Artificial Intelligence Jobs

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Artificial Intelligence skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Artificial Intelligence over the 6 months leading up to 15 March 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 57 119
Rank change year-on-year +11 +62 -43
Permanent jobs citing Artificial Intelligence 2,654 3,713 3,152
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.88% 4.25% 2.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.19% 4.84% 2.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,405 1,845 1,467
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £43,162
25th Percentile £57,500 £47,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £91,250
90th Percentile £117,500 £115,000 £110,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £66,215 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +10.36% -7.69% +13.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Artificial Intelligence 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,094 76,717 106,265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 94.00% 87.74% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 25,702 56,130 62,837
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,000 £34,481
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £45,300
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,984 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.24% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Artificial Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Artificial Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Artificial Intelligence in the UK

Artificial Intelligence
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Artificial Intelligence.

Salary trend for Artificial Intelligence in the UK

Artificial Intelligence
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Artificial Intelligence over the 6 months to 15 March 2025.

Salary histogram for Artificial Intelligence in the UK

Artificial Intelligence
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Artificial Intelligence within the UK over the 6 months to 15 March 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
England +30 2,384 £75,000 +7.14% 5,532
UK excluding London +8 1,606 £66,215 +10.36% 1,857
Work from Home +32 1,006 £66,253 +6.00% 2,719
London +24 951 £92,500 +8.82% 3,964
South East +26 422 £75,000 +7.14% 513
North of England +33 352 £65,000 +36.68% 459
East of England +73 250 £66,225 +1.88% 254
North West -2 216 £73,750 +55.26% 299
South West +39 207 £63,750 +10.87% 217
Midlands +21 184 £65,000 +21.84% 238
Scotland -56 145 £45,000 -33.82% 155
West Midlands +17 135 £60,000 +9.09% 158
Yorkshire +48 122 £45,750 -18.67% 115
East Midlands +5 49 £65,000 +36.84% 79
Wales +15 24 £62,500 +38.89% 37
Northern Ireland +32 22 £100,000 - 22
North East +35 14 £72,500 +52.63% 47
Isle of Man - 1 - -

Artificial Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 43 (1.62%) Apache Spark
2 33 (1.24%) Jupyter
3 27 (1.02%) SharePoint
4 24 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
5 22 (0.83%) Apache
6 20 (0.75%) CMS
6 20 (0.75%) Confluence
7 9 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (0.34%) nginx
8 8 (0.30%) Camunda
8 8 (0.30%) WordPress
9 6 (0.23%) Kinematics
9 6 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 6 (0.23%) SAS
10 5 (0.19%) OpenStack
11 3 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.11%) EPiServer
11 3 (0.11%) Kentico
12 2 (0.075%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.038%) Moodle
Applications
1 207 (7.80%) Chatbot
2 37 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.34%) Photoshop
5 8 (0.30%) Maya
6 6 (0.23%) Simulink
7 5 (0.19%) Trello
8 4 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 4 (0.15%) SPSS
9 3 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
9 3 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.11%) MS Visio
10 2 (0.075%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.075%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.075%) Autodesk Inventor
10 2 (0.075%) Blender
10 2 (0.075%) CATIA
10 2 (0.075%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.038%) TargetLink
11 1 (0.038%) Weka
Business Applications
1 15 (0.57%) Dynamics AX
2 12 (0.45%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 9 (0.34%) Elite 3E
4 8 (0.30%) NetSuite
5 7 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
8 4 (0.15%) Relativity
9 3 (0.11%) GoldMine
9 3 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
9 3 (0.11%) Sprinklr
10 2 (0.075%) Distributed Ledger
10 2 (0.075%) Dynamics GP
10 2 (0.075%) SAP FI
11 1 (0.038%) Salesforce CRM
11 1 (0.038%) SAP CO
11 1 (0.038%) SAP FI/CO
11 1 (0.038%) SAP IBP
11 1 (0.038%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 578 (21.78%) AWS
2 427 (16.09%) Azure
3 231 (8.70%) Power Platform
4 181 (6.82%) GCP
5 130 (4.90%) Serverless
6 122 (4.60%) SaaS
7 82 (3.09%) ChatGPT
8 64 (2.41%) Anthropic Claude
9 62 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
10 55 (2.07%) IBM Cloud
11 52 (1.96%) GitHub
12 51 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
13 50 (1.88%) Power Automate
14 48 (1.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 41 (1.54%) Azure Machine Learning
15 41 (1.54%) Microsoft Copilot
16 39 (1.47%) PowerApps
16 39 (1.47%) Snowflake
17 37 (1.39%) PaaS
18 36 (1.36%) Amazon SageMaker
Communications & Networking
1 107 (4.03%) Intrusion Detection
2 32 (1.21%) Firewall
3 29 (1.09%) DNS
4 20 (0.75%) TCP/IP
5 19 (0.72%) Broadband
6 18 (0.68%) DHCP
6 18 (0.68%) Internet
7 15 (0.57%) VPN
8 14 (0.53%) Network Security
9 10 (0.38%) WAN
10 9 (0.34%) LAN
11 8 (0.30%) VoIP
11 8 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (0.23%) HTTP
12 6 (0.23%) Unified Communications
13 5 (0.19%) SMTP
13 5 (0.19%) VLAN
14 4 (0.15%) Ethernet
14 4 (0.15%) IPv6
14 4 (0.15%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 212 (7.99%) Power BI
2 145 (5.46%) Big Data
3 97 (3.65%) NoSQL
4 71 (2.68%) SQL Server
4 71 (2.68%) Tableau
5 62 (2.34%) Data Warehouse
6 53 (2.00%) PostgreSQL
7 39 (1.47%) Relational Database
8 36 (1.36%) MySQL
9 35 (1.32%) BigQuery
10 34 (1.28%) Data Lake
11 30 (1.13%) MongoDB
12 25 (0.94%) Metadata
13 21 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
14 18 (0.68%) Hadoop
15 17 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
16 16 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
17 15 (0.57%) Spotfire
18 14 (0.53%) Geospatial Data
19 13 (0.49%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 162 (6.10%) Git
2 63 (2.37%) JIRA
3 36 (1.36%) Cypress.io
4 33 (1.24%) Selenium
5 30 (1.13%) Jenkins
6 23 (0.87%) GitLab
7 15 (0.57%) Maven
7 15 (0.57%) SoapUI
8 13 (0.49%) MLflow
9 10 (0.38%) Visual Studio
9 10 (0.38%) webpack
10 7 (0.26%) Vite
11 6 (0.23%) CircleCI
11 6 (0.23%) JDeveloper
11 6 (0.23%) LabVIEW
11 6 (0.23%) Oracle Forms
11 6 (0.23%) Terragrunt
12 5 (0.19%) Babel
12 5 (0.19%) JUnit
13 4 (0.15%) NetBeans
General
1 794 (29.92%) Social Skills
2 640 (24.11%) Finance
3 445 (16.77%) Analytical Skills
4 305 (11.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 221 (8.33%) Banking
6 189 (7.12%) Marketing
7 184 (6.93%) Telecoms
8 182 (6.86%) Law
9 129 (4.86%) Games
9 129 (4.86%) Public Sector
10 121 (4.56%) Legal
11 108 (4.07%) Organisational Skills
12 105 (3.96%) Manufacturing
13 94 (3.54%) Retail
14 86 (3.24%) Advertising
15 51 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
16 46 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
17 45 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
18 34 (1.28%) Front Office
18 34 (1.28%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 416 (15.67%) Senior
2 277 (10.44%) Architect
3 270 (10.17%) Lead
4 246 (9.27%) Software Engineer
5 243 (9.16%) Developer
6 171 (6.44%) Analyst
7 149 (5.61%) Data Scientist
8 144 (5.43%) Trainer
9 114 (4.30%) Machine Learning Engineer
10 105 (3.96%) Graduate
11 102 (3.84%) Security Architect
12 89 (3.35%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 84 (3.17%) Data Engineer
14 81 (3.05%) Product Manager
15 80 (3.01%) Senior Manager
16 75 (2.83%) Solutions Architect
17 71 (2.68%) Consultant
18 70 (2.64%) Junior
19 65 (2.45%) Senior Developer
19 65 (2.45%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 277 (10.44%) HTML
2 270 (10.17%) React
3 110 (4.14%) .NET
4 97 (3.65%) PyTorch
5 91 (3.43%) TensorFlow
6 82 (3.09%) AngularJS
7 71 (2.68%) Node.js
8 68 (2.56%) React Native
9 65 (2.45%) CSS
10 60 (2.26%) scikit-learn
11 54 (2.03%) Pandas
11 54 (2.03%) REST
12 52 (1.96%) NumPy
13 50 (1.88%) Software Packaging
14 39 (1.47%) Kafka
15 37 (1.39%) Next.js
16 35 (1.32%) Jest
17 34 (1.28%) RESTful
18 31 (1.17%) Django
18 31 (1.17%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 267 (10.06%) Algorithms
2 172 (6.48%) Management Information System
3 151 (5.69%) Cyberattack
4 146 (5.50%) Robotics
5 121 (4.56%) Blockchain
6 99 (3.73%) Cloud Native
7 72 (2.71%) Product Ownership
8 68 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
9 60 (2.26%) Onboarding
10 55 (2.07%) Digital Media
11 51 (1.92%) Marketing Technology
12 46 (1.73%) Greenfield Project
13 43 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
14 40 (1.51%) IoT
15 39 (1.47%) Hedge funds
16 36 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
16 36 (1.36%) Data Structures
17 35 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
18 34 (1.28%) Learning Management System
19 33 (1.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 72 (2.71%) Linux
2 50 (1.88%) Windows
3 43 (1.62%) Apple iOS
4 15 (0.57%) Windows Server
5 14 (0.53%) Android
5 14 (0.53%) Unix
6 10 (0.38%) Robot Operating System
7 7 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (0.23%) Windows 10
9 5 (0.19%) Embedded Linux
9 5 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.11%) Rocky
12 2 (0.075%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.075%) VMS
13 1 (0.038%) FreeRTOS
13 1 (0.038%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.038%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 981 (36.96%) Machine Learning
2 660 (24.87%) Agile
3 632 (23.81%) Analytics
4 558 (21.02%) Problem-Solving
5 516 (19.44%) Decision-Making
6 512 (19.29%) Software Engineering
7 415 (15.64%) Data Science
8 398 (15.00%) Generative AI
9 379 (14.28%) Mentoring
10 355 (13.38%) Computer Science
11 348 (13.11%) LLM
12 315 (11.87%) Roadmaps
13 314 (11.83%) Cybersecurity
14 293 (11.04%) Mathematics
15 292 (11.00%) DevOps
16 256 (9.65%) Business Intelligence
17 226 (8.52%) Data Analytics
18 219 (8.25%) Conversational UI
19 213 (8.03%) Risk Management
20 199 (7.50%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1,021 (38.47%) Python
2 449 (16.92%) SQL
3 381 (14.36%) JavaScript
4 298 (11.23%) C#
5 206 (7.76%) Java
6 197 (7.42%) C++
7 160 (6.03%) TypeScript
8 65 (2.45%) R
9 40 (1.51%) Go
10 37 (1.39%) C
10 37 (1.39%) PHP
11 36 (1.36%) Scala
12 29 (1.09%) Bash
13 27 (1.02%) Kotlin
13 27 (1.02%) PowerShell
14 20 (0.75%) Rust
15 19 (0.72%) MATLAB
16 14 (0.53%) Ruby
17 12 (0.45%) Clojure
17 12 (0.45%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 873 (32.89%) Degree
2 371 (13.98%) Security Cleared
3 212 (7.99%) Master's Degree
4 194 (7.31%) DV Cleared
5 154 (5.80%) PhD
6 149 (5.61%) Computer Science Degree
7 107 (4.03%) SC Cleared
8 43 (1.62%) Numerate Degree
9 39 (1.47%) Azure Certification
10 27 (1.02%) AWS Certification
11 20 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
12 19 (0.72%) DBS Check
13 17 (0.64%) CISA
14 15 (0.57%) ISACA
15 13 (0.49%) CBAP
15 13 (0.49%) MBA
16 10 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (0.38%) HND
17 9 (0.34%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
18 7 (0.26%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (3.32%) Accessibility
2 78 (2.94%) Data Quality
3 55 (2.07%) GDPR
3 55 (2.07%) QA
4 35 (1.32%) ITGC
5 28 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (0.57%) SLA
7 14 (0.53%) WCAG
8 12 (0.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 11 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
10 10 (0.38%) NIST
11 7 (0.26%) GRC
11 7 (0.26%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (0.19%) COBIT
13 5 (0.19%) GMP
13 5 (0.19%) ISO 9001
13 5 (0.19%) NCSC
13 5 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 218 (8.21%) Docker
2 32 (1.21%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.30%) Firmware
4 8 (0.30%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.19%) HDFS
5 5 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.075%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.038%) Apache Flume
8 1 (0.038%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.038%) Xen
8 1 (0.038%) XenApp
8 1 (0.038%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 249 (9.38%) Kubernetes
2 84 (3.17%) Terraform
3 20 (0.75%) Ansible
4 18 (0.68%) Prometheus
5 15 (0.57%) Grafana
6 13 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (0.34%) SCCM
8 7 (0.26%) Kubeflow
9 5 (0.19%) Argo
10 4 (0.15%) NetBackup
10 4 (0.15%) SCOM
11 3 (0.11%) Nagios
12 2 (0.075%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.075%) CASB
12 2 (0.075%) Hadoop YARN
12 2 (0.075%) Podman
12 2 (0.075%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.075%) Puppet
12 2 (0.075%) QRadar
12 2 (0.075%) RSA Security Analytics
Vendors
1 251 (9.46%) Microsoft
2 146 (5.50%) PayPal
3 113 (4.26%) Google
4 111 (4.18%) Databricks
5 85 (3.20%) IBM
6 58 (2.19%) Alteryx
6 58 (2.19%) TikTok
7 55 (2.07%) Oracle
8 53 (2.00%) Red Hat
9 52 (1.96%) SAP
10 44 (1.66%) Salesforce
11 42 (1.58%) OpenAI
12 27 (1.02%) ServiceNow
13 17 (0.64%) Adobe
14 13 (0.49%) UiPath
15 12 (0.45%) PeopleSoft
16 11 (0.41%) Informatica
16 11 (0.41%) NVIDIA
17 10 (0.38%) Genesys
17 10 (0.38%) VMware