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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 9 102
Rank change year-on-year -8 +93 +61
Permanent jobs citing AI 840 703 243
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.81% 12.22% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.32% 14.38% 2.90%
Number of salaries quoted 430 111 131
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,563 £49,375 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,250 £60,000 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% +2.21% -13.04%
75th Percentile £83,625 £72,625 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £93,750
England median annual salary £70,752 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +1.07% -3.45% -3.33%

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 10,095 4,890 8,375
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.88% 85.03% 77.85%
Number of salaries quoted 7,169 2,982 5,074
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,968 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £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 August 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 August 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 -4 552 £60,000 - 249
East Midlands -15 287 £52,500 -16.00% 106
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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 25 (2.98%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.95%) Jupyter
3 7 (0.83%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 6 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.60%) Apache
5 5 (0.60%) CMS
6 4 (0.48%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.48%) IIS
6 4 (0.48%) nginx
6 4 (0.48%) WordPress
7 3 (0.36%) Confluence
8 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.12%) SAS
Applications
1 159 (18.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.31%) Chatbot
2 11 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
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%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.12%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 12 (1.43%) Cloudability
2 7 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.48%) Sage 50
3 4 (0.48%) Shopify
4 3 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.36%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.24%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.12%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.12%) SAP EHS
6 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 354 (42.14%) Azure
2 225 (26.79%) Power Platform
3 224 (26.67%) Azure AI
4 94 (11.19%) AWS
5 59 (7.02%) SaaS
6 44 (5.24%) Microsoft Copilot
7 42 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
8 30 (3.57%) GCP
9 25 (2.98%) Serverless
10 24 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
11 23 (2.74%) Power Automate
12 15 (1.79%) GitHub
13 14 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
13 14 (1.67%) PowerApps
14 12 (1.43%) GitHub Copilot
15 10 (1.19%) Entra ID
15 10 (1.19%) Microsoft Purview
15 10 (1.19%) Snowflake
16 9 (1.07%) Anthropic Claude
17 8 (0.95%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.31%) DNS
1 11 (1.31%) Firewall
2 6 (0.71%) VPN
3 4 (0.48%) MQTT
4 3 (0.36%) HTTP
4 3 (0.36%) Network Security
4 3 (0.36%) Wireless
5 2 (0.24%) Broadband
5 2 (0.24%) DHCP
5 2 (0.24%) VLAN
5 2 (0.24%) VoIP
6 1 (0.12%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.12%) FTP
6 1 (0.12%) LAN
6 1 (0.12%) RTP
6 1 (0.12%) SMS
6 1 (0.12%) SNMP
6 1 (0.12%) SS7
6 1 (0.12%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.12%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 202 (24.05%) Power BI
2 157 (18.69%) Tableau
3 23 (2.74%) SQL Server
4 17 (2.02%) Azure SQL Database
4 17 (2.02%) MongoDB
5 15 (1.79%) Data Lake
6 14 (1.67%) Metadata
7 10 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (0.95%) Redis
9 7 (0.83%) Power Query
10 6 (0.71%) DynamoDB
10 6 (0.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 6 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (0.60%) Big Data
11 5 (0.60%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.60%) Star Schema
12 3 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.36%) MySQL
12 3 (0.36%) Semantic Layer
12 3 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 12 (1.43%) Git
1 12 (1.43%) Maven
2 11 (1.31%) JIRA
3 10 (1.19%) JUnit
3 10 (1.19%) Mockito
3 10 (1.19%) Snyk
4 9 (1.07%) Visual Studio Code
5 5 (0.60%) Selenium
6 4 (0.48%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.24%) Ant
7 2 (0.24%) Apache Ivy
7 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.24%) GitLab
7 2 (0.24%) IBM UrbanCode
7 2 (0.24%) Yeoman
8 1 (0.12%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.12%) JMeter
8 1 (0.12%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.12%) NUnit
8 1 (0.12%) REST Assured
General
1 344 (40.95%) Social Skills
2 196 (23.33%) Finance
3 83 (9.88%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (8.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 39 (4.64%) Legal
5 39 (4.64%) Retail
6 34 (4.05%) Manufacturing
7 32 (3.81%) Law
8 31 (3.69%) Influencing Skills
9 29 (3.45%) Marketing
10 23 (2.74%) Public Sector
11 20 (2.38%) Banking
11 20 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (1.31%) Advertising
13 10 (1.19%) Automotive
14 9 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (0.83%) Social Housing
16 6 (0.71%) Financial Institution
16 6 (0.71%) Telecoms
17 5 (0.60%) Games
Job Titles
1 198 (23.57%) Analyst
2 147 (17.50%) Junior
3 146 (17.38%) Data Analyst
4 144 (17.14%) Junior Analyst
5 143 (17.02%) Junior Data Analyst
6 106 (12.62%) Senior
7 97 (11.55%) Developer
8 79 (9.40%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 78 (9.29%) Lead
10 59 (7.02%) Architect
11 29 (3.45%) Business Analyst
11 29 (3.45%) Software Engineer
12 27 (3.21%) Data Scientist
13 25 (2.98%) Data Engineer
14 24 (2.86%) Accountant
14 24 (2.86%) Systems Accountant
15 23 (2.74%) Consultant
16 21 (2.50%) Senior Developer
17 20 (2.38%) Senior Analyst
18 17 (2.02%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (3.93%) React
2 28 (3.33%) .NET
3 24 (2.86%) REST
4 17 (2.02%) ASP.NET
4 17 (2.02%) ASP.NET Core
5 14 (1.67%) Playwright
6 13 (1.55%) .NET Core
6 13 (1.55%) HTML
6 13 (1.55%) Spring
7 11 (1.31%) CSS
7 11 (1.31%) RESTful
8 10 (1.19%) ML.NET
8 10 (1.19%) scikit-learn
9 9 (1.07%) .NET Framework
9 9 (1.07%) Blazor
9 9 (1.07%) Matplotlib
10 8 (0.95%) Hugging Face
10 8 (0.95%) Kafka
11 7 (0.83%) Pandas
11 7 (0.83%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 27 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
2 23 (2.74%) Product Ownership
3 22 (2.62%) Cloud Native
4 14 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
4 14 (1.67%) Onboarding
5 13 (1.55%) AI Agents
6 12 (1.43%) Data Centre
6 12 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
6 12 (1.43%) Low-Code
6 12 (1.43%) Management Information System
7 11 (1.31%) Driving Licence
7 11 (1.31%) Robotics
8 10 (1.19%) Virtual Team
9 9 (1.07%) Security Posture
10 8 (0.95%) Algorithms
10 8 (0.95%) BYOD
10 8 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (0.95%) IoT
10 8 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (0.83%) CSOC
Operating Systems
1 26 (3.10%) Linux
2 18 (2.14%) Windows
3 13 (1.55%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.60%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.48%) VMS
6 2 (0.24%) Android
6 2 (0.24%) Solaris
7 1 (0.12%) Alpine Linux
7 1 (0.12%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (24.76%) Business Intelligence
2 118 (14.05%) Analytics
3 110 (13.10%) Agile
4 100 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
5 99 (11.79%) Problem-Solving
6 92 (10.95%) Machine Learning
7 82 (9.76%) Mentoring
8 78 (9.29%) CI/CD
9 76 (9.05%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
9 76 (9.05%) Decision-Making
10 71 (8.45%) Roadmaps
11 61 (7.26%) LLM
11 61 (7.26%) Stakeholder Management
12 56 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
13 46 (5.48%) Data Science
14 44 (5.24%) Data Governance
14 44 (5.24%) ERP
14 44 (5.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 44 (5.24%) Workflow
15 43 (5.12%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 298 (35.48%) Python
2 224 (26.67%) SQL
3 34 (4.05%) JavaScript
4 30 (3.57%) C#
5 23 (2.74%) TypeScript
6 20 (2.38%) PowerShell
7 17 (2.02%) Java
8 13 (1.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 11 (1.31%) Bash
10 10 (1.19%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.71%) PHP
11 6 (0.71%) R
12 5 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (0.60%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.24%) Go
14 1 (0.12%) C
14 1 (0.12%) C++
14 1 (0.12%) JCL
14 1 (0.12%) Rust
14 1 (0.12%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 215 (25.60%) Azure Certification
2 58 (6.90%) Security Cleared
3 56 (6.67%) Degree
3 56 (6.67%) SC Cleared
4 21 (2.50%) AWS Certification
5 19 (2.26%) ACCA
5 19 (2.26%) CIMA
6 12 (1.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 8 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (0.95%) DV Cleared
7 8 (0.95%) Master's Degree
8 7 (0.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 7 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (0.83%) SANS
9 6 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.48%) CBAP
10 4 (0.48%) CISA
10 4 (0.48%) MOS
10 4 (0.48%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.36%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (5.24%) Data Quality
2 31 (3.69%) QA
3 23 (2.74%) Accessibility
4 22 (2.62%) GDPR
5 16 (1.90%) GRC
6 14 (1.67%) SLA
7 13 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.83%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 4 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.48%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.48%) NIST
9 4 (0.48%) PMO
10 2 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.12%) COBIT
11 1 (0.12%) GxP
11 1 (0.12%) JTAG
11 1 (0.12%) PSD2
11 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 30 (3.57%) Docker
2 10 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (0.83%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.36%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 30 (3.57%) Kubernetes
2 16 (1.90%) Terraform
3 9 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.48%) Grafana
5 2 (0.24%) Ansible
5 2 (0.24%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.24%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.24%) Puppet
5 2 (0.24%) SCCM
6 1 (0.12%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.12%) Nagios
6 1 (0.12%) Podman
Vendors
1 299 (35.60%) Microsoft
2 24 (2.86%) ServiceNow
3 16 (1.90%) Databricks
4 15 (1.79%) Adobe
4 15 (1.79%) Oracle
5 13 (1.55%) SAP
6 12 (1.43%) Apple
7 11 (1.31%) CrowdStrike
7 11 (1.31%) OpenAI
8 10 (1.19%) Palo Alto
8 10 (1.19%) Tenable
9 7 (0.83%) Foundry
9 7 (0.83%) Google
9 7 (0.83%) VMware
10 5 (0.60%) Aderant
10 5 (0.60%) Facebook
10 5 (0.60%) Intapp
10 5 (0.60%) Sage
10 5 (0.60%) Salesforce
11 4 (0.48%) ConnectWise