AI Job Trends in the East Midlands

AI
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring AI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 68 93
Rank change year-on-year +60 +25 +54
Permanent jobs citing AI 307 47 69
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 9.17% 2.94% 1.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.06% 3.24% 2.38%
Number of salaries quoted 33 29 58
10th Percentile £24,700 £44,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £56,250 £35,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +36.84% -15.56%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,000 £64,787
90th Percentile £127,000 £100,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,546 1,451 2,903
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 76.07% 90.91% 82.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,537 829 2,274
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,625 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% +4.44% -10.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

AI job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

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Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing AI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing AI

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Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing AI in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Salary histogram for AI in the East Midlands

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Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AI within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 March 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
Derbyshire +23 159 £55,000 +10.00% 12
Nottinghamshire +27 54 £50,000 -31.03% 30
Leicestershire +25 46 £36,000 -52.00% 21
Lincolnshire - 30 £52,500 - 16
Northamptonshire -1 16 - - 20
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 10 (3.26%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.98%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.65%) Apache
4 1 (0.33%) CMS
4 1 (0.33%) Confluence
4 1 (0.33%) Jupyter
Applications
1 80 (26.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (15.64%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.65%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 143 (46.58%) Cloud Computing
2 91 (29.64%) Azure
3 90 (29.32%) Power Platform
4 78 (25.41%) Azure AI
5 7 (2.28%) AWS
5 7 (2.28%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (1.95%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (1.95%) Microsoft Copilot
6 6 (1.95%) PowerApps
7 5 (1.63%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.30%) Azure Logic Apps
8 4 (1.30%) SaaS
9 3 (0.98%) Azure Service Bus
9 3 (0.98%) Copilot Studio
10 2 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.65%) Azure Functions
10 2 (0.65%) ChatGPT
10 2 (0.65%) Serverless
11 1 (0.33%) GitHub
11 1 (0.33%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 142 (46.25%) Internet
2 3 (0.98%) Broadband
3 2 (0.65%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (27.69%) Power BI
2 80 (26.06%) Tableau
3 3 (0.98%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.65%) Data Mining
4 2 (0.65%) Metadata
5 1 (0.33%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (0.65%) Git
2 1 (0.33%) JIRA
2 1 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 232 (75.57%) Social Skills
2 145 (47.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 142 (46.25%) Banking
4 20 (6.51%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (4.23%) Law
6 9 (2.93%) Finance
7 8 (2.61%) Legal
8 6 (1.95%) Public Sector
9 5 (1.63%) Retail
10 4 (1.30%) Marketing
11 3 (0.98%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.98%) Japanese Language
12 2 (0.65%) Automotive
13 1 (0.33%) Agriculture
13 1 (0.33%) Games
13 1 (0.33%) Local Government
13 1 (0.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 114 (37.13%) Lecturer
2 79 (25.73%) Junior
3 78 (25.41%) Analyst
3 78 (25.41%) Data Analyst
3 78 (25.41%) Junior Analyst
3 78 (25.41%) Junior Data Analyst
4 45 (14.66%) Trainer
5 14 (4.56%) Research Scientist
6 10 (3.26%) Content Editor
6 10 (3.26%) Developer
7 4 (1.30%) Lead
8 3 (0.98%) Biostatistician
9 2 (0.65%) Applications Developer
9 2 (0.65%) IT Support
9 2 (0.65%) PHP Developer
9 2 (0.65%) Product Manager
9 2 (0.65%) Service Manager
9 2 (0.65%) Software Engineer
9 2 (0.65%) Support Specialist
9 2 (0.65%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.98%) React
1 3 (0.98%) RESTful
2 2 (0.65%) .NET
2 2 (0.65%) Bootstrap
2 2 (0.65%) CSS
2 2 (0.65%) HTML
2 2 (0.65%) jQuery
2 2 (0.65%) Laravel
2 2 (0.65%) Node.js
2 2 (0.65%) PyTorch
2 2 (0.65%) Redux
2 2 (0.65%) Ruby on Rails
2 2 (0.65%) TensorFlow
3 1 (0.33%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.33%) JSON
3 1 (0.33%) Matplotlib
3 1 (0.33%) Middleware
3 1 (0.33%) Next.js
3 1 (0.33%) NumPy
3 1 (0.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 142 (46.25%) IoT
2 13 (4.23%) Molecular Biology
3 2 (0.65%) Cloud Native
3 2 (0.65%) Legacy Code
3 2 (0.65%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (0.65%) Video\Live Streaming
4 1 (0.33%) AI Agents
4 1 (0.33%) Algorithms
4 1 (0.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.65%) Linux
1 2 (0.65%) Mac OS X
1 2 (0.65%) Windows
1 2 (0.65%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (49.19%) Machine Learning
2 146 (47.56%) User Experience
3 142 (46.25%) Cybersecurity
3 142 (46.25%) Web Development
4 85 (27.69%) Business Intelligence
5 49 (15.96%) Conversational UI
6 13 (4.23%) Agile
6 13 (4.23%) Biochemistry
6 13 (4.23%) Biology
6 13 (4.23%) Biotechnology
6 13 (4.23%) Data Interpretation
6 13 (4.23%) Experimental Design
7 12 (3.91%) Chemistry
8 10 (3.26%) Content Writing
9 7 (2.28%) Analytics
9 7 (2.28%) Customer Service
9 7 (2.28%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (2.28%) Roadmaps
10 6 (1.95%) Data Science
10 6 (1.95%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 87 (28.34%) Python
2 85 (27.69%) SQL
3 6 (1.95%) JavaScript
4 3 (0.98%) C#
5 2 (0.65%) PHP
5 2 (0.65%) Ruby
5 2 (0.65%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.33%) R
Qualifications
1 187 (60.91%) Degree
2 169 (55.05%) Master's Degree
2 169 (55.05%) PhD
3 142 (46.25%) Postgraduate
4 79 (25.73%) Azure Certification
5 3 (0.98%) MOS
6 1 (0.33%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.33%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (0.98%) GDPR
2 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.33%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.33%) QA
2 1 (0.33%) WCAG
Vendors
1 92 (29.97%) Microsoft
2 45 (14.66%) PayPal
3 3 (0.98%) ESRI
3 3 (0.98%) OpenAI
4 2 (0.65%) Salesforce
4 2 (0.65%) SAP
5 1 (0.33%) Adobe
5 1 (0.33%) Databricks
5 1 (0.33%) HubSpot