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 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 13 104
Rank change year-on-year +1 +91 +28
Permanent jobs citing AI 545 408 99
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 7.67% 11.63% 1.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.40% 12.99% 2.38%
Number of salaries quoted 277 69 89
10th Percentile £33,000 £25,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £25,313 £47,788
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £35,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +85.71% -48.15% +3.29%
75th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £73,886
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £93,750
England median annual salary £70,500 £70,000 £71,991
% change year-on-year +0.71% -2.77% -4.01%

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 4,781 3,142 4,162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 67.24% 89.59% 78.72%
Number of salaries quoted 3,442 1,518 2,809
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £29,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -8.41%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £78,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,920 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.30% +1.67% -11.29%

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 31 July 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 31 July 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 -13 259 £65,000 +153.66% 92
South Yorkshire +6 156 £65,000 -21.21% 27
East Yorkshire +22 57 £42,500 -26.09% 5
North Yorkshire +13 54 £55,000 - 19
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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 14 (2.57%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.39%) Jupyter
3 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 133 (24.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (3.67%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.55%) LaTeX
4 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.37%) Camtasia
5 2 (0.37%) Trello
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.18%) Notion
Business Applications
1 3 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.55%) Q-Pulse
1 3 (0.55%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.37%) Magento
2 2 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.37%) Shopify
2 2 (0.37%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 259 (47.52%) Azure
2 201 (36.88%) Azure AI
3 154 (28.26%) Power Platform
4 56 (10.28%) AWS
5 46 (8.44%) SaaS
6 32 (5.87%) Microsoft 365
7 30 (5.50%) Microsoft Copilot
8 21 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
8 21 (3.85%) Power Automate
9 18 (3.30%) Entra ID
10 14 (2.57%) Copilot Studio
10 14 (2.57%) GitHub
11 10 (1.83%) Cloud Computing
11 10 (1.83%) GCP
11 10 (1.83%) PowerApps
11 10 (1.83%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 10 (1.83%) Serverless
12 9 (1.65%) Amazon ECS
12 9 (1.65%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 7 (1.28%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 30 (5.50%) Broadband
2 5 (0.92%) Internet
3 4 (0.73%) CTI
3 4 (0.73%) LAN
3 4 (0.73%) Network Security
3 4 (0.73%) VoIP
3 4 (0.73%) WAN
4 2 (0.37%) Firewall
5 1 (0.18%) DHCP
5 1 (0.18%) DNS
5 1 (0.18%) SAN
5 1 (0.18%) SSL
5 1 (0.18%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (25.69%) Power BI
2 127 (23.30%) Tableau
3 13 (2.39%) MongoDB
4 12 (2.20%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.92%) Big Data
7 5 (0.92%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.73%) DynamoDB
8 4 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (0.73%) Semantic Layer
9 3 (0.55%) ClickHouse
9 3 (0.55%) Metadata
9 3 (0.55%) MySQL
9 3 (0.55%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.55%) SQL Server
9 3 (0.55%) Star Schema
10 2 (0.37%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.37%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.37%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 10 (1.83%) Visual Studio Code
2 4 (0.73%) Claude Code
3 3 (0.55%) Git
3 3 (0.55%) MLflow
4 2 (0.37%) GitLab
4 2 (0.37%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.37%) JIRA
5 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 247 (45.32%) Social Skills
2 91 (16.70%) Finance
3 45 (8.26%) Marketing
4 42 (7.71%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (6.06%) Games
6 27 (4.95%) Public Sector
7 24 (4.40%) Manufacturing
8 23 (4.22%) Law
8 23 (4.22%) Legal
9 22 (4.04%) Retail
10 20 (3.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (1.65%) Advertising
14 5 (0.92%) Banking
15 4 (0.73%) Aviation
16 3 (0.55%) Billing
16 3 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
17 2 (0.37%) Tech for Good
18 1 (0.18%) Aeronautics
Job Titles
1 136 (24.95%) Analyst
2 127 (23.30%) Data Analyst
2 127 (23.30%) Junior
3 126 (23.12%) Junior Analyst
3 126 (23.12%) Junior Data Analyst
4 63 (11.56%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 52 (9.54%) Lead
6 50 (9.17%) Developer
7 23 (4.22%) Senior
8 21 (3.85%) Software Engineer
9 19 (3.49%) Architect
9 19 (3.49%) Technical Leader
10 17 (3.12%) IT Manager
10 17 (3.12%) Product Manager
10 17 (3.12%) Software Developer
11 15 (2.75%) .NET Developer
12 14 (2.57%) Marketing Executive
13 12 (2.20%) Principal Engineer
14 11 (2.02%) Engineering Manager
14 11 (2.02%) IT Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (5.69%) React
2 23 (4.22%) .NET
3 15 (2.75%) ASP.NET
3 15 (2.75%) ASP.NET Core
3 15 (2.75%) ML.NET
3 15 (2.75%) Node.js
4 13 (2.39%) Android SDK
4 13 (2.39%) Blazor
4 13 (2.39%) GraphQL
4 13 (2.39%) RESTful
5 11 (2.02%) .NET Core
5 11 (2.02%) scikit-learn
6 10 (1.83%) Hugging Face
6 10 (1.83%) Matplotlib
6 10 (1.83%) NumPy
6 10 (1.83%) Pandas
6 10 (1.83%) Streamlit
7 6 (1.10%) CSS
8 4 (0.73%) Bootstrap
8 4 (0.73%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 34 (6.24%) Mobile App
2 25 (4.59%) Onboarding
3 23 (4.22%) Social Media
4 21 (3.85%) AI Agents
5 20 (3.67%) Self-Motivation
6 16 (2.94%) Management Information System
7 14 (2.57%) Algorithms
7 14 (2.57%) Cloud Native
8 13 (2.39%) Product Ownership
9 10 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
10 8 (1.47%) Low-Code
11 7 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (1.28%) Security Posture
12 5 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (0.92%) BBC
12 5 (0.92%) Driving Licence
13 4 (0.73%) iPhone
13 4 (0.73%) IVR
13 4 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (0.73%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 33 (6.06%) Android
2 17 (3.12%) Windows
3 16 (2.94%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.55%) Linux
5 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (26.24%) Business Intelligence
2 79 (14.50%) Agile
3 75 (13.76%) Roadmaps
4 72 (13.21%) Analytics
5 70 (12.84%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
6 69 (12.66%) CI/CD
7 66 (12.11%) Mentoring
8 65 (11.93%) Machine Learning
9 63 (11.56%) Decision-Making
10 58 (10.64%) Continuous Improvement
11 57 (10.46%) Problem-Solving
12 52 (9.54%) Software Engineering
13 42 (7.71%) Observability
14 39 (7.16%) Cybersecurity
15 37 (6.79%) Technical Leadership
16 36 (6.61%) Stakeholder Management
17 35 (6.42%) LLM
18 33 (6.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 31 (5.69%) Coaching
20 30 (5.50%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 243 (44.59%) Python
2 163 (29.91%) SQL
3 35 (6.42%) JavaScript
4 28 (5.14%) C#
5 22 (4.04%) Java
6 19 (3.49%) TypeScript
7 13 (2.39%) Kotlin
8 5 (0.92%) Go
8 5 (0.92%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.55%) PHP
10 2 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.37%) Ruby
10 2 (0.37%) XAML
11 1 (0.18%) C
11 1 (0.18%) C++
11 1 (0.18%) Perl
11 1 (0.18%) R
11 1 (0.18%) Scala
11 1 (0.18%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 181 (33.21%) Azure Certification
2 26 (4.77%) Degree
3 10 (1.83%) AWS Certification
3 10 (1.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 10 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (1.65%) Security Cleared
5 8 (1.47%) ACCA
5 8 (1.47%) CIMA
5 8 (1.47%) SC Cleared
6 6 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (0.92%) CISSP
8 4 (0.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (0.73%) CCSP
8 4 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 3 (0.55%) CompTIA CySA+
9 3 (0.55%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (0.55%) PhD
10 1 (0.18%) CISM
10 1 (0.18%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.40%) Accessibility
2 15 (2.75%) Cyber Essentials
2 15 (2.75%) QA
3 14 (2.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 14 (2.57%) Data Quality
3 14 (2.57%) GDPR
4 10 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.92%) NIST
6 4 (0.73%) GRC
7 3 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.55%) NCSC
7 3 (0.55%) PMO
8 2 (0.37%) ISO 19650
8 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.18%) GAAP
System Software
1 8 (1.47%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.28%) Docker
3 1 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.18%) Firmware
3 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (2.75%) Terraform
3 7 (1.28%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.18%) Grafana
Vendors
1 210 (38.53%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.49%) Google
2 19 (3.49%) Salesforce
3 14 (2.57%) Databricks
4 7 (1.28%) Foundry
4 7 (1.28%) OpenAI
5 5 (0.92%) Apple
5 5 (0.92%) Facebook
5 5 (0.92%) HubSpot
5 5 (0.92%) Sony
5 5 (0.92%) Yahoo!
6 4 (0.73%) Avaya
6 4 (0.73%) Cisco
6 4 (0.73%) Genesys
6 4 (0.73%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.55%) Sage
7 3 (0.55%) SAP
7 3 (0.55%) Xero
8 2 (0.37%) Oracle
8 2 (0.37%) Workday