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 15 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 36 102
Rank change year-on-year +27 +66 +19
Permanent jobs citing AI 593 141 118
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 10.62% 6.17% 2.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.74% 6.52% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 165 96 107
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,000 £39,750
25th Percentile £36,750 £25,313 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £45,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -25.00% -9.67%
75th Percentile £92,500 £77,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £96,250 £100,064
England median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +7.14% -

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 4,022 2,162 4,663
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 72.04% 94.62% 84.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2,542 1,247 3,696
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,900 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,963 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,042 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,922 £87,790 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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

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Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing AI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing AI

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Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing AI in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 15 April 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 15 April 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 +21 305 £66,250 +158.54% 62
South Yorkshire +5 121 £70,000 -15.15% 29
East Yorkshire +10 57 £55,000 -37.85% 11
North Yorkshire +19 53 £55,000 - 9
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England

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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 (1.85%) Jupyter
2 4 (0.67%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.34%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.34%) CMS
4 2 (0.34%) JBoss
4 2 (0.34%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.34%) WebSphere
Applications
1 183 (30.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (3.54%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.34%) Camtasia
4 1 (0.17%) Notion
Business Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 252 (42.50%) Azure
2 227 (38.28%) Azure AI
3 192 (32.38%) Power Platform
4 149 (25.13%) Cloud Computing
5 37 (6.24%) SaaS
6 30 (5.06%) AWS
7 8 (1.35%) Power Automate
8 6 (1.01%) GCP
8 6 (1.01%) GitHub
8 6 (1.01%) Microsoft Copilot
8 6 (1.01%) Microsoft Purview
9 5 (0.84%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (0.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 5 (0.84%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (0.84%) PowerApps
9 5 (0.84%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 4 (0.67%) Azure App Service
10 4 (0.67%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (0.67%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (0.67%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 138 (23.27%) Internet
2 37 (6.24%) Broadband
3 2 (0.34%) Intranet
4 1 (0.17%) DNS
4 1 (0.17%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 190 (32.04%) Power BI
2 182 (30.69%) Tableau
3 6 (1.01%) Metadata
4 5 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.67%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.51%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.34%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.34%) Looker
7 2 (0.34%) Neo4j
7 2 (0.34%) Power Query
7 2 (0.34%) Semantic Layer
8 1 (0.17%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.17%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.17%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.17%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 11 (1.85%) Visual Studio Code
2 2 (0.34%) Git
3 1 (0.17%) JIRA
3 1 (0.17%) MLflow
General
1 400 (67.45%) Social Skills
2 161 (27.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 139 (23.44%) Banking
4 59 (9.95%) Finance
5 38 (6.41%) Games
6 33 (5.56%) Marketing
7 28 (4.72%) Analytical Skills
8 17 (2.87%) Retail
9 15 (2.53%) Law
10 13 (2.19%) Legal
11 12 (2.02%) Manufacturing
11 12 (2.02%) Public Sector
12 6 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.51%) Billing
15 2 (0.34%) Advertising
16 1 (0.17%) Aviation
16 1 (0.17%) Back Office
16 1 (0.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 185 (31.20%) Analyst
2 180 (30.35%) Data Analyst
2 180 (30.35%) Junior
2 180 (30.35%) Junior Analyst
2 180 (30.35%) Junior Data Analyst
3 98 (16.53%) Lecturer
4 52 (8.77%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 33 (5.56%) Lead
6 30 (5.06%) Developer
7 14 (2.36%) Marketing Executive
7 14 (2.36%) Technical Leader
8 13 (2.19%) Senior
9 12 (2.02%) Software Developer
10 11 (1.85%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
10 11 (1.85%) Programmer
10 11 (1.85%) Trainee
10 11 (1.85%) Trainee Programmer
11 10 (1.69%) Architect
12 9 (1.52%) Engineering Manager
12 9 (1.52%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.53%) .NET
2 13 (2.19%) Android SDK
2 13 (2.19%) GraphQL
3 12 (2.02%) scikit-learn
4 11 (1.85%) Hugging Face
4 11 (1.85%) Matplotlib
4 11 (1.85%) NumPy
4 11 (1.85%) Pandas
4 11 (1.85%) React
4 11 (1.85%) Streamlit
5 7 (1.18%) PySpark
6 4 (0.67%) Bootstrap
6 4 (0.67%) Flutter
6 4 (0.67%) LangChain
6 4 (0.67%) Node.js
6 4 (0.67%) Redux
6 4 (0.67%) Spring
7 3 (0.51%) .NET Framework
7 3 (0.51%) A2A Protocol
7 3 (0.51%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 140 (23.61%) IoT
2 38 (6.41%) Mobile App
3 28 (4.72%) Onboarding
4 19 (3.20%) Social Media
5 18 (3.04%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (2.02%) Algorithms
7 11 (1.85%) Cloud Native
8 9 (1.52%) AI Agents
9 7 (1.18%) Blog
10 6 (1.01%) Low-Code
11 5 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.67%) Driving Licence
12 4 (0.67%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (0.67%) Management Information System
12 4 (0.67%) Marketing Technology
12 4 (0.67%) Product Ownership
13 2 (0.34%) DataPower
13 2 (0.34%) e-Learning
13 2 (0.34%) Robotics
13 2 (0.34%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 36 (6.07%) Android
2 23 (3.88%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.17%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (32.55%) Business Intelligence
2 175 (29.51%) Machine Learning
3 155 (26.14%) Cybersecurity
4 148 (24.96%) User Experience
5 141 (23.78%) Web Development
6 63 (10.62%) Decision-Making
7 58 (9.78%) CI/CD
8 57 (9.61%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
9 56 (9.44%) Roadmaps
10 52 (8.77%) Agile
11 48 (8.09%) Mentoring
12 41 (6.91%) Analytics
12 41 (6.91%) Observability
13 35 (5.90%) Problem-Solving
14 34 (5.73%) Project Management
14 34 (5.73%) Software Engineering
15 31 (5.23%) Technical Leadership
16 27 (4.55%) Continuous Improvement
16 27 (4.55%) LLM
17 26 (4.38%) Budgeting
Programming Languages
1 275 (46.37%) Python
2 207 (34.91%) SQL
3 29 (4.89%) Java
4 19 (3.20%) JavaScript
5 18 (3.04%) C#
6 13 (2.19%) Kotlin
7 8 (1.35%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.01%) T-SQL
9 4 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (0.67%) Go
10 1 (0.17%) R
Qualifications
1 226 (38.11%) Azure Certification
2 154 (25.97%) Degree
3 141 (23.78%) Master's Degree
3 141 (23.78%) PhD
4 138 (23.27%) Postgraduate
5 11 (1.85%) AWS Certification
5 11 (1.85%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 7 (1.18%) ACCA
6 7 (1.18%) CIMA
6 7 (1.18%) PMP
7 3 (0.51%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.17%) CISM
9 1 (0.17%) CISSP
9 1 (0.17%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.17%) CRISC
9 1 (0.17%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.17%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.17%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.22%) Accessibility
2 9 (1.52%) QA
3 7 (1.18%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.18%) GDPR
4 4 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (0.51%) GRC
6 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.34%) WCAG
7 1 (0.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.17%) NCSC
7 1 (0.17%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (0.34%) Docker
2 1 (0.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (0.84%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.51%) Terraform
3 1 (0.17%) Grafana
Vendors
1 214 (36.09%) Microsoft
2 10 (1.69%) Google
2 10 (1.69%) Salesforce
3 9 (1.52%) Databricks
4 6 (1.01%) PayPal
5 4 (0.67%) HubSpot
6 3 (0.51%) OpenAI
6 3 (0.51%) Xero
7 1 (0.17%) Apple
7 1 (0.17%) Cloudera
7 1 (0.17%) Dell
7 1 (0.17%) Facebook
7 1 (0.17%) Foundry
7 1 (0.17%) SAP
7 1 (0.17%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.17%) Sony
7 1 (0.17%) Yahoo!