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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 38 112
Rank change year-on-year +32 +74 +33
Permanent jobs citing AI 606 247 126
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 9.59% 8.59% 1.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.76% 9.20% 2.51%
Number of salaries quoted 174 162 102
10th Percentile £36,250 £54,150 £43,750
25th Percentile £44,063 £66,100 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,215 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.39% +1.87% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £66,273 £80,001
90th Percentile £100,000 £66,349 £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 4,403 2,684 5,029
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 69.69% 93.39% 78.94%
Number of salaries quoted 2,872 1,332 3,775
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £34,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,967 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.01% +1.93% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,206 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £77,500
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 29 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 29 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 +43 186 £55,000 -15.38% 29
Cambridgeshire +3 133 £60,100 +20.20% 35
Essex +34 123 £73,750 +55.26% 11
Bedfordshire +33 60 £40,000 -37.50% 5
Suffolk +3 53 £58,750 -11.29% 9
Norfolk +15 50 £37,500 -41.41% 6
AI
England

AI
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 (2.48%) Apache Spark
2 13 (2.15%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (1.32%) 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 79 (13.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.82%) UserZoom
3 8 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.99%) 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 (28.22%) Azure
2 136 (22.44%) Cloud Computing
3 119 (19.64%) Azure AI
4 96 (15.84%) Power Platform
5 57 (9.41%) Adobe Analytics
6 44 (7.26%) AWS
7 23 (3.80%) Figma
8 22 (3.63%) Azure DevOps
9 20 (3.30%) Microsoft 365
10 18 (2.97%) SaaS
11 14 (2.31%) GCP
11 14 (2.31%) Snowflake
12 12 (1.98%) Contentsquare
12 12 (1.98%) dbt
13 10 (1.65%) Entra ID
14 9 (1.49%) Amazon S3
15 8 (1.32%) GitHub
15 8 (1.32%) Microsoft Copilot
15 8 (1.32%) OpenShift
16 7 (1.16%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 135 (22.28%) Internet
2 68 (11.22%) Broadband
3 15 (2.48%) Firewall
4 7 (1.16%) DNS
5 6 (0.99%) DMZ
5 6 (0.99%) 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%) SMS
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 97 (16.01%) Tableau
2 92 (15.18%) Power BI
3 20 (3.30%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (3.14%) Azure SQL Database
5 18 (2.97%) Data Lake
6 16 (2.64%) MongoDB
7 13 (2.15%) Looker
8 9 (1.49%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
9 8 (1.32%) BigQuery
9 8 (1.32%) Metadata
10 7 (1.16%) Apache Hive
10 7 (1.16%) Impala
10 7 (1.16%) Oracle Database
10 7 (1.16%) Parquet
10 7 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
10 7 (1.16%) Spark SQL
11 6 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (0.99%) Metabase
11 6 (0.99%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 13 (2.15%) Git
2 7 (1.16%) IBM UrbanCode
3 6 (0.99%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.99%) MLflow
4 3 (0.50%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.33%) JIRA
6 1 (0.17%) Poetry
General
1 306 (50.50%) Social Skills
2 145 (23.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 138 (22.77%) Banking
4 67 (11.06%) Games
5 48 (7.92%) Analytical Skills
6 38 (6.27%) Finance
7 28 (4.62%) Marketing
8 23 (3.80%) Legal
9 19 (3.14%) Electronics
10 16 (2.64%) Documentation Skills
11 15 (2.48%) Manufacturing
12 14 (2.31%) Retail
13 10 (1.65%) Law
14 9 (1.49%) Public Sector
15 8 (1.32%) German Language
16 7 (1.16%) Investment Banking
17 6 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (0.99%) Swedish Language
18 5 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
19 3 (0.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 102 (16.83%) Lecturer
2 86 (14.19%) Analyst
3 79 (13.04%) Junior
4 77 (12.71%) Data Analyst
4 77 (12.71%) Lead
5 76 (12.54%) Junior Analyst
5 76 (12.54%) Junior Data Analyst
6 49 (8.09%) Senior
7 40 (6.60%) Developer
8 28 (4.62%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 26 (4.29%) Architect
10 22 (3.63%) Product Manager
11 21 (3.47%) Designer
12 20 (3.30%) Data Engineer
13 17 (2.81%) .NET Developer
13 17 (2.81%) Lead Designer
14 15 (2.48%) Digital Designer
15 13 (2.15%) Consultant
16 12 (1.98%) Systems Engineer
17 10 (1.65%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.80%) .NET
1 23 (3.80%) HTML
2 21 (3.47%) CSS
2 21 (3.47%) React
3 19 (3.14%) .NET Core
3 19 (3.14%) PyTorch
4 18 (2.97%) TensorFlow
5 17 (2.81%) ASP.NET
5 17 (2.81%) ASP.NET Core
5 17 (2.81%) ML.NET
6 12 (1.98%) Node.js
6 12 (1.98%) RESTful
7 11 (1.82%) Blazor
7 11 (1.82%) PySpark
8 9 (1.49%) scikit-learn
9 8 (1.32%) REST
10 6 (0.99%) Kafka
10 6 (0.99%) LlamaIndex
10 6 (0.99%) Pandas
10 6 (0.99%) pgvector
Miscellaneous
1 132 (21.78%) IoT
2 62 (10.23%) Social Media
3 41 (6.77%) Robotics
4 24 (3.96%) Cloud Native
5 20 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
6 19 (3.14%) Product Ownership
7 16 (2.64%) Algorithms
8 12 (1.98%) Data Centre
9 11 (1.82%) Onboarding
10 9 (1.49%) Legacy Applications
11 8 (1.32%) FPGA
11 8 (1.32%) Management Information System
11 8 (1.32%) Security Posture
12 7 (1.16%) Low-Code
13 6 (0.99%) Blog
13 6 (0.99%) Cloud Security Posture
13 6 (0.99%) Clustering
13 6 (0.99%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 6 (0.99%) PKI
13 6 (0.99%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.48%) Windows
2 12 (1.98%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.66%) Android
3 4 (0.66%) Linux
3 4 (0.66%) VMS
3 4 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (0.50%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.33%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.33%) Unix
6 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (35.97%) Machine Learning
2 160 (26.40%) User Experience
3 155 (25.58%) Cybersecurity
4 141 (23.27%) Web Development
5 136 (22.44%) Agile
6 126 (20.79%) Analytics
7 113 (18.65%) Business Intelligence
8 91 (15.02%) Roadmaps
9 81 (13.37%) Customer Experience
10 77 (12.71%) Storytelling
11 67 (11.06%) Product Roadmap
12 57 (9.41%) Digital Customer Experience
12 57 (9.41%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 55 (9.08%) User Research
14 52 (8.58%) Continuous Improvement
14 52 (8.58%) Software Engineering
15 50 (8.25%) Prototyping
16 49 (8.09%) Workshop Facilitation
17 47 (7.76%) Generative AI
18 45 (7.43%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 166 (27.39%) Python
2 127 (20.96%) SQL
3 31 (5.12%) C#
4 25 (4.13%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.49%) C++
5 9 (1.49%) R
6 8 (1.32%) PowerShell
7 6 (0.99%) C
7 6 (0.99%) Java
7 6 (0.99%) Julia
8 4 (0.66%) Embedded C
9 3 (0.50%) MATLAB
9 3 (0.50%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.33%) Bash
10 2 (0.33%) Delphi
10 2 (0.33%) PHP
11 1 (0.17%) Clojure
11 1 (0.17%) Go
11 1 (0.17%) Haskell
11 1 (0.17%) OCaml
Qualifications
1 183 (30.20%) Degree
2 140 (23.10%) Master's Degree
3 134 (22.11%) PhD
3 134 (22.11%) Postgraduate
4 105 (17.33%) Azure Certification
5 32 (5.28%) DBS Check
6 28 (4.62%) Security Cleared
7 14 (2.31%) SC Cleared
8 11 (1.82%) ACCA
8 11 (1.82%) CIMA
9 6 (0.99%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.66%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (0.50%) CISM
11 3 (0.50%) CISSP
11 3 (0.50%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.33%) CISA
12 2 (0.33%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (0.17%) CIPD
13 1 (0.17%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (10.07%) Accessibility
2 22 (3.63%) Data Quality
3 20 (3.30%) GDPR
4 14 (2.31%) WCAG
5 10 (1.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 9 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.16%) NIST
7 7 (1.16%) QA
8 6 (0.99%) GRC
8 6 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 6 (0.99%) JSP 440
8 6 (0.99%) NCSC
8 6 (0.99%) PCI DSS
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 12 (1.98%) Docker
2 11 (1.82%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.16%) Embedded Firmware
3 7 (1.16%) Firmware
4 4 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.66%) vSphere
5 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (1.65%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.99%) Terraform
3 4 (0.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 4 (0.66%) Ansible
3 4 (0.66%) SolarWinds Orion
3 4 (0.66%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.33%) Kubeflow
5 1 (0.17%) Grafana
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.17%) Podman
Vendors
1 143 (23.60%) Microsoft
2 60 (9.90%) Adobe
3 22 (3.63%) Dell
4 18 (2.97%) Databricks
5 17 (2.81%) Google
6 8 (1.32%) Oracle
7 7 (1.16%) Informatica
7 7 (1.16%) Red Hat
8 6 (0.99%) Cloudera
8 6 (0.99%) Denodo
8 6 (0.99%) Teradata
9 4 (0.66%) Apple
9 4 (0.66%) SolarWinds
9 4 (0.66%) VMware
10 3 (0.50%) Cisco
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