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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 14 85
Rank change year-on-year +10 +71 +116
Permanent jobs citing AI 1,680 456 318
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 12.92% 9.06% 2.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.86% 10.12% 3.33%
Number of salaries quoted 269 100 205
10th Percentile £34,750 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,497 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,311
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +0.33% -6.81%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £81,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 9,405 4,506 9,558
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 72.33% 89.53% 81.63%
Number of salaries quoted 5,700 2,550 7,134
10th Percentile £29,625 £27,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £39,000 £34,000 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £62,374
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,077 £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 15 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 15 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 1,351 £52,500 -8.70% 212
East Midlands +4 340 £52,500 -8.70% 169
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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 12 (0.71%) 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 (15.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (0.65%) Chatbot
4 9 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.060%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.060%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 12 (0.71%) Cloudability
2 7 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.18%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.12%) Sage 50
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
1 997 (59.35%) Cloud Computing
2 387 (23.04%) Azure
3 301 (17.92%) Azure AI
4 272 (16.19%) Power Platform
5 71 (4.23%) AWS
6 35 (2.08%) SaaS
7 25 (1.49%) Microsoft 365
8 22 (1.31%) GCP
8 22 (1.31%) Microsoft Copilot
9 16 (0.95%) Serverless
10 12 (0.71%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (0.71%) GitHub
11 10 (0.60%) Figma
11 10 (0.60%) GitHub Copilot
11 10 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
12 9 (0.54%) Entra ID
12 9 (0.54%) Power Automate
12 9 (0.54%) PowerApps
13 7 (0.42%) Anthropic Claude
13 7 (0.42%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 987 (58.75%) 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
7 2 (0.12%) VLAN
8 1 (0.060%) BGP
8 1 (0.060%) IPFIX
8 1 (0.060%) Network Security
8 1 (0.060%) OSPF
8 1 (0.060%) SMS
8 1 (0.060%) SNMP
8 1 (0.060%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.060%) WireGuard
8 1 (0.060%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 257 (15.30%) Power BI
2 240 (14.29%) Tableau
3 15 (0.89%) SQL Server
4 9 (0.54%) MongoDB
5 8 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (0.48%) Data Lake
6 7 (0.42%) Metadata
7 6 (0.36%) Redis
8 4 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.24%) DynamoDB
9 3 (0.18%) Big Data
9 3 (0.18%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.18%) Delta Lake
9 3 (0.18%) Looker
9 3 (0.18%) Star Schema
10 1 (0.060%) Amazon QuickSight
10 1 (0.060%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.060%) Power Query
10 1 (0.060%) Semantic Layer
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
6 3 (0.18%) JUnit
6 3 (0.18%) Maven
6 3 (0.18%) Mockito
7 2 (0.12%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.12%) Jenkins
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 1,359 (80.89%) Social Skills
2 1,056 (62.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 996 (59.29%) Banking
4 99 (5.89%) Finance
5 68 (4.05%) Analytical Skills
6 38 (2.26%) Legal
7 28 (1.67%) Retail
8 27 (1.61%) Law
9 24 (1.43%) Manufacturing
10 18 (1.07%) Public Sector
11 17 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (0.60%) Marketing
12 10 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (0.42%) Automotive
14 6 (0.36%) Financial Institution
14 6 (0.36%) Japanese Language
15 5 (0.30%) Agriculture
16 3 (0.18%) Social Housing
17 2 (0.12%) Advertising
18 1 (0.060%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 735 (43.75%) Lecturer
2 281 (16.73%) Analyst
3 236 (14.05%) Junior
4 234 (13.93%) Data Analyst
5 232 (13.81%) Junior Analyst
6 231 (13.75%) Junior Data Analyst
7 72 (4.29%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 61 (3.63%) Senior
9 47 (2.80%) Developer
10 36 (2.14%) Architect
11 35 (2.08%) Lead
12 20 (1.19%) Business Analyst
13 19 (1.13%) Accountant
13 19 (1.13%) Systems Accountant
14 17 (1.01%) Senior Analyst
15 16 (0.95%) Data Engineer
16 13 (0.77%) Solutions Architect
17 11 (0.65%) Consultant
17 11 (0.65%) Data Architect
17 11 (0.65%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (1.43%) .NET
2 18 (1.07%) React
3 11 (0.65%) Blazor
4 10 (0.60%) ASP.NET
4 10 (0.60%) RESTful
4 10 (0.60%) scikit-learn
5 9 (0.54%) .NET Framework
5 9 (0.54%) ASP.NET Core
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%) Streamlit
6 8 (0.48%) CSS
6 8 (0.48%) Material Design
6 8 (0.48%) Playwright
6 8 (0.48%) WebAssembly
7 6 (0.36%) REST
8 5 (0.30%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 993 (59.11%) IoT
2 22 (1.31%) Product Ownership
3 13 (0.77%) Cloud Native
3 13 (0.77%) Public Cloud
4 12 (0.71%) Algorithms
5 11 (0.65%) Data Centre
5 11 (0.65%) Robotics
6 10 (0.60%) 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%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (0.36%) Low-Code
10 6 (0.36%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (0.30%) Mobile App
12 4 (0.24%) Blog
12 4 (0.24%) Management Information System
12 4 (0.24%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (0.83%) Windows
2 9 (0.54%) 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 1,050 (62.50%) Machine Learning
2 1,030 (61.31%) Cybersecurity
3 1,005 (59.82%) User Experience
4 989 (58.87%) Web Development
5 262 (15.60%) Business Intelligence
6 76 (4.52%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
7 66 (3.93%) Analytics
8 60 (3.57%) Agile
9 57 (3.39%) Problem-Solving
10 50 (2.98%) Continuous Improvement
11 45 (2.68%) Mentoring
12 42 (2.50%) CI/CD
12 42 (2.50%) Roadmaps
13 32 (1.90%) Decision-Making
14 31 (1.85%) LLM
15 28 (1.67%) Data Governance
16 26 (1.55%) Validation
16 26 (1.55%) Workflow
17 25 (1.49%) DevOps
18 24 (1.43%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 367 (21.85%) Python
2 275 (16.37%) SQL
3 24 (1.43%) C#
4 23 (1.37%) JavaScript
5 13 (0.77%) TypeScript
6 8 (0.48%) PowerShell
7 7 (0.42%) Java
8 4 (0.24%) Bash
8 4 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.18%) C++
9 3 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.18%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.18%) R
10 1 (0.060%) Go
10 1 (0.060%) JCL
10 1 (0.060%) PHP
10 1 (0.060%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1,030 (61.31%) Degree
2 997 (59.35%) Master's Degree
3 989 (58.87%) PhD
4 987 (58.75%) Postgraduate
5 298 (17.74%) Azure Certification
6 29 (1.73%) AWS Certification
7 21 (1.25%) SC Cleared
7 21 (1.25%) Security Cleared
8 16 (0.95%) ACCA
8 16 (0.95%) CIMA
9 12 (0.71%) 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%) DV Cleared
14 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Certification
15 2 (0.12%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (1.73%) Data Quality
2 22 (1.31%) GDPR
3 21 (1.25%) Accessibility
4 20 (1.19%) QA
5 12 (0.71%) WCAG
6 11 (0.65%) GRC
7 5 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.30%) SLA
8 4 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.18%) NIST
9 3 (0.18%) PMO
10 2 (0.12%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.060%) COBIT
11 1 (0.060%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.060%) PSD2
11 1 (0.060%) SOC 2
System Software
1 12 (0.71%) Docker
2 10 (0.60%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.060%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.060%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (0.77%) Kubernetes
2 8 (0.48%) Terraform
3 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.18%) Grafana
5 1 (0.060%) Ansible
5 1 (0.060%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.060%) Nagios
5 1 (0.060%) Podman
5 1 (0.060%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.060%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 338 (20.12%) Microsoft
2 22 (1.31%) Adobe
3 20 (1.19%) Apple
4 17 (1.01%) Databricks
4 17 (1.01%) 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 8 (0.48%) 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%) Sage
11 2 (0.12%) DocuSign
11 2 (0.12%) Xero