AI Job Trends in the East of England

AI
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring AI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 29 79
Rank change year-on-year +26 +50 +53
Permanent jobs citing AI 681 238 123
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 13.98% 7.49% 2.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.13% 8.26% 3.18%
Number of salaries quoted 102 156 104
10th Percentile £30,370 £66,100 £43,750
25th Percentile £39,063 £66,200 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £66,230 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.96% +1.89% +8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £66,296 £80,001
90th Percentile £97,250 £77,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,559 2,881 3,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 73.07% 90.63% 84.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2,079 1,235 3,061
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%

AI
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

AI job vacancy trend in the East of England

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Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing AI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing AI

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Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing AI in the East of England over the 6 months to 26 February 2026.

Salary histogram for AI in the East of England

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Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AI within the East of England region over the 6 months to 26 February 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
Hertfordshire +44 262 £60,000 -14.29% 25
Essex +34 173 £72,500 -18.08% 21
Cambridgeshire +30 147 £59,450 -0.92% 22
Norfolk +20 34 £37,500 -62.50% 13
Suffolk -8 34 £40,000 -39.60% 3
Bedfordshire +54 30 £47,500 -15.56% 17
AI
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 (1.47%) Apache Spark
2 7 (1.03%) Apache
2 7 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (0.73%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.59%) Confluence
5 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.29%) CMS
6 2 (0.29%) Mendix
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 47 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (6.46%) Chatbot
3 40 (5.87%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.44%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.44%) Simulink
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.44%) Dynamics AX
1 3 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 360 (52.86%) Cloud Computing
2 70 (10.28%) Azure
3 53 (7.78%) Power Platform
4 46 (6.75%) Azure AI
5 23 (3.38%) AWS
6 19 (2.79%) SaaS
7 17 (2.50%) Adobe Analytics
8 10 (1.47%) Figma
9 9 (1.32%) Entra ID
9 9 (1.32%) OpenShift
10 7 (1.03%) Amazon Alexa
10 7 (1.03%) Amazon S3
11 6 (0.88%) PaaS
12 5 (0.73%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (0.73%) Power Automate
12 5 (0.73%) PowerApps
13 4 (0.59%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (0.59%) IaaS
14 3 (0.44%) GCP
14 3 (0.44%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 361 (53.01%) Internet
2 20 (2.94%) Broadband
3 13 (1.91%) Firewall
4 9 (1.32%) DNS
5 5 (0.73%) DHCP
5 5 (0.73%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.73%) VPN
6 4 (0.59%) DMZ
6 4 (0.59%) Network Security
6 4 (0.59%) VLAN
7 2 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.15%) DOCSIS
8 1 (0.15%) DSL
8 1 (0.15%) IPv4
8 1 (0.15%) IPv6
8 1 (0.15%) PPP
8 1 (0.15%) RTP
8 1 (0.15%) VoIP
8 1 (0.15%) WAN
8 1 (0.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (8.08%) Tableau
2 45 (6.61%) Power BI
3 7 (1.03%) Apache Hive
3 7 (1.03%) Impala
3 7 (1.03%) Oracle Database
3 7 (1.03%) Parquet
3 7 (1.03%) Spark SQL
4 5 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (0.73%) DTS
5 4 (0.59%) Big Data
5 4 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (0.59%) Hadoop
5 4 (0.59%) Metadata
5 4 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.44%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.44%) Redis
6 3 (0.44%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.29%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.29%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (1.32%) Git
2 7 (1.03%) IBM UrbanCode
3 5 (0.73%) GitBook
4 3 (0.44%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.44%) JIRA
5 1 (0.15%) Rational DOORS
General
1 448 (65.79%) Social Skills
2 365 (53.60%) Banking
3 364 (53.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 75 (11.01%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (4.41%) German Language
6 28 (4.11%) Finance
7 24 (3.52%) Games
8 19 (2.79%) Documentation Skills
9 18 (2.64%) Marketing
10 13 (1.91%) Legal
11 12 (1.76%) Retail
12 9 (1.32%) Electronics
13 8 (1.17%) Aerospace
14 7 (1.03%) Investment Banking
14 7 (1.03%) Manufacturing
14 7 (1.03%) Public Sector
15 5 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.73%) Law
15 5 (0.73%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.44%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 286 (42.00%) Lecturer
2 52 (7.64%) Analyst
3 45 (6.61%) Junior
4 44 (6.46%) Data Analyst
4 44 (6.46%) Junior Analyst
4 44 (6.46%) Junior Data Analyst
5 41 (6.02%) Trainer
6 37 (5.43%) Lead
7 35 (5.14%) Senior
8 15 (2.20%) Data Engineer
9 14 (2.06%) Customer Support Specialist
9 14 (2.06%) Developer
9 14 (2.06%) Support Specialist
10 11 (1.62%) Designer
11 10 (1.47%) Consultant
11 10 (1.47%) IT Support
12 8 (1.17%) Administrator
12 8 (1.17%) Architect
12 8 (1.17%) Digital Designer
12 8 (1.17%) Lead Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (3.96%) HTML
2 22 (3.23%) JSON
2 22 (3.23%) Regular Expression
2 22 (3.23%) XML
3 12 (1.76%) PyTorch
4 11 (1.62%) TensorFlow
5 8 (1.17%) PySpark
6 7 (1.03%) Pandas
6 7 (1.03%) Vue
7 6 (0.88%) React
8 5 (0.73%) CSS
8 5 (0.73%) Node.js
8 5 (0.73%) NumPy
8 5 (0.73%) scikit-learn
9 4 (0.59%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.59%) Matplotlib
10 3 (0.44%) Keras
10 3 (0.44%) REST
10 3 (0.44%) RESTful
10 3 (0.44%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 362 (53.16%) IoT
2 46 (6.75%) Onboarding
3 22 (3.23%) Linux Command Line
3 22 (3.23%) Robotics
4 17 (2.50%) Social Media
5 16 (2.35%) Algorithms
6 10 (1.47%) Product Ownership
7 9 (1.32%) Cloud Native
7 9 (1.32%) Data Centre
7 9 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.03%) Low-Code
9 6 (0.88%) Blog
9 6 (0.88%) Management Information System
10 4 (0.59%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (0.59%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 4 (0.59%) Educational Technology
10 4 (0.59%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.59%) PKI
10 4 (0.59%) Security Posture
11 3 (0.44%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.23%) Unix
2 17 (2.50%) Windows
3 12 (1.76%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.03%) Linux
5 6 (0.88%) Android
6 5 (0.73%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.59%) VMS
7 4 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.15%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 396 (58.15%) Machine Learning
2 379 (55.65%) Cybersecurity
3 372 (54.63%) User Experience
4 359 (52.72%) Web Development
5 64 (9.40%) LLM
6 60 (8.81%) Generative AI
7 54 (7.93%) Agile
8 52 (7.64%) Analytics
9 49 (7.20%) Business Intelligence
10 46 (6.75%) Problem-Solving
11 44 (6.46%) Conversational UI
12 35 (5.14%) Data Analysis
13 34 (4.99%) Roadmaps
14 33 (4.85%) Analytical Thinking
15 32 (4.70%) Continuous Improvement
16 31 (4.55%) Open Source
17 30 (4.41%) Software Engineering
18 28 (4.11%) Customer Experience
19 26 (3.82%) Storytelling
20 21 (3.08%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 111 (16.30%) Python
2 59 (8.66%) SQL
3 12 (1.76%) C++
3 12 (1.76%) JavaScript
4 10 (1.47%) C
5 9 (1.32%) Java
6 4 (0.59%) C#
6 4 (0.59%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.44%) Assembly Language
7 3 (0.44%) MATLAB
7 3 (0.44%) Objective-C
7 3 (0.44%) R
7 3 (0.44%) Swift
8 1 (0.15%) Fortran
8 1 (0.15%) PHP
8 1 (0.15%) SystemVerilog
8 1 (0.15%) Tcl
8 1 (0.15%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 478 (70.19%) Degree
2 387 (56.83%) Master's Degree
2 387 (56.83%) PhD
3 359 (52.72%) Postgraduate
4 48 (7.05%) Azure Certification
5 23 (3.38%) Security Cleared
6 19 (2.79%) DBS Check
7 14 (2.06%) SC Cleared
8 12 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.59%) ACCA
9 4 (0.59%) CIMA
9 4 (0.59%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.59%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (0.29%) CISA
10 2 (0.29%) CISM
10 2 (0.29%) CISSP
10 2 (0.29%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Developer
11 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.67%) Data Quality
2 19 (2.79%) Accessibility
3 9 (1.32%) GDPR
4 5 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (0.73%) NIST
4 5 (0.73%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 4 (0.59%) GRC
5 4 (0.59%) HIPAA
5 4 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 4 (0.59%) JSP 440
5 4 (0.59%) NCSC
6 3 (0.44%) WCAG
7 2 (0.29%) QA
8 1 (0.15%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 1 (0.15%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.15%) GxP
8 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (1.32%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (0.88%) vSphere
3 4 (0.59%) Docker
3 4 (0.59%) Firmware
4 2 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (0.88%) vCenter Server
2 4 (0.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (0.59%) Ansible
2 4 (0.59%) SolarWinds Orion
3 3 (0.44%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.29%) Kubeflow
5 1 (0.15%) Grafana
5 1 (0.15%) Terraform
Vendors
1 101 (14.83%) Microsoft
2 41 (6.02%) PayPal
3 17 (2.50%) Adobe
4 9 (1.32%) Red Hat
5 8 (1.17%) Dell
6 7 (1.03%) Oracle
7 6 (0.88%) Google
7 6 (0.88%) VMware
8 5 (0.73%) HubSpot
9 4 (0.59%) NVIDIA
9 4 (0.59%) SolarWinds
10 3 (0.44%) Databricks
10 3 (0.44%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.29%) Ahrefs
11 2 (0.29%) OutSystems
12 1 (0.15%) OpenAI
12 1 (0.15%) SAP
12 1 (0.15%) Screaming Frog
12 1 (0.15%) Sitebulb
12 1 (0.15%) TikTok