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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 5 75
Rank change year-on-year -12 +70 +42
Permanent jobs citing AI 378 532 107
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 5.02% 15.89% 2.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.41% 18.12% 3.04%
Number of salaries quoted 252 37 62
10th Percentile £36,025 £37,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +3.57% -9.68%
75th Percentile £88,148 £86,250 £73,886
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £93,750
England median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year - -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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,098 2,936 3,515
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 67.74% 87.67% 79.94%
Number of salaries quoted 3,794 1,402 1,538
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,425
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,063 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -0.94%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,425 £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% -1.32%

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 16 October 2026.

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 16 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 -17 216 £70,000 - 64
South Yorkshire -16 97 £65,000 -18.75% 32
North Yorkshire -7 26 £55,000 -24.14% 11
East Yorkshire 0 19 £42,500 -26.09% 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 24 (6.35%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.32%) CMS
2 5 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.79%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 27 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.65%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.59%) Chatbot
4 4 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.79%) LaTeX
6 2 (0.53%) Trello
7 1 (0.26%) Camtasia
7 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.06%) Shopify
2 3 (0.79%) Magento
2 3 (0.79%) Q-Pulse
2 3 (0.79%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.53%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 109 (28.84%) Azure
2 54 (14.29%) SaaS
3 45 (11.90%) AWS
3 45 (11.90%) Microsoft 365
4 41 (10.85%) Power Platform
5 39 (10.32%) Azure AI
5 39 (10.32%) Microsoft Copilot
6 23 (6.08%) Azure DevOps
6 23 (6.08%) Entra ID
7 20 (5.29%) Power Automate
8 17 (4.50%) GCP
9 14 (3.70%) Copilot Studio
9 14 (3.70%) GitHub
10 13 (3.44%) OneDrive
11 12 (3.17%) Microsoft Purview
11 12 (3.17%) PowerApps
12 10 (2.65%) NetDocuments
12 10 (2.65%) Serverless
13 9 (2.38%) Amazon ECS
14 8 (2.12%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.12%) Internet
1 8 (2.12%) LAN
1 8 (2.12%) Network Security
2 7 (1.85%) WAN
3 4 (1.06%) CTI
3 4 (1.06%) VoIP
4 2 (0.53%) Broadband
4 2 (0.53%) DHCP
4 2 (0.53%) DNS
4 2 (0.53%) Firewall
5 1 (0.26%) DSL
5 1 (0.26%) SAN
5 1 (0.26%) SSL
5 1 (0.26%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.26%) VLAN
5 1 (0.26%) VPN
5 1 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (6.88%) Power BI
2 12 (3.17%) MongoDB
2 12 (3.17%) Tableau
3 11 (2.91%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (1.85%) Big Data
5 7 (1.85%) Data Lake
5 7 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.59%) SQL Server
7 5 (1.32%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.32%) Star Schema
8 4 (1.06%) Delta Lake
8 4 (1.06%) DynamoDB
8 4 (1.06%) GIS
8 4 (1.06%) MySQL
9 3 (0.79%) Metadata
9 3 (0.79%) Semantic Layer
10 2 (0.53%) ClickHouse
10 2 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.53%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 6 (1.59%) Claude Code
2 3 (0.79%) Git
2 3 (0.79%) GitLab
3 2 (0.53%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.53%) MLflow
4 1 (0.26%) JIRA
4 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 116 (30.69%) Social Skills
2 98 (25.93%) Finance
3 55 (14.55%) Marketing
4 47 (12.43%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (9.26%) Public Sector
6 31 (8.20%) Legal
7 29 (7.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 23 (6.08%) Retail
9 16 (4.23%) Influencing Skills
9 16 (4.23%) Law
10 15 (3.97%) Manufacturing
10 15 (3.97%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (2.12%) Banking
12 7 (1.85%) Advertising
13 6 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.32%) Local Government
15 4 (1.06%) Aviation
15 4 (1.06%) French Language
16 3 (0.79%) Police
16 3 (0.79%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 39 (10.32%) Senior
2 38 (10.05%) Lead
3 36 (9.52%) Developer
4 33 (8.73%) Architect
5 28 (7.41%) Software Engineer
6 23 (6.08%) Account Executive
7 21 (5.56%) Analyst
8 20 (5.29%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 19 (5.03%) IT Manager
10 17 (4.50%) Solutions Architect
11 14 (3.70%) .NET Developer
12 13 (3.44%) Consultant
12 13 (3.44%) Data Engineer
13 12 (3.17%) Data Analyst
13 12 (3.17%) IT Operations Manager
13 12 (3.17%) Junior
13 12 (3.17%) Operations Manager
14 11 (2.91%) Product Manager
14 11 (2.91%) Sales Executive
14 11 (2.91%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (7.41%) .NET
2 25 (6.61%) React
3 15 (3.97%) Terraform
4 14 (3.70%) ASP.NET
4 14 (3.70%) ASP.NET Core
4 14 (3.70%) ML.NET
5 13 (3.44%) Node.js
5 13 (3.44%) RESTful
6 12 (3.17%) Blazor
7 10 (2.65%) .NET Core
7 10 (2.65%) REST
8 9 (2.38%) CSS
8 9 (2.38%) Middleware
9 4 (1.06%) LangGraph
9 4 (1.06%) Model Context Protocol
10 3 (0.79%) HTML
10 3 (0.79%) JWT
10 3 (0.79%) OAuth
10 3 (0.79%) Tailwind CSS
11 2 (0.53%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 30 (7.94%) AI Agents
2 29 (7.67%) Onboarding
3 15 (3.97%) Management Information System
4 14 (3.70%) Cloud Native
5 12 (3.17%) Product Ownership
6 11 (2.91%) Marketing Technology
7 9 (2.38%) Cyber Threat
7 9 (2.38%) Security Posture
8 8 (2.12%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (1.59%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.32%) CMDB
10 5 (1.32%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.32%) Driving Licence
10 5 (1.32%) Social Media
11 4 (1.06%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.06%) iPhone
11 4 (1.06%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 25 (6.61%) Windows
2 6 (1.59%) Linux
3 4 (1.06%) Android
3 4 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (0.79%) macOS
5 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (20.90%) Analytics
2 66 (17.46%) Continuous Improvement
3 62 (16.40%) Roadmaps
4 59 (15.61%) Machine Learning
5 57 (15.08%) Agile
6 56 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
7 55 (14.55%) Stakeholder Management
8 53 (14.02%) Cybersecurity
9 51 (13.49%) Software Engineering
10 45 (11.90%) Decision-Making
11 43 (11.38%) Mentoring
12 38 (10.05%) Coaching
13 36 (9.52%) DevOps
14 35 (9.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 34 (8.99%) CI/CD
16 33 (8.73%) Business Intelligence
17 26 (6.88%) B2B
17 26 (6.88%) Data Protection
17 26 (6.88%) Generative AI
17 26 (6.88%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 78 (20.63%) Python
2 52 (13.76%) SQL
3 30 (7.94%) JavaScript
4 27 (7.14%) C#
5 19 (5.03%) TypeScript
6 7 (1.85%) PowerShell
7 6 (1.59%) Go
8 5 (1.32%) Java
8 5 (1.32%) PHP
9 4 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (1.06%) XAML
10 3 (0.79%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.79%) Rust
11 2 (0.53%) Bicep
11 2 (0.53%) R
11 2 (0.53%) Ruby
12 1 (0.26%) C
12 1 (0.26%) C++
12 1 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.26%) Perl
Qualifications
1 43 (11.38%) Degree
2 23 (6.08%) Security Cleared
3 21 (5.56%) Azure Certification
3 21 (5.56%) SC Cleared
4 11 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.12%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.59%) CompTIA CySA+
7 6 (1.59%) CompTIA Security+
8 5 (1.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 5 (1.32%) CCSP
8 5 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.32%) CISSP
8 5 (1.32%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 4 (1.06%) PhD
10 3 (0.79%) CIPD
11 1 (0.26%) ACCA
11 1 (0.26%) CEH
11 1 (0.26%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.35%) Data Quality
2 18 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
3 16 (4.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 15 (3.97%) Accessibility
5 13 (3.44%) GDPR
6 11 (2.91%) QA
7 9 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (1.85%) NIST
9 5 (1.32%) GRC
10 4 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 4 (1.06%) WCAG
11 3 (0.79%) ISO 19650
11 3 (0.79%) PMO
12 2 (0.53%) NCSC
13 1 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.26%) COBIT
13 1 (0.26%) EU AI Act
13 1 (0.26%) GAAP
13 1 (0.26%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (2.65%) Docker
2 9 (2.38%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.26%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.26%) Firmware
3 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (2.12%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 110 (29.10%) Microsoft
2 25 (6.61%) Google
3 20 (5.29%) Salesforce
4 18 (4.76%) Databricks
5 15 (3.97%) Samsung
5 15 (3.97%) TikTok
6 9 (2.38%) Adobe
7 7 (1.85%) Foundry
7 7 (1.85%) OpenAI
8 5 (1.32%) Sage
8 5 (1.32%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.06%) Apple
9 4 (1.06%) Avaya
9 4 (1.06%) Cisco
9 4 (1.06%) Facebook
9 4 (1.06%) Genesys
9 4 (1.06%) Sony
9 4 (1.06%) Yahoo!
10 3 (0.79%) Botify
10 3 (0.79%) Oracle