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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 25 49
Rank change year-on-year +12 +24 +21
Permanent jobs citing AI 527 242 209
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 8.16% 9.71% 4.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.12% 10.49% 4.96%
Number of salaries quoted 339 99 60
10th Percentile £42,250 £25,000 £34,733
25th Percentile £55,000 £30,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% +10.64% -9.62%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £108,000 £110,000 £101,250
North West median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £56,509
% change year-on-year +16.67% +6.18% -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 4,738 2,308 4,212
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 73.40% 92.58% 82.60%
Number of salaries quoted 3,746 1,329 2,990
10th Percentile £33,500 £29,750 £30,000
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% - -7.60%
75th Percentile £78,905 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,550 £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 21 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 21 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 -1 15 £80,000 - 8
Cheadle - 11 £63,750 - 1
Bolton +24 8 £30,000 - 6
Ashton-under-Lyne - 7 £51,000 - 2
Stockport -6 3 £32,500 - 3
Bury - 3 £92,482 - 3
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 13 (2.47%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.14%) CMS
2 6 (1.14%) Jupyter
3 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.95%) WordPress
4 3 (0.57%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.38%) IIS
5 2 (0.38%) nginx
6 1 (0.19%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.09%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.28%) Cloudability
2 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 140 (26.57%) Azure
2 130 (24.67%) AWS
3 60 (11.39%) Power Platform
4 55 (10.44%) SaaS
5 54 (10.25%) GCP
6 33 (6.26%) Azure AI
7 32 (6.07%) Serverless
8 27 (5.12%) GitHub
9 26 (4.93%) Microsoft 365
10 23 (4.36%) Microsoft Copilot
11 20 (3.80%) Anthropic Claude
12 19 (3.61%) Azure DevOps
13 16 (3.04%) GitHub Actions
14 14 (2.66%) PowerApps
15 12 (2.28%) AWS Lambda
16 10 (1.90%) Microsoft Purview
17 9 (1.71%) Amazon S3
17 9 (1.71%) Cloud Computing
17 9 (1.71%) Firebase
17 9 (1.71%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.52%) Firewall
2 6 (1.14%) 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 (7.02%) Power BI
2 24 (4.55%) Tableau
3 16 (3.04%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (2.85%) MongoDB
5 13 (2.47%) NoSQL
5 13 (2.47%) SQL Server
6 10 (1.90%) Relational Database
7 8 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (1.14%) RDBMS
9 5 (0.95%) Big Data
9 5 (0.95%) MySQL
9 5 (0.95%) Pinecone
10 4 (0.76%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.76%) Data Mining
10 4 (0.76%) Electronic Patient Records
11 3 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.57%) Redis
11 3 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.38%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 21 (3.98%) Git
2 17 (3.23%) GitLab
3 15 (2.85%) Jenkins
4 13 (2.47%) Claude Code
5 12 (2.28%) Snyk
6 9 (1.71%) JUnit
6 9 (1.71%) Spock
7 7 (1.33%) Visual Studio Code
8 6 (1.14%) Maven
9 5 (0.95%) JIRA
9 5 (0.95%) Postman
10 4 (0.76%) Selenium
10 4 (0.76%) Vite
11 3 (0.57%) Storybook
12 2 (0.38%) Terragrunt
12 2 (0.38%) XCUITest
13 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
13 1 (0.19%) Gemini Tracker
13 1 (0.19%) MLflow
13 1 (0.19%) Mocha
General
1 112 (21.25%) Social Skills
2 107 (20.30%) Finance
3 71 (13.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 51 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (6.45%) Banking
5 34 (6.45%) Public Sector
6 16 (3.04%) Law
6 16 (3.04%) Retail
7 15 (2.85%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (2.66%) Marketing
9 11 (2.09%) Manufacturing
10 7 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (0.95%) Telecoms
12 4 (0.76%) Health Technology
13 3 (0.57%) Billing
13 3 (0.57%) Games
13 3 (0.57%) Legal
13 3 (0.57%) Local Government
13 3 (0.57%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 155 (29.41%) Senior
2 61 (11.57%) Architect
3 53 (10.06%) Software Engineer
4 44 (8.35%) Analyst
5 43 (8.16%) Developer
6 30 (5.69%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 29 (5.50%) Python Engineer
8 27 (5.12%) Senior Developer
9 22 (4.17%) Senior Software Engineer
9 22 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
10 20 (3.80%) Data Analyst
10 20 (3.80%) Service Manager
11 19 (3.61%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
11 19 (3.61%) Senior Analyst
11 19 (3.61%) Senior Architect
12 18 (3.42%) Lead
12 18 (3.42%) Security Architect
12 18 (3.42%) Senior Manager
13 17 (3.23%) Data Manager
13 17 (3.23%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (6.07%) React
2 24 (4.55%) CSS
2 24 (4.55%) HTML
3 23 (4.36%) Vue
4 22 (4.17%) Spring
5 21 (3.98%) Node.js
6 20 (3.80%) .NET
6 20 (3.80%) FastAPI
7 17 (3.23%) AngularJS
8 15 (2.85%) LangChain
9 13 (2.47%) OAuth
10 12 (2.28%) JWT
11 11 (2.09%) Kafka
11 11 (2.09%) OpenID
11 11 (2.09%) RESTful
11 11 (2.09%) SAML
11 11 (2.09%) Spring Boot
12 9 (1.71%) Flask
12 9 (1.71%) Microsoft Graph
12 9 (1.71%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 59 (11.20%) Cloud Native
2 38 (7.21%) AI Agents
3 36 (6.83%) Distributed Systems
4 32 (6.07%) Product Ownership
5 31 (5.88%) Onboarding
6 22 (4.17%) Data Centre
7 12 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (2.09%) Private Cloud
9 10 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (1.71%) Algorithms
10 9 (1.71%) Marketing Technology
11 8 (1.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 8 (1.52%) Management Information System
12 7 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
13 6 (1.14%) Credit Risk
13 6 (1.14%) Life Science
13 6 (1.14%) Virtual Team
14 4 (0.76%) NHS
14 4 (0.76%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.90%) Windows
2 6 (1.14%) Linux
2 6 (1.14%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.76%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.57%) Android
5 1 (0.19%) Unix
5 1 (0.19%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (23.15%) CI/CD
2 101 (19.17%) DevOps
3 96 (18.22%) Agile
4 93 (17.65%) Software Engineering
5 79 (14.99%) Analytics
6 78 (14.80%) Machine Learning
7 63 (11.95%) Continuous Improvement
8 61 (11.57%) Roadmaps
9 60 (11.39%) Problem-Solving
10 58 (11.01%) Cybersecurity
11 50 (9.49%) Decision-Making
12 49 (9.30%) Mentoring
13 48 (9.11%) Microservices
14 47 (8.92%) LLM
15 46 (8.73%) Observability
16 45 (8.54%) Stakeholder Management
17 44 (8.35%) Infrastructure as Code
18 43 (8.16%) Full-Stack Development
19 39 (7.40%) B2B
20 37 (7.02%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 155 (29.41%) Python
2 72 (13.66%) SQL
3 51 (9.68%) Java
4 47 (8.92%) JavaScript
5 45 (8.54%) TypeScript
6 23 (4.36%) C#
7 14 (2.66%) PowerShell
8 11 (2.09%) Go
9 9 (1.71%) Bash
10 8 (1.52%) Scala
11 7 (1.33%) Bicep
12 5 (0.95%) Groovy
13 4 (0.76%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.57%) C
14 3 (0.57%) C++
14 3 (0.57%) PHP
14 3 (0.57%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.38%) Swift
16 1 (0.19%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 43 (8.16%) Degree
2 27 (5.12%) Security Cleared
3 24 (4.55%) Azure Certification
4 18 (3.42%) AWS Certification
5 17 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (2.66%) SC Cleared
7 12 (2.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 10 (1.90%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.14%) ACCA
9 6 (1.14%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 6 (1.14%) CIMA
9 6 (1.14%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.76%) MBA
11 3 (0.57%) DBS Check
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 19 (3.61%) GDPR
2 17 (3.23%) Data Quality
2 17 (3.23%) GRC
3 15 (2.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (2.85%) QA
4 12 (2.28%) Accessibility
4 12 (2.28%) SLA
5 10 (1.90%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 7 (1.33%) WCAG
7 6 (1.14%) NIST
8 4 (0.76%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.38%) GAAP
10 2 (0.38%) IFRS
11 1 (0.19%) Solvency II
System Software
1 38 (7.21%) Docker
2 15 (2.85%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.57%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.57%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 37 (7.02%) Terraform
2 36 (6.83%) Kubernetes
3 11 (2.09%) Grafana
4 8 (1.52%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.57%) cPanel
5 3 (0.57%) Nagios
5 3 (0.57%) Plesk
6 2 (0.38%) Ansible
6 2 (0.38%) Istio
6 2 (0.38%) linkerd
6 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.38%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.38%) Puppet
6 2 (0.38%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (0.19%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 86 (16.32%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.17%) ServiceNow
3 19 (3.61%) Adobe
4 16 (3.04%) CrowdStrike
4 16 (3.04%) Splunk
5 14 (2.66%) Google
6 13 (2.47%) Apple
6 13 (2.47%) OpenAI
7 12 (2.28%) Palo Alto
7 12 (2.28%) Tenable
8 10 (1.90%) AppDynamics
9 9 (1.71%) Databricks
10 8 (1.52%) VMware
11 7 (1.33%) Oracle
12 5 (0.95%) Cisco
13 4 (0.76%) OneLogin
14 3 (0.57%) Acronis
14 3 (0.57%) Datto
14 3 (0.57%) SonicWALL
14 3 (0.57%) WatchGuard