AI Job Trends in the North East

AI
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East citing AI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 11 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	19	8	69
Rank change year-on-year	-11	+61	-13
Permanent jobs citing AI	262	126	21
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East	6.80%	11.78%	1.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	9.44%	14.53%	2.06%
Number of salaries quoted	190	17	7
10^th Percentile	£41,250	-	-
25^th Percentile	£55,000	£24,570	£35,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£66,000	£42,500	£40,000
Median % change year-on-year	+55.29%	+6.25%	-27.27%
75^th Percentile	£85,000	£57,500	£85,000
90^th Percentile	£105,000	£69,250	£95,000
England median annual salary	£75,000	£70,000	£75,000
% change year-on-year	+7.14%	-6.67%	-

All Process & Methodology Skills
North East

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 citing process or methodology skills in the North East.

	6 months to 11 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills	2,776	867	1,019
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East	72.09%	81.03%	79.05%
Number of salaries quoted	2,038	589	488
10^th Percentile	£34,000	£25,087	£24,960
25^th Percentile	£42,500	£28,500	£36,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£44,000	£48,387
Median % change year-on-year	+25.00%	-9.07%	-3.23%
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£60,000	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£95,000	£75,000	£80,000
England median annual salary	£60,000	£55,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+9.09%	-8.33%	-

AI Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing AI relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North East.

AI Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing AI.

AI Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing AI in the North East over the 6 months to 11 November 2026.

Salary histogram for AI in the North East

AI Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AI within the North East region over the 6 months to 11 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Tyne and Wear	-11	238	£67,500	+58.82%	160
Durham	-2	21	£54,500	-	6
Northumberland	-	3	£55,000	-	2
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AI Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 11 November 2026, job vacancies citing AI also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North East region citing AI.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Azure	29.8%	78
2	AWS	29.4%	77
3	Agile	28.2%	74
4	Python	26.3%	69
5	CI/CD	23.3%	61
6	Problem-Solving	19.8%	52
7	LLM	19.5%	51
8	Machine Learning	19.1%	50
8	Software Engineering	19.1%	50
10	Retrieval-Augmented Generation	17.2%	45
11	Knowledge Transfer	16.8%	44
11	SQL	16.8%	44
13	DevOps	16.4%	43
13	Generative AI	16.4%	43
13	Infrastructure as Code	16.4%	43
13	Observability	16.4%	43
17	Degree	16.0%	42
18	Data Engineering	15.6%	41
19	Decision-Making	15.3%	40
19	Mentoring	15.3%	40
21	GCP	14.9%	39
22	Docs as Code	14.5%	38
23	Open Source	13.7%	36
24	Coaching	13.0%	34
24	MLOps	13.0%	34
26	Microsoft	12.6%	33
27	Human-in-the-Loop	12.2%	32
28	Analytics	11.8%	31
28	Computer Science	11.8%	31
28	Rainbow Teams	11.8%	31

AI Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Agile	28.2%	74
2	CI/CD	23.3%	61
3	Problem-Solving	19.8%	52
4	LLM	19.5%	51
5	Machine Learning	19.1%	50
5	Software Engineering	19.1%	50
7	Retrieval-Augmented Generation	17.2%	45
8	Knowledge Transfer	16.8%	44
9	DevOps	16.4%	43
9	Generative AI	16.4%	43
9	Infrastructure as Code	16.4%	43
9	Observability	16.4%	43
13	Data Engineering	15.6%	41
14	Decision-Making	15.3%	40
14	Mentoring	15.3%	40
16	Docs as Code	14.5%	38
17	Open Source	13.7%	36
18	Coaching	13.0%	34
18	MLOps	13.0%	34
20	Human-in-the-Loop	12.2%	32