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 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 28 41
Rank change year-on-year +22 +13 +125
Permanent jobs citing AI 7,089 2,148 3,429
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 10.81% 7.53% 5.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.14% 8.19% 5.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,631 855 1,245
10th Percentile £33,750 £25,000 £35,092
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,200 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.37% +10.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £80,001
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.45%

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 46,819 26,226 57,303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 71.41% 91.98% 83.53%
Number of salaries quoted 29,493 13,943 41,043
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,550 £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% -10.10%

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

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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

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Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing AI in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Salary histogram for AI in the UK excluding London

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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 9 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 +34 2,459 £67,500 +4.75% 485
North West +50 1,712 £70,000 -3.45% 277
Midlands +16 1,686 £52,500 -12.86% 216
South East +19 1,378 £60,000 -14.29% 571
West Midlands +19 1,335 £52,250 -9.13% 131
East of England +35 718 £59,450 -10.23% 148
Yorkshire +14 612 £67,500 +50.00% 126
South West +8 446 £60,000 +4.40% 174
East Midlands +21 362 £55,000 -12.00% 84
Scotland +12 231 £70,000 +55.56% 75
Wales +31 143 £53,585 -16.60% 39
North East +11 135 £59,000 +2.61% 83
Northern Ireland +12 67 £90,000 -10.00% 19
Channel Islands +2 5 - -
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 57 (0.80%) SharePoint
2 50 (0.71%) Jupyter
3 36 (0.51%) CMS
4 31 (0.44%) Apache Spark
5 30 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
6 25 (0.35%) Confluence
7 19 (0.27%) WordPress
8 16 (0.23%) Apache
9 7 (0.099%) Microsoft Exchange
9 7 (0.099%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.071%) IIS
11 3 (0.042%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.042%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.042%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.028%) Apache Qpid
12 2 (0.028%) JBoss
12 2 (0.028%) SAS
12 2 (0.028%) WebSphere
13 1 (0.014%) Camunda
13 1 (0.014%) Kinematics
Applications
1 1,204 (16.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 84 (1.18%) Chatbot
3 56 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
4 34 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (0.23%) UserZoom
6 9 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.085%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.071%) Photoshop
8 5 (0.071%) Simulink
9 4 (0.056%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.042%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.042%) Camtasia
11 2 (0.028%) Weka
12 1 (0.014%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.014%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.014%) Notion
12 1 (0.014%) Sketch
12 1 (0.014%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 22 (0.31%) Cloudability
2 13 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.13%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
4 8 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.056%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.056%) Sage 50
5 4 (0.056%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.028%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.028%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.028%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.028%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.014%) FIS Private Capital Suite
7 1 (0.014%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.014%) Maximo
7 1 (0.014%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.014%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.014%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.014%) Primavera
7 1 (0.014%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 3,052 (43.05%) Cloud Computing
2 1,980 (27.93%) Azure
3 1,536 (21.67%) Azure AI
4 1,322 (18.65%) Power Platform
5 431 (6.08%) AWS
6 183 (2.58%) SaaS
7 131 (1.85%) GCP
8 115 (1.62%) Azure DevOps
9 113 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
10 110 (1.55%) Adobe Analytics
11 106 (1.50%) GitHub
12 78 (1.10%) Snowflake
13 76 (1.07%) Microsoft Copilot
14 65 (0.92%) Figma
15 64 (0.90%) GitHub Copilot
16 63 (0.89%) Serverless
17 47 (0.66%) Entra ID
18 45 (0.63%) Power Automate
19 44 (0.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
20 37 (0.52%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 2,993 (42.22%) Internet
2 174 (2.45%) Broadband
3 36 (0.51%) Firewall
4 24 (0.34%) Unified Communications
5 20 (0.28%) DNS
5 20 (0.28%) Network Security
6 18 (0.25%) VPN
7 11 (0.16%) DHCP
8 10 (0.14%) TCP/IP
9 9 (0.13%) MQTT
9 9 (0.13%) VoIP
10 7 (0.099%) HTTP
10 7 (0.099%) Intranet
10 7 (0.099%) VLAN
10 7 (0.099%) Wireless
11 6 (0.085%) DMZ
11 6 (0.085%) Telepresence
11 6 (0.085%) WebEx
12 3 (0.042%) SAN
12 3 (0.042%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,246 (17.58%) Power BI
2 1,188 (16.76%) Tableau
3 89 (1.26%) SQL Server
4 60 (0.85%) MongoDB
5 59 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
6 49 (0.69%) Data Lake
7 48 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
7 48 (0.68%) Metadata
8 41 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
9 27 (0.38%) NoSQL
10 26 (0.37%) Looker
11 24 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
12 20 (0.28%) Big Data
13 19 (0.27%) Redis
14 15 (0.21%) MySQL
15 14 (0.20%) Amazon Redshift
15 14 (0.20%) BigQuery
16 13 (0.18%) Relational Database
16 13 (0.18%) Snowflake Schema
17 11 (0.16%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 73 (1.03%) Git
2 50 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
3 45 (0.63%) JIRA
4 24 (0.34%) Jenkins
5 19 (0.27%) GitLab
5 19 (0.27%) Snyk
6 17 (0.24%) MLflow
7 16 (0.23%) Selenium
8 13 (0.18%) Claude Code
9 12 (0.17%) Postman
10 10 (0.14%) Cypress.io
11 9 (0.13%) IBM UrbanCode
11 9 (0.13%) Visual Studio
12 8 (0.11%) JUnit
12 8 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
12 8 (0.11%) SpecFlow
13 5 (0.071%) Appium
13 5 (0.071%) JMeter
13 5 (0.071%) Maven
13 5 (0.071%) REST Assured
General
1 4,983 (70.29%) Social Skills
2 3,272 (46.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3,058 (43.14%) Banking
4 499 (7.04%) Finance
5 344 (4.85%) Analytical Skills
6 262 (3.70%) Marketing
7 203 (2.86%) Games
8 152 (2.14%) Retail
9 111 (1.57%) Public Sector
10 108 (1.52%) Manufacturing
11 106 (1.50%) Legal
12 71 (1.00%) Law
13 53 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
14 51 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
15 44 (0.62%) Automotive
16 32 (0.45%) Electronics
17 29 (0.41%) Pharmaceutical
18 22 (0.31%) Telecoms
19 21 (0.30%) Aerospace
19 21 (0.30%) German Language
Job Titles
1 2,289 (32.29%) Lecturer
2 1,259 (17.76%) Analyst
3 1,148 (16.19%) Junior
4 1,146 (16.17%) Data Analyst
5 1,136 (16.02%) Junior Analyst
6 1,135 (16.01%) Junior Data Analyst
7 385 (5.43%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 380 (5.36%) Senior
9 345 (4.87%) Lead
10 259 (3.65%) Developer
11 167 (2.36%) Architect
12 135 (1.90%) Software Engineer
13 109 (1.54%) Data Engineer
14 71 (1.00%) Solutions Architect
15 66 (0.93%) Consultant
16 63 (0.89%) Designer
17 60 (0.85%) Python Engineer
18 54 (0.76%) Data Scientist
19 50 (0.71%) Trainee
20 49 (0.69%) Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 154 (2.17%) .NET
2 106 (1.50%) React
3 87 (1.23%) HTML
4 74 (1.04%) CSS
5 70 (0.99%) REST
6 67 (0.95%) scikit-learn
7 59 (0.83%) Node.js
7 59 (0.83%) Pandas
8 58 (0.82%) NumPy
9 55 (0.78%) Hugging Face
10 52 (0.73%) Matplotlib
10 52 (0.73%) RESTful
11 50 (0.71%) Streamlit
12 47 (0.66%) AngularJS
13 43 (0.61%) .NET Core
14 41 (0.58%) ASP.NET
14 41 (0.58%) TensorFlow
15 40 (0.56%) PyTorch
16 36 (0.51%) ASP.NET Core
17 35 (0.49%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3,006 (42.40%) IoT
2 155 (2.19%) Social Media
3 133 (1.88%) Cloud Native
4 114 (1.61%) Onboarding
4 114 (1.61%) Robotics
5 100 (1.41%) Product Ownership
6 97 (1.37%) Algorithms
7 62 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
8 59 (0.83%) Blog
9 58 (0.82%) Distributed Systems
10 57 (0.80%) Low-Code
11 55 (0.78%) AI Agents
12 54 (0.76%) Mobile App
13 53 (0.75%) Life Science
14 52 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
15 50 (0.71%) Data Centre
16 44 (0.62%) Management Information System
17 33 (0.47%) Virtual Team
18 31 (0.44%) Public Cloud
19 24 (0.34%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 60 (0.85%) Windows
2 49 (0.69%) Linux
3 43 (0.61%) Android
4 36 (0.51%) Apple iOS
5 24 (0.34%) Windows Server
6 16 (0.23%) Unix
7 10 (0.14%) VMS
8 5 (0.071%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.071%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.042%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.042%) Robot Operating System
10 1 (0.014%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.014%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,553 (50.12%) Machine Learning
2 3,181 (44.87%) Cybersecurity
3 3,144 (44.35%) User Experience
4 3,012 (42.49%) Web Development
5 1,291 (18.21%) Business Intelligence
6 573 (8.08%) Agile
7 568 (8.01%) Analytics
8 391 (5.52%) Roadmaps
9 390 (5.50%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
10 372 (5.25%) CI/CD
11 356 (5.02%) Problem-Solving
12 348 (4.91%) Software Engineering
13 315 (4.44%) DevOps
14 312 (4.40%) Continuous Improvement
15 274 (3.87%) Decision-Making
16 266 (3.75%) Customer Experience
17 258 (3.64%) LLM
18 235 (3.31%) Mentoring
19 215 (3.03%) Data Science
20 193 (2.72%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 2,041 (28.79%) Python
2 1,412 (19.92%) SQL
3 146 (2.06%) C#
4 144 (2.03%) JavaScript
5 128 (1.81%) Java
6 72 (1.02%) TypeScript
7 53 (0.75%) C++
8 34 (0.48%) PowerShell
9 33 (0.47%) R
10 30 (0.42%) Bash
11 24 (0.34%) C
12 21 (0.30%) Go
13 16 (0.23%) Kotlin
14 15 (0.21%) Apex Code
14 15 (0.21%) T-SQL
15 12 (0.17%) Rust
15 12 (0.17%) Scala
16 11 (0.16%) Bicep
17 10 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 9 (0.13%) Swift
Qualifications
1 3,326 (46.92%) Degree
2 3,075 (43.38%) Master's Degree
3 3,042 (42.91%) PhD
4 2,991 (42.19%) Postgraduate
5 1,476 (20.82%) Azure Certification
6 139 (1.96%) Security Cleared
7 106 (1.50%) AWS Certification
8 84 (1.18%) SC Cleared
9 54 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
10 50 (0.71%) DV Cleared
11 49 (0.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 48 (0.68%) ACCA
13 47 (0.66%) DBS Check
14 44 (0.62%) CIMA
15 24 (0.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 14 (0.20%) CISSP
17 10 (0.14%) Microsoft Certification
17 10 (0.14%) PMP
18 9 (0.13%) BPSS Clearance
18 9 (0.13%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 197 (2.78%) Accessibility
2 126 (1.78%) Data Quality
3 82 (1.16%) QA
4 79 (1.11%) GDPR
5 46 (0.65%) WCAG
6 44 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 36 (0.51%) GRC
8 26 (0.37%) NIST
9 17 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 17 (0.24%) PCI DSS
10 16 (0.23%) GxP
10 16 (0.23%) SLA
11 13 (0.18%) IFRS
11 13 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 11 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
12 11 (0.16%) GAAP
13 10 (0.14%) SOC 2
14 9 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
14 9 (0.13%) NCSC
14 9 (0.13%) PMO
System Software
1 103 (1.45%) Docker
2 48 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
3 41 (0.58%) Active Directory
4 10 (0.14%) Firmware
5 8 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.11%) vSphere
6 4 (0.056%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.042%) Kamailio
8 2 (0.028%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.014%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.014%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 112 (1.58%) Kubernetes
2 83 (1.17%) Terraform
3 22 (0.31%) Ansible
3 22 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (0.28%) Grafana
5 16 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
6 14 (0.20%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.11%) Proxmox
8 6 (0.085%) Cisco CUCM
8 6 (0.085%) vCenter Server
9 5 (0.071%) Functional Safety
9 5 (0.071%) Kubeflow
9 5 (0.071%) Podman
10 4 (0.056%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.056%) SolarWinds Orion
11 3 (0.042%) Argo
11 3 (0.042%) Puppet
12 1 (0.014%) HP Fortify
12 1 (0.014%) Nagios
Vendors
1 1,647 (23.23%) Microsoft
2 173 (2.44%) Adobe
3 105 (1.48%) Databricks
4 80 (1.13%) Google
5 71 (1.00%) Dell
6 58 (0.82%) Salesforce
7 57 (0.80%) Cisco
8 49 (0.69%) Apple
9 42 (0.59%) Oracle
10 40 (0.56%) ServiceNow
11 39 (0.55%) OpenAI
12 23 (0.32%) CrowdStrike
12 23 (0.32%) SAP
13 21 (0.30%) Tenable
14 20 (0.28%) HubSpot
14 20 (0.28%) VMware
15 19 (0.27%) Palo Alto
16 17 (0.24%) PayPal
17 13 (0.18%) Splunk
18 11 (0.16%) Red Hat