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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 16 50
Rank change year-on-year +2 +34 +121
Permanent jobs citing AI 4,310 2,943 3,409
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 6.52% 9.99% 4.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.38% 10.94% 5.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,967 752 1,323
10th Percentile £33,750 £25,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,500 £35,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% +6.67% -13.04%
75th Percentile £83,750 £74,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £66,296 £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 45,972 26,895 61,608
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 69.59% 91.29% 80.59%
Number of salaries quoted 31,834 13,584 43,167
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £33,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,055 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.89% +0.11% -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 9 June 2026.

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 9 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 1,315 £67,500 +22.73% 499
South East +3 995 £62,500 +25.00% 608
Midlands -9 727 £55,000 -4.35% 205
North West +33 648 £72,500 +11.54% 308
Yorkshire -5 497 £65,000 +114.43% 140
East of England +27 474 £60,000 -9.39% 157
West Midlands -4 461 £55,000 -4.35% 131
South West +3 458 £60,000 - 206
East Midlands -14 265 £52,500 -8.70% 72
Scotland +1 203 £70,000 +39.38% 86
North East +5 170 £65,000 +106.35% 53
Wales +25 116 £53,171 -22.94% 41
Northern Ireland +10 53 £72,500 - 45
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 60 (1.39%) SharePoint
2 51 (1.18%) Jupyter
3 39 (0.90%) CMS
4 31 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
4 31 (0.72%) Apache Spark
5 28 (0.65%) Confluence
6 26 (0.60%) WordPress
7 20 (0.46%) Apache
8 14 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
9 7 (0.16%) IIS
10 6 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
11 4 (0.093%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 3 (0.070%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.046%) Apache Qpid
13 2 (0.046%) Apache Solr
13 2 (0.046%) Headless CMS
13 2 (0.046%) nginx
14 1 (0.023%) Camunda
14 1 (0.023%) Moodle
14 1 (0.023%) WildFly
Applications
1 981 (22.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 77 (1.79%) Chatbot
3 47 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
4 32 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (0.35%) UserZoom
6 12 (0.28%) Photoshop
7 11 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
8 10 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 10 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
9 9 (0.21%) Simulink
10 7 (0.16%) Adobe After Effects
10 7 (0.16%) InDesign
10 7 (0.16%) MS Visio
11 3 (0.070%) Camtasia
11 3 (0.070%) Stateflow
12 2 (0.046%) Trello
13 1 (0.023%) Adobe Premiere
13 1 (0.023%) AutoCAD
13 1 (0.023%) Microsoft Project
13 1 (0.023%) Revit
Business Applications
1 24 (0.56%) Cloudability
2 12 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.19%) Sage 50
5 7 (0.16%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.093%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.070%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.070%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.070%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.046%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.046%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.023%) FIS Private Capital Suite
9 1 (0.023%) Maximo
9 1 (0.023%) Oracle Cash Management
9 1 (0.023%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.023%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.023%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.023%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.023%) Primavera
9 1 (0.023%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 1,881 (43.64%) Azure
2 1,356 (31.46%) Azure AI
3 1,134 (26.31%) Power Platform
4 529 (12.27%) AWS
5 227 (5.27%) SaaS
6 172 (3.99%) GCP
7 148 (3.43%) Microsoft 365
8 128 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
9 126 (2.92%) GitHub
10 115 (2.67%) Cloud Computing
11 106 (2.46%) Adobe Analytics
12 103 (2.39%) Microsoft Copilot
13 95 (2.20%) Serverless
14 75 (1.74%) Figma
15 72 (1.67%) Snowflake
16 58 (1.35%) GitHub Copilot
17 55 (1.28%) Anthropic Claude
18 53 (1.23%) Power Automate
19 52 (1.21%) Entra ID
20 47 (1.09%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 185 (4.29%) Broadband
2 66 (1.53%) Internet
3 45 (1.04%) Firewall
4 27 (0.63%) DNS
5 25 (0.58%) Network Security
6 24 (0.56%) Unified Communications
7 22 (0.51%) VPN
8 17 (0.39%) TCP/IP
9 15 (0.35%) MQTT
10 14 (0.32%) VLAN
11 13 (0.30%) DHCP
12 10 (0.23%) VoIP
13 7 (0.16%) Wireless
14 6 (0.14%) DMZ
14 6 (0.14%) HTTP
15 5 (0.12%) BGP
15 5 (0.12%) Intranet
15 5 (0.12%) OSPF
16 4 (0.093%) RTP
16 4 (0.093%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,054 (24.45%) Power BI
2 979 (22.71%) Tableau
3 116 (2.69%) SQL Server
4 101 (2.34%) MongoDB
5 78 (1.81%) Azure SQL Database
6 58 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
7 56 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
8 49 (1.14%) Data Lake
9 44 (1.02%) Metadata
10 38 (0.88%) NoSQL
11 33 (0.77%) Big Data
12 28 (0.65%) Relational Database
13 26 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
13 26 (0.60%) Looker
14 24 (0.56%) MySQL
15 23 (0.53%) Redis
16 22 (0.51%) BigQuery
17 19 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
18 14 (0.32%) DynamoDB
18 14 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 91 (2.11%) Git
2 53 (1.23%) Visual Studio Code
3 38 (0.88%) JIRA
4 29 (0.67%) GitLab
5 27 (0.63%) Claude Code
5 27 (0.63%) Jenkins
6 22 (0.51%) Snyk
7 19 (0.44%) MLflow
8 16 (0.37%) Postman
8 16 (0.37%) Selenium
9 13 (0.30%) Cypress.io
9 13 (0.30%) JUnit
10 10 (0.23%) Maven
10 10 (0.23%) Visual Studio
11 9 (0.21%) IBM UrbanCode
12 6 (0.14%) Cucumber
12 6 (0.14%) JMeter
12 6 (0.14%) REST Assured
12 6 (0.14%) SpecFlow
13 5 (0.12%) Mockito
General
1 1,895 (43.97%) Social Skills
2 527 (12.23%) Finance
3 332 (7.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 322 (7.47%) Analytical Skills
5 281 (6.52%) Marketing
6 207 (4.80%) Games
7 169 (3.92%) Retail
8 144 (3.34%) Banking
9 127 (2.95%) Legal
10 122 (2.83%) Public Sector
11 114 (2.65%) Manufacturing
12 95 (2.20%) Law
13 78 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
14 58 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
15 49 (1.14%) Automotive
16 39 (0.90%) Electronics
17 34 (0.79%) Advertising
18 28 (0.65%) Telecoms
19 25 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
20 24 (0.56%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1,072 (24.87%) Analyst
2 935 (21.69%) Data Analyst
3 934 (21.67%) Junior
4 920 (21.35%) Junior Analyst
5 919 (21.32%) Junior Data Analyst
6 463 (10.74%) Senior
7 420 (9.74%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 377 (8.75%) Lead
9 373 (8.65%) Developer
10 225 (5.22%) Architect
11 193 (4.48%) Software Engineer
12 142 (3.29%) Data Engineer
13 89 (2.06%) .NET Developer
14 85 (1.97%) Solutions Architect
15 74 (1.72%) Consultant
16 72 (1.67%) Software Developer
17 69 (1.60%) Data Scientist
17 69 (1.60%) Designer
17 69 (1.60%) Senior Developer
18 68 (1.58%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 213 (4.94%) .NET
2 167 (3.87%) React
3 113 (2.62%) CSS
4 111 (2.58%) HTML
5 86 (2.00%) Node.js
6 84 (1.95%) REST
7 80 (1.86%) ASP.NET
8 77 (1.79%) .NET Core
9 75 (1.74%) ASP.NET Core
10 72 (1.67%) RESTful
11 66 (1.53%) scikit-learn
12 61 (1.42%) ML.NET
13 58 (1.35%) NumPy
13 58 (1.35%) Pandas
14 54 (1.25%) AngularJS
14 54 (1.25%) Hugging Face
15 53 (1.23%) Blazor
16 52 (1.21%) Matplotlib
16 52 (1.21%) Vue
17 50 (1.16%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 172 (3.99%) Social Media
2 157 (3.64%) Cloud Native
3 117 (2.71%) Product Ownership
4 108 (2.51%) Robotics
5 107 (2.48%) Algorithms
6 93 (2.16%) Onboarding
7 88 (2.04%) AI Agents
8 86 (2.00%) Distributed Systems
9 80 (1.86%) IoT
10 70 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
11 64 (1.48%) Mobile App
12 60 (1.39%) Management Information System
13 59 (1.37%) Low-Code
14 51 (1.18%) Data Centre
15 50 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
16 45 (1.04%) Life Science
17 37 (0.86%) Virtual Team
18 33 (0.77%) Driving Licence
19 32 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
20 29 (0.67%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 84 (1.95%) Windows
2 79 (1.83%) Linux
3 52 (1.21%) Android
4 38 (0.88%) Apple iOS
5 33 (0.77%) Windows Server
6 12 (0.28%) VMS
7 6 (0.14%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.12%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.070%) Unix
10 2 (0.046%) Robot Operating System
11 1 (0.023%) AIX
11 1 (0.023%) Alpine Linux
11 1 (0.023%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.023%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,110 (25.75%) Business Intelligence
2 724 (16.80%) Machine Learning
3 636 (14.76%) Agile
4 623 (14.45%) Analytics
5 460 (10.67%) Roadmaps
6 459 (10.65%) CI/CD
7 430 (9.98%) Software Engineering
8 421 (9.77%) Problem-Solving
9 396 (9.19%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
10 364 (8.45%) DevOps
11 338 (7.84%) Decision-Making
12 335 (7.77%) Continuous Improvement
13 311 (7.22%) LLM
14 280 (6.50%) Mentoring
15 276 (6.40%) Cybersecurity
16 275 (6.38%) Customer Experience
17 238 (5.52%) Full-Stack Development
18 230 (5.34%) Data Science
19 225 (5.22%) User Experience
20 209 (4.85%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 1,928 (44.73%) Python
2 1,286 (29.84%) SQL
3 238 (5.52%) C#
4 213 (4.94%) JavaScript
5 146 (3.39%) Java
6 115 (2.67%) TypeScript
7 80 (1.86%) C++
8 55 (1.28%) PowerShell
9 43 (1.00%) Bash
10 34 (0.79%) C
10 34 (0.79%) R
11 33 (0.77%) Go
12 22 (0.51%) PHP
13 20 (0.46%) Rust
14 17 (0.39%) Bicep
14 17 (0.39%) Kotlin
15 16 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 15 (0.35%) T-SQL
17 14 (0.32%) Scala
18 11 (0.26%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,263 (29.30%) Azure Certification
2 361 (8.38%) Degree
3 173 (4.01%) Security Cleared
4 123 (2.85%) Master's Degree
5 105 (2.44%) AWS Certification
6 104 (2.41%) SC Cleared
7 96 (2.23%) PhD
8 67 (1.55%) DV Cleared
9 65 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
10 60 (1.39%) Postgraduate
11 50 (1.16%) ACCA
11 50 (1.16%) CIMA
12 49 (1.14%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 43 (1.00%) DBS Check
14 30 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 16 (0.37%) CISSP
16 12 (0.28%) HNC
16 12 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
17 11 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
18 9 (0.21%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 203 (4.71%) Accessibility
2 154 (3.57%) Data Quality
3 101 (2.34%) GDPR
4 93 (2.16%) QA
5 56 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 47 (1.09%) WCAG
7 41 (0.95%) NIST
8 40 (0.93%) GRC
9 32 (0.74%) SLA
10 26 (0.60%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 18 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
12 17 (0.39%) PCI DSS
13 16 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 12 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 11 (0.26%) GxP
16 10 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
16 10 (0.23%) NCSC
16 10 (0.23%) PMO
16 10 (0.23%) SOC 2
17 9 (0.21%) IFRS
System Software
1 145 (3.36%) Docker
2 52 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
3 45 (1.04%) Active Directory
4 19 (0.44%) Firmware
5 12 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (0.21%) Embedded Firmware
7 6 (0.14%) vSphere
8 5 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.070%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 151 (3.50%) Kubernetes
2 123 (2.85%) Terraform
3 33 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
4 27 (0.63%) Grafana
5 25 (0.58%) Ansible
6 21 (0.49%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.19%) Proxmox
9 7 (0.16%) Kubeflow
9 7 (0.16%) Podman
10 6 (0.14%) Puppet
11 5 (0.12%) Functional Safety
11 5 (0.12%) Nagios
12 4 (0.093%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.093%) Cisco CUCM
12 4 (0.093%) SolarWinds Orion
12 4 (0.093%) vCenter Server
13 3 (0.070%) Argo
14 2 (0.046%) cPanel
14 2 (0.046%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 1,502 (34.85%) Microsoft
2 167 (3.87%) Adobe
3 107 (2.48%) Databricks
4 104 (2.41%) Google
5 75 (1.74%) Dell
6 70 (1.62%) Cisco
7 62 (1.44%) OpenAI
8 54 (1.25%) Salesforce
9 47 (1.09%) ServiceNow
10 46 (1.07%) Apple
11 45 (1.04%) Oracle
12 29 (0.67%) HubSpot
13 27 (0.63%) SAP
14 26 (0.60%) CrowdStrike
15 25 (0.58%) Tenable
16 22 (0.51%) Palo Alto
17 20 (0.46%) VMware
18 19 (0.44%) Sage
19 13 (0.30%) Splunk
20 12 (0.28%) Facebook