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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 7 97
Rank change year-on-year -9 +90 +31
Permanent jobs citing AI 479 441 99
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 6.37% 12.97% 1.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.56% 14.84% 2.41%
Number of salaries quoted 261 58 76
10th Percentile £36,250 £25,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £25,313 £47,716
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £43,750 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +48.57% -37.50% -10.90%
75th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £73,784
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £92,286
England median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% -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 5,013 2,971 4,116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 66.71% 87.41% 78.88%
Number of salaries quoted 3,684 1,536 2,313
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £30,945 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,130 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.75% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £78,600
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%

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 31 August 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 August 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 -16 234 £69,607 +171.64% 127
South Yorkshire +3 133 £65,000 -20.00% 49
East Yorkshire +15 49 £42,500 -26.09% 9
North Yorkshire +3 49 £55,000 - 31
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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 22 (4.59%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.63%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.21%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.21%) CMS
5 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 102 (21.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.09%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.63%) LaTeX
5 2 (0.42%) Camtasia
5 2 (0.42%) Trello
6 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.21%) Notion
Business Applications
1 4 (0.84%) Shopify
2 3 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.63%) Magento
2 3 (0.63%) Q-Pulse
2 3 (0.63%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.42%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 234 (48.85%) Azure
2 165 (34.45%) Azure AI
3 124 (25.89%) Power Platform
4 52 (10.86%) AWS
5 51 (10.65%) SaaS
6 44 (9.19%) Microsoft 365
7 38 (7.93%) Microsoft Copilot
8 24 (5.01%) Power Automate
9 23 (4.80%) Entra ID
10 21 (4.38%) Azure DevOps
11 16 (3.34%) GCP
12 14 (2.92%) Copilot Studio
12 14 (2.92%) GitHub
13 13 (2.71%) OneDrive
13 13 (2.71%) PowerApps
14 11 (2.30%) Microsoft Purview
15 10 (2.09%) NetDocuments
15 10 (2.09%) Serverless
16 9 (1.88%) Amazon ECS
16 9 (1.88%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.67%) Network Security
2 7 (1.46%) LAN
2 7 (1.46%) WAN
3 6 (1.25%) Broadband
4 5 (1.04%) Internet
5 4 (0.84%) CTI
5 4 (0.84%) VoIP
6 2 (0.42%) Firewall
7 1 (0.21%) DHCP
7 1 (0.21%) DNS
7 1 (0.21%) SAN
7 1 (0.21%) SSL
7 1 (0.21%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (22.34%) Power BI
2 91 (19.00%) Tableau
3 13 (2.71%) MongoDB
4 12 (2.51%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (1.88%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.25%) Data Lake
6 6 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (1.04%) Big Data
8 4 (0.84%) DynamoDB
8 4 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.63%) ClickHouse
9 3 (0.63%) Metadata
9 3 (0.63%) MySQL
9 3 (0.63%) Neo4j
9 3 (0.63%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.63%) Semantic Layer
9 3 (0.63%) SQL Server
10 2 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.42%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.42%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 4 (0.84%) Claude Code
2 3 (0.63%) Git
2 3 (0.63%) MLflow
3 2 (0.42%) GitLab
3 2 (0.42%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.42%) JIRA
4 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 220 (45.93%) Social Skills
2 77 (16.08%) Finance
3 41 (8.56%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (7.52%) Marketing
5 35 (7.31%) Public Sector
6 30 (6.26%) Legal
7 24 (5.01%) Law
8 16 (3.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (3.34%) Manufacturing
8 16 (3.34%) Retail
9 13 (2.71%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (2.09%) Games
10 10 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (1.88%) Advertising
12 5 (1.04%) Aviation
12 5 (1.04%) Banking
13 3 (0.63%) Billing
13 3 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.42%) Electronics
14 2 (0.42%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 98 (20.46%) Analyst
2 92 (19.21%) Junior
3 91 (19.00%) Data Analyst
4 90 (18.79%) Junior Analyst
4 90 (18.79%) Junior Data Analyst
5 66 (13.78%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 44 (9.19%) Lead
7 40 (8.35%) Developer
8 29 (6.05%) Senior
9 27 (5.64%) Architect
10 24 (5.01%) Software Engineer
11 19 (3.97%) IT Manager
12 16 (3.34%) Product Manager
12 16 (3.34%) Technical Leader
13 15 (3.13%) .NET Developer
14 12 (2.51%) IT Operations Manager
14 12 (2.51%) Operations Manager
14 12 (2.51%) Software Developer
15 11 (2.30%) Principal Engineer
16 10 (2.09%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (6.26%) React
2 20 (4.18%) .NET
3 15 (3.13%) ASP.NET
3 15 (3.13%) ASP.NET Core
3 15 (3.13%) ML.NET
3 15 (3.13%) Node.js
3 15 (3.13%) Terraform
4 13 (2.71%) Blazor
4 13 (2.71%) RESTful
5 11 (2.30%) .NET Core
6 6 (1.25%) Android SDK
6 6 (1.25%) CSS
6 6 (1.25%) GraphQL
6 6 (1.25%) REST
7 5 (1.04%) LangGraph
7 5 (1.04%) Middleware
8 4 (0.84%) A2A Protocol
8 4 (0.84%) LangChain
8 4 (0.84%) Model Context Protocol
8 4 (0.84%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 25 (5.22%) AI Agents
2 16 (3.34%) Cloud Native
2 16 (3.34%) Management Information System
3 13 (2.71%) Product Ownership
4 12 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (2.51%) Social Media
5 10 (2.09%) Greenfield Project
5 10 (2.09%) Mobile App
5 10 (2.09%) Onboarding
6 9 (1.88%) Security Posture
7 8 (1.67%) Low-Code
8 7 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (1.25%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (1.04%) BBC
10 5 (1.04%) CMDB
10 5 (1.04%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.04%) Driving Licence
11 4 (0.84%) Algorithms
11 4 (0.84%) IVR
11 4 (0.84%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 22 (4.59%) Windows
2 10 (2.09%) Android
3 4 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (0.63%) Linux
5 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.21%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (23.17%) Business Intelligence
2 74 (15.45%) Analytics
3 62 (12.94%) Agile
3 62 (12.94%) Continuous Improvement
4 61 (12.73%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
5 59 (12.32%) Roadmaps
6 56 (11.69%) Machine Learning
7 54 (11.27%) Software Engineering
8 52 (10.86%) Mentoring
9 49 (10.23%) Problem-Solving
10 46 (9.60%) Cybersecurity
11 43 (8.98%) CI/CD
11 43 (8.98%) Decision-Making
12 37 (7.72%) Stakeholder Management
13 35 (7.31%) Coaching
14 34 (7.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 27 (5.64%) DevOps
15 27 (5.64%) LLM
16 26 (5.43%) Disaster Recovery
16 26 (5.43%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 192 (40.08%) Python
2 131 (27.35%) SQL
3 30 (6.26%) JavaScript
4 24 (5.01%) C#
5 18 (3.76%) TypeScript
6 9 (1.88%) Java
7 7 (1.46%) PowerShell
8 6 (1.25%) Kotlin
9 4 (0.84%) Go
9 4 (0.84%) XAML
10 3 (0.63%) PHP
11 2 (0.42%) Ruby
12 1 (0.21%) C
12 1 (0.21%) C++
12 1 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.21%) Perl
12 1 (0.21%) R
12 1 (0.21%) Scala
12 1 (0.21%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 145 (30.27%) Azure Certification
2 28 (5.85%) Degree
3 11 (2.30%) Security Cleared
4 10 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (2.09%) SC Cleared
5 8 (1.67%) ACCA
5 8 (1.67%) CIMA
5 8 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.04%) CISSP
7 4 (0.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (0.84%) CCSP
7 4 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 3 (0.63%) CompTIA CySA+
8 3 (0.63%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (0.63%) PhD
9 2 (0.42%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.21%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.21%) CISM
10 1 (0.21%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.76%) Cyber Essentials
2 17 (3.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 15 (3.13%) QA
4 14 (2.92%) GDPR
5 13 (2.71%) Data Quality
6 9 (1.88%) Accessibility
6 9 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.04%) NIST
8 3 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.63%) ISO 19650
8 3 (0.63%) NCSC
8 3 (0.63%) PMO
9 2 (0.42%) GRC
9 2 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.21%) GAAP
System Software
1 10 (2.09%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.88%) Docker
3 1 (0.21%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.21%) Firmware
3 1 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.21%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (4.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (1.67%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.21%) Grafana
Vendors
1 178 (37.16%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.43%) Google
3 17 (3.55%) Salesforce
4 14 (2.92%) Databricks
5 8 (1.67%) OpenAI
6 7 (1.46%) Foundry
7 5 (1.04%) Adobe
7 5 (1.04%) Apple
7 5 (1.04%) Facebook
7 5 (1.04%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.04%) Sony
7 5 (1.04%) Yahoo!
8 4 (0.84%) Avaya
8 4 (0.84%) Cisco
8 4 (0.84%) Genesys
9 3 (0.63%) HubSpot
9 3 (0.63%) Oracle
9 3 (0.63%) Sage
9 3 (0.63%) Xero
10 2 (0.42%) Workday