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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 115 132
Rank change year-on-year +112 +17 +66
Permanent jobs citing AI 1,501 155 106
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 19.03% 2.44% 1.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 23.49% 2.70% 2.14%
Number of salaries quoted 116 79 88
10th Percentile £25,500 £37,500 £34,250
25th Percentile £40,560 £42,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +26.83% -21.15%
75th Percentile £89,813 £96,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £84,120
England median annual salary £72,500 £77,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.45% +3.33% +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 6,389 5,745 4,964
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.02% 90.52% 86.60%
Number of salaries quoted 3,561 2,530 4,097
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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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 16 January 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 16 January 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 +94 1,244 £65,000 +13.04% 149
East Midlands +87 267 £42,500 -44.81% 216
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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 8 (0.53%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.47%) CMS
3 4 (0.27%) Apache
4 2 (0.13%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.067%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.067%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.067%) SAS
5 1 (0.067%) WordPress
Applications
1 209 (13.92%) Chatbot
2 69 (4.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.20%) InDesign
6 1 (0.067%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.20%) SAP Business One
2 3 (0.20%) Shopify
3 1 (0.067%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.067%) Maximo
3 1 (0.067%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.067%) Odoo
Cloud Services
1 1,045 (69.62%) Cloud Computing
2 119 (7.93%) Azure
3 77 (5.13%) Power Platform
4 60 (4.00%) Azure AI
5 38 (2.53%) AWS
6 34 (2.27%) SaaS
7 11 (0.73%) PowerApps
8 10 (0.67%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Copilot
8 10 (0.67%) Power Automate
9 9 (0.60%) GitHub
9 9 (0.60%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (0.53%) GCP
11 7 (0.47%) Azure Data Factory
11 7 (0.47%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (0.47%) Figma
11 7 (0.47%) GitHub Copilot
12 6 (0.40%) Azure Logic Apps
12 6 (0.40%) Serverless
13 5 (0.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1,045 (69.62%) Internet
2 5 (0.33%) Intranet
3 1 (0.067%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.067%) UWB
3 1 (0.067%) Wideband
3 1 (0.067%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (4.46%) Power BI
2 61 (4.06%) Tableau
3 11 (0.73%) SQL Server
4 6 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (0.33%) Delta Lake
6 3 (0.20%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.13%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.13%) MySQL
7 2 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.067%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.067%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.067%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.067%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.067%) Pentaho
8 1 (0.067%) Power Query
8 1 (0.067%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.067%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.067%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.067%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (0.47%) Visual Studio
2 5 (0.33%) Git
3 2 (0.13%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.067%) Babel
4 1 (0.067%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.067%) JIRA
4 1 (0.067%) JUnit
4 1 (0.067%) MLflow
4 1 (0.067%) Mockito
4 1 (0.067%) Vite
4 1 (0.067%) webpack
General
1 1,139 (75.88%) Social Skills
2 1,084 (72.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,047 (69.75%) Banking
4 86 (5.73%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (1.87%) Retail
6 25 (1.67%) Public Sector
7 22 (1.47%) Finance
8 17 (1.13%) Legal
9 13 (0.87%) Law
9 13 (0.87%) Marketing
10 5 (0.33%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (0.27%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.20%) Agriculture
12 3 (0.20%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.13%) Automotive
13 2 (0.13%) Back Office
14 1 (0.067%) Advertising
14 1 (0.067%) Brand Awareness
14 1 (0.067%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 783 (52.17%) Lecturer
2 209 (13.92%) Trainer
3 64 (4.26%) Analyst
4 59 (3.93%) Junior
5 55 (3.66%) Data Analyst
5 55 (3.66%) Junior Analyst
5 55 (3.66%) Junior Data Analyst
6 38 (2.53%) Research Scientist
7 32 (2.13%) Content Editor
8 30 (2.00%) Architect
8 30 (2.00%) Developer
9 16 (1.07%) Solutions Architect
10 11 (0.73%) Lead
11 10 (0.67%) Customer Support Specialist
11 10 (0.67%) Support Specialist
12 9 (0.60%) Alliance Manager
12 9 (0.60%) Biostatistician
12 9 (0.60%) Coordinator
12 9 (0.60%) Data Engineer
12 9 (0.60%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (0.93%) .NET
2 8 (0.53%) Blazor
2 8 (0.53%) RESTful
3 7 (0.47%) HTML
3 7 (0.47%) Material Design
3 7 (0.47%) WebAssembly
4 6 (0.40%) CSS
5 5 (0.33%) PySpark
5 5 (0.33%) React
6 3 (0.20%) .NET Framework
6 3 (0.20%) ASP.NET
6 3 (0.20%) jQuery
6 3 (0.20%) Laravel
6 3 (0.20%) Spring
6 3 (0.20%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.13%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.13%) EDI
7 2 (0.13%) Razor View Engine
7 2 (0.13%) Ruby on Rails
7 2 (0.13%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1,046 (69.69%) IoT
2 39 (2.60%) Molecular Biology
3 12 (0.80%) Cloud Native
4 10 (0.67%) Product Ownership
5 9 (0.60%) Blog
5 9 (0.60%) Onboarding
6 8 (0.53%) Public Cloud
6 8 (0.53%) Web Conferencing
7 6 (0.40%) AI Agents
7 6 (0.40%) Data Centre
7 6 (0.40%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (0.27%) e-Learning
8 4 (0.27%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (0.27%) Legacy Code
8 4 (0.27%) Reference Data
9 3 (0.20%) Algorithms
9 3 (0.20%) Animation
9 3 (0.20%) Graphic Design
9 3 (0.20%) Learning Management System
9 3 (0.20%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 7 (0.47%) Windows
2 3 (0.20%) Linux
2 3 (0.20%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.13%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,085 (72.29%) Machine Learning
2 1,072 (71.42%) User Experience
3 1,066 (71.02%) Cybersecurity
4 1,047 (69.75%) Web Development
5 212 (14.12%) Conversational UI
6 69 (4.60%) Business Intelligence
7 64 (4.26%) Chemistry
8 39 (2.60%) Biochemistry
8 39 (2.60%) Biology
8 39 (2.60%) Biotechnology
8 39 (2.60%) Data Interpretation
8 39 (2.60%) Experimental Design
9 38 (2.53%) Content Writing
9 38 (2.53%) Customer Service
10 34 (2.27%) Analytics
11 33 (2.20%) Agile
11 33 (2.20%) CRM
12 29 (1.93%) Problem-Solving
13 27 (1.80%) Roadmaps
14 23 (1.53%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 105 (7.00%) Python
2 91 (6.06%) SQL
3 18 (1.20%) JavaScript
4 13 (0.87%) C#
5 9 (0.60%) Java
6 6 (0.40%) TypeScript
7 4 (0.27%) R
8 3 (0.20%) PHP
9 2 (0.13%) C++
9 2 (0.13%) Ruby
10 1 (0.067%) Bicep
10 1 (0.067%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.067%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1,275 (84.94%) Degree
2 1,157 (77.08%) Master's Degree
3 1,156 (77.02%) PhD
4 1,045 (69.62%) Postgraduate
5 56 (3.73%) Azure Certification
6 9 (0.60%) SC Cleared
6 9 (0.60%) Security Cleared
7 8 (0.53%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.27%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.20%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.13%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.067%) CISA
11 1 (0.067%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.067%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (0.80%) Accessibility
2 10 (0.67%) WCAG
3 5 (0.33%) Data Quality
3 5 (0.33%) QA
4 4 (0.27%) GDPR
5 1 (0.067%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.067%) COBIT
5 1 (0.067%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.067%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (0.33%) Docker
2 4 (0.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (0.40%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.067%) Ansible
2 1 (0.067%) Argo
2 1 (0.067%) Grafana
2 1 (0.067%) Kustomize
2 1 (0.067%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.067%) Terraform
Vendors
1 209 (13.92%) PayPal
2 108 (7.20%) Microsoft
3 20 (1.33%) Adobe
4 15 (1.00%) Databricks
5 13 (0.87%) Apple
6 7 (0.47%) OpenAI
7 5 (0.33%) HubSpot
7 5 (0.33%) Palo Alto
8 4 (0.27%) Cisco
8 4 (0.27%) Salesforce
8 4 (0.27%) SAP
8 4 (0.27%) UiPath
9 2 (0.13%) DocuSign
10 1 (0.067%) Blue Prism
10 1 (0.067%) Foundry
10 1 (0.067%) Oracle
10 1 (0.067%) Palantir
10 1 (0.067%) Pardot
10 1 (0.067%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.067%) Talend