AI Job Trends in Blackburn

AI
Lancashire > Blackburn

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Blackburn requiring AI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing AI 27 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Blackburn 13.30% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.42% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - -
75th Percentile £42,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median annual salary £46,250 - £58,780
% change year-on-year - - +0.05%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Blackburn

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 Blackburn.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 139 78 76
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Blackburn 68.47% 98.73% 74.51%
Number of salaries quoted 69 53 71
10th Percentile £29,750 £40,650 £22,489
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,683 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,055 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +56.42% -36.00%
75th Percentile £50,000 £58,943 £45,000
90th Percentile £58,065 £84,250 £65,000
Lancashire median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £46,457
% change year-on-year -5.00% +7.63% -5.19%

AI
Job Vacancy Trend in Blackburn

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

AI job vacancy trend in Blackburn

AI
Salary Trend in Blackburn

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Blackburn citing AI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Blackburn citing AI

AI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Blackburn 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 4 (14.81%) CMS
1 4 (14.81%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (59.26%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 26 (96.30%) Azure
2 22 (81.48%) Azure AI
3 16 (59.26%) Power Platform
4 4 (14.81%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (59.26%) Power BI
1 16 (59.26%) Tableau
2 4 (14.81%) SQL Server
General
1 22 (81.48%) Social Skills
2 5 (18.52%) Marketing
3 4 (14.81%) Legal
Job Titles
1 16 (59.26%) Analyst
1 16 (59.26%) Data Analyst
1 16 (59.26%) Junior
1 16 (59.26%) Junior Analyst
1 16 (59.26%) Junior Data Analyst
2 6 (22.22%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
3 4 (14.81%) Developer
3 4 (14.81%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (14.81%) .NET
1 4 (14.81%) CSS
1 4 (14.81%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (59.26%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (22.22%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
3 4 (14.81%) API Integration
3 4 (14.81%) Computer Science
3 4 (14.81%) CRM
3 4 (14.81%) Data Modelling
3 4 (14.81%) Event-Driven
3 4 (14.81%) Full-Stack Development
3 4 (14.81%) LLM
3 4 (14.81%) OCR
3 4 (14.81%) Responsive Web Design
3 4 (14.81%) Webhook
3 4 (14.81%) Workflow
4 1 (3.70%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (3.70%) Marketing Strategy
4 1 (3.70%) Pay per click
4 1 (3.70%) SEO
4 1 (3.70%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 22 (81.48%) Python
2 16 (59.26%) SQL
3 4 (14.81%) C#
Qualifications
1 22 (81.48%) Azure Certification
2 4 (14.81%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (14.81%) Degree
Vendors
1 16 (59.26%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.81%) OpenAI