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 186 (25.41%) Senior
2 84 (11.48%) Architect
3 70 (9.56%) Software Engineer
4 56 (7.65%) Developer
5 51 (6.97%) Analyst
6 43 (5.87%) Lead
7 40 (5.46%) Solutions Architect
8 36 (4.92%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 31 (4.23%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
10 30 (4.10%) Senior Software Engineer
11 29 (3.96%) Data Engineer
12 28 (3.83%) Python Engineer
13 27 (3.69%) Senior Architect
13 27 (3.69%) Senior Manager
14 26 (3.55%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 25 (3.42%) Consultant
15 25 (3.42%) Senior Developer
16 23 (3.14%) Service Manager
17 19 (2.60%) Senior Analyst
18 18 (2.46%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (6.28%) Terraform
2 42 (5.74%) React
3 30 (4.10%) Spring
4 27 (3.69%) Vue
5 23 (3.14%) AngularJS
6 22 (3.01%) Node.js
7 19 (2.60%) .NET
7 19 (2.60%) CSS
7 19 (2.60%) FastAPI
8 18 (2.46%) HTML
9 17 (2.32%) Kafka
10 15 (2.05%) REST
10 15 (2.05%) Spring Boot
11 14 (1.91%) LangChain
12 13 (1.78%) OAuth
13 12 (1.64%) JWT
14 11 (1.50%) Microsoft Graph
14 11 (1.50%) OpenID
14 11 (1.50%) SAML
15 10 (1.37%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 72 (9.84%) Cloud Native
2 57 (7.79%) AI Agents
3 46 (6.28%) Product Ownership
4 41 (5.60%) Distributed Systems
5 34 (4.64%) Onboarding
6 28 (3.83%) Management Information System
7 27 (3.69%) Self-Motivation
8 22 (3.01%) Data Centre
9 17 (2.32%) Private Cloud
10 14 (1.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 14 (1.91%) Marketing Technology
11 11 (1.50%) Social Media
12 10 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (1.09%) Data Structures
13 8 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
13 8 (1.09%) Low-Code
14 7 (0.96%) Cyber Threat
15 6 (0.82%) Credit Risk
15 6 (0.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.64%) Linux
2 11 (1.50%) Windows
3 6 (0.82%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.55%) Unix
4 4 (0.55%) VMS
5 2 (0.27%) AIX
5 2 (0.27%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (20.90%) Agile
2 142 (19.40%) Continuous Improvement
3 141 (19.26%) CI/CD
4 129 (17.62%) DevOps
5 128 (17.49%) Software Engineering
6 106 (14.48%) Problem-Solving
7 102 (13.93%) Analytics
8 100 (13.66%) Machine Learning
9 98 (13.39%) Coaching
10 93 (12.70%) Decision-Making
11 90 (12.30%) Stakeholder Management
12 81 (11.07%) Customer Service
13 78 (10.66%) Roadmaps
14 76 (10.38%) Mentoring
14 76 (10.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 65 (8.88%) Cybersecurity
16 61 (8.33%) Full-Stack Development
16 61 (8.33%) Generative AI
17 59 (8.06%) Microservices
18 57 (7.79%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 163 (22.27%) Python
2 101 (13.80%) SQL
3 69 (9.43%) Java
4 64 (8.74%) TypeScript
5 59 (8.06%) JavaScript
6 26 (3.55%) C#
7 16 (2.19%) PowerShell
8 12 (1.64%) Go
8 12 (1.64%) Scala
9 10 (1.37%) Bash
10 8 (1.09%) Groovy
11 7 (0.96%) Bicep
12 5 (0.68%) ABAP
12 5 (0.68%) R
13 4 (0.55%) C++
13 4 (0.55%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.41%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.41%) PHP
15 2 (0.27%) Rust
15 2 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 63 (8.61%) Degree
2 60 (8.20%) Security Cleared
3 33 (4.51%) SC Cleared
4 21 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.32%) DV Cleared
5 17 (2.32%) Master's Degree
6 15 (2.05%) Azure Certification
7 12 (1.64%) AWS Certification
7 12 (1.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 9 (1.23%) ACCA
9 7 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (0.82%) CIMA
11 5 (0.68%) CISM
11 5 (0.68%) CISSP
11 5 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.55%) MBA
13 3 (0.41%) APMG
13 3 (0.41%) CISA
13 3 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 3 (0.41%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (7.51%) Data Quality
2 29 (3.96%) Accessibility
3 22 (3.01%) GDPR
4 21 (2.87%) QA
5 16 (2.19%) GRC
5 16 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.64%) SLA
7 10 (1.37%) NIST
7 10 (1.37%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.96%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 7 (0.96%) WCAG
9 6 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.55%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.41%) COSO
11 3 (0.41%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.27%) GAAP
12 2 (0.27%) IFRS
12 2 (0.27%) PMO
13 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 54 (7.38%) Docker
2 15 (2.05%) Virtual Machines
3 10 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.68%) Active Directory
5 3 (0.41%) Ceph
5 3 (0.41%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 52 (7.10%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.91%) Grafana
2 14 (1.91%) Prometheus
3 9 (1.23%) Ansible
4 6 (0.82%) Istio
5 3 (0.41%) Argo
5 3 (0.41%) Check_MK
5 3 (0.41%) cPanel
5 3 (0.41%) linkerd
5 3 (0.41%) Nagios
5 3 (0.41%) Plesk
5 3 (0.41%) Podman
5 3 (0.41%) Progress Chef
5 3 (0.41%) Puppet
6 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.27%) SolarWinds Orion
6 2 (0.27%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.14%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 89 (12.16%) Microsoft
2 61 (8.33%) YouTube
3 22 (3.01%) ServiceNow
4 20 (2.73%) Adobe
4 20 (2.73%) Databricks
4 20 (2.73%) Splunk
5 17 (2.32%) Oracle
6 16 (2.19%) CrowdStrike
6 16 (2.19%) Google
7 14 (1.91%) AppDynamics
8 13 (1.78%) Apple
9 12 (1.64%) OpenAI
9 12 (1.64%) Palo Alto
9 12 (1.64%) Tenable
10 11 (1.50%) Salesforce
11 10 (1.37%) VMware
12 8 (1.09%) SAP
13 7 (0.96%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 5 (0.68%) Dynatrace
14 5 (0.68%) UiPath