AI Job Trends in Leeds

AI
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring AI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 61 58
Rank change year-on-year +43 -3 +69
Permanent jobs citing AI 124 26 53
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 9.17% 2.57% 3.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.59% 2.89% 4.13%
Number of salaries quoted 41 17 37
10th Percentile £20,000 £38,000 £45,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,000 £47,500 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year +66.32% -32.70% +1.22%
75th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £84,056
90th Percentile £118,750 £94,493 £84,434
West Yorkshire median annual salary £67,500 £45,000 £79,632
% change year-on-year +50.00% -43.49% +14.21%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,070 899 1,283
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 79.14% 89.01% 92.37%
Number of salaries quoted 705 509 946
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,750 £41,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,000 £55,970
Median % change year-on-year +13.21% -5.31% -0.94%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing AI relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

AI job vacancy trend in Leeds

AI
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing AI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing AI

AI
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing AI in Leeds over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for AI in Leeds

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 6 (4.84%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.61%) CMS
2 2 (1.61%) JBoss
2 2 (1.61%) Umbraco
2 2 (1.61%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.81%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 61 (49.19%) Chatbot
2 8 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (2.42%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 20 (16.13%) Azure
2 13 (10.48%) Power Platform
3 10 (8.06%) SaaS
4 7 (5.65%) Cloud Computing
4 7 (5.65%) Microsoft Purview
5 6 (4.84%) AWS
6 5 (4.03%) Azure AI
6 5 (4.03%) Azure Data Factory
6 5 (4.03%) Power Automate
7 4 (3.23%) GCP
7 4 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (3.23%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.42%) Azure App Service
8 3 (2.42%) GitHub
8 3 (2.42%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (2.42%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.61%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.61%) IaaS
9 2 (1.61%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.65%) Internet
2 2 (1.61%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.68%) Power BI
2 8 (6.45%) Metadata
2 8 (6.45%) Tableau
3 4 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.42%) MongoDB
4 3 (2.42%) MySQL
4 3 (2.42%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.61%) Power Query
6 1 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.81%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.81%) Data Vault
6 1 (0.81%) Looker
6 1 (0.81%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.81%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 3 (2.42%) Git
2 2 (1.61%) JMeter
2 2 (1.61%) LoadRunner
2 2 (1.61%) Selenium
2 2 (1.61%) SonarQube
General
1 26 (20.97%) Social Skills
2 25 (20.16%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (11.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (9.68%) Finance
5 10 (8.06%) Legal
6 9 (7.26%) Public Sector
7 8 (6.45%) Retail
8 7 (5.65%) Banking
9 5 (4.03%) Law
10 4 (3.23%) Marketing
11 3 (2.42%) Aerospace
11 3 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.81%) Agriculture
12 1 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 61 (49.19%) Trainer
2 11 (8.87%) Developer
3 9 (7.26%) Lead
3 9 (7.26%) Lecturer
4 7 (5.65%) Architect
4 7 (5.65%) Data Engineer
5 6 (4.84%) Biologist
5 6 (4.84%) Senior
5 6 (4.84%) Software Developer
6 5 (4.03%) Analyst
6 5 (4.03%) Data Analyst
6 5 (4.03%) Junior
6 5 (4.03%) Junior Analyst
6 5 (4.03%) Junior Data Analyst
7 4 (3.23%) Content Editor
7 4 (3.23%) Principal Data Engineer
7 4 (3.23%) Principal Engineer
7 4 (3.23%) Python Developer
7 4 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (2.42%) Lead Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.65%) .NET
1 7 (5.65%) PySpark
2 4 (3.23%) Hibernate
2 4 (3.23%) Middleware
2 4 (3.23%) Spring
3 3 (2.42%) RESTful
4 2 (1.61%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.61%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.61%) ASP.NET Core
4 2 (1.61%) CSS
4 2 (1.61%) Grails
4 2 (1.61%) Kafka
4 2 (1.61%) Razor View Engine
4 2 (1.61%) React
4 2 (1.61%) REST
4 2 (1.61%) SOAP
4 2 (1.61%) Spring Boot
4 2 (1.61%) Struts
4 2 (1.61%) Web Services
4 2 (1.61%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.87%) Molecular Biology
2 8 (6.45%) IoT
3 7 (5.65%) Blog
4 4 (3.23%) Low-Code
5 3 (2.42%) AI Agents
5 3 (2.42%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.42%) Enterprise Cloud
5 3 (2.42%) Marketing Technology
6 2 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.61%) DataPower
6 2 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.61%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.81%) Hackathon
7 1 (0.81%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (49.19%) Conversational UI
2 20 (16.13%) Analytics
2 20 (16.13%) Machine Learning
3 17 (13.71%) Chemistry
3 17 (13.71%) Cybersecurity
4 16 (12.90%) Business Intelligence
4 16 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
4 16 (12.90%) Mentoring
5 14 (11.29%) Data Engineering
5 14 (11.29%) Roadmaps
6 13 (10.48%) User Experience
7 12 (9.68%) Content Writing
8 11 (8.87%) Biochemistry
8 11 (8.87%) Biology
8 11 (8.87%) Biotechnology
8 11 (8.87%) Data Interpretation
8 11 (8.87%) Decision-Making
8 11 (8.87%) Experimental Design
8 11 (8.87%) Project Management
9 10 (8.06%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 26 (20.97%) Python
2 22 (17.74%) SQL
3 9 (7.26%) JavaScript
4 8 (6.45%) Java
5 6 (4.84%) C#
5 6 (4.84%) T-SQL
6 3 (2.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (1.61%) R
8 1 (0.81%) Go
8 1 (0.81%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 76 (61.29%) Degree
2 44 (35.48%) Master's Degree
2 44 (35.48%) PhD
3 7 (5.65%) PMP
3 7 (5.65%) Postgraduate
4 5 (4.03%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.61%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.81%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.23%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.61%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.61%) GDPR
2 2 (1.61%) WCAG
3 1 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.81%) QA
System Software
1 6 (4.84%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (4.84%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.61%) Control-M
2 2 (1.61%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 61 (49.19%) PayPal
2 17 (13.71%) Microsoft
3 7 (5.65%) Databricks
4 3 (2.42%) Oracle
5 2 (1.61%) IBM
6 1 (0.81%) OpenAI