Computational Linguistics Job Trends

Computational Linguistics
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Computational Linguistics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 642 727 699
Rank change year-on-year +85 -28 +339
Permanent jobs citing Computational Linguistics 1 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.002% 0.002% 0.008%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.002% 0.002% 0.008%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £31,750
25th Percentile - £120,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £130,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - +271.43% -
75th Percentile - £140,000 £37,500
90th Percentile - - £38,250
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Computational Linguistics 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 49,174 50,059 47,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.96% 89.84% 91.52%
Number of salaries quoted 28,944 25,024 36,293
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.34%

Computational Linguistics
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Computational Linguistics relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Computational Linguistics job vacancy trend in the UK

Computational Linguistics
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Computational Linguistics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Computational Linguistics

Computational Linguistics
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computational Linguistics within the UK over the 6 months to 27 December 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 +87 1 - - 4
London +46 1 - - 3

Computational Linguistics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) ChatGPT
General
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Multimedia
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Educational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Cognitive Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Content Curation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Conversational UI
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Instructional Design
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) Personalization
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) OpenAI