AI Job Trends in South London

AI
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South London requiring AI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 58 53
Rank change year-on-year +55 -5 +44
Permanent jobs citing AI 156 25 9
As % of all permanent jobs in South London 32.43% 4.27% 2.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 38.42% 4.37% 2.33%
Number of salaries quoted 20 1 6
10th Percentile £34,250 - £58,125
25th Percentile £37,625 £73,750 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £77,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -45.16% +14.81% -
75th Percentile £46,250 £81,250 £68,750
90th Percentile - - -
London median annual salary £80,000 £90,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +6.25%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South London

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 South London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 406 572 387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South London 84.41% 97.61% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 167 181 300
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,335 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,656 £57,750
Median % change year-on-year -19.29% -8.82% +5.00%
75th Percentile £58,000 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £85,000 £83,750
London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000

AI
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

AI job vacancy trend in South London

AI
Salary Trend in South London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South London citing AI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South London citing AI

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Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AI within the South London region over the 6 months to 13 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
Bromley +27 38 - - 10
Croydon +37 34 £35,500 - 1
Kingston Upon Thames +20 30 - - 4
Merton +7 28 - - 3
Sutton +7 18 - -
AI
London

AI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (3.21%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 133 (85.26%) Cloud Computing
2 15 (9.62%) Power Platform
3 5 (3.21%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (3.21%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (0.64%) H2O.ai
4 1 (0.64%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 133 (85.26%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.28%) DTS
2 1 (0.64%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.64%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (3.21%) JIRA
General
1 138 (88.46%) Social Skills
2 133 (85.26%) Banking
2 133 (85.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 16 (10.26%) Finance
4 2 (1.28%) Games
5 1 (0.64%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 107 (68.59%) Lecturer
2 9 (5.77%) Automation Developer
2 9 (5.77%) Developer
2 9 (5.77%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
3 6 (3.85%) Analyst
3 6 (3.85%) Automation Analyst
3 6 (3.85%) Power Platform Developer
4 5 (3.21%) Help Desk Manager
4 5 (3.21%) IT Manager
5 2 (1.28%) Process Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.64%) Keras
1 1 (0.64%) PyTorch
1 1 (0.64%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 133 (85.26%) IoT
2 15 (9.62%) Greenfield Project
3 5 (3.21%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.64%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.64%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (88.46%) User Experience
2 134 (85.90%) Machine Learning
3 133 (85.26%) Cybersecurity
3 133 (85.26%) Web Development
4 17 (10.90%) Agile
5 15 (9.62%) Intelligent Automation
5 15 (9.62%) Roadmaps
5 15 (9.62%) User Acceptance Testing
6 5 (3.21%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (3.21%) CRM
6 5 (3.21%) Customer Service
6 5 (3.21%) ITIL
6 5 (3.21%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (1.92%) Business Development
7 3 (1.92%) Customer Engagement
7 3 (1.92%) Presales
7 3 (1.92%) Service Delivery
8 2 (1.28%) Business Strategy
8 2 (1.28%) Customer Requirements
8 2 (1.28%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 15 (9.62%) SQL
Qualifications
1 134 (85.90%) Degree
1 134 (85.90%) Master's Degree
2 133 (85.26%) PhD
2 133 (85.26%) Postgraduate
3 1 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.21%) SLA
2 1 (0.64%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 5 (3.21%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 20 (12.82%) Microsoft
2 15 (9.62%) Blue Prism
3 3 (1.92%) Dell
4 1 (0.64%) Databricks
4 1 (0.64%) NVIDIA