AI Job Trends in the UK excluding London

AI
UK > UK excluding London

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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 27 41
Rank change year-on-year +20 +14 +127
Permanent jobs citing AI 6,449 2,144 3,440
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 9.91% 7.49% 5.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.95% 8.14% 6.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,668 847 1,253
10th Percentile £33,750 £25,000 £35,092
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,206 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.37% +10.34% -11.11%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.64%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,236 26,336 57,251
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 71.05% 92.03% 83.46%
Number of salaries quoted 29,613 13,716 40,951
10th Percentile £29,840 £27,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.84%

AI
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

AI job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

AI
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing AI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing AI

AI
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing AI in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 May 2026.

Salary histogram for AI in the UK excluding London

AI
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AI within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 May 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
North of England +35 2,175 £66,374 +2.11% 522
Midlands +15 1,671 £52,500 -13.22% 275
North West +61 1,452 £70,000 -5.08% 289
West Midlands +19 1,347 £52,500 -8.70% 162
South East +13 1,167 £60,000 -14.29% 642
East of England +31 604 £60,000 -9.40% 184
Yorkshire +11 587 £65,000 +44.44% 144
South West +6 441 £60,000 +4.45% 207
East Midlands +13 335 £52,500 -16.00% 113
Scotland +9 230 £70,000 +55.56% 97
North East +16 136 £59,500 +3.48% 91
Wales +29 134 £53,171 -20.64% 55
Northern Ireland +9 65 £90,000 -10.00% 28
Channel Islands 0 2 - -
AI
UK

AI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Application Platforms
1 56 (0.87%) SharePoint
2 50 (0.78%) Jupyter
3 36 (0.56%) CMS
4 31 (0.48%) Apache Spark
5 30 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
6 25 (0.39%) Confluence
7 20 (0.31%) WordPress
8 16 (0.25%) Apache
9 8 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
9 8 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.078%) IIS
11 3 (0.047%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.047%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.047%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.031%) Apache Qpid
12 2 (0.031%) JBoss
12 2 (0.031%) SAS
12 2 (0.031%) WebSphere
13 1 (0.016%) Kinematics
13 1 (0.016%) WildFly
Applications
1 1,203 (18.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 67 (1.04%) Chatbot
3 55 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
4 34 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (0.25%) UserZoom
6 9 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.093%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.078%) Photoshop
8 5 (0.078%) Simulink
9 4 (0.062%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.047%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.047%) Camtasia
11 2 (0.031%) Weka
12 1 (0.016%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.016%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.016%) Notion
12 1 (0.016%) Sketch
12 1 (0.016%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 24 (0.37%) Cloudability
2 13 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.12%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
3 8 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.062%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.062%) Sage 50
4 4 (0.062%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.031%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.031%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.031%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.031%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.016%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.016%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.016%) Maximo
6 1 (0.016%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.016%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.016%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.016%) Primavera
6 1 (0.016%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 2,379 (36.89%) Cloud Computing
2 2,017 (31.28%) Azure
3 1,557 (24.14%) Azure AI
4 1,329 (20.61%) Power Platform
5 450 (6.98%) AWS
6 181 (2.81%) SaaS
7 135 (2.09%) GCP
8 133 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
9 119 (1.85%) GitHub
10 118 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
11 110 (1.71%) Adobe Analytics
12 82 (1.27%) Microsoft Copilot
13 80 (1.24%) Snowflake
14 72 (1.12%) GitHub Copilot
15 68 (1.05%) Serverless
16 66 (1.02%) Figma
17 48 (0.74%) Entra ID
18 47 (0.73%) Power Automate
19 42 (0.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
20 37 (0.57%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 2,326 (36.07%) Internet
2 174 (2.70%) Broadband
3 41 (0.64%) Firewall
4 23 (0.36%) Network Security
4 23 (0.36%) Unified Communications
5 22 (0.34%) DNS
6 20 (0.31%) VPN
7 11 (0.17%) DHCP
7 11 (0.17%) MQTT
7 11 (0.17%) TCP/IP
8 9 (0.14%) VoIP
9 7 (0.11%) DMZ
9 7 (0.11%) HTTP
9 7 (0.11%) Intranet
9 7 (0.11%) VLAN
9 7 (0.11%) Wireless
10 6 (0.093%) Telepresence
10 6 (0.093%) WebEx
11 4 (0.062%) SAN
12 3 (0.047%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,250 (19.38%) Power BI
2 1,192 (18.48%) Tableau
3 94 (1.46%) SQL Server
4 80 (1.24%) MongoDB
5 65 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
6 58 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
7 47 (0.73%) Data Lake
8 45 (0.70%) Metadata
9 42 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
10 28 (0.43%) NoSQL
11 26 (0.40%) Looker
12 25 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
13 21 (0.33%) Big Data
14 20 (0.31%) Redis
15 16 (0.25%) BigQuery
16 15 (0.23%) MySQL
17 14 (0.22%) Amazon Redshift
17 14 (0.22%) Relational Database
18 13 (0.20%) Snowflake Schema
19 11 (0.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 79 (1.22%) Git
2 51 (0.79%) Visual Studio Code
3 45 (0.70%) JIRA
4 25 (0.39%) Jenkins
5 23 (0.36%) GitLab
6 22 (0.34%) Snyk
7 18 (0.28%) MLflow
8 16 (0.25%) Selenium
9 13 (0.20%) Claude Code
10 12 (0.19%) JUnit
10 12 (0.19%) Postman
11 11 (0.17%) Cypress.io
12 10 (0.16%) Visual Studio
13 9 (0.14%) IBM UrbanCode
14 8 (0.12%) Maven
14 8 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
14 8 (0.12%) SpecFlow
15 5 (0.078%) Appium
15 5 (0.078%) JMeter
15 5 (0.078%) SonarQube
General
1 4,315 (66.91%) Social Skills
2 2,609 (40.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2,387 (37.01%) Banking
4 506 (7.85%) Finance
5 322 (4.99%) Analytical Skills
6 262 (4.06%) Marketing
7 203 (3.15%) Games
8 153 (2.37%) Retail
9 116 (1.80%) Public Sector
10 110 (1.71%) Legal
11 108 (1.67%) Manufacturing
12 75 (1.16%) Law
13 53 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
14 51 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
15 45 (0.70%) Automotive
16 33 (0.51%) Electronics
17 27 (0.42%) Pharmaceutical
18 22 (0.34%) Telecoms
19 21 (0.33%) Aerospace
19 21 (0.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,752 (27.17%) Lecturer
2 1,262 (19.57%) Analyst
3 1,149 (17.82%) Junior
4 1,145 (17.75%) Data Analyst
5 1,136 (17.62%) Junior Analyst
6 1,135 (17.60%) Junior Data Analyst
7 395 (6.12%) Senior
8 387 (6.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 347 (5.38%) Lead
10 292 (4.53%) Developer
11 180 (2.79%) Architect
12 143 (2.22%) Software Engineer
13 113 (1.75%) Data Engineer
14 73 (1.13%) Solutions Architect
15 67 (1.04%) .NET Developer
16 64 (0.99%) Consultant
17 63 (0.98%) Designer
18 60 (0.93%) Python Engineer
19 54 (0.84%) Data Scientist
20 53 (0.82%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 178 (2.76%) .NET
2 124 (1.92%) React
3 99 (1.54%) HTML
4 87 (1.35%) CSS
5 76 (1.18%) REST
6 66 (1.02%) scikit-learn
7 64 (0.99%) Node.js
7 64 (0.99%) RESTful
8 62 (0.96%) ASP.NET
9 61 (0.95%) .NET Core
10 59 (0.91%) Pandas
11 58 (0.90%) NumPy
12 57 (0.88%) ASP.NET Core
13 53 (0.82%) Hugging Face
14 52 (0.81%) Matplotlib
15 50 (0.78%) Streamlit
16 49 (0.76%) AngularJS
16 49 (0.76%) ML.NET
17 41 (0.64%) Blazor
18 39 (0.60%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 2,337 (36.24%) IoT
2 158 (2.45%) Social Media
3 135 (2.09%) Cloud Native
4 113 (1.75%) Onboarding
5 110 (1.71%) Robotics
6 104 (1.61%) Product Ownership
7 99 (1.54%) Algorithms
8 64 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
9 60 (0.93%) Blog
9 60 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
10 59 (0.91%) Mobile App
11 57 (0.88%) Low-Code
12 54 (0.84%) AI Agents
13 53 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
14 51 (0.79%) Data Centre
15 49 (0.76%) Life Science
16 45 (0.70%) Management Information System
17 33 (0.51%) Virtual Team
18 31 (0.48%) Public Cloud
19 26 (0.40%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 62 (0.96%) Windows
2 53 (0.82%) Linux
3 47 (0.73%) Android
4 37 (0.57%) Apple iOS
5 25 (0.39%) Windows Server
6 15 (0.23%) Unix
7 11 (0.17%) VMS
8 5 (0.078%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.078%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.062%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.047%) Robot Operating System
11 1 (0.016%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.016%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,900 (44.97%) Machine Learning
2 2,523 (39.12%) Cybersecurity
3 2,472 (38.33%) User Experience
4 2,343 (36.33%) Web Development
5 1,298 (20.13%) Business Intelligence
6 586 (9.09%) Agile
7 562 (8.71%) Analytics
8 400 (6.20%) CI/CD
9 390 (6.05%) Roadmaps
10 389 (6.03%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
11 363 (5.63%) Problem-Solving
12 352 (5.46%) Software Engineering
13 339 (5.26%) DevOps
14 316 (4.90%) Continuous Improvement
15 277 (4.30%) Decision-Making
16 267 (4.14%) Customer Experience
17 260 (4.03%) LLM
18 240 (3.72%) Mentoring
19 210 (3.26%) Data Science
20 193 (2.99%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 2,045 (31.71%) Python
2 1,434 (22.24%) SQL
3 172 (2.67%) C#
4 169 (2.62%) JavaScript
5 135 (2.09%) Java
6 80 (1.24%) TypeScript
7 56 (0.87%) C++
8 38 (0.59%) PowerShell
9 33 (0.51%) R
10 32 (0.50%) Bash
11 24 (0.37%) C
12 21 (0.33%) Go
13 16 (0.25%) Kotlin
14 15 (0.23%) Apex Code
15 14 (0.22%) T-SQL
16 13 (0.20%) Rust
17 12 (0.19%) Bicep
17 12 (0.19%) Scala
18 11 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 11 (0.17%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2,638 (40.91%) Degree
2 2,383 (36.95%) Master's Degree
3 2,351 (36.46%) PhD
4 2,319 (35.96%) Postgraduate
5 1,476 (22.89%) Azure Certification
6 140 (2.17%) Security Cleared
7 109 (1.69%) AWS Certification
8 81 (1.26%) SC Cleared
9 57 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
10 55 (0.85%) DV Cleared
11 49 (0.76%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 47 (0.73%) ACCA
13 45 (0.70%) DBS Check
14 44 (0.68%) CIMA
15 26 (0.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 16 (0.25%) CISSP
17 10 (0.16%) PMP
18 9 (0.14%) CISM
19 8 (0.12%) CISA
19 8 (0.12%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 198 (3.07%) Accessibility
2 129 (2.00%) Data Quality
3 84 (1.30%) GDPR
4 83 (1.29%) QA
5 47 (0.73%) WCAG
6 46 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 40 (0.62%) GRC
8 28 (0.43%) NIST
9 21 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 18 (0.28%) PCI DSS
11 16 (0.25%) SLA
12 14 (0.22%) GxP
12 14 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 12 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
13 12 (0.19%) IFRS
14 10 (0.16%) GAAP
14 10 (0.16%) NCSC
14 10 (0.16%) SOC 2
15 9 (0.14%) HIPAA
15 9 (0.14%) PMO
System Software
1 121 (1.88%) Docker
2 50 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
3 40 (0.62%) Active Directory
4 12 (0.19%) Firmware
5 7 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (0.093%) vSphere
7 5 (0.078%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.047%) Kamailio
9 1 (0.016%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.016%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 123 (1.91%) Kubernetes
2 87 (1.35%) Terraform
3 23 (0.36%) Ansible
3 23 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
4 21 (0.33%) Grafana
5 15 (0.23%) Prometheus
5 15 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.12%) Proxmox
7 6 (0.093%) Cisco CUCM
7 6 (0.093%) Podman
8 5 (0.078%) Functional Safety
8 5 (0.078%) Kubeflow
9 4 (0.062%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.062%) Puppet
9 4 (0.062%) SolarWinds Orion
9 4 (0.062%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.047%) Argo
11 1 (0.016%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.016%) Nagios
Vendors
1 1,676 (25.99%) Microsoft
2 175 (2.71%) Adobe
3 105 (1.63%) Databricks
4 89 (1.38%) Google
5 71 (1.10%) Dell
6 58 (0.90%) Cisco
6 58 (0.90%) Salesforce
7 55 (0.85%) Apple
8 43 (0.67%) Oracle
8 43 (0.67%) ServiceNow
9 41 (0.64%) OpenAI
10 26 (0.40%) CrowdStrike
11 25 (0.39%) Tenable
12 23 (0.36%) SAP
13 22 (0.34%) Palo Alto
14 20 (0.31%) HubSpot
15 19 (0.29%) VMware
16 14 (0.22%) Splunk
17 11 (0.17%) BT
17 11 (0.17%) Sage