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 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 62 110
Rank change year-on-year +56 +48 +44
Permanent jobs citing AI 4,751 1,635 870
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 12.93% 3.46% 2.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.53% 4.27% 3.09%
Number of salaries quoted 880 831 580
10th Percentile £24,570 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £52,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +3.70% +12.50%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £84,056
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £77,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +2.67% +7.14%

All Process and 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 30,587 38,330 28,153
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.21% 81.06% 93.89%
Number of salaries quoted 18,445 18,495 20,846
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,625 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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

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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 20 November 2025.

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 20 November 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
North of England +65 1,657 £57,500 -14.81% 606
South East +25 1,181 £50,000 -31.03% 661
North West +58 1,110 £57,500 -0.05% 353
Midlands +135 549 £63,750 -17.21% 343
Scotland +69 502 £70,000 +12.00% 124
East of England +82 483 £47,500 -44.93% 187
Yorkshire +52 430 £70,000 - 217
West Midlands +114 339 £65,000 - 220
South West +39 318 £60,000 -7.69% 174
East Midlands +101 208 £61,250 -27.94% 122
North East +56 117 £50,000 -33.33% 38
Wales +41 103 £55,000 -9.65% 39
Northern Ireland -11 30 £83,750 -5.63% 38
Channel Islands +9 6 - -
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 42 (0.88%) Apache Spark
1 42 (0.88%) SharePoint
2 30 (0.63%) CMS
3 26 (0.55%) Confluence
4 21 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (0.32%) Apache
6 14 (0.29%) WordPress
7 12 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
8 11 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 10 (0.21%) Apache Solr
10 8 (0.17%) Camunda
10 8 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
10 8 (0.17%) Umbraco
11 4 (0.084%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.063%) Drupal
12 3 (0.063%) Joomla!
12 3 (0.063%) Kentico
12 3 (0.063%) Kinematics
12 3 (0.063%) SAS
13 2 (0.042%) CICS
Applications
1 1,407 (29.61%) Chatbot
2 139 (2.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 61 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.21%) Photoshop
6 9 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
7 6 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
8 5 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 5 (0.11%) Simulink
9 4 (0.084%) InDesign
10 3 (0.063%) MS Visio
10 3 (0.063%) Notion
10 3 (0.063%) S-PLUS
11 2 (0.042%) Weka
12 1 (0.021%) Acrobat
12 1 (0.021%) Adobe Illustrator
12 1 (0.021%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 27 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
3 14 (0.29%) NetSuite
4 9 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
5 8 (0.17%) Shopify
6 3 (0.063%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.042%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.042%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.042%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.042%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.042%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.021%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.021%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.021%) Magento
8 1 (0.021%) Maximo
8 1 (0.021%) Odoo
8 1 (0.021%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 1,338 (28.16%) Cloud Computing
2 516 (10.86%) Azure
3 326 (6.86%) AWS
4 251 (5.28%) Power Platform
5 150 (3.16%) SaaS
6 130 (2.74%) GCP
7 114 (2.40%) Microsoft 365
8 110 (2.32%) Azure DevOps
9 96 (2.02%) Azure AI
10 73 (1.54%) GitHub
11 59 (1.24%) Snowflake
12 52 (1.09%) GitHub Copilot
13 43 (0.91%) Entra ID
13 43 (0.91%) Power Automate
14 42 (0.88%) Microsoft Copilot
15 39 (0.82%) Amazon S3
16 37 (0.78%) Serverless
17 35 (0.74%) Azure Data Factory
18 31 (0.65%) Azure Monitor
18 31 (0.65%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 1,343 (28.27%) Internet
2 21 (0.44%) Unified Communications
3 16 (0.34%) Firewall
4 15 (0.32%) VoIP
5 11 (0.23%) Network Security
6 8 (0.17%) Telepresence
6 8 (0.17%) VPN
6 8 (0.17%) WebEx
7 6 (0.13%) DNS
7 6 (0.13%) Intranet
7 6 (0.13%) SAN
8 5 (0.11%) Bluetooth
8 5 (0.11%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.11%) WAN
9 4 (0.084%) Broadband
9 4 (0.084%) DMZ
9 4 (0.084%) Modbus
9 4 (0.084%) Wireless
9 4 (0.084%) Wireshark
9 4 (0.084%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 186 (3.91%) Power BI
2 115 (2.42%) Tableau
3 82 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
4 69 (1.45%) SQL Server
5 56 (1.18%) NoSQL
6 48 (1.01%) Metadata
7 44 (0.93%) MongoDB
8 41 (0.86%) MySQL
9 37 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
10 36 (0.76%) Big Data
11 32 (0.67%) Data Lake
12 27 (0.57%) DynamoDB
13 24 (0.51%) Data Mining
14 22 (0.46%) Delta Lake
15 21 (0.44%) Spark SQL
16 18 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
16 18 (0.38%) Relational Database
16 18 (0.38%) Snowflake Schema
17 17 (0.36%) Hadoop
18 15 (0.32%) Looker
Development Applications
1 71 (1.49%) JIRA
2 61 (1.28%) Git
3 31 (0.65%) Jenkins
4 19 (0.40%) MLflow
5 14 (0.29%) JUnit
6 13 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
7 12 (0.25%) Selenium
7 12 (0.25%) TeamCity
8 11 (0.23%) Oracle Forms
9 9 (0.19%) Maven
10 7 (0.15%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.11%) Burp Suite
11 5 (0.11%) GitBook
11 5 (0.11%) GitLab
11 5 (0.11%) Gradle
12 4 (0.084%) Locust
12 4 (0.084%) Metasploit
13 3 (0.063%) Visual Website Optimizer
14 2 (0.042%) SonarQube
14 2 (0.042%) Vite
General
1 2,101 (44.22%) Social Skills
2 1,713 (36.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,433 (30.16%) Banking
4 978 (20.59%) Analytical Skills
5 612 (12.88%) Finance
6 324 (6.82%) Marketing
7 297 (6.25%) Law
8 129 (2.72%) Legal
8 129 (2.72%) Public Sector
9 122 (2.57%) Retail
10 53 (1.12%) Aviation
11 46 (0.97%) Manufacturing
11 46 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
12 39 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
13 36 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
14 35 (0.74%) Electronics
15 32 (0.67%) Aeronautics
15 32 (0.67%) Aerospace
16 31 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
17 24 (0.51%) Games
Job Titles
1 1,371 (28.86%) Trainer
2 1,098 (23.11%) Lecturer
3 222 (4.67%) Senior
4 204 (4.29%) Software Engineer
5 190 (4.00%) Developer
6 187 (3.94%) Lead
7 163 (3.43%) Content Editor
8 144 (3.03%) Analyst
9 127 (2.67%) Architect
10 97 (2.04%) Customer Support Specialist
10 97 (2.04%) Innovation Manager
10 97 (2.04%) Support Specialist
11 94 (1.98%) Research Scientist
12 79 (1.66%) Data Analyst
13 74 (1.56%) Java Engineer
14 71 (1.49%) Java Software Engineer
15 66 (1.39%) Business Manager
16 65 (1.37%) Junior
17 63 (1.33%) Microsoft Specialist
17 63 (1.33%) Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (2.19%) React
2 86 (1.81%) .NET
3 81 (1.70%) Spring
4 63 (1.33%) REST
5 60 (1.26%) Kafka
5 60 (1.26%) PyTorch
6 59 (1.24%) RESTful
6 59 (1.24%) TensorFlow
7 52 (1.09%) HTML
8 48 (1.01%) Spring Boot
9 43 (0.91%) Node.js
10 41 (0.86%) PySpark
11 39 (0.82%) AngularJS
11 39 (0.82%) scikit-learn
12 35 (0.74%) Pandas
13 34 (0.72%) CSS
14 33 (0.69%) NumPy
15 27 (0.57%) Hugging Face
16 23 (0.48%) LangChain
17 22 (0.46%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 1,354 (28.50%) IoT
2 136 (2.86%) Cloud Native
3 118 (2.48%) Algorithms
4 112 (2.36%) Molecular Biology
5 100 (2.10%) Robotics
6 93 (1.96%) Product Ownership
7 83 (1.75%) Onboarding
8 67 (1.41%) AI Agents
9 62 (1.30%) Blog
10 55 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
11 50 (1.05%) Virtual Team
12 49 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
13 43 (0.91%) Life Science
13 43 (0.91%) Linux Command Line
14 42 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
15 38 (0.80%) Data Centre
16 36 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
17 34 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
18 31 (0.65%) Social Media
19 27 (0.57%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 50 (1.05%) Windows
2 41 (0.86%) Linux
2 41 (0.86%) Unix
3 25 (0.53%) Windows Server
4 23 (0.48%) Android
5 20 (0.42%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.19%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.13%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.084%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.042%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.042%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.042%) zOS
10 1 (0.021%) Debian
10 1 (0.021%) OpenVMS
10 1 (0.021%) OpenWrt
10 1 (0.021%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.021%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,933 (40.69%) Machine Learning
2 1,467 (30.88%) Cybersecurity
3 1,450 (30.52%) User Experience
4 1,411 (29.70%) Conversational UI
5 1,345 (28.31%) Web Development
6 544 (11.45%) Chemistry
7 539 (11.34%) Agile
8 501 (10.55%) Analytics
9 421 (8.86%) Continuous Improvement
10 380 (8.00%) Software Engineering
11 378 (7.96%) Decision-Making
12 330 (6.95%) CI/CD
13 315 (6.63%) Roadmaps
14 306 (6.44%) Problem-Solving
15 262 (5.51%) Customer Experience
16 256 (5.39%) DevOps
17 238 (5.01%) Data Science
18 224 (4.71%) Content Writing
19 215 (4.53%) Mathematics
20 213 (4.48%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 468 (9.85%) Python
2 356 (7.49%) SQL
3 171 (3.60%) Java
4 113 (2.38%) JavaScript
5 77 (1.62%) TypeScript
6 63 (1.33%) PowerShell
7 60 (1.26%) C#
8 35 (0.74%) C++
9 34 (0.72%) Bash
10 25 (0.53%) R
11 20 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 20 (0.42%) PL/SQL
12 18 (0.38%) C
12 18 (0.38%) Shell Script
13 14 (0.29%) Bicep
13 14 (0.29%) T-SQL
14 12 (0.25%) MATLAB
14 12 (0.25%) PHP
15 11 (0.23%) Rust
16 10 (0.21%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 3,104 (65.33%) Degree
2 2,217 (46.66%) Master's Degree
3 2,184 (45.97%) PhD
4 1,335 (28.10%) Postgraduate
5 165 (3.47%) Security Cleared
6 144 (3.03%) SC Cleared
7 69 (1.45%) Azure Certification
8 63 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 41 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
10 20 (0.42%) AWS Certification
11 19 (0.40%) PMP
12 18 (0.38%) DBS Check
13 17 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
13 17 (0.36%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 14 (0.29%) DV Cleared
15 13 (0.27%) ACCA
15 13 (0.27%) HNC
16 12 (0.25%) HND
17 8 (0.17%) CIMA
17 8 (0.17%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (1.28%) Data Quality
2 43 (0.91%) Accessibility
3 35 (0.74%) QA
4 31 (0.65%) GDPR
5 30 (0.63%) GxP
6 24 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (0.29%) PMO
8 13 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
8 13 (0.27%) NIST
9 12 (0.25%) SLA
10 11 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
11 10 (0.21%) CDISC
11 10 (0.21%) HL7
12 7 (0.15%) ISO 9001
13 6 (0.13%) GRC
13 6 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 6 (0.13%) NCSC
13 6 (0.13%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.11%) ISO 13485
15 4 (0.084%) JSP 440
System Software
1 103 (2.17%) Docker
2 22 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
3 19 (0.40%) Active Directory
4 17 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
6 8 (0.17%) Hyper-V
7 7 (0.15%) HDFS
8 6 (0.13%) vSphere
9 4 (0.084%) Firmware
10 3 (0.063%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 3 (0.063%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.042%) Apache Flume
11 2 (0.042%) Ceph
11 2 (0.042%) Lustre
11 2 (0.042%) RACF
12 1 (0.021%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 120 (2.53%) Terraform
2 106 (2.23%) Kubernetes
3 38 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (0.51%) Grafana
5 19 (0.40%) Kubeflow
6 18 (0.38%) Prometheus
7 14 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
8 12 (0.25%) Ansible
9 8 (0.17%) Cisco CUCM
9 8 (0.17%) SCCM
10 4 (0.084%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.084%) ITRS Geneos
10 4 (0.084%) Nessus
10 4 (0.084%) Netcool
10 4 (0.084%) Netcool/OMNIbus
10 4 (0.084%) Nmap
10 4 (0.084%) Tivoli
11 3 (0.063%) Functional Safety
12 2 (0.042%) Argo
12 2 (0.042%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 1,371 (28.86%) PayPal
2 524 (11.03%) Microsoft
3 97 (2.04%) Cisco
4 92 (1.94%) Google
5 91 (1.92%) Oracle
6 76 (1.60%) Databricks
7 70 (1.47%) Dell
8 50 (1.05%) OpenAI
9 46 (0.97%) Adobe
10 38 (0.80%) Salesforce
11 32 (0.67%) Blue Prism
12 30 (0.63%) Apple
13 27 (0.57%) Palo Alto
14 26 (0.55%) Splunk
15 23 (0.48%) ServiceNow
16 22 (0.46%) HubSpot
17 21 (0.44%) Foundry
17 21 (0.44%) SAP
17 21 (0.44%) VMware
18 16 (0.34%) Dynatrace