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 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 21 84
Rank change year-on-year +17 +63 +122
Permanent jobs citing AI 1,674 417 323
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 12.91% 8.21% 2.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.82% 9.17% 3.37%
Number of salaries quoted 263 119 204
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -13.04%
75th Percentile £73,125 £77,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -4.76%

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 9,394 4,547 9,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 72.43% 89.56% 81.77%
Number of salaries quoted 5,687 2,621 7,160
10th Percentile £29,400 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £38,875 £35,000 £34,834
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,250 £63,750 £62,270
90th Percentile £81,250 £76,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -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 11 May 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 11 May 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 +17 1,344 £52,500 -8.70% 135
East Midlands +16 341 £52,500 -16.00% 98
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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 13 (0.78%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.54%) Jupyter
3 3 (0.18%) ArcGIS
3 3 (0.18%) CMS
3 3 (0.18%) Confluence
4 2 (0.12%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.060%) Apache
5 1 (0.060%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.060%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.060%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.060%) SAS
Applications
1 253 (15.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (0.84%) Chatbot
2 14 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.060%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.060%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 12 (0.72%) Cloudability
2 7 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.18%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.12%) Sage 50
5 1 (0.060%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.060%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.060%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.060%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.060%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.060%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.060%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 999 (59.68%) Cloud Computing
2 385 (23.00%) Azure
3 301 (17.98%) Azure AI
4 272 (16.25%) Power Platform
5 63 (3.76%) AWS
6 36 (2.15%) SaaS
7 26 (1.55%) Microsoft 365
8 23 (1.37%) Microsoft Copilot
9 21 (1.25%) GCP
10 13 (0.78%) Serverless
11 12 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (0.72%) GitHub
12 10 (0.60%) Figma
12 10 (0.60%) GitHub Copilot
12 10 (0.60%) Power Automate
12 10 (0.60%) PowerApps
13 9 (0.54%) Entra ID
13 9 (0.54%) Microsoft Purview
14 7 (0.42%) Anthropic Claude
14 7 (0.42%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 989 (59.08%) Internet
2 7 (0.42%) DNS
3 6 (0.36%) Firewall
4 5 (0.30%) VPN
5 4 (0.24%) MQTT
6 3 (0.18%) Broadband
6 3 (0.18%) Intranet
7 2 (0.12%) DHCP
8 1 (0.060%) Network Security
8 1 (0.060%) SMS
8 1 (0.060%) VLAN
8 1 (0.060%) WireGuard
8 1 (0.060%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 257 (15.35%) Power BI
2 239 (14.28%) Tableau
3 16 (0.96%) SQL Server
4 8 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (0.48%) MongoDB
5 7 (0.42%) Data Lake
5 7 (0.42%) Metadata
6 6 (0.36%) Redis
7 5 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.24%) Delta Lake
9 3 (0.18%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.18%) Looker
9 3 (0.18%) Star Schema
10 1 (0.060%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.060%) Big Data
10 1 (0.060%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.060%) EDMS
10 1 (0.060%) Pentaho
10 1 (0.060%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.060%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 10 (0.60%) Snyk
2 9 (0.54%) Visual Studio Code
3 8 (0.48%) Visual Studio
4 7 (0.42%) JIRA
5 5 (0.30%) Selenium
6 3 (0.18%) Git
7 2 (0.12%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.12%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.12%) JUnit
7 2 (0.12%) Maven
7 2 (0.12%) Mockito
8 1 (0.060%) Appium
8 1 (0.060%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.060%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.060%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.060%) GitLab
8 1 (0.060%) JMeter
8 1 (0.060%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.060%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.060%) Yeoman
General
1 1,361 (81.30%) Social Skills
2 1,057 (63.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 998 (59.62%) Banking
4 97 (5.79%) Finance
5 71 (4.24%) Analytical Skills
6 37 (2.21%) Legal
7 28 (1.67%) Retail
8 25 (1.49%) Law
9 24 (1.43%) Manufacturing
10 18 (1.08%) Public Sector
11 17 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (0.66%) Marketing
13 10 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (0.42%) Automotive
15 6 (0.36%) Financial Institution
15 6 (0.36%) Japanese Language
16 5 (0.30%) Agriculture
17 3 (0.18%) Social Housing
18 2 (0.12%) Advertising
19 1 (0.060%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 735 (43.91%) Lecturer
2 280 (16.73%) Analyst
3 236 (14.10%) Junior
4 234 (13.98%) Data Analyst
5 232 (13.86%) Junior Analyst
6 231 (13.80%) Junior Data Analyst
7 71 (4.24%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 60 (3.58%) Senior
9 46 (2.75%) Developer
10 35 (2.09%) Architect
11 32 (1.91%) Lead
12 19 (1.14%) Accountant
12 19 (1.14%) Business Analyst
12 19 (1.14%) Systems Accountant
13 17 (1.02%) Senior Analyst
14 15 (0.90%) Data Engineer
15 13 (0.78%) Solutions Architect
16 11 (0.66%) Consultant
16 11 (0.66%) Security Architect
16 11 (0.66%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (1.37%) .NET
2 15 (0.90%) React
3 11 (0.66%) Blazor
4 10 (0.60%) scikit-learn
5 9 (0.54%) ASP.NET
5 9 (0.54%) HTML
5 9 (0.54%) Hugging Face
5 9 (0.54%) Matplotlib
5 9 (0.54%) NumPy
5 9 (0.54%) Pandas
5 9 (0.54%) RESTful
5 9 (0.54%) Streamlit
6 8 (0.48%) .NET Framework
6 8 (0.48%) ASP.NET Core
6 8 (0.48%) CSS
6 8 (0.48%) Material Design
6 8 (0.48%) WebAssembly
7 7 (0.42%) Playwright
8 5 (0.30%) PyTorch
8 5 (0.30%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 994 (59.38%) IoT
2 21 (1.25%) Product Ownership
3 13 (0.78%) Public Cloud
4 12 (0.72%) Algorithms
5 11 (0.66%) Data Centre
5 11 (0.66%) Robotics
6 10 (0.60%) Cloud Native
7 9 (0.54%) Driving Licence
7 9 (0.54%) Onboarding
8 8 (0.48%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (0.42%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (0.42%) Virtual Team
10 6 (0.36%) CSOC
10 6 (0.36%) Low-Code
11 5 (0.30%) Mobile App
11 5 (0.30%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (0.24%) Blog
12 4 (0.24%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (0.24%) Management Information System
12 4 (0.24%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (0.84%) Windows
2 8 (0.48%) Linux
3 6 (0.36%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.24%) VMS
5 2 (0.12%) Android
5 2 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
6 1 (0.060%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.060%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.060%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,049 (62.66%) Machine Learning
2 1,032 (61.65%) Cybersecurity
3 1,008 (60.22%) User Experience
4 991 (59.20%) Web Development
5 262 (15.65%) Business Intelligence
6 76 (4.54%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
7 65 (3.88%) Analytics
8 57 (3.41%) Agile
9 55 (3.29%) Problem-Solving
10 48 (2.87%) Continuous Improvement
11 40 (2.39%) Roadmaps
12 39 (2.33%) Mentoring
13 34 (2.03%) CI/CD
14 32 (1.91%) Decision-Making
15 28 (1.67%) LLM
16 26 (1.55%) Data Governance
16 26 (1.55%) Validation
16 26 (1.55%) Workflow
17 23 (1.37%) Actionable Insight
17 23 (1.37%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 364 (21.74%) Python
2 274 (16.37%) SQL
3 23 (1.37%) C#
4 20 (1.19%) JavaScript
5 10 (0.60%) TypeScript
6 8 (0.48%) PowerShell
7 5 (0.30%) Java
8 4 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.18%) Bash
9 3 (0.18%) C++
9 3 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.18%) R
10 2 (0.12%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.060%) JCL
11 1 (0.060%) PHP
11 1 (0.060%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1,034 (61.77%) Degree
2 1,002 (59.86%) Master's Degree
3 994 (59.38%) PhD
4 989 (59.08%) Postgraduate
5 298 (17.80%) Azure Certification
6 29 (1.73%) AWS Certification
7 17 (1.02%) SC Cleared
7 17 (1.02%) Security Cleared
8 16 (0.96%) ACCA
8 16 (0.96%) CIMA
9 12 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 9 (0.54%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 8 (0.48%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (0.36%) MOS
12 6 (0.36%) SANS
13 5 (0.30%) CISA
14 3 (0.18%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Certification
15 2 (0.12%) BPSS Clearance
15 2 (0.12%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (1.61%) Data Quality
2 21 (1.25%) Accessibility
2 21 (1.25%) GDPR
3 20 (1.19%) QA
4 12 (0.72%) WCAG
5 11 (0.66%) GRC
6 5 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.24%) SLA
8 3 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.18%) NIST
8 3 (0.18%) PMO
9 2 (0.12%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.060%) COBIT
10 1 (0.060%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.060%) PSD2
10 1 (0.060%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (0.60%) Active Directory
1 10 (0.60%) Docker
1 10 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.060%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.060%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (0.66%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.24%) Terraform
4 2 (0.12%) Grafana
5 1 (0.060%) Ansible
5 1 (0.060%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.060%) Podman
5 1 (0.060%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 338 (20.19%) Microsoft
2 22 (1.31%) Adobe
3 20 (1.19%) Apple
4 17 (1.02%) Databricks
4 17 (1.02%) ServiceNow
5 10 (0.60%) CrowdStrike
5 10 (0.60%) Palo Alto
5 10 (0.60%) Tenable
6 9 (0.54%) OpenAI
6 9 (0.54%) SAP
7 7 (0.42%) Oracle
8 5 (0.30%) ConnectWise
8 5 (0.30%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.24%) Google
10 3 (0.18%) Aderant
10 3 (0.18%) ESRI
10 3 (0.18%) Intapp
10 3 (0.18%) PayPal
10 3 (0.18%) Sage
11 2 (0.12%) Xero