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 21 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 11 97
Rank change year-on-year -3 +86 +73
Permanent jobs citing AI 521 371 137
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 7.73% 12.61% 2.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.43% 13.63% 2.66%
Number of salaries quoted 243 66 127
10th Percentile £33,150 £25,000 £39,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £25,313 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £25,625 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +153.66% -59.00% -5.91%
75th Percentile £90,000 £63,052 £73,886
90th Percentile £100,000 £86,250 £93,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £66,340 £70,000
% change year-on-year +5.52% -5.23% -6.67%

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 4,557 2,721 5,150
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 67.57% 92.46% 78.59%
Number of salaries quoted 3,207 1,293 3,888
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 21 June 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 21 June 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 -12 251 £65,000 +153.66% 60
South Yorkshire +5 142 £65,000 -21.21% 31
East Yorkshire +14 60 £40,000 -30.43% 4
North Yorkshire +11 51 £55,000 -6.38% 11
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 (2.11%) Jupyter
2 8 (1.54%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 148 (28.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.88%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.58%) Camtasia
4 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.38%) Trello
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.19%) Notion
Business Applications
1 3 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.38%) Q-Pulse
2 2 (0.38%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.38%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 252 (48.37%) Azure
2 214 (41.07%) Azure AI
3 163 (31.29%) Power Platform
4 44 (8.45%) AWS
5 42 (8.06%) SaaS
6 26 (4.99%) Microsoft Copilot
7 23 (4.41%) Microsoft 365
8 19 (3.65%) Power Automate
9 14 (2.69%) Copilot Studio
10 13 (2.50%) Entra ID
11 12 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (2.11%) Cloud Computing
12 11 (2.11%) GitHub
13 10 (1.92%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 9 (1.73%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 8 (1.54%) PowerApps
16 7 (1.34%) GCP
17 6 (1.15%) Serverless
18 5 (0.96%) Azure Machine Learning
19 4 (0.77%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 37 (7.10%) Broadband
2 4 (0.77%) Network Security
3 2 (0.38%) Internet
4 1 (0.19%) DHCP
4 1 (0.19%) DNS
4 1 (0.19%) Firewall
4 1 (0.19%) LAN
4 1 (0.19%) VLAN
4 1 (0.19%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 155 (29.75%) Power BI
2 145 (27.83%) Tableau
3 10 (1.92%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (1.73%) MongoDB
5 6 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.96%) Big Data
6 5 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.58%) ClickHouse
8 3 (0.58%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.58%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.58%) Neo4j
8 3 (0.58%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.58%) Star Schema
9 2 (0.38%) Semantic Layer
9 2 (0.38%) SQL Server
10 1 (0.19%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.19%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.19%) InfluxDB
10 1 (0.19%) Looker
Development Applications
1 11 (2.11%) Visual Studio Code
2 3 (0.58%) Claude Code
2 3 (0.58%) Git
3 1 (0.19%) JIRA
3 1 (0.19%) MLflow
3 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 251 (48.18%) Social Skills
2 81 (15.55%) Finance
3 43 (8.25%) Marketing
4 38 (7.29%) Games
5 35 (6.72%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (3.84%) Law
7 19 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (3.65%) Legal
7 19 (3.65%) Manufacturing
8 15 (2.88%) Retail
9 14 (2.69%) Public Sector
10 11 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (1.54%) Advertising
12 5 (0.96%) Banking
13 4 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.58%) Aviation
14 3 (0.58%) Billing
14 3 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.38%) Tech for Good
16 1 (0.19%) Aeronautics
Job Titles
1 154 (29.56%) Analyst
2 145 (27.83%) Data Analyst
3 144 (27.64%) Junior
3 144 (27.64%) Junior Analyst
3 144 (27.64%) Junior Data Analyst
4 62 (11.90%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 49 (9.40%) Lead
6 48 (9.21%) Developer
7 21 (4.03%) Senior
8 20 (3.84%) Software Engineer
9 17 (3.26%) Software Developer
10 16 (3.07%) Technical Leader
11 15 (2.88%) Product Manager
12 14 (2.69%) Marketing Executive
13 13 (2.50%) IT Manager
14 12 (2.30%) Architect
14 12 (2.30%) Engineering Manager
14 12 (2.30%) Principal Engineer
15 11 (2.11%) .NET Developer
15 11 (2.11%) Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (4.61%) React
2 22 (4.22%) .NET
3 13 (2.50%) Android SDK
3 13 (2.50%) GraphQL
4 12 (2.30%) Node.js
4 12 (2.30%) scikit-learn
5 11 (2.11%) ASP.NET
5 11 (2.11%) ASP.NET Core
5 11 (2.11%) Hugging Face
5 11 (2.11%) Matplotlib
5 11 (2.11%) ML.NET
5 11 (2.11%) NumPy
5 11 (2.11%) Pandas
5 11 (2.11%) Streamlit
6 10 (1.92%) RESTful
7 9 (1.73%) .NET Core
7 9 (1.73%) Blazor
8 5 (0.96%) CSS
8 5 (0.96%) LangChain
9 4 (0.77%) Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 40 (7.68%) Mobile App
2 32 (6.14%) Onboarding
3 22 (4.22%) Social Media
4 18 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (2.69%) Management Information System
6 13 (2.50%) Algorithms
6 13 (2.50%) Cloud Native
7 11 (2.11%) AI Agents
7 11 (2.11%) Product Ownership
8 9 (1.73%) Low-Code
9 7 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (0.96%) Driving Licence
11 4 (0.77%) BBC
11 4 (0.77%) Marketing Technology
11 4 (0.77%) Security Posture
12 3 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.58%) e-Learning
12 3 (0.58%) iPhone
12 3 (0.58%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 39 (7.49%) Android
2 23 (4.41%) Apple iOS
3 11 (2.11%) Windows
4 1 (0.19%) Linux
4 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (29.94%) Business Intelligence
2 70 (13.44%) Agile
2 70 (13.44%) Roadmaps
3 68 (13.05%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
4 67 (12.86%) CI/CD
4 67 (12.86%) Decision-Making
5 62 (11.90%) Mentoring
6 57 (10.94%) Analytics
7 55 (10.56%) Software Engineering
8 54 (10.36%) Machine Learning
9 47 (9.02%) Observability
10 45 (8.64%) Problem-Solving
11 40 (7.68%) Technical Leadership
12 38 (7.29%) Continuous Improvement
13 32 (6.14%) LLM
14 29 (5.57%) Cybersecurity
15 28 (5.37%) Budgeting
16 27 (5.18%) Incident Management
16 27 (5.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 26 (4.99%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 259 (49.71%) Python
2 174 (33.40%) SQL
3 29 (5.57%) JavaScript
4 27 (5.18%) C#
5 25 (4.80%) Java
6 15 (2.88%) TypeScript
7 13 (2.50%) Kotlin
8 3 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (0.58%) Go
9 2 (0.38%) PHP
9 2 (0.38%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.38%) Ruby
9 2 (0.38%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.19%) C
10 1 (0.19%) C++
10 1 (0.19%) XAML
Qualifications
1 199 (38.20%) Azure Certification
2 20 (3.84%) Degree
3 11 (2.11%) AWS Certification
3 11 (2.11%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 9 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.34%) ACCA
5 7 (1.34%) CIMA
6 5 (0.96%) CISSP
6 5 (0.96%) SC Cleared
6 5 (0.96%) Security Cleared
7 4 (0.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (0.77%) CCSP
7 4 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.19%) CISM
9 1 (0.19%) CRISC
9 1 (0.19%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.61%) Accessibility
2 13 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 12 (2.30%) GDPR
4 11 (2.11%) QA
5 10 (1.92%) Data Quality
5 10 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.96%) NIST
7 4 (0.77%) GRC
8 3 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.58%) NCSC
8 3 (0.58%) PMO
9 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 6 (1.15%) Docker
2 4 (0.77%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (1.92%) Terraform
3 5 (0.96%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.19%) Grafana
Vendors
1 207 (39.73%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.65%) Salesforce
3 18 (3.45%) Google
4 10 (1.92%) Databricks
5 6 (1.15%) OpenAI
6 5 (0.96%) Foundry
6 5 (0.96%) HubSpot
7 4 (0.77%) Apple
7 4 (0.77%) Facebook
7 4 (0.77%) Sony
7 4 (0.77%) Yahoo!
8 3 (0.58%) SAP
8 3 (0.58%) Xero
9 2 (0.38%) Oracle
9 2 (0.38%) Sage
9 2 (0.38%) Workday
10 1 (0.19%) Cloudera
10 1 (0.19%) Dell
10 1 (0.19%) ServiceNow