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 22 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 40 108
Rank change year-on-year +34 +68 +45
Permanent jobs citing AI 602 242 124
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 9.56% 8.51% 2.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.84% 9.11% 2.51%
Number of salaries quoted 162 159 99
10th Percentile £35,000 £59,750 £43,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £66,200 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,219 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.39% +1.88% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £66,274 £80,001
90th Percentile £99,625 £66,350 £90,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - -6.67%

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 4,349 2,656 4,939
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 69.05% 93.36% 79.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2,795 1,316 3,710
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £25,809
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% +3.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,212 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%

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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 22 May 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 22 May 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 +45 182 £55,000 -17.29% 59
Cambridgeshire +4 137 £60,100 +2.74% 67
Essex +32 122 £75,000 +57.89% 52
Bedfordshire +36 59 £40,000 -37.50% 10
Suffolk +2 52 £58,750 -11.29% 24
Norfolk +19 49 £37,500 -41.41% 15
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 15 (2.49%) Apache Spark
2 13 (2.16%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (1.33%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.16%) Apache
5 4 (0.66%) Confluence
5 4 (0.66%) WordPress
6 3 (0.50%) CMS
7 1 (0.17%) Moodle
Applications
1 83 (13.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.99%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.83%) UserZoom
4 6 (1.00%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.50%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.50%) Simulink
6 2 (0.33%) Stateflow
7 1 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.66%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (0.50%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 171 (28.41%) Azure
2 136 (22.59%) Cloud Computing
3 121 (20.10%) Azure AI
4 99 (16.45%) Power Platform
5 57 (9.47%) Adobe Analytics
6 42 (6.98%) AWS
7 23 (3.82%) Figma
8 20 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
9 19 (3.16%) Microsoft 365
10 16 (2.66%) SaaS
11 14 (2.33%) GCP
11 14 (2.33%) Snowflake
12 12 (1.99%) Contentsquare
12 12 (1.99%) dbt
13 10 (1.66%) Entra ID
14 9 (1.50%) Amazon S3
15 8 (1.33%) GitHub
15 8 (1.33%) Microsoft Copilot
15 8 (1.33%) OpenShift
16 7 (1.16%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 135 (22.43%) Internet
2 67 (11.13%) Broadband
3 14 (2.33%) Firewall
4 7 (1.16%) DNS
5 6 (1.00%) DMZ
5 6 (1.00%) Network Security
6 5 (0.83%) VLAN
7 4 (0.66%) DHCP
7 4 (0.66%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.50%) VPN
9 2 (0.33%) Intranet
10 1 (0.17%) LTE
10 1 (0.17%) MQTT
10 1 (0.17%) RS-422
10 1 (0.17%) Software-Defined Radio
10 1 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.17%) WireGuard
10 1 (0.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (16.78%) Tableau
2 95 (15.78%) Power BI
3 20 (3.32%) Data Warehouse
4 17 (2.82%) Azure SQL Database
4 17 (2.82%) Data Lake
5 15 (2.49%) MongoDB
6 13 (2.16%) Looker
7 9 (1.50%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (1.33%) Amazon Redshift
8 8 (1.33%) BigQuery
9 7 (1.16%) Apache Hive
9 7 (1.16%) Impala
9 7 (1.16%) Metadata
9 7 (1.16%) Oracle Database
9 7 (1.16%) Parquet
9 7 (1.16%) Spark SQL
10 6 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (1.00%) Metabase
10 6 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (1.00%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 13 (2.16%) Git
2 7 (1.16%) IBM UrbanCode
3 6 (1.00%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.00%) MLflow
4 2 (0.33%) Claude Code
4 2 (0.33%) JIRA
5 1 (0.17%) Poetry
General
1 308 (51.16%) Social Skills
2 145 (24.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 138 (22.92%) Banking
4 67 (11.13%) Games
5 51 (8.47%) Analytical Skills
6 37 (6.15%) Finance
7 25 (4.15%) Marketing
8 21 (3.49%) Legal
9 19 (3.16%) Electronics
10 16 (2.66%) Documentation Skills
11 15 (2.49%) Manufacturing
12 14 (2.33%) Retail
13 11 (1.83%) German Language
14 10 (1.66%) Law
15 9 (1.50%) Public Sector
16 7 (1.16%) Investment Banking
17 6 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (1.00%) Swedish Language
18 5 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
19 3 (0.50%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 102 (16.94%) Lecturer
2 88 (14.62%) Analyst
3 83 (13.79%) Junior
4 80 (13.29%) Data Analyst
4 80 (13.29%) Junior Analyst
4 80 (13.29%) Junior Data Analyst
5 77 (12.79%) Lead
6 50 (8.31%) Senior
7 36 (5.98%) Developer
8 28 (4.65%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 25 (4.15%) Architect
10 21 (3.49%) Designer
11 20 (3.32%) Data Engineer
11 20 (3.32%) Product Manager
12 17 (2.82%) Lead Designer
13 15 (2.49%) .NET Developer
13 15 (2.49%) Digital Designer
14 13 (2.16%) Consultant
15 12 (1.99%) Systems Engineer
16 10 (1.66%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (4.49%) HTML
2 21 (3.49%) .NET
2 21 (3.49%) CSS
3 19 (3.16%) React
4 18 (2.99%) PyTorch
5 17 (2.82%) .NET Core
5 17 (2.82%) TensorFlow
6 15 (2.49%) ASP.NET
6 15 (2.49%) ASP.NET Core
6 15 (2.49%) ML.NET
7 11 (1.83%) Node.js
7 11 (1.83%) PySpark
8 10 (1.66%) RESTful
9 9 (1.50%) Blazor
9 9 (1.50%) scikit-learn
10 8 (1.33%) JSON
10 8 (1.33%) REST
11 6 (1.00%) Kafka
11 6 (1.00%) Regular Expression
11 6 (1.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 132 (21.93%) IoT
2 62 (10.30%) Social Media
3 41 (6.81%) Robotics
4 24 (3.99%) Cloud Native
5 18 (2.99%) Enterprise Software
5 18 (2.99%) Onboarding
6 17 (2.82%) Product Ownership
7 15 (2.49%) Algorithms
8 12 (1.99%) Data Centre
9 9 (1.50%) Legacy Applications
10 8 (1.33%) Management Information System
10 8 (1.33%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.16%) FPGA
11 7 (1.16%) Low-Code
12 6 (1.00%) Blog
12 6 (1.00%) Cloud Security Posture
12 6 (1.00%) Clustering
12 6 (1.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 6 (1.00%) Linux Command Line
12 6 (1.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.16%) Windows
2 11 (1.83%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.00%) Unix
4 4 (0.66%) VMS
4 4 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.50%) Android
5 3 (0.50%) Linux
5 3 (0.50%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.33%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (35.38%) Machine Learning
2 160 (26.58%) User Experience
3 155 (25.75%) Cybersecurity
4 141 (23.42%) Web Development
5 132 (21.93%) Agile
6 126 (20.93%) Analytics
7 116 (19.27%) Business Intelligence
8 88 (14.62%) Roadmaps
9 81 (13.46%) Customer Experience
10 77 (12.79%) Storytelling
11 65 (10.80%) Product Roadmap
12 57 (9.47%) Digital Customer Experience
12 57 (9.47%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 55 (9.14%) User Research
14 52 (8.64%) Software Engineering
15 50 (8.31%) Prototyping
16 49 (8.14%) Continuous Improvement
17 48 (7.97%) Generative AI
18 47 (7.81%) Workshop Facilitation
19 46 (7.64%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 173 (28.74%) Python
2 126 (20.93%) SQL
3 29 (4.82%) C#
4 23 (3.82%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.50%) C++
5 9 (1.50%) R
6 7 (1.16%) PowerShell
7 6 (1.00%) C
7 6 (1.00%) Java
7 6 (1.00%) Julia
8 4 (0.66%) Embedded C
9 3 (0.50%) MATLAB
9 3 (0.50%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.33%) Delphi
10 2 (0.33%) PHP
11 1 (0.17%) Bash
11 1 (0.17%) Go
11 1 (0.17%) Haskell
11 1 (0.17%) OCaml
11 1 (0.17%) Rust
Qualifications
1 189 (31.40%) Degree
2 139 (23.09%) Master's Degree
3 134 (22.26%) Postgraduate
4 133 (22.09%) PhD
5 109 (18.11%) Azure Certification
6 32 (5.32%) DBS Check
7 27 (4.49%) Security Cleared
8 13 (2.16%) SC Cleared
9 11 (1.83%) ACCA
9 11 (1.83%) CIMA
10 6 (1.00%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.66%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (0.50%) CISM
12 3 (0.50%) CISSP
13 2 (0.33%) CISA
13 2 (0.33%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.33%) Computer Science Degree
14 1 (0.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 1 (0.17%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (10.13%) Accessibility
2 23 (3.82%) Data Quality
3 20 (3.32%) GDPR
4 14 (2.33%) WCAG
5 10 (1.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 8 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.16%) NIST
8 6 (1.00%) GRC
8 6 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 6 (1.00%) JSP 440
8 6 (1.00%) NCSC
8 6 (1.00%) PCI DSS
8 6 (1.00%) QA
9 4 (0.66%) DO-254
9 4 (0.66%) GAAP
9 4 (0.66%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.66%) IFRS
9 4 (0.66%) SLA
10 1 (0.17%) PMO
10 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (1.83%) Docker
2 10 (1.66%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.00%) Embedded Firmware
3 6 (1.00%) Firmware
4 4 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.66%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (1.50%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (0.66%) Ansible
2 4 (0.66%) SolarWinds Orion
2 4 (0.66%) Terraform
2 4 (0.66%) vCenter Server
3 2 (0.33%) Kubeflow
4 1 (0.17%) Grafana
4 1 (0.17%) Podman
Vendors
1 146 (24.25%) Microsoft
2 60 (9.97%) Adobe
3 22 (3.65%) Dell
4 18 (2.99%) Databricks
5 17 (2.82%) Google
6 8 (1.33%) Oracle
7 7 (1.16%) Informatica
7 7 (1.16%) Red Hat
8 6 (1.00%) Cloudera
8 6 (1.00%) Denodo
8 6 (1.00%) Teradata
9 4 (0.66%) Apple
9 4 (0.66%) SolarWinds
9 4 (0.66%) VMware
10 3 (0.50%) HubSpot
10 3 (0.50%) SAP
11 2 (0.33%) Facebook
11 2 (0.33%) iManage
11 2 (0.33%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.33%) Sony