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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 38 113
Rank change year-on-year +35 +75 +41
Permanent jobs citing AI 718 248 121
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 11.37% 8.32% 1.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.32% 8.91% 2.45%
Number of salaries quoted 149 174 99
10th Percentile £33,750 £62,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £66,200 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,450 £66,225 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.23% +1.88% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £66,296 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £78,225 £83,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -3.45%

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 4,400 2,782 4,934
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 69.68% 93.29% 80.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2,682 1,428 3,702
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,886 £25,809
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,254 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -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

AI
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

AI
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing AI in the East of England over the 6 months to 9 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 9 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 +53 247 £55,000 -23.08% 45
Essex +30 165 £75,000 +20.48% 20
Cambridgeshire +9 146 £60,100 -7.54% 52
Bedfordshire +44 57 £45,000 -29.69% 9
Norfolk +17 52 £37,500 -57.63% 9
Suffolk -4 50 £62,500 -5.62% 12
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 (2.09%) Apache Spark
2 13 (1.81%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (0.97%) Apache
4 6 (0.84%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.56%) Confluence
6 3 (0.42%) CMS
6 3 (0.42%) WordPress
7 1 (0.14%) Moodle
Applications
1 86 (11.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.51%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.53%) UserZoom
4 6 (0.84%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.42%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.28%) Simulink
7 1 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.14%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 4 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (0.42%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 257 (35.79%) Cloud Computing
2 162 (22.56%) Azure
3 118 (16.43%) Azure AI
4 102 (14.21%) Power Platform
5 57 (7.94%) Adobe Analytics
6 41 (5.71%) AWS
7 23 (3.20%) Figma
8 15 (2.09%) Microsoft 365
9 14 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (1.95%) SaaS
9 14 (1.95%) Snowflake
10 12 (1.67%) Contentsquare
10 12 (1.67%) dbt
10 12 (1.67%) GCP
11 9 (1.25%) Amazon S3
11 9 (1.25%) Entra ID
12 8 (1.11%) OpenShift
13 7 (0.97%) Microsoft Copilot
14 6 (0.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 6 (0.84%) Dataform
Communications & Networking
1 254 (35.38%) Internet
2 64 (8.91%) Broadband
3 11 (1.53%) Firewall
4 6 (0.84%) DNS
5 5 (0.70%) DMZ
5 5 (0.70%) Network Security
5 5 (0.70%) VLAN
6 4 (0.56%) DHCP
6 4 (0.56%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.28%) Intranet
7 2 (0.28%) VPN
8 1 (0.14%) LTE
8 1 (0.14%) MQTT
8 1 (0.14%) RS-422
8 1 (0.14%) Software-Defined Radio
8 1 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.14%) WireGuard
8 1 (0.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (14.62%) Tableau
2 98 (13.65%) Power BI
3 19 (2.65%) Data Warehouse
4 17 (2.37%) Data Lake
5 13 (1.81%) Looker
6 11 (1.53%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (1.25%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (1.25%) MongoDB
8 8 (1.11%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (0.97%) Apache Hive
9 7 (0.97%) Impala
9 7 (0.97%) Oracle Database
9 7 (0.97%) Parquet
9 7 (0.97%) Spark SQL
10 6 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (0.84%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.84%) Metabase
10 6 (0.84%) Metadata
10 6 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (0.84%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 11 (1.53%) Git
2 7 (0.97%) IBM UrbanCode
3 6 (0.84%) MLflow
4 4 (0.56%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.28%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.28%) JIRA
6 1 (0.14%) GitBook
6 1 (0.14%) Poetry
General
1 427 (59.47%) Social Skills
2 264 (36.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 259 (36.07%) Banking
4 67 (9.33%) Games
5 57 (7.94%) Analytical Skills
6 36 (5.01%) Finance
7 23 (3.20%) Marketing
8 19 (2.65%) Electronics
9 18 (2.51%) German Language
9 18 (2.51%) Legal
10 17 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
11 15 (2.09%) Manufacturing
11 15 (2.09%) Retail
12 9 (1.25%) Law
13 7 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (0.97%) Investment Banking
13 7 (0.97%) Public Sector
14 5 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.70%) Swedish Language
15 2 (0.28%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 194 (27.02%) Lecturer
2 91 (12.67%) Analyst
3 87 (12.12%) Junior
4 84 (11.70%) Data Analyst
4 84 (11.70%) Junior Analyst
4 84 (11.70%) Junior Data Analyst
5 76 (10.58%) Lead
6 50 (6.96%) Senior
7 29 (4.04%) Developer
8 28 (3.90%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 21 (2.92%) Architect
9 21 (2.92%) Designer
10 20 (2.79%) Data Engineer
11 19 (2.65%) Product Manager
12 17 (2.37%) Lead Designer
13 15 (2.09%) Digital Designer
14 12 (1.67%) Consultant
14 12 (1.67%) Systems Engineer
15 10 (1.39%) Data Scientist
15 10 (1.39%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (4.46%) HTML
2 18 (2.51%) CSS
3 17 (2.37%) PyTorch
4 16 (2.23%) JSON
4 16 (2.23%) TensorFlow
5 14 (1.95%) .NET
5 14 (1.95%) Regular Expression
5 14 (1.95%) XML
6 13 (1.81%) React
7 11 (1.53%) .NET Core
8 10 (1.39%) PySpark
9 9 (1.25%) ASP.NET
9 9 (1.25%) ASP.NET Core
9 9 (1.25%) ML.NET
9 9 (1.25%) scikit-learn
10 7 (0.97%) Node.js
10 7 (0.97%) REST
11 6 (0.84%) LangChain
11 6 (0.84%) pgvector
11 6 (0.84%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 253 (35.24%) IoT
2 61 (8.50%) Social Media
3 41 (5.71%) Robotics
4 32 (4.46%) Onboarding
5 21 (2.92%) Cloud Native
6 17 (2.37%) Product Ownership
7 14 (1.95%) Data Centre
7 14 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (1.95%) Linux Command Line
8 12 (1.67%) Algorithms
9 9 (1.25%) Legacy Applications
10 7 (0.97%) Low-Code
10 7 (0.97%) Management Information System
11 6 (0.84%) Clustering
11 6 (0.84%) Public Cloud
11 6 (0.84%) Security Posture
12 5 (0.70%) Blog
12 5 (0.70%) Cloud Security Posture
12 5 (0.70%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 5 (0.70%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.95%) Unix
2 13 (1.81%) Windows
3 12 (1.67%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.56%) Linux
4 4 (0.56%) VMS
4 4 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.28%) Android
5 2 (0.28%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 324 (45.13%) Machine Learning
2 281 (39.14%) User Experience
3 275 (38.30%) Cybersecurity
4 260 (36.21%) Web Development
5 123 (17.13%) Analytics
6 122 (16.99%) Agile
7 118 (16.43%) Business Intelligence
8 84 (11.70%) Roadmaps
9 81 (11.28%) Customer Experience
10 77 (10.72%) Storytelling
11 64 (8.91%) Product Roadmap
12 57 (7.94%) Digital Customer Experience
12 57 (7.94%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 56 (7.80%) LLM
14 55 (7.66%) Generative AI
14 55 (7.66%) User Research
15 50 (6.96%) Prototyping
16 49 (6.82%) Problem-Solving
17 48 (6.69%) Continuous Improvement
17 48 (6.69%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 183 (25.49%) Python
2 121 (16.85%) SQL
3 21 (2.92%) C#
4 18 (2.51%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.25%) R
6 8 (1.11%) C++
7 6 (0.84%) Java
7 6 (0.84%) Julia
7 6 (0.84%) PowerShell
8 5 (0.70%) C
9 4 (0.56%) Embedded C
10 3 (0.42%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.28%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.28%) PHP
12 1 (0.14%) Bash
12 1 (0.14%) Delphi
12 1 (0.14%) Go
12 1 (0.14%) Haskell
12 1 (0.14%) OCaml
12 1 (0.14%) Rust
Qualifications
1 323 (44.99%) Degree
2 260 (36.21%) Master's Degree
3 255 (35.52%) Postgraduate
4 254 (35.38%) PhD
5 113 (15.74%) Azure Certification
6 33 (4.60%) DBS Check
7 26 (3.62%) Security Cleared
8 13 (1.81%) SC Cleared
9 11 (1.53%) ACCA
9 11 (1.53%) CIMA
10 5 (0.70%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.56%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (0.42%) CISM
12 3 (0.42%) CISSP
13 2 (0.28%) CISA
13 2 (0.28%) Computer Science Degree
14 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 1 (0.14%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (8.50%) Accessibility
2 23 (3.20%) Data Quality
3 19 (2.65%) GDPR
4 14 (1.95%) WCAG
5 10 (1.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 6 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.84%) NIST
7 5 (0.70%) GRC
7 5 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 5 (0.70%) JSP 440
7 5 (0.70%) NCSC
7 5 (0.70%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.56%) DO-254
8 4 (0.56%) GAAP
8 4 (0.56%) HIPAA
8 4 (0.56%) IFRS
8 4 (0.56%) QA
9 3 (0.42%) SLA
10 1 (0.14%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 1 (0.14%) GxP
System Software
1 9 (1.25%) Active Directory
1 9 (1.25%) Docker
2 6 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (0.84%) vSphere
3 3 (0.42%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (0.42%) Firmware
4 2 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (0.97%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.84%) vCenter Server
3 4 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 4 (0.56%) Ansible
3 4 (0.56%) SolarWinds Orion
4 3 (0.42%) Terraform
5 2 (0.28%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.14%) Grafana
6 1 (0.14%) Podman
Vendors
1 144 (20.06%) Microsoft
2 60 (8.36%) Adobe
3 22 (3.06%) Dell
4 17 (2.37%) Databricks
5 14 (1.95%) Google
6 9 (1.25%) Red Hat
7 8 (1.11%) Oracle
8 7 (0.97%) Informatica
9 6 (0.84%) Cloudera
9 6 (0.84%) Denodo
9 6 (0.84%) Teradata
9 6 (0.84%) VMware
10 4 (0.56%) SolarWinds
11 3 (0.42%) NVIDIA
11 3 (0.42%) SAP
12 2 (0.28%) Apple
12 2 (0.28%) HubSpot
12 2 (0.28%) Salesforce
13 1 (0.14%) MuleSoft
13 1 (0.14%) New Relic