AI Job Trends in Barnsley

AI
South Yorkshire > Barnsley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Barnsley requiring AI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - 17
Rank change year-on-year - - +3
Permanent jobs citing AI 20 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Barnsley 17.24% - 3.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.98% - 3.23%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 2
10th Percentile £57,250 - -
25th Percentile £71,875 - £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £75,000
75th Percentile - - £77,500
90th Percentile £80,500 - -
South Yorkshire median annual salary £71,250 £92,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -22.97% +37.04% +12.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Barnsley

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 Barnsley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 91 7 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Barnsley 78.45% 100.00% 98.41%
Number of salaries quoted 55 3 60
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,950 £29,971
25th Percentile £30,625 £34,188 £36,093
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -2.86% -2.78%
75th Percentile £48,000 £56,250 £48,750
90th Percentile £73,000 £63,750 £54,047
South Yorkshire median annual salary £40,000 £59,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -32.77% +25.26% +5.56%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Barnsley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing AI relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Barnsley.

AI job vacancy trend in Barnsley

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Salary Trend in Barnsley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Barnsley citing AI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Barnsley citing AI

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Salary Histogram in Barnsley

Salary distribution for jobs citing AI in Barnsley over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Salary histogram for AI in Barnsley

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Barnsley 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:

Applications
1 13 (65.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 13 (65.00%) Azure
1 13 (65.00%) Azure AI
1 13 (65.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (10.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (65.00%) Power BI
1 13 (65.00%) Tableau
General
1 13 (65.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Finance
2 2 (10.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (65.00%) Analyst
1 13 (65.00%) Data Analyst
1 13 (65.00%) Junior
1 13 (65.00%) Junior Analyst
1 13 (65.00%) Junior Data Analyst
2 2 (10.00%) Account Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (65.00%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (10.00%) B2B
3 2 (10.00%) B2C
3 2 (10.00%) Fintech
3 2 (10.00%) Lead Generation
3 2 (10.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 13 (65.00%) Python
1 13 (65.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (65.00%) Azure Certification
Vendors
1 13 (65.00%) Microsoft