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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 10 86
Rank change year-on-year +6 +76 +115
Permanent jobs citing AI 1,697 608 318
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 12.90% 11.88% 2.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.85% 13.28% 3.28%
Number of salaries quoted 290 103 205
10th Percentile £34,975 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,180 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,311
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +0.33% -6.81%
75th Percentile £73,750 £74,375 £66,250
90th Percentile £95,500 £100,000 £82,603
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 9,507 4,580 9,681
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 72.28% 89.51% 81.22%
Number of salaries quoted 5,792 2,534 7,187
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £39,959 £33,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £62,437
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 21 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 21 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 1,365 £52,500 -8.70% 167
East Midlands -9 343 £52,500 -8.70% 109
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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 (0.65%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.53%) Jupyter
3 3 (0.18%) ArcGIS
3 3 (0.18%) Confluence
4 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.059%) Apache
5 1 (0.059%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.059%) CMS
5 1 (0.059%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 243 (14.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (0.65%) Chatbot
4 10 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.059%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.059%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 12 (0.71%) Cloudability
2 7 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.18%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.18%) Sage 50
4 1 (0.059%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.059%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.059%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.059%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.059%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.059%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 997 (58.75%) Cloud Computing
2 383 (22.57%) Azure
3 290 (17.09%) Azure AI
4 263 (15.50%) Power Platform
5 76 (4.48%) AWS
6 40 (2.36%) SaaS
7 27 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
8 24 (1.41%) Microsoft Copilot
9 22 (1.30%) GCP
10 16 (0.94%) Serverless
11 13 (0.77%) Azure DevOps
12 12 (0.71%) GitHub
13 11 (0.65%) Microsoft Purview
14 10 (0.59%) Figma
14 10 (0.59%) GitHub Copilot
15 9 (0.53%) Entra ID
16 7 (0.41%) Anthropic Claude
16 7 (0.41%) Power Automate
16 7 (0.41%) PowerApps
16 7 (0.41%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 987 (58.16%) Internet
2 7 (0.41%) DNS
3 6 (0.35%) Firewall
4 5 (0.29%) VPN
5 4 (0.24%) 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%) Intranet
8 1 (0.059%) IPFIX
8 1 (0.059%) Network Security
8 1 (0.059%) OSPF
8 1 (0.059%) SMS
8 1 (0.059%) SNMP
8 1 (0.059%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.059%) WireGuard
8 1 (0.059%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 248 (14.61%) Power BI
2 230 (13.55%) Tableau
3 16 (0.94%) SQL Server
4 11 (0.65%) 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 4 (0.24%) Big Data
7 4 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.24%) DynamoDB
7 4 (0.24%) Star Schema
8 3 (0.18%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.18%) Delta Lake
8 3 (0.18%) Looker
9 2 (0.12%) Power Query
9 2 (0.12%) Semantic Layer
10 1 (0.059%) Amazon QuickSight
10 1 (0.059%) EDMS
10 1 (0.059%) SQL Server Integration 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 2 (0.12%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.12%) Git
7 1 (0.059%) Appium
7 1 (0.059%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.059%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.059%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.059%) GitLab
7 1 (0.059%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.059%) JMeter
7 1 (0.059%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.059%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.059%) Yeoman
General
1 1,353 (79.73%) Social Skills
2 1,056 (62.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 998 (58.81%) Banking
4 109 (6.42%) Finance
5 71 (4.18%) Analytical Skills
6 39 (2.30%) Legal
7 30 (1.77%) Law
7 30 (1.77%) Retail
8 24 (1.41%) Manufacturing
9 20 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
10 17 (1.00%) Public Sector
11 11 (0.65%) Marketing
12 10 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (0.41%) Automotive
14 6 (0.35%) Financial Institution
14 6 (0.35%) Japanese Language
15 5 (0.29%) Agriculture
15 5 (0.29%) Social Housing
16 2 (0.12%) Advertising
17 1 (0.059%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 735 (43.31%) Lecturer
2 272 (16.03%) Analyst
3 225 (13.26%) Junior
4 223 (13.14%) Data Analyst
5 221 (13.02%) Junior Analyst
6 220 (12.96%) Junior Data Analyst
7 73 (4.30%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 66 (3.89%) Senior
9 52 (3.06%) Developer
10 38 (2.24%) Lead
11 37 (2.18%) Architect
12 22 (1.30%) Business Analyst
13 20 (1.18%) Accountant
13 20 (1.18%) Systems Accountant
14 17 (1.00%) Data Engineer
14 17 (1.00%) Senior Analyst
15 13 (0.77%) Solutions Architect
16 12 (0.71%) Consultant
16 12 (0.71%) Data Architect
16 12 (0.71%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (1.41%) .NET
2 21 (1.24%) React
3 11 (0.65%) Blazor
3 11 (0.65%) RESTful
4 10 (0.59%) scikit-learn
5 9 (0.53%) ASP.NET
5 9 (0.53%) Hugging Face
5 9 (0.53%) Matplotlib
5 9 (0.53%) NumPy
5 9 (0.53%) Pandas
5 9 (0.53%) Playwright
5 9 (0.53%) REST
5 9 (0.53%) Streamlit
6 8 (0.47%) .NET Framework
6 8 (0.47%) ASP.NET Core
6 8 (0.47%) Material Design
6 8 (0.47%) WebAssembly
7 7 (0.41%) HTML
8 6 (0.35%) CSS
8 6 (0.35%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 993 (58.52%) IoT
2 25 (1.47%) Product Ownership
3 14 (0.82%) Cloud Native
4 13 (0.77%) Public Cloud
5 12 (0.71%) Algorithms
5 12 (0.71%) Robotics
6 11 (0.65%) Data Centre
7 10 (0.59%) Driving Licence
7 10 (0.59%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (0.59%) Onboarding
8 7 (0.41%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (0.41%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (0.41%) Low-Code
8 7 (0.41%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (0.41%) Virtual Team
9 6 (0.35%) CSOC
10 5 (0.29%) Management Information System
10 5 (0.29%) Mobile App
11 4 (0.24%) Augmented Reality
11 4 (0.24%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (0.82%) Windows
2 11 (0.65%) Linux
3 6 (0.35%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.24%) VMS
5 2 (0.12%) Android
5 2 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
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 1,052 (61.99%) Machine Learning
2 1,032 (60.81%) Cybersecurity
3 1,003 (59.10%) User Experience
4 987 (58.16%) Web Development
5 252 (14.85%) Business Intelligence
6 77 (4.54%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
7 71 (4.18%) Analytics
8 65 (3.83%) Agile
9 62 (3.65%) Problem-Solving
10 54 (3.18%) Continuous Improvement
11 49 (2.89%) Mentoring
12 47 (2.77%) Roadmaps
13 46 (2.71%) CI/CD
14 37 (2.18%) Decision-Making
15 35 (2.06%) LLM
16 31 (1.83%) Data Governance
17 30 (1.77%) Workflow
18 28 (1.65%) Validation
19 27 (1.59%) Data Protection
19 27 (1.59%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 361 (21.27%) Python
2 265 (15.62%) SQL
3 25 (1.47%) JavaScript
4 24 (1.41%) C#
5 15 (0.88%) TypeScript
6 9 (0.53%) Java
7 8 (0.47%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.35%) Bash
9 5 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (0.29%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
10 4 (0.24%) R
11 3 (0.18%) C++
11 3 (0.18%) PHP
12 1 (0.059%) Go
12 1 (0.059%) JCL
12 1 (0.059%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1,031 (60.75%) Degree
2 997 (58.75%) Master's Degree
3 989 (58.28%) PhD
4 987 (58.16%) Postgraduate
5 287 (16.91%) Azure Certification
6 29 (1.71%) AWS Certification
7 26 (1.53%) SC Cleared
7 26 (1.53%) Security Cleared
8 17 (1.00%) ACCA
8 17 (1.00%) CIMA
9 12 (0.71%) 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 (0.24%) DV Cleared
15 3 (0.18%) BPSS Clearance
15 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Certification
16 2 (0.12%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (1.83%) Data Quality
2 23 (1.36%) GDPR
3 22 (1.30%) QA
4 20 (1.18%) Accessibility
5 11 (0.65%) GRC
6 10 (0.59%) WCAG
7 5 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.29%) SLA
8 4 (0.24%) PMO
9 3 (0.18%) NIST
10 2 (0.12%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.059%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.059%) COBIT
11 1 (0.059%) ISO 19650
11 1 (0.059%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.059%) PSD2
11 1 (0.059%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (0.82%) Docker
2 10 (0.59%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.059%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.059%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (0.88%) Kubernetes
2 9 (0.53%) Terraform
3 5 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.18%) Grafana
5 1 (0.059%) Ansible
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
1 332 (19.56%) Microsoft
2 22 (1.30%) Adobe
3 20 (1.18%) Apple
4 18 (1.06%) ServiceNow
5 17 (1.00%) Databricks
6 10 (0.59%) CrowdStrike
6 10 (0.59%) Palo Alto
6 10 (0.59%) Tenable
7 9 (0.53%) OpenAI
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%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.24%) Google
9 4 (0.24%) Sage
10 3 (0.18%) ESRI
10 3 (0.18%) Xero
11 2 (0.12%) IFS