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

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 14 51
Rank change year-on-year -2 +37 +126
Permanent jobs citing AI 4,582 3,195 3,258
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 6.62% 10.20% 4.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.43% 11.33% 5.29%
Number of salaries quoted 2,310 793 1,322
10th Percentile £35,000 £24,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,500 £35,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £63,908 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% +6.51% -11.11%
75th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £82,188
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £66,274 £70,000
% change year-on-year +5.62% -5.32% -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 48,582 28,199 61,542
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.22% 90.04% 80.19%
Number of salaries quoted 34,165 14,597 42,834
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,050 £32,851 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,171 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.34% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £78,675
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.12%

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 29 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 29 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 +11 1,430 £67,500 +28.57% 458
South East -3 1,045 £60,000 +33.33% 646
Midlands -8 736 £55,000 -7.76% 236
North West +31 702 £70,000 +13.02% 284
Yorkshire 0 532 £65,000 +153.66% 124
South West 0 505 £62,500 +4.17% 203
East of England +18 494 £60,000 -9.39% 159
West Midlands -5 461 £55,000 -4.35% 145
East Midlands -15 274 £52,500 -14.29% 91
Scotland -1 216 £70,000 +12.00% 96
North East -1 196 £65,000 +106.35% 53
Wales +23 134 £55,000 -17.91% 47
Northern Ireland +9 52 £72,500 -3.33% 62
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 72 (1.57%) SharePoint
2 51 (1.11%) Jupyter
3 44 (0.96%) CMS
4 33 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
5 32 (0.70%) Confluence
6 29 (0.63%) WordPress
7 28 (0.61%) Apache Spark
8 25 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
9 24 (0.52%) Apache
10 6 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
11 4 (0.087%) Headless CMS
11 4 (0.087%) SAS
12 3 (0.065%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.044%) Apache Qpid
13 2 (0.044%) Apache Solr
13 2 (0.044%) IIS
13 2 (0.044%) nginx
13 2 (0.044%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 1 (0.022%) Moodle
14 1 (0.022%) Umbraco
Applications
1 932 (20.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 85 (1.86%) Chatbot
3 45 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
5 15 (0.33%) Photoshop
5 15 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
5 15 (0.33%) UserZoom
6 13 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 11 (0.24%) Adobe After Effects
7 11 (0.24%) InDesign
8 10 (0.22%) MS Visio
9 9 (0.20%) Simulink
10 3 (0.065%) Camtasia
10 3 (0.065%) Stateflow
11 2 (0.044%) Trello
12 1 (0.022%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.022%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.022%) Microsoft Project
12 1 (0.022%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 24 (0.52%) Cloudability
2 15 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.17%) Sage 50
5 7 (0.15%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
7 4 (0.087%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.087%) Sage 200
8 3 (0.065%) Dynamics GP
8 3 (0.065%) Q-Pulse
8 3 (0.065%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 2 (0.044%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.044%) Workday HCM
10 1 (0.022%) FIS Private Capital Suite
10 1 (0.022%) Infor SunSystems
10 1 (0.022%) Maximo
10 1 (0.022%) Oracle Assets
10 1 (0.022%) Oracle ERP
10 1 (0.022%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 1 (0.022%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1,989 (43.41%) Azure
2 1,396 (30.47%) Azure AI
3 1,113 (24.29%) Power Platform
4 588 (12.83%) AWS
5 259 (5.65%) SaaS
6 198 (4.32%) GCP
7 194 (4.23%) Azure DevOps
8 192 (4.19%) GitHub
9 169 (3.69%) Microsoft 365
10 129 (2.82%) Microsoft Copilot
11 123 (2.68%) Serverless
12 105 (2.29%) Adobe Analytics
13 84 (1.83%) GitHub Copilot
14 73 (1.59%) Snowflake
15 71 (1.55%) Figma
16 70 (1.53%) Power Automate
17 68 (1.48%) Anthropic Claude
18 60 (1.31%) Cloud Computing
19 59 (1.29%) GitHub Actions
20 57 (1.24%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 186 (4.06%) Broadband
2 54 (1.18%) Firewall
3 37 (0.81%) VPN
4 34 (0.74%) DNS
5 31 (0.68%) Internet
6 25 (0.55%) Network Security
7 20 (0.44%) Unified Communications
8 17 (0.37%) TCP/IP
8 17 (0.37%) VLAN
9 16 (0.35%) MQTT
10 15 (0.33%) DHCP
11 13 (0.28%) VoIP
12 8 (0.17%) Wireless
13 7 (0.15%) Intranet
14 6 (0.13%) CTI
14 6 (0.13%) HTTP
15 5 (0.11%) BGP
15 5 (0.11%) DMZ
15 5 (0.11%) OSPF
15 5 (0.11%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,020 (22.26%) Power BI
2 925 (20.19%) Tableau
3 179 (3.91%) MongoDB
4 164 (3.58%) Azure SQL Database
5 131 (2.86%) SQL Server
6 71 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
7 63 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
8 51 (1.11%) Data Lake
9 48 (1.05%) Metadata
10 43 (0.94%) NoSQL
11 36 (0.79%) Relational Database
12 33 (0.72%) Redis
13 31 (0.68%) Big Data
14 30 (0.65%) MySQL
15 28 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
16 26 (0.57%) Looker
17 24 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
18 23 (0.50%) BigQuery
19 18 (0.39%) Pinecone
20 17 (0.37%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 113 (2.47%) Git
2 54 (1.18%) Visual Studio Code
3 43 (0.94%) JIRA
4 41 (0.89%) Jenkins
5 37 (0.81%) GitLab
6 33 (0.72%) Claude Code
7 22 (0.48%) Snyk
8 19 (0.41%) Postman
8 19 (0.41%) Selenium
9 17 (0.37%) MLflow
10 14 (0.31%) Cypress.io
10 14 (0.31%) JUnit
11 10 (0.22%) Maven
12 9 (0.20%) IBM UrbanCode
13 8 (0.17%) JMeter
14 7 (0.15%) Visual Studio
15 6 (0.13%) Cucumber
15 6 (0.13%) REST Assured
15 6 (0.13%) SpecFlow
15 6 (0.13%) Spock
General
1 1,871 (40.83%) Social Skills
2 588 (12.83%) Finance
3 335 (7.31%) Analytical Skills
4 308 (6.72%) Marketing
5 285 (6.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 211 (4.60%) Games
7 186 (4.06%) Retail
8 160 (3.49%) Public Sector
9 140 (3.06%) Manufacturing
10 128 (2.79%) Legal
11 109 (2.38%) Law
12 91 (1.99%) Banking
13 88 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
14 77 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
15 52 (1.13%) Advertising
16 50 (1.09%) Automotive
17 41 (0.89%) Electronics
18 29 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
19 28 (0.61%) Aerospace
20 26 (0.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1,039 (22.68%) Analyst
2 886 (19.34%) Data Analyst
3 880 (19.21%) Junior
4 866 (18.90%) Junior Analyst
5 865 (18.88%) Junior Data Analyst
6 527 (11.50%) Senior
7 508 (11.09%) Developer
8 436 (9.52%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 422 (9.21%) Lead
10 267 (5.83%) Architect
11 245 (5.35%) Software Engineer
12 170 (3.71%) .NET Developer
13 162 (3.54%) Data Engineer
14 101 (2.20%) Solutions Architect
15 86 (1.88%) Senior Developer
16 84 (1.83%) Software Developer
17 83 (1.81%) Consultant
18 76 (1.66%) Full-Stack Developer
19 75 (1.64%) Data Scientist
20 72 (1.57%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 309 (6.74%) .NET
2 222 (4.85%) React
3 164 (3.58%) CSS
4 161 (3.51%) HTML
5 160 (3.49%) ASP.NET
6 155 (3.38%) ASP.NET Core
7 153 (3.34%) .NET Core
8 138 (3.01%) ML.NET
9 115 (2.51%) RESTful
10 105 (2.29%) Blazor
11 100 (2.18%) Node.js
12 92 (2.01%) REST
13 66 (1.44%) scikit-learn
14 64 (1.40%) Vue
15 57 (1.24%) NumPy
15 57 (1.24%) Pandas
16 54 (1.18%) AngularJS
16 54 (1.18%) Hugging Face
17 52 (1.13%) Matplotlib
18 51 (1.11%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 195 (4.26%) Cloud Native
2 182 (3.97%) Social Media
3 118 (2.58%) AI Agents
3 118 (2.58%) Product Ownership
4 109 (2.38%) Algorithms
5 104 (2.27%) Robotics
6 95 (2.07%) Onboarding
7 94 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
8 82 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
9 73 (1.59%) Mobile App
10 64 (1.40%) Management Information System
11 57 (1.24%) Low-Code
12 53 (1.16%) Data Centre
13 44 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
14 42 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
14 42 (0.92%) Virtual Team
15 37 (0.81%) Driving Licence
15 37 (0.81%) Life Science
16 36 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
17 34 (0.74%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 114 (2.49%) Windows
2 96 (2.10%) Linux
3 64 (1.40%) Android
4 43 (0.94%) Windows Server
5 42 (0.92%) Apple iOS
6 22 (0.48%) VMS
7 8 (0.17%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.13%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.087%) Debian
11 3 (0.065%) Gentoo
12 2 (0.044%) Robot Operating System
12 2 (0.044%) Unix
12 2 (0.044%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.022%) AIX
13 1 (0.022%) Alpine Linux
13 1 (0.022%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,075 (23.46%) Business Intelligence
2 781 (17.04%) Machine Learning
3 734 (16.02%) Agile
4 689 (15.04%) Analytics
5 559 (12.20%) CI/CD
6 510 (11.13%) Roadmaps
7 499 (10.89%) Software Engineering
8 484 (10.56%) Problem-Solving
9 451 (9.84%) DevOps
10 408 (8.90%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
11 392 (8.56%) Decision-Making
12 391 (8.53%) Continuous Improvement
13 345 (7.53%) Mentoring
14 339 (7.40%) Full-Stack Development
15 338 (7.38%) LLM
16 284 (6.20%) Customer Experience
17 244 (5.33%) Cybersecurity
18 236 (5.15%) Generative AI
19 229 (5.00%) Data Science
20 223 (4.87%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1,916 (41.82%) Python
2 1,357 (29.62%) SQL
3 351 (7.66%) C#
4 295 (6.44%) JavaScript
5 159 (3.47%) TypeScript
6 150 (3.27%) Java
7 109 (2.38%) C++
8 74 (1.62%) PowerShell
9 61 (1.33%) Bash
10 41 (0.89%) Go
11 36 (0.79%) C
12 34 (0.74%) Bicep
13 30 (0.65%) Rust
14 25 (0.55%) PHP
14 25 (0.55%) R
15 20 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
16 19 (0.41%) Kotlin
17 17 (0.37%) Ruby
18 16 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 12 (0.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1,220 (26.63%) Azure Certification
2 341 (7.44%) Degree
3 205 (4.47%) Security Cleared
4 127 (2.77%) SC Cleared
5 98 (2.14%) AWS Certification
6 92 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
7 72 (1.57%) DV Cleared
8 64 (1.40%) Master's Degree
9 54 (1.18%) ACCA
9 54 (1.18%) CIMA
10 49 (1.07%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 43 (0.94%) DBS Check
12 37 (0.81%) PhD
13 33 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 23 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
15 16 (0.35%) CISSP
16 12 (0.26%) HNC
17 11 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
17 11 (0.24%) CompTIA Security+
17 11 (0.24%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 219 (4.78%) Accessibility
2 173 (3.78%) Data Quality
3 115 (2.51%) GDPR
4 107 (2.34%) QA
5 61 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 47 (1.03%) WCAG
7 42 (0.92%) GRC
8 41 (0.89%) SLA
9 38 (0.83%) NIST
10 26 (0.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 22 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
11 22 (0.48%) PCI DSS
12 14 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 14 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 14 (0.31%) NCSC
13 11 (0.24%) PMO
14 10 (0.22%) SOC 2
15 9 (0.20%) IFRS
15 9 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 8 (0.17%) HIPAA
System Software
1 208 (4.54%) Docker
2 59 (1.29%) Active Directory
3 53 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
4 24 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 20 (0.44%) Firmware
6 17 (0.37%) vSphere
7 15 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
9 9 (0.20%) Hyper-V
10 3 (0.065%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 211 (4.60%) Kubernetes
2 156 (3.40%) Terraform
3 37 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
4 31 (0.68%) Ansible
5 30 (0.65%) Grafana
6 23 (0.50%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.22%) Podman
8 8 (0.17%) Kubeflow
8 8 (0.17%) Proxmox
8 8 (0.17%) Puppet
9 5 (0.11%) Functional Safety
9 5 (0.11%) Nagios
10 4 (0.087%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.087%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.087%) SolarWinds Orion
10 4 (0.087%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.065%) Argo
11 3 (0.065%) cPanel
11 3 (0.065%) Plesk
12 2 (0.044%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 1,578 (34.44%) Microsoft
2 159 (3.47%) Adobe
3 137 (2.99%) Google
4 107 (2.34%) Databricks
5 79 (1.72%) Cisco
6 76 (1.66%) OpenAI
7 74 (1.62%) Dell
8 52 (1.13%) ServiceNow
9 51 (1.11%) Salesforce
10 49 (1.07%) Oracle
11 46 (1.00%) Apple
12 33 (0.72%) VMware
13 32 (0.70%) Facebook
13 32 (0.70%) SAP
14 29 (0.63%) HubSpot
15 27 (0.59%) Sage
16 26 (0.57%) CrowdStrike
17 25 (0.55%) Tenable
18 22 (0.48%) Palo Alto
19 21 (0.46%) Foundry