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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 12 56
Rank change year-on-year +6 +44 -6
Permanent jobs citing AI 746 322 144
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 9.80% 13.67% 3.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.84% 15.29% 4.32%
Number of salaries quoted 395 92 36
10th Percentile £42,500 £25,063 £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 £88,125 £84,063
90th Percentile - £110,000 £93,250
North West median annual salary £67,500 £62,500 £56,509
% change year-on-year +8.00% +10.60% -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 5,810 2,106 3,330
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 76.29% 89.43% 83.75%
Number of salaries quoted 4,391 1,179 1,664
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £34,750 £40,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,250 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.87% -5.45% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £84,750
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 29 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 29 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 -11 24 £90,000 +29.71% 11
Bolton +14 12 £37,500 -30.23% 25
Cheadle - 11 £63,750 - 7
Ashton-under-Lyne - 9 £51,000 - 1
Stockport -13 3 £70,000 - 10
Sale - 2 £62,500 - 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 26 (3.49%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.21%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (1.07%) Apache
4 6 (0.80%) Confluence
4 6 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.40%) CMS
6 3 (0.40%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.40%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.27%) IIS
7 2 (0.27%) nginx
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 18 (2.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.80%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.40%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (1.61%) Cloudability
2 9 (1.21%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.54%) SAP PSCD
4 3 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.13%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 1 (0.13%) Odoo
6 1 (0.13%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 156 (20.91%) Azure
2 155 (20.78%) AWS
3 69 (9.25%) Power Platform
4 64 (8.58%) GCP
5 55 (7.37%) SaaS
6 40 (5.36%) GitHub
7 31 (4.16%) Serverless
8 30 (4.02%) Microsoft 365
9 28 (3.75%) Microsoft Copilot
10 27 (3.62%) Azure DevOps
11 23 (3.08%) PowerApps
12 22 (2.95%) Azure AI
13 18 (2.41%) Anthropic Claude
14 17 (2.28%) GitHub Actions
14 17 (2.28%) Snowflake
15 16 (2.14%) Power Automate
16 15 (2.01%) PaaS
17 14 (1.88%) GitHub Copilot
18 13 (1.74%) dbt
19 12 (1.61%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.34%) Firewall
2 7 (0.94%) SMS
2 7 (0.94%) VLAN
3 6 (0.80%) DNS
4 5 (0.67%) BGP
4 5 (0.67%) SAN
5 4 (0.54%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.40%) DKIM
6 3 (0.40%) DMARC
6 3 (0.40%) HTTP
6 3 (0.40%) Network Security
6 3 (0.40%) OSPF
6 3 (0.40%) PBX
6 3 (0.40%) Unified Communications
6 3 (0.40%) VoIP
6 3 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.27%) DMZ
7 2 (0.27%) IPFIX
7 2 (0.27%) IPsec
7 2 (0.27%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (5.76%) Power BI
2 27 (3.62%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (2.41%) SQL Server
4 17 (2.28%) MongoDB
4 17 (2.28%) NoSQL
5 16 (2.14%) Tableau
6 14 (1.88%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (1.88%) Relational Database
7 10 (1.34%) DynamoDB
8 6 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (0.80%) Big Data
8 6 (0.80%) Electronic Patient Records
8 6 (0.80%) RDBMS
9 5 (0.67%) BigQuery
9 5 (0.67%) Chroma
9 5 (0.67%) Metadata
9 5 (0.67%) MySQL
9 5 (0.67%) Pinecone
9 5 (0.67%) Power Query
10 4 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 35 (4.69%) Git
2 29 (3.89%) GitLab
3 21 (2.82%) JIRA
4 20 (2.68%) Jenkins
5 13 (1.74%) JUnit
5 13 (1.74%) Spock
6 12 (1.61%) Snyk
7 11 (1.47%) Maven
8 10 (1.34%) Claude Code
9 5 (0.67%) Postman
10 4 (0.54%) IntelliJ
10 4 (0.54%) Storybook
10 4 (0.54%) Vite
11 3 (0.40%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.40%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.40%) RStudio
11 3 (0.40%) Selenium
11 3 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
12 2 (0.27%) Mocha
12 2 (0.27%) Terragrunt
General
1 201 (26.94%) Social Skills
2 176 (23.59%) Finance
3 103 (13.81%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (11.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 52 (6.97%) Public Sector
6 43 (5.76%) Banking
7 33 (4.42%) Influencing Skills
7 33 (4.42%) Law
8 23 (3.08%) Marketing
9 19 (2.55%) Legal
9 19 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (1.47%) Publishing
11 9 (1.21%) Retail
12 8 (1.07%) Local Government
13 6 (0.80%) Social Housing
14 5 (0.67%) Games
14 5 (0.67%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.54%) Health Technology
15 4 (0.54%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 192 (25.74%) Senior
2 84 (11.26%) Architect
3 74 (9.92%) Software Engineer
4 59 (7.91%) Developer
5 52 (6.97%) Analyst
6 45 (6.03%) Lead
7 40 (5.36%) Solutions Architect
8 38 (5.09%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 33 (4.42%) Senior Software Engineer
10 31 (4.16%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
10 31 (4.16%) Data Engineer
11 28 (3.75%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 28 (3.75%) Python Engineer
12 27 (3.62%) Senior Architect
12 27 (3.62%) Senior Manager
13 25 (3.35%) Senior Developer
14 24 (3.22%) Consultant
15 22 (2.95%) Service Manager
16 19 (2.55%) Senior Analyst
17 18 (2.41%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (6.17%) React
1 46 (6.17%) Terraform
2 32 (4.29%) Spring
3 28 (3.75%) Vue
4 24 (3.22%) Node.js
5 23 (3.08%) AngularJS
6 20 (2.68%) FastAPI
7 19 (2.55%) CSS
7 19 (2.55%) Kafka
8 18 (2.41%) .NET
8 18 (2.41%) HTML
9 17 (2.28%) Spring Boot
10 16 (2.14%) REST
11 14 (1.88%) LangChain
12 12 (1.61%) OAuth
13 11 (1.47%) JWT
13 11 (1.47%) Microsoft Graph
13 11 (1.47%) OpenID
13 11 (1.47%) SAML
14 10 (1.34%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 72 (9.65%) Cloud Native
2 56 (7.51%) AI Agents
3 46 (6.17%) Product Ownership
4 42 (5.63%) Distributed Systems
5 32 (4.29%) Management Information System
6 31 (4.16%) Onboarding
7 28 (3.75%) Self-Motivation
8 22 (2.95%) Data Centre
9 17 (2.28%) Private Cloud
10 15 (2.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 12 (1.61%) Marketing Technology
12 11 (1.47%) Social Media
13 9 (1.21%) Data Structures
13 9 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
14 8 (1.07%) Analytical Mindset
14 8 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
14 8 (1.07%) Low-Code
15 7 (0.94%) Cyber Threat
15 7 (0.94%) Media Streaming
15 7 (0.94%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.61%) Linux
1 12 (1.61%) Windows
2 7 (0.94%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.54%) Unix
3 4 (0.54%) VMS
4 2 (0.27%) AIX
4 2 (0.27%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (20.91%) Agile
2 147 (19.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 143 (19.17%) CI/CD
4 133 (17.83%) Software Engineering
5 130 (17.43%) DevOps
6 111 (14.88%) Problem-Solving
7 103 (13.81%) Coaching
8 102 (13.67%) Machine Learning
9 101 (13.54%) Analytics
10 93 (12.47%) Decision-Making
11 92 (12.33%) Stakeholder Management
12 84 (11.26%) Customer Service
13 80 (10.72%) Mentoring
14 78 (10.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 77 (10.32%) Roadmaps
16 66 (8.85%) Cybersecurity
17 65 (8.71%) Generative AI
18 64 (8.58%) Full-Stack Development
19 62 (8.31%) Microservices
20 60 (8.04%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 164 (21.98%) Python
2 105 (14.08%) SQL
3 74 (9.92%) Java
4 70 (9.38%) TypeScript
5 59 (7.91%) JavaScript
6 26 (3.49%) C#
7 17 (2.28%) PowerShell
8 13 (1.74%) Scala
9 12 (1.61%) Go
10 10 (1.34%) Bash
11 8 (1.07%) Groovy
12 7 (0.94%) Bicep
13 6 (0.80%) ABAP
14 5 (0.67%) R
15 4 (0.54%) C++
15 4 (0.54%) T-SQL
16 3 (0.40%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
16 3 (0.40%) PHP
17 2 (0.27%) Rust
Qualifications
1 68 (9.12%) Degree
2 64 (8.58%) Security Cleared
3 37 (4.96%) SC Cleared
4 24 (3.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.41%) Master's Degree
6 17 (2.28%) DV Cleared
7 13 (1.74%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.61%) AWS Certification
8 12 (1.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 7 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (0.80%) ACCA
11 5 (0.67%) CISM
11 5 (0.67%) CISSP
11 5 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.54%) MBA
12 4 (0.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 4 (0.54%) SAP Certification
13 3 (0.40%) APMG
13 3 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.40%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (7.64%) Data Quality
2 29 (3.89%) Accessibility
3 22 (2.95%) GDPR
4 21 (2.82%) QA
5 16 (2.14%) GRC
5 16 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.74%) SLA
7 10 (1.34%) NIST
7 10 (1.34%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.94%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 7 (0.94%) WCAG
9 6 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.54%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.40%) COSO
11 3 (0.40%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.27%) PMO
13 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.13%) IFRS
13 1 (0.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 54 (7.24%) Docker
2 15 (2.01%) Virtual Machines
3 10 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.94%) Active Directory
5 3 (0.40%) Ceph
5 3 (0.40%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 54 (7.24%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.88%) Grafana
2 14 (1.88%) Prometheus
3 9 (1.21%) Ansible
4 6 (0.80%) Istio
5 3 (0.40%) Argo
5 3 (0.40%) Check_MK
5 3 (0.40%) cPanel
5 3 (0.40%) linkerd
5 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.40%) Nagios
5 3 (0.40%) Plesk
5 3 (0.40%) Podman
5 3 (0.40%) Progress Chef
5 3 (0.40%) Puppet
5 3 (0.40%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (0.27%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (0.13%) Autotask
7 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 93 (12.47%) Microsoft
2 64 (8.58%) YouTube
3 21 (2.82%) ServiceNow
4 20 (2.68%) Adobe
4 20 (2.68%) Databricks
4 20 (2.68%) Splunk
5 18 (2.41%) Oracle
6 16 (2.14%) CrowdStrike
7 15 (2.01%) Google
8 14 (1.88%) AppDynamics
9 13 (1.74%) Apple
10 12 (1.61%) OpenAI
10 12 (1.61%) Palo Alto
10 12 (1.61%) Salesforce
10 12 (1.61%) Tenable
11 10 (1.34%) VMware
12 9 (1.21%) SAP
13 8 (1.07%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 5 (0.67%) Cisco
14 5 (0.67%) Dynatrace