Artificial Intelligence Jobs in the West Midlands

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 99 182
Rank change year-on-year +70 +83 -34
Permanent jobs citing Artificial Intelligence 290 168 87
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 6.72% 2.28% 1.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.36% 2.75% 1.43%
Number of salaries quoted 66 142 51
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £80,938 £68,438 £86,875
90th Percentile £107,500 £77,500 £95,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year - -6.67% +7.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,940 6,110 6,085
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 91.25% 82.77% 96.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,638 4,547 3,160
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,700 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £64,375 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Artificial Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Artificial Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Artificial Intelligence in the West Midlands

Artificial Intelligence
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Artificial Intelligence in the West Midlands

Artificial Intelligence
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Artificial Intelligence in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Artificial Intelligence in the West Midlands

Artificial Intelligence
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 Artificial Intelligence within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Birmingham +50 114 £57,500 -8.00% 79
Staffordshire +68 102 £70,000 +100.00% 71
Coventry +13 21 £60,000 - 21
Shropshire +23 8 - - 10
Worcestershire +14 7 £110,000 +100.00% 3
Herefordshire +9 7 - -
Solihull -5 7 - - 2
Warwickshire -24 6 £30,000 -57.14% 29
Wolverhampton +16 4 - - 4
Walsall - 3 £105,000 - 4
Dudley - 2 £35,000 - 2
Artificial Intelligence
England

Artificial Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (0.69%) Jupyter
1 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (0.69%) SharePoint
1 2 (0.69%) Skype for Business
2 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.34%) Confluence
Applications
1 42 (14.48%) Chatbot
2 11 (3.79%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 22 (7.59%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.34%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.34%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.34%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 40 (13.79%) Azure
2 31 (10.69%) Power Platform
3 15 (5.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 11 (3.79%) AWS
5 9 (3.10%) GCP
5 9 (3.10%) Power Automate
6 8 (2.76%) SaaS
7 6 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (1.72%) PowerApps
8 5 (1.72%) Snowflake
9 4 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.03%) Azure Key Vault
10 3 (1.03%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (1.03%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (1.03%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.03%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (0.69%) Azure AI
11 2 (0.69%) Azure Service Bus
11 2 (0.69%) Google Data Studio
11 2 (0.69%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.07%) DNS
2 4 (1.38%) Broadband
2 4 (1.38%) DHCP
2 4 (1.38%) Firewall
2 4 (1.38%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.38%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (1.03%) VPN
4 2 (0.69%) SAN
4 2 (0.69%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.69%) Skype
4 2 (0.69%) WAN
5 1 (0.34%) 5G
5 1 (0.34%) Internet
5 1 (0.34%) LoRaWAN
5 1 (0.34%) Modbus
5 1 (0.34%) MQTT
5 1 (0.34%) tcpdump
5 1 (0.34%) VoIP
5 1 (0.34%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (8.97%) Power BI
2 12 (4.14%) Relational Database
3 10 (3.45%) SQL Server
4 8 (2.76%) NoSQL
5 6 (2.07%) Amazon Redshift
6 5 (1.72%) Big Data
6 5 (1.72%) BigQuery
7 4 (1.38%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.38%) MySQL
8 3 (1.03%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.03%) Power Query
8 3 (1.03%) RDBMS
8 3 (1.03%) Tableau
9 2 (0.69%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.34%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.34%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.34%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 13 (4.48%) JIRA
2 5 (1.72%) Git
3 1 (0.34%) GDB
3 1 (0.34%) GitLab
3 1 (0.34%) IDA Disassembler
3 1 (0.34%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (0.34%) WinDbg
General
1 135 (46.55%) Retail
2 115 (39.66%) Manufacturing
3 87 (30.00%) Finance
4 47 (16.21%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (16.21%) Telecoms
5 37 (12.76%) Marketing
6 32 (11.03%) Social Skills
7 28 (9.66%) Dutch Language
7 28 (9.66%) Finnish Language
7 28 (9.66%) Norwegian Language
8 24 (8.28%) Games
9 18 (6.21%) Law
9 18 (6.21%) Public Sector
10 12 (4.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.69%) Advertising
13 1 (0.34%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.34%) Billing
13 1 (0.34%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.34%) Legal
Job Titles
1 125 (43.10%) Trainer
2 35 (12.07%) Senior
3 25 (8.62%) Risk Manager
4 23 (7.93%) Technology Risk Manager
5 17 (5.86%) Data Scientist
5 17 (5.86%) Lead
6 16 (5.52%) Developer
7 11 (3.79%) Architect
8 9 (3.10%) Analyst
9 8 (2.76%) Development Manager
10 7 (2.41%) Database Developer
10 7 (2.41%) SQL Database Developer
10 7 (2.41%) SQL Developer
11 6 (2.07%) Data Architect
11 6 (2.07%) IT Manager
12 5 (1.72%) IT Development Manager
12 5 (1.72%) Lead Architect
12 5 (1.72%) Lead Data Architect
13 4 (1.38%) Consultant
13 4 (1.38%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.41%) HTML
1 7 (2.41%) Node.js
2 5 (1.72%) CodeIgniter
2 5 (1.72%) Laravel
3 4 (1.38%) Hibernate
3 4 (1.38%) React
3 4 (1.38%) Spring
4 3 (1.03%) AngularJS
4 3 (1.03%) Vue
5 2 (0.69%) .NET
5 2 (0.69%) EDI
5 2 (0.69%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.69%) GraphQL
5 2 (0.69%) Middleware
5 2 (0.69%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.69%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 2 (0.69%) WebGL
5 2 (0.69%) YAML
6 1 (0.34%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.34%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 130 (44.83%) Robotics
2 45 (15.52%) Blockchain
3 25 (8.62%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.07%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (2.07%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.72%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.72%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.38%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.38%) Cyberattack
7 4 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.38%) NHS
8 3 (1.03%) Molecular Biology
8 3 (1.03%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.69%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.69%) IoT
9 2 (0.69%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.69%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.07%) Android
1 6 (2.07%) Apple iOS
2 5 (1.72%) Windows
3 4 (1.38%) Linux
3 4 (1.38%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (42.76%) Machine Learning
2 115 (39.66%) Problem-Solving
3 97 (33.45%) Analytics
4 94 (32.41%) Generative AI
5 88 (30.34%) LLM
6 84 (28.97%) Red Team
7 78 (26.90%) Agile
8 64 (22.07%) Data Privacy
8 64 (22.07%) Mentoring
9 56 (19.31%) Data Analytics
10 52 (17.93%) Coaching
11 46 (15.86%) Robotic Process Automation
12 45 (15.52%) Creative Thinking
13 42 (14.48%) Conversational UI
14 40 (13.79%) Mathematics
15 38 (13.10%) Computer Science
16 31 (10.69%) Decision-Making
17 30 (10.34%) Business Intelligence
18 27 (9.31%) Change Management
18 27 (9.31%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (18.28%) SQL
2 28 (9.66%) Python
3 25 (8.62%) Java
4 20 (6.90%) R
5 18 (6.21%) JavaScript
6 17 (5.86%) C++
7 14 (4.83%) C#
8 13 (4.48%) PHP
9 10 (3.45%) TypeScript
10 8 (2.76%) C
11 7 (2.41%) Dart
11 7 (2.41%) MATLAB
11 7 (2.41%) Ruby
11 7 (2.41%) Rust
11 7 (2.41%) T-SQL
12 6 (2.07%) PowerShell
13 3 (1.03%) Bicep
13 3 (1.03%) Go
14 2 (0.69%) Bash
14 2 (0.69%) HLSL
Qualifications
1 163 (56.21%) Degree
2 36 (12.41%) Master's Degree
2 36 (12.41%) PhD
3 22 (7.59%) CISA
3 22 (7.59%) ISACA
4 15 (5.17%) Security Cleared
5 10 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (3.45%) DV Cleared
6 9 (3.10%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.72%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.03%) SC Cleared
9 2 (0.69%) CITP
9 2 (0.69%) HND
9 2 (0.69%) Numerate Degree
9 2 (0.69%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.69%) PMP
10 1 (0.34%) APMG
10 1 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.34%) CISSP
10 1 (0.34%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (15.52%) ITGC
2 9 (3.10%) GDPR
3 7 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.38%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.03%) PMBOK
5 3 (1.03%) QA
6 2 (0.69%) SLA
7 1 (0.34%) NCSC
7 1 (0.34%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (1.38%) Docker
2 3 (1.03%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.69%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.34%) Xen
Systems Management
1 4 (1.38%) Kubernetes
1 4 (1.38%) SCOM
2 2 (0.69%) Ansible
2 2 (0.69%) Progress Chef
2 2 (0.69%) Puppet
2 2 (0.69%) SCCM
2 2 (0.69%) SCOrch
2 2 (0.69%) SCSM
2 2 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.69%) Terraform
3 1 (0.34%) Grafana
3 1 (0.34%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 97 (33.45%) Google
2 89 (30.69%) Databricks
3 84 (28.97%) Adobe
4 41 (14.14%) PayPal
5 27 (9.31%) Microsoft
6 24 (8.28%) Oracle
7 22 (7.59%) SAP
8 11 (3.79%) OpenAI
9 4 (1.38%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.38%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.03%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.69%) ArcSight
11 2 (0.69%) Facebook
11 2 (0.69%) Hotjar
11 2 (0.69%) IBM
11 2 (0.69%) Instagram
11 2 (0.69%) Meraki
11 2 (0.69%) Optimizely
11 2 (0.69%) Splunk
11 2 (0.69%) Zoho