AI Job Trends in West Yorkshire

AI
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring AI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 2 65
Rank change year-on-year -17 +63 +18
Permanent jobs citing AI 213 385 53
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 5.13% 24.57% 2.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.35% 27.02% 3.31%
Number of salaries quoted 134 19 36
10th Percentile £33,900 £39,000 £44,375
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,875 £58,969
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,803 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.28% - -12.10%
75th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £73,886
90th Percentile £100,000 - £93,750
Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 £71,250 £67,500
% change year-on-year -8.77% +5.56% -12.90%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,896 1,425 1,603
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 69.78% 90.94% 77.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2,187 735 886
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,550 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £42,303
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £74,985 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £85,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £52,065 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.61% -9.52% -0.94%

AI
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

AI job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

AI
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing AI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing AI

AI
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing AI in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

Salary histogram for AI in West Yorkshire

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Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AI within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 9 October 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
Leeds -12 179 £70,000 -6.04% 272
Bradford -9 24 £56,250 -25.00% 25
Huddersfield -9 1 £18,000 -55.00% 2
Halifax - 1 - - 10
AI
Yorkshire

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 7 (3.29%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.35%) CMS
3 1 (0.47%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (7.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.94%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.94%) Trello
3 1 (0.47%) Camtasia
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.47%) Notion
Business Applications
1 4 (1.88%) Shopify
2 3 (1.41%) Magento
3 2 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.94%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 69 (32.39%) Azure
2 36 (16.90%) SaaS
3 34 (15.96%) AWS
4 28 (13.15%) Microsoft Copilot
5 26 (12.21%) Microsoft 365
5 26 (12.21%) Power Platform
6 23 (10.80%) Azure AI
7 17 (7.98%) Entra ID
8 14 (6.57%) Power Automate
9 13 (6.10%) Copilot Studio
10 12 (5.63%) GCP
11 10 (4.69%) GitHub
11 10 (4.69%) NetDocuments
12 9 (4.23%) Amazon ECS
12 9 (4.23%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (3.76%) Serverless
14 7 (3.29%) Azure Sentinel
15 6 (2.82%) Azure Machine Learning
15 6 (2.82%) Microsoft Purview
15 6 (2.82%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.82%) Internet
1 6 (2.82%) LAN
1 6 (2.82%) WAN
2 4 (1.88%) Network Security
3 2 (0.94%) CTI
3 2 (0.94%) VoIP
4 1 (0.47%) DHCP
4 1 (0.47%) DNS
4 1 (0.47%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.92%) Power BI
2 8 (3.76%) Tableau
3 5 (2.35%) Big Data
3 5 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.88%) DynamoDB
4 4 (1.88%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.41%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.41%) Metadata
6 2 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.94%) ClickHouse
6 2 (0.94%) Delta Lake
6 2 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.94%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (0.94%) GIS
6 2 (0.94%) Neo4j
6 2 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.94%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.94%) Semantic Layer
6 2 (0.94%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.47%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 5 (2.35%) Claude Code
2 3 (1.41%) GitLab
3 2 (0.94%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.94%) MLflow
4 1 (0.47%) JIRA
General
1 66 (30.99%) Social Skills
2 43 (20.19%) Finance
3 32 (15.02%) Marketing
4 28 (13.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 24 (11.27%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (9.86%) Legal
7 16 (7.51%) Public Sector
8 14 (6.57%) Retail
9 10 (4.69%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.35%) Law
11 5 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.41%) Banking
12 3 (1.41%) French Language
12 3 (1.41%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.41%) Police
13 2 (0.94%) Advertising
13 2 (0.94%) Games
13 2 (0.94%) Local Government
13 2 (0.94%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 26 (12.21%) Lead
2 23 (10.80%) Architect
3 22 (10.33%) Developer
4 20 (9.39%) Software Engineer
5 15 (7.04%) Account Executive
5 15 (7.04%) Senior
6 14 (6.57%) Analyst
6 14 (6.57%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 12 (5.63%) IT Manager
8 11 (5.16%) IT Operations Manager
8 11 (5.16%) Operations Manager
8 11 (5.16%) Sales Executive
8 11 (5.16%) Solutions Architect
9 10 (4.69%) Consultant
10 9 (4.23%) Software Developer
11 8 (3.76%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 8 (3.76%) Python Developer
11 8 (3.76%) Security Engineer
12 7 (3.29%) Junior Analyst
12 7 (3.29%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (7.04%) Terraform
2 13 (6.10%) React
3 12 (5.63%) .NET
4 10 (4.69%) Node.js
5 7 (3.29%) Middleware
6 6 (2.82%) ASP.NET
6 6 (2.82%) ASP.NET Core
6 6 (2.82%) CSS
6 6 (2.82%) ML.NET
7 5 (2.35%) Model Context Protocol
8 4 (1.88%) Blazor
8 4 (1.88%) REST
8 4 (1.88%) RESTful
9 3 (1.41%) A2A Protocol
9 3 (1.41%) HTML
9 3 (1.41%) JWT
9 3 (1.41%) OAuth
10 2 (0.94%) ADO
10 2 (0.94%) LangChain
10 2 (0.94%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 28 (13.15%) Onboarding
2 16 (7.51%) AI Agents
3 14 (6.57%) Cloud Native
4 11 (5.16%) Marketing Technology
5 9 (4.23%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (3.29%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (2.82%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (2.82%) Low-Code
8 5 (2.35%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.88%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.88%) Virtual Team
10 3 (1.41%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.41%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.94%) IVR
11 2 (0.94%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.94%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.51%) Windows
2 4 (1.88%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (20.19%) Analytics
2 39 (18.31%) Machine Learning
2 39 (18.31%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (17.84%) Roadmaps
4 36 (16.90%) Cybersecurity
5 35 (16.43%) Software Engineering
6 34 (15.96%) Agile
7 29 (13.62%) Stakeholder Management
8 27 (12.68%) Continuous Improvement
9 26 (12.21%) CI/CD
10 25 (11.74%) Mentoring
11 23 (10.80%) Business Intelligence
12 22 (10.33%) LLM
13 21 (9.86%) SEO
14 20 (9.39%) Content Marketing
14 20 (9.39%) Decision-Making
15 19 (8.92%) Digital Marketing
15 19 (8.92%) IT Strategy
16 18 (8.45%) Disaster Recovery
16 18 (8.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 52 (24.41%) Python
2 31 (14.55%) SQL
3 18 (8.45%) JavaScript
4 13 (6.10%) TypeScript
5 11 (5.16%) C#
6 5 (2.35%) Go
7 4 (1.88%) Java
7 4 (1.88%) XAML
8 3 (1.41%) PHP
9 2 (0.94%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.94%) Ruby
9 2 (0.94%) Rust
10 1 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.47%) Perl
10 1 (0.47%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.47%) R
10 1 (0.47%) Scala
Qualifications
1 22 (10.33%) Degree
2 14 (6.57%) Azure Certification
3 8 (3.76%) Master's Degree
4 7 (3.29%) Security Cleared
5 6 (2.82%) CompTIA CySA+
5 6 (2.82%) CompTIA Security+
5 6 (2.82%) SC Cleared
6 5 (2.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 4 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.47%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.47%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.47%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.47%) PhD
8 1 (0.47%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.47%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.04%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (6.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 8 (3.76%) Data Quality
4 7 (3.29%) QA
5 6 (2.82%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.88%) GRC
7 3 (1.41%) GDPR
7 3 (1.41%) PMO
8 2 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 4 (1.88%) Docker
2 3 (1.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (7.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (2.82%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 63 (29.58%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.04%) Samsung
2 15 (7.04%) TikTok
3 12 (5.63%) Databricks
3 12 (5.63%) Google
4 11 (5.16%) Salesforce
5 7 (3.29%) Adobe
6 6 (2.82%) Foundry
6 6 (2.82%) OpenAI
7 3 (1.41%) Botify
8 2 (0.94%) Avaya
8 2 (0.94%) Cisco
8 2 (0.94%) ESRI
8 2 (0.94%) Genesys
8 2 (0.94%) Oracle
8 2 (0.94%) SAP
8 2 (0.94%) Workday
9 1 (0.47%) Ahrefs
9 1 (0.47%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.47%) Screaming Frog