Generative AI Job Trends in Chelmsford

Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI)
Essex > Chelmsford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Chelmsford requiring Generative 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 18 14 -
Rank change year-on-year -4 - -
Permanent jobs citing Generative AI 1 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Chelmsford 0.85% 4.29% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.96% 6.38% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £88,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -20.90% - -
Essex median annual salary £70,000 £88,500 -
% change year-on-year -20.90% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Chelmsford

Generative 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%

Generative AI
Job Vacancy Trend in Chelmsford

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

Generative AI job vacancy trend in Chelmsford

Generative AI
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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Scientist
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (100.00%) scikit-learn
1 1 (100.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Vision
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Reinforcement Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PhD