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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 80 125
Rank change year-on-year +76 +45 +82
Permanent jobs citing AI 1,568 182 200
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 15.73% 3.49% 2.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.37% 3.78% 2.42%
Number of salaries quoted 165 96 170
10th Percentile £27,200 £37,500 £34,875
25th Percentile £36,750 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £53,350
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +21.84% -13.25%
75th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £67,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £75,125
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 7,696 4,812 8,248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 77.22% 92.27% 84.39%
Number of salaries quoted 4,390 2,557 6,541
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% -7.62%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,050 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 14 March 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 14 March 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 +71 1,272 £55,000 -8.33% 102
East Midlands +60 307 £50,000 -23.08% 98
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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 15 (0.96%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.57%) Jupyter
3 3 (0.19%) ArcGIS
3 3 (0.19%) CMS
4 2 (0.13%) Apache
4 2 (0.13%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.064%) Confluence
5 1 (0.064%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.064%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.064%) SAS
5 1 (0.064%) WordPress
Applications
1 160 (10.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 153 (9.76%) Chatbot
3 11 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.064%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.13%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 2 (0.13%) SAP Business One
2 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.064%) Maximo
3 1 (0.064%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.064%) Odoo
3 1 (0.064%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,054 (67.22%) Cloud Computing
2 216 (13.78%) Azure
3 173 (11.03%) Power Platform
4 146 (9.31%) Azure AI
5 43 (2.74%) AWS
6 41 (2.61%) SaaS
7 17 (1.08%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (0.83%) Microsoft Copilot
9 12 (0.77%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (0.77%) PowerApps
10 11 (0.70%) GitHub
10 11 (0.70%) Power Automate
11 10 (0.64%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (0.57%) Figma
12 9 (0.57%) GitHub Copilot
13 8 (0.51%) Azure Data Factory
14 7 (0.45%) Entra ID
15 6 (0.38%) Copilot Studio
15 6 (0.38%) IaaS
15 6 (0.38%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1,045 (66.65%) Internet
2 4 (0.26%) Intranet
3 3 (0.19%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 157 (10.01%) Power BI
2 148 (9.44%) Tableau
3 13 (0.83%) SQL Server
4 5 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (0.32%) Delta Lake
5 3 (0.19%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.19%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.13%) Metadata
7 1 (0.064%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.064%) Looker
7 1 (0.064%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.064%) MySQL
7 1 (0.064%) Neo4j
7 1 (0.064%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.064%) Redis
7 1 (0.064%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.064%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.064%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.064%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 9 (0.57%) Visual Studio Code
2 8 (0.51%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.19%) Cypress.io
3 3 (0.19%) Git
3 3 (0.19%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.19%) JIRA
4 2 (0.13%) Selenium
5 1 (0.064%) Appium
5 1 (0.064%) Babel
5 1 (0.064%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.064%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.064%) Gatling
5 1 (0.064%) GitLab
5 1 (0.064%) JMeter
5 1 (0.064%) JUnit
5 1 (0.064%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.064%) Mockito
5 1 (0.064%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.064%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.064%) webpack
General
1 1,244 (79.34%) Social Skills
2 1,079 (68.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,047 (66.77%) Banking
4 78 (4.97%) Analytical Skills
5 54 (3.44%) Finance
6 37 (2.36%) Retail
7 32 (2.04%) Legal
8 28 (1.79%) Public Sector
9 21 (1.34%) Manufacturing
10 18 (1.15%) Law
11 8 (0.51%) Marketing
11 8 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (0.45%) Automotive
13 5 (0.32%) Agriculture
14 4 (0.26%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.19%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.19%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.19%) Japanese Language
16 2 (0.13%) Advertising
17 1 (0.064%) Games
Job Titles
1 783 (49.94%) Lecturer
2 154 (9.82%) Analyst
3 149 (9.50%) Junior
4 144 (9.18%) Data Analyst
5 143 (9.12%) Junior Analyst
5 143 (9.12%) Junior Data Analyst
6 142 (9.06%) Trainer
7 37 (2.36%) Research Scientist
8 36 (2.30%) Developer
9 23 (1.47%) Architect
10 20 (1.28%) Content Editor
11 18 (1.15%) Solutions Architect
12 17 (1.08%) Lead
13 15 (0.96%) Senior
14 11 (0.70%) Head of Engineering
15 10 (0.64%) Trainee
16 9 (0.57%) Alliance Manager
16 9 (0.57%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
16 9 (0.57%) Data Engineer
17 8 (0.51%) Customer Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (1.21%) .NET
2 12 (0.77%) React
3 10 (0.64%) scikit-learn
4 9 (0.57%) Blazor
4 9 (0.57%) HTML
4 9 (0.57%) Hugging Face
4 9 (0.57%) Matplotlib
4 9 (0.57%) NumPy
4 9 (0.57%) Pandas
4 9 (0.57%) Streamlit
5 8 (0.51%) CSS
5 8 (0.51%) Material Design
5 8 (0.51%) WebAssembly
6 6 (0.38%) .NET Framework
6 6 (0.38%) AngularJS
6 6 (0.38%) PyTorch
6 6 (0.38%) RESTful
6 6 (0.38%) TensorFlow
7 5 (0.32%) ASP.NET
7 5 (0.32%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1,047 (66.77%) IoT
2 35 (2.23%) Molecular Biology
3 12 (0.77%) Algorithms
3 12 (0.77%) Product Ownership
4 11 (0.70%) Cloud Native
5 9 (0.57%) Blog
5 9 (0.57%) Public Cloud
6 8 (0.51%) Onboarding
7 7 (0.45%) Driving Licence
7 7 (0.45%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (0.32%) Low-Code
9 4 (0.26%) AI Agents
9 4 (0.26%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.19%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.19%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.19%) Reference Data
10 3 (0.19%) Social Media
11 2 (0.13%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.13%) Robotics
11 2 (0.13%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 8 (0.51%) Windows
2 3 (0.19%) Linux
3 2 (0.13%) Mac OS X
3 2 (0.13%) Robot Operating System
3 2 (0.13%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.064%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,100 (70.15%) Machine Learning
2 1,066 (67.98%) User Experience
3 1,060 (67.60%) Cybersecurity
4 1,047 (66.77%) Web Development
5 164 (10.46%) Business Intelligence
6 156 (9.95%) Conversational UI
7 50 (3.19%) Analytics
8 42 (2.68%) Chemistry
8 42 (2.68%) Customer Service
9 40 (2.55%) Agile
10 35 (2.23%) Biochemistry
10 35 (2.23%) Biology
10 35 (2.23%) Biotechnology
10 35 (2.23%) Data Interpretation
10 35 (2.23%) Experimental Design
11 34 (2.17%) Roadmaps
12 33 (2.10%) Problem-Solving
13 27 (1.72%) Continuous Improvement
14 25 (1.59%) CRM
15 23 (1.47%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 202 (12.88%) Python
2 175 (11.16%) SQL
3 21 (1.34%) JavaScript
4 19 (1.21%) C#
5 10 (0.64%) TypeScript
6 6 (0.38%) Java
7 3 (0.19%) C++
8 2 (0.13%) PHP
8 2 (0.13%) Ruby
9 1 (0.064%) Bash
9 1 (0.064%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.064%) JCL
9 1 (0.064%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.064%) R
Qualifications
1 1,216 (77.55%) Degree
2 1,134 (72.32%) Master's Degree
3 1,130 (72.07%) PhD
4 1,045 (66.65%) Postgraduate
5 144 (9.18%) Azure Certification
6 17 (1.08%) AWS Certification
7 10 (0.64%) SC Cleared
7 10 (0.64%) Security Cleared
8 9 (0.57%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 5 (0.32%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.26%) ACCA
10 4 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.26%) CIMA
11 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.19%) MOS
12 2 (0.13%) CISA
12 2 (0.13%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.064%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 1 (0.064%) CBAP
13 1 (0.064%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (0.96%) Accessibility
1 15 (0.96%) QA
2 13 (0.83%) WCAG
3 12 (0.77%) GDPR
4 8 (0.51%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.13%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.13%) NIST
7 1 (0.064%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.064%) COBIT
7 1 (0.064%) GRC
7 1 (0.064%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.064%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (0.45%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.32%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (0.45%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.19%) Grafana
3 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.064%) Ansible
4 1 (0.064%) Argo
4 1 (0.064%) HP Fortify
4 1 (0.064%) Kustomize
4 1 (0.064%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 215 (13.71%) Microsoft
2 142 (9.06%) PayPal
3 18 (1.15%) Databricks
4 10 (0.64%) Adobe
5 8 (0.51%) Apple
6 6 (0.38%) OpenAI
6 6 (0.38%) SAP
6 6 (0.38%) ServiceNow
7 5 (0.32%) ConnectWise
7 5 (0.32%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.19%) ESRI
9 2 (0.13%) DocuSign
9 2 (0.13%) Google
9 2 (0.13%) Planon
9 2 (0.13%) Splunk
10 1 (0.064%) Blue Prism
10 1 (0.064%) Denodo
10 1 (0.064%) Facebook
10 1 (0.064%) UiPath
10 1 (0.064%) Veracode