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 23 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 62 106
Rank change year-on-year +56 +44 +49
Permanent jobs citing AI 4,653 1,694 875
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 12.63% 3.50% 2.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.29% 4.30% 3.10%
Number of salaries quoted 876 882 585
10th Percentile £24,570 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,389 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.16% +3.70% +12.50%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £84,056
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £77,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +2.67% +7.14%

All Process and 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 30,432 39,397 28,215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.59% 81.51% 93.90%
Number of salaries quoted 18,514 19,421 20,934
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.04% +2.86% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 23 November 2025.

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 23 November 2025. 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 +66 1,616 £57,500 -14.81% 236
South East +24 1,169 £51,250 -29.31% 690
North West +58 1,088 £57,500 -11.20% 145
Midlands +124 535 £65,000 -13.04% 174
East of England +86 491 £47,500 -44.12% 107
Scotland +79 474 £69,624 +11.40% 104
Yorkshire +53 412 £71,250 +1.79% 64
West Midlands +109 329 £65,000 - 131
South West +34 307 £60,000 -7.69% 127
East Midlands +100 204 £60,000 -29.41% 42
North East +60 116 £50,000 -33.33% 29
Wales +43 102 £55,000 +2.33% 33
Northern Ireland -6 31 £85,000 -4.23% 26
Channel Islands +9 6 - - 1
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 42 (0.90%) SharePoint
2 38 (0.82%) Apache Spark
3 30 (0.64%) CMS
4 26 (0.56%) Confluence
5 21 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
6 14 (0.30%) WordPress
7 13 (0.28%) Apache
8 12 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 10 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
9 10 (0.21%) Apache Solr
10 8 (0.17%) Umbraco
11 6 (0.13%) Camunda
11 6 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.064%) Drupal
12 3 (0.064%) Joomla!
12 3 (0.064%) Kentico
12 3 (0.064%) Kinematics
12 3 (0.064%) SAS
12 3 (0.064%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.043%) CICS
Applications
1 1,336 (28.71%) Chatbot
2 138 (2.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 65 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.21%) Photoshop
6 9 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
7 5 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
7 5 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.11%) Simulink
7 5 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.086%) InDesign
9 3 (0.064%) MS Visio
9 3 (0.064%) Notion
9 3 (0.064%) S-PLUS
10 2 (0.043%) Weka
11 1 (0.021%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.021%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.021%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 28 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
3 14 (0.30%) NetSuite
4 9 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
5 8 (0.17%) Shopify
6 3 (0.064%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.043%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.043%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.043%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.043%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.043%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.021%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.021%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.021%) Magento
8 1 (0.021%) Maximo
8 1 (0.021%) Odoo
8 1 (0.021%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 1,338 (28.76%) Cloud Computing
2 512 (11.00%) Azure
3 303 (6.51%) AWS
4 254 (5.46%) Power Platform
5 150 (3.22%) SaaS
6 122 (2.62%) GCP
7 117 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
8 115 (2.47%) Microsoft 365
9 96 (2.06%) Azure AI
10 80 (1.72%) GitHub
11 58 (1.25%) GitHub Copilot
11 58 (1.25%) Snowflake
12 44 (0.95%) Entra ID
13 42 (0.90%) Microsoft Copilot
14 41 (0.88%) Power Automate
15 38 (0.82%) Azure Data Factory
16 37 (0.80%) Amazon S3
17 35 (0.75%) Serverless
18 31 (0.67%) dbt
18 31 (0.67%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 1,342 (28.84%) Internet
2 21 (0.45%) Unified Communications
3 16 (0.34%) Firewall
4 15 (0.32%) VoIP
5 11 (0.24%) Network Security
6 8 (0.17%) Telepresence
6 8 (0.17%) VPN
6 8 (0.17%) WebEx
7 6 (0.13%) DNS
7 6 (0.13%) Intranet
7 6 (0.13%) SAN
8 5 (0.11%) Bluetooth
8 5 (0.11%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.086%) Broadband
9 4 (0.086%) DMZ
9 4 (0.086%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (0.086%) Modbus
9 4 (0.086%) VLAN
9 4 (0.086%) WAN
9 4 (0.086%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 189 (4.06%) Power BI
2 117 (2.51%) Tableau
3 86 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
4 69 (1.48%) SQL Server
5 50 (1.07%) NoSQL
6 49 (1.05%) Metadata
7 41 (0.88%) MongoDB
8 38 (0.82%) MySQL
9 35 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
10 33 (0.71%) Data Lake
11 32 (0.69%) Big Data
12 24 (0.52%) Data Mining
12 24 (0.52%) DynamoDB
13 22 (0.47%) Delta Lake
14 21 (0.45%) Spark SQL
15 18 (0.39%) Snowflake Schema
16 17 (0.37%) Relational Database
17 16 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
17 16 (0.34%) Hadoop
18 15 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 73 (1.57%) JIRA
2 62 (1.33%) Git
3 30 (0.64%) Jenkins
4 19 (0.41%) MLflow
5 13 (0.28%) Octopus Deploy
6 12 (0.26%) Oracle Forms
6 12 (0.26%) TeamCity
7 11 (0.24%) JUnit
8 10 (0.21%) Selenium
9 7 (0.15%) Maven
10 6 (0.13%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.11%) Burp Suite
11 5 (0.11%) GitBook
11 5 (0.11%) GitLab
12 4 (0.086%) Gradle
12 4 (0.086%) Metasploit
13 3 (0.064%) Locust
13 3 (0.064%) Visual Website Optimizer
14 2 (0.043%) Jasmine
14 2 (0.043%) Vite
General
1 2,095 (45.02%) Social Skills
2 1,676 (36.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,416 (30.43%) Banking
4 944 (20.29%) Analytical Skills
5 579 (12.44%) Finance
6 309 (6.64%) Marketing
7 253 (5.44%) Law
8 131 (2.82%) Public Sector
9 120 (2.58%) Retail
10 118 (2.54%) Legal
11 53 (1.14%) Aviation
12 47 (1.01%) Manufacturing
13 45 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
14 38 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
15 36 (0.77%) Electronics
15 36 (0.77%) Pharmaceutical
16 32 (0.69%) Aeronautics
17 31 (0.67%) Aerospace
17 31 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
18 23 (0.49%) Games
Job Titles
1 1,300 (27.94%) Trainer
2 1,096 (23.55%) Lecturer
3 218 (4.69%) Senior
4 189 (4.06%) Developer
5 179 (3.85%) Lead
6 169 (3.63%) Software Engineer
7 154 (3.31%) Content Editor
8 142 (3.05%) Analyst
9 127 (2.73%) Architect
10 97 (2.08%) Innovation Manager
11 96 (2.06%) Customer Support Specialist
11 96 (2.06%) Support Specialist
12 94 (2.02%) Research Scientist
13 78 (1.68%) Data Analyst
14 66 (1.42%) Business Manager
15 65 (1.40%) Junior
16 63 (1.35%) Microsoft Specialist
17 62 (1.33%) Sales Executive
18 57 (1.23%) Java Engineer
19 56 (1.20%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (2.04%) React
2 87 (1.87%) .NET
3 65 (1.40%) Spring
4 59 (1.27%) REST
5 58 (1.25%) RESTful
6 57 (1.23%) HTML
7 52 (1.12%) PyTorch
7 52 (1.12%) TensorFlow
8 49 (1.05%) Kafka
9 41 (0.88%) Node.js
10 40 (0.86%) PySpark
11 39 (0.84%) Spring Boot
12 37 (0.80%) scikit-learn
13 36 (0.77%) AngularJS
14 33 (0.71%) CSS
14 33 (0.71%) Pandas
15 31 (0.67%) NumPy
16 28 (0.60%) JSON
17 25 (0.54%) Regular Expression
17 25 (0.54%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1,354 (29.10%) IoT
2 132 (2.84%) Cloud Native
3 110 (2.36%) Molecular Biology
4 104 (2.24%) Algorithms
5 102 (2.19%) Robotics
6 94 (2.02%) Product Ownership
7 92 (1.98%) Onboarding
8 66 (1.42%) AI Agents
9 62 (1.33%) Blog
10 55 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
11 50 (1.07%) Virtual Team
12 49 (1.05%) Linux Command Line
12 49 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
13 43 (0.92%) Life Science
14 41 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
15 38 (0.82%) Data Centre
16 35 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
16 35 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
17 30 (0.64%) Social Media
18 27 (0.58%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 51 (1.10%) Windows
2 46 (0.99%) Unix
3 41 (0.88%) Linux
4 25 (0.54%) Windows Server
5 23 (0.49%) Android
6 19 (0.41%) Apple iOS
7 9 (0.19%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.13%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.086%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.043%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.043%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.043%) zOS
11 1 (0.021%) Debian
11 1 (0.021%) OpenVMS
11 1 (0.021%) OpenWrt
11 1 (0.021%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.021%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,893 (40.68%) Machine Learning
2 1,467 (31.53%) Cybersecurity
3 1,448 (31.12%) User Experience
4 1,345 (28.91%) Web Development
5 1,340 (28.80%) Conversational UI
6 511 (10.98%) Agile
7 510 (10.96%) Chemistry
8 501 (10.77%) Analytics
9 407 (8.75%) Continuous Improvement
10 365 (7.84%) Decision-Making
11 348 (7.48%) Software Engineering
12 308 (6.62%) CI/CD
12 308 (6.62%) Roadmaps
13 301 (6.47%) Problem-Solving
14 261 (5.61%) Customer Experience
15 260 (5.59%) DevOps
16 231 (4.96%) Data Science
17 216 (4.64%) Business Intelligence
18 213 (4.58%) Content Writing
19 205 (4.41%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 461 (9.91%) Python
2 345 (7.41%) SQL
3 145 (3.12%) Java
4 111 (2.39%) JavaScript
5 75 (1.61%) TypeScript
6 63 (1.35%) PowerShell
7 57 (1.23%) C#
8 35 (0.75%) C++
9 34 (0.73%) Bash
10 26 (0.56%) R
11 20 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 20 (0.43%) PL/SQL
12 19 (0.41%) Shell Script
13 17 (0.37%) C
14 14 (0.30%) Bicep
15 13 (0.28%) T-SQL
16 12 (0.26%) Apex Code
16 12 (0.26%) MATLAB
16 12 (0.26%) PHP
17 11 (0.24%) Rust
Qualifications
1 3,036 (65.25%) Degree
2 2,165 (46.53%) Master's Degree
3 2,137 (45.93%) PhD
4 1,335 (28.69%) Postgraduate
5 165 (3.55%) Security Cleared
6 145 (3.12%) SC Cleared
7 69 (1.48%) Azure Certification
8 58 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
9 41 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
10 19 (0.41%) PMP
11 18 (0.39%) AWS Certification
12 17 (0.37%) DBS Check
12 17 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
12 17 (0.37%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 15 (0.32%) DV Cleared
14 13 (0.28%) HNC
15 12 (0.26%) ACCA
15 12 (0.26%) HND
16 8 (0.17%) CIMA
16 8 (0.17%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (1.35%) Data Quality
2 43 (0.92%) Accessibility
3 35 (0.75%) QA
4 30 (0.64%) GDPR
4 30 (0.64%) GxP
5 24 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (0.30%) PMO
7 13 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
7 13 (0.28%) NIST
8 12 (0.26%) SLA
9 11 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
10 10 (0.21%) CDISC
10 10 (0.21%) HL7
11 7 (0.15%) ISO 9001
12 6 (0.13%) GRC
12 6 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 6 (0.13%) NCSC
12 6 (0.13%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.11%) ISO 13485
14 4 (0.086%) JSP 440
System Software
1 101 (2.17%) Docker
2 22 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
3 20 (0.43%) Active Directory
4 17 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
6 8 (0.17%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.13%) HDFS
7 6 (0.13%) vSphere
8 4 (0.086%) Firmware
9 3 (0.064%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (0.064%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.043%) Apache Flume
10 2 (0.043%) Ceph
10 2 (0.043%) Lustre
10 2 (0.043%) RACF
11 1 (0.021%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 117 (2.51%) Terraform
2 98 (2.11%) Kubernetes
3 38 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (0.41%) Kubeflow
5 15 (0.32%) Grafana
5 15 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (0.26%) Ansible
6 12 (0.26%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.17%) Cisco CUCM
7 8 (0.17%) SCCM
8 4 (0.086%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.086%) Nessus
8 4 (0.086%) Nmap
9 3 (0.064%) Functional Safety
9 3 (0.064%) ITRS Geneos
9 3 (0.064%) Netcool
9 3 (0.064%) Netcool/OMNIbus
9 3 (0.064%) Tivoli
10 2 (0.043%) logstash
10 2 (0.043%) Oozie
Vendors
1 1,300 (27.94%) PayPal
2 529 (11.37%) Microsoft
3 95 (2.04%) Cisco
4 89 (1.91%) Google
5 83 (1.78%) Oracle
6 71 (1.53%) Databricks
7 69 (1.48%) Dell
8 45 (0.97%) Adobe
9 42 (0.90%) OpenAI
10 40 (0.86%) Salesforce
11 32 (0.69%) Blue Prism
12 30 (0.64%) Apple
13 27 (0.58%) Palo Alto
14 22 (0.47%) HubSpot
14 22 (0.47%) SAP
15 21 (0.45%) Foundry
15 21 (0.45%) ServiceNow
15 21 (0.45%) Splunk
15 21 (0.45%) VMware
16 13 (0.28%) IBM