AI Job Trends in Yorkshire

AI
England > Yorkshire

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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 31 96
Rank change year-on-year +23 +65 +34
Permanent jobs citing AI 635 163 126
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 10.36% 6.80% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.72% 7.23% 2.72%
Number of salaries quoted 185 90 114
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,000 £39,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £25,313 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £45,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% -26.53% -6.27%
75th Percentile £92,500 £77,000 £78,584
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,375 £100,064
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -3.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,315 2,254 4,640
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 70.43% 94.03% 83.30%
Number of salaries quoted 2,770 1,279 3,692
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,313 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -1.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%

AI
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

AI job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

AI
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing AI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing AI

AI
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing AI in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 6 May 2026.

Salary histogram for AI in Yorkshire

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Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AI within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 6 May 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
West Yorkshire +15 323 £65,000 +153.66% 87
South Yorkshire +5 127 £62,500 -24.24% 31
East Yorkshire +13 68 £37,500 -57.63% 9
North Yorkshire +17 57 £55,000 - 14
AI
England

AI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 11 (1.73%) Jupyter
2 4 (0.63%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.31%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.31%) CMS
4 2 (0.31%) JBoss
4 2 (0.31%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.31%) WebSphere
Applications
1 191 (30.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.83%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.47%) Camtasia
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.16%) Notion
Business Applications
1 2 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 270 (42.52%) Azure
2 246 (38.74%) Azure AI
3 202 (31.81%) Power Platform
4 149 (23.46%) Cloud Computing
5 38 (5.98%) SaaS
6 31 (4.88%) AWS
7 10 (1.57%) Microsoft Copilot
7 10 (1.57%) Power Automate
8 8 (1.26%) GCP
8 8 (1.26%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (1.10%) PowerApps
10 6 (0.94%) Azure Logic Apps
10 6 (0.94%) GitHub
11 5 (0.79%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 4 (0.63%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (0.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 4 (0.63%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (0.63%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 3 (0.47%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 138 (21.73%) Internet
2 37 (5.83%) Broadband
3 2 (0.31%) Intranet
3 2 (0.31%) Network Security
4 1 (0.16%) DNS
4 1 (0.16%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 198 (31.18%) Power BI
2 191 (30.08%) Tableau
3 5 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (0.63%) Metadata
5 3 (0.47%) ClickHouse
5 3 (0.47%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.47%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.31%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.31%) Looker
6 2 (0.31%) Neo4j
6 2 (0.31%) Power Query
6 2 (0.31%) Semantic Layer
6 2 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.16%) Data Hub
7 1 (0.16%) Data Vault
7 1 (0.16%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.16%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 11 (1.73%) Visual Studio Code
2 2 (0.31%) Git
3 1 (0.16%) JIRA
3 1 (0.16%) MLflow
General
1 421 (66.30%) Social Skills
2 160 (25.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 141 (22.20%) Banking
4 64 (10.08%) Finance
5 38 (5.98%) Games
6 37 (5.83%) Marketing
7 35 (5.51%) Analytical Skills
8 17 (2.68%) Retail
9 14 (2.20%) Public Sector
10 12 (1.89%) Law
10 12 (1.89%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.26%) Legal
12 5 (0.79%) Advertising
12 5 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.47%) Aviation
14 3 (0.47%) Billing
14 3 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.16%) Aeronautics
15 1 (0.16%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 195 (30.71%) Analyst
2 189 (29.76%) Data Analyst
2 189 (29.76%) Junior
2 189 (29.76%) Junior Analyst
2 189 (29.76%) Junior Data Analyst
3 98 (15.43%) Lecturer
4 62 (9.76%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 41 (6.46%) Lead
6 39 (6.14%) Developer
7 17 (2.68%) Software Developer
8 16 (2.52%) Technical Leader
9 14 (2.20%) Marketing Executive
10 13 (2.05%) Senior
10 13 (2.05%) Software Engineer
11 11 (1.73%) Architect
11 11 (1.73%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
11 11 (1.73%) Principal Engineer
11 11 (1.73%) Programmer
11 11 (1.73%) Trainee
11 11 (1.73%) Trainee Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.83%) .NET
2 13 (2.05%) Android SDK
2 13 (2.05%) GraphQL
3 12 (1.89%) scikit-learn
4 11 (1.73%) Hugging Face
4 11 (1.73%) Matplotlib
4 11 (1.73%) NumPy
4 11 (1.73%) Pandas
4 11 (1.73%) React
4 11 (1.73%) Streamlit
5 5 (0.79%) PySpark
6 4 (0.63%) ASP.NET
6 4 (0.63%) ASP.NET Core
6 4 (0.63%) Bootstrap
6 4 (0.63%) Flutter
6 4 (0.63%) LangChain
6 4 (0.63%) Node.js
6 4 (0.63%) Redux
6 4 (0.63%) Spring
7 3 (0.47%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 140 (22.05%) IoT
2 38 (5.98%) Mobile App
3 28 (4.41%) Onboarding
4 19 (2.99%) Social Media
5 17 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (1.89%) Algorithms
7 10 (1.57%) Cloud Native
7 10 (1.57%) Low-Code
7 10 (1.57%) Management Information System
8 6 (0.94%) AI Agents
8 6 (0.94%) Product Ownership
9 5 (0.79%) Blog
9 5 (0.79%) Driving Licence
10 4 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (0.63%) Marketing Technology
10 4 (0.63%) Robotics
11 3 (0.47%) e-Learning
11 3 (0.47%) Enterprise Cloud
11 3 (0.47%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (0.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 36 (5.67%) Android
2 23 (3.62%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (31.50%) Business Intelligence
2 174 (27.40%) Machine Learning
3 151 (23.78%) Cybersecurity
4 146 (22.99%) User Experience
5 141 (22.20%) Web Development
6 66 (10.39%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
7 62 (9.76%) CI/CD
7 62 (9.76%) Decision-Making
8 58 (9.13%) Agile
8 58 (9.13%) Roadmaps
9 52 (8.19%) Mentoring
10 46 (7.24%) Analytics
11 44 (6.93%) Software Engineering
12 43 (6.77%) Observability
13 36 (5.67%) Problem-Solving
14 32 (5.04%) Project Management
14 32 (5.04%) Technical Leadership
15 30 (4.72%) Continuous Improvement
16 27 (4.25%) LLM
17 26 (4.09%) Budgeting
Programming Languages
1 298 (46.93%) Python
2 215 (33.86%) SQL
3 29 (4.57%) Java
4 21 (3.31%) C#
5 19 (2.99%) JavaScript
6 13 (2.05%) Kotlin
7 8 (1.26%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.79%) T-SQL
9 4 (0.63%) Go
10 3 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.16%) R
Qualifications
1 244 (38.43%) Azure Certification
2 154 (24.25%) Degree
3 141 (22.20%) Master's Degree
3 141 (22.20%) PhD
4 138 (21.73%) Postgraduate
5 11 (1.73%) AWS Certification
5 11 (1.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 7 (1.10%) ACCA
6 7 (1.10%) CIMA
7 5 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (0.79%) PMP
8 3 (0.47%) CISSP
8 3 (0.47%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (0.31%) CCSP
9 2 (0.31%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.16%) SC Cleared
10 1 (0.16%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (4.09%) Accessibility
2 10 (1.57%) QA
3 8 (1.26%) GDPR
4 7 (1.10%) Data Quality
5 6 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.47%) GRC
6 3 (0.47%) NCSC
7 2 (0.31%) NIST
7 2 (0.31%) WCAG
8 1 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.16%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (0.47%) Docker
2 1 (0.16%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (0.79%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.47%) Terraform
3 1 (0.16%) Grafana
Vendors
1 227 (35.75%) Microsoft
2 14 (2.20%) Salesforce
3 12 (1.89%) Google
4 7 (1.10%) Databricks
5 5 (0.79%) HubSpot
6 3 (0.47%) OpenAI
6 3 (0.47%) PayPal
6 3 (0.47%) Xero
7 1 (0.16%) Apple
7 1 (0.16%) Cloudera
7 1 (0.16%) Dell
7 1 (0.16%) Facebook
7 1 (0.16%) Foundry
7 1 (0.16%) SAP
7 1 (0.16%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.16%) Sony
7 1 (0.16%) Yahoo!