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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 20 91
Rank change year-on-year +17 +71 +56
Permanent jobs citing AI 732 249 126
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 13.90% 8.87% 2.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.20% 9.62% 2.82%
Number of salaries quoted 114 162 108
10th Percentile £30,370 £62,050 £43,750
25th Percentile £39,063 £66,200 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £66,225 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.95% +1.88% -
75th Percentile £74,688 £66,295 £80,001
90th Percentile £94,396 £76,925 £85,750
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 3,812 2,589 4,463
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 72.40% 92.20% 83.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,225 1,319 3,395
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,900 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,750 £33,583
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £78,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 17 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 17 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 +47 271 £55,000 -21.43% 66
Essex +28 184 £72,500 +16.47% 53
Cambridgeshire +21 153 £59,450 +18.90% 39
Bedfordshire +51 45 £47,500 -15.56% 26
Norfolk +22 39 £37,500 -57.63% 21
Suffolk -8 39 £40,000 -39.60% 9
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 11 (1.50%) Apache Spark
2 9 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (0.96%) Apache
4 6 (0.82%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.55%) Confluence
6 2 (0.27%) CMS
6 2 (0.27%) Mendix
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 58 (7.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (5.19%) Chatbot
3 34 (4.64%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.82%) UserZoom
5 3 (0.41%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.55%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.14%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 360 (49.18%) Cloud Computing
2 91 (12.43%) Azure
3 71 (9.70%) Power Platform
4 60 (8.20%) Azure AI
5 39 (5.33%) Adobe Analytics
6 28 (3.83%) AWS
7 20 (2.73%) SaaS
8 12 (1.64%) Figma
9 9 (1.23%) Entra ID
9 9 (1.23%) OpenShift
10 7 (0.96%) Amazon Alexa
10 7 (0.96%) Amazon S3
10 7 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (0.96%) Contentsquare
10 7 (0.96%) GCP
10 7 (0.96%) Snowflake
11 6 (0.82%) Microsoft 365
11 6 (0.82%) PaaS
12 5 (0.68%) Power Automate
12 5 (0.68%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 358 (48.91%) Internet
2 46 (6.28%) Broadband
3 13 (1.78%) Firewall
4 9 (1.23%) DNS
5 5 (0.68%) DHCP
5 5 (0.68%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.68%) VPN
6 4 (0.55%) DMZ
6 4 (0.55%) Network Security
6 4 (0.55%) VLAN
7 2 (0.27%) 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 70 (9.56%) Tableau
2 62 (8.47%) Power BI
3 8 (1.09%) Data Lake
3 8 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (0.96%) Apache Hive
4 7 (0.96%) Impala
4 7 (0.96%) Oracle Database
4 7 (0.96%) Parquet
4 7 (0.96%) Spark SQL
5 6 (0.82%) DTS
5 6 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (0.82%) Looker
5 6 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.68%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (0.55%) Metadata
7 4 (0.55%) Redis
8 3 (0.41%) Metabase
8 3 (0.41%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (1.37%) Git
2 7 (0.96%) IBM UrbanCode
3 5 (0.68%) GitBook
4 4 (0.55%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.41%) JIRA
6 2 (0.27%) MLflow
General
1 459 (62.70%) Social Skills
2 365 (49.86%) Banking
2 365 (49.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 73 (9.97%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (6.83%) Games
5 30 (4.10%) German Language
6 27 (3.69%) Finance
7 20 (2.73%) Documentation Skills
8 19 (2.60%) Marketing
9 18 (2.46%) Legal
10 13 (1.78%) Electronics
11 12 (1.64%) Retail
12 10 (1.37%) Manufacturing
13 7 (0.96%) Investment Banking
14 6 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (0.82%) Law
14 6 (0.82%) Public Sector
15 3 (0.41%) Automotive
16 2 (0.27%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.27%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 286 (39.07%) Lecturer
2 64 (8.74%) Analyst
3 58 (7.92%) Junior
4 56 (7.65%) Data Analyst
4 56 (7.65%) Junior Analyst
4 56 (7.65%) Junior Data Analyst
5 52 (7.10%) Lead
6 38 (5.19%) Senior
7 34 (4.64%) Trainer
8 19 (2.60%) Developer
9 18 (2.46%) Data Engineer
10 15 (2.05%) Designer
11 14 (1.91%) Customer Support Specialist
11 14 (1.91%) Support Specialist
12 12 (1.64%) Consultant
12 12 (1.64%) Lead Designer
12 12 (1.64%) Product Manager
13 11 (1.50%) Digital Designer
14 10 (1.37%) IT Support
15 9 (1.23%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (4.10%) HTML
2 22 (3.01%) JSON
2 22 (3.01%) Regular Expression
2 22 (3.01%) XML
3 15 (2.05%) PyTorch
4 14 (1.91%) TensorFlow
5 9 (1.23%) PySpark
6 8 (1.09%) CSS
7 7 (0.96%) React
8 6 (0.82%) Pandas
8 6 (0.82%) REST
8 6 (0.82%) scikit-learn
8 6 (0.82%) Vue
9 5 (0.68%) Node.js
10 4 (0.55%) .NET
10 4 (0.55%) .NET Core
10 4 (0.55%) ASP.NET Core
10 4 (0.55%) ML.NET
10 4 (0.55%) NumPy
10 4 (0.55%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 358 (48.91%) IoT
2 48 (6.56%) Onboarding
3 40 (5.46%) Social Media
4 30 (4.10%) Robotics
5 22 (3.01%) Linux Command Line
6 12 (1.64%) Product Ownership
7 11 (1.50%) Cloud Native
8 10 (1.37%) Data Centre
9 9 (1.23%) Algorithms
10 8 (1.09%) Low-Code
11 7 (0.96%) Management Information System
12 6 (0.82%) Blog
13 5 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
14 4 (0.55%) Cloud Security Posture
14 4 (0.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 4 (0.55%) Educational Technology
14 4 (0.55%) Legacy Applications
14 4 (0.55%) PKI
14 4 (0.55%) Security Posture
15 3 (0.41%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.01%) Unix
2 17 (2.32%) Windows
3 12 (1.64%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.82%) Android
5 5 (0.68%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.68%) Linux
6 4 (0.55%) VMS
6 4 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.14%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 407 (55.60%) Machine Learning
2 378 (51.64%) Cybersecurity
3 376 (51.37%) User Experience
4 361 (49.32%) Web Development
5 88 (12.02%) Agile
6 81 (11.07%) Analytics
7 70 (9.56%) Business Intelligence
7 70 (9.56%) LLM
8 66 (9.02%) Generative AI
9 56 (7.65%) Roadmaps
10 55 (7.51%) Storytelling
11 54 (7.38%) Customer Experience
12 47 (6.42%) Problem-Solving
13 43 (5.87%) Product Roadmap
14 41 (5.60%) Conversational UI
15 39 (5.33%) Digital Customer Experience
15 39 (5.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
16 37 (5.05%) Continuous Improvement
16 37 (5.05%) User Research
17 34 (4.64%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 123 (16.80%) Python
2 77 (10.52%) SQL
3 12 (1.64%) JavaScript
4 7 (0.96%) C#
5 6 (0.82%) Java
5 6 (0.82%) R
6 4 (0.55%) C++
6 4 (0.55%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.41%) Julia
8 2 (0.27%) C
9 1 (0.14%) Embedded C
9 1 (0.14%) Go
9 1 (0.14%) PHP
9 1 (0.14%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 468 (63.93%) Degree
2 380 (51.91%) Master's Degree
3 379 (51.78%) PhD
4 361 (49.32%) Postgraduate
5 60 (8.20%) Azure Certification
6 23 (3.14%) DBS Check
7 17 (2.32%) Security Cleared
8 5 (0.68%) SC Cleared
9 4 (0.55%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.55%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (0.27%) ACCA
10 2 (0.27%) CIMA
10 2 (0.27%) CISA
10 2 (0.27%) CISM
10 2 (0.27%) CISSP
10 2 (0.27%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.14%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.14%) CIPD
11 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (5.74%) Accessibility
2 28 (3.83%) Data Quality
3 14 (1.91%) WCAG
4 10 (1.37%) GDPR
5 6 (0.82%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (0.68%) NIST
7 4 (0.55%) GRC
7 4 (0.55%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 4 (0.55%) JSP 440
7 4 (0.55%) NCSC
7 4 (0.55%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.41%) QA
9 1 (0.14%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (0.14%) DO-254
9 1 (0.14%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.14%) GxP
9 1 (0.14%) PMO
9 1 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (1.23%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.82%) Docker
2 6 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (0.82%) vSphere
3 2 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (0.82%) vCenter Server
2 5 (0.68%) Ansible
3 4 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 4 (0.55%) SolarWinds Orion
4 3 (0.41%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.27%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.14%) Grafana
6 1 (0.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 119 (16.26%) Microsoft
2 39 (5.33%) Adobe
3 34 (4.64%) PayPal
4 14 (1.91%) Dell
5 9 (1.23%) Databricks
5 9 (1.23%) Google
5 9 (1.23%) Red Hat
6 7 (0.96%) Oracle
7 6 (0.82%) VMware
8 4 (0.55%) Informatica
8 4 (0.55%) NVIDIA
8 4 (0.55%) SolarWinds
9 3 (0.41%) Denodo
9 3 (0.41%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.41%) Teradata
10 2 (0.27%) Ahrefs
10 2 (0.27%) Cloudera
10 2 (0.27%) HubSpot
10 2 (0.27%) OutSystems
11 1 (0.14%) Sitebulb