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 29 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 8 92
Rank change year-on-year +4 +84 +113
Permanent jobs citing AI 1,708 624 318
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 12.85% 12.75% 2.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.73% 14.24% 3.17%
Number of salaries quoted 307 102 205
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,125 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,860 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,438 £66,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £99,750 £82,671
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 9,631 4,383 10,038
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 72.48% 89.54% 80.18%
Number of salaries quoted 5,882 2,391 7,378
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,875 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.08% +3.16% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £62,238
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 29 May 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 29 May 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 +7 1,369 £55,000 -4.35% 150
East Midlands -9 350 £52,500 -8.70% 86
AI
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 (0.64%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.53%) Jupyter
3 3 (0.18%) ArcGIS
3 3 (0.18%) Confluence
4 2 (0.12%) CMS
4 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.059%) Apache
5 1 (0.059%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.059%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.059%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.059%) WordPress
Applications
1 234 (13.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (0.64%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.059%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.059%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 12 (0.70%) Cloudability
2 7 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.23%) Sage 50
4 3 (0.18%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.059%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.059%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.059%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.059%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.059%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.059%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 997 (58.37%) Cloud Computing
2 376 (22.01%) Azure
3 280 (16.39%) Azure AI
4 255 (14.93%) Power Platform
5 81 (4.74%) AWS
6 42 (2.46%) SaaS
7 25 (1.46%) Microsoft 365
7 25 (1.46%) Microsoft Copilot
8 22 (1.29%) GCP
9 19 (1.11%) Serverless
10 12 (0.70%) GitHub
10 12 (0.70%) Microsoft Purview
11 11 (0.64%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (0.59%) Figma
12 10 (0.59%) GitHub Copilot
13 8 (0.47%) Power Automate
13 8 (0.47%) PowerApps
13 8 (0.47%) Snowflake
14 7 (0.41%) Anthropic Claude
14 7 (0.41%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 987 (57.79%) Internet
2 7 (0.41%) DNS
3 6 (0.35%) Firewall
4 5 (0.29%) VPN
5 4 (0.23%) MQTT
6 3 (0.18%) Broadband
7 2 (0.12%) DHCP
7 2 (0.12%) VLAN
8 1 (0.059%) BGP
8 1 (0.059%) FTP
8 1 (0.059%) HTTP
8 1 (0.059%) Intranet
8 1 (0.059%) OSPF
8 1 (0.059%) RTP
8 1 (0.059%) RTSP
8 1 (0.059%) SMS
8 1 (0.059%) SNMP
8 1 (0.059%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.059%) VoIP
8 1 (0.059%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 241 (14.11%) Power BI
2 220 (12.88%) Tableau
3 18 (1.05%) SQL Server
4 12 (0.70%) MongoDB
5 8 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (0.47%) Data Lake
5 8 (0.47%) Metadata
6 7 (0.41%) Redis
7 6 (0.35%) DynamoDB
8 5 (0.29%) Star Schema
9 4 (0.23%) Big Data
10 3 (0.18%) Data Mining
10 3 (0.18%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.18%) Looker
10 3 (0.18%) Power Query
10 3 (0.18%) Semantic Layer
11 2 (0.12%) Delta Lake
11 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.059%) PostgreSQL
12 1 (0.059%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (0.59%) Snyk
2 9 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
3 8 (0.47%) Visual Studio
4 6 (0.35%) JIRA
5 5 (0.29%) JUnit
5 5 (0.29%) Maven
5 5 (0.29%) Mockito
5 5 (0.29%) Selenium
6 3 (0.18%) Git
7 2 (0.12%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.059%) Appium
8 1 (0.059%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.059%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.059%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.059%) GitLab
8 1 (0.059%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.059%) JMeter
8 1 (0.059%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.059%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.059%) Yeoman
General
1 1,346 (78.81%) Social Skills
2 1,054 (61.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,003 (58.72%) Banking
4 118 (6.91%) Finance
5 71 (4.16%) Analytical Skills
6 39 (2.28%) Legal
7 31 (1.81%) Law
7 31 (1.81%) Retail
8 24 (1.41%) Manufacturing
9 22 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
10 16 (0.94%) Public Sector
11 12 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (0.64%) Marketing
13 8 (0.47%) Automotive
14 7 (0.41%) Social Housing
15 6 (0.35%) Financial Institution
15 6 (0.35%) Japanese Language
16 5 (0.29%) Agriculture
17 3 (0.18%) Advertising
18 2 (0.12%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 735 (43.03%) Lecturer
2 262 (15.34%) Analyst
3 213 (12.47%) Junior
4 212 (12.41%) Data Analyst
5 210 (12.30%) Junior Analyst
6 209 (12.24%) Junior Data Analyst
7 74 (4.33%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 69 (4.04%) Senior
9 63 (3.69%) Developer
10 41 (2.40%) Lead
11 35 (2.05%) Architect
12 22 (1.29%) Business Analyst
13 21 (1.23%) Accountant
13 21 (1.23%) Systems Accountant
14 19 (1.11%) Data Engineer
15 17 (1.00%) Senior Analyst
16 16 (0.94%) Data Scientist
16 16 (0.94%) Software Engineer
17 14 (0.82%) Software Developer
18 13 (0.76%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.52%) .NET
2 23 (1.35%) React
3 12 (0.70%) Blazor
4 11 (0.64%) ASP.NET
4 11 (0.64%) RESTful
5 10 (0.59%) ASP.NET Core
5 10 (0.59%) REST
5 10 (0.59%) scikit-learn
6 9 (0.53%) .NET Framework
6 9 (0.53%) Hugging Face
6 9 (0.53%) Matplotlib
6 9 (0.53%) NumPy
6 9 (0.53%) Pandas
6 9 (0.53%) Playwright
6 9 (0.53%) Streamlit
7 8 (0.47%) HTML
7 8 (0.47%) Material Design
7 8 (0.47%) WebAssembly
8 7 (0.41%) Kafka
9 6 (0.35%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 995 (58.26%) IoT
2 26 (1.52%) Product Ownership
3 15 (0.88%) Cloud Native
4 13 (0.76%) Public Cloud
5 12 (0.70%) Algorithms
5 12 (0.70%) Robotics
6 11 (0.64%) Data Centre
7 10 (0.59%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (0.59%) Driving Licence
7 10 (0.59%) Onboarding
8 8 (0.47%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (0.47%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (0.47%) Virtual Team
9 7 (0.41%) Low-Code
9 7 (0.41%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (0.35%) CSOC
11 5 (0.29%) Management Information System
11 5 (0.29%) Mobile App
12 4 (0.23%) Augmented Reality
12 4 (0.23%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (0.70%) Windows
2 11 (0.64%) Linux
3 6 (0.35%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.23%) VMS
5 2 (0.12%) Android
5 2 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
6 1 (0.059%) Alpine Linux
6 1 (0.059%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.059%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.059%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,057 (61.89%) Machine Learning
2 1,033 (60.48%) Cybersecurity
3 1,003 (58.72%) User Experience
4 987 (57.79%) Web Development
5 245 (14.34%) Business Intelligence
6 78 (4.57%) Analytics
7 77 (4.51%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
8 67 (3.92%) Agile
8 67 (3.92%) Problem-Solving
9 58 (3.40%) Continuous Improvement
10 52 (3.04%) CI/CD
11 51 (2.99%) Mentoring
11 51 (2.99%) Roadmaps
12 41 (2.40%) Decision-Making
13 38 (2.22%) LLM
14 33 (1.93%) Actionable Insight
14 33 (1.93%) Validation
15 32 (1.87%) Workflow
16 31 (1.81%) Data Governance
17 29 (1.70%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 358 (20.96%) Python
2 260 (15.22%) SQL
3 28 (1.64%) C#
4 27 (1.58%) JavaScript
5 18 (1.05%) TypeScript
6 9 (0.53%) Java
6 9 (0.53%) PowerShell
7 7 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (0.35%) Bash
8 6 (0.35%) PHP
9 5 (0.29%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.23%) C++
10 4 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
10 4 (0.23%) R
11 2 (0.12%) Go
11 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.059%) JCL
12 1 (0.059%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.059%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1,032 (60.42%) Degree
2 997 (58.37%) Master's Degree
3 989 (57.90%) PhD
4 987 (57.79%) Postgraduate
5 276 (16.16%) Azure Certification
6 29 (1.70%) AWS Certification
7 27 (1.58%) SC Cleared
7 27 (1.58%) Security Cleared
8 18 (1.05%) ACCA
8 18 (1.05%) CIMA
9 12 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 9 (0.53%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 7 (0.41%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (0.35%) MOS
12 6 (0.35%) SANS
13 5 (0.29%) CISA
14 4 (0.23%) DV Cleared
15 3 (0.18%) BPSS Clearance
15 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Certification
16 2 (0.12%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (1.99%) Data Quality
2 24 (1.41%) GDPR
3 22 (1.29%) QA
4 20 (1.17%) Accessibility
5 11 (0.64%) GRC
6 10 (0.59%) WCAG
7 6 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 5 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.29%) SLA
9 4 (0.23%) PMO
10 3 (0.18%) NIST
11 2 (0.12%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.059%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.059%) COBIT
12 1 (0.059%) ISO 19650
12 1 (0.059%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.059%) PSD2
12 1 (0.059%) SOC 2
System Software
1 16 (0.94%) Docker
2 10 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (0.47%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.059%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.059%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (0.94%) Kubernetes
2 11 (0.64%) Terraform
3 5 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.18%) Grafana
5 1 (0.059%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.059%) Nagios
5 1 (0.059%) Podman
5 1 (0.059%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.059%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 324 (18.97%) Microsoft
2 22 (1.29%) Adobe
3 20 (1.17%) Apple
4 18 (1.05%) ServiceNow
5 16 (0.94%) Databricks
6 10 (0.59%) CrowdStrike
6 10 (0.59%) OpenAI
6 10 (0.59%) Palo Alto
6 10 (0.59%) Tenable
7 9 (0.53%) Oracle
7 9 (0.53%) SAP
8 5 (0.29%) Aderant
8 5 (0.29%) ConnectWise
8 5 (0.29%) Intapp
8 5 (0.29%) Sage
8 5 (0.29%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.23%) Google
9 4 (0.23%) Xero
10 3 (0.18%) ESRI
11 2 (0.12%) Splunk