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 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 28 85
Rank change year-on-year +25 +57 +57
Permanent jobs citing AI 662 221 120
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 14.16% 6.60% 2.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.18% 7.38% 3.19%
Number of salaries quoted 102 155 99
10th Percentile £30,370 £66,100 £43,750
25th Percentile £37,750 £66,200 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £66,230 £64,800
Median % change year-on-year -16.96% +2.21% +8.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £66,296 £80,001
90th Percentile £99,750 £77,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £71,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.33% +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 3,451 2,995 3,767
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 73.82% 89.51% 84.65%
Number of salaries quoted 2,035 1,231 2,990
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,250 £35,000
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 £70,000 £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

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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 13 February 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 13 February 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 +50 251 £63,250 -9.64% 32
Essex +39 167 £60,000 -32.20% 23
Cambridgeshire +36 148 £59,450 -10.26% 31
Norfolk +27 33 £37,500 -62.50% 9
Suffolk -11 33 £40,000 -39.60% 9
Bedfordshire +52 29 £47,500 -15.56% 16
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 5 (0.76%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.45%) Apache Spark
2 3 (0.45%) Confluence
2 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.30%) Apache Solr
3 2 (0.30%) Mendix
3 2 (0.30%) WordPress
4 1 (0.15%) CMS
Applications
1 49 (7.40%) Chatbot
2 43 (6.50%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (6.04%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.45%) Simulink
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 360 (54.38%) Cloud Computing
2 63 (9.52%) Azure
3 42 (6.34%) Power Platform
4 38 (5.74%) Azure AI
5 20 (3.02%) SaaS
6 17 (2.57%) AWS
7 10 (1.51%) Adobe Analytics
7 10 (1.51%) Entra ID
8 7 (1.06%) Amazon Alexa
8 7 (1.06%) PaaS
9 5 (0.76%) IaaS
9 5 (0.76%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (0.76%) Power Automate
9 5 (0.76%) PowerApps
10 3 (0.45%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (0.45%) Azure AKS
10 3 (0.45%) Figma
10 3 (0.45%) GCP
10 3 (0.45%) GitHub
10 3 (0.45%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 361 (54.53%) Internet
2 13 (1.96%) Broadband
2 13 (1.96%) Firewall
3 9 (1.36%) DNS
4 5 (0.76%) DHCP
4 5 (0.76%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.76%) VPN
5 4 (0.60%) DMZ
5 4 (0.60%) Network Security
5 4 (0.60%) VLAN
6 2 (0.30%) SAN
6 2 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.15%) DOCSIS
7 1 (0.15%) DSL
7 1 (0.15%) IPv4
7 1 (0.15%) IPv6
7 1 (0.15%) PPP
7 1 (0.15%) VoIP
7 1 (0.15%) WAN
7 1 (0.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (6.19%) Tableau
2 37 (5.59%) Power BI
3 5 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (0.76%) Big Data
3 5 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (0.76%) Hadoop
4 4 (0.60%) Metadata
4 4 (0.60%) MongoDB
4 4 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.45%) DTS
5 3 (0.45%) MySQL
5 3 (0.45%) Redis
5 3 (0.45%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.30%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.30%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.30%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.30%) Neo4j
6 2 (0.30%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.30%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (0.76%) GitBook
2 3 (0.45%) Git
2 3 (0.45%) JIRA
3 1 (0.15%) Rational DOORS
General
1 437 (66.01%) Social Skills
2 363 (54.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 358 (54.08%) Banking
4 74 (11.18%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (4.53%) German Language
6 21 (3.17%) Finance
7 18 (2.72%) Documentation Skills
8 16 (2.42%) Marketing
9 15 (2.27%) Games
10 9 (1.36%) Retail
11 8 (1.21%) Aerospace
11 8 (1.21%) Public Sector
12 7 (1.06%) Electronics
12 7 (1.06%) Legal
13 5 (0.76%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.45%) Automotive
15 3 (0.45%) Law
15 3 (0.45%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.30%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 286 (43.20%) Lecturer
2 45 (6.80%) Trainer
3 37 (5.59%) Analyst
3 37 (5.59%) Junior
4 36 (5.44%) Data Analyst
4 36 (5.44%) Junior Analyst
4 36 (5.44%) Junior Data Analyst
5 35 (5.29%) Senior
6 27 (4.08%) Lead
7 17 (2.57%) Customer Support Specialist
7 17 (2.57%) Support Specialist
8 14 (2.11%) Data Engineer
9 12 (1.81%) Developer
10 10 (1.51%) Consultant
10 10 (1.51%) IT Support
11 9 (1.36%) Administrator
11 9 (1.36%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
12 6 (0.91%) Designer
12 6 (0.91%) Support Engineer
13 5 (0.76%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (4.08%) HTML
2 22 (3.32%) JSON
2 22 (3.32%) Regular Expression
2 22 (3.32%) XML
3 11 (1.66%) PyTorch
4 10 (1.51%) TensorFlow
5 8 (1.21%) Vue
6 7 (1.06%) Node.js
6 7 (1.06%) React
7 5 (0.76%) AngularJS
7 5 (0.76%) CSS
8 4 (0.60%) NumPy
8 4 (0.60%) scikit-learn
9 3 (0.45%) Matplotlib
9 3 (0.45%) Pandas
9 3 (0.45%) REST
9 3 (0.45%) RESTful
9 3 (0.45%) Seaborn
9 3 (0.45%) SOAP
9 3 (0.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 362 (54.68%) IoT
2 46 (6.95%) Onboarding
3 22 (3.32%) Linux Command Line
4 19 (2.87%) Robotics
5 15 (2.27%) Algorithms
6 11 (1.66%) Social Media
7 10 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (1.36%) Data Centre
9 8 (1.21%) Cloud Native
10 7 (1.06%) Low-Code
10 7 (1.06%) Product Ownership
11 6 (0.91%) Blog
12 5 (0.76%) Management Information System
13 4 (0.60%) Cloud Security Posture
13 4 (0.60%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 4 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (0.60%) PKI
13 4 (0.60%) Security Posture
13 4 (0.60%) Web Conferencing
14 3 (0.45%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.32%) Unix
2 20 (3.02%) Windows
3 15 (2.27%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.51%) Linux
5 6 (0.91%) Android
6 5 (0.76%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.60%) VMS
7 4 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.15%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 396 (59.82%) Machine Learning
2 382 (57.70%) Cybersecurity
3 368 (55.59%) User Experience
4 359 (54.23%) Web Development
5 63 (9.52%) LLM
6 60 (9.06%) Generative AI
7 49 (7.40%) Conversational UI
8 47 (7.10%) Problem-Solving
9 41 (6.19%) Business Intelligence
10 35 (5.29%) Analytics
11 34 (5.14%) Agile
11 34 (5.14%) Data Analysis
12 33 (4.98%) Analytical Thinking
13 31 (4.68%) Open Source
14 29 (4.38%) Software Engineering
15 25 (3.78%) Continuous Improvement
16 23 (3.47%) Roadmaps
17 21 (3.17%) Chemistry
17 21 (3.17%) Customer Experience
18 17 (2.57%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 97 (14.65%) Python
2 45 (6.80%) SQL
3 13 (1.96%) JavaScript
4 11 (1.66%) C++
5 10 (1.51%) C
6 9 (1.36%) Java
7 4 (0.60%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.45%) Assembly Language
8 3 (0.45%) C#
8 3 (0.45%) MATLAB
8 3 (0.45%) Objective-C
8 3 (0.45%) R
8 3 (0.45%) Swift
9 2 (0.30%) PHP
10 1 (0.15%) Bicep
10 1 (0.15%) Fortran
10 1 (0.15%) SystemVerilog
10 1 (0.15%) Tcl
10 1 (0.15%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 478 (72.21%) Degree
2 386 (58.31%) Master's Degree
2 386 (58.31%) PhD
3 358 (54.08%) Postgraduate
4 40 (6.04%) Azure Certification
5 22 (3.32%) Security Cleared
6 15 (2.27%) DBS Check
6 15 (2.27%) SC Cleared
7 12 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.60%) ACCA
10 4 (0.60%) CIMA
10 4 (0.60%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.60%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (0.30%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.30%) CISA
11 2 (0.30%) CISM
11 2 (0.30%) CISSP
11 2 (0.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (2.72%) Data Quality
2 9 (1.36%) Accessibility
3 6 (0.91%) GDPR
3 6 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (0.91%) PCI DSS
4 5 (0.76%) NIST
5 4 (0.60%) GRC
5 4 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 4 (0.60%) JSP 440
5 4 (0.60%) NCSC
6 2 (0.30%) QA
6 2 (0.30%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.30%) WCAG
7 1 (0.15%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 1 (0.15%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.15%) GxP
System Software
1 11 (1.66%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (1.21%) vSphere
3 7 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.91%) Docker
5 4 (0.60%) Firmware
6 2 (0.30%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (0.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 6 (0.91%) vCenter Server
2 4 (0.60%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.60%) SolarWinds Orion
3 2 (0.30%) Ansible
3 2 (0.30%) Kubeflow
3 2 (0.30%) Terraform
4 1 (0.15%) Grafana
Vendors
1 96 (14.50%) Microsoft
2 46 (6.95%) PayPal
3 10 (1.51%) Adobe
4 8 (1.21%) Dell
4 8 (1.21%) VMware
5 7 (1.06%) HubSpot
6 6 (0.91%) Google
7 4 (0.60%) NVIDIA
7 4 (0.60%) Salesforce
7 4 (0.60%) SolarWinds
8 3 (0.45%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (0.45%) Fortinet
8 3 (0.45%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.30%) Ahrefs
9 2 (0.30%) Databricks
9 2 (0.30%) OpenAI
9 2 (0.30%) OutSystems
9 2 (0.30%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.30%) Veeam
10 1 (0.15%) Foundry