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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 8 99
Rank change year-on-year -9 +91 +109
Permanent jobs citing AI 727 641 317
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.92% 12.90% 2.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.51% 14.49% 2.97%
Number of salaries quoted 314 108 205
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,375 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,563 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £57,311
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +0.33% -4.48%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £66,350 £70,000
% change year-on-year +5.50% -5.21% -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 8,540 4,423 10,681
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.57% 89.01% 79.11%
Number of salaries quoted 5,908 2,509 7,575
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,300 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.69% +3.16% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £76,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -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 9 June 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 9 June 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 -4 461 £55,000 -4.35% 132
East Midlands -14 265 £52,500 -8.70% 72
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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 11 (1.51%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.24%) Jupyter
3 3 (0.41%) ArcGIS
3 3 (0.41%) CMS
3 3 (0.41%) Confluence
4 2 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.28%) WordPress
5 1 (0.14%) Apache
5 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 206 (28.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (1.51%) Chatbot
3 11 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.14%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 12 (1.65%) Cloudability
2 7 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.55%) Sage 50
4 3 (0.41%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.14%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.14%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.14%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.14%) SAP EHS
5 1 (0.14%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 349 (48.01%) Azure
2 258 (35.49%) Azure AI
3 231 (31.77%) Power Platform
4 78 (10.73%) AWS
5 49 (6.74%) SaaS
6 24 (3.30%) Cloud Computing
7 23 (3.16%) Microsoft 365
7 23 (3.16%) Microsoft Copilot
8 22 (3.03%) GCP
9 20 (2.75%) Serverless
10 13 (1.79%) Microsoft Purview
11 11 (1.51%) GitHub
12 9 (1.24%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (1.24%) Figma
12 9 (1.24%) GitHub Copilot
13 8 (1.10%) Anthropic Claude
13 8 (1.10%) Power Automate
13 8 (1.10%) PowerApps
13 8 (1.10%) Snowflake
14 6 (0.83%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.93%) Internet
2 7 (0.96%) DNS
3 6 (0.83%) Firewall
4 5 (0.69%) VPN
5 4 (0.55%) MQTT
6 3 (0.41%) Broadband
7 2 (0.28%) DHCP
7 2 (0.28%) VLAN
8 1 (0.14%) FTP
8 1 (0.14%) HTTP
8 1 (0.14%) LAN
8 1 (0.14%) Network Security
8 1 (0.14%) SCTP
8 1 (0.14%) SMS
8 1 (0.14%) SNMP
8 1 (0.14%) Software-Defined Radio
8 1 (0.14%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.14%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.14%) VoIP
8 1 (0.14%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 219 (30.12%) Power BI
2 197 (27.10%) Tableau
3 18 (2.48%) SQL Server
4 12 (1.65%) MongoDB
5 9 (1.24%) Metadata
6 8 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (1.10%) Data Lake
7 7 (0.96%) Redis
8 6 (0.83%) DynamoDB
9 5 (0.69%) Star Schema
10 4 (0.55%) Big Data
11 3 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.41%) Looker
11 3 (0.41%) Power Query
11 3 (0.41%) Semantic Layer
12 2 (0.28%) Delta Lake
12 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 1 (0.14%) Data Mining
13 1 (0.14%) PostgreSQL
13 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (1.38%) Snyk
2 9 (1.24%) Visual Studio Code
3 7 (0.96%) Visual Studio
4 6 (0.83%) JIRA
5 5 (0.69%) JUnit
5 5 (0.69%) Maven
5 5 (0.69%) Mockito
5 5 (0.69%) Selenium
6 3 (0.41%) Git
7 2 (0.28%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.14%) Appium
8 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.14%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.14%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.14%) Gatling
8 1 (0.14%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.14%) JMeter
8 1 (0.14%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.14%) Yeoman
General
1 352 (48.42%) Social Skills
2 120 (16.51%) Finance
3 78 (10.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 66 (9.08%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (5.23%) Legal
6 34 (4.68%) Banking
7 31 (4.26%) Retail
8 30 (4.13%) Law
9 24 (3.30%) Manufacturing
10 22 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
11 16 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (1.93%) Public Sector
13 12 (1.65%) Marketing
14 8 (1.10%) Automotive
15 7 (0.96%) Social Housing
16 6 (0.83%) Financial Institution
16 6 (0.83%) Japanese Language
17 5 (0.69%) Agriculture
18 3 (0.41%) Advertising
18 3 (0.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 238 (32.74%) Analyst
2 190 (26.13%) Data Analyst
2 190 (26.13%) Junior
3 188 (25.86%) Junior Analyst
4 187 (25.72%) Junior Data Analyst
5 75 (10.32%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 70 (9.63%) Senior
7 67 (9.22%) Developer
8 49 (6.74%) Lead
9 34 (4.68%) Architect
10 23 (3.16%) Business Analyst
11 22 (3.03%) Accountant
11 22 (3.03%) Systems Accountant
12 21 (2.89%) Data Engineer
12 21 (2.89%) Data Scientist
13 18 (2.48%) Software Engineer
14 17 (2.34%) Senior Analyst
15 14 (1.93%) Software Developer
15 14 (1.93%) Statistician
16 13 (1.79%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.44%) .NET
2 23 (3.16%) React
3 11 (1.51%) ASP.NET
3 11 (1.51%) Blazor
3 11 (1.51%) RESTful
4 10 (1.38%) ASP.NET Core
4 10 (1.38%) Hugging Face
4 10 (1.38%) REST
5 9 (1.24%) .NET Framework
5 9 (1.24%) Matplotlib
5 9 (1.24%) NumPy
5 9 (1.24%) Pandas
5 9 (1.24%) Playwright
5 9 (1.24%) scikit-learn
5 9 (1.24%) Streamlit
6 8 (1.10%) HTML
7 7 (0.96%) Kafka
7 7 (0.96%) Material Design
7 7 (0.96%) WebAssembly
8 6 (0.83%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 26 (3.58%) Product Ownership
2 22 (3.03%) IoT
3 13 (1.79%) Cloud Native
4 12 (1.65%) Algorithms
4 12 (1.65%) Robotics
5 11 (1.51%) Data Centre
6 10 (1.38%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (1.38%) Driving Licence
6 10 (1.38%) Public Cloud
7 9 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (1.10%) Virtual Team
9 7 (0.96%) Low-Code
9 7 (0.96%) Onboarding
10 6 (0.83%) AI Agents
10 6 (0.83%) CSOC
10 6 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.69%) Management Information System
11 5 (0.69%) Mobile App
12 4 (0.55%) Augmented Reality
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.51%) Linux
2 10 (1.38%) Windows
3 6 (0.83%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.55%) VMS
5 2 (0.28%) Android
5 2 (0.28%) Robot Operating System
6 1 (0.14%) Alpine Linux
6 1 (0.14%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (30.67%) Business Intelligence
2 86 (11.83%) Analytics
2 86 (11.83%) Machine Learning
3 78 (10.73%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
4 67 (9.22%) Agile
4 67 (9.22%) Problem-Solving
5 60 (8.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 58 (7.98%) Roadmaps
7 57 (7.84%) Cybersecurity
8 56 (7.70%) Mentoring
9 53 (7.29%) CI/CD
10 46 (6.33%) Decision-Making
11 40 (5.50%) LLM
12 39 (5.36%) Actionable Insight
13 38 (5.23%) Validation
14 34 (4.68%) Risk Management
14 34 (4.68%) Workflow
15 33 (4.54%) Data Governance
16 31 (4.26%) Data Science
16 31 (4.26%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 339 (46.63%) Python
2 237 (32.60%) SQL
3 27 (3.71%) C#
4 26 (3.58%) JavaScript
5 18 (2.48%) TypeScript
6 9 (1.24%) PowerShell
7 8 (1.10%) Java
8 7 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (0.83%) Bash
9 6 (0.83%) PHP
10 5 (0.69%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (0.55%) R
12 3 (0.41%) C++
13 2 (0.28%) Go
13 2 (0.28%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.14%) JCL
14 1 (0.14%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.14%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 254 (34.94%) Azure Certification
2 57 (7.84%) Degree
3 27 (3.71%) SC Cleared
3 27 (3.71%) Security Cleared
4 26 (3.58%) AWS Certification
5 23 (3.16%) Master's Degree
6 19 (2.61%) ACCA
6 19 (2.61%) CIMA
7 16 (2.20%) PhD
8 14 (1.93%) Postgraduate
9 12 (1.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 9 (1.24%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 6 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (0.83%) MOS
11 6 (0.83%) SANS
12 5 (0.69%) CISA
13 4 (0.55%) DV Cleared
14 3 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (5.09%) Data Quality
2 25 (3.44%) GDPR
3 20 (2.75%) QA
4 19 (2.61%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.51%) GRC
6 9 (1.24%) WCAG
7 7 (0.96%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 5 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.69%) SLA
9 4 (0.55%) PMO
10 3 (0.41%) NIST
11 2 (0.28%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.14%) COBIT
12 1 (0.14%) GxP
12 1 (0.14%) ISO 19650
12 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.14%) PSD2
12 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (2.06%) Docker
2 10 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.83%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (2.06%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.65%) Terraform
3 5 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.41%) Grafana
5 1 (0.14%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.14%) Nagios
5 1 (0.14%) Podman
5 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 294 (40.44%) Microsoft
2 19 (2.61%) Adobe
3 18 (2.48%) ServiceNow
4 17 (2.34%) Apple
5 16 (2.20%) Databricks
6 10 (1.38%) CrowdStrike
6 10 (1.38%) Palo Alto
6 10 (1.38%) Tenable
7 9 (1.24%) OpenAI
7 9 (1.24%) Oracle
7 9 (1.24%) SAP
8 5 (0.69%) Aderant
8 5 (0.69%) ConnectWise
8 5 (0.69%) Google
8 5 (0.69%) Intapp
8 5 (0.69%) Sage
8 5 (0.69%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.55%) HighQ
9 4 (0.55%) Xero
10 3 (0.41%) ESRI