AI Job Trends in Durham

AI
North East > Durham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Durham requiring 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 16 35 28
Rank change year-on-year +19 -7 +12
Permanent jobs citing AI 14 5 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Durham 7.04% 2.33% 1.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.27% 2.75% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £79,300 -
25th Percentile - £82,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £88,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +86.32% +26.28%
75th Percentile - £94,250 £51,250
90th Percentile - £97,700 -
North East median annual salary £55,000 £76,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -27.63% +60.00% +5.56%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Durham

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 Durham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 151 182 166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 75.88% 84.65% 93.26%
Number of salaries quoted 53 57 133
10th Percentile £25,087 £33,081 £31,250
25th Percentile £28,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +9.47% +18.75%
75th Percentile £58,000 £70,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,532 £79,600 £64,550
North East median annual salary £48,897 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.21% +5.26% -5.00%

AI
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

AI job vacancy trend in Durham

AI
Salary Trend in Durham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing AI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing AI

AI
Job Locations in Durham

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AI within the Durham region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Hartlepool - 1 - -
AI
North East

AI
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:

Applications
1 9 (64.29%) Chatbot
2 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) Azure
1 5 (35.71%) Azure AI
1 5 (35.71%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (35.71%) Power BI
1 5 (35.71%) Tableau
General
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Trainer
2 7 (50.00%) Customer Support Specialist
2 7 (50.00%) Support Specialist
3 5 (35.71%) Analyst
3 5 (35.71%) Data Analyst
3 5 (35.71%) Junior
3 5 (35.71%) Junior Analyst
3 5 (35.71%) Junior Data Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Instructor
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Conversational UI
2 5 (35.71%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (7.14%) Computer Science
3 1 (7.14%) Mathematics
3 1 (7.14%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) Python
1 5 (35.71%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (64.29%) Degree
2 5 (35.71%) Azure Certification
3 1 (7.14%) Master's Degree
3 1 (7.14%) PhD
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) PayPal
2 5 (35.71%) Microsoft