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

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 63 109
Rank change year-on-year +57 +46 +34
Permanent jobs citing AI 4,745 1,634 887
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 13.07% 3.45% 2.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.66% 4.26% 3.09%
Number of salaries quoted 872 834 593
10th Percentile £24,570 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £38,688 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +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 30,294 38,356 28,682
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.46% 80.88% 93.87%
Number of salaries quoted 18,233 18,517 21,268
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,500 £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 17 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 17 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 +67 1,659 £57,500 -14.81% 628
South East +25 1,183 £50,000 -29.82% 867
North West +60 1,119 £57,500 -0.05% 379
Midlands +138 543 £65,000 -15.58% 308
Scotland +72 502 £70,000 +9.80% 144
East of England +79 480 £47,500 -45.71% 223
Yorkshire +56 424 £72,500 +3.57% 206
West Midlands +115 338 £65,000 - 210
South West +39 320 £60,000 -7.69% 192
East Midlands +97 203 £61,250 -27.94% 96
North East +56 116 £45,000 -40.79% 45
Wales +42 100 £55,000 -4.35% 53
Northern Ireland -12 27 £83,750 -5.63% 41
Channel Islands +9 6 - -
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 (0.89%) Apache Spark
2 39 (0.82%) SharePoint
3 28 (0.59%) CMS
4 26 (0.55%) Confluence
5 21 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
6 15 (0.32%) Apache
7 14 (0.30%) WordPress
8 12 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
9 11 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 10 (0.21%) Apache Solr
11 8 (0.17%) Camunda
11 8 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
12 6 (0.13%) Umbraco
13 4 (0.084%) Tomcat
14 3 (0.063%) Drupal
14 3 (0.063%) Joomla!
14 3 (0.063%) Kentico
14 3 (0.063%) Kinematics
15 2 (0.042%) CICS
15 2 (0.042%) SAS
Applications
1 1,445 (30.45%) Chatbot
2 84 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 60 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.21%) Photoshop
6 9 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
7 6 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
8 5 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 5 (0.11%) Simulink
9 4 (0.084%) InDesign
10 3 (0.063%) MS Visio
10 3 (0.063%) Notion
10 3 (0.063%) S-PLUS
11 2 (0.042%) Weka
12 1 (0.021%) Acrobat
12 1 (0.021%) Adobe Illustrator
12 1 (0.021%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 27 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
3 14 (0.30%) NetSuite
4 9 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
5 8 (0.17%) Shopify
6 3 (0.063%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.042%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.042%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.042%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.042%) Oracle Receivables
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
8 1 (0.021%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,338 (28.20%) Cloud Computing
2 456 (9.61%) Azure
3 322 (6.79%) AWS
4 194 (4.09%) Power Platform
5 148 (3.12%) SaaS
6 129 (2.72%) GCP
7 113 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
8 110 (2.32%) Azure DevOps
9 73 (1.54%) GitHub
10 57 (1.20%) Snowflake
11 52 (1.10%) GitHub Copilot
12 42 (0.89%) Azure AI
12 42 (0.89%) Entra ID
12 42 (0.89%) Microsoft Copilot
13 41 (0.86%) Amazon S3
13 41 (0.86%) Power Automate
14 39 (0.82%) Serverless
15 35 (0.74%) Azure Data Factory
16 31 (0.65%) Vertex AI
17 30 (0.63%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 1,343 (28.30%) Internet
2 21 (0.44%) Unified Communications
3 15 (0.32%) VoIP
4 14 (0.30%) Firewall
5 9 (0.19%) Network Security
6 8 (0.17%) Telepresence
6 8 (0.17%) VPN
6 8 (0.17%) WebEx
7 6 (0.13%) Broadband
7 6 (0.13%) DNS
7 6 (0.13%) SAN
8 5 (0.11%) Bluetooth
8 5 (0.11%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.11%) WAN
9 4 (0.084%) Intranet
9 4 (0.084%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (0.084%) Modbus
9 4 (0.084%) VLAN
9 4 (0.084%) Wireless
9 4 (0.084%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (2.74%) Power BI
2 82 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
3 69 (1.45%) SQL Server
4 62 (1.31%) Tableau
5 56 (1.18%) NoSQL
6 47 (0.99%) Metadata
7 44 (0.93%) MongoDB
8 41 (0.86%) MySQL
9 37 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
10 35 (0.74%) Big Data
11 31 (0.65%) Data Lake
12 29 (0.61%) DynamoDB
13 24 (0.51%) Data Mining
14 22 (0.46%) Delta Lake
15 21 (0.44%) Spark SQL
16 20 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
17 18 (0.38%) Relational Database
18 17 (0.36%) Hadoop
19 16 (0.34%) Snowflake Schema
20 15 (0.32%) Looker
Development Applications
1 72 (1.52%) JIRA
2 58 (1.22%) Git
3 30 (0.63%) Jenkins
4 19 (0.40%) MLflow
5 14 (0.30%) JUnit
6 13 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
7 12 (0.25%) Selenium
7 12 (0.25%) TeamCity
8 11 (0.23%) Oracle Forms
9 9 (0.19%) Maven
10 7 (0.15%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.11%) Burp Suite
11 5 (0.11%) GitBook
11 5 (0.11%) GitLab
11 5 (0.11%) Gradle
12 4 (0.084%) Locust
12 4 (0.084%) Metasploit
13 3 (0.063%) Visual Website Optimizer
14 2 (0.042%) Jasmine
14 2 (0.042%) Vite
General
1 2,054 (43.29%) Social Skills
2 1,732 (36.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,433 (30.20%) Banking
4 985 (20.76%) Analytical Skills
5 610 (12.86%) Finance
6 328 (6.91%) Marketing
7 297 (6.26%) Law
8 145 (3.06%) Public Sector
9 127 (2.68%) Legal
10 121 (2.55%) Retail
11 53 (1.12%) Aviation
12 46 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
13 45 (0.95%) Manufacturing
14 39 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
15 37 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
16 35 (0.74%) Electronics
17 32 (0.67%) Aeronautics
17 32 (0.67%) Aerospace
18 31 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
19 24 (0.51%) Games
Job Titles
1 1,406 (29.63%) Trainer
2 1,099 (23.16%) Lecturer
3 229 (4.83%) Senior
4 200 (4.21%) Software Engineer
5 187 (3.94%) Developer
5 187 (3.94%) Lead
6 164 (3.46%) Content Editor
7 126 (2.66%) Architect
8 99 (2.09%) Customer Support Specialist
8 99 (2.09%) Support Specialist
9 97 (2.04%) Innovation Manager
10 94 (1.98%) Research Scientist
11 91 (1.92%) Analyst
12 79 (1.66%) Java Engineer
13 71 (1.50%) Java Software Engineer
14 67 (1.41%) Business Manager
15 66 (1.39%) Sales Executive
16 63 (1.33%) Microsoft Specialist
17 56 (1.18%) Systems Manager
18 54 (1.14%) Business Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (2.21%) React
2 82 (1.73%) .NET
3 80 (1.69%) Spring
4 63 (1.33%) REST
5 60 (1.26%) Kafka
6 59 (1.24%) PyTorch
6 59 (1.24%) RESTful
7 58 (1.22%) TensorFlow
8 49 (1.03%) HTML
9 47 (0.99%) Spring Boot
10 41 (0.86%) PySpark
11 40 (0.84%) Node.js
12 39 (0.82%) AngularJS
12 39 (0.82%) scikit-learn
13 35 (0.74%) Pandas
14 33 (0.70%) NumPy
15 32 (0.67%) CSS
16 27 (0.57%) Hugging Face
17 22 (0.46%) Keras
17 22 (0.46%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 1,354 (28.54%) IoT
2 134 (2.82%) Cloud Native
3 118 (2.49%) Algorithms
4 112 (2.36%) Molecular Biology
5 100 (2.11%) Robotics
6 93 (1.96%) Product Ownership
7 81 (1.71%) Onboarding
8 67 (1.41%) AI Agents
9 60 (1.26%) Blog
10 55 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
11 50 (1.05%) Virtual Team
12 49 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
13 44 (0.93%) Linux Command Line
14 43 (0.91%) Life Science
15 40 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
15 40 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
16 38 (0.80%) Data Centre
17 36 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
18 33 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
19 32 (0.67%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 50 (1.05%) Windows
2 43 (0.91%) Linux
3 40 (0.84%) Unix
4 25 (0.53%) Windows Server
5 23 (0.48%) Android
6 20 (0.42%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.23%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.13%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.084%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.042%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.042%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.042%) 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 1,927 (40.61%) Machine Learning
2 1,465 (30.87%) Cybersecurity
3 1,449 (30.54%) Conversational UI
4 1,448 (30.52%) User Experience
5 1,343 (28.30%) Web Development
6 560 (11.80%) Agile
7 553 (11.65%) Chemistry
8 503 (10.60%) Analytics
9 417 (8.79%) Continuous Improvement
10 378 (7.97%) Decision-Making
11 375 (7.90%) Software Engineering
12 328 (6.91%) CI/CD
13 316 (6.66%) Roadmaps
14 305 (6.43%) Problem-Solving
15 267 (5.63%) DevOps
16 264 (5.56%) Customer Experience
17 239 (5.04%) Mathematics
18 236 (4.97%) Data Science
19 232 (4.89%) Computer Science
20 225 (4.74%) Content Writing
Programming Languages
1 405 (8.54%) Python
2 298 (6.28%) SQL
3 175 (3.69%) Java
4 108 (2.28%) JavaScript
5 78 (1.64%) TypeScript
6 63 (1.33%) PowerShell
7 59 (1.24%) C#
8 36 (0.76%) Bash
9 35 (0.74%) C++
10 24 (0.51%) R
11 20 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 20 (0.42%) PL/SQL
11 20 (0.42%) Shell Script
12 18 (0.38%) C
13 14 (0.30%) T-SQL
14 13 (0.27%) Bicep
15 12 (0.25%) MATLAB
15 12 (0.25%) PHP
16 10 (0.21%) Apex Code
17 9 (0.19%) Rust
Qualifications
1 3,137 (66.11%) Degree
2 2,248 (47.38%) Master's Degree
3 2,215 (46.68%) PhD
4 1,335 (28.13%) Postgraduate
5 161 (3.39%) Security Cleared
6 142 (2.99%) SC Cleared
7 62 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
8 41 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
9 22 (0.46%) AWS Certification
10 19 (0.40%) PMP
11 18 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
12 17 (0.36%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 16 (0.34%) DBS Check
14 15 (0.32%) Azure Certification
15 13 (0.27%) HNC
16 12 (0.25%) ACCA
16 12 (0.25%) DV Cleared
16 12 (0.25%) HND
17 8 (0.17%) CIMA
17 8 (0.17%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (1.22%) Data Quality
2 40 (0.84%) Accessibility
3 35 (0.74%) QA
4 30 (0.63%) GxP
5 29 (0.61%) GDPR
6 22 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (0.30%) PMO
8 13 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
9 12 (0.25%) SLA
10 11 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
10 11 (0.23%) NIST
11 10 (0.21%) CDISC
11 10 (0.21%) HL7
12 7 (0.15%) ISO 9001
13 5 (0.11%) ISO 13485
14 4 (0.084%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 4 (0.084%) GRC
14 4 (0.084%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 4 (0.084%) NCSC
14 4 (0.084%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 101 (2.13%) Docker
2 22 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
3 18 (0.38%) Active Directory
4 17 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
6 8 (0.17%) Hyper-V
7 7 (0.15%) HDFS
8 6 (0.13%) vSphere
9 4 (0.084%) Firmware
10 3 (0.063%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 3 (0.063%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.042%) Apache Flume
11 2 (0.042%) Ceph
11 2 (0.042%) Lustre
11 2 (0.042%) RACF
12 1 (0.021%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 117 (2.47%) Terraform
2 103 (2.17%) Kubernetes
3 39 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (0.51%) Grafana
5 19 (0.40%) Kubeflow
6 18 (0.38%) Prometheus
7 13 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
8 12 (0.25%) Ansible
9 8 (0.17%) Cisco CUCM
9 8 (0.17%) SCCM
10 4 (0.084%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.084%) ITRS Geneos
10 4 (0.084%) Nessus
10 4 (0.084%) Netcool
10 4 (0.084%) Netcool/OMNIbus
10 4 (0.084%) Nmap
10 4 (0.084%) Tivoli
11 3 (0.063%) Functional Safety
12 2 (0.042%) Argo
12 2 (0.042%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,406 (29.63%) PayPal
2 472 (9.95%) Microsoft
3 104 (2.19%) Cisco
4 94 (1.98%) Google
5 90 (1.90%) Oracle
6 76 (1.60%) Databricks
7 73 (1.54%) Dell
8 50 (1.05%) OpenAI
9 46 (0.97%) Adobe
10 38 (0.80%) Salesforce
11 33 (0.70%) IBM
12 32 (0.67%) Apple
12 32 (0.67%) Blue Prism
13 29 (0.61%) Red Hat
14 27 (0.57%) Palo Alto
15 25 (0.53%) Splunk
16 23 (0.48%) ServiceNow
17 22 (0.46%) HubSpot
17 22 (0.46%) VMware
18 21 (0.44%) SAP