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 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 66 74
Rank change year-on-year +63 +8 +51
Permanent jobs citing AI 637 120 96
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 14.70% 3.45% 2.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.88% 3.93% 3.45%
Number of salaries quoted 98 54 76
10th Percentile £30,370 £47,875 £43,125
25th Percentile £38,500 £66,100 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £66,254 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.76% +6.01% +4.17%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,000 £80,001
90th Percentile £96,625 £100,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £72,500 £77,500 £70,576
% change year-on-year -6.45% +9.81% +0.82%

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 3,205 3,051 2,781
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 73.97% 87.60% 85.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,892 1,186 2,181
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £36,750
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 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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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 23 January 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 23 January 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 +61 245 £59,250 -15.36% 149
Essex +36 164 £50,000 -43.50% 158
Cambridgeshire +40 149 £47,500 -20.83% 133
Norfolk +29 28 - - 110
Suffolk -5 27 £40,000 -39.60% 109
Bedfordshire +53 24 £47,500 - 119
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 6 (0.94%) WordPress
2 5 (0.78%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.47%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.31%) Apache Solr
4 2 (0.31%) Confluence
4 2 (0.31%) Mendix
5 1 (0.16%) CMS
Applications
1 58 (9.11%) Chatbot
2 44 (6.91%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (4.24%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.47%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 5 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.16%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 358 (56.20%) Cloud Computing
2 49 (7.69%) Azure
3 31 (4.87%) Power Platform
4 26 (4.08%) Azure AI
5 20 (3.14%) SaaS
6 19 (2.98%) AWS
7 7 (1.10%) Amazon Alexa
8 5 (0.78%) Entra ID
8 5 (0.78%) Power Automate
8 5 (0.78%) PowerApps
9 4 (0.63%) GCP
9 4 (0.63%) PaaS
10 3 (0.47%) Adobe Analytics
10 3 (0.47%) Azure AKS
10 3 (0.47%) GitHub
10 3 (0.47%) IaaS
10 3 (0.47%) Serverless
11 2 (0.31%) Amazon Bedrock
11 2 (0.31%) Amazon EventBridge
11 2 (0.31%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 361 (56.67%) Internet
2 11 (1.73%) Firewall
3 7 (1.10%) DNS
4 5 (0.78%) Broadband
4 5 (0.78%) VPN
5 4 (0.63%) DMZ
5 4 (0.63%) Network Security
5 4 (0.63%) SAN
6 3 (0.47%) DHCP
6 3 (0.47%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.31%) VLAN
7 2 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.16%) IPv4
8 1 (0.16%) IPv6
8 1 (0.16%) LTE
8 1 (0.16%) PPP
8 1 (0.16%) RTP
8 1 (0.16%) VoIP
8 1 (0.16%) WAN
8 1 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (4.71%) Tableau
2 26 (4.08%) Power BI
3 5 (0.78%) Big Data
3 5 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (0.78%) Hadoop
4 4 (0.63%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.47%) Metadata
5 3 (0.47%) MySQL
5 3 (0.47%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.47%) Redis
5 3 (0.47%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.47%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.31%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.31%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.31%) Looker
6 2 (0.31%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 5 (0.78%) GitBook
2 3 (0.47%) Git
3 2 (0.31%) JIRA
4 1 (0.16%) Rational DOORS
General
1 411 (64.52%) Social Skills
2 361 (56.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 358 (56.20%) Banking
4 76 (11.93%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (4.71%) German Language
6 21 (3.30%) Finance
7 16 (2.51%) Marketing
8 15 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (1.26%) Aerospace
9 8 (1.26%) Public Sector
10 7 (1.10%) Retail
11 5 (0.78%) Legal
11 5 (0.78%) Telecoms
12 4 (0.63%) Games
12 4 (0.63%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.47%) Electronics
13 3 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.31%) Automotive
14 2 (0.31%) Law
14 2 (0.31%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 286 (44.90%) Lecturer
2 54 (8.48%) Trainer
3 33 (5.18%) Senior
4 26 (4.08%) Analyst
5 25 (3.92%) Junior
6 24 (3.77%) Data Analyst
6 24 (3.77%) Junior Analyst
6 24 (3.77%) Junior Data Analyst
7 21 (3.30%) Customer Support Specialist
7 21 (3.30%) Support Specialist
8 16 (2.51%) Lead
9 14 (2.20%) Data Engineer
10 11 (1.73%) Developer
11 10 (1.57%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
11 10 (1.57%) Consultant
12 9 (1.41%) Administrator
13 7 (1.10%) IT Support
13 7 (1.10%) Research Scientist
14 6 (0.94%) Data Scientist
14 6 (0.94%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (4.08%) HTML
2 22 (3.45%) JSON
2 22 (3.45%) Regular Expression
2 22 (3.45%) XML
3 13 (2.04%) PyTorch
4 12 (1.88%) TensorFlow
5 8 (1.26%) Vue
6 7 (1.10%) Node.js
7 6 (0.94%) React
8 5 (0.78%) AngularJS
8 5 (0.78%) NumPy
8 5 (0.78%) scikit-learn
9 4 (0.63%) CSS
9 4 (0.63%) Hugging Face
9 4 (0.63%) Pandas
10 3 (0.47%) Google JAX
10 3 (0.47%) JAX
10 3 (0.47%) jQuery
10 3 (0.47%) SOAP
10 3 (0.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 363 (56.99%) IoT
2 44 (6.91%) Onboarding
3 22 (3.45%) Linux Command Line
4 14 (2.20%) Algorithms
5 11 (1.73%) Robotics
6 9 (1.41%) Cloud Native
6 9 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.26%) Data Centre
8 6 (0.94%) Blog
8 6 (0.94%) Management Information System
8 6 (0.94%) Product Ownership
9 5 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (0.78%) Multi-touch
10 4 (0.63%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (0.63%) CUDA
10 4 (0.63%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 4 (0.63%) Enterprise Storage
10 4 (0.63%) PKI
10 4 (0.63%) Security Posture
10 4 (0.63%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.45%) Unix
2 17 (2.67%) Windows
3 12 (1.88%) Linux
3 12 (1.88%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.94%) Android
5 5 (0.78%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.31%) VMS
6 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.16%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 402 (63.11%) Machine Learning
2 376 (59.03%) Cybersecurity
3 364 (57.14%) User Experience
4 358 (56.20%) Web Development
5 65 (10.20%) LLM
6 58 (9.11%) Conversational UI
6 58 (9.11%) Generative AI
7 43 (6.75%) Problem-Solving
8 36 (5.65%) Data Analysis
9 33 (5.18%) Analytical Thinking
10 31 (4.87%) Open Source
11 28 (4.40%) Business Intelligence
12 27 (4.24%) Analytics
13 25 (3.92%) Software Engineering
14 24 (3.77%) Chemistry
15 22 (3.45%) Agile
16 21 (3.30%) Decision-Making
17 20 (3.14%) Computer Science
18 19 (2.98%) Mathematics
18 19 (2.98%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 89 (13.97%) Python
2 34 (5.34%) SQL
3 12 (1.88%) C++
3 12 (1.88%) JavaScript
4 10 (1.57%) C
5 9 (1.41%) Java
6 3 (0.47%) Assembly Language
6 3 (0.47%) MATLAB
6 3 (0.47%) Objective-C
6 3 (0.47%) R
6 3 (0.47%) Swift
7 2 (0.31%) C#
7 2 (0.31%) PHP
7 2 (0.31%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.16%) Bicep
8 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.16%) Fortran
8 1 (0.16%) Go
8 1 (0.16%) SystemVerilog
8 1 (0.16%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 486 (76.30%) Degree
2 389 (61.07%) PhD
3 388 (60.91%) Master's Degree
4 358 (56.20%) Postgraduate
5 26 (4.08%) Azure Certification
6 20 (3.14%) Security Cleared
7 13 (2.04%) SC Cleared
8 12 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (1.88%) DBS Check
9 9 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.63%) ACCA
11 4 (0.63%) CIMA
11 4 (0.63%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (0.31%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.31%) CISA
12 2 (0.31%) CISM
12 2 (0.31%) CISSP
12 2 (0.31%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (2.98%) Data Quality
2 6 (0.94%) GDPR
2 6 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (0.94%) PCI DSS
3 5 (0.78%) NIST
4 4 (0.63%) GRC
4 4 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 42001
4 4 (0.63%) JSP 440
4 4 (0.63%) NCSC
5 2 (0.31%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.31%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.31%) WCAG
6 1 (0.16%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 8 (1.26%) Active Directory
1 8 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
1 8 (1.26%) vSphere
2 6 (0.94%) Docker
3 5 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.63%) Firmware
4 4 (0.63%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (0.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (0.63%) vCenter Server
3 3 (0.47%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.31%) Ansible
4 2 (0.31%) SolarWinds Orion
5 1 (0.16%) Kubeflow
5 1 (0.16%) Terraform
Vendors
1 79 (12.40%) Microsoft
2 55 (8.63%) PayPal
3 11 (1.73%) HubSpot
4 8 (1.26%) Salesforce
4 8 (1.26%) VMware
5 7 (1.10%) Dell
6 6 (0.94%) Google
7 5 (0.78%) CrowdStrike
7 5 (0.78%) Fortinet
7 5 (0.78%) Palo Alto
8 4 (0.63%) NVIDIA
8 4 (0.63%) Veeam
9 3 (0.47%) Adobe
9 3 (0.47%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.31%) Ahrefs
10 2 (0.31%) Databricks
10 2 (0.31%) OutSystems
10 2 (0.31%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.31%) SolarWinds
11 1 (0.16%) Screaming Frog