AI Agents Job Trends in Durham

AI Agents (Agentic AI)
North East > Durham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term AI Agents in permanent job vacancies in Durham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited AI Agents over the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing AI Agents 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Durham 0.20% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.95% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
North East median annual salary £67,500 - -

All Generic Skills
Durham

AI Agents falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Durham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 105 78 133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 20.79% 37.50% 29.30%
Number of salaries quoted 27 28 82
10th Percentile £30,326 - £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £28,188 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,417 £35,000 £43,286
Median % change year-on-year +21.19% -19.14% -6.41%
75th Percentile £62,500 £45,438 £57,500
90th Percentile £73,500 £74,258 £63,750
North East median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +22.22% -5.26% -9.52%

AI Agents
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham 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 (100.00%) Jupyter
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) LaTeX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Junior
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Active Record
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Model Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PhD