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 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 23 87
Rank change year-on-year +20 +64 +51
Permanent jobs citing AI 694 245 123
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 13.94% 8.07% 2.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.17% 8.84% 3.00%
Number of salaries quoted 103 157 105
10th Percentile £30,370 £65,980 £43,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £66,200 £50,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £66,230 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.96% +1.89% +8.33%
75th Percentile £78,125 £66,296 £80,001
90th Percentile £97,000 £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 3,621 2,773 4,098
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 72.73% 91.37% 84.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2,103 1,232 3,152
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £34,875
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 £69,000 £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

AI
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing AI in the East of England over the 6 months to 5 March 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 5 March 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 +46 267 £63,250 -9.64% 89
Essex +31 175 £75,000 -15.25% 78
Cambridgeshire +20 147 £59,450 +8.09% 47
Norfolk +25 36 £37,500 -62.50% 24
Suffolk -4 35 £40,000 -39.60% 10
Bedfordshire +51 33 £47,500 -15.56% 33
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 (1.44%) Apache Spark
2 8 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (1.01%) Apache
4 5 (0.72%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.58%) Confluence
6 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.29%) CMS
7 2 (0.29%) Mendix
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 51 (7.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (6.20%) Chatbot
3 39 (5.62%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.43%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.43%) Simulink
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.14%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 3 (0.43%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.14%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 360 (51.87%) Cloud Computing
2 75 (10.81%) Azure
3 58 (8.36%) Power Platform
4 50 (7.20%) Azure AI
5 24 (3.46%) Adobe Analytics
6 23 (3.31%) AWS
7 20 (2.88%) SaaS
8 10 (1.44%) Figma
9 9 (1.30%) Entra ID
9 9 (1.30%) OpenShift
10 7 (1.01%) Amazon Alexa
10 7 (1.01%) Amazon S3
11 6 (0.86%) PaaS
12 5 (0.72%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (0.72%) Power Automate
12 5 (0.72%) PowerApps
12 5 (0.72%) Snowflake
13 4 (0.58%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (0.58%) IaaS
14 3 (0.43%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 361 (52.02%) Internet
2 27 (3.89%) Broadband
3 13 (1.87%) Firewall
4 9 (1.30%) DNS
5 5 (0.72%) DHCP
5 5 (0.72%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.72%) VPN
6 4 (0.58%) DMZ
6 4 (0.58%) Network Security
6 4 (0.58%) VLAN
7 2 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.14%) DOCSIS
8 1 (0.14%) DSL
8 1 (0.14%) IPv4
8 1 (0.14%) IPv6
8 1 (0.14%) PPP
8 1 (0.14%) RTP
8 1 (0.14%) VoIP
8 1 (0.14%) WAN
8 1 (0.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (8.50%) Tableau
2 50 (7.20%) Power BI
3 7 (1.01%) Apache Hive
3 7 (1.01%) Impala
3 7 (1.01%) Oracle Database
3 7 (1.01%) Parquet
3 7 (1.01%) Spark SQL
4 5 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (0.72%) Data Lake
4 5 (0.72%) DTS
4 5 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.58%) Metadata
5 4 (0.58%) Redis
6 3 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.43%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.29%) Big Data
7 2 (0.29%) Looker
7 2 (0.29%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (1.44%) Git
2 7 (1.01%) IBM UrbanCode
3 5 (0.72%) GitBook
4 3 (0.43%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.43%) JIRA
5 1 (0.14%) MLflow
General
1 452 (65.13%) Social Skills
2 365 (52.59%) Banking
2 365 (52.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 76 (10.95%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (4.61%) Games
5 30 (4.32%) German Language
6 27 (3.89%) Finance
7 20 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
8 19 (2.74%) Marketing
9 13 (1.87%) Legal
10 12 (1.73%) Retail
11 9 (1.30%) Electronics
12 8 (1.15%) Manufacturing
13 7 (1.01%) Aerospace
13 7 (1.01%) Investment Banking
13 7 (1.01%) Public Sector
14 5 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (0.72%) Law
15 4 (0.58%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.43%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 286 (41.21%) Lecturer
2 56 (8.07%) Analyst
3 50 (7.20%) Junior
4 48 (6.92%) Data Analyst
4 48 (6.92%) Junior Analyst
4 48 (6.92%) Junior Data Analyst
5 40 (5.76%) Trainer
6 37 (5.33%) Lead
6 37 (5.33%) Senior
7 15 (2.16%) Data Engineer
8 14 (2.02%) Customer Support Specialist
8 14 (2.02%) Developer
8 14 (2.02%) Support Specialist
9 11 (1.59%) Consultant
9 11 (1.59%) Designer
10 10 (1.44%) IT Support
11 8 (1.15%) Architect
11 8 (1.15%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
11 8 (1.15%) Digital Designer
11 8 (1.15%) Lead Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (4.03%) HTML
2 22 (3.17%) JSON
2 22 (3.17%) Regular Expression
2 22 (3.17%) XML
3 13 (1.87%) PyTorch
4 12 (1.73%) TensorFlow
5 9 (1.30%) PySpark
6 7 (1.01%) Vue
7 6 (0.86%) CSS
7 6 (0.86%) Pandas
7 6 (0.86%) React
8 5 (0.72%) Node.js
8 5 (0.72%) scikit-learn
9 4 (0.58%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.58%) NumPy
9 4 (0.58%) REST
10 3 (0.43%) Matplotlib
10 3 (0.43%) RESTful
10 3 (0.43%) SOAP
10 3 (0.43%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 361 (52.02%) IoT
2 47 (6.77%) Onboarding
3 24 (3.46%) Social Media
4 22 (3.17%) Linux Command Line
5 21 (3.03%) Robotics
6 15 (2.16%) Algorithms
7 10 (1.44%) Cloud Native
7 10 (1.44%) Product Ownership
8 9 (1.30%) Data Centre
9 8 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.01%) Low-Code
11 6 (0.86%) Blog
11 6 (0.86%) Management Information System
12 4 (0.58%) Cloud Security Posture
12 4 (0.58%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 4 (0.58%) Educational Technology
12 4 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (0.58%) PKI
12 4 (0.58%) Security Posture
13 3 (0.43%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.17%) Unix
2 17 (2.45%) Windows
3 12 (1.73%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.15%) Linux
5 6 (0.86%) Android
6 5 (0.72%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.58%) VMS
7 4 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.14%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 398 (57.35%) Machine Learning
2 380 (54.76%) Cybersecurity
3 373 (53.75%) User Experience
4 360 (51.87%) Web Development
5 63 (9.08%) LLM
6 62 (8.93%) Agile
6 62 (8.93%) Analytics
7 59 (8.50%) Generative AI
8 56 (8.07%) Business Intelligence
9 47 (6.77%) Problem-Solving
10 45 (6.48%) Conversational UI
11 41 (5.91%) Roadmaps
12 35 (5.04%) Data Analysis
12 35 (5.04%) Storytelling
13 34 (4.90%) Customer Experience
14 33 (4.76%) Analytical Thinking
15 32 (4.61%) Continuous Improvement
16 31 (4.47%) Open Source
17 30 (4.32%) Software Engineering
18 28 (4.03%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 117 (16.86%) Python
2 64 (9.22%) SQL
3 13 (1.87%) JavaScript
4 11 (1.59%) C++
5 9 (1.30%) C
5 9 (1.30%) Java
6 5 (0.72%) C#
7 4 (0.58%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.43%) Assembly Language
8 3 (0.43%) MATLAB
8 3 (0.43%) Objective-C
8 3 (0.43%) R
8 3 (0.43%) Swift
9 1 (0.14%) Fortran
9 1 (0.14%) PHP
9 1 (0.14%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 480 (69.16%) Degree
2 386 (55.62%) Master's Degree
3 385 (55.48%) PhD
4 360 (51.87%) Postgraduate
5 52 (7.49%) Azure Certification
6 24 (3.46%) Security Cleared
7 19 (2.74%) DBS Check
8 14 (2.02%) SC Cleared
9 11 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.58%) ACCA
10 4 (0.58%) CIMA
10 4 (0.58%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.58%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (0.29%) CISA
11 2 (0.29%) CISM
11 2 (0.29%) CISSP
11 2 (0.29%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified Developer
12 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (3.75%) Accessibility
2 25 (3.60%) Data Quality
3 10 (1.44%) GDPR
4 9 (1.30%) WCAG
5 5 (0.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 5 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.72%) NIST
5 5 (0.72%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.58%) GRC
6 4 (0.58%) HIPAA
6 4 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 4 (0.58%) JSP 440
6 4 (0.58%) NCSC
7 2 (0.29%) QA
8 1 (0.14%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 1 (0.14%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.14%) GxP
8 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (1.30%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (0.86%) vSphere
3 5 (0.72%) Docker
4 4 (0.58%) Firmware
5 2 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (0.86%) vCenter Server
2 4 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (0.58%) Ansible
2 4 (0.58%) SolarWinds Orion
3 3 (0.43%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.29%) Kubeflow
5 1 (0.14%) Grafana
5 1 (0.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 106 (15.27%) Microsoft
2 40 (5.76%) PayPal
3 24 (3.46%) Adobe
4 11 (1.59%) Dell
5 9 (1.30%) Red Hat
6 7 (1.01%) Databricks
6 7 (1.01%) Oracle
7 6 (0.86%) Google
7 6 (0.86%) VMware
8 4 (0.58%) HubSpot
8 4 (0.58%) NVIDIA
8 4 (0.58%) SolarWinds
9 3 (0.43%) Informatica
9 3 (0.43%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.29%) Ahrefs
10 2 (0.29%) Denodo
10 2 (0.29%) OutSystems
10 2 (0.29%) Teradata
11 1 (0.14%) OpenAI
11 1 (0.14%) Sitebulb