Artificial Intelligence Jobs in the UK excluding London

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Artificial Intelligence skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Artificial Intelligence over the 6 months leading up to 15 March 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 60 168
Rank change year-on-year +8 +108 -42
Permanent jobs citing Artificial Intelligence 1,606 2,571 1,360
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.24% 4.19% 2.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.56% 4.85% 2.22%
Number of salaries quoted 829 1,123 654
10th Percentile £25,313 £35,850 £41,625
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,215 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.36% -7.69% +13.04%
75th Percentile £81,250 £81,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £99,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% - +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Artificial Intelligence 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 35,234 53,006 61,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 93.06% 86.41% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 16,871 37,864 31,712
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,748 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £83,750
UK median annual salary £58,984 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +7.24% -12.00% +4.17%

Artificial Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Artificial Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Artificial Intelligence in the UK excluding London

Artificial Intelligence
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Artificial Intelligence in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Artificial Intelligence in the UK excluding London

Artificial Intelligence
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Artificial Intelligence in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 March 2025.

Salary histogram for Artificial Intelligence in the UK excluding London

Artificial Intelligence
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 Artificial Intelligence within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 March 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
South East +26 422 £75,000 +7.14% 393
North of England +33 352 £65,000 +36.68% 348
East of England +73 250 £66,225 +1.88% 184
North West -2 216 £73,750 +55.26% 205
South West +39 207 £63,750 +10.87% 139
Midlands +21 184 £65,000 +21.84% 181
Scotland -56 145 £45,000 -33.82% 98
West Midlands +17 135 £60,000 +9.09% 117
Yorkshire +48 122 £45,750 -18.67% 108
East Midlands +5 49 £65,000 +36.84% 63
Wales +15 24 £62,500 +38.89% 28
Northern Ireland +32 22 £100,000 - 11
North East +35 14 £72,500 +52.63% 37
Isle of Man - 1 - -
Artificial Intelligence
UK

Artificial Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 23 (1.43%) Jupyter
2 17 (1.06%) Apache Spark
3 15 (0.93%) Confluence
4 14 (0.87%) CMS
5 11 (0.68%) Apache
5 11 (0.68%) SharePoint
6 7 (0.44%) Camunda
6 7 (0.44%) nginx
7 6 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 6 (0.37%) WordPress
8 5 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.31%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.19%) EPiServer
9 3 (0.19%) Kentico
10 2 (0.12%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.062%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.062%) Sitefinity
11 1 (0.062%) Umbraco
Applications
1 161 (10.02%) Chatbot
2 25 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.31%) Photoshop
4 5 (0.31%) Simulink
5 3 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
5 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.062%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.062%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.062%) Sketch
7 1 (0.062%) S-PLUS
7 1 (0.062%) TargetLink
7 1 (0.062%) Trello
7 1 (0.062%) Weka
Business Applications
1 15 (0.93%) Dynamics AX
2 12 (0.75%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 7 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 4 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.19%) GoldMine
6 3 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.19%) Sprinklr
7 2 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.12%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.062%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.062%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.062%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.062%) Shopify
8 1 (0.062%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 327 (20.36%) AWS
2 197 (12.27%) Azure
3 150 (9.34%) Power Platform
4 85 (5.29%) Serverless
5 65 (4.05%) GCP
6 59 (3.67%) ChatGPT
7 55 (3.42%) SaaS
8 54 (3.36%) Anthropic Claude
9 47 (2.93%) IBM Cloud
10 37 (2.30%) Power Automate
11 32 (1.99%) Microsoft 365
12 30 (1.87%) Azure Machine Learning
13 27 (1.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 26 (1.62%) PowerApps
15 24 (1.49%) Amazon SageMaker
16 23 (1.43%) GitHub
17 22 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
17 22 (1.37%) PaaS
18 19 (1.18%) Amazon S3
18 19 (1.18%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.43%) Intrusion Detection
2 26 (1.62%) Firewall
3 18 (1.12%) DNS
4 12 (0.75%) DHCP
4 12 (0.75%) Network Security
5 10 (0.62%) TCP/IP
6 8 (0.50%) Internet
6 8 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (0.44%) VPN
8 5 (0.31%) HTTP
8 5 (0.31%) SMTP
9 4 (0.25%) Ethernet
9 4 (0.25%) IPv6
9 4 (0.25%) Reverse Proxy
9 4 (0.25%) VLAN
9 4 (0.25%) VoIP
10 3 (0.19%) FlexRay
10 3 (0.19%) HTTPS
10 3 (0.19%) InfiniBand
10 3 (0.19%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (8.59%) Power BI
2 96 (5.98%) Big Data
3 62 (3.86%) SQL Server
4 61 (3.80%) NoSQL
5 34 (2.12%) Tableau
6 31 (1.93%) PostgreSQL
7 28 (1.74%) Relational Database
8 25 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
9 24 (1.49%) MySQL
10 19 (1.18%) MongoDB
11 14 (0.87%) BigQuery
11 14 (0.87%) Data Lake
12 13 (0.81%) Spotfire
13 12 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
14 11 (0.68%) Geospatial Data
14 11 (0.68%) Metadata
15 9 (0.56%) QlikView
16 8 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
16 8 (0.50%) Oracle Database
17 7 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 117 (7.29%) Git
2 43 (2.68%) JIRA
3 34 (2.12%) Cypress.io
4 32 (1.99%) Selenium
5 18 (1.12%) Jenkins
6 15 (0.93%) SoapUI
7 14 (0.87%) GitLab
8 12 (0.75%) Maven
9 10 (0.62%) Visual Studio
9 10 (0.62%) webpack
10 7 (0.44%) Vite
11 6 (0.37%) JDeveloper
11 6 (0.37%) LabVIEW
11 6 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
12 5 (0.31%) Babel
13 4 (0.25%) CircleCI
13 4 (0.25%) NetBeans
13 4 (0.25%) Robot Framework
13 4 (0.25%) Storybook
14 3 (0.19%) MLflow
General
1 402 (25.03%) Social Skills
2 366 (22.79%) Finance
3 227 (14.13%) Analytical Skills
4 210 (13.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 164 (10.21%) Banking
6 102 (6.35%) Marketing
7 93 (5.79%) Public Sector
8 92 (5.73%) Games
8 92 (5.73%) Telecoms
9 91 (5.67%) Law
10 80 (4.98%) Organisational Skills
11 74 (4.61%) Manufacturing
12 61 (3.80%) Retail
13 54 (3.36%) Legal
14 39 (2.43%) Advertising
15 36 (2.24%) Pharmaceutical
16 21 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
17 20 (1.25%) Electronics
18 17 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
18 17 (1.06%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 249 (15.50%) Senior
2 197 (12.27%) Developer
3 196 (12.20%) Software Engineer
4 154 (9.59%) Lead
5 132 (8.22%) Trainer
6 115 (7.16%) Architect
7 111 (6.91%) Data Scientist
8 109 (6.79%) Analyst
9 93 (5.79%) Graduate
10 90 (5.60%) Machine Learning Engineer
11 63 (3.92%) Digital Analyst
11 63 (3.92%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 61 (3.80%) Junior
13 60 (3.74%) Team Leader
14 54 (3.36%) Junior Software Engineer
14 54 (3.36%) Senior Developer
15 41 (2.55%) Senior Manager
15 41 (2.55%) Software Developer
16 38 (2.37%) Senior Software Engineer
17 37 (2.30%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 188 (11.71%) HTML
2 177 (11.02%) React
3 87 (5.42%) .NET
4 64 (3.99%) AngularJS
5 59 (3.67%) React Native
6 53 (3.30%) Node.js
7 50 (3.11%) Software Packaging
8 41 (2.55%) PyTorch
9 40 (2.49%) TensorFlow
10 38 (2.37%) CSS
11 35 (2.18%) Jest
12 29 (1.81%) HTML5
13 28 (1.74%) REST
14 26 (1.62%) scikit-learn
15 21 (1.31%) NumPy
16 20 (1.25%) Keras
17 16 (1.00%) Spring Boot
18 15 (0.93%) CSS3
18 15 (0.93%) Spring
19 14 (0.87%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 197 (12.27%) Algorithms
2 89 (5.54%) Blockchain
3 85 (5.29%) Robotics
4 81 (5.04%) Cyberattack
5 80 (4.98%) Management Information System
6 70 (4.36%) Cloud Native
7 51 (3.18%) Hybrid Cloud
8 34 (2.12%) Learning Management System
9 33 (2.05%) Digital Media
9 33 (2.05%) Greenfield Project
10 30 (1.87%) Marketing Technology
11 29 (1.81%) Onboarding
12 27 (1.68%) Data Centre
13 26 (1.62%) Public Cloud
14 24 (1.49%) IoT
14 24 (1.49%) Mobile App
15 23 (1.43%) e-Learning
16 21 (1.31%) Hackathon
17 20 (1.25%) Data Structures
17 20 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 52 (3.24%) Linux
2 36 (2.24%) Windows
3 10 (0.62%) Unix
4 8 (0.50%) Android
4 8 (0.50%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.44%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.31%) Embedded Linux
6 5 (0.31%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.19%) Rocky
8 2 (0.12%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.12%) VMS
8 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.062%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.062%) Robot Operating System
9 1 (0.062%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.062%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 567 (35.31%) Machine Learning
2 413 (25.72%) Software Engineering
3 410 (25.53%) Agile
4 382 (23.79%) Decision-Making
5 332 (20.67%) Analytics
6 285 (17.75%) Problem-Solving
7 252 (15.69%) Mathematics
8 246 (15.32%) Computer Science
9 240 (14.94%) Data Science
10 236 (14.69%) Generative AI
11 235 (14.63%) LLM
12 218 (13.57%) Mentoring
13 183 (11.39%) Cybersecurity
14 175 (10.90%) DevOps
15 161 (10.02%) Conversational UI
16 160 (9.96%) Business Intelligence
17 153 (9.53%) Data Analytics
17 153 (9.53%) Roadmaps
18 150 (9.34%) API Integration
19 148 (9.22%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 633 (39.41%) Python
2 320 (19.93%) JavaScript
3 295 (18.37%) SQL
4 265 (16.50%) C#
5 172 (10.71%) C++
6 147 (9.15%) Java
7 97 (6.04%) TypeScript
8 38 (2.37%) R
9 32 (1.99%) PHP
10 30 (1.87%) C
11 26 (1.62%) Go
12 22 (1.37%) Kotlin
13 17 (1.06%) Rust
14 16 (1.00%) Scala
15 13 (0.81%) Bash
15 13 (0.81%) PowerShell
16 12 (0.75%) Clojure
16 12 (0.75%) Elixir
16 12 (0.75%) Fortran
17 7 (0.44%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 623 (38.79%) Degree
2 250 (15.57%) Security Cleared
3 116 (7.22%) DV Cleared
4 107 (6.66%) Master's Degree
5 95 (5.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 93 (5.79%) PhD
7 74 (4.61%) SC Cleared
8 32 (1.99%) Numerate Degree
9 15 (0.93%) CISA
9 15 (0.93%) ISACA
10 13 (0.81%) Azure Certification
11 11 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
12 10 (0.62%) HND
13 9 (0.56%) CBAP
14 8 (0.50%) AWS Certification
15 5 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (0.31%) CISSP
15 5 (0.31%) PMI Certification
15 5 (0.31%) TOGAF Certification
16 4 (0.25%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (3.92%) Accessibility
2 40 (2.49%) Data Quality
3 37 (2.30%) QA
4 31 (1.93%) ITGC
5 30 (1.87%) GDPR
6 14 (0.87%) WCAG
7 13 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 7 (0.44%) SLA
9 5 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (0.31%) GMP
9 5 (0.31%) GRC
9 5 (0.31%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.25%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.25%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.19%) COBIT
11 3 (0.19%) NIST
12 2 (0.12%) NCSC
12 2 (0.12%) SOC 2
System Software
1 144 (8.97%) Docker
2 15 (0.93%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.50%) Firmware
4 4 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.19%) HDFS
6 2 (0.12%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.062%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.062%) Xen
Systems Management
1 163 (10.15%) Kubernetes
2 31 (1.93%) Terraform
3 11 (0.68%) Ansible
4 5 (0.31%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.19%) Grafana
6 3 (0.19%) Kubeflow
6 3 (0.19%) SCCM
7 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.12%) Argo
7 2 (0.12%) CASB
7 2 (0.12%) EnCase
7 2 (0.12%) FTK
7 2 (0.12%) Hadoop YARN
7 2 (0.12%) Podman
7 2 (0.12%) QRadar
7 2 (0.12%) RSA Security Analytics
8 1 (0.062%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.062%) WMI
Vendors
1 154 (9.59%) Microsoft
2 145 (9.03%) PayPal
3 74 (4.61%) IBM
4 61 (3.80%) Google
5 58 (3.61%) Alteryx
6 53 (3.30%) TikTok
7 45 (2.80%) Red Hat
8 44 (2.74%) Oracle
9 37 (2.30%) Databricks
10 23 (1.43%) SAP
11 19 (1.18%) Salesforce
12 17 (1.06%) OpenAI
13 12 (0.75%) PeopleSoft
14 11 (0.68%) NVIDIA
14 11 (0.68%) UiPath
15 10 (0.62%) Adobe
16 9 (0.56%) ServiceNow
17 7 (0.44%) Atlassian
18 6 (0.37%) Graphcore
18 6 (0.37%) HubSpot