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 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 101 136
Rank change year-on-year +98 +35 +66
Permanent jobs citing AI 1,513 167 148
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 18.48% 2.69% 1.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 23.09% 2.95% 2.24%
Number of salaries quoted 118 86 123
10th Percentile £26,100 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £39,353 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,764 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.06% +18.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £89,188 £96,250 £68,125
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £72,500 £77,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.84% +10.00% -

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 6,554 5,657 6,613
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 80.06% 91.15% 86.02%
Number of salaries quoted 3,655 2,516 5,442
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,027 £34,518
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.84% +6.09% -8.00%

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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 30 January 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 30 January 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 +85 1,249 £60,000 +4.35% 141
East Midlands +84 274 £42,500 -41.38% 171
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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 9 (0.59%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.46%) CMS
3 4 (0.26%) Apache
4 2 (0.13%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.066%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.066%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.066%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.066%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.066%) SAS
5 1 (0.066%) WordPress
Applications
1 210 (13.88%) Chatbot
2 80 (5.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.20%) InDesign
6 1 (0.066%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.20%) SAP Business One
2 3 (0.20%) Shopify
3 2 (0.13%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.066%) Maximo
4 1 (0.066%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.066%) Odoo
4 1 (0.066%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,046 (69.13%) Cloud Computing
2 131 (8.66%) Azure
3 87 (5.75%) Power Platform
4 71 (4.69%) Azure AI
5 38 (2.51%) AWS
6 36 (2.38%) SaaS
7 11 (0.73%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (0.73%) Microsoft Copilot
7 11 (0.73%) PowerApps
8 10 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (0.66%) GitHub
8 10 (0.66%) Power Automate
9 8 (0.53%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (0.53%) Figma
9 8 (0.53%) GitHub Copilot
10 7 (0.46%) Azure Data Factory
10 7 (0.46%) GCP
11 6 (0.40%) Entra ID
11 6 (0.40%) Serverless
12 5 (0.33%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 1,045 (69.07%) Internet
2 5 (0.33%) Intranet
3 1 (0.066%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (5.09%) Power BI
2 71 (4.69%) Tableau
3 12 (0.79%) SQL Server
4 6 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (0.33%) Delta Lake
6 3 (0.20%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.066%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.066%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.066%) Metadata
7 1 (0.066%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.066%) MySQL
7 1 (0.066%) Neo4j
7 1 (0.066%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.066%) Pentaho
7 1 (0.066%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.066%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.066%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.066%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.066%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (0.53%) Visual Studio
2 4 (0.26%) Git
3 2 (0.13%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.13%) JIRA
4 1 (0.066%) Babel
4 1 (0.066%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.066%) JUnit
4 1 (0.066%) MLflow
4 1 (0.066%) Mockito
4 1 (0.066%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.066%) Vite
4 1 (0.066%) webpack
General
1 1,154 (76.27%) Social Skills
2 1,080 (71.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,047 (69.20%) Banking
4 88 (5.82%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (1.85%) Retail
6 25 (1.65%) Public Sector
7 23 (1.52%) Finance
8 18 (1.19%) Legal
9 13 (0.86%) Law
10 11 (0.73%) Marketing
11 7 (0.46%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.26%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.20%) Agriculture
13 3 (0.20%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.13%) Automotive
14 2 (0.13%) Back Office
15 1 (0.066%) Advertising
15 1 (0.066%) Financial Institution
15 1 (0.066%) Japanese Language
15 1 (0.066%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 783 (51.75%) Lecturer
2 209 (13.81%) Trainer
3 76 (5.02%) Analyst
4 70 (4.63%) Junior
5 66 (4.36%) Data Analyst
5 66 (4.36%) Junior Analyst
5 66 (4.36%) Junior Data Analyst
6 38 (2.51%) Research Scientist
7 32 (2.12%) Content Editor
8 31 (2.05%) Developer
9 25 (1.65%) Architect
10 16 (1.06%) Solutions Architect
11 11 (0.73%) Designer
12 10 (0.66%) Customer Support Specialist
12 10 (0.66%) Lead
12 10 (0.66%) Support Specialist
13 9 (0.59%) Alliance Manager
13 9 (0.59%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
13 9 (0.59%) Data Engineer
13 9 (0.59%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.06%) .NET
2 9 (0.59%) Blazor
3 8 (0.53%) Material Design
3 8 (0.53%) WebAssembly
4 7 (0.46%) HTML
4 7 (0.46%) RESTful
5 6 (0.40%) CSS
6 5 (0.33%) PySpark
6 5 (0.33%) PyTorch
6 5 (0.33%) React
6 5 (0.33%) TensorFlow
7 4 (0.26%) .NET Framework
7 4 (0.26%) ASP.NET
8 3 (0.20%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.20%) jQuery
8 3 (0.20%) Laravel
8 3 (0.20%) Razor View Engine
8 3 (0.20%) Spring
8 3 (0.20%) Spring Boot
9 2 (0.13%) OpenCV
Miscellaneous
1 1,046 (69.13%) IoT
2 39 (2.58%) Molecular Biology
3 12 (0.79%) Cloud Native
4 11 (0.73%) Product Ownership
5 9 (0.59%) Blog
5 9 (0.59%) Onboarding
6 8 (0.53%) Public Cloud
6 8 (0.53%) Web Conferencing
7 6 (0.40%) AI Agents
7 6 (0.40%) Algorithms
7 6 (0.40%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (0.26%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (0.26%) Legacy Code
8 4 (0.26%) Reference Data
9 3 (0.20%) Animation
9 3 (0.20%) e-Learning
9 3 (0.20%) Graphic Design
9 3 (0.20%) Learning Management System
9 3 (0.20%) Low-Code
9 3 (0.20%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 7 (0.46%) Windows
2 3 (0.20%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.13%) Linux
3 2 (0.13%) Mac OS X
3 2 (0.13%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,088 (71.91%) Machine Learning
2 1,074 (70.98%) User Experience
3 1,062 (70.19%) Cybersecurity
4 1,047 (69.20%) Web Development
5 213 (14.08%) Conversational UI
6 79 (5.22%) Business Intelligence
7 64 (4.23%) Chemistry
8 40 (2.64%) Customer Service
9 39 (2.58%) Biochemistry
9 39 (2.58%) Biology
9 39 (2.58%) Biotechnology
9 39 (2.58%) Data Interpretation
9 39 (2.58%) Experimental Design
10 38 (2.51%) Content Writing
11 35 (2.31%) Agile
12 34 (2.25%) CRM
13 32 (2.12%) Analytics
14 28 (1.85%) Roadmaps
15 26 (1.72%) Problem-Solving
16 23 (1.52%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 116 (7.67%) Python
2 100 (6.61%) SQL
3 18 (1.19%) JavaScript
4 15 (0.99%) C#
5 9 (0.59%) Java
6 6 (0.40%) TypeScript
7 4 (0.26%) R
8 3 (0.20%) C++
8 3 (0.20%) PHP
9 2 (0.13%) Ruby
10 1 (0.066%) Bicep
10 1 (0.066%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.066%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1,275 (84.27%) Degree
2 1,159 (76.60%) Master's Degree
3 1,158 (76.54%) PhD
4 1,045 (69.07%) Postgraduate
5 67 (4.43%) Azure Certification
6 9 (0.59%) AWS Certification
6 9 (0.59%) SC Cleared
6 9 (0.59%) Security Cleared
7 4 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (0.26%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.13%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.066%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (0.066%) CISA
10 1 (0.066%) MOS
10 1 (0.066%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.066%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (0.93%) Accessibility
2 12 (0.79%) WCAG
3 7 (0.46%) GDPR
4 6 (0.40%) QA
5 5 (0.33%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.13%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.066%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.066%) COBIT
7 1 (0.066%) GRC
System Software
1 4 (0.26%) Active Directory
1 4 (0.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (0.40%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.066%) Ansible
3 1 (0.066%) Argo
3 1 (0.066%) Grafana
3 1 (0.066%) Kustomize
3 1 (0.066%) Terraform
Vendors
1 209 (13.81%) PayPal
2 118 (7.80%) Microsoft
3 16 (1.06%) Adobe
4 15 (0.99%) Databricks
5 9 (0.59%) Apple
6 6 (0.40%) OpenAI
7 5 (0.33%) HubSpot
7 5 (0.33%) Salesforce
8 4 (0.26%) SAP
8 4 (0.26%) UiPath
9 3 (0.20%) Cisco
10 2 (0.13%) DocuSign
10 2 (0.13%) Planon
10 2 (0.13%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.066%) Blue Prism
11 1 (0.066%) Denodo
11 1 (0.066%) Palantir
11 1 (0.066%) Palo Alto
11 1 (0.066%) Pardot
11 1 (0.066%) Talend