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 18 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 14 51
Rank change year-on-year -1 +37 +120
Permanent jobs citing AI 4,382 3,094 3,359
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 6.50% 10.34% 4.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.33% 11.35% 5.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2,131 751 1,347
10th Percentile £33,750 £24,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,500 £34,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% +6.67% -12.82%
75th Percentile £82,500 £74,500 £80,625
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £66,295 £70,000
% change year-on-year +5.59% -5.29% -6.67%

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 46,973 27,249 63,266
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 69.67% 91.04% 79.87%
Number of salaries quoted 32,876 13,820 44,168
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,772 £32,851 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 18 June 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 18 June 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 +12 1,366 £67,500 +28.57% 569
South East 0 1,001 £60,000 +33.33% 726
Midlands -8 717 £55,000 -5.91% 251
North West +29 669 £72,500 +11.54% 365
Yorkshire -4 511 £65,000 +153.66% 147
South West +1 476 £61,500 +2.50% 267
East of England +21 474 £60,000 -9.39% 210
West Midlands -5 452 £55,000 -4.35% 152
East Midlands -15 264 £52,500 -10.76% 97
Scotland -1 209 £70,000 +38.76% 131
North East +1 186 £65,000 +106.35% 59
Wales +17 117 £54,000 -21.74% 55
Northern Ireland +9 52 £72,500 - 139
AI
UK

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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 65 (1.48%) SharePoint
2 51 (1.16%) Jupyter
3 41 (0.94%) CMS
4 31 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
4 31 (0.71%) Apache Spark
4 31 (0.71%) Confluence
5 28 (0.64%) WordPress
6 22 (0.50%) Apache
7 18 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
9 4 (0.091%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.068%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.068%) IIS
10 3 (0.068%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.046%) Apache Qpid
11 2 (0.046%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.046%) nginx
11 2 (0.046%) SAS
12 1 (0.023%) Moodle
12 1 (0.023%) Umbraco
Applications
1 934 (21.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 79 (1.80%) Chatbot
3 46 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
4 29 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
5 15 (0.34%) UserZoom
6 14 (0.32%) Photoshop
7 13 (0.30%) Adobe Illustrator
8 12 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 9 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
9 9 (0.21%) InDesign
9 9 (0.21%) MS Visio
9 9 (0.21%) Simulink
10 3 (0.068%) Camtasia
10 3 (0.068%) Stateflow
11 2 (0.046%) Trello
12 1 (0.023%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.023%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.023%) Microsoft Project
12 1 (0.023%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 24 (0.55%) Cloudability
2 12 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.18%) Sage 50
5 7 (0.16%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.091%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.068%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.068%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.046%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.046%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.046%) Sage 200
8 2 (0.046%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.023%) Maximo
9 1 (0.023%) Oracle Assets
9 1 (0.023%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 1 (0.023%) Primavera
9 1 (0.023%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.023%) SAP EHS
9 1 (0.023%) Shopify
9 1 (0.023%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1,903 (43.43%) Azure
2 1,342 (30.63%) Azure AI
3 1,093 (24.94%) Power Platform
4 563 (12.85%) AWS
5 245 (5.59%) SaaS
6 186 (4.24%) GCP
7 159 (3.63%) Microsoft 365
8 155 (3.54%) Azure DevOps
8 155 (3.54%) GitHub
9 116 (2.65%) Microsoft Copilot
10 105 (2.40%) Adobe Analytics
10 105 (2.40%) Serverless
11 74 (1.69%) Figma
12 71 (1.62%) Snowflake
13 69 (1.57%) GitHub Copilot
14 61 (1.39%) Anthropic Claude
15 60 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
16 59 (1.35%) Power Automate
17 55 (1.26%) Entra ID
18 50 (1.14%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 186 (4.24%) Broadband
2 50 (1.14%) Firewall
3 30 (0.68%) DNS
4 29 (0.66%) VPN
5 25 (0.57%) Network Security
6 22 (0.50%) Unified Communications
7 20 (0.46%) Internet
8 17 (0.39%) TCP/IP
9 16 (0.37%) MQTT
10 15 (0.34%) VLAN
11 14 (0.32%) DHCP
12 9 (0.21%) VoIP
13 7 (0.16%) Intranet
13 7 (0.16%) Wireless
14 6 (0.14%) DMZ
14 6 (0.14%) HTTP
15 5 (0.11%) BGP
15 5 (0.11%) OSPF
16 4 (0.091%) RTP
16 4 (0.091%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,011 (23.07%) Power BI
2 924 (21.09%) Tableau
3 137 (3.13%) MongoDB
4 125 (2.85%) SQL Server
5 117 (2.67%) Azure SQL Database
6 64 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
7 59 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
8 50 (1.14%) Data Lake
9 46 (1.05%) Metadata
10 42 (0.96%) NoSQL
11 32 (0.73%) Relational Database
12 31 (0.71%) Big Data
13 30 (0.68%) Redis
14 26 (0.59%) Looker
14 26 (0.59%) MySQL
15 25 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
16 23 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
16 23 (0.52%) BigQuery
17 15 (0.34%) DynamoDB
18 14 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 101 (2.30%) Git
2 53 (1.21%) Visual Studio Code
3 42 (0.96%) JIRA
4 36 (0.82%) GitLab
5 34 (0.78%) Jenkins
6 29 (0.66%) Claude Code
7 22 (0.50%) Snyk
8 18 (0.41%) Postman
8 18 (0.41%) Selenium
9 17 (0.39%) MLflow
10 15 (0.34%) JUnit
11 14 (0.32%) Cypress.io
12 10 (0.23%) Maven
13 9 (0.21%) IBM UrbanCode
14 8 (0.18%) JMeter
14 8 (0.18%) Visual Studio
15 6 (0.14%) Cucumber
15 6 (0.14%) REST Assured
15 6 (0.14%) SpecFlow
15 6 (0.14%) Spock
General
1 1,829 (41.74%) Social Skills
2 557 (12.71%) Finance
3 329 (7.51%) Analytical Skills
4 297 (6.78%) Marketing
5 287 (6.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 208 (4.75%) Games
7 176 (4.02%) Retail
8 140 (3.19%) Public Sector
9 126 (2.88%) Legal
9 126 (2.88%) Manufacturing
10 99 (2.26%) Law
11 90 (2.05%) Banking
12 88 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
13 68 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
14 50 (1.14%) Automotive
15 42 (0.96%) Advertising
16 39 (0.89%) Electronics
17 29 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
18 27 (0.62%) Aerospace
18 27 (0.62%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1,031 (23.53%) Analyst
2 883 (20.15%) Data Analyst
3 880 (20.08%) Junior
4 866 (19.76%) Junior Analyst
5 865 (19.74%) Junior Data Analyst
6 484 (11.05%) Senior
7 438 (10.00%) Developer
8 427 (9.74%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 399 (9.11%) Lead
10 242 (5.52%) Architect
11 217 (4.95%) Software Engineer
12 152 (3.47%) Data Engineer
13 124 (2.83%) .NET Developer
14 91 (2.08%) Solutions Architect
15 80 (1.83%) Consultant
15 80 (1.83%) Software Developer
16 77 (1.76%) Senior Developer
17 73 (1.67%) Full-Stack Developer
18 70 (1.60%) Data Scientist
18 70 (1.60%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 259 (5.91%) .NET
2 191 (4.36%) React
3 137 (3.13%) CSS
4 134 (3.06%) HTML
5 114 (2.60%) .NET Core
5 114 (2.60%) ASP.NET
6 109 (2.49%) ASP.NET Core
7 94 (2.15%) ML.NET
7 94 (2.15%) Node.js
8 91 (2.08%) RESTful
9 88 (2.01%) REST
10 76 (1.73%) Blazor
11 67 (1.53%) scikit-learn
12 58 (1.32%) NumPy
12 58 (1.32%) Pandas
13 57 (1.30%) Vue
14 54 (1.23%) Hugging Face
15 53 (1.21%) AngularJS
15 53 (1.21%) Matplotlib
16 50 (1.14%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 183 (4.18%) Cloud Native
2 177 (4.04%) Social Media
3 120 (2.74%) Product Ownership
4 107 (2.44%) Algorithms
5 104 (2.37%) Robotics
6 101 (2.30%) AI Agents
7 94 (2.15%) Onboarding
8 90 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
9 76 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
10 67 (1.53%) Mobile App
11 61 (1.39%) Management Information System
12 57 (1.30%) Low-Code
13 51 (1.16%) Data Centre
14 45 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
15 40 (0.91%) Life Science
16 39 (0.89%) Virtual Team
17 37 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
18 34 (0.78%) Driving Licence
19 31 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
20 29 (0.66%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 99 (2.26%) Windows
2 89 (2.03%) Linux
3 55 (1.26%) Android
4 40 (0.91%) Apple iOS
5 37 (0.84%) Windows Server
6 16 (0.37%) VMS
7 7 (0.16%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.14%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.046%) Debian
10 2 (0.046%) Gentoo
10 2 (0.046%) Robot Operating System
10 2 (0.046%) Unix
10 2 (0.046%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.023%) AIX
11 1 (0.023%) Alpine Linux
11 1 (0.023%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,065 (24.30%) Business Intelligence
2 712 (16.25%) Machine Learning
3 677 (15.45%) Agile
4 644 (14.70%) Analytics
5 511 (11.66%) CI/CD
6 478 (10.91%) Roadmaps
7 462 (10.54%) Software Engineering
8 443 (10.11%) Problem-Solving
9 402 (9.17%) DevOps
10 399 (9.11%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
11 363 (8.28%) Continuous Improvement
12 355 (8.10%) Decision-Making
13 320 (7.30%) LLM
14 307 (7.01%) Mentoring
15 288 (6.57%) Full-Stack Development
16 280 (6.39%) Customer Experience
17 229 (5.23%) Cybersecurity
18 228 (5.20%) Data Science
19 223 (5.09%) Generative AI
20 198 (4.52%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 1,893 (43.20%) Python
2 1,290 (29.44%) SQL
3 292 (6.66%) C#
4 251 (5.73%) JavaScript
5 150 (3.42%) Java
6 139 (3.17%) TypeScript
7 95 (2.17%) C++
8 61 (1.39%) PowerShell
9 52 (1.19%) Bash
10 37 (0.84%) Go
11 35 (0.80%) C
12 28 (0.64%) R
13 26 (0.59%) Bicep
14 25 (0.57%) Rust
15 22 (0.50%) PHP
16 18 (0.41%) Kotlin
17 16 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 14 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
18 14 (0.32%) Ruby
18 14 (0.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1,214 (27.70%) Azure Certification
2 320 (7.30%) Degree
3 189 (4.31%) Security Cleared
4 115 (2.62%) SC Cleared
5 102 (2.33%) AWS Certification
6 81 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 69 (1.57%) DV Cleared
8 65 (1.48%) Master's Degree
9 52 (1.19%) ACCA
9 52 (1.19%) CIMA
10 49 (1.12%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 43 (0.98%) DBS Check
12 39 (0.89%) PhD
13 31 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 16 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
15 15 (0.34%) CISSP
16 12 (0.27%) HNC
17 11 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
17 11 (0.25%) CompTIA Security+
18 8 (0.18%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 210 (4.79%) Accessibility
2 159 (3.63%) Data Quality
3 112 (2.56%) GDPR
4 101 (2.30%) QA
5 61 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 48 (1.10%) WCAG
7 41 (0.94%) GRC
8 40 (0.91%) SLA
9 39 (0.89%) NIST
10 26 (0.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 21 (0.48%) PCI DSS
12 20 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
13 16 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 13 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 13 (0.30%) NCSC
15 11 (0.25%) PMO
16 10 (0.23%) SOC 2
17 9 (0.21%) GxP
17 9 (0.21%) IFRS
17 9 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 179 (4.08%) Docker
2 53 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
3 51 (1.16%) Active Directory
4 19 (0.43%) Firmware
5 16 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
6 10 (0.23%) vSphere
7 9 (0.21%) Embedded Firmware
7 9 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (0.14%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.068%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 182 (4.15%) Kubernetes
2 138 (3.15%) Terraform
3 35 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
4 30 (0.68%) Grafana
5 29 (0.66%) Ansible
6 23 (0.52%) Prometheus
7 9 (0.21%) Podman
8 8 (0.18%) Kubeflow
8 8 (0.18%) Proxmox
9 7 (0.16%) Puppet
9 7 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (0.11%) Functional Safety
10 5 (0.11%) Nagios
11 4 (0.091%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.091%) SolarWinds Orion
11 4 (0.091%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.068%) Argo
13 2 (0.046%) Istio
13 2 (0.046%) linkerd
13 2 (0.046%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 1,507 (34.39%) Microsoft
2 163 (3.72%) Adobe
3 119 (2.72%) Google
4 103 (2.35%) Databricks
5 76 (1.73%) Dell
6 75 (1.71%) Cisco
7 72 (1.64%) OpenAI
8 52 (1.19%) Salesforce
9 49 (1.12%) ServiceNow
10 47 (1.07%) Oracle
11 46 (1.05%) Apple
12 29 (0.66%) HubSpot
12 29 (0.66%) SAP
13 26 (0.59%) CrowdStrike
14 25 (0.57%) Tenable
15 24 (0.55%) VMware
16 23 (0.52%) Sage
17 22 (0.50%) Facebook
17 22 (0.50%) Palo Alto
18 14 (0.32%) Splunk