AI Agents Job Trends in the West Midlands

AI Agents (Agentic AI)
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term AI Agents in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited AI Agents over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing AI Agents 6 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.11% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.31% - -
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £46,875 - -
25th Percentile £48,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,264 - -
75th Percentile £64,948 - -
90th Percentile £68,125 - -
England median annual salary £90,000 £105,000 -
% change year-on-year -14.29% - -

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

AI Agents falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,950 1,525 1,327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 36.89% 36.82% 35.18%
Number of salaries quoted 678 612 1,098
10th Percentile £26,375 £32,500 £27,350
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,004 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -6.32%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,375 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

AI Agents
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

AI Agents job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

AI Agents
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing AI Agents.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing AI Agents

AI Agents
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing AI Agents in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for AI Agents in the West Midlands

AI Agents
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AI Agents within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Birmingham - 6 £57,264 - 2
AI Agents
England

AI Agents
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (16.67%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
1 4 (66.67%) Azure AI
2 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (16.67%) PowerApps
2 1 (16.67%) Zapier
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Back Office
2 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Developer
2 4 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
2 4 (66.67%) Automation Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Lead
3 1 (16.67%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) CrewAI
1 1 (16.67%) EDI
1 1 (16.67%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
1 1 (16.67%) IoT
1 1 (16.67%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) AI
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) Analytics
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Data Analytics
2 1 (16.67%) Data Integration
2 1 (16.67%) DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Twin
2 1 (16.67%) Line Management
2 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
2 1 (16.67%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Robotic Process Automation
2 1 (16.67%) SDLC
2 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Task Automation
2 1 (16.67%) User Experience
2 1 (16.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) Python
2 4 (66.67%) Java
2 4 (66.67%) R
2 4 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) UiPath
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Planon
3 1 (16.67%) Salesforce
3 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow