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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 64 102
Rank change year-on-year +58 +38 +26
Permanent jobs citing AI 496 117 88
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 13.75% 2.79% 2.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.95% 3.45% 2.85%
Number of salaries quoted 56 70 57
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £46,306
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,188 £63,353
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -9.68% +24.00%
75th Percentile £86,250 £82,813 £84,056
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 -
England median annual salary £71,000 £77,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -7.79% +2.67% +7.14%

All Process and 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 3,110 3,394 3,091
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 86.20% 80.87% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,581 1,427 2,260
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,150 £29,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £81,250 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.83%

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 15 November 2025.

Salary histogram for AI in Yorkshire

AI
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 November 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
West Yorkshire +60 334 £70,000 - 102
South Yorkshire +13 71 £80,000 +14.29% 27
North Yorkshire +32 57 £72,500 +24.46% 12
East Yorkshire +7 16 £57,500 -35.03% 6
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 3 (0.60%) Apache Spark
1 3 (0.60%) Kinematics
2 2 (0.40%) CMS
2 2 (0.40%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.20%) Apache Solr
3 1 (0.20%) Headless CMS
3 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 313 (63.10%) Chatbot
2 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 51 (10.28%) Cloud Computing
2 26 (5.24%) Azure
3 22 (4.44%) AWS
4 14 (2.82%) SaaS
5 9 (1.81%) GCP
6 8 (1.61%) Power Platform
7 6 (1.21%) Azure Data Factory
7 6 (1.21%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (0.81%) Amazon Bedrock
8 4 (0.81%) Amazon S3
9 3 (0.60%) Amazon EKS
9 3 (0.60%) Amazon ELB
9 3 (0.60%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (0.40%) Azure App Service
10 2 (0.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (0.40%) GitHub
10 2 (0.40%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.40%) IaaS
10 2 (0.40%) PaaS
10 2 (0.40%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 51 (10.28%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.02%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (1.81%) Metadata
2 9 (1.81%) MongoDB
3 6 (1.21%) NoSQL
4 5 (1.01%) MySQL
4 5 (1.01%) Power BI
5 4 (0.81%) Tableau
6 3 (0.60%) Delta Lake
6 3 (0.60%) DynamoDB
6 3 (0.60%) Spark SQL
7 2 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.40%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.40%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.40%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.20%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.20%) Power Query
8 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (0.81%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.60%) JIRA
2 3 (0.60%) MLflow
2 3 (0.60%) Selenium
3 2 (0.40%) JMeter
3 2 (0.40%) LoadRunner
3 2 (0.40%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.20%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.20%) Git
General
1 147 (29.64%) Analytical Skills
2 79 (15.93%) Social Skills
3 66 (13.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 59 (11.90%) Retail
5 52 (10.48%) Banking
6 49 (9.88%) Manufacturing
7 12 (2.42%) Public Sector
8 11 (2.22%) Law
9 9 (1.81%) Marketing
10 8 (1.61%) Catalan Language
10 8 (1.61%) Dutch Language
10 8 (1.61%) Finance
10 8 (1.61%) Finnish Language
10 8 (1.61%) Legal
10 8 (1.61%) Norwegian Language
11 7 (1.41%) Aerospace
12 4 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.60%) Agriculture
13 3 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.20%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 355 (71.57%) Trainer
2 55 (11.09%) Lecturer
3 24 (4.84%) Research Scientist
4 23 (4.64%) Content Editor
5 19 (3.83%) Biostatistician
6 16 (3.23%) Customer Support Specialist
6 16 (3.23%) Support Specialist
7 13 (2.62%) Biologist
7 13 (2.62%) Developer
8 12 (2.42%) Architect
9 10 (2.02%) Lead
10 8 (1.61%) Cisco Specialist
11 7 (1.41%) Communications Manager
11 7 (1.41%) Data Engineer
11 7 (1.41%) Principal Engineer
11 7 (1.41%) Python Developer
12 6 (1.21%) Analyst
13 5 (1.01%) Coordinator
13 5 (1.01%) Lead Developer
13 5 (1.01%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.22%) RESTful
2 9 (1.81%) HTML
2 9 (1.81%) PySpark
3 6 (1.21%) Kafka
3 6 (1.21%) React
4 5 (1.01%) FastAPI
4 5 (1.01%) GraphQL
5 4 (0.81%) Celery
5 4 (0.81%) Django
5 4 (0.81%) Flask
5 4 (0.81%) gRPC
5 4 (0.81%) Node.js
5 4 (0.81%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (0.81%) WebSockets
6 3 (0.60%) Bootstrap
6 3 (0.60%) Keras
6 3 (0.60%) NumPy
6 3 (0.60%) Pandas
6 3 (0.60%) scikit-learn
6 3 (0.60%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 52 (10.48%) Robotics
2 51 (10.28%) IoT
3 41 (8.27%) Molecular Biology
4 7 (1.41%) Product Ownership
5 6 (1.21%) AI Agents
5 6 (1.21%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.01%) Blog
6 5 (1.01%) Marketing Technology
7 3 (0.60%) Augmented Reality
7 3 (0.60%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (0.60%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (0.60%) Virtual Reality
8 2 (0.40%) e-Learning
8 2 (0.40%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (0.40%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.40%) Social Media
8 2 (0.40%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.20%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.20%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.20%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.60%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (63.10%) Conversational UI
2 140 (28.23%) Chemistry
3 130 (26.21%) Machine Learning
4 63 (12.70%) Cybersecurity
5 61 (12.30%) Problem-Solving
6 55 (11.09%) User Experience
7 54 (10.89%) Data Privacy
8 53 (10.69%) Generative AI
9 51 (10.28%) LLM
9 51 (10.28%) Web Development
10 49 (9.88%) Biochemistry
10 49 (9.88%) Biology
11 48 (9.68%) Red Team
12 41 (8.27%) Biotechnology
12 41 (8.27%) Data Interpretation
12 41 (8.27%) Experimental Design
13 37 (7.46%) Mathematics
14 36 (7.26%) Content Writing
14 36 (7.26%) Physics
15 21 (4.23%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 41 (8.27%) Python
2 29 (5.85%) SQL
3 15 (3.02%) JavaScript
4 14 (2.82%) TypeScript
5 10 (2.02%) Java
6 9 (1.81%) R
7 8 (1.61%) C
7 8 (1.61%) C#
7 8 (1.61%) C++
7 8 (1.61%) Dart
7 8 (1.61%) MATLAB
7 8 (1.61%) PHP
7 8 (1.61%) Ruby
7 8 (1.61%) Rust
8 4 (0.81%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 425 (85.69%) Degree
2 268 (54.03%) Master's Degree
3 266 (53.63%) PhD
4 51 (10.28%) Postgraduate
5 8 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.01%) PMP
7 2 (0.40%) ACCA
7 2 (0.40%) CIMA
8 1 (0.20%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.20%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.20%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (0.60%) QA
2 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (0.20%) COBIT
2 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (0.20%) GDPR
System Software
1 14 (2.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (2.42%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.60%) Functional Safety
2 3 (0.60%) Kubeflow
2 3 (0.60%) Terraform
3 2 (0.40%) Control-M
3 2 (0.40%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 307 (61.90%) PayPal
2 59 (11.90%) Databricks
3 48 (9.68%) Adobe
3 48 (9.68%) Google
4 10 (2.02%) Microsoft
5 8 (1.61%) Cisco
6 3 (0.60%) Oracle
7 2 (0.40%) IBM
7 2 (0.40%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.20%) Pardot
8 1 (0.20%) SAP