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 16 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 8 102
Rank change year-on-year -7 +94 +96
Permanent jobs citing AI 715 667 313
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.76% 13.28% 2.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.29% 14.94% 2.82%
Number of salaries quoted 332 109 202
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,500 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,000 £84,767
England median annual salary £70,000 £66,340 £70,000
% change year-on-year +5.52% -5.23% -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 8,627 4,466 11,106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.52% 88.89% 78.76%
Number of salaries quoted 6,039 2,541 7,684
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,300 £48,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% +2.11% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 16 June 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 16 June 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 -5 450 £55,000 -4.35% 171
East Midlands -14 264 £52,500 -8.82% 104
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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 12 (1.68%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.26%) Jupyter
3 3 (0.42%) ArcGIS
3 3 (0.42%) CMS
3 3 (0.42%) Confluence
4 2 (0.28%) Apache
4 2 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.28%) WordPress
5 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 193 (26.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.54%) Chatbot
2 11 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.14%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 12 (1.68%) Cloudability
2 7 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.56%) Sage 50
4 3 (0.42%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.14%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.14%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.14%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.14%) SAP EHS
5 1 (0.14%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 346 (48.39%) Azure
2 250 (34.97%) Azure AI
3 225 (31.47%) Power Platform
4 79 (11.05%) AWS
5 51 (7.13%) SaaS
6 26 (3.64%) Microsoft Copilot
7 23 (3.22%) GCP
8 22 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
9 21 (2.94%) Serverless
10 12 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (1.68%) GitHub
10 12 (1.68%) Microsoft Purview
11 10 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
11 10 (1.40%) GitHub Copilot
11 10 (1.40%) Power Automate
12 9 (1.26%) PowerApps
13 8 (1.12%) Anthropic Claude
13 8 (1.12%) Figma
13 8 (1.12%) Snowflake
14 6 (0.84%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.98%) DNS
2 6 (0.84%) Firewall
3 5 (0.70%) VPN
4 4 (0.56%) MQTT
5 3 (0.42%) Broadband
6 2 (0.28%) DHCP
6 2 (0.28%) VLAN
7 1 (0.14%) BGP
7 1 (0.14%) FTP
7 1 (0.14%) HTTP
7 1 (0.14%) Intranet
7 1 (0.14%) LAN
7 1 (0.14%) OSPF
7 1 (0.14%) RTSP
7 1 (0.14%) SMS
7 1 (0.14%) SNMP
7 1 (0.14%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.14%) VoIP
7 1 (0.14%) WAN
7 1 (0.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 211 (29.51%) Power BI
2 187 (26.15%) Tableau
3 21 (2.94%) SQL Server
4 13 (1.82%) MongoDB
5 11 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (1.26%) Metadata
7 8 (1.12%) Data Lake
8 7 (0.98%) Redis
9 6 (0.84%) DynamoDB
10 5 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (0.70%) Star Schema
11 4 (0.56%) Big Data
12 3 (0.42%) Looker
12 3 (0.42%) Power Query
12 3 (0.42%) Semantic Layer
13 2 (0.28%) Delta Lake
13 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 1 (0.14%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (1.40%) Snyk
2 9 (1.26%) Visual Studio Code
3 6 (0.84%) JIRA
3 6 (0.84%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.70%) JUnit
4 5 (0.70%) Maven
4 5 (0.70%) Mockito
4 5 (0.70%) Selenium
5 4 (0.56%) Git
6 2 (0.28%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.28%) Yeoman
7 1 (0.14%) Appium
7 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.14%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.14%) Gatling
7 1 (0.14%) GitLab
7 1 (0.14%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.14%) JMeter
7 1 (0.14%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.14%) NUnit
General
1 330 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 124 (17.34%) Finance
3 66 (9.23%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (8.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 38 (5.31%) Legal
6 31 (4.34%) Retail
7 30 (4.20%) Law
8 25 (3.50%) Manufacturing
9 23 (3.22%) Influencing Skills
10 20 (2.80%) Banking
11 17 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
12 15 (2.10%) Public Sector
13 13 (1.82%) Marketing
14 8 (1.12%) Automotive
15 7 (0.98%) Social Housing
16 6 (0.84%) Financial Institution
16 6 (0.84%) Japanese Language
17 5 (0.70%) Agriculture
18 4 (0.56%) Advertising
18 4 (0.56%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 226 (31.61%) Analyst
2 179 (25.03%) Data Analyst
2 179 (25.03%) Junior
3 177 (24.76%) Junior Analyst
4 176 (24.62%) Junior Data Analyst
5 75 (10.49%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 72 (10.07%) Developer
7 71 (9.93%) Senior
8 53 (7.41%) Lead
9 36 (5.03%) Architect
10 23 (3.22%) Business Analyst
10 23 (3.22%) Data Engineer
11 22 (3.08%) Accountant
11 22 (3.08%) Data Scientist
11 22 (3.08%) Systems Accountant
12 19 (2.66%) Software Engineer
13 17 (2.38%) Senior Analyst
14 14 (1.96%) Software Developer
14 14 (1.96%) Statistician
15 13 (1.82%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (3.92%) .NET
2 23 (3.22%) React
3 14 (1.96%) ASP.NET
4 13 (1.82%) ASP.NET Core
5 12 (1.68%) Blazor
6 11 (1.54%) RESTful
6 11 (1.54%) scikit-learn
7 10 (1.40%) HTML
7 10 (1.40%) Hugging Face
7 10 (1.40%) Matplotlib
7 10 (1.40%) REST
8 9 (1.26%) .NET Core
8 9 (1.26%) .NET Framework
8 9 (1.26%) NumPy
8 9 (1.26%) Pandas
8 9 (1.26%) Playwright
8 9 (1.26%) Streamlit
9 8 (1.12%) CSS
10 7 (0.98%) Kafka
11 6 (0.84%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 25 (3.50%) Product Ownership
2 15 (2.10%) Cloud Native
3 13 (1.82%) Robotics
4 12 (1.68%) Algorithms
5 11 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (1.40%) Data Centre
6 10 (1.40%) Driving Licence
7 9 (1.26%) Virtual Team
8 8 (1.12%) AI Agents
8 8 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (1.12%) IoT
8 8 (1.12%) Low-Code
8 8 (1.12%) Public Cloud
9 7 (0.98%) CSOC
10 6 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.70%) Management Information System
11 5 (0.70%) Mobile App
11 5 (0.70%) Onboarding
11 5 (0.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.54%) Linux
2 10 (1.40%) Windows
3 6 (0.84%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.56%) VMS
5 2 (0.28%) Android
5 2 (0.28%) Robot Operating System
6 1 (0.14%) Alpine Linux
6 1 (0.14%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (30.21%) Business Intelligence
2 92 (12.87%) Analytics
3 78 (10.91%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
4 76 (10.63%) Machine Learning
5 70 (9.79%) Problem-Solving
6 68 (9.51%) Agile
7 63 (8.81%) Continuous Improvement
8 59 (8.25%) Mentoring
9 58 (8.11%) Roadmaps
10 57 (7.97%) CI/CD
11 49 (6.85%) Decision-Making
12 43 (6.01%) LLM
13 42 (5.87%) Cybersecurity
14 40 (5.59%) Actionable Insight
15 39 (5.45%) Validation
16 35 (4.90%) Data Governance
16 35 (4.90%) Workflow
17 34 (4.76%) Risk Management
18 33 (4.62%) Data Science
18 33 (4.62%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 329 (46.01%) Python
2 234 (32.73%) SQL
3 30 (4.20%) C#
4 26 (3.64%) JavaScript
5 18 (2.52%) TypeScript
6 9 (1.26%) PowerShell
7 8 (1.12%) Java
8 7 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (0.84%) Bash
9 6 (0.84%) PHP
10 5 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
10 5 (0.70%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.56%) R
12 3 (0.42%) C++
12 3 (0.42%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.28%) Go
14 1 (0.14%) JCL
14 1 (0.14%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.14%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 243 (33.99%) Azure Certification
2 44 (6.15%) Degree
3 30 (4.20%) Security Cleared
4 29 (4.06%) SC Cleared
5 24 (3.36%) AWS Certification
6 19 (2.66%) ACCA
6 19 (2.66%) CIMA
7 12 (1.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 9 (1.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 9 (1.26%) Master's Degree
9 7 (0.98%) SANS
10 6 (0.84%) MOS
11 5 (0.70%) CISA
11 5 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (0.56%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.42%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 2 (0.28%) PhD
14 2 (0.28%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.28%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (5.17%) Data Quality
2 25 (3.50%) GDPR
3 21 (2.94%) QA
4 18 (2.52%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.54%) GRC
6 8 (1.12%) WCAG
7 7 (0.98%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 5 (0.70%) SLA
9 4 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.56%) PMO
10 3 (0.42%) NIST
11 2 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.14%) COBIT
12 1 (0.14%) GxP
12 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.14%) ISO 19650
12 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.14%) PSD2
12 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 18 (2.52%) Docker
2 10 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.84%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (2.38%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.68%) Terraform
3 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.42%) Grafana
5 1 (0.14%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.14%) Nagios
5 1 (0.14%) Podman
5 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 287 (40.14%) Microsoft
2 18 (2.52%) ServiceNow
3 17 (2.38%) Adobe
3 17 (2.38%) Databricks
4 15 (2.10%) Apple
5 11 (1.54%) OpenAI
6 10 (1.40%) CrowdStrike
6 10 (1.40%) Oracle
6 10 (1.40%) Palo Alto
6 10 (1.40%) Tenable
7 9 (1.26%) SAP
8 5 (0.70%) Aderant
8 5 (0.70%) ConnectWise
8 5 (0.70%) Google
8 5 (0.70%) Intapp
8 5 (0.70%) Sage
8 5 (0.70%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.56%) HighQ
9 4 (0.56%) Xero
10 3 (0.42%) ESRI