AI Job Trends in the City of Westminster

AI
Central London > City of Westminster

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 49 15
Rank change year-on-year +38 -34 +6
Permanent jobs citing AI 6 5 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of Westminster 9.84% 2.00% 4.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.65% 2.10% 4.44%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.54%
75th Percentile - - £58,750
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £90,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +9.09% +3.13%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of Westminster

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 the City of Westminster.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 34 238 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of Westminster 55.74% 95.20% 90.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3 76 35
10th Percentile £60,143 £47,500 £47,000
25th Percentile £62,274 £50,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,648 £61,339 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.66% -15.40% +11.54%
75th Percentile £75,611 £68,750 £130,375
90th Percentile £80,494 £78,500 £150,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £74,750 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.68% -0.33% -

AI
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of Westminster

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

AI job vacancy trend in the City of Westminster

AI
Salary Trend in the City of Westminster

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of Westminster citing AI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of Westminster citing AI

AI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of Westminster 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Distributed Ledger
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Network Security
General
1 2 (33.33%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Algorithms
1 4 (66.67%) Blockchain
1 4 (66.67%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Coaching
1 4 (66.67%) Collaborative Culture
1 4 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
1 4 (66.67%) Computer Architecture
1 4 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 4 (66.67%) Cryptography
1 4 (66.67%) Edge Computing
1 4 (66.67%) Ergonomics
1 4 (66.67%) Human Factors
1 4 (66.67%) Machine Learning
1 4 (66.67%) Mentoring
1 4 (66.67%) Software Architecture
1 4 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Analytics
2 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 2 (33.33%) Generative AI
2 2 (33.33%) LLM
2 2 (33.33%) Scorecard
2 2 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Python
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (66.67%) PhD
2 4 (66.67%) Postgraduate
3 2 (33.33%) Master's Degree
3 2 (33.33%) MBA
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) OpenAI