AI Job Trends in Derbyshire

AI
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Derbyshire citing AI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 27 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	42	5	44
Rank change year-on-year	-37	+39	-2
Permanent jobs citing AI	29	138	2
As % of all permanent jobs in Derbyshire	2.60%	31.01%	0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	3.49%	35.38%	0.61%
Number of salaries quoted	20	4	1
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£35,000	£62,500	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£37,500	£70,000	£45,000
Median % change year-on-year	-46.43%	+55.56%	-
75^th Percentile	£52,500	£77,500	-
90^th Percentile	£60,000	-	-
East Midlands median annual salary	£60,000	£65,000	£85,000
% change year-on-year	-7.69%	-23.53%	+112.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Derbyshire

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 citing process or methodology skills in Derbyshire.

	6 months to 27 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills	831	390	327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Derbyshire	74.46%	87.64%	67.84%
Number of salaries quoted	551	183	160
10^th Percentile	£27,750	£25,000	£31,000
25^th Percentile	£30,000	£26,250	£37,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£41,000	£35,000	£45,000
Median % change year-on-year	+17.14%	-22.22%	-10.00%
75^th Percentile	£55,000	£50,000	£58,750
90^th Percentile	£61,250	£64,750	£61,250
East Midlands median annual salary	£50,000	£40,000	£47,500
% change year-on-year	+25.00%	-15.79%	-9.52%

AI Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

AI Salary Trend in Derbyshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing AI.

AI Salary Histogram in Derbyshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing AI in Derbyshire over the 6 months to 27 October 2026.

AI Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AI within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 27 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Belper	-1	11	£37,500	-
Derby	-21	11	£50,000	-28.57%	8
Chesterfield	-17	4	£60,000	-	2
Alfreton	-8	3	-	-
AI East Midlands

AI Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire

For the 6 months to 27 October 2026, job vacancies citing AI also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Derbyshire region citing AI.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Azure	55.2%	16
2	Microsoft	48.3%	14
3	Azure DevOps	31.0%	9
3	DevOps	31.0%	9
5	Microsoft Copilot	27.6%	8
5	Power Platform	27.6%	8
5	Project Delivery	27.6%	8
5	SQL	27.6%	8
9	Machine Learning	24.1%	7
9	Python	24.1%	7
11	CI/CD	20.7%	6
11	Copilot Studio	20.7%	6
11	Foundry	20.7%	6
11	Power Automate	20.7%	6
11	Process Improvement	20.7%	6
11	SharePoint	20.7%	6
17	Analytics	17.2%	5
17	Computer Vision	17.2%	5
17	Continuous Improvement	17.2%	5
17	Roadmaps	17.2%	5
21	Data Engineering	13.8%	4
21	Data Science	13.8%	4
21	Degree	13.8%	4
21	Software Engineering	13.8%	4
21	Stakeholder Management	13.8%	4
21	Statistics	13.8%	4
21	Validation	13.8%	4
28	.NET	10.3%	3
28	.NET Core	10.3%	3
28	AI Transformation	10.3%	3

AI Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	DevOps	31.0%	9
2	Project Delivery	27.6%	8
3	Machine Learning	24.1%	7
4	CI/CD	20.7%	6
4	Process Improvement	20.7%	6
6	Analytics	17.2%	5
6	Computer Vision	17.2%	5
6	Continuous Improvement	17.2%	5
6	Roadmaps	17.2%	5
10	Data Engineering	13.8%	4
10	Data Science	13.8%	4
10	Software Engineering	13.8%	4
10	Stakeholder Management	13.8%	4
10	Statistics	13.8%	4
10	Validation	13.8%	4
16	AI Transformation	10.3%	3
16	Architectural Patterns	10.3%	3
16	Architecture Roadmap	10.3%	3
16	Artificial Intelligence Engineering	10.3%	3
16	Coaching	10.3%	3