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 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 39 105
Rank change year-on-year +26 +66 +17
Permanent jobs citing AI 534 227 69
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 7.50% 6.57% 1.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.61% 7.45% 1.99%
Number of salaries quoted 267 104 49
10th Percentile £34,500 £38,500 £49,600
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -14.00% +20.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £66,254 £90,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £72,050 £95,250
England median annual salary £70,325 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +0.46% -3.45% -3.33%

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 5,031 3,049 3,471
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 70.66% 88.27% 74.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3,574 1,651 2,277
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £35,529
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,749 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 7 August 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 7 August 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 -1 164 £65,000 +36.84% 172
Hertfordshire +41 141 £55,000 -3.08% 76
Essex +25 81 £65,000 +36.84% 44
Suffolk +20 58 £55,000 -16.94% 25
Bedfordshire +12 54 £45,000 -29.69% 21
Norfolk +4 35 £42,500 -33.59% 15
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 22 (4.12%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.62%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (2.43%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.87%) WordPress
5 7 (1.31%) Apache
6 4 (0.75%) CMS
7 2 (0.37%) Confluence
8 1 (0.19%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.19%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.19%) Moodle
Applications
1 63 (11.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.06%) UserZoom
3 10 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.12%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.75%) Simulink
6 3 (0.56%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.56%) Stateflow
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.19%) LaTeX
Business Applications
1 4 (0.75%) Dynamics AX
1 4 (0.75%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 173 (32.40%) Azure
2 110 (20.60%) Azure AI
3 80 (14.98%) Power Platform
4 49 (9.18%) Adobe Analytics
5 47 (8.80%) AWS
6 35 (6.55%) Azure DevOps
7 33 (6.18%) Microsoft 365
8 20 (3.75%) Figma
8 20 (3.75%) GCP
9 19 (3.56%) Google Ads
10 18 (3.37%) GitHub
11 15 (2.81%) Microsoft Copilot
11 15 (2.81%) SaaS
11 15 (2.81%) Snowflake
12 14 (2.62%) Power Automate
13 13 (2.43%) dbt
14 12 (2.25%) Contentsquare
14 12 (2.25%) Google Analytics
15 11 (2.06%) Anthropic Claude
15 11 (2.06%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 60 (11.24%) Broadband
2 17 (3.18%) Firewall
3 11 (2.06%) Internet
4 9 (1.69%) DNS
4 9 (1.69%) VPN
5 3 (0.56%) DMZ
5 3 (0.56%) Network Security
6 2 (0.37%) BGP
6 2 (0.37%) Intranet
6 2 (0.37%) LAN
6 2 (0.37%) OSPF
6 2 (0.37%) Software-Defined Networking
6 2 (0.37%) WAN
7 1 (0.19%) DHCP
7 1 (0.19%) MQTT
7 1 (0.19%) RS-422
7 1 (0.19%) SMS
7 1 (0.19%) VLAN
7 1 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.19%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (14.23%) Power BI
2 71 (13.30%) Tableau
3 37 (6.93%) Azure SQL Database
4 27 (5.06%) MongoDB
5 21 (3.93%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (3.18%) Data Lake
7 13 (2.43%) Looker
7 13 (2.43%) Metadata
8 10 (1.87%) BigQuery
9 7 (1.31%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (1.31%) Apache Hive
9 7 (1.31%) Impala
9 7 (1.31%) Oracle Database
9 7 (1.31%) Parquet
9 7 (1.31%) Spark SQL
10 6 (1.12%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (1.12%) Metabase
10 6 (1.12%) Snowflake Schema
11 5 (0.94%) DTS
12 3 (0.56%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 19 (3.56%) Git
2 7 (1.31%) IBM UrbanCode
2 7 (1.31%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.12%) MLflow
4 5 (0.94%) JIRA
5 4 (0.75%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.37%) Plastic SCM
7 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.19%) Poetry
General
1 165 (30.90%) Social Skills
2 64 (11.99%) Games
3 47 (8.80%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (7.87%) Finance
5 41 (7.68%) Marketing
6 30 (5.62%) Legal
7 16 (3.00%) Retail
8 14 (2.62%) Electronics
9 13 (2.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (2.43%) Manufacturing
9 13 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (2.25%) Legal Technology
11 10 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
13 8 (1.50%) Law
14 7 (1.31%) Banking
14 7 (1.31%) Investment Banking
14 7 (1.31%) Swedish Language
15 6 (1.12%) Public Sector
16 5 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 76 (14.23%) Developer
2 70 (13.11%) Analyst
2 70 (13.11%) Lead
2 70 (13.11%) Senior
3 62 (11.61%) Junior
4 58 (10.86%) Data Analyst
5 52 (9.74%) Junior Analyst
5 52 (9.74%) Junior Data Analyst
6 35 (6.55%) Software Engineer
7 33 (6.18%) .NET Developer
8 32 (5.99%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 31 (5.81%) Architect
10 22 (4.12%) Product Manager
11 15 (2.81%) Designer
11 15 (2.81%) Python Developer
11 15 (2.81%) Technologist
12 14 (2.62%) Python Engineer
13 13 (2.43%) Lead Designer
14 12 (2.25%) Systems Engineer
15 11 (2.06%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (7.68%) .NET
2 35 (6.55%) .NET Core
3 32 (5.99%) ASP.NET
3 32 (5.99%) ASP.NET Core
3 32 (5.99%) ML.NET
4 31 (5.81%) CSS
4 31 (5.81%) HTML
4 31 (5.81%) React
5 23 (4.31%) RESTful
6 22 (4.12%) Blazor
7 17 (3.18%) TensorFlow
8 16 (3.00%) PyTorch
9 11 (2.06%) PySpark
10 10 (1.87%) Node.js
11 9 (1.69%) REST
12 8 (1.50%) scikit-learn
13 7 (1.31%) Unity (Game Engine)
14 6 (1.12%) Kafka
14 6 (1.12%) LangChain
14 6 (1.12%) pgvector
Miscellaneous
1 59 (11.05%) Social Media
2 33 (6.18%) Cyber Threat
3 32 (5.99%) Robotics
4 25 (4.68%) Algorithms
4 25 (4.68%) Cloud Native
5 20 (3.75%) Enterprise Software
6 19 (3.56%) AI Agents
7 18 (3.37%) Product Ownership
8 12 (2.25%) Data Centre
8 12 (2.25%) Low-Code
9 9 (1.69%) FPGA
9 9 (1.69%) Legacy Applications
10 8 (1.50%) Management Information System
11 7 (1.31%) Digital TV
11 7 (1.31%) iPhone
12 6 (1.12%) Clustering
12 6 (1.12%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.12%) Public Cloud
13 5 (0.94%) BBC
13 5 (0.94%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 21 (3.93%) Windows
2 14 (2.62%) Windows Server
3 8 (1.50%) Android
3 8 (1.50%) Apple iOS
3 8 (1.50%) Mac OS
4 6 (1.12%) Linux
5 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (26.97%) Agile
2 125 (23.41%) Analytics
3 104 (19.48%) Machine Learning
4 95 (17.79%) Business Intelligence
5 89 (16.67%) Software Engineering
6 85 (15.92%) Roadmaps
7 74 (13.86%) Customer Experience
8 66 (12.36%) Storytelling
9 62 (11.61%) Problem-Solving
10 59 (11.05%) Product Roadmap
11 58 (10.86%) Continuous Improvement
11 58 (10.86%) DevOps
12 55 (10.30%) CI/CD
13 50 (9.36%) Prototyping
14 49 (9.18%) Cybersecurity
14 49 (9.18%) Digital Customer Experience
14 49 (9.18%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
15 48 (8.99%) User Research
16 44 (8.24%) LLM
16 44 (8.24%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 171 (32.02%) Python
2 128 (23.97%) SQL
3 52 (9.74%) C#
4 37 (6.93%) JavaScript
5 24 (4.49%) C++
6 9 (1.69%) Rust
7 7 (1.31%) C
7 7 (1.31%) PowerShell
7 7 (1.31%) R
7 7 (1.31%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.12%) Julia
9 4 (0.75%) Embedded C
9 4 (0.75%) MATLAB
10 3 (0.56%) Bash
10 3 (0.56%) Delphi
10 3 (0.56%) Java
11 2 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.37%) PHP
12 1 (0.19%) Go
12 1 (0.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 77 (14.42%) Azure Certification
2 52 (9.74%) Degree
3 27 (5.06%) Security Cleared
4 23 (4.31%) DBS Check
5 13 (2.43%) ACCA
5 13 (2.43%) SC Cleared
6 12 (2.25%) CIMA
7 7 (1.31%) Master's Degree
8 5 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
8 5 (0.94%) DV Cleared
8 5 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (0.94%) PhD
9 3 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.56%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.56%) Postgraduate
10 2 (0.37%) CCDP
10 2 (0.37%) CCNP
11 1 (0.19%) CISM
11 1 (0.19%) CISSP
11 1 (0.19%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (10.67%) Accessibility
2 25 (4.68%) GDPR
3 18 (3.37%) Data Quality
3 18 (3.37%) QA
4 12 (2.25%) WCAG
5 11 (2.06%) SLA
6 10 (1.87%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 9 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.94%) IFRS
9 4 (0.75%) DO-254
9 4 (0.75%) GAAP
9 4 (0.75%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.75%) NIST
10 3 (0.56%) GRC
10 3 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 3 (0.56%) JSP 440
10 3 (0.56%) NCSC
10 3 (0.56%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 21 (3.93%) Docker
2 10 (1.87%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.69%) Embedded Firmware
3 9 (1.69%) Firmware
4 5 (0.94%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.37%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (3.00%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.69%) Terraform
3 7 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.75%) Ansible
5 2 (0.37%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.19%) Grafana
6 1 (0.19%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.19%) Podman
Vendors
1 140 (26.22%) Microsoft
2 52 (9.74%) Adobe
3 34 (6.37%) Google
4 22 (4.12%) Dell
5 17 (3.18%) Databricks
6 12 (2.25%) Apple
7 11 (2.06%) Cisco
8 8 (1.50%) Oracle
8 8 (1.50%) RedGate
9 7 (1.31%) DocuSign
9 7 (1.31%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.12%) Cloudera
10 6 (1.12%) Denodo
10 6 (1.12%) Facebook
10 6 (1.12%) Informatica
10 6 (1.12%) Teradata
11 5 (0.94%) Meraki
11 5 (0.94%) Sony
11 5 (0.94%) Yahoo!
12 3 (0.56%) HubSpot