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

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 92 124
Rank change year-on-year +88 +32 +92
Permanent jobs citing AI 1,534 174 163
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 16.79% 3.07% 1.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.42% 3.32% 2.24%
Number of salaries quoted 139 88 135
10th Percentile £26,600 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £38,125 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £63,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.73% +15.91% -9.47%
75th Percentile £77,500 £95,313 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £75,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +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 7,163 5,236 7,293
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 78.42% 92.46% 85.92%
Number of salaries quoted 4,038 2,430 5,887
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,754 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +6.06% -5.71%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,967 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -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 24 February 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 24 February 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 +78 1,254 £55,000 -4.35% 104
East Midlands +66 291 £50,000 -23.08% 75
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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 10 (0.65%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.33%) Jupyter
3 4 (0.26%) Apache
4 3 (0.20%) CMS
5 2 (0.13%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.065%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.065%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.065%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.065%) SAS
6 1 (0.065%) WordPress
Applications
1 165 (10.76%) Chatbot
2 136 (8.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.065%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.20%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.13%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.065%) Maximo
4 1 (0.065%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.065%) Odoo
4 1 (0.065%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,050 (68.45%) Cloud Computing
2 189 (12.32%) Azure
3 146 (9.52%) Power Platform
4 125 (8.15%) Azure AI
5 37 (2.41%) AWS
5 37 (2.41%) SaaS
6 13 (0.85%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (0.85%) Microsoft Copilot
7 12 (0.78%) Dynamics 365
7 12 (0.78%) PowerApps
8 11 (0.72%) Power Automate
9 10 (0.65%) GitHub
10 8 (0.52%) Azure Data Factory
10 8 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (0.52%) Figma
10 8 (0.52%) GitHub Copilot
11 6 (0.39%) Copilot Studio
11 6 (0.39%) Entra ID
12 5 (0.33%) IaaS
12 5 (0.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1,045 (68.12%) Internet
2 5 (0.33%) Intranet
3 2 (0.13%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (8.67%) Power BI
2 127 (8.28%) Tableau
3 13 (0.85%) SQL Server
4 6 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (0.33%) Delta Lake
6 3 (0.20%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.13%) Metadata
8 1 (0.065%) Amazon QuickSight
8 1 (0.065%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.065%) Looker
8 1 (0.065%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.065%) MySQL
8 1 (0.065%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.065%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.065%) Pentaho
8 1 (0.065%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.065%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.065%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.065%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.065%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (0.52%) Visual Studio
2 5 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (0.26%) Git
4 3 (0.20%) JIRA
5 2 (0.13%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.065%) Babel
6 1 (0.065%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.065%) JUnit
6 1 (0.065%) MLflow
6 1 (0.065%) Mockito
6 1 (0.065%) Vite
6 1 (0.065%) webpack
General
1 1,218 (79.40%) Social Skills
2 1,080 (70.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,048 (68.32%) Banking
4 90 (5.87%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (2.22%) Finance
6 27 (1.76%) Retail
7 25 (1.63%) Legal
7 25 (1.63%) Public Sector
8 16 (1.04%) Law
9 13 (0.85%) Manufacturing
10 7 (0.46%) Marketing
11 6 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (0.33%) Automotive
13 4 (0.26%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.20%) Agriculture
14 3 (0.20%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.20%) Japanese Language
15 1 (0.065%) Advertising
15 1 (0.065%) Back Office
15 1 (0.065%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 783 (51.04%) Lecturer
2 159 (10.37%) Trainer
3 133 (8.67%) Analyst
4 125 (8.15%) Junior
5 122 (7.95%) Data Analyst
6 121 (7.89%) Junior Analyst
6 121 (7.89%) Junior Data Analyst
7 38 (2.48%) Research Scientist
8 34 (2.22%) Developer
9 21 (1.37%) Architect
10 20 (1.30%) Content Editor
11 17 (1.11%) Solutions Architect
12 13 (0.85%) Senior
13 12 (0.78%) Lead
14 10 (0.65%) Data Engineer
15 9 (0.59%) Alliance Manager
15 9 (0.59%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
15 9 (0.59%) Head of Engineering
16 8 (0.52%) Customer Support Specialist
16 8 (0.52%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (1.11%) .NET
2 10 (0.65%) React
3 8 (0.52%) Blazor
3 8 (0.52%) HTML
3 8 (0.52%) Material Design
3 8 (0.52%) WebAssembly
4 7 (0.46%) CSS
5 6 (0.39%) PyTorch
5 6 (0.39%) RESTful
5 6 (0.39%) scikit-learn
5 6 (0.39%) TensorFlow
6 5 (0.33%) .NET Framework
6 5 (0.33%) AngularJS
6 5 (0.33%) Hugging Face
6 5 (0.33%) Matplotlib
6 5 (0.33%) NumPy
6 5 (0.33%) Pandas
6 5 (0.33%) PySpark
6 5 (0.33%) Streamlit
7 4 (0.26%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 1,047 (68.25%) IoT
2 35 (2.28%) Molecular Biology
3 10 (0.65%) Cloud Native
3 10 (0.65%) Product Ownership
4 9 (0.59%) Blog
5 8 (0.52%) Algorithms
5 8 (0.52%) Onboarding
5 8 (0.52%) Public Cloud
6 6 (0.39%) AI Agents
6 6 (0.39%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (0.33%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (0.26%) Driving Licence
8 4 (0.26%) Legacy Code
8 4 (0.26%) Low-Code
8 4 (0.26%) Reference Data
8 4 (0.26%) Web Conferencing
9 3 (0.20%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.13%) Robotics
10 2 (0.13%) Video\Live Streaming
10 2 (0.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (0.52%) Windows
2 3 (0.20%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.13%) Linux
3 2 (0.13%) Mac OS X
3 2 (0.13%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,091 (71.12%) Machine Learning
2 1,067 (69.56%) User Experience
3 1,060 (69.10%) Cybersecurity
4 1,047 (68.25%) Web Development
5 168 (10.95%) Conversational UI
6 138 (9.00%) Business Intelligence
7 59 (3.85%) Chemistry
8 38 (2.48%) Agile
8 38 (2.48%) Analytics
9 36 (2.35%) Customer Service
10 35 (2.28%) Biochemistry
10 35 (2.28%) Biology
10 35 (2.28%) Biotechnology
10 35 (2.28%) Data Interpretation
10 35 (2.28%) Experimental Design
11 28 (1.83%) CRM
11 28 (1.83%) Problem-Solving
11 28 (1.83%) Roadmaps
12 22 (1.43%) Business Development
12 22 (1.43%) Content Writing
Programming Languages
1 176 (11.47%) Python
2 156 (10.17%) SQL
3 20 (1.30%) JavaScript
4 16 (1.04%) C#
5 8 (0.52%) TypeScript
6 7 (0.46%) Java
7 3 (0.20%) C++
7 3 (0.20%) PHP
7 3 (0.20%) R
8 2 (0.13%) Ruby
9 1 (0.065%) Bash
9 1 (0.065%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.065%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1,228 (80.05%) Degree
2 1,149 (74.90%) Master's Degree
3 1,147 (74.77%) PhD
4 1,045 (68.12%) Postgraduate
5 122 (7.95%) Azure Certification
6 13 (0.85%) AWS Certification
7 10 (0.65%) SC Cleared
7 10 (0.65%) Security Cleared
8 5 (0.33%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 5 (0.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.20%) MOS
11 2 (0.13%) CISA
11 2 (0.13%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.065%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (0.065%) CIMA
12 1 (0.065%) CISM
12 1 (0.065%) OSCP
12 1 (0.065%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (0.91%) Accessibility
2 12 (0.78%) GDPR
2 12 (0.78%) WCAG
3 11 (0.72%) QA
4 6 (0.39%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.13%) COBIT
6 2 (0.13%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.13%) NIST
7 1 (0.065%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.065%) GRC
7 1 (0.065%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.065%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (0.39%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (0.39%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.13%) Grafana
2 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.065%) Ansible
3 1 (0.065%) Argo
3 1 (0.065%) Kustomize
3 1 (0.065%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 180 (11.73%) Microsoft
2 159 (10.37%) PayPal
3 16 (1.04%) Databricks
4 9 (0.59%) Adobe
5 8 (0.52%) Apple
6 6 (0.39%) OpenAI
7 5 (0.33%) SAP
7 5 (0.33%) ServiceNow
8 4 (0.26%) HubSpot
9 3 (0.20%) ConnectWise
9 3 (0.20%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.20%) UiPath
10 2 (0.13%) DocuSign
10 2 (0.13%) Google
10 2 (0.13%) Planon
11 1 (0.065%) Blue Prism
11 1 (0.065%) Denodo
11 1 (0.065%) Foundry
11 1 (0.065%) Pardot
11 1 (0.065%) Splunk