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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 62 82
Rank change year-on-year +51 +20 +3
Permanent jobs citing AI 106 22 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 9.19% 2.47% 1.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.10% 2.74% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 18 8 8
10th Percentile £28,386 £54,875 -
25th Percentile £51,563 £61,285 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £76,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.63% +60.00% -15.56%
75th Percentile £69,063 £92,500 £52,188
90th Percentile £73,750 £100,750 £58,000
England median annual salary £72,500 £77,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.84% +10.00% -

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 876 802 975
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 75.91% 90.01% 88.40%
Number of salaries quoted 588 318 842
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,750 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,813 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £85,375 £75,772
England median annual salary £55,000 £61,110 £57,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +6.28% -8.00%

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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 29 January 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 29 January 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 +48 91 £55,000 -25.42% 72
Durham +20 15 - - 3
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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 1 (0.94%) Jupyter
1 1 (0.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 65 (61.32%) Chatbot
2 23 (21.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.89%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 21 (19.81%) Power Platform
2 19 (17.92%) Azure
3 14 (13.21%) Azure AI
4 6 (5.66%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.83%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (1.89%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (1.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (1.89%) IaaS
7 2 (1.89%) SaaS
8 1 (0.94%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.89%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (15.09%) Power BI
2 12 (11.32%) Tableau
3 5 (4.72%) Big Data
4 2 (1.89%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.89%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.89%) Power Query
4 2 (1.89%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.94%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.94%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 40 (37.74%) Analytical Skills
2 27 (25.47%) Social Skills
3 17 (16.04%) Finance
4 6 (5.66%) Presentation Skills
4 6 (5.66%) Public Sector
5 3 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.89%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.94%) Agriculture
7 1 (0.94%) Banking
7 1 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.94%) Local Government
7 1 (0.94%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.94%) Marketing
7 1 (0.94%) Police
7 1 (0.94%) Retail
Job Titles
1 65 (61.32%) Trainer
2 15 (14.15%) Analyst
2 15 (14.15%) Data Analyst
3 12 (11.32%) Junior
3 12 (11.32%) Junior Analyst
3 12 (11.32%) Junior Data Analyst
4 7 (6.60%) Content Editor
4 7 (6.60%) Customer Support Specialist
4 7 (6.60%) Support Specialist
5 6 (5.66%) Architect
6 5 (4.72%) Accountant
6 5 (4.72%) Financial Accountant
7 4 (3.77%) Research Scientist
7 4 (3.77%) Senior
7 4 (3.77%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (2.83%) Data Engineer
9 2 (1.89%) Azure Architect
9 2 (1.89%) Insight Manager
9 2 (1.89%) Senior Data Engineer
9 2 (1.89%) Technologist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.94%) Hugging Face
1 1 (0.94%) Matplotlib
1 1 (0.94%) NumPy
1 1 (0.94%) Pandas
1 1 (0.94%) PySpark
1 1 (0.94%) REST
1 1 (0.94%) scikit-learn
1 1 (0.94%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.72%) Social Network
2 4 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (3.77%) Virtual Team
3 3 (2.83%) Molecular Biology
4 2 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.89%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.89%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.89%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.89%) Life Science
4 2 (1.89%) Reinsurance
5 1 (0.94%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (61.32%) Conversational UI
2 33 (31.13%) Chemistry
3 17 (16.04%) Business Intelligence
4 11 (10.38%) Analytics
5 10 (9.43%) Content Writing
5 10 (9.43%) Decision-Making
5 10 (9.43%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (7.55%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (7.55%) Mathematics
7 7 (6.60%) Physics
8 6 (5.66%) Customer Insight
8 6 (5.66%) Strategic Thinking
9 5 (4.72%) Customer Experience
9 5 (4.72%) Machine Learning
9 5 (4.72%) Visualisation
10 4 (3.77%) Actionable Insight
10 4 (3.77%) Business Development
10 4 (3.77%) Data Governance
10 4 (3.77%) Financial Modelling
10 4 (3.77%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 22 (20.75%) SQL
2 17 (16.04%) Python
3 2 (1.89%) Bicep
3 2 (1.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.94%) Java
Qualifications
1 64 (60.38%) Degree
2 43 (40.57%) Master's Degree
2 43 (40.57%) PhD
3 12 (11.32%) Azure Certification
4 5 (4.72%) ACCA
5 2 (1.89%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 1 (0.94%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.94%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.72%) GAAP
1 5 (4.72%) IFRS
2 2 (1.89%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (1.89%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.94%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.94%) QA
Vendors
1 64 (60.38%) PayPal
2 16 (15.09%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.94%) Databricks
3 1 (0.94%) Xero