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

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 71 119
Rank change year-on-year +66 +48 -5
Permanent jobs citing AI 533 109 79
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 15.94% 2.45% 2.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.20% 3.07% 2.33%
Number of salaries quoted 34 64 54
10th Percentile £37,000 £40,000 £46,306
25th Percentile £43,125 £45,625 £63,353
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £68,750 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -11.29% +27.06%
75th Percentile £86,250 £73,886 £84,056
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 -
England median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +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 2,928 3,555 3,384
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 87.59% 79.96% 95.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,387 1,565 2,493
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,800
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - -
75th Percentile £65,625 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year -8.33% -1.32% +1.33%

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 13 October 2025.

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 13 October 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 +66 375 £70,000 - 72
South Yorkshire +26 75 £80,000 +52.38% 22
North Yorkshire +32 66 £72,500 -14.71% 12
East Yorkshire +13 15 £57,500 - 4
AI
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 5 (0.94%) Confluence
2 3 (0.56%) Apache Spark
2 3 (0.56%) Kinematics
3 2 (0.38%) CMS
3 2 (0.38%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.19%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.19%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 350 (65.67%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 26 (4.88%) AWS
2 21 (3.94%) Azure
3 14 (2.63%) SaaS
4 9 (1.69%) GCP
5 8 (1.50%) Power Platform
6 5 (0.94%) AWS CloudFormation
6 5 (0.94%) AWS Lambda
6 5 (0.94%) AWS Step Functions
6 5 (0.94%) GitHub
6 5 (0.94%) Serverless
7 4 (0.75%) Amazon S3
7 4 (0.75%) Power Automate
8 3 (0.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (0.56%) Amazon EKS
8 3 (0.56%) Amazon ELB
8 3 (0.56%) Datadog
8 3 (0.56%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.38%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.38%) IaaS
9 2 (0.38%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.38%) DNS
1 2 (0.38%) Firewall
1 2 (0.38%) SD-WAN
1 2 (0.38%) VPN
1 2 (0.38%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.88%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (1.69%) MongoDB
3 7 (1.31%) MySQL
4 6 (1.13%) NoSQL
5 5 (0.94%) Power BI
6 4 (0.75%) Metadata
6 4 (0.75%) Tableau
7 3 (0.56%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.56%) Delta Lake
7 3 (0.56%) DynamoDB
7 3 (0.56%) Spark SQL
8 2 (0.38%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.38%) SQL Server
9 1 (0.19%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.19%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 9 (1.69%) JIRA
2 4 (0.75%) Jenkins
2 4 (0.75%) Selenium
3 3 (0.56%) MLflow
4 2 (0.38%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.38%) Git
4 2 (0.38%) JMeter
4 2 (0.38%) LoadRunner
4 2 (0.38%) SonarQube
General
1 167 (31.33%) Analytical Skills
2 130 (24.39%) Retail
3 121 (22.70%) Manufacturing
4 32 (6.00%) Dutch Language
4 32 (6.00%) Finnish Language
4 32 (6.00%) Norwegian Language
5 25 (4.69%) Social Skills
6 11 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (1.69%) Marketing
8 8 (1.50%) Aerospace
8 8 (1.50%) Catalan Language
8 8 (1.50%) Law
9 5 (0.94%) Finance
10 4 (0.75%) Public Sector
11 3 (0.56%) Agriculture
12 2 (0.38%) Legal
13 1 (0.19%) Advertising
13 1 (0.19%) Banking
13 1 (0.19%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.19%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 462 (86.68%) Trainer
2 24 (4.50%) Research Scientist
3 23 (4.32%) Biostatistician
3 23 (4.32%) Content Editor
4 22 (4.13%) Lecturer
5 17 (3.19%) Developer
6 16 (3.00%) Customer Support Specialist
6 16 (3.00%) Support Specialist
7 13 (2.44%) Biologist
8 9 (1.69%) Cisco Specialist
9 8 (1.50%) Architect
9 8 (1.50%) Lead
10 7 (1.31%) Communications Manager
11 6 (1.13%) Analyst
11 6 (1.13%) Python Developer
12 5 (0.94%) Coordinator
12 5 (0.94%) Customer Service Representative
12 5 (0.94%) Lead Developer
12 5 (0.94%) Lead Software Developer
12 5 (0.94%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.25%) RESTful
2 10 (1.88%) HTML
3 7 (1.31%) React
4 6 (1.13%) Kafka
4 6 (1.13%) Node.js
4 6 (1.13%) REST
5 5 (0.94%) FastAPI
5 5 (0.94%) GraphQL
5 5 (0.94%) SOAP
5 5 (0.94%) Web Services
6 4 (0.75%) Bootstrap
6 4 (0.75%) Celery
6 4 (0.75%) Django
6 4 (0.75%) Flask
6 4 (0.75%) gRPC
6 4 (0.75%) PySpark
6 4 (0.75%) RabbitMQ
6 4 (0.75%) Redux
6 4 (0.75%) WebSockets
7 3 (0.56%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 123 (23.08%) Robotics
2 45 (8.44%) Molecular Biology
3 7 (1.31%) Product Ownership
4 5 (0.94%) CMDB
4 5 (0.94%) Marketing Technology
5 4 (0.75%) Cloud Native
6 3 (0.56%) Augmented Reality
6 3 (0.56%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (0.56%) Virtual Reality
7 2 (0.38%) Client/Server
7 2 (0.38%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.38%) e-Learning
7 2 (0.38%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.38%) NHS
7 2 (0.38%) Social Media
8 1 (0.19%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.19%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.19%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.19%) Hackathon
8 1 (0.19%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 350 (65.67%) Conversational UI
2 164 (30.77%) Chemistry
3 143 (26.83%) Machine Learning
4 131 (24.58%) Problem-Solving
5 122 (22.89%) Generative AI
6 121 (22.70%) LLM
7 120 (22.51%) Red Team
8 102 (19.14%) Data Privacy
9 53 (9.94%) Biochemistry
9 53 (9.94%) Biology
10 46 (8.63%) Mathematics
11 45 (8.44%) Biotechnology
11 45 (8.44%) Data Interpretation
11 45 (8.44%) Experimental Design
12 41 (7.69%) Physics
13 36 (6.75%) Content Writing
14 25 (4.69%) Computer Science
15 23 (4.32%) Biostatistics
16 22 (4.13%) Agile
17 17 (3.19%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 31 (5.82%) Python
2 21 (3.94%) JavaScript
2 21 (3.94%) SQL
3 14 (2.63%) TypeScript
4 9 (1.69%) Java
5 8 (1.50%) C
5 8 (1.50%) C#
5 8 (1.50%) C++
5 8 (1.50%) Dart
5 8 (1.50%) MATLAB
5 8 (1.50%) PHP
5 8 (1.50%) R
5 8 (1.50%) Ruby
5 8 (1.50%) Rust
6 2 (0.38%) Bicep
6 2 (0.38%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 476 (89.31%) Degree
2 255 (47.84%) Master's Degree
3 253 (47.47%) PhD
4 8 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (0.38%) ACCA
5 2 (0.38%) Azure Certification
5 2 (0.38%) CIMA
5 2 (0.38%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.19%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.19%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.19%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (0.75%) QA
2 1 (0.19%) COBIT
System Software
1 13 (2.44%) Docker
2 2 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (1.50%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.56%) Functional Safety
2 3 (0.56%) Kubeflow
2 3 (0.56%) Terraform
3 2 (0.38%) Control-M
3 2 (0.38%) HP Fortify
3 2 (0.38%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 342 (64.17%) PayPal
2 127 (23.83%) Databricks
3 120 (22.51%) Adobe
3 120 (22.51%) Google
4 9 (1.69%) Cisco
5 5 (0.94%) ServiceNow
6 4 (0.75%) Microsoft
7 3 (0.56%) Oracle
8 2 (0.38%) IBM
8 2 (0.38%) Meraki
8 2 (0.38%) OpenAI
8 2 (0.38%) Splunk
9 1 (0.19%) Pardot
9 1 (0.19%) SAP