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 17 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 12 30
Rank change year-on-year +9 +18 -7
Permanent jobs citing AI 16 32 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of Westminster 25.40% 17.30% 4.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 32.00% 19.05% 5.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,121 - -
Central London median annual salary £82,500 £102,500 £79,000
% change year-on-year -19.51% +29.75% +8.97%

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 50 168 150
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of Westminster 79.37% 90.81% 83.80%
Number of salaries quoted 17 46 91
10th Percentile £64,364 £35,000 £34,375
25th Percentile £65,105 £47,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,121 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.79% +13.64% -24.14%
75th Percentile £88,750 £68,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £111,250 - £100,000
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -3.33%

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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

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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

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Job Locations in the City of Westminster

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AI within the City of Westminster region over the 6 months to 17 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Soho - 2 - -
Westminster - 1 £71,121 - 6
AI
Central London

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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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.25%) CMS
1 1 (6.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) Adobe Analytics
1 4 (25.00%) AWS
2 3 (18.75%) Contentsquare
3 2 (12.50%) ChatGPT
3 2 (12.50%) GitHub
3 2 (12.50%) GitHub Copilot
4 1 (6.25%) Anthropic Claude
4 1 (6.25%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (6.25%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 8 (50.00%) Broadband
2 4 (25.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) MongoDB
1 3 (18.75%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Git
2 1 (6.25%) Claude Code
2 1 (6.25%) XCUITest
General
1 7 (43.75%) Games
2 2 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (6.25%) Legal
3 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Lead
1 5 (31.25%) Senior
2 4 (25.00%) Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Senior Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Android Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Content Manager
4 1 (6.25%) iOS Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Lead Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Programmer
4 1 (6.25%) Python Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Python Programmer
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Data Scientist
4 1 (6.25%) Senior iOS Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Programmer
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Python Programmer
4 1 (6.25%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) REST
1 2 (12.50%) RESTful
2 1 (6.25%) Android Jetpack
2 1 (6.25%) FastAPI
2 1 (6.25%) Flask
2 1 (6.25%) GraphQL
2 1 (6.25%) Jetpack Compose
2 1 (6.25%) Next.js
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (6.25%) PyTorch
2 1 (6.25%) React
2 1 (6.25%) scikit-learn
2 1 (6.25%) SwiftUI
2 1 (6.25%) Tailwind CSS
2 1 (6.25%) UIKit
2 1 (6.25%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Algorithms
2 4 (25.00%) Blockchain
2 4 (25.00%) Data Structures
3 3 (18.75%) Low-Code
3 3 (18.75%) Social Media
3 3 (18.75%) Video\Live Streaming
4 2 (12.50%) Cloud Native
4 2 (12.50%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
5 1 (6.25%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Android
2 1 (6.25%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Machine Learning
2 7 (43.75%) Software Engineering
3 6 (37.50%) Agile
3 6 (37.50%) Full-Stack Development
3 6 (37.50%) Mentoring
4 5 (31.25%) Analytics
4 5 (31.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (31.25%) Product Roadmap
4 5 (31.25%) Roadmaps
5 4 (25.00%) Coaching
5 4 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (25.00%) Computer Architecture
5 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
5 4 (25.00%) Cryptography
5 4 (25.00%) Ergonomics
5 4 (25.00%) Human Factors
5 4 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 4 (25.00%) Software Architecture
5 4 (25.00%) Storytelling
5 4 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) Python
2 3 (18.75%) Go
3 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
3 1 (6.25%) Kotlin
3 1 (6.25%) SQL
3 1 (6.25%) Swift
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) Degree
1 5 (31.25%) PhD
2 4 (25.00%) Postgraduate
3 1 (6.25%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.25%) QA
2 1 (6.25%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Adobe
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle