AI Job Trends in London

AI
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring AI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 32 47
Rank change year-on-year +27 +15 +63
Permanent jobs citing AI 2,553 1,025 1,072
As % of all permanent jobs in London 13.55% 7.95% 4.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.15% 8.27% 5.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,315 558 694
10th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £95,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +11.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £100,000 £117,500 £110,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £145,000 £124,250
England median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +7.14% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,806 12,388 20,762
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 83.89% 96.14% 91.43%
Number of salaries quoted 10,333 7,542 16,048
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,469
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%

AI
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

AI job vacancy trend in London

AI
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing AI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing AI

AI
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing AI in London over the 6 months to 11 April 2026.

Salary histogram for AI in London

AI
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AI within the London region over the 6 months to 11 April 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
Central London +15 390 £82,500 -19.51% 561
South London +47 185 £112,500 +50.00% 23
West London +28 182 £65,000 -35.00% 47
East London +21 94 £24,000 - 42
North London +12 21 - - 14
AI
England

AI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 71 (2.78%) Apache Airflow
2 63 (2.47%) Apache Spark
3 38 (1.49%) SharePoint
4 25 (0.98%) Apache
5 24 (0.94%) Confluence
5 24 (0.94%) Palantir Foundry
6 21 (0.82%) CMS
7 17 (0.67%) Appian
8 14 (0.55%) Jupyter
9 10 (0.39%) JBoss
9 10 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
9 10 (0.39%) WebSphere
10 9 (0.35%) WordPress
11 5 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
12 3 (0.12%) Liferay
12 3 (0.12%) SAS
13 2 (0.078%) Camunda
13 2 (0.078%) Headless CMS
13 2 (0.078%) nginx
14 1 (0.039%) Kinematics
Applications
1 56 (2.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (1.41%) Chatbot
3 31 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
4 23 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (0.59%) MS Visio
6 13 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.39%) UserZoom
8 7 (0.27%) Maya
9 5 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
10 3 (0.12%) Sketch
11 2 (0.078%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 2 (0.078%) Camtasia
12 1 (0.039%) Blender
12 1 (0.039%) SOLIDWORKS
12 1 (0.039%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.31%) Distributed Ledger
4 6 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 4 (0.16%) Shopify
7 3 (0.12%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.078%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.078%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.078%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.078%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.078%) Unit4 Business World
8 2 (0.078%) Workday HCM
9 1 (0.039%) Fidessa
9 1 (0.039%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.039%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.039%) SAP PLM
9 1 (0.039%) SimCorp Dimension
9 1 (0.039%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 599 (23.46%) Azure
2 417 (16.33%) Cloud Computing
3 411 (16.10%) AWS
4 270 (10.58%) SaaS
5 242 (9.48%) GCP
6 209 (8.19%) Power Platform
7 133 (5.21%) Azure AI
8 111 (4.35%) Snowflake
9 105 (4.11%) GitHub
10 90 (3.53%) Microsoft 365
11 86 (3.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 67 (2.62%) Azure Machine Learning
13 65 (2.55%) Serverless
14 63 (2.47%) Azure Data Factory
14 63 (2.47%) Microsoft Copilot
15 55 (2.15%) Adobe Analytics
16 54 (2.12%) Anthropic Claude
17 52 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
18 50 (1.96%) Power Automate
19 49 (1.92%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 376 (14.73%) Internet
2 77 (3.02%) Broadband
3 23 (0.90%) Firewall
4 17 (0.67%) HTTP
5 15 (0.59%) Network Security
5 15 (0.59%) WAN
6 8 (0.31%) VPN
7 7 (0.27%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.24%) DHCP
8 6 (0.24%) SD-WAN
8 6 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.16%) DNS
9 4 (0.16%) LAN
10 2 (0.078%) DOCSIS
10 2 (0.078%) Intranet
10 2 (0.078%) IPv4
10 2 (0.078%) IPv6
10 2 (0.078%) Kerberos
10 2 (0.078%) PPP
10 2 (0.078%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 158 (6.19%) Power BI
2 112 (4.39%) Data Warehouse
3 110 (4.31%) Tableau
4 95 (3.72%) Data Lake
5 73 (2.86%) SQL Server
6 50 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
7 49 (1.92%) BigQuery
8 44 (1.72%) NoSQL
9 39 (1.53%) Metadata
9 39 (1.53%) MongoDB
10 35 (1.37%) Big Data
11 31 (1.21%) Pinecone
12 27 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
13 26 (1.02%) Looker
14 25 (0.98%) MySQL
15 24 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
16 19 (0.74%) Apache Hive
16 19 (0.74%) Snowflake Schema
16 19 (0.74%) Spark SQL
17 16 (0.63%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 83 (3.25%) Git
2 54 (2.12%) MLflow
3 41 (1.61%) JIRA
4 32 (1.25%) Jenkins
5 23 (0.90%) Claude Code
6 16 (0.63%) IBM UrbanCode
7 15 (0.59%) GitLab
8 10 (0.39%) Cypress.io
9 9 (0.35%) Storybook
10 8 (0.31%) Selenium
10 8 (0.31%) TeamCity
11 7 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
11 7 (0.27%) Postman
11 7 (0.27%) Vite
12 6 (0.24%) Gradle
12 6 (0.24%) SpecFlow
13 5 (0.20%) Balsamiq
13 5 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
13 5 (0.20%) WebDriver
14 3 (0.12%) ESLint
General
1 888 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 639 (25.03%) Finance
3 533 (20.88%) Banking
4 513 (20.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 287 (11.24%) Analytical Skills
6 159 (6.23%) Law
6 159 (6.23%) Marketing
7 153 (5.99%) Legal
8 124 (4.86%) Public Sector
9 91 (3.56%) Retail
10 90 (3.53%) Games
11 67 (2.62%) Financial Institution
12 66 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
13 54 (2.12%) Telecoms
14 50 (1.96%) Manufacturing
14 50 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
15 47 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
16 33 (1.29%) Advertising
17 30 (1.18%) Investment Banking
18 29 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 438 (17.16%) Senior
2 312 (12.22%) Lecturer
3 280 (10.97%) Lead
4 207 (8.11%) Architect
5 202 (7.91%) Developer
6 143 (5.60%) Analyst
7 138 (5.41%) Consultant
8 111 (4.35%) Software Engineer
9 107 (4.19%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 93 (3.64%) Data Engineer
11 76 (2.98%) Solutions Architect
12 72 (2.82%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 67 (2.62%) Data Analyst
14 66 (2.59%) Python Engineer
15 62 (2.43%) Full-Stack Developer
15 62 (2.43%) Python Developer
16 49 (1.92%) Data Scientist
17 47 (1.84%) Senior Manager
18 45 (1.76%) Data Architect
19 44 (1.72%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 153 (5.99%) React
2 112 (4.39%) PyTorch
3 100 (3.92%) LangChain
4 95 (3.72%) TensorFlow
5 93 (3.64%) REST
6 76 (2.98%) RESTful
7 73 (2.86%) Node.js
8 70 (2.74%) FastAPI
9 67 (2.62%) Kafka
10 61 (2.39%) Django
11 56 (2.19%) scikit-learn
12 54 (2.12%) Next.js
13 50 (1.96%) .NET
14 49 (1.92%) Flask
15 46 (1.80%) HTML
16 45 (1.76%) CSS
17 42 (1.65%) Pandas
17 42 (1.65%) Spring
18 40 (1.57%) LangGraph
18 40 (1.57%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 380 (14.88%) IoT
2 167 (6.54%) Cloud Native
3 126 (4.94%) AI Agents
4 74 (2.90%) Onboarding
5 65 (2.55%) Distributed Systems
6 56 (2.19%) Product Ownership
7 55 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
8 54 (2.12%) Public Cloud
9 53 (2.08%) Management Information System
10 51 (2.00%) Social Media
11 40 (1.57%) Algorithms
12 38 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
13 35 (1.37%) Data Centre
13 35 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
14 34 (1.33%) Low-Code
15 31 (1.21%) Life Science
15 31 (1.21%) Mobile App
16 28 (1.10%) Data Structures
16 28 (1.10%) Robotics
17 27 (1.06%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 40 (1.57%) Linux
2 37 (1.45%) Windows
3 34 (1.33%) Android
4 26 (1.02%) Unix
5 16 (0.63%) Apple iOS
6 11 (0.43%) Ubuntu
7 8 (0.31%) Windows Server
8 7 (0.27%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.078%) OpenWrt
10 1 (0.039%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.039%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.039%) Robot Operating System
10 1 (0.039%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 924 (36.19%) Machine Learning
2 622 (24.36%) Analytics
3 501 (19.62%) User Experience
4 468 (18.33%) Cybersecurity
5 406 (15.90%) Agile
6 395 (15.47%) Roadmaps
7 383 (15.00%) Web Development
8 357 (13.98%) Problem-Solving
9 317 (12.42%) Decision-Making
10 313 (12.26%) Generative AI
11 293 (11.48%) CI/CD
12 284 (11.12%) LLM
13 275 (10.77%) Software Engineering
14 269 (10.54%) Data Science
15 267 (10.46%) Data Engineering
15 267 (10.46%) Mentoring
16 256 (10.03%) Business Intelligence
17 237 (9.28%) DevOps
18 228 (8.93%) Computer Science
19 220 (8.62%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 693 (27.14%) Python
2 389 (15.24%) SQL
3 142 (5.56%) TypeScript
4 126 (4.94%) Java
5 107 (4.19%) JavaScript
6 56 (2.19%) C#
7 46 (1.80%) Go
8 37 (1.45%) C++
9 35 (1.37%) PowerShell
10 31 (1.21%) Bash
11 22 (0.86%) Kotlin
11 22 (0.86%) PHP
12 17 (0.67%) R
13 14 (0.55%) Rust
14 10 (0.39%) Bicep
15 9 (0.35%) Scala
16 6 (0.24%) C
16 6 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 4 (0.16%) Swift
18 3 (0.12%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 807 (31.61%) Degree
2 469 (18.37%) Master's Degree
3 436 (17.08%) PhD
4 374 (14.65%) Postgraduate
5 128 (5.01%) Security Cleared
6 121 (4.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 84 (3.29%) SC Cleared
8 60 (2.35%) Azure Certification
9 38 (1.49%) DV Cleared
10 32 (1.25%) CISSP
11 30 (1.18%) ACCA
12 29 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
13 23 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
13 23 (0.90%) Numerate Degree
14 22 (0.86%) PMI Certification
15 21 (0.82%) AWS Certification
16 18 (0.71%) PMP
17 16 (0.63%) CCNP
17 16 (0.63%) Microsoft Certified Professional
18 12 (0.47%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (5.52%) Data Quality
2 98 (3.84%) GDPR
3 95 (3.72%) Accessibility
4 52 (2.04%) QA
5 41 (1.61%) EU AI Act
6 32 (1.25%) HIPAA
7 31 (1.21%) IFRS
8 29 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 26 (1.02%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 25 (0.98%) Solvency II
11 23 (0.90%) GRC
12 21 (0.82%) PSD2
13 18 (0.71%) WCAG
14 13 (0.51%) SLA
15 12 (0.47%) NIST
15 12 (0.47%) PMO
16 11 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 8 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
18 7 (0.27%) GAAP
18 7 (0.27%) PERC
System Software
1 153 (5.99%) Docker
2 39 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
3 33 (1.29%) Active Directory
4 12 (0.47%) Firmware
5 2 (0.078%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.078%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.039%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.039%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 160 (6.27%) Kubernetes
2 127 (4.97%) Terraform
3 26 (1.02%) Ansible
3 26 (1.02%) Prometheus
4 20 (0.78%) Grafana
5 12 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.27%) Argo
8 5 (0.20%) Kubeflow
9 3 (0.12%) RSA Archer
10 2 (0.078%) Autotask
10 2 (0.078%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 2 (0.078%) Control-M
10 2 (0.078%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (0.078%) Puppet
10 2 (0.078%) Salt
10 2 (0.078%) Thomson Reuters DACS
11 1 (0.039%) Istio
11 1 (0.039%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.039%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 349 (13.67%) Microsoft
2 177 (6.93%) Databricks
3 124 (4.86%) Google
4 89 (3.49%) OpenAI
5 65 (2.55%) Dell
6 61 (2.39%) Adobe
7 45 (1.76%) Salesforce
8 43 (1.68%) SAP
9 41 (1.61%) Foundry
10 39 (1.53%) Oracle
11 37 (1.45%) Alteryx
11 37 (1.45%) Palantir
12 30 (1.18%) Informatica
13 26 (1.02%) Bloomberg
14 20 (0.78%) ServiceNow
15 19 (0.74%) Fortinet
15 19 (0.74%) Red Hat
16 18 (0.71%) Denodo
16 18 (0.71%) NVIDIA
16 18 (0.71%) Teradata