AI Agents Job Trends in the Midlands

AI Agents (Agentic AI)
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term AI Agents in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited AI Agents over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing AI Agents 9 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.12% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.33% - -
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £47,250 - -
25th Percentile £52,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,527 - -
75th Percentile £66,250 - -
90th Percentile £73,250 - -
England median annual salary £90,000 £100,000 -
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -

All Generic Skills
Midlands

AI Agents falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,764 2,292 1,767
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 35.43% 34.40% 35.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,145 959 1,434
10th Percentile £26,000 £32,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,233 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

AI Agents
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

AI Agents job vacancy trend in the Midlands

AI Agents
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing AI Agents.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing AI Agents

AI Agents
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing AI Agents in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for AI Agents in the Midlands

AI Agents
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AI Agents within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
West Midlands - 8 £57,264 - 3
East Midlands - 1 £60,000 - 1
AI Agents
England

AI Agents
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (11.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 7 (77.78%) Azure
2 6 (66.67%) Azure AI
3 2 (22.22%) AWS
3 2 (22.22%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (22.22%) Zapier
4 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (11.11%) GCP
4 1 (11.11%) GitHub
4 1 (11.11%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (11.11%) Power Automate
4 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
4 1 (11.11%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Back Office
2 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Developer
2 4 (44.44%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
2 4 (44.44%) Automation Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Automation Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Lead
3 1 (11.11%) Python Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) .NET
1 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET
1 1 (11.11%) CrewAI
1 1 (11.11%) EDI
1 1 (11.11%) JSON
1 1 (11.11%) LangChain
1 1 (11.11%) Middleware
1 1 (11.11%) Next.js
1 1 (11.11%) React
1 1 (11.11%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Cloud Native
1 1 (11.11%) IoT
1 1 (11.11%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) AI
2 2 (22.22%) Data Integration
2 2 (22.22%) DevOps
2 2 (22.22%) Machine Learning
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Analytics
3 1 (11.11%) API Design
3 1 (11.11%) Business Process Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) CRUD
3 1 (11.11%) Data Analytics
3 1 (11.11%) Front End Development
3 1 (11.11%) Line Management
3 1 (11.11%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (11.11%) Process Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) Robotic Process Automation
3 1 (11.11%) SDLC
3 1 (11.11%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (11.11%) Task Automation
3 1 (11.11%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) Python
2 6 (66.67%) Java
2 6 (66.67%) R
3 5 (55.56%) SQL
4 1 (11.11%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) UiPath
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) Automation Anywhere
3 1 (11.11%) HubSpot
3 1 (11.11%) Planon
3 1 (11.11%) Salesforce
3 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow