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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 4 113
Rank change year-on-year -13 +109 +53
Permanent jobs citing AI 802 871 190
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.10% 15.50% 1.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.27% 17.85% 2.45%
Number of salaries quoted 445 99 86
10th Percentile £36,176 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,625 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,125 £93,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £107,500 £103,750
England median annual salary £73,500 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -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 11,037 4,879 7,756
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 70.13% 86.85% 79.91%
Number of salaries quoted 7,845 2,823 3,669
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.42% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%

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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 1 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 1 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 -8 553 £62,500 +4.17% 570
East Midlands -29 249 £52,500 -19.23% 262
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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 (5.36%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.12%) Apache
4 8 (1.00%) IIS
4 8 (1.00%) nginx
5 7 (0.87%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 5 (0.62%) CMS
7 4 (0.50%) WordPress
8 2 (0.25%) 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 61 (7.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.25%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.25%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.12%) InDesign
7 1 (0.12%) LaTeX
7 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.12%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 12 (1.50%) Cloudability
2 11 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.50%) Sage 50
4 4 (0.50%) Shopify
5 3 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.37%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.25%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.25%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.25%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.25%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.12%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 253 (31.55%) Azure
2 146 (18.20%) Power Platform
3 102 (12.72%) Azure AI
4 93 (11.60%) AWS
5 62 (7.73%) SaaS
6 58 (7.23%) Microsoft 365
6 58 (7.23%) Microsoft Copilot
7 36 (4.49%) Azure DevOps
8 35 (4.36%) Power Automate
8 35 (4.36%) Serverless
9 31 (3.87%) GCP
10 27 (3.37%) Dynamics 365
11 21 (2.62%) GitHub
12 17 (2.12%) Entra ID
13 16 (2.00%) PowerApps
14 15 (1.87%) Azure Functions
15 14 (1.75%) Copilot Studio
16 12 (1.50%) GitHub Copilot
17 9 (1.12%) Microsoft Purview
17 9 (1.12%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.37%) Firewall
2 18 (2.24%) DNS
3 10 (1.25%) VPN
4 9 (1.12%) Internet
5 5 (0.62%) DHCP
6 4 (0.50%) MQTT
6 4 (0.50%) Network Security
7 3 (0.37%) HTTP
7 3 (0.37%) Wireless
8 2 (0.25%) VLAN
8 2 (0.25%) VoIP
9 1 (0.12%) Diameter Protocol
9 1 (0.12%) Intelligent Network
9 1 (0.12%) IPFIX
9 1 (0.12%) RTSP
9 1 (0.12%) SCTP
9 1 (0.12%) Software-Defined Radio
9 1 (0.12%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.12%) UWB
9 1 (0.12%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (15.09%) Power BI
2 63 (7.86%) Tableau
3 34 (4.24%) SQL Server
4 20 (2.49%) MongoDB
5 19 (2.37%) Data Lake
6 18 (2.24%) Azure SQL Database
7 13 (1.62%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (1.50%) Metadata
9 9 (1.12%) Big Data
10 8 (1.00%) Power Query
11 6 (0.75%) Delta Lake
11 6 (0.75%) DynamoDB
11 6 (0.75%) Redis
11 6 (0.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 6 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (0.62%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.62%) Oracle BI EE
12 5 (0.62%) QlikView
12 5 (0.62%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.62%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 24 (2.99%) Git
2 16 (2.00%) JIRA
3 12 (1.50%) Maven
4 10 (1.25%) JUnit
4 10 (1.25%) Mockito
4 10 (1.25%) Snyk
5 4 (0.50%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.50%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.25%) Ant
7 2 (0.25%) Apache Ivy
7 2 (0.25%) GitLab
7 2 (0.25%) IBM UrbanCode
7 2 (0.25%) Selenium
7 2 (0.25%) 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%) SonarQube
General
1 276 (34.41%) Social Skills
2 205 (25.56%) Finance
3 98 (12.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 86 (10.72%) Analytical Skills
5 47 (5.86%) Marketing
5 47 (5.86%) Public Sector
6 39 (4.86%) Influencing Skills
7 38 (4.74%) Legal
8 26 (3.24%) Law
8 26 (3.24%) Organisational Skills
8 26 (3.24%) Retail
9 25 (3.12%) Manufacturing
10 21 (2.62%) Banking
11 17 (2.12%) Advertising
12 15 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (0.87%) Automotive
13 7 (0.87%) Telecoms
14 6 (0.75%) Social Housing
15 5 (0.62%) Games
15 5 (0.62%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 127 (15.84%) Senior
2 107 (13.34%) Developer
3 98 (12.22%) Analyst
4 88 (10.97%) Lead
5 72 (8.98%) Architect
6 63 (7.86%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 46 (5.74%) Data Analyst
7 46 (5.74%) Junior
8 45 (5.61%) Junior Analyst
9 44 (5.49%) Junior Data Analyst
9 44 (5.49%) Software Engineer
10 35 (4.36%) Data Engineer
11 28 (3.49%) Business Analyst
12 25 (3.12%) Senior Developer
13 23 (2.87%) Solutions Architect
14 22 (2.74%) Data Scientist
15 21 (2.62%) Consultant
16 20 (2.49%) Principal Engineer
16 20 (2.49%) Senior Analyst
17 18 (2.24%) Automation Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (4.11%) .NET
2 29 (3.62%) React
3 27 (3.37%) REST
4 21 (2.62%) Terraform
5 16 (2.00%) ASP.NET
5 16 (2.00%) ASP.NET Core
6 13 (1.62%) Spring
7 12 (1.50%) .NET Core
8 11 (1.37%) HTML
8 11 (1.37%) JSON
8 11 (1.37%) PySpark
8 11 (1.37%) PyTorch
8 11 (1.37%) TensorFlow
8 11 (1.37%) XML
9 10 (1.25%) CSS
9 10 (1.25%) Playwright
9 10 (1.25%) RESTful
10 9 (1.12%) ML.NET
11 8 (1.00%) Blazor
11 8 (1.00%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 34 (4.24%) Self-Motivation
2 28 (3.49%) Cloud Native
2 28 (3.49%) Management Information System
2 28 (3.49%) Onboarding
3 20 (2.49%) AI Agents
3 20 (2.49%) Product Ownership
4 16 (2.00%) Driving Licence
5 15 (1.87%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (1.75%) Virtual Team
7 13 (1.62%) Data Centre
8 12 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (1.25%) IoT
9 10 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (1.12%) Low-Code
10 9 (1.12%) Public Cloud
10 9 (1.12%) Security Posture
10 9 (1.12%) Social Media
10 9 (1.12%) Taxonomies
11 8 (1.00%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 34 (4.24%) Linux
2 23 (2.87%) Windows
3 20 (2.49%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.12%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.50%) Android
5 4 (0.50%) VMS
6 2 (0.25%) Solaris
7 1 (0.12%) Alpine Linux
7 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (18.58%) Continuous Improvement
2 140 (17.46%) Analytics
3 132 (16.46%) Agile
4 130 (16.21%) Business Intelligence
5 122 (15.21%) Mentoring
6 102 (12.72%) Problem-Solving
7 99 (12.34%) Decision-Making
7 99 (12.34%) Stakeholder Management
8 96 (11.97%) CI/CD
9 89 (11.10%) Machine Learning
9 89 (11.10%) Roadmaps
10 72 (8.98%) Cybersecurity
11 68 (8.48%) Coaching
11 68 (8.48%) Software Engineering
12 61 (7.61%) DevOps
13 59 (7.36%) LLM
14 52 (6.48%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
14 52 (6.48%) ERP
15 50 (6.23%) Data Modelling
16 48 (5.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 180 (22.44%) Python
2 138 (17.21%) SQL
3 42 (5.24%) C#
3 42 (5.24%) JavaScript
4 23 (2.87%) PowerShell
5 21 (2.62%) TypeScript
6 19 (2.37%) Java
7 14 (1.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 11 (1.37%) Bash
8 11 (1.37%) PL/SQL
9 10 (1.25%) R
10 6 (0.75%) PHP
11 5 (0.62%) C++
11 5 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
11 5 (0.62%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.25%) Go
13 1 (0.12%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.12%) Ruby
13 1 (0.12%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.12%) VBA
Qualifications
1 103 (12.84%) Azure Certification
2 78 (9.73%) Security Cleared
3 72 (8.98%) SC Cleared
4 70 (8.73%) Degree
5 19 (2.37%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (2.00%) ACCA
7 15 (1.87%) CIMA
8 14 (1.75%) AWS Certification
9 12 (1.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 11 (1.37%) DV Cleared
11 10 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (1.12%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (0.87%) SANS
14 4 (0.50%) CBAP
14 4 (0.50%) CISM
14 4 (0.50%) CISSP
14 4 (0.50%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.50%) PMI Certification
15 3 (0.37%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (6.73%) Data Quality
2 32 (3.99%) Accessibility
3 28 (3.49%) GDPR
3 28 (3.49%) QA
4 20 (2.49%) SLA
5 17 (2.12%) GRC
6 13 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.12%) WCAG
8 7 (0.87%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 7 (0.87%) PMO
9 4 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.50%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.50%) NCSC
10 3 (0.37%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.25%) NIST
12 1 (0.12%) ISO 19650
12 1 (0.12%) JTAG
12 1 (0.12%) PSD2
System Software
1 34 (4.24%) Docker
2 14 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (1.00%) Active Directory
5 6 (0.75%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 34 (4.24%) Kubernetes
2 13 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.37%) Ansible
4 2 (0.25%) Bosun
4 2 (0.25%) Grafana
4 2 (0.25%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.25%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.25%) Puppet
4 2 (0.25%) SCCM
4 2 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.12%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.12%) Nagios
5 1 (0.12%) Podman
Vendors
1 234 (29.18%) Microsoft
2 28 (3.49%) ServiceNow
3 19 (2.37%) Oracle
4 17 (2.12%) Databricks
4 17 (2.12%) Google
5 15 (1.87%) Apple
6 14 (1.75%) Adobe
6 14 (1.75%) SAP
6 14 (1.75%) VMware
7 12 (1.50%) YouTube
8 11 (1.37%) CrowdStrike
9 10 (1.25%) OpenAI
9 10 (1.25%) Palo Alto
9 10 (1.25%) Tenable
10 8 (1.00%) Citrix
10 8 (1.00%) SonicWALL
11 7 (0.87%) Cisco
11 7 (0.87%) Foundry
12 6 (0.75%) HubSpot
12 6 (0.75%) Sage