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 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 4 110
Rank change year-on-year -14 +106 +59
Permanent jobs citing AI 821 863 191
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.25% 15.30% 2.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.44% 17.59% 2.52%
Number of salaries quoted 433 94 79
10th Percentile £36,000 £37,875 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,750 £52,125 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £61,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -5.77% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £104,500 £110,000
England median annual salary £72,500 £72,213 £75,000
% change year-on-year +0.40% -3.72% -

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 11,036 4,906 7,582
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 70.61% 86.95% 80.42%
Number of salaries quoted 7,779 2,835 3,515
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,500 £32,063 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.78% -8.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.64%

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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 9 October 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 9 October 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 -8 542 £62,500 +4.17% 550
East Midlands -21 279 £56,250 -13.46% 277
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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 43 (5.24%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.07%) CMS
3 11 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.10%) Apache
5 8 (0.97%) IIS
5 8 (0.97%) nginx
6 7 (0.85%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 4 (0.49%) WordPress
8 2 (0.24%) Confluence
9 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.12%) SAS
Applications
1 52 (6.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.22%) Chatbot
4 5 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.12%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.12%) InDesign
6 1 (0.12%) LaTeX
6 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.12%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 12 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.22%) Cloudability
3 4 (0.49%) Sage 50
3 4 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.49%) Shopify
4 3 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.37%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.24%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 2 (0.24%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.24%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.24%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.12%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 229 (27.89%) Azure
2 137 (16.69%) Power Platform
3 96 (11.69%) SaaS
4 90 (10.96%) AWS
5 80 (9.74%) Azure AI
6 57 (6.94%) Microsoft 365
6 57 (6.94%) Microsoft Copilot
7 36 (4.38%) Azure DevOps
8 35 (4.26%) Power Automate
9 30 (3.65%) Dynamics 365
9 30 (3.65%) Serverless
10 28 (3.41%) GCP
11 22 (2.68%) GitHub
12 16 (1.95%) Entra ID
12 16 (1.95%) PowerApps
13 15 (1.83%) Azure Functions
14 14 (1.71%) Copilot Studio
15 13 (1.58%) GitHub Copilot
16 11 (1.34%) iPaaS
17 9 (1.10%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.31%) Firewall
2 17 (2.07%) DNS
3 12 (1.46%) Internet
4 10 (1.22%) VPN
5 4 (0.49%) DHCP
5 4 (0.49%) MQTT
6 3 (0.37%) HTTP
6 3 (0.37%) Network Security
7 2 (0.24%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.24%) VLAN
7 2 (0.24%) VoIP
7 2 (0.24%) Wireless
8 1 (0.12%) Bluetooth
8 1 (0.12%) FTP
8 1 (0.12%) LAN
8 1 (0.12%) RTSP
8 1 (0.12%) SCTP
8 1 (0.12%) SNMP
8 1 (0.12%) UWB
8 1 (0.12%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (13.64%) Power BI
2 60 (7.31%) Tableau
3 34 (4.14%) SQL Server
4 20 (2.44%) MongoDB
5 18 (2.19%) Azure SQL Database
5 18 (2.19%) Data Lake
6 13 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (1.46%) Big Data
7 12 (1.46%) Metadata
8 8 (0.97%) Power Query
9 6 (0.73%) Delta Lake
9 6 (0.73%) Redis
9 6 (0.73%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 6 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (0.61%) BigQuery
10 5 (0.61%) DynamoDB
10 5 (0.61%) Oracle BI EE
10 5 (0.61%) QlikView
10 5 (0.61%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.61%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 24 (2.92%) Git
2 16 (1.95%) JIRA
3 12 (1.46%) Maven
4 10 (1.22%) JUnit
4 10 (1.22%) Mockito
5 6 (0.73%) Snyk
6 4 (0.49%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.49%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.24%) Ant
8 2 (0.24%) Apache Ivy
8 2 (0.24%) GitLab
8 2 (0.24%) IBM UrbanCode
8 2 (0.24%) Yeoman
9 1 (0.12%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.12%) JMeter
9 1 (0.12%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.12%) NUnit
9 1 (0.12%) Selenium
9 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
General
1 284 (34.59%) Social Skills
2 246 (29.96%) Finance
3 148 (18.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 103 (12.55%) Marketing
5 88 (10.72%) Analytical Skills
6 46 (5.60%) Public Sector
7 44 (5.36%) Influencing Skills
8 41 (4.99%) Legal
9 36 (4.38%) Retail
10 27 (3.29%) Presentation Skills
11 26 (3.17%) Law
11 26 (3.17%) Manufacturing
11 26 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
12 20 (2.44%) Banking
13 19 (2.31%) Advertising
14 9 (1.10%) French Language
15 8 (0.97%) Telecoms
16 7 (0.85%) Automotive
17 6 (0.73%) Social Housing
18 5 (0.61%) Games
Job Titles
1 116 (14.13%) Senior
2 107 (13.03%) Developer
3 87 (10.60%) Lead
4 80 (9.74%) Analyst
5 69 (8.40%) Architect
6 53 (6.46%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 42 (5.12%) Software Engineer
8 36 (4.38%) Junior
9 35 (4.26%) Data Analyst
9 35 (4.26%) Data Engineer
10 34 (4.14%) Junior Analyst
11 33 (4.02%) Consultant
11 33 (4.02%) Junior Data Analyst
12 30 (3.65%) Sales Executive
13 26 (3.17%) Business Analyst
14 25 (3.05%) Account Executive
14 25 (3.05%) Data Scientist
14 25 (3.05%) Senior Developer
15 24 (2.92%) Solutions Architect
16 22 (2.68%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (4.38%) REST
2 33 (4.02%) .NET
3 29 (3.53%) React
4 20 (2.44%) Terraform
5 19 (2.31%) CSS
6 16 (1.95%) ASP.NET
6 16 (1.95%) ASP.NET Core
7 13 (1.58%) Spring
8 12 (1.46%) .NET Core
8 12 (1.46%) XML
9 11 (1.34%) HTML
9 11 (1.34%) JSON
9 11 (1.34%) PySpark
9 11 (1.34%) PyTorch
9 11 (1.34%) TensorFlow
10 10 (1.22%) Middleware
10 10 (1.22%) RESTful
11 9 (1.10%) JWT
11 9 (1.10%) OAuth
11 9 (1.10%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 85 (10.35%) Onboarding
2 43 (5.24%) Self-Motivation
3 32 (3.90%) Marketing Technology
4 30 (3.65%) Management Information System
5 29 (3.53%) Cloud Native
6 24 (2.92%) AI Agents
7 20 (2.44%) Product Ownership
8 18 (2.19%) Virtual Team
9 15 (1.83%) Driving Licence
10 14 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
11 12 (1.46%) Social Media
12 11 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
13 10 (1.22%) IoT
13 10 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
13 10 (1.22%) Public Cloud
14 9 (1.10%) Data Centre
14 9 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
14 9 (1.10%) Low-Code
14 9 (1.10%) Taxonomies
15 8 (0.97%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 35 (4.26%) Linux
2 24 (2.92%) Windows
3 21 (2.56%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.10%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.49%) Android
5 4 (0.49%) VMS
6 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.24%) Solaris
7 1 (0.12%) Alpine Linux
7 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (18.76%) Continuous Improvement
2 151 (18.39%) Analytics
3 132 (16.08%) Agile
4 121 (14.74%) Business Intelligence
5 118 (14.37%) Mentoring
6 116 (14.13%) Stakeholder Management
7 105 (12.79%) Problem-Solving
8 104 (12.67%) Roadmaps
9 99 (12.06%) Decision-Making
10 91 (11.08%) CI/CD
11 85 (10.35%) Machine Learning
12 77 (9.38%) Coaching
13 72 (8.77%) SEO
14 69 (8.40%) Software Engineering
15 66 (8.04%) Content Marketing
15 66 (8.04%) Digital Marketing
16 64 (7.80%) Cybersecurity
17 62 (7.55%) DevOps
17 62 (7.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 55 (6.70%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 164 (19.98%) Python
2 129 (15.71%) SQL
3 51 (6.21%) JavaScript
4 42 (5.12%) C#
5 23 (2.80%) PowerShell
6 21 (2.56%) TypeScript
7 19 (2.31%) Java
8 14 (1.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 11 (1.34%) Bash
9 11 (1.34%) PL/SQL
10 10 (1.22%) R
11 6 (0.73%) PHP
12 5 (0.61%) C++
12 5 (0.61%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.24%) Go
15 1 (0.12%) C
15 1 (0.12%) Rust
15 1 (0.12%) VB.NET
15 1 (0.12%) VBA
Qualifications
1 90 (10.96%) Degree
2 83 (10.11%) Azure Certification
3 74 (9.01%) Security Cleared
4 68 (8.28%) SC Cleared
5 24 (2.92%) Master's Degree
6 19 (2.31%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (1.83%) ACCA
8 14 (1.71%) CIMA
9 13 (1.58%) AWS Certification
10 11 (1.34%) DV Cleared
11 10 (1.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 10 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (1.22%) TOGAF Certification
12 9 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (0.49%) CBAP
13 4 (0.49%) CISM
13 4 (0.49%) CISSP
13 4 (0.49%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.49%) SANS
14 3 (0.37%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (6.70%) Data Quality
2 31 (3.78%) Accessibility
3 28 (3.41%) GDPR
4 27 (3.29%) QA
5 19 (2.31%) SLA
6 14 (1.71%) GRC
7 13 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (1.10%) WCAG
9 7 (0.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 6 (0.73%) PMO
11 5 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.61%) NCSC
12 4 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.49%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.37%) NIST
13 3 (0.37%) PCI DSS
14 2 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
15 1 (0.12%) GxP
15 1 (0.12%) ISO 19650
15 1 (0.12%) JTAG
System Software
1 35 (4.26%) Docker
2 14 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (0.85%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.73%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 34 (4.14%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.71%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.37%) Ansible
4 2 (0.24%) Bosun
4 2 (0.24%) Grafana
4 2 (0.24%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.24%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.24%) Puppet
4 2 (0.24%) SCCM
4 2 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.12%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.12%) Nagios
5 1 (0.12%) Podman
Vendors
1 222 (27.04%) Microsoft
2 43 (5.24%) TikTok
3 42 (5.12%) Samsung
4 33 (4.02%) Salesforce
5 26 (3.17%) ServiceNow
6 24 (2.92%) Adobe
7 21 (2.56%) Oracle
8 20 (2.44%) Google
9 16 (1.95%) Databricks
10 15 (1.83%) SAP
11 14 (1.71%) VMware
12 13 (1.58%) Apple
12 13 (1.58%) YouTube
13 10 (1.22%) OpenAI
14 8 (0.97%) Botify
14 8 (0.97%) Citrix
14 8 (0.97%) SonicWALL
15 7 (0.85%) Cisco
15 7 (0.85%) CrowdStrike
15 7 (0.85%) Foundry