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 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 98 83
Rank change year-on-year +66 -15 -6
Permanent jobs citing AI 236 84 53
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 7.07% 2.02% 2.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.22% 2.64% 2.56%
Number of salaries quoted 78 33 37
10th Percentile £32,125 £41,600 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £65,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £85,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -42.65% +54.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £67,438 £95,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,871 £96,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +7.14%

All Process and 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 2,872 3,181 2,071
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 86.09% 76.34% 92.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,571 1,453 1,354
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £43,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +1.85% +2.86%
75th Percentile £60,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year -8.33% -1.32% +1.33%

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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 18 October 2025.

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 18 October 2025. 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 +31 125 £39,000 -55.43% 74
Hertfordshire +47 48 £66,500 -21.76% 57
Essex +13 24 £55,000 - 29
Bedfordshire +25 20 £47,500 -26.92% 30
Suffolk -10 13 £40,000 - 10
Norfolk +17 6 - - 18
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 9 (3.81%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.54%) WordPress
4 5 (2.12%) CMS
5 4 (1.69%) Apache Solr
6 3 (1.27%) Apache Spark
6 3 (1.27%) Kentico
6 3 (1.27%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.42%) Mendix
Applications
1 98 (41.53%) Chatbot
2 25 (10.59%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.27%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 5 (2.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.42%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 21 (8.90%) Azure
2 17 (7.20%) AWS
3 14 (5.93%) Power Platform
4 13 (5.51%) SaaS
5 6 (2.54%) Power Automate
6 5 (2.12%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (2.12%) PowerApps
7 4 (1.69%) Amazon EKS
8 3 (1.27%) Amazon S3
8 3 (1.27%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (1.27%) AWS Step Functions
8 3 (1.27%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.27%) GCP
8 3 (1.27%) Serverless
9 2 (0.85%) Amazon ELB
9 2 (0.85%) Amazon Kinesis
9 2 (0.85%) Amazon SQS
9 2 (0.85%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (0.85%) IaaS
9 2 (0.85%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.54%) DNS
1 6 (2.54%) Firewall
1 6 (2.54%) VPN
2 4 (1.69%) SAN
2 4 (1.69%) Unified Communications
3 3 (1.27%) Internet
4 2 (0.85%) Broadband
4 2 (0.85%) VoIP
4 2 (0.85%) WAN
5 1 (0.42%) DHCP
5 1 (0.42%) DOCSIS
5 1 (0.42%) DSL
5 1 (0.42%) GPON
5 1 (0.42%) HTTP
5 1 (0.42%) IPv4
5 1 (0.42%) IPv6
5 1 (0.42%) PPP
5 1 (0.42%) RTP
5 1 (0.42%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.39%) Elasticsearch
2 6 (2.54%) Tableau
3 5 (2.12%) DynamoDB
3 5 (2.12%) MySQL
3 5 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (2.12%) Power BI
4 4 (1.69%) Big Data
4 4 (1.69%) Looker
4 4 (1.69%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.27%) Hadoop
5 3 (1.27%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.27%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.85%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.85%) Delta Lake
6 2 (0.85%) Metadata
6 2 (0.85%) Neo4j
6 2 (0.85%) Redis
6 2 (0.85%) Spark SQL
7 1 (0.42%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.42%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 11 (4.66%) Git
2 3 (1.27%) JIRA
3 2 (0.85%) GitBook
3 2 (0.85%) MLflow
4 1 (0.42%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.42%) Subversion
General
1 72 (30.51%) Analytical Skills
2 33 (13.98%) Social Skills
3 26 (11.02%) Finance
4 16 (6.78%) Marketing
5 10 (4.24%) Retail
6 8 (3.39%) Aerospace
7 6 (2.54%) German Language
7 6 (2.54%) Legal
8 5 (2.12%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.69%) Law
10 3 (1.27%) Agriculture
10 3 (1.27%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.85%) Automotive
11 2 (0.85%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.85%) Local Government
11 2 (0.85%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.85%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 88 (37.29%) Trainer
2 24 (10.17%) Senior
3 22 (9.32%) Customer Support Specialist
3 22 (9.32%) Support Specialist
4 14 (5.93%) Lead
5 9 (3.81%) Administrator
5 9 (3.81%) Developer
5 9 (3.81%) Support Engineer
6 8 (3.39%) Linux Engineer
6 8 (3.39%) Linux Support
6 8 (3.39%) Linux Support Engineer
7 6 (2.54%) Cloud Engineer
7 6 (2.54%) Marketing Executive
7 6 (2.54%) Software Engineer
7 6 (2.54%) Technical Manager
8 5 (2.12%) Architect
8 5 (2.12%) Consultant
8 5 (2.12%) IT Support
8 5 (2.12%) Research Scientist
8 5 (2.12%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.66%) PyTorch
2 10 (4.24%) TensorFlow
3 8 (3.39%) Node.js
4 7 (2.97%) scikit-learn
5 6 (2.54%) HTML
5 6 (2.54%) React
6 4 (1.69%) ARM Templates
6 4 (1.69%) Hugging Face
6 4 (1.69%) NumPy
6 4 (1.69%) Pandas
6 4 (1.69%) Vue
7 3 (1.27%) CSS
7 3 (1.27%) Google JAX
7 3 (1.27%) JAX
7 3 (1.27%) JSON
7 3 (1.27%) Regular Expression
7 3 (1.27%) XML
8 2 (0.85%) jQuery
8 2 (0.85%) Spring
8 2 (0.85%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.20%) Algorithms
2 13 (5.51%) Linux Command Line
3 10 (4.24%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.81%) Data Centre
4 9 (3.81%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.39%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.97%) Cloud Native
7 6 (2.54%) Multi-touch
8 5 (2.12%) IoT
8 5 (2.12%) Robotics
9 4 (1.69%) CUDA
9 4 (1.69%) Enterprise Storage
9 4 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.69%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.69%) Web Conferencing
10 3 (1.27%) Arduino
10 3 (1.27%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.27%) NHS
10 3 (1.27%) Raspberry Pi
10 3 (1.27%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 20 (8.47%) Linux
2 18 (7.63%) Windows
3 13 (5.51%) Windows Server
4 8 (3.39%) Mac OS
5 5 (2.12%) Android
5 5 (2.12%) Apple iOS
5 5 (2.12%) Unix
6 1 (0.42%) OpenWrt
6 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (41.53%) Conversational UI
2 45 (19.07%) Machine Learning
3 40 (16.95%) Chemistry
4 37 (15.68%) Mathematics
5 31 (13.14%) Computer Science
6 29 (12.29%) Analytics
7 28 (11.86%) Physics
8 26 (11.02%) LLM
8 26 (11.02%) Problem-Solving
9 21 (8.90%) Software Engineering
10 19 (8.05%) Decision-Making
11 18 (7.63%) Generative AI
12 16 (6.78%) Data Analysis
12 16 (6.78%) Data Science
13 14 (5.93%) Agile
14 13 (5.51%) CI/CD
14 13 (5.51%) Cybersecurity
14 13 (5.51%) Mentoring
14 13 (5.51%) Roadmaps
14 13 (5.51%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 52 (22.03%) Python
2 19 (8.05%) SQL
3 16 (6.78%) JavaScript
4 11 (4.66%) C++
4 11 (4.66%) Java
5 10 (4.24%) C
6 8 (3.39%) Bash
6 8 (3.39%) Shell Script
7 6 (2.54%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.69%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.27%) Assembly Language
9 3 (1.27%) MATLAB
9 3 (1.27%) Objective-C
9 3 (1.27%) Swift
10 2 (0.85%) Bicep
10 2 (0.85%) PHP
10 2 (0.85%) R
10 2 (0.85%) Rust
11 1 (0.42%) Go
11 1 (0.42%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 129 (54.66%) Degree
2 67 (28.39%) PhD
3 66 (27.97%) Master's Degree
4 14 (5.93%) Security Cleared
5 11 (4.66%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (4.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (4.66%) SC Cleared
6 6 (2.54%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.69%) ACCA
7 4 (1.69%) CIMA
7 4 (1.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (1.27%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.85%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.85%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.85%) MCAD
10 1 (0.42%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.42%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.54%) Data Quality
2 2 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (0.85%) GDPR
2 2 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.85%) PCI DSS
2 2 (0.85%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (4.24%) Docker
2 8 (3.39%) Hyper-V
2 8 (3.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.12%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.69%) Firmware
4 4 (1.69%) vSphere
5 2 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.42%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 9 (3.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.97%) Terraform
3 4 (1.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 4 (1.69%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.85%) Ansible
4 2 (0.85%) Kubeflow
5 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 89 (37.71%) PayPal
2 42 (17.80%) Microsoft
3 11 (4.66%) HubSpot
4 8 (3.39%) Apple
4 8 (3.39%) VMware
5 7 (2.97%) Google
5 7 (2.97%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.12%) CrowdStrike
6 5 (2.12%) Dell
6 5 (2.12%) Fortinet
6 5 (2.12%) Palo Alto
7 4 (1.69%) Veeam
8 3 (1.27%) Databricks
8 3 (1.27%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.27%) Screaming Frog
9 1 (0.42%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.42%) Meraki
9 1 (0.42%) OutSystems
9 1 (0.42%) TikTok
9 1 (0.42%) YouTube