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 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 49 98
Rank change year-on-year +45 +49 +120
Permanent jobs citing AI 1,636 238 288
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 13.61% 4.91% 2.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.42% 5.50% 3.11%
Number of salaries quoted 216 114 198
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,813 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,250 £58,830 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.18% +6.96% -8.33%
75th Percentile £70,625 £77,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +7.14% -

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 8,881 4,325 9,263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 73.89% 89.23% 82.41%
Number of salaries quoted 5,214 2,588 7,115
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,245 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.43% +7.88% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,640 £65,000 £61,725
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 17 April 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 17 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
West Midlands +41 1,288 £52,500 -8.70% 147
East Midlands +33 359 £50,000 -20.00% 124
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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 16 (0.98%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.55%) Jupyter
3 3 (0.18%) ArcGIS
3 3 (0.18%) CMS
4 2 (0.12%) Confluence
4 2 (0.12%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.061%) Apache
5 1 (0.061%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.061%) SAS
5 1 (0.061%) WordPress
Applications
1 238 (14.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.04%) Chatbot
3 12 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.061%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.061%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.24%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.061%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.061%) Maximo
4 1 (0.061%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.061%) Odoo
4 1 (0.061%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.061%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 1,055 (64.49%) Cloud Computing
2 353 (21.58%) Azure
3 278 (16.99%) Azure AI
4 253 (15.46%) Power Platform
5 47 (2.87%) AWS
6 40 (2.44%) SaaS
7 22 (1.34%) Microsoft 365
8 20 (1.22%) Microsoft Copilot
9 12 (0.73%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (0.73%) GCP
9 12 (0.73%) Power Automate
9 12 (0.73%) PowerApps
10 11 (0.67%) GitHub
11 10 (0.61%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (0.55%) Figma
12 9 (0.55%) GitHub Copilot
12 9 (0.55%) Serverless
13 8 (0.49%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (0.49%) Entra ID
14 6 (0.37%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1,045 (63.88%) Internet
2 3 (0.18%) Broadband
2 3 (0.18%) DNS
2 3 (0.18%) Intranet
3 2 (0.12%) DHCP
3 2 (0.12%) Firewall
4 1 (0.061%) Network Security
4 1 (0.061%) SMS
4 1 (0.061%) VLAN
4 1 (0.061%) VPN
4 1 (0.061%) WireGuard
4 1 (0.061%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 236 (14.43%) Power BI
2 227 (13.88%) Tableau
3 12 (0.73%) SQL Server
4 6 (0.37%) Data Lake
5 5 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (0.31%) Delta Lake
6 4 (0.24%) Data Mining
6 4 (0.24%) Metadata
7 3 (0.18%) Looker
8 2 (0.12%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.12%) Redis
9 1 (0.061%) Amazon QuickSight
9 1 (0.061%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.061%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.061%) Pentaho
9 1 (0.061%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.061%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.061%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 9 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
2 8 (0.49%) Visual Studio
3 6 (0.37%) Snyk
4 5 (0.31%) Selenium
5 4 (0.24%) JIRA
6 3 (0.18%) Git
7 2 (0.12%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.12%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.061%) Appium
8 1 (0.061%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.061%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.061%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.061%) Gatling
8 1 (0.061%) GitLab
8 1 (0.061%) JMeter
8 1 (0.061%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.061%) MLflow
8 1 (0.061%) Postman
8 1 (0.061%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.061%) SonarQube
General
1 1,385 (84.66%) Social Skills
2 1,097 (67.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,049 (64.12%) Banking
4 77 (4.71%) Finance
5 60 (3.67%) Analytical Skills
6 33 (2.02%) Legal
7 27 (1.65%) Public Sector
8 24 (1.47%) Manufacturing
8 24 (1.47%) Retail
9 22 (1.34%) Law
10 13 (0.79%) Marketing
11 11 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (0.55%) Automotive
13 8 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.31%) Agriculture
15 4 (0.24%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (0.18%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.18%) Japanese Language
17 2 (0.12%) Advertising
18 1 (0.061%) Military
Job Titles
1 783 (47.86%) Lecturer
2 248 (15.16%) Analyst
3 226 (13.81%) Junior
4 222 (13.57%) Data Analyst
5 220 (13.45%) Junior Analyst
5 220 (13.45%) Junior Data Analyst
6 57 (3.48%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 39 (2.38%) Senior
8 36 (2.20%) Developer
9 34 (2.08%) Architect
10 25 (1.53%) Lead
11 20 (1.22%) Solutions Architect
12 16 (0.98%) Accountant
12 16 (0.98%) Systems Accountant
13 14 (0.86%) Data Engineer
14 11 (0.67%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
14 11 (0.67%) Head of Engineering
15 10 (0.61%) Trainee
16 9 (0.55%) Consultant
16 9 (0.55%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (1.10%) .NET
2 10 (0.61%) React
2 10 (0.61%) scikit-learn
3 9 (0.55%) Blazor
3 9 (0.55%) Hugging Face
3 9 (0.55%) Matplotlib
3 9 (0.55%) NumPy
3 9 (0.55%) Pandas
3 9 (0.55%) Streamlit
4 8 (0.49%) HTML
4 8 (0.49%) Material Design
4 8 (0.49%) WebAssembly
5 6 (0.37%) .NET Framework
5 6 (0.37%) CSS
5 6 (0.37%) PyTorch
5 6 (0.37%) TensorFlow
6 5 (0.31%) ASP.NET
6 5 (0.31%) Playwright
6 5 (0.31%) PySpark
7 4 (0.24%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 1,046 (63.94%) IoT
2 14 (0.86%) Product Ownership
3 12 (0.73%) Algorithms
4 10 (0.61%) Public Cloud
5 9 (0.55%) Blog
6 8 (0.49%) Cloud Native
6 8 (0.49%) Driving Licence
6 8 (0.49%) Onboarding
7 7 (0.43%) Data Centre
7 7 (0.43%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (0.43%) Robotics
8 6 (0.37%) CSOC
8 6 (0.37%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (0.37%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (0.31%) Low-Code
9 5 (0.31%) Virtual Team
10 4 (0.24%) AI Agents
10 4 (0.24%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (0.24%) Security Posture
11 3 (0.18%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 10 (0.61%) Windows
2 2 (0.12%) Linux
2 2 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
2 2 (0.12%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.061%) Kali Linux
3 1 (0.061%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.061%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.061%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (0.061%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,103 (67.42%) Machine Learning
2 1,076 (65.77%) Cybersecurity
3 1,062 (64.91%) User Experience
4 1,047 (64.00%) Web Development
5 243 (14.85%) Business Intelligence
6 64 (3.91%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
7 58 (3.55%) Analytics
8 41 (2.51%) Agile
8 41 (2.51%) Problem-Solving
9 37 (2.26%) Roadmaps
10 36 (2.20%) Continuous Improvement
11 27 (1.65%) Decision-Making
12 26 (1.59%) CRM
13 25 (1.53%) Customer Service
14 24 (1.47%) Mentoring
15 23 (1.41%) LLM
16 22 (1.34%) CI/CD
17 21 (1.28%) Workflow
18 20 (1.22%) Data Science
18 20 (1.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 338 (20.66%) Python
2 254 (15.53%) SQL
3 17 (1.04%) C#
4 16 (0.98%) JavaScript
5 6 (0.37%) TypeScript
6 4 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (0.18%) C++
7 3 (0.18%) Java
7 3 (0.18%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.061%) Bash
8 1 (0.061%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.061%) JCL
8 1 (0.061%) PHP
8 1 (0.061%) R
Qualifications
1 1,088 (66.50%) Degree
2 1,058 (64.67%) Master's Degree
3 1,050 (64.18%) PhD
4 1,045 (63.88%) Postgraduate
5 277 (16.93%) Azure Certification
6 21 (1.28%) AWS Certification
7 15 (0.92%) SC Cleared
7 15 (0.92%) Security Cleared
8 13 (0.79%) ACCA
8 13 (0.79%) CIMA
9 9 (0.55%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 6 (0.37%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (0.37%) SANS
11 4 (0.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.18%) CISA
12 3 (0.18%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.18%) MOS
13 2 (0.12%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (0.98%) Accessibility
1 16 (0.98%) QA
2 14 (0.86%) Data Quality
2 14 (0.86%) GDPR
3 12 (0.73%) WCAG
4 7 (0.43%) GRC
5 4 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.12%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.12%) NIST
6 2 (0.12%) SLA
7 1 (0.061%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.061%) COBIT
7 1 (0.061%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.061%) PMO
7 1 (0.061%) PSD2
7 1 (0.061%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (0.55%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.37%) Docker
2 6 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.061%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.061%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (0.37%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.12%) Grafana
4 1 (0.061%) Ansible
4 1 (0.061%) HP Fortify
4 1 (0.061%) Podman
4 1 (0.061%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.061%) Terraform
Vendors
1 306 (18.70%) Microsoft
2 18 (1.10%) Databricks
3 14 (0.86%) Adobe
4 12 (0.73%) Apple
5 9 (0.55%) ServiceNow
6 8 (0.49%) SAP
7 7 (0.43%) OpenAI
8 6 (0.37%) CrowdStrike
8 6 (0.37%) Palo Alto
8 6 (0.37%) PayPal
8 6 (0.37%) Tenable
9 5 (0.31%) ConnectWise
9 5 (0.31%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.18%) ESRI
10 3 (0.18%) Google
11 2 (0.12%) DocuSign
11 2 (0.12%) Splunk
12 1 (0.061%) Denodo
12 1 (0.061%) Planon
12 1 (0.061%) UiPath