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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 7 104
Rank change year-on-year -10 +97 +60
Permanent jobs citing AI 833 751 219
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.43% 13.41% 2.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.80% 15.64% 2.78%
Number of salaries quoted 441 105 97
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £35,300
25th Percentile £47,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £103,500 £98,500
England median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -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 10,680 4,802 7,883
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.62% 85.75% 78.52%
Number of salaries quoted 7,602 2,883 4,022
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,822
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.26%

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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 September 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 September 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 -7 570 £62,500 +4.58% 633
East Midlands -21 263 £52,500 -19.23% 321
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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 40 (4.80%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.08%) Apache
4 8 (0.96%) IIS
4 8 (0.96%) nginx
5 7 (0.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 4 (0.48%) CMS
6 4 (0.48%) WordPress
7 2 (0.24%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.24%) Confluence
8 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.12%) SAS
Applications
1 90 (10.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.96%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
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%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.12%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 12 (1.44%) Cloudability
2 7 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.48%) Sage 50
4 4 (0.48%) Shopify
5 3 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.36%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.24%) Integrated Workplace Management System
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%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.12%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 303 (36.37%) Azure
2 173 (20.77%) Power Platform
3 157 (18.85%) Azure AI
4 90 (10.80%) AWS
5 59 (7.08%) SaaS
6 56 (6.72%) Microsoft 365
6 56 (6.72%) Microsoft Copilot
7 34 (4.08%) Power Automate
8 33 (3.96%) Azure DevOps
8 33 (3.96%) Serverless
9 30 (3.60%) GCP
10 22 (2.64%) Dynamics 365
11 19 (2.28%) GitHub
12 17 (2.04%) Entra ID
13 15 (1.80%) PowerApps
14 13 (1.56%) Azure Functions
15 12 (1.44%) Copilot Studio
16 11 (1.32%) GitHub Copilot
17 10 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
18 9 (1.08%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.28%) Firewall
2 18 (2.16%) DNS
3 10 (1.20%) VPN
4 7 (0.84%) Internet
5 5 (0.60%) DHCP
6 4 (0.48%) MQTT
6 4 (0.48%) Network Security
7 3 (0.36%) HTTP
7 3 (0.36%) Wireless
8 2 (0.24%) VLAN
8 2 (0.24%) VoIP
9 1 (0.12%) Bluetooth
9 1 (0.12%) LAN
9 1 (0.12%) RTSP
9 1 (0.12%) SCTP
9 1 (0.12%) SMS
9 1 (0.12%) SNMP
9 1 (0.12%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.12%) UWB
9 1 (0.12%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 148 (17.77%) Power BI
2 95 (11.40%) Tableau
3 30 (3.60%) SQL Server
4 20 (2.40%) MongoDB
5 19 (2.28%) Data Lake
6 18 (2.16%) Azure SQL Database
7 13 (1.56%) Metadata
8 12 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (1.08%) Big Data
10 7 (0.84%) Power Query
10 7 (0.84%) Redis
11 6 (0.72%) DynamoDB
11 6 (0.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 6 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (0.60%) Data Mining
12 5 (0.60%) Delta Lake
12 5 (0.60%) Oracle BI EE
12 5 (0.60%) QlikView
12 5 (0.60%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.60%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 21 (2.52%) Git
2 15 (1.80%) JIRA
3 12 (1.44%) Maven
4 10 (1.20%) JUnit
4 10 (1.20%) Mockito
4 10 (1.20%) Snyk
5 4 (0.48%) Selenium
6 3 (0.36%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.36%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.24%) Ant
7 2 (0.24%) Apache Ivy
7 2 (0.24%) IBM UrbanCode
7 2 (0.24%) Yeoman
8 1 (0.12%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.12%) GitLab
8 1 (0.12%) JMeter
8 1 (0.12%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.12%) NUnit
8 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
General
1 319 (38.30%) Social Skills
2 201 (24.13%) Finance
3 92 (11.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 80 (9.60%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (4.92%) Influencing Skills
6 40 (4.80%) Public Sector
7 38 (4.56%) Marketing
8 37 (4.44%) Legal
9 29 (3.48%) Law
9 29 (3.48%) Manufacturing
10 26 (3.12%) Retail
11 24 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
12 22 (2.64%) Banking
13 13 (1.56%) Advertising
14 12 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (0.84%) Automotive
16 6 (0.72%) Social Housing
16 6 (0.72%) Telecoms
17 5 (0.60%) Financial Institution
18 4 (0.48%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 133 (15.97%) Analyst
2 124 (14.89%) Senior
3 103 (12.36%) Developer
4 89 (10.68%) Lead
5 80 (9.60%) Data Analyst
6 79 (9.48%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 79 (9.48%) Junior
7 78 (9.36%) Junior Analyst
8 77 (9.24%) Junior Data Analyst
9 68 (8.16%) Architect
10 34 (4.08%) Software Engineer
11 33 (3.96%) Data Engineer
12 30 (3.60%) Business Analyst
13 24 (2.88%) Senior Developer
14 22 (2.64%) Data Scientist
15 21 (2.52%) Consultant
16 20 (2.40%) Senior Analyst
16 20 (2.40%) Solutions Architect
17 17 (2.04%) Accountant
17 17 (2.04%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (3.36%) .NET
1 28 (3.36%) React
2 25 (3.00%) REST
3 21 (2.52%) Terraform
4 16 (1.92%) ASP.NET
4 16 (1.92%) ASP.NET Core
5 13 (1.56%) Spring
6 12 (1.44%) .NET Core
6 12 (1.44%) Playwright
7 11 (1.32%) HTML
7 11 (1.32%) PyTorch
7 11 (1.32%) TensorFlow
8 10 (1.20%) RESTful
9 9 (1.08%) CSS
9 9 (1.08%) ML.NET
9 9 (1.08%) PySpark
10 8 (0.96%) Blazor
10 8 (0.96%) Kafka
11 7 (0.84%) Entity Framework
11 7 (0.84%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
2 26 (3.12%) Cloud Native
2 26 (3.12%) Onboarding
3 23 (2.76%) Management Information System
4 20 (2.40%) Product Ownership
5 14 (1.68%) AI Agents
5 14 (1.68%) Driving Licence
6 13 (1.56%) Data Centre
6 13 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
6 13 (1.56%) Virtual Team
7 12 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (1.32%) Low-Code
8 11 (1.32%) Robotics
9 10 (1.20%) IoT
10 9 (1.08%) Public Cloud
10 9 (1.08%) Security Posture
11 8 (0.96%) BYOD
12 7 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (0.84%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 34 (4.08%) Linux
2 23 (2.76%) Windows
3 20 (2.40%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.08%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.48%) Android
5 4 (0.48%) VMS
6 2 (0.24%) Solaris
7 1 (0.12%) Alpine Linux
7 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (18.61%) Business Intelligence
2 141 (16.93%) Continuous Improvement
3 133 (15.97%) Agile
4 130 (15.61%) Analytics
5 113 (13.57%) Mentoring
6 98 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
7 97 (11.64%) Decision-Making
8 91 (10.92%) CI/CD
9 90 (10.80%) Stakeholder Management
10 88 (10.56%) Roadmaps
11 87 (10.44%) Machine Learning
12 71 (8.52%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
13 69 (8.28%) Cybersecurity
14 65 (7.80%) Coaching
15 57 (6.84%) LLM
16 55 (6.60%) DevOps
17 54 (6.48%) Software Engineering
18 53 (6.36%) ERP
19 49 (5.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 45 (5.40%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 230 (27.61%) Python
2 167 (20.05%) SQL
3 37 (4.44%) JavaScript
4 35 (4.20%) C#
5 23 (2.76%) PowerShell
6 21 (2.52%) TypeScript
7 19 (2.28%) Java
8 13 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 11 (1.32%) Bash
9 11 (1.32%) PL/SQL
10 10 (1.20%) R
11 6 (0.72%) PHP
12 5 (0.60%) C++
12 5 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (0.60%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.24%) Go
14 1 (0.12%) C
14 1 (0.12%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.12%) Rust
14 1 (0.12%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 156 (18.73%) Azure Certification
2 76 (9.12%) Security Cleared
3 70 (8.40%) SC Cleared
4 66 (7.92%) Degree
5 16 (1.92%) ACCA
5 16 (1.92%) CIMA
6 15 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.68%) AWS Certification
8 12 (1.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 11 (1.32%) DV Cleared
10 10 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (0.84%) Master's Degree
12 7 (0.84%) SANS
12 7 (0.84%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.48%) CBAP
13 4 (0.48%) CISM
13 4 (0.48%) CISSP
13 4 (0.48%) PMI Certification
14 3 (0.36%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (6.36%) Data Quality
2 31 (3.72%) Accessibility
3 29 (3.48%) QA
4 27 (3.24%) GDPR
5 19 (2.28%) SLA
6 17 (2.04%) GRC
7 13 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.84%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 7 (0.84%) PMO
8 7 (0.84%) WCAG
9 4 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.48%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.48%) NCSC
10 2 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.24%) NIST
11 1 (0.12%) GxP
11 1 (0.12%) JTAG
11 1 (0.12%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.12%) PSD2
System Software
1 32 (3.84%) Docker
2 14 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.96%) Active Directory
5 6 (0.72%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 32 (3.84%) Kubernetes
2 13 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.36%) 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
1 253 (30.37%) Microsoft
2 26 (3.12%) ServiceNow
3 19 (2.28%) Databricks
4 17 (2.04%) Oracle
5 14 (1.68%) Adobe
5 14 (1.68%) Apple
5 14 (1.68%) VMware
6 13 (1.56%) Google
6 13 (1.56%) SAP
7 12 (1.44%) YouTube
8 11 (1.32%) CrowdStrike
9 10 (1.20%) OpenAI
9 10 (1.20%) Palo Alto
9 10 (1.20%) Tenable
10 8 (0.96%) Citrix
10 8 (0.96%) SonicWALL
11 7 (0.84%) Foundry
12 6 (0.72%) Cisco
12 6 (0.72%) HubSpot
13 5 (0.60%) Intapp