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 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 8 111
Rank change year-on-year -8 +103 +63
Permanent jobs citing AI 770 712 280
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.80% 12.64% 2.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.31% 14.76% 2.67%
Number of salaries quoted 387 118 168
10th Percentile £35,000 £39,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,625 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +2.21% -0.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,438 £67,813
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,250 £90,000
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 9,263 4,824 10,473
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.79% 85.67% 79.29%
Number of salaries quoted 6,568 2,871 6,988
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +3.16% -9.52%
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 16 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 16 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 -6 486 £58,514 -2.48% 148
East Midlands -17 283 £52,500 -16.00% 88
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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 18 (2.34%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.30%) Jupyter
3 3 (0.39%) Apache
3 3 (0.39%) ArcGIS
3 3 (0.39%) CMS
3 3 (0.39%) Confluence
3 3 (0.39%) WordPress
4 2 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.13%) IIS
5 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.13%) nginx
Applications
1 191 (24.81%) 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%) Shopify
6 1 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
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
1 357 (46.36%) Azure
2 257 (33.38%) Azure AI
3 236 (30.65%) Power Platform
4 84 (10.91%) AWS
5 53 (6.88%) SaaS
6 37 (4.81%) Microsoft Copilot
7 27 (3.51%) GCP
8 26 (3.38%) Microsoft 365
9 21 (2.73%) Serverless
10 16 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
11 15 (1.95%) Power Automate
12 12 (1.56%) GitHub
12 12 (1.56%) Microsoft Purview
13 11 (1.43%) PowerApps
14 10 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
14 10 (1.30%) Copilot Studio
14 10 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
15 9 (1.17%) Anthropic Claude
15 9 (1.17%) GitHub Copilot
15 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%) FTP
7 1 (0.13%) HTTP
7 1 (0.13%) Network Security
7 1 (0.13%) RTSP
7 1 (0.13%) SCTP
7 1 (0.13%) SNMP
7 1 (0.13%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.13%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.13%) UWB
7 1 (0.13%) WAN
7 1 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 216 (28.05%) Power BI
2 188 (24.42%) Tableau
3 22 (2.86%) SQL Server
4 17 (2.21%) 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
4 5 (0.65%) JUnit
4 5 (0.65%) Maven
4 5 (0.65%) 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%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.13%) Burp Suite
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
1 349 (45.32%) Social Skills
2 137 (17.79%) Finance
3 70 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (7.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 37 (4.81%) Legal
6 34 (4.42%) Law
6 34 (4.42%) Retail
7 28 (3.64%) Manufacturing
8 25 (3.25%) Influencing Skills
9 20 (2.60%) Banking
9 20 (2.60%) Marketing
10 19 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (2.08%) Public Sector
12 9 (1.17%) Advertising
12 9 (1.17%) Automotive
13 7 (0.91%) Social Housing
14 6 (0.78%) Financial Institution
14 6 (0.78%) Japanese Language
15 5 (0.65%) Agriculture
15 5 (0.65%) Games
Job Titles
1 226 (29.35%) Analyst
2 180 (23.38%) Data Analyst
2 180 (23.38%) Junior
3 177 (22.99%) Junior Analyst
4 176 (22.86%) Junior Data Analyst
5 79 (10.26%) Developer
6 77 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 77 (10.00%) Senior
7 69 (8.96%) Lead
8 49 (6.36%) Architect
9 25 (3.25%) Business Analyst
9 25 (3.25%) Data Scientist
10 23 (2.99%) Accountant
10 23 (2.99%) Data Engineer
10 23 (2.99%) Systems Accountant
11 22 (2.86%) Software Engineer
12 17 (2.21%) Senior Analyst
13 16 (2.08%) Consultant
13 16 (2.08%) Data Architect
13 16 (2.08%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (3.51%) .NET
2 23 (2.99%) React
3 18 (2.34%) ASP.NET
4 17 (2.21%) ASP.NET Core
5 14 (1.82%) HTML
6 13 (1.69%) .NET Core
7 12 (1.56%) CSS
7 12 (1.56%) RESTful
7 12 (1.56%) scikit-learn
8 11 (1.43%) Matplotlib
8 11 (1.43%) REST
9 10 (1.30%) Blazor
9 10 (1.30%) Hugging Face
9 10 (1.30%) ML.NET
10 9 (1.17%) .NET Framework
10 9 (1.17%) NumPy
10 9 (1.17%) Pandas
10 9 (1.17%) Playwright
10 9 (1.17%) Streamlit
11 8 (1.04%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 22 (2.86%) Product Ownership
2 19 (2.47%) Cloud Native
3 13 (1.69%) Robotics
4 12 (1.56%) Algorithms
4 12 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (1.43%) AI Agents
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
9 5 (0.65%) Management Information System
9 5 (0.65%) Mobile App
9 5 (0.65%) Public Cloud
9 5 (0.65%) Security Posture
10 4 (0.52%) Augmented Reality
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.95%) Linux
2 11 (1.43%) Windows
3 7 (0.91%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.52%) VMS
5 2 (0.26%) Android
5 2 (0.26%) Robot Operating System
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%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (28.96%) Business Intelligence
2 104 (13.51%) Analytics
3 87 (11.30%) Machine Learning
4 82 (10.65%) Problem-Solving
5 81 (10.52%) Agile
6 78 (10.13%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
7 75 (9.74%) Continuous Improvement
8 67 (8.70%) Roadmaps
9 66 (8.57%) Mentoring
10 64 (8.31%) CI/CD
11 63 (8.18%) Decision-Making
12 49 (6.36%) LLM
13 46 (5.97%) Cybersecurity
13 46 (5.97%) Stakeholder Management
14 42 (5.45%) Actionable Insight
15 40 (5.19%) Data Governance
16 39 (5.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 39 (5.06%) Validation
16 39 (5.06%) Workflow
17 37 (4.81%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 328 (42.60%) Python
2 240 (31.17%) SQL
3 29 (3.77%) C#
4 25 (3.25%) JavaScript
5 17 (2.21%) TypeScript
6 12 (1.56%) PowerShell
7 10 (1.30%) Java
8 7 (0.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (0.78%) Bash
9 6 (0.78%) PHP
10 5 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
10 5 (0.65%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.52%) R
12 3 (0.39%) C++
12 3 (0.39%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.26%) Go
14 1 (0.13%) C
14 1 (0.13%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.13%) Rust
14 1 (0.13%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 243 (31.56%) Azure Certification
2 50 (6.49%) Degree
3 36 (4.68%) Security Cleared
4 35 (4.55%) SC Cleared
5 21 (2.73%) AWS Certification
6 19 (2.47%) ACCA
6 19 (2.47%) CIMA
7 12 (1.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 11 (1.43%) 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%) PhD
14 3 (0.39%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 2 (0.26%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (5.45%) Data Quality
2 26 (3.38%) GDPR
2 26 (3.38%) QA
3 15 (1.95%) GRC
4 14 (1.82%) Accessibility
5 7 (0.91%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 7 (0.91%) SLA
6 4 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.52%) NIST
6 4 (0.52%) PMO
7 3 (0.39%) WCAG
8 2 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.13%) COBIT
9 1 (0.13%) GxP
9 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.13%) ISO 19650
9 1 (0.13%) JTAG
9 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.13%) PSD2
9 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 23 (2.99%) 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 23 (2.99%) Kubernetes
2 13 (1.69%) Terraform
3 4 (0.52%) Grafana
3 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.26%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.13%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.13%) Nagios
5 1 (0.13%) Podman
5 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 303 (39.35%) Microsoft
2 19 (2.47%) 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
7 10 (1.30%) 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