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 6 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 68 108
Rank change year-on-year +65 +40 +92
Permanent jobs citing AI 1,562 189 248
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 13.87% 3.91% 2.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.54% 4.34% 2.80%
Number of salaries quoted 195 111 187
10th Percentile £27,800 £37,500 £34,500
25th Percentile £41,163 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £60,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.05% +10.00% -10.57%
75th Percentile £73,875 £77,000 £66,375
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £71,028 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.30% +7.14% -3.45%

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 8,423 4,358 8,848
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 74.78% 90.19% 82.66%
Number of salaries quoted 4,931 2,593 6,890
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,822 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,125 £36,995 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +9.47% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,640 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 6 April 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 6 April 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 +65 1,249 £52,500 -10.64% 110
East Midlands +54 324 £50,000 -20.00% 103
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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 16 (1.02%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.58%) Jupyter
3 3 (0.19%) ArcGIS
3 3 (0.19%) CMS
4 2 (0.13%) Confluence
4 2 (0.13%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.064%) Apache
5 1 (0.064%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.064%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.064%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.064%) SAS
5 1 (0.064%) WordPress
Applications
1 216 (13.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.09%) Chatbot
3 12 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.064%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.13%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.064%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.064%) Maximo
4 1 (0.064%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.064%) Odoo
4 1 (0.064%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.064%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 1,055 (67.54%) Cloud Computing
2 307 (19.65%) Azure
3 234 (14.98%) Azure AI
4 231 (14.79%) Power Platform
5 44 (2.82%) AWS
6 40 (2.56%) SaaS
7 18 (1.15%) Microsoft 365
8 16 (1.02%) Microsoft Copilot
9 12 (0.77%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (0.77%) Power Automate
9 12 (0.77%) PowerApps
10 11 (0.70%) GitHub
11 10 (0.64%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (0.58%) Figma
12 9 (0.58%) GCP
12 9 (0.58%) GitHub Copilot
13 8 (0.51%) Azure Data Factory
14 7 (0.45%) Entra ID
14 7 (0.45%) Serverless
15 6 (0.38%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1,045 (66.90%) Internet
2 3 (0.19%) Broadband
2 3 (0.19%) Intranet
3 1 (0.064%) DHCP
3 1 (0.064%) DNS
3 1 (0.064%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 214 (13.70%) Power BI
2 203 (13.00%) Tableau
3 12 (0.77%) SQL Server
4 5 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (0.32%) Delta Lake
5 4 (0.26%) Data Lake
5 4 (0.26%) Data Mining
6 3 (0.19%) Metadata
7 2 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.13%) Redis
8 1 (0.064%) Amazon QuickSight
8 1 (0.064%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.064%) Looker
8 1 (0.064%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.064%) MySQL
8 1 (0.064%) Pentaho
8 1 (0.064%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.064%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.064%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.064%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 9 (0.58%) Visual Studio Code
2 8 (0.51%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.26%) JIRA
3 4 (0.26%) Selenium
3 4 (0.26%) Snyk
4 3 (0.19%) Cypress.io
4 3 (0.19%) Git
4 3 (0.19%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.064%) Appium
5 1 (0.064%) Babel
5 1 (0.064%) Bitbucket
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%) JUnit
5 1 (0.064%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.064%) Mockito
5 1 (0.064%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.064%) webpack
General
1 1,334 (85.40%) Social Skills
2 1,083 (69.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,049 (67.16%) Banking
4 69 (4.42%) Finance
5 51 (3.27%) Analytical Skills
6 33 (2.11%) Legal
7 26 (1.66%) Public Sector
8 25 (1.60%) Manufacturing
9 23 (1.47%) Retail
10 22 (1.41%) Law
11 10 (0.64%) Marketing
12 9 (0.58%) Automotive
12 9 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.32%) Agriculture
15 4 (0.26%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (0.19%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.19%) Japanese Language
17 2 (0.13%) Advertising
18 1 (0.064%) Games
Job Titles
1 783 (50.13%) Lecturer
2 215 (13.76%) Analyst
3 204 (13.06%) Junior
4 200 (12.80%) Data Analyst
5 198 (12.68%) Junior Analyst
5 198 (12.68%) Junior Data Analyst
6 37 (2.37%) Developer
7 35 (2.24%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 32 (2.05%) Senior
9 28 (1.79%) Architect
10 22 (1.41%) Lead
11 18 (1.15%) Solutions Architect
12 14 (0.90%) Accountant
12 14 (0.90%) Systems Accountant
13 12 (0.77%) Data Engineer
14 11 (0.70%) Head of Engineering
15 10 (0.64%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
15 10 (0.64%) Trainee
16 9 (0.58%) Alliance Manager
16 9 (0.58%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (1.15%) .NET
2 12 (0.77%) React
3 10 (0.64%) scikit-learn
4 9 (0.58%) Blazor
4 9 (0.58%) HTML
4 9 (0.58%) Hugging Face
4 9 (0.58%) Matplotlib
4 9 (0.58%) NumPy
4 9 (0.58%) Pandas
4 9 (0.58%) Streamlit
5 8 (0.51%) Material Design
5 8 (0.51%) WebAssembly
6 7 (0.45%) CSS
7 6 (0.38%) .NET Framework
7 6 (0.38%) PyTorch
7 6 (0.38%) RESTful
7 6 (0.38%) TensorFlow
8 5 (0.32%) ASP.NET
8 5 (0.32%) PySpark
9 4 (0.26%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 1,046 (66.97%) IoT
2 14 (0.90%) Product Ownership
3 13 (0.83%) Algorithms
4 10 (0.64%) Public Cloud
5 9 (0.58%) Blog
5 9 (0.58%) Cloud Native
6 8 (0.51%) Onboarding
7 7 (0.45%) Driving Licence
7 7 (0.45%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (0.45%) Robotics
8 5 (0.32%) Data Centre
8 5 (0.32%) Low-Code
9 4 (0.26%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (0.26%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.19%) AI Agents
10 3 (0.19%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.19%) Reference Data
10 3 (0.19%) Social Media
10 3 (0.19%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.13%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 8 (0.51%) Windows
2 2 (0.13%) Linux
2 2 (0.13%) Robot Operating System
2 2 (0.13%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.064%) Kali Linux
3 1 (0.064%) Mac OS X
3 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,101 (70.49%) Machine Learning
2 1,065 (68.18%) Cybersecurity
3 1,063 (68.05%) User Experience
4 1,047 (67.03%) Web Development
5 219 (14.02%) Business Intelligence
6 59 (3.78%) Analytics
7 42 (2.69%) Agile
7 42 (2.69%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
8 39 (2.50%) Problem-Solving
9 35 (2.24%) Roadmaps
10 29 (1.86%) Continuous Improvement
11 28 (1.79%) Decision-Making
12 25 (1.60%) CRM
13 24 (1.54%) Customer Service
14 22 (1.41%) Mentoring
15 21 (1.34%) CI/CD
15 21 (1.34%) Data Science
15 21 (1.34%) LLM
16 20 (1.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 19 (1.22%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 292 (18.69%) Python
2 231 (14.79%) SQL
3 19 (1.22%) JavaScript
4 18 (1.15%) C#
5 8 (0.51%) TypeScript
6 5 (0.32%) Java
7 3 (0.19%) C++
8 2 (0.13%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.064%) Bash
9 1 (0.064%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.064%) JCL
9 1 (0.064%) PHP
9 1 (0.064%) R
9 1 (0.064%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,085 (69.46%) Degree
2 1,057 (67.67%) Master's Degree
3 1,050 (67.22%) PhD
4 1,045 (66.90%) Postgraduate
5 233 (14.92%) Azure Certification
6 19 (1.22%) AWS Certification
7 11 (0.70%) ACCA
7 11 (0.70%) CIMA
8 9 (0.58%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 8 (0.51%) SC Cleared
9 8 (0.51%) Security Cleared
10 6 (0.38%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.19%) MOS
13 2 (0.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.13%) CISA
13 2 (0.13%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.064%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 1 (0.064%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (1.09%) Accessibility
2 15 (0.96%) QA
3 14 (0.90%) GDPR
4 13 (0.83%) Data Quality
4 13 (0.83%) WCAG
5 5 (0.32%) GRC
6 4 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.13%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.13%) NIST
8 1 (0.064%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.064%) COBIT
8 1 (0.064%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.064%) PMO
8 1 (0.064%) PSD2
8 1 (0.064%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (0.51%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.38%) Docker
3 4 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.064%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.064%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (0.32%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.13%) Grafana
2 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.064%) Ansible
3 1 (0.064%) HP Fortify
3 1 (0.064%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.064%) Terraform
Vendors
1 274 (17.54%) Microsoft
2 19 (1.22%) Databricks
3 12 (0.77%) Adobe
4 10 (0.64%) Apple
5 7 (0.45%) OpenAI
5 7 (0.45%) ServiceNow
6 6 (0.38%) PayPal
6 6 (0.38%) SAP
7 5 (0.32%) ConnectWise
7 5 (0.32%) Salesforce
8 4 (0.26%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (0.26%) Palo Alto
8 4 (0.26%) Tenable
9 3 (0.19%) ESRI
10 2 (0.13%) DocuSign
10 2 (0.13%) Google
10 2 (0.13%) Splunk
11 1 (0.064%) Denodo
11 1 (0.064%) Planon
11 1 (0.064%) UiPath