Natural Language Processing Job Trends in Southampton

Natural Language Processing (NLP)
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring Natural Language Processing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Natural Language Processing 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton 0.16% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 - -
75th Percentile £66,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £100,000 - £77,500

All Process & Methodology Skills
Southampton

Natural Language Processing 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 Southampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 484 256 739
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 76.46% 90.14% 81.03%
Number of salaries quoted 359 180 632
10th Percentile £29,950 £27,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £37,500 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +7.53% -11.25%
75th Percentile £75,000 £60,313 £61,250
90th Percentile £93,750 £72,500 £72,500
Hampshire median annual salary £53,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% -9.09%

Natural Language Processing
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Natural Language Processing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

Natural Language Processing job vacancy trend in Southampton

Natural Language Processing
Salary Trend in Southampton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Natural Language Processing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Natural Language Processing

Natural Language Processing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Vision
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Reinforcement Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared