Chatbot Job Trends in the South East

Chatbots
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Chatbot skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 287 -
Rank change year-on-year +127 - -
Permanent jobs citing Chatbot 118 15 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.14% 0.16% -
As % of the Applications category 11.29% 1.68% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 8 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,905 -
Median % change year-on-year -11.64% - -
England median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -14.89%

All Software Application Skills
South East

Chatbot falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring software application skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 1,045 893 775
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 10.08% 9.66% 9.99%
Number of salaries quoted 431 380 512
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £25,525
25th Percentile £28,500 £36,000 £28,290
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £50,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +33.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £55,160 £66,250 £54,500
90th Percentile £66,250 £85,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £42,500
% change year-on-year -16.11% +12.20% -8.60%

Chatbot
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Chatbot job vacancy trend in the South East

Chatbot
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Chatbot.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Chatbot

Chatbot
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Chatbot within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 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
Thames Valley +62 57 - -
Hampshire - 43 - -
Berkshire +26 28 - -
Buckinghamshire - 24 - -
East Sussex +15 10 - -
Kent - 6 - -
Oxfordshire - 5 - -
Surrey +1 2 £60,000 - 3
Chatbot
England

Chatbot
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (1.69%) Power Platform
1 2 (1.69%) PowerApps
General
1 46 (38.98%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (1.69%) Agriculture
2 2 (1.69%) Retail
3 1 (0.85%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 116 (98.31%) Trainer
2 24 (20.34%) Content Editor
3 9 (7.63%) Customer Support Specialist
3 9 (7.63%) Support Specialist
4 8 (6.78%) Customer Service Representative
5 2 (1.69%) Developer
5 2 (1.69%) Power Platform Developer
5 2 (1.69%) Research Scientist
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (100.00%) AI
1 118 (100.00%) Conversational UI
2 48 (40.68%) Chemistry
3 24 (20.34%) Content Writing
4 13 (11.02%) Physics
5 10 (8.47%) Customer Service
5 10 (8.47%) Mathematics
6 2 (1.69%) Dialogue System
6 2 (1.69%) Economics
6 2 (1.69%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 116 (98.31%) Degree
2 59 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 59 (50.00%) PhD
Vendors
1 116 (98.31%) PayPal
2 2 (1.69%) Microsoft