AI Job Trends in the Midlands

AI
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring AI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 8 112
Rank change year-on-year -8 +104 +64
Permanent jobs citing AI 771 705 258
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.71% 12.48% 2.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.19% 14.60% 2.69%
Number of salaries quoted 392 116 148
10th Percentile £35,125 £35,625 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,938 £49,688 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +2.21% +2.09%
75th Percentile £81,250 £74,063 £70,625
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £92,525
England median annual salary £70,000 £66,340 £70,000
% change year-on-year +5.52% -5.23% -6.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,415 4,828 9,597
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.74% 85.48% 78.72%
Number of salaries quoted 6,702 2,882 6,220
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

AI job vacancy trend in the Midlands

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Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing AI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing AI

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Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing AI in the Midlands over the 6 months to 21 July 2026.

Salary histogram for AI in the Midlands

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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 within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 July 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 -5 492 £59,764 -0.39% 158
East Midlands -18 278 £52,500 -16.00% 93
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England

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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:

Application Platforms
1 19 (2.46%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.30%) Jupyter
3 4 (0.52%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.39%) Apache
4 3 (0.39%) CMS
4 3 (0.39%) Confluence
4 3 (0.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (0.39%) WordPress
5 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.13%) IIS
6 1 (0.13%) nginx
Applications
1 180 (23.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.82%) Chatbot
3 10 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.26%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.13%) LaTeX
7 1 (0.13%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 12 (1.56%) Cloudability
2 7 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.52%) Sage 50
4 3 (0.39%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.26%) Shopify
6 1 (0.13%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.13%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.13%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.13%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 351 (45.53%) Azure
2 246 (31.91%) Azure AI
3 226 (29.31%) Power Platform
4 87 (11.28%) AWS
5 52 (6.74%) SaaS
6 37 (4.80%) Microsoft Copilot
7 28 (3.63%) GCP
7 28 (3.63%) Microsoft 365
8 21 (2.72%) Serverless
9 16 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
10 15 (1.95%) Power Automate
11 12 (1.56%) GitHub
11 12 (1.56%) Microsoft Purview
12 11 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
12 11 (1.43%) PowerApps
13 10 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
13 10 (1.30%) Copilot Studio
14 9 (1.17%) Anthropic Claude
14 9 (1.17%) GitHub Copilot
14 9 (1.17%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.04%) DNS
2 7 (0.91%) Firewall
3 5 (0.65%) VPN
4 4 (0.52%) MQTT
5 3 (0.39%) Broadband
6 2 (0.26%) DHCP
6 2 (0.26%) VLAN
6 2 (0.26%) VoIP
6 2 (0.26%) Wireless
7 1 (0.13%) Diameter Protocol
7 1 (0.13%) FTP
7 1 (0.13%) IPFIX
7 1 (0.13%) Network Security
7 1 (0.13%) RTSP
7 1 (0.13%) SCTP
7 1 (0.13%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.13%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.13%) UWB
7 1 (0.13%) VoLTE
7 1 (0.13%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 206 (26.72%) Power BI
2 177 (22.96%) Tableau
3 22 (2.85%) SQL Server
4 17 (2.20%) Azure SQL Database
5 16 (2.08%) MongoDB
6 12 (1.56%) Metadata
7 10 (1.30%) Data Lake
8 7 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (0.91%) Redis
9 6 (0.78%) DynamoDB
10 5 (0.65%) Star Schema
11 4 (0.52%) Big Data
11 4 (0.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.39%) Looker
12 3 (0.39%) MySQL
12 3 (0.39%) Power Query
12 3 (0.39%) Semantic Layer
13 2 (0.26%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 10 (1.30%) Snyk
2 9 (1.17%) Visual Studio Code
3 6 (0.78%) Git
3 6 (0.78%) JIRA
3 6 (0.78%) JUnit
3 6 (0.78%) Maven
3 6 (0.78%) Mockito
4 5 (0.65%) Selenium
5 2 (0.26%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.26%) GitLab
5 2 (0.26%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.26%) Yeoman
6 1 (0.13%) Appium
6 1 (0.13%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.13%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.13%) Gatling
6 1 (0.13%) Postman
6 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.13%) Vite
General
1 342 (44.36%) Social Skills
2 143 (18.55%) Finance
3 72 (9.34%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (8.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 37 (4.80%) Legal
6 35 (4.54%) Law
7 34 (4.41%) Retail
8 27 (3.50%) Manufacturing
9 26 (3.37%) Influencing Skills
10 20 (2.59%) Banking
10 20 (2.59%) Marketing
11 19 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
12 16 (2.08%) Public Sector
13 9 (1.17%) Advertising
13 9 (1.17%) Automotive
14 7 (0.91%) Social Housing
15 6 (0.78%) Financial Institution
15 6 (0.78%) Japanese Language
16 5 (0.65%) Agriculture
16 5 (0.65%) Games
Job Titles
1 215 (27.89%) Analyst
2 169 (21.92%) Data Analyst
2 169 (21.92%) Junior
3 166 (21.53%) Junior Analyst
4 165 (21.40%) Junior Data Analyst
5 81 (10.51%) Developer
5 81 (10.51%) Senior
6 77 (9.99%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 69 (8.95%) Lead
8 50 (6.49%) Architect
9 25 (3.24%) Business Analyst
9 25 (3.24%) Data Scientist
10 23 (2.98%) Accountant
10 23 (2.98%) Data Engineer
10 23 (2.98%) Software Engineer
10 23 (2.98%) Systems Accountant
11 19 (2.46%) Consultant
12 17 (2.20%) Senior Analyst
13 16 (2.08%) Data Architect
13 16 (2.08%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (3.50%) .NET
2 25 (3.24%) React
3 18 (2.33%) ASP.NET
4 17 (2.20%) ASP.NET Core
5 14 (1.82%) HTML
6 13 (1.69%) .NET Core
6 13 (1.69%) REST
7 12 (1.56%) CSS
7 12 (1.56%) RESTful
7 12 (1.56%) scikit-learn
8 11 (1.43%) Matplotlib
9 10 (1.30%) Blazor
9 10 (1.30%) Hugging Face
9 10 (1.30%) ML.NET
9 10 (1.30%) Playwright
10 9 (1.17%) .NET Framework
10 9 (1.17%) NumPy
10 9 (1.17%) Pandas
10 9 (1.17%) Spring
10 9 (1.17%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 22 (2.85%) Product Ownership
2 19 (2.46%) Cloud Native
3 14 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (1.56%) Robotics
5 11 (1.43%) AI Agents
5 11 (1.43%) Algorithms
6 10 (1.30%) Data Centre
6 10 (1.30%) Driving Licence
6 10 (1.30%) Low-Code
6 10 (1.30%) Virtual Team
7 8 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
7 8 (1.04%) IoT
8 7 (0.91%) CSOC
8 7 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (0.91%) Management Information System
9 6 (0.78%) Security Posture
10 5 (0.65%) Mobile App
10 5 (0.65%) Public Cloud
11 4 (0.52%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.20%) Linux
2 12 (1.56%) Windows
3 7 (0.91%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.52%) VMS
5 2 (0.26%) Android
5 2 (0.26%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.13%) Alpine Linux
6 1 (0.13%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.13%) Robot Operating System
6 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (27.63%) Business Intelligence
2 106 (13.75%) Analytics
3 89 (11.54%) Machine Learning
4 84 (10.89%) Agile
5 83 (10.77%) Problem-Solving
6 79 (10.25%) Continuous Improvement
7 78 (10.12%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
8 69 (8.95%) Mentoring
9 67 (8.69%) Roadmaps
10 66 (8.56%) CI/CD
11 63 (8.17%) Decision-Making
12 51 (6.61%) LLM
13 48 (6.23%) Stakeholder Management
14 46 (5.97%) Cybersecurity
15 44 (5.71%) Actionable Insight
16 42 (5.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 41 (5.32%) Data Governance
18 39 (5.06%) Data Science
18 39 (5.06%) Workflow
19 38 (4.93%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 318 (41.25%) Python
2 232 (30.09%) SQL
3 29 (3.76%) C#
4 27 (3.50%) JavaScript
5 18 (2.33%) TypeScript
6 12 (1.56%) PowerShell
7 11 (1.43%) Java
8 7 (0.91%) Bash
8 7 (0.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (0.78%) PHP
9 6 (0.78%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (0.52%) R
12 3 (0.39%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.26%) C++
13 2 (0.26%) Go
14 1 (0.13%) JCL
14 1 (0.13%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.13%) Rust
14 1 (0.13%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 232 (30.09%) Azure Certification
2 49 (6.36%) Degree
3 38 (4.93%) Security Cleared
4 37 (4.80%) SC Cleared
5 21 (2.72%) AWS Certification
6 19 (2.46%) ACCA
6 19 (2.46%) CIMA
7 12 (1.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 10 (1.30%) Master's Degree
9 9 (1.17%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 7 (0.91%) SANS
11 6 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (0.78%) MOS
12 5 (0.65%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.52%) CISA
14 3 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.39%) CIPD
14 3 (0.39%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 2 (0.26%) PMI Certification
15 2 (0.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (5.45%) Data Quality
2 28 (3.63%) QA
3 27 (3.50%) GDPR
4 16 (2.08%) GRC
5 15 (1.95%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.04%) SLA
7 7 (0.91%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 6 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.52%) NIST
9 4 (0.52%) PMO
10 3 (0.39%) WCAG
11 2 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.13%) COBIT
12 1 (0.13%) GxP
12 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.13%) JTAG
12 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.13%) PSD2
12 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 24 (3.11%) Docker
2 10 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.78%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 24 (3.11%) Kubernetes
2 13 (1.69%) Terraform
3 5 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.52%) Grafana
5 2 (0.26%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.13%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.13%) Nagios
6 1 (0.13%) Podman
6 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 295 (38.26%) Microsoft
2 19 (2.46%) ServiceNow
3 15 (1.95%) Databricks
4 14 (1.82%) Adobe
5 12 (1.56%) Apple
5 12 (1.56%) OpenAI
6 11 (1.43%) CrowdStrike
6 11 (1.43%) Oracle
7 10 (1.30%) Palo Alto
7 10 (1.30%) SAP
7 10 (1.30%) Tenable
8 7 (0.91%) Foundry
9 6 (0.78%) Google
9 6 (0.78%) Salesforce
10 5 (0.65%) Aderant
10 5 (0.65%) ConnectWise
10 5 (0.65%) Facebook
10 5 (0.65%) Intapp
10 5 (0.65%) Sage
11 4 (0.52%) Xero