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 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 35 119
Rank change year-on-year +16 +84 -28
Permanent jobs citing AI 518 243 64
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 6.26% 7.27% 1.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.93% 8.40% 1.91%
Number of salaries quoted 350 72 32
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £48,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,300 £57,500 £86,250
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% -33.33% +56.82%
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £83,738 £96,125
England median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% -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 5,802 2,892 3,353
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 70.09% 86.48% 75.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4,260 1,522 1,628
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,425
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £45,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.56% -16.67% -1.82%
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £86,325 £75,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%

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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 2 October 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 2 October 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
Cambridgeshire -2 195 £65,000 +52.94% 471
Hertfordshire +8 124 £55,000 -17.29% 144
Essex +22 88 £60,000 -7.69% 57
Suffolk +44 58 £55,000 -12.00% 37
Bedfordshire +3 34 £42,500 -33.59% 47
Norfolk -12 19 £42,500 - 52
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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 34 (6.56%) SharePoint
2 16 (3.09%) WordPress
3 14 (2.70%) CMS
4 5 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.77%) Confluence
6 2 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.39%) IIS
7 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.19%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.19%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.19%) Moodle
Applications
1 44 (8.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (3.47%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 6 (1.16%) Simulink
6 4 (0.77%) Stateflow
7 3 (0.58%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.19%) LaTeX
Business Applications
1 3 (0.58%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.19%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 122 (23.55%) Azure
2 64 (12.36%) Azure AI
3 44 (8.49%) Power Platform
4 43 (8.30%) Microsoft 365
5 33 (6.37%) AWS
6 28 (5.41%) Microsoft Copilot
7 27 (5.21%) Azure DevOps
7 27 (5.21%) Google Ads
8 25 (4.83%) Google Analytics
9 24 (4.63%) Power Automate
10 21 (4.05%) SaaS
11 18 (3.47%) GitHub
12 17 (3.28%) GCP
13 16 (3.09%) PowerApps
14 13 (2.51%) Anthropic Claude
15 11 (2.12%) ChatGPT
16 10 (1.93%) Canva
16 10 (1.93%) GitHub Copilot
17 9 (1.74%) Zapier
18 8 (1.54%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.86%) Firewall
2 15 (2.90%) Broadband
3 13 (2.51%) DNS
3 13 (2.51%) VPN
4 12 (2.32%) Internet
5 4 (0.77%) DHCP
5 4 (0.77%) DMZ
5 4 (0.77%) Network Security
5 4 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.58%) BGP
6 3 (0.58%) LAN
6 3 (0.58%) OSPF
6 3 (0.58%) RFID
6 3 (0.58%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.58%) WAN
7 2 (0.39%) HTTP
7 2 (0.39%) Intranet
8 1 (0.19%) MQTT
8 1 (0.19%) SMS
8 1 (0.19%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (8.30%) Power BI
2 36 (6.95%) Azure SQL Database
3 24 (4.63%) MongoDB
4 18 (3.47%) Tableau
5 15 (2.90%) Metadata
6 5 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.97%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.77%) BigQuery
7 4 (0.77%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.58%) Redis
8 3 (0.58%) Semantic Layer
9 2 (0.39%) Big Data
9 2 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (0.39%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.39%) Spatial Data
9 2 (0.39%) SQL Server
9 2 (0.39%) Star Schema
10 1 (0.19%) Airbyte
10 1 (0.19%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 17 (3.28%) Git
2 8 (1.54%) JIRA
3 5 (0.97%) Claude Code
4 4 (0.77%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.39%) GitLab
5 2 (0.39%) PetaLinux
5 2 (0.39%) Plastic SCM
6 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.19%) Poetry
6 1 (0.19%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.19%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 140 (27.03%) Social Skills
2 71 (13.71%) Marketing
3 40 (7.72%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (7.53%) Finance
5 32 (6.18%) Organisational Skills
6 23 (4.44%) Legal
7 21 (4.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 20 (3.86%) Retail
9 19 (3.67%) Games
10 15 (2.90%) Legal Technology
11 12 (2.32%) Manufacturing
12 11 (2.12%) Advertising
13 10 (1.93%) Aviation
13 10 (1.93%) Telecoms
14 9 (1.74%) Public Sector
15 8 (1.54%) Aerospace
16 7 (1.35%) Law
17 6 (1.16%) Electronics
17 6 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
17 6 (1.16%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 94 (18.15%) Developer
2 92 (17.76%) Senior
3 62 (11.97%) Software Engineer
4 38 (7.34%) Lead
5 32 (6.18%) Analyst
5 32 (6.18%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 31 (5.98%) .NET Developer
7 30 (5.79%) Architect
7 30 (5.79%) Python Engineer
8 28 (5.41%) Python Developer
9 26 (5.02%) Junior
10 25 (4.83%) Python Software Engineer
11 23 (4.44%) Technologist
12 22 (4.25%) Data Analyst
13 21 (4.05%) Senior Software Engineer
14 16 (3.09%) Junior Analyst
14 16 (3.09%) Junior Data Analyst
15 14 (2.70%) Senior Developer
15 14 (2.70%) Senior Technologist
16 13 (2.51%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (7.92%) .NET
2 33 (6.37%) .NET Core
3 30 (5.79%) ASP.NET
3 30 (5.79%) ASP.NET Core
3 30 (5.79%) ML.NET
4 28 (5.41%) CSS
4 28 (5.41%) React
5 27 (5.21%) HTML
6 24 (4.63%) RESTful
7 21 (4.05%) Blazor
8 10 (1.93%) TensorFlow
9 9 (1.74%) PyTorch
9 9 (1.74%) Terraform
10 8 (1.54%) Node.js
10 8 (1.54%) REST
11 7 (1.35%) Unity (Game Engine)
12 5 (0.97%) FastAPI
12 5 (0.97%) JSON
13 4 (0.77%) Google JAX
13 4 (0.77%) JAX
Miscellaneous
1 65 (12.55%) Cyber Threat
2 37 (7.14%) Algorithms
3 36 (6.95%) AI Agents
4 32 (6.18%) Social Media
5 20 (3.86%) Onboarding
5 20 (3.86%) Robotics
6 16 (3.09%) Cloud Native
7 15 (2.90%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (2.70%) Marketing Technology
8 14 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (2.51%) FPGA
10 12 (2.32%) Low-Code
10 12 (2.32%) Product Ownership
11 9 (1.74%) Mobile App
11 9 (1.74%) NHS
12 8 (1.54%) Security Posture
13 7 (1.35%) Blog
13 7 (1.35%) IoT
13 7 (1.35%) iPhone
13 7 (1.35%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.21%) Windows
2 13 (2.51%) Linux
2 13 (2.51%) Windows Server
3 12 (2.32%) Apple iOS
3 12 (2.32%) Mac OS
4 11 (2.12%) Android
5 5 (0.97%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (22.97%) Software Engineering
2 108 (20.85%) Machine Learning
3 85 (16.41%) Problem-Solving
4 84 (16.22%) Cybersecurity
5 81 (15.64%) Agile
6 72 (13.90%) Analytics
7 53 (10.23%) Business Intelligence
8 52 (10.04%) Roadmaps
9 50 (9.65%) Continuous Improvement
10 44 (8.49%) DevOps
10 44 (8.49%) SEO
11 42 (8.11%) CI/CD
12 41 (7.92%) Decision-Making
13 40 (7.72%) Digital Marketing
14 36 (6.95%) Full-Stack Development
14 36 (6.95%) Mentoring
15 33 (6.37%) LLM
15 33 (6.37%) Technical Leadership
16 30 (5.79%) Stakeholder Management
17 26 (5.02%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 139 (26.83%) Python
2 78 (15.06%) SQL
3 49 (9.46%) C#
4 34 (6.56%) JavaScript
5 33 (6.37%) C++
6 16 (3.09%) Rust
7 13 (2.51%) PowerShell
7 13 (2.51%) TypeScript
8 10 (1.93%) C
9 8 (1.54%) MATLAB
10 5 (0.97%) Embedded C++
11 4 (0.77%) Delphi
11 4 (0.77%) Embedded C
11 4 (0.77%) Java
12 3 (0.58%) Bash
13 2 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.39%) PHP
14 1 (0.19%) R
14 1 (0.19%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 57 (11.00%) Degree
2 34 (6.56%) Azure Certification
3 27 (5.21%) Security Cleared
4 14 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (2.51%) ACCA
6 12 (2.32%) CIMA
6 12 (2.32%) DBS Check
6 12 (2.32%) SC Cleared
7 10 (1.93%) PhD
8 7 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (1.35%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.35%) Master's Degree
9 5 (0.97%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.58%) CCDP
11 3 (0.58%) CCNP
11 3 (0.58%) CISSP
11 3 (0.58%) MCSA
11 3 (0.58%) MCSE
12 2 (0.39%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.86%) QA
2 19 (3.67%) GDPR
3 14 (2.70%) Accessibility
4 12 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (2.12%) SLA
6 7 (1.35%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.35%) NIST
7 4 (0.77%) GRC
7 4 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 4 (0.77%) JSP 440
7 4 (0.77%) NCSC
7 4 (0.77%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.58%) PMO
9 2 (0.39%) DO-254
9 2 (0.39%) IFRS
10 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.19%) GAAP
10 1 (0.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 21 (4.05%) Docker
2 10 (1.93%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.74%) Embedded Firmware
3 9 (1.74%) Firmware
4 7 (1.35%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.58%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.39%) NFS
8 1 (0.19%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 16 (3.09%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.93%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.58%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.39%) Podman
5 1 (0.19%) Ansible
5 1 (0.19%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 116 (22.39%) Microsoft
2 46 (8.88%) Google
3 21 (4.05%) Adobe
4 16 (3.09%) Apple
5 12 (2.32%) Cisco
6 9 (1.74%) RedGate
6 9 (1.74%) Samsung
6 9 (1.74%) TikTok
7 8 (1.54%) DocuSign
8 6 (1.16%) Facebook
9 5 (0.97%) Meraki
9 5 (0.97%) Sony
9 5 (0.97%) VMware
9 5 (0.97%) Yahoo!
10 4 (0.77%) Criteo
10 4 (0.77%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.58%) Databricks
11 3 (0.58%) Instagram
11 3 (0.58%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.58%) Palo Alto