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 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 35 108
Rank change year-on-year +22 +73 +21
Permanent jobs citing AI 508 278 89
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 7.53% 8.04% 1.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.63% 9.02% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 236 159 70
10th Percentile £35,000 £43,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £42,375 £61,250 £55,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,206 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.37% -11.73% +15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £66,254 £90,000
90th Percentile £93,994 £66,342 £95,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £66,925 £70,000
% change year-on-year +4.59% -4.39% -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 4,778 3,083 4,235
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 70.85% 89.13% 76.39%
Number of salaries quoted 3,363 1,654 2,969
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,125 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% -1.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

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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

AI
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing AI in the East of England over the 6 months to 24 July 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 24 July 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 -1 147 £65,000 +30.00% 92
Hertfordshire +37 136 £55,000 +2.80% 47
Essex +26 77 £68,750 +44.74% 25
Bedfordshire +21 54 £40,000 -37.50% 14
Suffolk +5 54 £55,000 -16.95% 17
Norfolk +7 39 £42,500 -33.59% 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 14 (2.76%) Apache Airflow
2 13 (2.56%) Apache Spark
3 11 (2.17%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.38%) Apache
4 7 (1.38%) WordPress
5 3 (0.59%) CMS
6 2 (0.39%) Confluence
7 1 (0.20%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.20%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.20%) Moodle
Applications
1 68 (13.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.17%) UserZoom
3 6 (1.18%) Chatbot
4 5 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.79%) Simulink
6 3 (0.59%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.59%) Stateflow
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.20%) LaTeX
7 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.79%) Dynamics AX
1 4 (0.79%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 177 (34.84%) Azure
2 118 (23.23%) Azure AI
3 84 (16.54%) Power Platform
4 54 (10.63%) Adobe Analytics
5 45 (8.86%) AWS
6 33 (6.50%) Azure DevOps
7 27 (5.31%) Microsoft 365
8 22 (4.33%) Figma
9 18 (3.54%) SaaS
10 17 (3.35%) GCP
11 16 (3.15%) GitHub
11 16 (3.15%) Google Ads
12 15 (2.95%) Snowflake
13 13 (2.56%) dbt
14 12 (2.36%) Contentsquare
15 11 (2.17%) GitHub Copilot
15 11 (2.17%) Google Analytics
16 9 (1.77%) Amazon S3
16 9 (1.77%) Microsoft Copilot
17 8 (1.57%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 66 (12.99%) Broadband
2 16 (3.15%) Firewall
3 9 (1.77%) Internet
4 8 (1.57%) DNS
5 6 (1.18%) VPN
6 3 (0.59%) DMZ
6 3 (0.59%) Network Security
6 3 (0.59%) VLAN
7 2 (0.39%) DHCP
7 2 (0.39%) Intranet
7 2 (0.39%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.20%) BGP
8 1 (0.20%) LAN
8 1 (0.20%) MQTT
8 1 (0.20%) OSPF
8 1 (0.20%) RS-422
8 1 (0.20%) SMS
8 1 (0.20%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.20%) WAN
8 1 (0.20%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (15.75%) Power BI
2 79 (15.55%) Tableau
3 35 (6.89%) Azure SQL Database
4 27 (5.31%) MongoDB
5 21 (4.13%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (3.35%) Data Lake
7 13 (2.56%) Looker
7 13 (2.56%) Metadata
8 10 (1.97%) BigQuery
9 7 (1.38%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (1.38%) Apache Hive
9 7 (1.38%) Impala
9 7 (1.38%) Oracle Database
9 7 (1.38%) Parquet
9 7 (1.38%) Spark SQL
10 6 (1.18%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (1.18%) Metabase
10 6 (1.18%) Snowflake Schema
11 5 (0.98%) DTS
12 4 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (2.95%) Git
2 7 (1.38%) IBM UrbanCode
2 7 (1.38%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.18%) MLflow
4 4 (0.79%) Claude Code
4 4 (0.79%) JIRA
5 2 (0.39%) Plastic SCM
6 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.20%) Poetry
General
1 161 (31.69%) Social Skills
2 69 (13.58%) Games
3 42 (8.27%) Marketing
4 40 (7.87%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (7.68%) Finance
6 24 (4.72%) Legal
7 17 (3.35%) Retail
8 16 (3.15%) Electronics
9 13 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (2.56%) Manufacturing
10 12 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.77%) Law
12 8 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
13 7 (1.38%) Banking
13 7 (1.38%) Investment Banking
13 7 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.38%) Swedish Language
14 6 (1.18%) Legal Technology
14 6 (1.18%) Public Sector
15 4 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 77 (15.16%) Analyst
2 74 (14.57%) Lead
3 67 (13.19%) Developer
3 67 (13.19%) Junior
4 66 (12.99%) Data Analyst
5 61 (12.01%) Senior
6 60 (11.81%) Junior Analyst
6 60 (11.81%) Junior Data Analyst
7 33 (6.50%) .NET Developer
8 30 (5.91%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 30 (5.91%) Software Engineer
9 27 (5.31%) Architect
10 22 (4.33%) Product Manager
11 18 (3.54%) Designer
12 15 (2.95%) Lead Designer
13 13 (2.56%) Digital Designer
14 12 (2.36%) Systems Engineer
14 12 (2.36%) Technologist
15 11 (2.17%) Data Engineer
15 11 (2.17%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (7.68%) .NET
2 35 (6.89%) .NET Core
3 32 (6.30%) ASP.NET
3 32 (6.30%) ASP.NET Core
3 32 (6.30%) ML.NET
3 32 (6.30%) React
4 31 (6.10%) CSS
4 31 (6.10%) HTML
5 23 (4.53%) RESTful
6 22 (4.33%) Blazor
7 17 (3.35%) TensorFlow
8 16 (3.15%) PyTorch
9 11 (2.17%) PySpark
10 10 (1.97%) Node.js
11 9 (1.77%) REST
12 8 (1.57%) scikit-learn
13 6 (1.18%) Kafka
13 6 (1.18%) LangChain
13 6 (1.18%) LlamaIndex
13 6 (1.18%) pgvector
Miscellaneous
1 62 (12.20%) Social Media
2 34 (6.69%) Robotics
3 27 (5.31%) Cyber Threat
4 24 (4.72%) Algorithms
4 24 (4.72%) Cloud Native
5 20 (3.94%) Enterprise Software
6 18 (3.54%) Product Ownership
7 11 (2.17%) Data Centre
8 9 (1.77%) FPGA
8 9 (1.77%) Legacy Applications
8 9 (1.77%) Management Information System
9 7 (1.38%) AI Agents
9 7 (1.38%) Digital TV
9 7 (1.38%) iPhone
9 7 (1.38%) Low-Code
10 6 (1.18%) Clustering
10 6 (1.18%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.18%) Public Cloud
11 5 (0.98%) BBC
11 5 (0.98%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.13%) Windows
2 15 (2.95%) Windows Server
3 8 (1.57%) Android
4 6 (1.18%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.18%) Linux
4 6 (1.18%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.39%) VMS
5 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (28.74%) Agile
2 131 (25.79%) Analytics
3 100 (19.69%) Business Intelligence
4 98 (19.29%) Machine Learning
5 89 (17.52%) Roadmaps
6 79 (15.55%) Customer Experience
7 75 (14.76%) Software Engineering
8 73 (14.37%) Storytelling
9 64 (12.60%) Product Roadmap
10 58 (11.42%) Continuous Improvement
11 54 (10.63%) DevOps
11 54 (10.63%) Digital Customer Experience
11 54 (10.63%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 53 (10.43%) User Research
13 52 (10.24%) CI/CD
14 51 (10.04%) Prototyping
15 50 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
16 44 (8.66%) Cybersecurity
16 44 (8.66%) Workshop Facilitation
17 41 (8.07%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 168 (33.07%) Python
2 131 (25.79%) SQL
3 51 (10.04%) C#
4 36 (7.09%) JavaScript
5 24 (4.72%) C++
6 9 (1.77%) Rust
7 8 (1.57%) PowerShell
7 8 (1.57%) TypeScript
8 7 (1.38%) C
8 7 (1.38%) R
9 6 (1.18%) Julia
10 4 (0.79%) Embedded C
10 4 (0.79%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.59%) Bash
11 3 (0.59%) Delphi
11 3 (0.59%) Java
12 2 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.39%) PHP
13 1 (0.20%) Clojure
13 1 (0.20%) Go
Qualifications
1 87 (17.13%) Azure Certification
2 47 (9.25%) Degree
3 27 (5.31%) Security Cleared
4 23 (4.53%) DBS Check
5 15 (2.95%) SC Cleared
6 12 (2.36%) ACCA
6 12 (2.36%) CIMA
7 8 (1.57%) Master's Degree
8 5 (0.98%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (0.79%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.79%) PhD
10 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.59%) Postgraduate
11 2 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.39%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.20%) CCDP
12 1 (0.20%) CCNP
12 1 (0.20%) CISSP
12 1 (0.20%) GSEC
12 1 (0.20%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (12.01%) Accessibility
2 23 (4.53%) GDPR
3 17 (3.35%) Data Quality
4 13 (2.56%) QA
5 12 (2.36%) WCAG
6 10 (1.97%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 8 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.57%) SLA
8 5 (0.98%) IFRS
9 4 (0.79%) DO-254
9 4 (0.79%) GAAP
9 4 (0.79%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.79%) NIST
10 3 (0.59%) GRC
10 3 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 3 (0.59%) JSP 440
10 3 (0.59%) NCSC
10 3 (0.59%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.20%) PMO
11 1 (0.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 18 (3.54%) Docker
2 13 (2.56%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.77%) Embedded Firmware
3 9 (1.77%) Firmware
4 5 (0.98%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.39%) vSphere
7 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (2.95%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.77%) Terraform
3 6 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.79%) Ansible
5 2 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.39%) Kubeflow
5 2 (0.39%) SolarWinds Orion
5 2 (0.39%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.20%) Grafana
6 1 (0.20%) Podman
Vendors
1 141 (27.76%) Microsoft
2 57 (11.22%) Adobe
3 28 (5.51%) Google
4 21 (4.13%) Dell
5 17 (3.35%) Databricks
6 10 (1.97%) Apple
6 10 (1.97%) Cisco
7 8 (1.57%) Oracle
8 7 (1.38%) Informatica
8 7 (1.38%) Red Hat
9 6 (1.18%) Cloudera
9 6 (1.18%) Denodo
9 6 (1.18%) Teradata
10 5 (0.98%) Facebook
10 5 (0.98%) Meraki
10 5 (0.98%) Sony
10 5 (0.98%) Yahoo!
11 3 (0.59%) HubSpot
11 3 (0.59%) VMware
12 2 (0.39%) SolarWinds