Artificial Intelligence Jobs

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Artificial Intelligence skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Artificial Intelligence over the 6 months leading up to 2 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 50 121
Rank change year-on-year +8 +71 -42
Permanent jobs citing Artificial Intelligence 2,666 4,328 3,190
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.27% 4.67% 2.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.64% 5.38% 3.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,442 1,914 1,414
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £43,264
25th Percentile £53,750 £50,000 £56,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% - +4.48%
75th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £92,040
90th Percentile £118,750 £115,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £66,206 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +10.34% -7.69% +16.59%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Artificial Intelligence 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 47,280 80,404 105,819
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.55% 86.78% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 25,837 58,088 61,888
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £34,095
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.51% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,600 £50,000 £54,590
% change year-on-year +5.20% -8.41% +3.98%

Artificial Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Artificial Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Artificial Intelligence in the UK

Artificial Intelligence
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Artificial Intelligence.

Salary trend for Artificial Intelligence in the UK

Artificial Intelligence
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Artificial Intelligence over the 6 months to 2 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Artificial Intelligence in the UK

Artificial Intelligence
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Artificial Intelligence within the UK over the 6 months to 2 April 2025. 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
England +29 2,404 £75,000 +7.14% 6,172
UK excluding London +3 1,607 £66,206 +10.34% 2,173
Work from Home +35 978 £66,222 +5.96% 3,189
London +18 964 £95,000 +11.76% 4,468
South East +23 428 £70,000 +3.70% 697
North of England +32 353 £64,438 +25.70% 471
East of England +84 252 £66,225 +1.88% 265
North West -7 217 £72,500 +52.63% 296
South West +43 195 £60,000 +2.21% 254
Midlands +16 193 £62,500 +13.64% 267
West Midlands +19 143 £60,000 +3.27% 174
Scotland -43 143 £45,000 -30.82% 179
Yorkshire +49 122 £45,000 -25.00% 118
East Midlands +2 50 £65,000 +36.84% 90
Wales +13 25 £62,500 +4.17% 42
Northern Ireland +29 18 £97,500 - 20
North East +41 14 £69,769 +46.88% 58
Isle of Man - 1 - -

Artificial Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 51 (1.91%) Apache Spark
2 32 (1.20%) Jupyter
3 27 (1.01%) SharePoint
4 25 (0.94%) Apache
4 25 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
4 25 (0.94%) CMS
5 18 (0.68%) Confluence
6 9 (0.34%) nginx
6 9 (0.34%) WordPress
7 8 (0.30%) Camunda
8 6 (0.23%) Kinematics
8 6 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 6 (0.23%) SAS
9 5 (0.19%) OpenStack
10 4 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
11 3 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.11%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.11%) EPiServer
11 3 (0.11%) Kentico
12 2 (0.075%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 209 (7.84%) Chatbot
2 38 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.41%) Maya
3 11 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (0.38%) Photoshop
5 5 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.19%) Trello
6 4 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (0.15%) Adobe Premiere
6 4 (0.15%) Blender
6 4 (0.15%) Simulink
6 4 (0.15%) SPSS
7 2 (0.075%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.075%) Autodesk Inventor
7 2 (0.075%) CATIA
7 2 (0.075%) CINEMA 4D
7 2 (0.075%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.075%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.038%) S-PLUS
8 1 (0.038%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 18 (0.68%) Dynamics AX
2 12 (0.45%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 9 (0.34%) Elite 3E
3 9 (0.34%) NetSuite
4 7 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 4 (0.15%) Relativity
7 3 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.11%) Sprinklr
8 2 (0.075%) Distributed Ledger
8 2 (0.075%) Dynamics GP
8 2 (0.075%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.038%) Finacle
9 1 (0.038%) GoldMine
9 1 (0.038%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.038%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.038%) SAP LE
9 1 (0.038%) SAP S/4HANA
9 1 (0.038%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 565 (21.19%) AWS
2 433 (16.24%) Azure
3 219 (8.21%) Power Platform
4 183 (6.86%) GCP
5 124 (4.65%) Serverless
6 118 (4.43%) SaaS
7 82 (3.08%) ChatGPT
8 64 (2.40%) Anthropic Claude
9 60 (2.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 58 (2.18%) Microsoft 365
11 55 (2.06%) IBM Cloud
12 47 (1.76%) GitHub
12 47 (1.76%) Microsoft Copilot
13 45 (1.69%) Power Automate
14 43 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
15 41 (1.54%) Snowflake
16 40 (1.50%) Azure Data Factory
16 40 (1.50%) Azure Machine Learning
17 39 (1.46%) PaaS
18 38 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 104 (3.90%) Intrusion Detection
2 35 (1.31%) Firewall
3 30 (1.13%) DNS
4 22 (0.83%) TCP/IP
5 21 (0.79%) VPN
6 19 (0.71%) DHCP
7 17 (0.64%) Internet
8 16 (0.60%) WAN
9 15 (0.56%) Network Security
10 12 (0.45%) LAN
11 8 (0.30%) SD-WAN
12 7 (0.26%) VoIP
12 7 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (0.23%) BGP
13 6 (0.23%) Unified Communications
14 5 (0.19%) MPLS
14 5 (0.19%) OSPF
14 5 (0.19%) SAN
14 5 (0.19%) VLAN
15 4 (0.15%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 196 (7.35%) Power BI
2 145 (5.44%) Big Data
3 85 (3.19%) NoSQL
4 59 (2.21%) SQL Server
5 57 (2.14%) Tableau
6 48 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
7 41 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
8 39 (1.46%) Relational Database
9 33 (1.24%) MySQL
10 31 (1.16%) Data Lake
11 30 (1.13%) MongoDB
12 28 (1.05%) BigQuery
12 28 (1.05%) Data Mining
13 26 (0.98%) Metadata
14 24 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
15 23 (0.86%) Hadoop
16 14 (0.53%) Amazon Redshift
17 13 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
17 13 (0.49%) Apache Hive
17 13 (0.49%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 155 (5.81%) Git
2 61 (2.29%) JIRA
3 28 (1.05%) Cypress.io
4 27 (1.01%) Selenium
5 24 (0.90%) Jenkins
6 21 (0.79%) GitLab
7 15 (0.56%) Maven
7 15 (0.56%) MLflow
8 11 (0.41%) SoapUI
9 9 (0.34%) Visual Studio
9 9 (0.34%) webpack
10 7 (0.26%) Vite
11 6 (0.23%) JDeveloper
11 6 (0.23%) Oracle Forms
11 6 (0.23%) Terragrunt
12 5 (0.19%) CircleCI
12 5 (0.19%) JUnit
12 5 (0.19%) Robot Framework
13 4 (0.15%) Babel
13 4 (0.15%) Storybook
General
1 796 (29.86%) Social Skills
2 695 (26.07%) Finance
3 483 (18.12%) Analytical Skills
4 318 (11.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 248 (9.30%) Banking
6 238 (8.93%) Law
7 195 (7.31%) Marketing
8 185 (6.94%) Telecoms
9 132 (4.95%) Games
10 124 (4.65%) Public Sector
11 123 (4.61%) Retail
12 113 (4.24%) Legal
13 112 (4.20%) Organisational Skills
14 99 (3.71%) Manufacturing
15 82 (3.08%) Advertising
16 43 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
16 43 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
17 36 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
17 36 (1.35%) Publishing
18 34 (1.28%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 441 (16.54%) Senior
2 300 (11.25%) Lead
3 284 (10.65%) Architect
4 217 (8.14%) Developer
5 214 (8.03%) Software Engineer
6 172 (6.45%) Analyst
7 145 (5.44%) Trainer
8 134 (5.03%) Data Scientist
9 113 (4.24%) Graduate
10 112 (4.20%) Machine Learning Engineer
11 102 (3.83%) Security Architect
12 91 (3.41%) Data Engineer
13 89 (3.34%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 86 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
15 82 (3.08%) Senior Manager
16 76 (2.85%) Product Manager
17 69 (2.59%) Junior
18 64 (2.40%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
19 63 (2.36%) Digital Analyst
20 61 (2.29%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 260 (9.75%) HTML
2 250 (9.38%) React
3 99 (3.71%) PyTorch
4 95 (3.56%) TensorFlow
5 86 (3.23%) .NET
6 80 (3.00%) AngularJS
7 74 (2.78%) Node.js
8 65 (2.44%) React Native
9 63 (2.36%) scikit-learn
10 60 (2.25%) Software Packaging
11 54 (2.03%) CSS
12 51 (1.91%) Pandas
13 50 (1.88%) NumPy
14 48 (1.80%) REST
15 40 (1.50%) Next.js
16 38 (1.43%) Kafka
17 34 (1.28%) RESTful
18 29 (1.09%) Django
19 27 (1.01%) Jest
20 26 (0.98%) Keras
Miscellaneous
1 270 (10.13%) Algorithms
2 177 (6.64%) Management Information System
3 162 (6.08%) Robotics
4 150 (5.63%) Cyberattack
5 123 (4.61%) Blockchain
6 102 (3.83%) Cloud Native
7 74 (2.78%) Product Ownership
8 69 (2.59%) Hybrid Cloud
9 58 (2.18%) Onboarding
10 55 (2.06%) Digital Media
11 52 (1.95%) Marketing Technology
12 44 (1.65%) Data Centre
13 39 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
13 39 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
13 39 (1.46%) Hedge funds
14 36 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
15 35 (1.31%) IoT
16 34 (1.28%) Learning Management System
17 33 (1.24%) Derivative
17 33 (1.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 60 (2.25%) Windows
2 59 (2.21%) Linux
3 44 (1.65%) Apple iOS
4 26 (0.98%) Windows Server
5 14 (0.53%) Android
6 10 (0.38%) Robot Operating System
6 10 (0.38%) Unix
7 9 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (0.23%) Windows 10
9 6 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (0.19%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.11%) Rocky
12 2 (0.075%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.075%) VMS
13 1 (0.038%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 930 (34.88%) Machine Learning
2 721 (27.04%) Analytics
3 639 (23.97%) Agile
4 596 (22.36%) Problem-Solving
5 547 (20.52%) Decision-Making
6 491 (18.42%) Software Engineering
7 437 (16.39%) Data Science
8 415 (15.57%) Generative AI
9 387 (14.52%) Mentoring
10 372 (13.95%) LLM
11 364 (13.65%) Roadmaps
12 326 (12.23%) Cybersecurity
13 318 (11.93%) Computer Science
14 292 (10.95%) DevOps
15 290 (10.88%) Mathematics
16 265 (9.94%) Business Intelligence
17 246 (9.23%) Data Analytics
18 233 (8.74%) Risk Management
19 223 (8.36%) Conversational UI
20 201 (7.54%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 971 (36.42%) Python
2 405 (15.19%) SQL
3 351 (13.17%) JavaScript
4 257 (9.64%) C#
5 191 (7.16%) Java
6 176 (6.60%) C++
7 146 (5.48%) TypeScript
8 58 (2.18%) R
9 38 (1.43%) Scala
10 35 (1.31%) Bash
11 33 (1.24%) Go
12 31 (1.16%) PowerShell
13 27 (1.01%) C
13 27 (1.01%) PHP
14 25 (0.94%) Kotlin
15 19 (0.71%) MATLAB
16 14 (0.53%) Rust
17 11 (0.41%) Clojure
17 11 (0.41%) Elixir
17 11 (0.41%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 861 (32.30%) Degree
2 324 (12.15%) Security Cleared
3 218 (8.18%) Master's Degree
4 191 (7.16%) DV Cleared
5 167 (6.26%) PhD
6 147 (5.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 85 (3.19%) SC Cleared
8 50 (1.88%) Azure Certification
9 38 (1.43%) Numerate Degree
10 24 (0.90%) DBS Check
11 23 (0.86%) AWS Certification
12 22 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
13 20 (0.75%) CISA
14 18 (0.68%) ISACA
15 13 (0.49%) CBAP
16 10 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
17 9 (0.34%) CCNA
17 9 (0.34%) CISSP
17 9 (0.34%) MBA
18 8 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (2.96%) Accessibility
2 77 (2.89%) Data Quality
3 59 (2.21%) GDPR
3 59 (2.21%) QA
4 44 (1.65%) ITGC
5 27 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (0.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 15 (0.56%) SLA
8 13 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
8 13 (0.49%) NIST
9 10 (0.38%) WCAG
10 9 (0.34%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 5 (0.19%) GMP
12 5 (0.19%) NCSC
12 5 (0.19%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.15%) COBIT
14 3 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.075%) GRC
System Software
1 199 (7.46%) Docker
2 36 (1.35%) Active Directory
3 15 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.41%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.19%) Firmware
6 5 (0.19%) HDFS
6 5 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.038%) Xen
8 1 (0.038%) XenApp
8 1 (0.038%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 219 (8.21%) Kubernetes
2 87 (3.26%) Terraform
3 20 (0.75%) Ansible
4 19 (0.71%) Grafana
4 19 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (0.71%) Prometheus
5 11 (0.41%) SCCM
6 7 (0.26%) Kubeflow
7 6 (0.23%) NetBackup
7 6 (0.23%) SCOM
8 5 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.19%) Nagios
9 4 (0.15%) Argo
10 2 (0.075%) EnCase
10 2 (0.075%) FTK
10 2 (0.075%) Hadoop YARN
10 2 (0.075%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.075%) Podman
10 2 (0.075%) QRadar
10 2 (0.075%) RSA Security Analytics
Vendors
1 270 (10.13%) Microsoft
2 147 (5.51%) PayPal
3 140 (5.25%) Google
4 114 (4.28%) Databricks
5 82 (3.08%) IBM
6 59 (2.21%) OpenAI
7 58 (2.18%) Alteryx
7 58 (2.18%) TikTok
8 56 (2.10%) Oracle
9 52 (1.95%) SAP
10 51 (1.91%) Red Hat
11 41 (1.54%) ServiceNow
12 38 (1.43%) Salesforce
13 24 (0.90%) Adobe
14 15 (0.56%) VMware
15 13 (0.49%) UiPath
16 12 (0.45%) Informatica
16 12 (0.45%) PeopleSoft
17 11 (0.41%) NVIDIA
17 11 (0.41%) SolarWinds