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 7 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 4 111
Rank change year-on-year -14 +107 +49
Permanent jobs citing AI 819 863 198
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.22% 15.27% 2.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.40% 17.61% 2.59%
Number of salaries quoted 442 94 83
10th Percentile £36,000 £37,875 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,125 £51,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £61,250 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £104,500 £104,500
England median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year - -3.33% -

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 11,070 4,901 7,637
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 70.54% 86.74% 80.17%
Number of salaries quoted 7,833 2,830 3,566
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,676 £32,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £46,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% -7.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.64%

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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 7 October 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 7 October 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 -9 548 £62,500 +4.17% 636
East Midlands -22 271 £53,750 -17.31% 363
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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 43 (5.25%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.71%) CMS
3 11 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.10%) Apache
5 8 (0.98%) IIS
5 8 (0.98%) nginx
6 7 (0.85%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 4 (0.49%) WordPress
8 2 (0.24%) Confluence
9 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.12%) SAS
Applications
1 51 (6.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.22%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.12%) InDesign
7 1 (0.12%) LaTeX
7 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.12%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 11 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.22%) Cloudability
3 5 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.49%) Sage 50
4 4 (0.49%) Shopify
5 3 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.37%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.24%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.24%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.24%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.24%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.12%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 230 (28.08%) Azure
2 136 (16.61%) Power Platform
3 93 (11.36%) SaaS
4 91 (11.11%) AWS
5 80 (9.77%) Azure AI
6 58 (7.08%) Microsoft 365
6 58 (7.08%) Microsoft Copilot
7 36 (4.40%) Azure DevOps
8 35 (4.27%) Power Automate
9 30 (3.66%) Serverless
10 29 (3.54%) GCP
11 28 (3.42%) Dynamics 365
12 21 (2.56%) GitHub
13 17 (2.08%) Entra ID
14 16 (1.95%) PowerApps
15 15 (1.83%) Azure Functions
16 14 (1.71%) Copilot Studio
17 12 (1.47%) GitHub Copilot
18 9 (1.10%) Microsoft Purview
18 9 (1.10%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.44%) Firewall
2 18 (2.20%) DNS
3 10 (1.22%) VPN
4 9 (1.10%) Internet
5 5 (0.61%) DHCP
6 4 (0.49%) MQTT
6 4 (0.49%) Network Security
7 3 (0.37%) HTTP
7 3 (0.37%) Wireless
8 2 (0.24%) VLAN
8 2 (0.24%) VoIP
9 1 (0.12%) CTI
9 1 (0.12%) Diameter Protocol
9 1 (0.12%) Intelligent Network
9 1 (0.12%) IPFIX
9 1 (0.12%) RTSP
9 1 (0.12%) Software-Defined Radio
9 1 (0.12%) UWB
9 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.12%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (13.55%) Power BI
2 60 (7.33%) Tableau
3 34 (4.15%) SQL Server
4 20 (2.44%) MongoDB
5 19 (2.32%) Data Lake
6 18 (2.20%) Azure SQL Database
7 13 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (1.47%) Big Data
8 12 (1.47%) Metadata
9 8 (0.98%) Power Query
10 6 (0.73%) Delta Lake
10 6 (0.73%) Redis
10 6 (0.73%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 6 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (0.61%) Data Mining
11 5 (0.61%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.61%) Oracle BI EE
11 5 (0.61%) QlikView
11 5 (0.61%) Semantic Layer
11 5 (0.61%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 24 (2.93%) Git
2 16 (1.95%) JIRA
3 12 (1.47%) Maven
4 10 (1.22%) JUnit
4 10 (1.22%) Mockito
5 6 (0.73%) Snyk
6 4 (0.49%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.49%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.24%) Ant
8 2 (0.24%) Apache Ivy
8 2 (0.24%) GitLab
8 2 (0.24%) IBM UrbanCode
8 2 (0.24%) Selenium
8 2 (0.24%) Yeoman
9 1 (0.12%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.12%) JMeter
9 1 (0.12%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.12%) NUnit
9 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
General
1 283 (34.55%) Social Skills
2 240 (29.30%) Finance
3 139 (16.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 92 (11.23%) Marketing
5 87 (10.62%) Analytical Skills
6 47 (5.74%) Public Sector
7 46 (5.62%) Influencing Skills
8 42 (5.13%) Legal
9 33 (4.03%) Retail
10 27 (3.30%) Law
11 26 (3.17%) Manufacturing
11 26 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
12 24 (2.93%) Presentation Skills
13 20 (2.44%) Banking
14 18 (2.20%) Advertising
15 7 (0.85%) Automotive
15 7 (0.85%) Telecoms
16 6 (0.73%) French Language
16 6 (0.73%) Social Housing
17 5 (0.61%) Games
Job Titles
1 117 (14.29%) Senior
2 108 (13.19%) Developer
3 87 (10.62%) Lead
4 83 (10.13%) Analyst
5 69 (8.42%) Architect
6 53 (6.47%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 44 (5.37%) Software Engineer
8 36 (4.40%) Junior
9 35 (4.27%) Data Analyst
9 35 (4.27%) Data Engineer
10 34 (4.15%) Junior Analyst
11 33 (4.03%) Junior Data Analyst
12 28 (3.42%) Sales Executive
13 27 (3.30%) Business Analyst
13 27 (3.30%) Consultant
14 25 (3.05%) Senior Developer
15 23 (2.81%) Data Scientist
15 23 (2.81%) Solutions Architect
16 22 (2.69%) Account Executive
16 22 (2.69%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (4.03%) .NET
1 33 (4.03%) REST
2 29 (3.54%) React
3 20 (2.44%) Terraform
4 16 (1.95%) ASP.NET
4 16 (1.95%) ASP.NET Core
4 16 (1.95%) CSS
5 13 (1.59%) Spring
6 12 (1.47%) .NET Core
7 11 (1.34%) HTML
7 11 (1.34%) JSON
7 11 (1.34%) PySpark
7 11 (1.34%) PyTorch
7 11 (1.34%) TensorFlow
7 11 (1.34%) XML
8 10 (1.22%) Playwright
8 10 (1.22%) RESTful
9 9 (1.10%) ML.NET
10 8 (0.98%) Blazor
10 8 (0.98%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 73 (8.91%) Onboarding
2 42 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
3 29 (3.54%) Cloud Native
3 29 (3.54%) Management Information System
4 26 (3.17%) Marketing Technology
5 23 (2.81%) AI Agents
6 20 (2.44%) Product Ownership
7 16 (1.95%) Driving Licence
7 16 (1.95%) Virtual Team
8 14 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
9 12 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
10 10 (1.22%) IoT
10 10 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (1.22%) Public Cloud
11 9 (1.10%) Data Centre
11 9 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (1.10%) Low-Code
11 9 (1.10%) Security Posture
11 9 (1.10%) Social Media
11 9 (1.10%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 35 (4.27%) Linux
2 25 (3.05%) Windows
3 21 (2.56%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.10%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.49%) Android
5 4 (0.49%) VMS
6 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.24%) Solaris
7 1 (0.12%) Alpine Linux
7 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (18.80%) Continuous Improvement
2 148 (18.07%) Analytics
3 131 (16.00%) Agile
4 121 (14.77%) Mentoring
5 120 (14.65%) Business Intelligence
6 111 (13.55%) Stakeholder Management
7 104 (12.70%) Problem-Solving
8 103 (12.58%) Roadmaps
9 100 (12.21%) Decision-Making
10 91 (11.11%) CI/CD
11 88 (10.74%) Machine Learning
12 76 (9.28%) Coaching
13 70 (8.55%) Software Engineering
14 68 (8.30%) Cybersecurity
15 62 (7.57%) DevOps
16 60 (7.33%) SEO
17 58 (7.08%) LLM
18 56 (6.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 55 (6.72%) Content Marketing
19 55 (6.72%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 164 (20.02%) Python
2 129 (15.75%) SQL
3 48 (5.86%) JavaScript
4 42 (5.13%) C#
5 24 (2.93%) PowerShell
6 21 (2.56%) TypeScript
7 19 (2.32%) Java
8 14 (1.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 11 (1.34%) Bash
9 11 (1.34%) PL/SQL
10 10 (1.22%) R
11 6 (0.73%) PHP
12 5 (0.61%) C++
12 5 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (0.61%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.24%) Go
14 1 (0.12%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.12%) Rust
14 1 (0.12%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.12%) VBA
Qualifications
1 87 (10.62%) Degree
2 82 (10.01%) Azure Certification
3 78 (9.52%) Security Cleared
4 72 (8.79%) SC Cleared
5 21 (2.56%) Master's Degree
6 19 (2.32%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (1.83%) ACCA
8 14 (1.71%) CIMA
9 13 (1.59%) AWS Certification
10 11 (1.34%) DV Cleared
11 10 (1.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 10 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (1.10%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (0.85%) SANS
14 4 (0.49%) CBAP
14 4 (0.49%) CISM
14 4 (0.49%) CISSP
14 4 (0.49%) PMI Certification
15 3 (0.37%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (6.59%) Data Quality
2 32 (3.91%) Accessibility
3 29 (3.54%) GDPR
4 28 (3.42%) QA
5 20 (2.44%) SLA
6 14 (1.71%) GRC
7 13 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (1.10%) WCAG
9 7 (0.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 6 (0.73%) PMO
11 5 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.61%) NCSC
12 4 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.49%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.37%) NIST
13 3 (0.37%) PCI DSS
14 2 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
15 1 (0.12%) GxP
15 1 (0.12%) ISO 19650
15 1 (0.12%) JTAG
System Software
1 35 (4.27%) Docker
2 14 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (0.98%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.73%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 34 (4.15%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.71%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.37%) Ansible
4 2 (0.24%) Bosun
4 2 (0.24%) Grafana
4 2 (0.24%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.24%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.24%) Puppet
4 2 (0.24%) SCCM
4 2 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.12%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.12%) Nagios
5 1 (0.12%) Podman
Vendors
1 224 (27.35%) Microsoft
2 34 (4.15%) TikTok
3 33 (4.03%) Samsung
4 27 (3.30%) Salesforce
5 26 (3.17%) ServiceNow
6 21 (2.56%) Adobe
7 20 (2.44%) Oracle
8 17 (2.08%) Databricks
8 17 (2.08%) Google
9 15 (1.83%) SAP
10 14 (1.71%) VMware
11 13 (1.59%) Apple
12 12 (1.47%) YouTube
13 10 (1.22%) OpenAI
14 8 (0.98%) Botify
14 8 (0.98%) Citrix
14 8 (0.98%) SonicWALL
15 7 (0.85%) Cisco
15 7 (0.85%) CrowdStrike
15 7 (0.85%) Foundry