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 requiring AI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 10 73
Rank change year-on-year -5 +63 -7
Permanent jobs citing AI 258 102 21
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 7.60% 10.86% 1.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.70% 13.53% 1.90%
Number of salaries quoted 188 18 13
10th Percentile £40,000 £24,399 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £24,570 £35,092
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,750 £34,168 £57,311
Median % change year-on-year +92.43% -40.38% +23.92%
75th Percentile £82,500 £59,188 £85,000
90th Percentile £93,634 £65,000 £89,000
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 requiring process or methodology skills in the North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,412 754 1,107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 71.02% 80.30% 79.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,780 483 640
10th Percentile £32,500 £25,087 £25,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £28,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £44,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £61,250 £62,043
90th Percentile £95,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.11% -7.18%

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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 job vacancy trend in the North East

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Salary Trend in the North East

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing AI

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Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing AI in the North East over the 6 months to 22 September 2026.

Salary histogram for AI in the North East

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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 22 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
Tyne and Wear -8 216 £67,500 +97.56% 171
Durham +16 40 £52,500 - 9
Northumberland - 2 £55,000 - 1
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 13 (5.04%) Confluence
2 6 (2.33%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.55%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.16%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.16%) Jupyter
4 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.78%) Apache
6 1 (0.39%) WildFly
Applications
1 22 (8.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.10%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.16%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.78%) CATIA
5 2 (0.78%) Siemens NX
5 2 (0.78%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.39%) LaTeX
6 1 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.55%) Sage 50
2 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 104 (40.31%) Azure
2 54 (20.93%) AWS
3 34 (13.18%) Azure AI
4 31 (12.02%) GCP
5 25 (9.69%) Power Platform
6 17 (6.59%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (6.20%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (4.26%) GitHub
9 10 (3.88%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (2.33%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (2.33%) Serverless
11 5 (1.94%) OneDrive
11 5 (1.94%) SaaS
12 4 (1.55%) Amazon S3
12 4 (1.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 4 (1.55%) Copilot Studio
12 4 (1.55%) GitHub Copilot
13 3 (1.16%) Azure Service Bus
13 3 (1.16%) Entra ID
13 3 (1.16%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.16%) CTI
1 3 (1.16%) Network Security
1 3 (1.16%) VoIP
2 2 (0.78%) MQTT
3 1 (0.39%) HTTP
3 1 (0.39%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.14%) Power BI
2 14 (5.43%) Tableau
3 11 (4.26%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (3.10%) Relational Database
5 6 (2.33%) Big Data
5 6 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (2.33%) NoSQL
5 6 (2.33%) SQL Server
6 5 (1.94%) MySQL
7 4 (1.55%) Redis
8 3 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (1.16%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.16%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.78%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.78%) Data Vault
10 1 (0.39%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.39%) Flink
10 1 (0.39%) Looker
Development Applications
1 13 (5.04%) JIRA
2 7 (2.71%) Git
2 7 (2.71%) GitLab
3 3 (1.16%) Claude Code
4 2 (0.78%) MLflow
5 1 (0.39%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.39%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.39%) Maven
General
1 53 (20.54%) Social Skills
2 51 (19.77%) Public Sector
3 37 (14.34%) Finance
4 33 (12.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 28 (10.85%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (3.88%) Aerospace
6 10 (3.88%) Manufacturing
7 7 (2.71%) Marketing
8 4 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (1.55%) Legal
9 3 (1.16%) Banking
9 3 (1.16%) Law
10 2 (0.78%) Advertising
10 2 (0.78%) Electronics
10 2 (0.78%) Wearables
11 1 (0.39%) Back Office
11 1 (0.39%) Local Government
11 1 (0.39%) Police
11 1 (0.39%) Polish Language
11 1 (0.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 34 (13.18%) Architect
1 34 (13.18%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
2 30 (11.63%) Software Engineer
3 29 (11.24%) Developer
4 26 (10.08%) Lead
5 25 (9.69%) Software Developer
6 24 (9.30%) Analyst
6 24 (9.30%) Senior
7 16 (6.20%) Technical Architect
8 15 (5.81%) Data Engineer
9 14 (5.43%) Data Analyst
10 13 (5.04%) Junior
11 12 (4.65%) Data Architect
11 12 (4.65%) Junior Analyst
11 12 (4.65%) Junior Data Analyst
12 11 (4.26%) C++ Software Engineer
12 11 (4.26%) Rust Engineer
12 11 (4.26%) Rust Software Engineer
13 10 (3.88%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
13 10 (3.88%) Technologist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (10.47%) .NET
2 20 (7.75%) LangChain
3 17 (6.59%) LlamaIndex
3 17 (6.59%) React
3 17 (6.59%) Terraform
4 11 (4.26%) Node.js
4 11 (4.26%) YAML
5 10 (3.88%) REST
6 9 (3.49%) ARM Templates
7 8 (3.10%) Web Services
8 6 (2.33%) CSS
8 6 (2.33%) Tailwind CSS
9 5 (1.94%) .NET Framework
9 5 (1.94%) Entity Framework
10 3 (1.16%) Express.js
10 3 (1.16%) Middleware
10 3 (1.16%) Next.js
10 3 (1.16%) SignalR
11 2 (0.78%) Blazor
11 2 (0.78%) MERN Stack
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.85%) Onboarding
2 22 (8.53%) Cloud Native
3 8 (3.10%) AI Agents
3 8 (3.10%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (1.94%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (1.55%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (1.55%) IoT
5 4 (1.55%) Life Science
5 4 (1.55%) Low-Code
5 4 (1.55%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.16%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (1.16%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.16%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.16%) Distributed Architecture
6 3 (1.16%) IVR
6 3 (1.16%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.16%) Robotics
6 3 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.16%) Web Conferencing
7 2 (0.78%) Industry 4.0
Operating Systems
1 23 (8.91%) Linux
2 4 (1.55%) Windows
3 1 (0.39%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (20.93%) Agile
2 50 (19.38%) Software Engineering
3 48 (18.60%) Machine Learning
4 42 (16.28%) CI/CD
5 41 (15.89%) Problem-Solving
6 40 (15.50%) Infrastructure as Code
7 36 (13.95%) DevOps
8 34 (13.18%) LLM
9 30 (11.63%) Computer Science
10 29 (11.24%) Analytics
11 28 (10.85%) Mentoring
11 28 (10.85%) Observability
12 27 (10.47%) Data Engineering
13 26 (10.08%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
14 25 (9.69%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
14 25 (9.69%) Mathematics
15 24 (9.30%) Decision-Making
15 24 (9.30%) Rainbow Teams
15 24 (9.30%) Roadmaps
16 23 (8.91%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 80 (31.01%) Python
2 37 (14.34%) SQL
3 27 (10.47%) C#
4 20 (7.75%) C++
4 20 (7.75%) Rust
5 18 (6.98%) TypeScript
6 14 (5.43%) PowerShell
7 11 (4.26%) Bash
7 11 (4.26%) Bicep
8 10 (3.88%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.94%) Java
10 3 (1.16%) Go
11 1 (0.39%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (17.05%) Azure Certification
2 42 (16.28%) Degree
3 24 (9.30%) Computer Science Degree
4 20 (7.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 16 (6.20%) AWS Certification
6 14 (5.43%) Security Cleared
7 8 (3.10%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.78%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.39%) CSPO
9 1 (0.39%) IIBA
9 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.39%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.65%) Data Quality
2 8 (3.10%) NCSC
3 5 (1.94%) QA
4 3 (1.16%) Accessibility
System Software
1 13 (5.04%) Docker
2 3 (1.16%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.16%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.78%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (5.04%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.39%) Grafana
3 1 (0.39%) Kibana
Vendors
1 46 (17.83%) Microsoft
2 10 (3.88%) Sage
3 8 (3.10%) Cisco
4 4 (1.55%) Xero
5 3 (1.16%) Avaya
5 3 (1.16%) Databricks
5 3 (1.16%) Foundry
5 3 (1.16%) Genesys
5 3 (1.16%) Google
5 3 (1.16%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.78%) Adobe
6 2 (0.78%) Dell
6 2 (0.78%) Siemens
6 2 (0.78%) Spotify
6 2 (0.78%) UiPath
7 1 (0.39%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.39%) Dataiku
7 1 (0.39%) Freshdesk
7 1 (0.39%) HubSpot