AI Job Trends in Wales

AI
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring AI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 49 89
Rank change year-on-year +41 +40 +23
Permanent jobs citing AI 119 24 30
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 9.70% 4.08% 1.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.76% 4.50% 2.28%
Number of salaries quoted 18 15 11
10th Percentile £33,200 £42,500 -
25th Percentile £36,059 £46,875 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £62,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +38.89% -23.73%
75th Percentile £55,873 £71,000 £58,125
90th Percentile £88,639 £78,672 £65,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 865 533 1,316
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 70.50% 90.65% 84.09%
Number of salaries quoted 539 284 1,005
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,250 £40,000 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,447 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.80% +12.10% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,800 £78,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.86%

AI
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing AI relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

AI job vacancy trend in Wales

AI
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing AI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing AI

AI
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing AI in Wales over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Salary histogram for AI in Wales

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Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AI within the Wales region over the 6 months to 14 March 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
South Wales +24 92 £47,500 -24.00% 47
West Wales +13 20 - - 8
Dyfed - 7 - -
AI
UK

AI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 1 (0.84%) SharePoint
Applications
1 42 (35.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (16.81%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (2.52%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 50 (42.02%) Azure
2 45 (37.82%) Power Platform
3 41 (34.45%) Azure AI
4 33 (27.73%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (4.20%) Power Automate
5 5 (4.20%) PowerApps
6 3 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (2.52%) Azure Functions
6 3 (2.52%) Azure Logic Apps
6 3 (2.52%) Azure Service Bus
6 3 (2.52%) Serverless
7 2 (1.68%) AWS
7 2 (1.68%) Copilot Studio
7 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (1.68%) SaaS
7 2 (1.68%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.84%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.84%) GCP
8 1 (0.84%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 33 (27.73%) Internet
2 1 (0.84%) Bluetooth
2 1 (0.84%) Broadband
2 1 (0.84%) Firewall
2 1 (0.84%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (0.84%) Modbus
2 1 (0.84%) Network Security
2 1 (0.84%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.84%) VLAN
2 1 (0.84%) Wireshark
2 1 (0.84%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (34.45%) Tableau
2 40 (33.61%) Power BI
3 2 (1.68%) Data Mining
3 2 (1.68%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.84%) Big Data
4 1 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (1.68%) Selenium
1 2 (1.68%) SpecFlow
1 2 (1.68%) WebDriver
2 1 (0.84%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.84%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.84%) Octopus Deploy
2 1 (0.84%) TeamCity
General
1 79 (66.39%) Social Skills
2 33 (27.73%) Banking
2 33 (27.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (8.40%) Finance
4 8 (6.72%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.36%) Manufacturing
5 4 (3.36%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.68%) Law
7 2 (1.68%) Marketing
7 2 (1.68%) Retail
8 1 (0.84%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.84%) Electronics
8 1 (0.84%) Games
8 1 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.84%) Legal
Job Titles
1 39 (32.77%) Analyst
1 39 (32.77%) Data Analyst
1 39 (32.77%) Junior
1 39 (32.77%) Junior Analyst
1 39 (32.77%) Junior Data Analyst
2 28 (23.53%) Lecturer
3 20 (16.81%) Trainer
4 12 (10.08%) Content Editor
5 4 (3.36%) Developer
6 3 (2.52%) Architect
7 2 (1.68%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 2 (1.68%) Automation Tester
7 2 (1.68%) Customer Support Specialist
7 2 (1.68%) Implementation Manager
7 2 (1.68%) Senior Developer
7 2 (1.68%) SEO Developer
7 2 (1.68%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (1.68%) Support Specialist
7 2 (1.68%) Tester
7 2 (1.68%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.52%) REST
1 3 (2.52%) Web Services
2 2 (1.68%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (0.84%) .NET
3 1 (0.84%) CSS
3 1 (0.84%) HTML
3 1 (0.84%) Next.js
3 1 (0.84%) Node.js
3 1 (0.84%) React
3 1 (0.84%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 34 (28.57%) IoT
2 3 (2.52%) Virtual Team
3 2 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.84%) CAN bus
4 1 (0.84%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.84%) e-Learning
4 1 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.84%) Genomics
4 1 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.84%) Life Science
4 1 (0.84%) NHS
4 1 (0.84%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.84%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.84%) Podcast
4 1 (0.84%) SCADA
4 1 (0.84%) Social Media
4 1 (0.84%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.84%) Android
1 1 (0.84%) Kali Linux
1 1 (0.84%) Linux
1 1 (0.84%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (34.45%) Machine Learning
2 40 (33.61%) Business Intelligence
3 37 (31.09%) User Experience
4 34 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
5 33 (27.73%) Web Development
6 20 (16.81%) Conversational UI
7 13 (10.92%) Content Writing
8 9 (7.56%) Decision-Making
9 8 (6.72%) Agile
10 7 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (5.88%) DevOps
11 6 (5.04%) Acceptance Criteria
11 6 (5.04%) Analytics
11 6 (5.04%) Performance Optimisation
11 6 (5.04%) Scrum
12 5 (4.20%) CRM
12 5 (4.20%) Data Science
12 5 (4.20%) Problem-Solving
13 4 (3.36%) Mentoring
13 4 (3.36%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (38.66%) Python
2 45 (37.82%) SQL
3 3 (2.52%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.68%) C#
4 2 (1.68%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.84%) C++
5 1 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.84%) Java
5 1 (0.84%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.84%) R
5 1 (0.84%) Rust
Qualifications
1 58 (48.74%) Degree
2 39 (32.77%) Azure Certification
3 34 (28.57%) Master's Degree
3 34 (28.57%) PhD
4 33 (27.73%) Postgraduate
5 4 (3.36%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.36%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.84%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.68%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 2 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (1.68%) QA
2 1 (0.84%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (0.84%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.84%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (0.84%) Nessus
1 1 (0.84%) Nmap
1 1 (0.84%) Terraform
Vendors
1 50 (42.02%) Microsoft
2 20 (16.81%) PayPal
3 2 (1.68%) Databricks
4 1 (0.84%) Adobe
4 1 (0.84%) Cisco
4 1 (0.84%) Google
4 1 (0.84%) HubSpot
4 1 (0.84%) IBM
4 1 (0.84%) Oracle
4 1 (0.84%) Qualtrics
4 1 (0.84%) Red Hat
4 1 (0.84%) SAP
4 1 (0.84%) Splunk