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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 44 180
Rank change year-on-year +19 +136 -73
Permanent jobs citing Artificial Intelligence 2,911 3,596 1,161
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.49% 4.88% 1.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.08% 5.91% 2.08%
Number of salaries quoted 723 1,272 550
10th Percentile £25,000 £35,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £35,625 £43,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% +17.39%
75th Percentile £73,943 £81,250 £88,750
90th Percentile £97,039 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £66,425 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -5.11% -6.67% +11.11%

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 36,047 60,812 55,780
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.70% 82.57% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 17,118 41,900 28,987
10th Percentile £26,338 £27,300 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

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 28 May 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 28 May 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 +27 776 £60,000 -9.43% 5,347
North of England +47 735 £55,000 +10.00% 3,820
Midlands +70 628 £57,500 +2.39% 3,147
North West -7 347 £66,250 +39.47% 1,867
Yorkshire +89 330 £35,000 -41.67% 1,494
West Midlands +85 330 £57,500 -4.17% 1,691
East of England +82 304 £66,217 +1.87% 2,579
East Midlands +50 295 £57,500 +21.05% 1,253
South West +74 241 £57,443 -2.14% 2,021
Scotland -30 202 £45,000 -30.77% 844
North East +73 57 £47,500 - 462
Wales -3 19 £69,000 +4.92% 460
Northern Ireland +2 3 - - 247
Channel Islands +1 3 £80,000 - 38
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 36 (1.24%) Apache Spark
2 23 (0.79%) Jupyter
3 17 (0.58%) CMS
4 13 (0.45%) SharePoint
5 12 (0.41%) Apache
5 12 (0.41%) Confluence
6 7 (0.24%) WordPress
7 5 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.17%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.10%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.10%) EPiServer
8 3 (0.10%) Kentico
9 2 (0.069%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.069%) Camunda
9 2 (0.069%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.069%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.069%) SAS
9 2 (0.069%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.034%) Umbraco
Applications
1 651 (22.36%) Chatbot
2 14 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.27%) Photoshop
4 6 (0.21%) Adobe Premiere
5 4 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.10%) Simulink
7 2 (0.069%) Adobe After Effects
7 2 (0.069%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.034%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.034%) S-PLUS
8 1 (0.034%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.034%) Trello
8 1 (0.034%) Weka
Business Applications
1 22 (0.76%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.10%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.10%) Sprinklr
4 1 (0.034%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.034%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.034%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.034%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.034%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.034%) Shopify
4 1 (0.034%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 229 (7.87%) Azure
2 182 (6.25%) AWS
3 160 (5.50%) Power Platform
4 71 (2.44%) GCP
5 55 (1.89%) Serverless
6 53 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
7 51 (1.75%) SaaS
8 44 (1.51%) Power Automate
9 43 (1.48%) AWS Lambda
10 35 (1.20%) Amazon S3
11 30 (1.03%) Microsoft 365
12 25 (0.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 25 (0.86%) Entra ID
13 24 (0.82%) AWS Step Functions
13 24 (0.82%) PowerApps
14 23 (0.79%) Amazon SageMaker
15 22 (0.76%) GitHub
15 22 (0.76%) PaaS
16 21 (0.72%) Azure Monitor
16 21 (0.72%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 148 (5.08%) Broadband
2 36 (1.24%) Firewall
3 31 (1.06%) DNS
4 22 (0.76%) SD-WAN
5 19 (0.65%) VPN
6 18 (0.62%) WAN
7 17 (0.58%) Network Security
8 16 (0.55%) DHCP
8 16 (0.55%) TCP/IP
9 9 (0.31%) Internet
10 6 (0.21%) SAN
10 6 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.17%) Unified Communications
11 5 (0.17%) VoIP
12 4 (0.14%) VLAN
13 3 (0.10%) HTTP
13 3 (0.10%) MQTT
13 3 (0.10%) Wireless
14 2 (0.069%) Ethernet
14 2 (0.069%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (5.05%) Power BI
2 111 (3.81%) Big Data
3 49 (1.68%) SQL Server
4 46 (1.58%) MySQL
4 46 (1.58%) NoSQL
5 35 (1.20%) Data Lake
6 32 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
6 32 (1.10%) Tableau
7 30 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
8 29 (1.00%) Metadata
9 28 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
10 27 (0.93%) Data Mining
11 23 (0.79%) DynamoDB
11 23 (0.79%) MongoDB
12 18 (0.62%) Relational Database
13 17 (0.58%) Hadoop
14 16 (0.55%) BigQuery
15 10 (0.34%) Redis
16 9 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
17 8 (0.27%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 108 (3.71%) JIRA
2 80 (2.75%) Git
3 13 (0.45%) Cypress.io
4 12 (0.41%) Selenium
5 9 (0.31%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.24%) GitLab
7 6 (0.21%) JUnit
7 6 (0.21%) SoapUI
8 4 (0.14%) MLflow
8 4 (0.14%) Postman
8 4 (0.14%) Vite
8 4 (0.14%) webpack
9 3 (0.10%) Maven
9 3 (0.10%) Subversion
10 2 (0.069%) Babel
10 2 (0.069%) Gradle
10 2 (0.069%) JMeter
10 2 (0.069%) Robot Framework
10 2 (0.069%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.034%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 839 (28.82%) Retail
2 795 (27.31%) Manufacturing
3 500 (17.18%) Analytical Skills
4 477 (16.39%) Social Skills
5 433 (14.87%) Finance
6 294 (10.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 205 (7.04%) Law
8 194 (6.66%) Marketing
9 192 (6.60%) Dutch Language
9 192 (6.60%) Finnish Language
9 192 (6.60%) Norwegian Language
10 169 (5.81%) Banking
11 122 (4.19%) Public Sector
12 102 (3.50%) Games
13 71 (2.44%) Telecoms
14 66 (2.27%) Legal
15 64 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
16 48 (1.65%) Catalan Language
17 42 (1.44%) Advertising
18 20 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1,328 (45.62%) Trainer
2 370 (12.71%) Senior
3 182 (6.25%) Developer
4 171 (5.87%) Lead
5 137 (4.71%) Software Engineer
6 103 (3.54%) Analyst
7 81 (2.78%) Graduate
8 76 (2.61%) Data Scientist
9 75 (2.58%) Sales Executive
10 70 (2.40%) Architect
10 70 (2.40%) Embedded Engineer
11 65 (2.23%) Release Engineer
12 63 (2.16%) Senior Manager
13 60 (2.06%) Java Engineer
14 49 (1.68%) Digital Analyst
15 46 (1.58%) DevOps Engineer
15 46 (1.58%) Graduate Sales Executive
16 43 (1.48%) Senior Developer
17 39 (1.34%) Consultant
17 39 (1.34%) Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 179 (6.15%) HTML
2 102 (3.50%) React
3 85 (2.92%) GraphQL
4 66 (2.27%) Middleware
4 66 (2.27%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 65 (2.23%) WebGL
6 60 (2.06%) Software Packaging
7 53 (1.82%) Node.js
8 49 (1.68%) Spring
9 38 (1.31%) .NET
10 37 (1.27%) PyTorch
10 37 (1.27%) TensorFlow
11 30 (1.03%) Kafka
12 28 (0.96%) Spring Boot
13 26 (0.89%) scikit-learn
14 25 (0.86%) CSS
15 23 (0.79%) REST
16 18 (0.62%) Serverless Framework
17 16 (0.55%) NumPy
17 16 (0.55%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 816 (28.03%) Robotics
2 155 (5.32%) Algorithms
3 102 (3.50%) Hybrid Cloud
4 83 (2.85%) Management Information System
5 71 (2.44%) Data Centre
6 69 (2.37%) Animation
7 68 (2.34%) Embedded Systems
8 64 (2.20%) e-Learning
9 53 (1.82%) Blockchain
10 46 (1.58%) Cyberattack
11 44 (1.51%) Cloud Native
12 37 (1.27%) Digital Media
13 30 (1.03%) Marketing Technology
14 28 (0.96%) Onboarding
15 26 (0.89%) NHS
16 23 (0.79%) Social Media
17 22 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
18 20 (0.69%) Data Structures
18 20 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
19 19 (0.65%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 49 (1.68%) Windows
2 38 (1.31%) Linux
3 23 (0.79%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.45%) Android
4 13 (0.45%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.21%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.17%) Unix
7 4 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.069%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.069%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.069%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (0.069%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.034%) Robot Operating System
9 1 (0.034%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,181 (40.57%) Machine Learning
2 1,074 (36.89%) Problem-Solving
3 842 (28.92%) Generative AI
4 827 (28.41%) LLM
5 720 (24.73%) Red Team
6 651 (22.36%) Conversational UI
7 603 (20.71%) Data Privacy
8 555 (19.07%) Agile
9 467 (16.04%) Analytics
10 350 (12.02%) Mathematics
11 332 (11.41%) Software Engineering
12 310 (10.65%) Computer Science
13 271 (9.31%) Chemistry
14 249 (8.55%) Decision-Making
15 242 (8.31%) Roadmaps
16 237 (8.14%) Mentoring
17 222 (7.63%) Data Science
18 218 (7.49%) CI/CD
19 204 (7.01%) DevOps
20 200 (6.87%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 427 (14.67%) Python
2 346 (11.89%) SQL
3 317 (10.89%) JavaScript
4 230 (7.90%) C#
5 216 (7.42%) Java
6 184 (6.32%) C++
7 127 (4.36%) TypeScript
8 74 (2.54%) R
9 65 (2.23%) HLSL
10 62 (2.13%) PHP
11 59 (2.03%) C
12 57 (1.96%) Rust
13 52 (1.79%) MATLAB
14 50 (1.72%) Ruby
15 48 (1.65%) Dart
16 31 (1.06%) PowerShell
17 21 (0.72%) Go
18 20 (0.69%) Bicep
19 19 (0.65%) T-SQL
20 18 (0.62%) Bash
Qualifications
1 1,754 (60.25%) Degree
2 470 (16.15%) Master's Degree
3 446 (15.32%) PhD
4 123 (4.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 121 (4.16%) Security Cleared
6 87 (2.99%) DV Cleared
7 41 (1.41%) SC Cleared
8 38 (1.31%) DBS Check
9 31 (1.06%) AWS Certification
9 31 (1.06%) Azure Certification
10 28 (0.96%) Numerate Degree
11 22 (0.76%) CISA
11 22 (0.76%) ISACA
12 14 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (0.24%) MBA
14 5 (0.17%) CBAP
15 3 (0.10%) CISSP
15 3 (0.10%) Postgraduate
16 2 (0.069%) CCNA
16 2 (0.069%) MCAD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (1.92%) Data Quality
2 49 (1.68%) ITGC
3 40 (1.37%) Accessibility
3 40 (1.37%) GDPR
4 34 (1.17%) QA
5 19 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 16 (0.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 10 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (0.17%) GMP
9 5 (0.17%) SLA
9 5 (0.17%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.14%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.10%) GxP
11 3 (0.10%) NIST
11 3 (0.10%) PMBOK
11 3 (0.10%) WCAG
12 2 (0.069%) COBIT
12 2 (0.069%) PMO
System Software
1 87 (2.99%) Docker
2 16 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
3 15 (0.52%) Active Directory
4 11 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.24%) HDFS
5 7 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.14%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.10%) Firmware
8 1 (0.034%) Apache Flume
8 1 (0.034%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.034%) Xen
Systems Management
1 94 (3.23%) Kubernetes
2 25 (0.86%) Terraform
3 15 (0.52%) Grafana
4 14 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (0.45%) Ansible
6 11 (0.38%) Prometheus
7 9 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 6 (0.21%) ArcSight ESM
8 6 (0.21%) QRadar
9 4 (0.14%) SCOM
10 3 (0.10%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.069%) EnCase
11 2 (0.069%) FTK
11 2 (0.069%) Hadoop YARN
11 2 (0.069%) Podman
11 2 (0.069%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.069%) RSA Security Analytics
11 2 (0.069%) SCCM
11 2 (0.069%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 805 (27.65%) Google
2 779 (26.76%) Databricks
3 737 (25.32%) Adobe
4 621 (21.33%) PayPal
5 179 (6.15%) Microsoft
6 85 (2.92%) IBM
7 74 (2.54%) Red Hat
8 65 (2.23%) Oracle
9 56 (1.92%) Cisco
10 44 (1.51%) Alteryx
11 36 (1.24%) OpenAI
12 35 (1.20%) Dell
13 32 (1.10%) SAP
14 22 (0.76%) Splunk
15 15 (0.52%) VMware
16 14 (0.48%) Meraki
17 13 (0.45%) ServiceNow
18 12 (0.41%) UiPath
19 11 (0.38%) Informatica
19 11 (0.38%) Salesforce