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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 8 106
Rank change year-on-year -8 +98 +70
Permanent jobs citing AI 785 704 252
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.77% 12.48% 2.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.27% 14.60% 2.70%
Number of salaries quoted 400 113 143
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £60,000 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +2.21% -2.17%
75th Percentile £83,750 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £89,750 £93,400
England median annual salary £70,000 £66,925 £70,000
% change year-on-year +4.59% -4.39% -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 9,496 4,821 9,318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.75% 85.43% 78.55%
Number of salaries quoted 6,751 2,901 5,984
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,000 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,772
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 24 July 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 24 July 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 -5 500 £60,000 - 161
East Midlands -17 284 £52,500 -16.00% 99
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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 20 (2.55%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.27%) Jupyter
3 4 (0.51%) Apache
3 4 (0.51%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.38%) CMS
4 3 (0.38%) Confluence
4 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (0.38%) WordPress
5 2 (0.25%) IIS
5 2 (0.25%) nginx
6 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 180 (22.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.78%) Chatbot
3 10 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.13%) LaTeX
6 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.13%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 12 (1.53%) Cloudability
2 7 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.51%) Sage 50
4 3 (0.38%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.25%) Shopify
6 1 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.13%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.13%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.13%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 354 (45.10%) Azure
2 246 (31.34%) Azure AI
3 232 (29.55%) Power Platform
4 89 (11.34%) AWS
5 52 (6.62%) SaaS
6 41 (5.22%) Microsoft Copilot
7 30 (3.82%) Microsoft 365
8 29 (3.69%) GCP
9 23 (2.93%) Serverless
10 18 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
11 17 (2.17%) Power Automate
12 13 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
13 12 (1.53%) GitHub
14 11 (1.40%) Microsoft Purview
14 11 (1.40%) PowerApps
15 10 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
16 9 (1.15%) Anthropic Claude
16 9 (1.15%) Copilot Studio
16 9 (1.15%) GitHub Copilot
16 9 (1.15%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.15%) DNS
1 9 (1.15%) Firewall
2 6 (0.76%) VPN
3 4 (0.51%) MQTT
4 3 (0.38%) Broadband
4 3 (0.38%) Wireless
5 2 (0.25%) DHCP
5 2 (0.25%) VLAN
5 2 (0.25%) VoIP
6 1 (0.13%) Diameter Protocol
6 1 (0.13%) IPFIX
6 1 (0.13%) Network Security
6 1 (0.13%) RTSP
6 1 (0.13%) SCTP
6 1 (0.13%) Software-Defined Radio
6 1 (0.13%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.13%) UWB
6 1 (0.13%) VoLTE
6 1 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.13%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 211 (26.88%) Power BI
2 177 (22.55%) Tableau
3 22 (2.80%) SQL Server
4 17 (2.17%) Azure SQL Database
5 16 (2.04%) MongoDB
6 12 (1.53%) Metadata
7 11 (1.40%) Data Lake
8 7 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (0.89%) Redis
9 6 (0.76%) DynamoDB
10 5 (0.64%) Power Query
10 5 (0.64%) Star Schema
11 4 (0.51%) Big Data
11 4 (0.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.38%) Looker
12 3 (0.38%) MySQL
12 3 (0.38%) Semantic Layer
13 2 (0.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (1.27%) Snyk
1 10 (1.27%) Visual Studio Code
2 8 (1.02%) Git
3 7 (0.89%) Maven
4 6 (0.76%) JIRA
4 6 (0.76%) JUnit
4 6 (0.76%) Mockito
5 5 (0.64%) Selenium
6 3 (0.38%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.25%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.25%) GitLab
7 2 (0.25%) Yeoman
8 1 (0.13%) Ant
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Ivy
8 1 (0.13%) Appium
8 1 (0.13%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.13%) JMeter
8 1 (0.13%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.13%) NUnit
8 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
General
1 347 (44.20%) Social Skills
2 154 (19.62%) Finance
3 75 (9.55%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (8.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 38 (4.84%) Legal
6 36 (4.59%) Retail
7 35 (4.46%) Law
8 29 (3.69%) Manufacturing
9 28 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
10 21 (2.68%) Marketing
11 20 (2.55%) Banking
12 19 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
13 16 (2.04%) Public Sector
14 9 (1.15%) Advertising
14 9 (1.15%) Automotive
15 7 (0.89%) Financial Institution
15 7 (0.89%) Social Housing
16 6 (0.76%) Japanese Language
17 5 (0.64%) Agriculture
17 5 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 215 (27.39%) Analyst
2 169 (21.53%) Data Analyst
2 169 (21.53%) Junior
3 166 (21.15%) Junior Analyst
4 165 (21.02%) Junior Data Analyst
5 86 (10.96%) Senior
6 81 (10.32%) Developer
7 77 (9.81%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 70 (8.92%) Lead
9 52 (6.62%) Architect
10 25 (3.18%) Data Scientist
10 25 (3.18%) Software Engineer
11 24 (3.06%) Business Analyst
12 23 (2.93%) Accountant
12 23 (2.93%) Data Engineer
12 23 (2.93%) Systems Accountant
13 19 (2.42%) Consultant
14 18 (2.29%) Senior Analyst
15 16 (2.04%) Data Architect
15 16 (2.04%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (3.31%) .NET
1 26 (3.31%) React
2 17 (2.17%) ASP.NET
2 17 (2.17%) ASP.NET Core
3 15 (1.91%) REST
4 14 (1.78%) HTML
5 13 (1.66%) .NET Core
6 12 (1.53%) CSS
6 12 (1.53%) RESTful
6 12 (1.53%) scikit-learn
7 11 (1.40%) Matplotlib
7 11 (1.40%) Playwright
8 10 (1.27%) Hugging Face
8 10 (1.27%) ML.NET
9 9 (1.15%) .NET Framework
9 9 (1.15%) Blazor
9 9 (1.15%) NumPy
9 9 (1.15%) Pandas
9 9 (1.15%) Spring
9 9 (1.15%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 21 (2.68%) Cloud Native
1 21 (2.68%) Product Ownership
2 15 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
3 12 (1.53%) Robotics
4 11 (1.40%) AI Agents
4 11 (1.40%) Algorithms
4 11 (1.40%) Driving Licence
5 10 (1.27%) Data Centre
5 10 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
5 10 (1.27%) Low-Code
5 10 (1.27%) Virtual Team
6 8 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.02%) IoT
7 7 (0.89%) CSOC
7 7 (0.89%) Management Information System
8 6 (0.76%) Onboarding
8 6 (0.76%) Security Posture
9 5 (0.64%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.51%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.42%) Linux
2 14 (1.78%) Windows
3 9 (1.15%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.51%) VMS
5 3 (0.38%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.25%) Android
7 1 (0.13%) Alpine Linux
7 1 (0.13%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.13%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.13%) Solaris
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (27.77%) Business Intelligence
2 109 (13.89%) Analytics
3 91 (11.59%) Machine Learning
4 88 (11.21%) Agile
5 86 (10.96%) Problem-Solving
6 84 (10.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 78 (9.94%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
8 71 (9.04%) Mentoring
9 70 (8.92%) Roadmaps
10 69 (8.79%) CI/CD
11 67 (8.54%) Decision-Making
12 53 (6.75%) LLM
13 52 (6.62%) Stakeholder Management
14 50 (6.37%) Cybersecurity
15 44 (5.61%) Actionable Insight
16 43 (5.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 42 (5.35%) Data Governance
17 42 (5.35%) Data Science
17 42 (5.35%) Workflow
18 39 (4.97%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 320 (40.76%) Python
2 235 (29.94%) SQL
3 28 (3.57%) C#
3 28 (3.57%) JavaScript
4 19 (2.42%) TypeScript
5 15 (1.91%) PowerShell
6 11 (1.40%) Java
7 9 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 7 (0.89%) Bash
9 6 (0.76%) PHP
9 6 (0.76%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (0.51%) R
11 4 (0.51%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.25%) C++
12 2 (0.25%) Go
13 1 (0.13%) C
13 1 (0.13%) JCL
13 1 (0.13%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.13%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 234 (29.81%) Azure Certification
2 49 (6.24%) Degree
3 41 (5.22%) Security Cleared
4 40 (5.10%) SC Cleared
5 22 (2.80%) AWS Certification
6 19 (2.42%) ACCA
6 19 (2.42%) CIMA
7 12 (1.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 10 (1.27%) Master's Degree
9 9 (1.15%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 7 (0.89%) SANS
11 6 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (0.76%) DV Cleared
11 6 (0.76%) MOS
12 5 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.51%) CISA
14 3 (0.38%) CIPD
14 3 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 2 (0.25%) CBAP
15 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (5.48%) Data Quality
2 29 (3.69%) QA
3 25 (3.18%) GDPR
4 16 (2.04%) GRC
5 15 (1.91%) Accessibility
6 10 (1.27%) SLA
7 7 (0.89%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 5 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.51%) NIST
9 4 (0.51%) PMO
10 2 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.13%) COBIT
11 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.13%) JTAG
11 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.13%) PSD2
11 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 25 (3.18%) Docker
2 10 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.76%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 25 (3.18%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.91%) Terraform
3 4 (0.51%) Grafana
3 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.25%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.13%) Ansible
5 1 (0.13%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.13%) Nagios
5 1 (0.13%) Podman
5 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.13%) Puppet
5 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 302 (38.47%) Microsoft
2 20 (2.55%) ServiceNow
3 15 (1.91%) Databricks
4 14 (1.78%) Adobe
5 12 (1.53%) Apple
5 12 (1.53%) OpenAI
6 11 (1.40%) CrowdStrike
6 11 (1.40%) Oracle
7 10 (1.27%) Palo Alto
7 10 (1.27%) SAP
7 10 (1.27%) Tenable
8 7 (0.89%) Foundry
9 6 (0.76%) Google
10 5 (0.64%) Aderant
10 5 (0.64%) ConnectWise
10 5 (0.64%) Facebook
10 5 (0.64%) Intapp
10 5 (0.64%) Sage
10 5 (0.64%) Salesforce
11 4 (0.51%) Xero