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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 6 69
Rank change year-on-year -10 +63 -8
Permanent jobs citing AI 249 145 25
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 7.02% 14.78% 1.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.82% 18.01% 2.30%
Number of salaries quoted 186 17 13
10th Percentile £40,000 £24,342 £35,000
25th Percentile £53,250 £24,570 £35,092
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £25,835 £57,311
Median % change year-on-year +155.47% -54.92% +23.92%
75th Percentile £82,688 £53,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £93,634 £66,250 £89,000
England median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% -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 2,535 805 1,085
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 71.49% 82.06% 79.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,876 485 576
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,087 £25,379
25th Percentile £41,250 £28,188 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,500 £45,750
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -7.10% -8.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £59,652 £63,750
90th Percentile £93,634 £74,703 £79,600
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.64%

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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 6 October 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 6 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 -14 213 £67,500 +161.27% 227
Durham +7 34 £56,500 - 54
Northumberland - 2 £55,000 - 31
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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 11 (4.42%) Confluence
2 6 (2.41%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.61%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.61%) Jupyter
4 3 (1.20%) Apache
4 3 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 20 (8.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.21%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.20%) Chatbot
4 3 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.80%) CATIA
5 2 (0.80%) Siemens NX
5 2 (0.80%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.40%) LaTeX
Business Applications
1 4 (1.61%) Sage 50
2 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 96 (38.55%) Azure
2 57 (22.89%) AWS
3 33 (13.25%) GCP
4 25 (10.04%) Azure AI
5 19 (7.63%) Power Platform
6 18 (7.23%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (6.43%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (4.02%) GitHub
8 10 (4.02%) Microsoft Copilot
9 6 (2.41%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (2.41%) Serverless
10 5 (2.01%) Amazon S3
10 5 (2.01%) OneDrive
10 5 (2.01%) SaaS
11 4 (1.61%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 4 (1.61%) Copilot Studio
12 3 (1.20%) Amazon ECR
12 3 (1.20%) Azure Service Bus
12 3 (1.20%) GitHub Copilot
12 3 (1.20%) Textract
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.01%) Network Security
2 3 (1.20%) CTI
2 3 (1.20%) VoIP
3 2 (0.80%) MQTT
3 2 (0.80%) WAN
3 2 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.40%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.02%) Power BI
2 10 (4.02%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (3.21%) Relational Database
3 8 (3.21%) Tableau
4 6 (2.41%) NoSQL
4 6 (2.41%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.01%) Big Data
5 5 (2.01%) MySQL
6 4 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.61%) Redis
7 3 (1.20%) Amazon Athena
7 3 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (1.20%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.20%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.40%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.40%) Flink
Development Applications
1 11 (4.42%) JIRA
2 8 (3.21%) GitLab
3 7 (2.81%) Git
4 3 (1.20%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.80%) MLflow
6 1 (0.40%) Jenkins
General
1 55 (22.09%) Public Sector
2 45 (18.07%) Social Skills
3 38 (15.26%) Finance
4 35 (14.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 28 (11.24%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (4.02%) Aerospace
6 10 (4.02%) Manufacturing
7 7 (2.81%) Marketing
8 6 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.20%) Banking
9 3 (1.20%) Legal
10 2 (0.80%) Advertising
10 2 (0.80%) Electronics
10 2 (0.80%) Law
10 2 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.80%) Wearables
11 1 (0.40%) Local Government
11 1 (0.40%) Police
11 1 (0.40%) Polish Language
11 1 (0.40%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 34 (13.65%) Architect
2 32 (12.85%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
3 30 (12.05%) Software Engineer
4 27 (10.84%) Developer
5 25 (10.04%) Lead
5 25 (10.04%) Senior
6 24 (9.64%) Software Developer
7 17 (6.83%) Analyst
7 17 (6.83%) Data Engineer
7 17 (6.83%) Technical Architect
8 12 (4.82%) Data Architect
9 11 (4.42%) C++ Software Engineer
9 11 (4.42%) Rust Engineer
9 11 (4.42%) Rust Software Engineer
10 10 (4.02%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
10 10 (4.02%) DevOps Engineer
10 10 (4.02%) Lead Architect
10 10 (4.02%) Technical Leader
10 10 (4.02%) Technologist
11 9 (3.61%) C++ Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (10.84%) .NET
2 22 (8.84%) LangChain
3 19 (7.63%) LlamaIndex
4 18 (7.23%) Terraform
5 17 (6.83%) React
6 11 (4.42%) Node.js
6 11 (4.42%) YAML
7 10 (4.02%) REST
8 9 (3.61%) ARM Templates
8 9 (3.61%) Web Services
9 6 (2.41%) CSS
9 6 (2.41%) Tailwind CSS
10 5 (2.01%) .NET Framework
10 5 (2.01%) Entity Framework
11 3 (1.20%) Express.js
11 3 (1.20%) Middleware
11 3 (1.20%) Next.js
11 3 (1.20%) PySpark
11 3 (1.20%) SignalR
12 2 (0.80%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 31 (12.45%) Onboarding
2 24 (9.64%) Cloud Native
3 8 (3.21%) AI Agents
3 8 (3.21%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (2.01%) Data Centre
4 5 (2.01%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (1.61%) Data Structures
5 4 (1.61%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (1.61%) IoT
5 4 (1.61%) Life Science
5 4 (1.61%) Low-Code
5 4 (1.61%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (1.20%) Distributed Architecture
6 3 (1.20%) IVR
6 3 (1.20%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.20%) Robotics
6 3 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.20%) Web Conferencing
7 2 (0.80%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 23 (9.24%) Linux
2 4 (1.61%) Windows
3 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (21.69%) Agile
2 50 (20.08%) Software Engineering
3 49 (19.68%) Machine Learning
4 44 (17.67%) CI/CD
5 43 (17.27%) Infrastructure as Code
6 41 (16.47%) Problem-Solving
7 37 (14.86%) LLM
8 36 (14.46%) DevOps
9 30 (12.05%) Computer Science
9 30 (12.05%) Data Engineering
9 30 (12.05%) Observability
10 29 (11.65%) Mentoring
10 29 (11.65%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
11 28 (11.24%) Analytics
12 27 (10.84%) Rainbow Teams
13 26 (10.44%) Knowledge Transfer
13 26 (10.44%) MLOps
14 25 (10.04%) Generative AI
14 25 (10.04%) Mathematics
15 24 (9.64%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 74 (29.72%) Python
2 32 (12.85%) SQL
3 28 (11.24%) C#
4 20 (8.03%) C++
4 20 (8.03%) Rust
5 18 (7.23%) TypeScript
6 14 (5.62%) PowerShell
7 11 (4.42%) Bash
7 11 (4.42%) Bicep
8 9 (3.61%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.61%) Java
10 3 (1.20%) Go
11 1 (0.40%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (16.06%) Degree
2 37 (14.86%) Azure Certification
3 24 (9.64%) Computer Science Degree
4 22 (8.84%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (7.23%) AWS Certification
6 17 (6.83%) Security Cleared
7 12 (4.82%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.80%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.40%) CSPO
9 1 (0.40%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.40%) IIBA
9 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.40%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.22%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.61%) NCSC
3 5 (2.01%) QA
4 3 (1.20%) Accessibility
System Software
1 14 (5.62%) Docker
2 3 (1.20%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.80%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (5.22%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.40%) Grafana
3 1 (0.40%) Kibana
Vendors
1 42 (16.87%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.02%) Sage
3 8 (3.21%) Cisco
4 4 (1.61%) Xero
5 3 (1.20%) Avaya
5 3 (1.20%) Foundry
5 3 (1.20%) Genesys
5 3 (1.20%) Google
5 3 (1.20%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.80%) Adobe
6 2 (0.80%) Databricks
6 2 (0.80%) Dell
6 2 (0.80%) Siemens
6 2 (0.80%) Spotify
6 2 (0.80%) UiPath
6 2 (0.80%) YouTube
7 1 (0.40%) Freshdesk
7 1 (0.40%) HubSpot