AI Job Trends in Chelmsford

AI
Essex > Chelmsford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Chelmsford requiring AI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 13 19
Rank change year-on-year +4 +6 +4
Permanent jobs citing AI 10 4 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Chelmsford 8.55% 5.71% 3.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.62% 8.51% 3.85%
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 3
10th Percentile - £79,300 -
25th Percentile £62,500 £82,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £88,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.90% +86.32% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £94,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,700 £65,250
Essex median annual salary £57,500 £88,500 £53,750
% change year-on-year -35.03% +64.65% +16.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Chelmsford

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 Chelmsford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 104 47 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chelmsford 88.89% 67.14% 82.98%
Number of salaries quoted 70 23 66
10th Percentile £27,375 £39,050 £29,000
25th Percentile £29,337 £48,750 £38,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,250 £62,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -42.00% +31.58% -
75th Percentile £60,938 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,600 £71,497
Essex median annual salary £45,000 £52,000 £49,329
% change year-on-year -13.46% +5.41% -6.04%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Chelmsford

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

AI job vacancy trend in Chelmsford

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Salary Trend in Chelmsford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chelmsford citing AI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chelmsford citing AI

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Salary Histogram in Chelmsford

Salary distribution for jobs citing AI in Chelmsford over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for AI in Chelmsford

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chelmsford 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 4 (40.00%) Chatbot
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Customer Support Specialist
1 4 (40.00%) Support Specialist
1 4 (40.00%) Trainer
2 3 (30.00%) Lead
3 2 (20.00%) Research Scientist
4 1 (10.00%) Data Scientist
4 1 (10.00%) Machine Learning Scientist
4 1 (10.00%) Technologist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (10.00%) scikit-learn
1 1 (10.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Acoustics
1 1 (10.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (10.00%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 4 (40.00%) Conversational UI
2 4 (40.00%) Natural Language Processing
3 3 (30.00%) LLM
4 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (20.00%) Reinforcement Learning
5 1 (10.00%) Agile
5 1 (10.00%) Analytics
5 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (10.00%) Change Management
5 1 (10.00%) Computer Vision
5 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (10.00%) CRM
5 1 (10.00%) Data Science
5 1 (10.00%) ERP
5 1 (10.00%) Neural Network
5 1 (10.00%) Project Management
5 1 (10.00%) Remote Sensing
5 1 (10.00%) Scrum
5 1 (10.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) PhD
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) PayPal