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

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	16	6	70
Rank change year-on-year	-10	+64	-12
Permanent jobs citing AI	251	133	22
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East	6.79%	13.61%	1.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	9.46%	16.52%	2.07%
Number of salaries quoted	193	14	9
10^th Percentile	£40,250	£24,171	-
25^th Percentile	£53,750	-	£35,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£66,000	£24,570	£75,000
Median % change year-on-year	+168.62%	-67.24%	+62.16%
75^th Percentile	£82,750	£47,500	£85,000
90^th Percentile	£94,727	£66,250	£92,500
England median annual salary	£72,500	£72,500	£75,000
% change year-on-year	-	-3.33%	-

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.

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	2,652	805	1,061
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East	71.71%	82.40%	79.65%
Number of salaries quoted	1,974	499	529
10^th Percentile	£32,750	£25,000	£25,006
25^th Percentile	£42,122	£28,188	£35,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£41,000	£47,500
Median % change year-on-year	+34.15%	-13.68%	-5.00%
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£55,000	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£94,590	£73,852	£80,000
England median annual salary	£60,000	£55,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+9.09%	-8.33%	-0.41%

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 20 October 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 20 October 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	-15	223	£66,750	+171.67%	194
Durham	+7	26	£56,500	-	3
Northumberland	-	2	£55,000	-	1
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AI Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 20 October 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 with a requirement for AI.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Azure	32.7%	82
2	Python	25.5%	64
3	Agile	24.7%	62
3	AWS	24.7%	62
5	Machine Learning	19.9%	50
5	Software Engineering	19.9%	50
7	CI/CD	18.3%	46
8	Problem-Solving	17.5%	44
9	LLM	17.1%	43
10	Degree	16.7%	42
10	Infrastructure as Code	16.7%	42
12	DevOps	14.3%	36
13	GCP	13.9%	35
13	Microsoft	13.9%	35
13	Retrieval-Augmented Generation	13.9%	35
16	Knowledge Transfer	13.5%	34
17	Data Engineering	12.7%	32
17	Decision-Making	12.7%	32
17	Mentoring	12.7%	32
20	Computer Science	12.4%	31
20	SQL	12.4%	31
22	Analytics	12.0%	30
22	Generative AI	12.0%	30
22	Observability	12.0%	30
25	Coaching	11.6%	29
25	Docs as Code	11.6%	29
27	C#	11.2%	28
28	Open Source	10.8%	27
28	Rainbow Teams	10.8%	27
30	Azure Certification	10.4%	26

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	24.7%	62
2	Machine Learning	19.9%	50
2	Software Engineering	19.9%	50
4	CI/CD	18.3%	46
5	Problem-Solving	17.5%	44
6	LLM	17.1%	43
7	Infrastructure as Code	16.7%	42
8	DevOps	14.3%	36
9	Retrieval-Augmented Generation	13.9%	35
10	Knowledge Transfer	13.5%	34
11	Data Engineering	12.7%	32
11	Decision-Making	12.7%	32
11	Mentoring	12.7%	32
14	Computer Science	12.4%	31
15	Analytics	12.0%	30
15	Generative AI	12.0%	30
15	Observability	12.0%	30
18	Coaching	11.6%	29
18	Docs as Code	11.6%	29
20	Open Source	10.8%	27