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 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 9 104
Rank change year-on-year -8 +95 +62
Permanent jobs citing AI 829 699 242
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.75% 12.16% 2.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.24% 14.30% 2.89%
Number of salaries quoted 429 111 131
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,500 £49,375 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.21% -13.04%
75th Percentile £83,750 £72,625 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £93,750
England median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% -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 10,061 4,889 8,375
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.80% 85.07% 77.85%
Number of salaries quoted 7,161 2,983 5,073
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,968 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,640 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £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 12 August 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 12 August 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 -4 546 £60,000 - 430
East Midlands -17 282 £52,500 -16.00% 192
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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 25 (3.02%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.97%) Jupyter
3 7 (0.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.60%) Apache
5 5 (0.60%) CMS
6 4 (0.48%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.48%) IIS
6 4 (0.48%) nginx
6 4 (0.48%) WordPress
7 3 (0.36%) Confluence
8 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.12%) SAS
Applications
1 148 (17.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.33%) Chatbot
2 11 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.12%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.12%) InDesign
6 1 (0.12%) LaTeX
6 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.12%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 12 (1.45%) Cloudability
2 7 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.48%) Sage 50
3 4 (0.48%) Shopify
4 3 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.36%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.24%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.12%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.12%) SAP EHS
6 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 341 (41.13%) Azure
2 214 (25.81%) Power Platform
3 213 (25.69%) Azure AI
4 93 (11.22%) AWS
5 59 (7.12%) SaaS
6 44 (5.31%) Microsoft Copilot
7 42 (5.07%) Microsoft 365
8 29 (3.50%) GCP
9 25 (3.02%) Serverless
10 24 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
11 23 (2.77%) Power Automate
12 15 (1.81%) GitHub
13 14 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
13 14 (1.69%) PowerApps
14 12 (1.45%) GitHub Copilot
15 10 (1.21%) Entra ID
15 10 (1.21%) Microsoft Purview
15 10 (1.21%) Snowflake
16 9 (1.09%) Anthropic Claude
17 8 (0.97%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.33%) DNS
1 11 (1.33%) Firewall
2 6 (0.72%) VPN
3 4 (0.48%) MQTT
4 3 (0.36%) HTTP
4 3 (0.36%) Network Security
4 3 (0.36%) Wireless
5 2 (0.24%) Broadband
5 2 (0.24%) DHCP
5 2 (0.24%) VLAN
5 2 (0.24%) VoIP
6 1 (0.12%) BGP
6 1 (0.12%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.12%) CTI
6 1 (0.12%) FTP
6 1 (0.12%) Internet
6 1 (0.12%) LAN
6 1 (0.12%) OSPF
6 1 (0.12%) SMS
6 1 (0.12%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 191 (23.04%) Power BI
2 146 (17.61%) Tableau
3 23 (2.77%) SQL Server
4 17 (2.05%) Azure SQL Database
4 17 (2.05%) MongoDB
5 15 (1.81%) Data Lake
6 14 (1.69%) Metadata
7 10 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (0.97%) Redis
9 7 (0.84%) Power Query
10 6 (0.72%) DynamoDB
10 6 (0.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 6 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (0.60%) Big Data
11 5 (0.60%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.60%) Star Schema
12 3 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.36%) MySQL
12 3 (0.36%) Semantic Layer
12 3 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 12 (1.45%) Git
1 12 (1.45%) Maven
2 11 (1.33%) JIRA
3 10 (1.21%) JUnit
3 10 (1.21%) Mockito
3 10 (1.21%) Snyk
4 9 (1.09%) Visual Studio Code
5 5 (0.60%) Selenium
6 4 (0.48%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.24%) Ant
7 2 (0.24%) Apache Ivy
7 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.24%) GitLab
7 2 (0.24%) IBM UrbanCode
7 2 (0.24%) Yeoman
8 1 (0.12%) Gatling
8 1 (0.12%) JMeter
8 1 (0.12%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.12%) NUnit
8 1 (0.12%) REST Assured
General
1 332 (40.05%) Social Skills
2 197 (23.76%) Finance
3 82 (9.89%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (8.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 39 (4.70%) Legal
5 39 (4.70%) Retail
6 34 (4.10%) Manufacturing
7 32 (3.86%) Influencing Skills
7 32 (3.86%) Law
8 29 (3.50%) Marketing
9 24 (2.90%) Public Sector
10 20 (2.41%) Banking
10 20 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (1.33%) Advertising
12 10 (1.21%) Automotive
13 9 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (0.72%) Financial Institution
14 6 (0.72%) Social Housing
14 6 (0.72%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.60%) Games
Job Titles
1 187 (22.56%) Analyst
2 136 (16.41%) Junior
3 135 (16.28%) Data Analyst
4 133 (16.04%) Junior Analyst
5 132 (15.92%) Junior Data Analyst
6 106 (12.79%) Senior
7 97 (11.70%) Developer
8 79 (9.53%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 78 (9.41%) Lead
10 60 (7.24%) Architect
11 30 (3.62%) Software Engineer
12 29 (3.50%) Business Analyst
13 27 (3.26%) Data Scientist
14 25 (3.02%) Data Engineer
15 24 (2.90%) Accountant
15 24 (2.90%) Systems Accountant
16 23 (2.77%) Consultant
17 21 (2.53%) Senior Developer
18 20 (2.41%) Senior Analyst
19 17 (2.05%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (3.98%) React
2 28 (3.38%) .NET
3 24 (2.90%) REST
4 17 (2.05%) ASP.NET
4 17 (2.05%) ASP.NET Core
5 14 (1.69%) Playwright
6 13 (1.57%) .NET Core
6 13 (1.57%) HTML
6 13 (1.57%) Spring
7 11 (1.33%) CSS
7 11 (1.33%) RESTful
8 10 (1.21%) ML.NET
8 10 (1.21%) scikit-learn
9 9 (1.09%) .NET Framework
9 9 (1.09%) Blazor
9 9 (1.09%) Matplotlib
10 8 (0.97%) Hugging Face
10 8 (0.97%) Kafka
10 8 (0.97%) PyTorch
10 8 (0.97%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 27 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
2 23 (2.77%) Cloud Native
2 23 (2.77%) Product Ownership
3 14 (1.69%) AI Agents
3 14 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
3 14 (1.69%) Onboarding
4 12 (1.45%) Data Centre
4 12 (1.45%) Low-Code
5 11 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (1.33%) Driving Licence
5 11 (1.33%) Management Information System
5 11 (1.33%) Robotics
6 10 (1.21%) Virtual Team
7 9 (1.09%) Security Posture
8 8 (0.97%) Algorithms
8 8 (0.97%) BYOD
8 8 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (0.84%) CSOC
9 7 (0.84%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 26 (3.14%) Linux
2 18 (2.17%) Windows
3 13 (1.57%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.60%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.48%) VMS
6 2 (0.24%) Android
6 2 (0.24%) Solaris
7 1 (0.12%) Alpine Linux
7 1 (0.12%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (23.64%) Business Intelligence
2 118 (14.23%) Analytics
3 110 (13.27%) Agile
4 100 (12.06%) Continuous Improvement
5 98 (11.82%) Problem-Solving
6 92 (11.10%) Machine Learning
7 82 (9.89%) Mentoring
8 79 (9.53%) CI/CD
9 77 (9.29%) Decision-Making
10 76 (9.17%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
11 72 (8.69%) Roadmaps
12 62 (7.48%) LLM
12 62 (7.48%) Stakeholder Management
13 56 (6.76%) Cybersecurity
14 45 (5.43%) Data Science
15 44 (5.31%) Data Governance
15 44 (5.31%) ERP
15 44 (5.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 44 (5.31%) Workflow
16 43 (5.19%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 286 (34.50%) Python
2 212 (25.57%) SQL
3 34 (4.10%) JavaScript
4 30 (3.62%) C#
5 23 (2.77%) TypeScript
6 19 (2.29%) PowerShell
7 17 (2.05%) Java
8 13 (1.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 10 (1.21%) Bash
9 10 (1.21%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.72%) PHP
10 6 (0.72%) R
11 5 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
11 5 (0.60%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.24%) Go
13 1 (0.12%) C++
13 1 (0.12%) JCL
13 1 (0.12%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.12%) Rust
13 1 (0.12%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 204 (24.61%) Azure Certification
2 60 (7.24%) Security Cleared
3 58 (7.00%) SC Cleared
4 56 (6.76%) Degree
5 21 (2.53%) AWS Certification
6 19 (2.29%) ACCA
6 19 (2.29%) CIMA
7 12 (1.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 9 (1.09%) DV Cleared
9 8 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (0.97%) Master's Degree
10 7 (0.84%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 7 (0.84%) SANS
11 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.48%) CBAP
12 4 (0.48%) CISA
12 4 (0.48%) MOS
12 4 (0.48%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.36%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (5.31%) Data Quality
2 30 (3.62%) QA
3 24 (2.90%) Accessibility
4 21 (2.53%) GDPR
5 16 (1.93%) GRC
6 14 (1.69%) SLA
7 12 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.84%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 4 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.48%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.48%) PMO
10 3 (0.36%) NIST
11 2 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.12%) GxP
12 1 (0.12%) ISO 19650
12 1 (0.12%) JTAG
12 1 (0.12%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.12%) PSD2
12 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
System Software
1 30 (3.62%) Docker
2 10 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (0.84%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.36%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 30 (3.62%) Kubernetes
2 16 (1.93%) Terraform
3 9 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.36%) Grafana
5 2 (0.24%) Ansible
5 2 (0.24%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.24%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.24%) Puppet
5 2 (0.24%) SCCM
6 1 (0.12%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.12%) Nagios
6 1 (0.12%) Podman
Vendors
1 288 (34.74%) Microsoft
2 24 (2.90%) ServiceNow
3 16 (1.93%) Databricks
4 15 (1.81%) Adobe
4 15 (1.81%) Oracle
5 12 (1.45%) Apple
5 12 (1.45%) SAP
6 11 (1.33%) CrowdStrike
6 11 (1.33%) OpenAI
7 10 (1.21%) Palo Alto
7 10 (1.21%) Tenable
8 7 (0.84%) Foundry
8 7 (0.84%) Google
8 7 (0.84%) VMware
9 5 (0.60%) Aderant
9 5 (0.60%) Facebook
9 5 (0.60%) Intapp
9 5 (0.60%) Sage
9 5 (0.60%) Salesforce
10 4 (0.48%) Xero