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 19 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 17 | 5 | 74 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -12 | +69 | +48 |
| Permanent jobs citing AI | 383 | 526 | 106 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire | 5.10% | 15.81% | 2.43% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 7.51% | 18.02% | 3.04% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 252 | 40 | 61 |
| 10th Percentile | £33,300 | £38,500 | £40,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £50,000 | £46,313 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £72,500 | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.34% | +3.57% | -9.68% |
| 75th Percentile | £87,662 | £85,313 | £73,886 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £90,000 | £93,750 |
| England median annual salary | £73,000 | £72,500 | £75,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.69% | -3.33% | - |
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.
| 6 months to 19 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 5,098 | 2,919 | 3,482 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire | 67.89% | 87.74% | 79.92% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3,776 | 1,400 | 1,514 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £26,250 | £30,325 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £31,000 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £47,500 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.53% | -9.52% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £66,308 | £68,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £85,000 | £80,000 | £80,000 |
| England median annual salary | £60,000 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.09% | -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 Salary Trend in Yorkshire
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 19 October 2026.
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 19 October 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 | -17 | 219 | £70,000 | +9.80% | 282 |
| South Yorkshire | -15 | 98 | £65,000 | -18.75% | 105 |
| North Yorkshire | -10 | 27 | £55,000 | -24.14% | 34 |
| East Yorkshire | -5 | 16 | £42,500 | -26.09% | 17 |
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AI Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Analytics | 21.7% | 83 |
| 2 | Roadmaps | 17.8% | 68 |
| 3 | Continuous Improvement | 17.2% | 66 |
| 4 | Machine Learning | 16.4% | 63 |
| 5 | Agile | 15.7% | 60 |
| 6 | Stakeholder Management | 15.4% | 59 |
| 7 | Problem-Solving | 14.6% | 56 |
| 8 | Cybersecurity | 13.6% | 52 |
| 9 | Software Engineering | 13.1% | 50 |
| 10 | Decision-Making | 12.3% | 47 |
| 11 | Mentoring | 11.0% | 42 |
| 12 | DevOps | 9.9% | 38 |
| 13 | Coaching | 9.7% | 37 |
| 14 | CI/CD | 8.9% | 34 |
| 14 | Stakeholder Engagement | 8.9% | 34 |
| 16 | Business Intelligence | 8.6% | 33 |
| 17 | Data Protection | 7.0% | 27 |
| 17 | Full-Stack Development | 7.0% | 27 |
| 17 | Generative AI | 7.0% | 27 |
| 20 | B2B | 6.8% | 26 |