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 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 20 108
Rank change year-on-year +16 +88 +38
Permanent jobs citing AI 754 251 121
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 13.26% 9.71% 2.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.44% 10.53% 2.61%
Number of salaries quoted 119 169 103
10th Percentile £32,074 £61,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £66,200 £50,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £66,225 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.95% +1.88% -
75th Percentile £74,375 £66,295 £80,001
90th Percentile £96,000 £77,000 £86,750
England median annual salary £70,752 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +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 4,089 2,383 4,642
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 71.93% 92.15% 82.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,396 1,367 3,511
10th Percentile £28,750 £29,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +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 1 April 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 1 April 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 +46 283 £55,000 -21.43% 44
Essex +21 188 £65,000 +4.42% 27
Cambridgeshire +15 139 £59,450 +1.62% 32
Bedfordshire +40 53 £47,500 -25.78% 13
Norfolk +16 46 £37,500 -57.63% 15
Suffolk -7 44 £40,000 -39.60% 11
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 (1.99%) Apache Spark
2 13 (1.72%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (0.93%) Apache
4 6 (0.80%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.53%) Confluence
6 3 (0.40%) CMS
7 2 (0.27%) Mendix
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 69 (9.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (3.98%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.46%) UserZoom
4 7 (0.93%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.40%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.53%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.13%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 363 (48.14%) Cloud Computing
2 117 (15.52%) Azure
3 87 (11.54%) Power Platform
4 80 (10.61%) Azure AI
5 49 (6.50%) Adobe Analytics
6 32 (4.24%) AWS
7 19 (2.52%) SaaS
8 15 (1.99%) Figma
9 14 (1.86%) Snowflake
10 12 (1.59%) Contentsquare
10 12 (1.59%) dbt
11 11 (1.46%) GCP
12 9 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (1.19%) Entra ID
12 9 (1.19%) OpenShift
13 8 (1.06%) Microsoft 365
14 7 (0.93%) Amazon Alexa
14 7 (0.93%) Amazon S3
15 6 (0.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 6 (0.80%) Dataform
Communications & Networking
1 358 (47.48%) Internet
2 56 (7.43%) Broadband
3 11 (1.46%) Firewall
4 7 (0.93%) DNS
5 5 (0.66%) DHCP
5 5 (0.66%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.53%) DMZ
6 4 (0.53%) Network Security
6 4 (0.53%) VLAN
7 3 (0.40%) VPN
8 2 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.13%) DOCSIS
9 1 (0.13%) DSL
9 1 (0.13%) IPv4
9 1 (0.13%) IPv6
9 1 (0.13%) PPP
9 1 (0.13%) RTP
9 1 (0.13%) VoIP
9 1 (0.13%) WAN
9 1 (0.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (11.80%) Tableau
2 80 (10.61%) Power BI
3 19 (2.52%) Data Warehouse
4 17 (2.25%) Data Lake
5 14 (1.86%) Looker
6 10 (1.33%) Elasticsearch
7 7 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
7 7 (0.93%) Apache Hive
7 7 (0.93%) Impala
7 7 (0.93%) Oracle Database
7 7 (0.93%) Parquet
7 7 (0.93%) Spark SQL
8 6 (0.80%) BigQuery
8 6 (0.80%) Metabase
8 6 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (0.80%) Snowflake Schema
9 5 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.66%) DTS
9 5 (0.66%) Metadata
9 5 (0.66%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 10 (1.33%) Git
2 7 (0.93%) IBM UrbanCode
3 6 (0.80%) MLflow
4 5 (0.66%) GitBook
5 4 (0.53%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.40%) JIRA
General
1 484 (64.19%) Social Skills
2 367 (48.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 365 (48.41%) Banking
4 68 (9.02%) Analytical Skills
5 59 (7.82%) Games
6 29 (3.85%) Finance
7 28 (3.71%) German Language
8 21 (2.79%) Documentation Skills
9 18 (2.39%) Marketing
10 17 (2.25%) Electronics
11 16 (2.12%) Legal
12 14 (1.86%) Manufacturing
13 11 (1.46%) Retail
14 7 (0.93%) Investment Banking
15 6 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (0.80%) Law
15 6 (0.80%) Public Sector
16 4 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
17 3 (0.40%) Swedish Language
18 2 (0.27%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 286 (37.93%) Lecturer
2 75 (9.95%) Analyst
3 70 (9.28%) Junior
4 68 (9.02%) Data Analyst
4 68 (9.02%) Junior Analyst
4 68 (9.02%) Junior Data Analyst
5 60 (7.96%) Lead
6 40 (5.31%) Senior
7 20 (2.65%) Data Engineer
8 19 (2.52%) Developer
9 18 (2.39%) Designer
10 14 (1.86%) Digital Designer
10 14 (1.86%) Lead Designer
11 13 (1.72%) Product Manager
12 12 (1.59%) Architect
12 12 (1.59%) Consultant
13 11 (1.46%) Systems Engineer
14 10 (1.33%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 10 (1.33%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
14 10 (1.33%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (4.51%) HTML
2 22 (2.92%) JSON
2 22 (2.92%) Regular Expression
2 22 (2.92%) XML
3 18 (2.39%) PyTorch
4 17 (2.25%) TensorFlow
5 12 (1.59%) CSS
6 10 (1.33%) PySpark
7 9 (1.19%) React
7 9 (1.19%) scikit-learn
8 8 (1.06%) REST
9 7 (0.93%) Node.js
10 6 (0.80%) Kafka
10 6 (0.80%) LangChain
10 6 (0.80%) LlamaIndex
10 6 (0.80%) Pandas
10 6 (0.80%) pgvector
10 6 (0.80%) Vue
11 4 (0.53%) .NET Core
11 4 (0.53%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 358 (47.48%) IoT
2 52 (6.90%) Social Media
3 48 (6.37%) Onboarding
4 36 (4.77%) Robotics
5 22 (2.92%) Linux Command Line
6 15 (1.99%) Cloud Native
7 13 (1.72%) Data Centre
8 12 (1.59%) Product Ownership
9 9 (1.19%) Algorithms
9 9 (1.19%) Low-Code
10 7 (0.93%) Management Information System
11 6 (0.80%) Blog
11 6 (0.80%) Clustering
11 6 (0.80%) Public Cloud
12 5 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (0.53%) Cloud Security Posture
13 4 (0.53%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 4 (0.53%) Educational Technology
13 4 (0.53%) PKI
13 4 (0.53%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 22 (2.92%) Unix
2 15 (1.99%) Windows
3 12 (1.59%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.66%) Linux
5 4 (0.53%) Android
5 4 (0.53%) VMS
5 4 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.40%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.13%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 409 (54.24%) Machine Learning
2 380 (50.40%) User Experience
3 378 (50.13%) Cybersecurity
4 363 (48.14%) Web Development
5 104 (13.79%) Analytics
6 98 (13.00%) Agile
7 93 (12.33%) Business Intelligence
8 71 (9.42%) Storytelling
9 70 (9.28%) Generative AI
10 69 (9.15%) LLM
11 67 (8.89%) Customer Experience
11 67 (8.89%) Roadmaps
12 53 (7.03%) Problem-Solving
12 53 (7.03%) Product Roadmap
13 49 (6.50%) Digital Customer Experience
13 49 (6.50%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 47 (6.23%) User Research
15 41 (5.44%) Prototyping
15 41 (5.44%) Software Engineering
16 40 (5.31%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 154 (20.42%) Python
2 97 (12.86%) SQL
3 14 (1.86%) JavaScript
4 9 (1.19%) C#
4 9 (1.19%) R
5 6 (0.80%) C++
5 6 (0.80%) Java
5 6 (0.80%) Julia
6 4 (0.53%) C
6 4 (0.53%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.40%) Embedded C
8 1 (0.13%) Go
8 1 (0.13%) PHP
8 1 (0.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 439 (58.22%) Degree
2 366 (48.54%) Master's Degree
3 361 (47.88%) Postgraduate
4 360 (47.75%) PhD
5 80 (10.61%) Azure Certification
6 26 (3.45%) DBS Check
7 19 (2.52%) Security Cleared
8 7 (0.93%) SC Cleared
9 4 (0.53%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.53%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (0.40%) ACCA
10 3 (0.40%) CIMA
11 2 (0.27%) CISA
11 2 (0.27%) CISM
11 2 (0.27%) CISSP
11 2 (0.27%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.13%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.13%) CIPD
12 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (6.90%) Accessibility
2 29 (3.85%) Data Quality
3 15 (1.99%) GDPR
4 14 (1.86%) WCAG
5 10 (1.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (0.66%) NIST
7 4 (0.53%) GRC
7 4 (0.53%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 4 (0.53%) JSP 440
7 4 (0.53%) NCSC
7 4 (0.53%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.40%) DO-254
8 3 (0.40%) GAAP
8 3 (0.40%) IFRS
8 3 (0.40%) QA
9 2 (0.27%) SLA
10 1 (0.13%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 1 (0.13%) GxP
System Software
1 9 (1.19%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.80%) Docker
2 6 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (0.80%) vSphere
3 2 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (0.80%) vCenter Server
2 5 (0.66%) Ansible
3 4 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 4 (0.53%) SolarWinds Orion
4 3 (0.40%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.27%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.13%) Grafana
6 1 (0.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 131 (17.37%) Microsoft
2 49 (6.50%) Adobe
3 23 (3.05%) Dell
4 17 (2.25%) Databricks
5 10 (1.33%) Google
6 9 (1.19%) Red Hat
7 7 (0.93%) Informatica
7 7 (0.93%) Oracle
8 6 (0.80%) Cloudera
8 6 (0.80%) Denodo
8 6 (0.80%) Teradata
8 6 (0.80%) VMware
9 4 (0.53%) NVIDIA
9 4 (0.53%) SolarWinds
10 3 (0.40%) Ahrefs
10 3 (0.40%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.27%) HubSpot
11 2 (0.27%) OutSystems
12 1 (0.13%) Foundry
12 1 (0.13%) New Relic