Head of AI Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Head of Artificial Intelligence
England > East of England

The median Head of Artificial Intelligence daily rate in the East of England is £725, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Head of AI 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.21% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £696 - -
25th Percentile £705 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - -
75th Percentile £740 - -
90th Percentile £746 - -
England median daily rate £900 £825 £688
% change year-on-year +9.09% +20.00% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the East of England with a recognized job title 1,808 889 1,702
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.81% 90.62% 89.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 802 492 852
10th Percentile £191 £225 £206
25th Percentile £325 £363 £323
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +8.89% -5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £551
90th Percentile £675 £686 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 535 158 495
10th Percentile £13.66 £15.00 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.90 £21.46 £16.13
Median hourly rate £23.75 £60.00 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year -60.42% +51.71% +20.21%
75th Percentile £65.00 £73.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £75.25
England median hourly rate £40.00 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +14.29% +7.69% -23.53%

Head of AI
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Head of AI' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Head of AI job vacancy trend in the East of England

Head of AI
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Head of AI within the East of England region over the 6 months to 25 March 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Suffolk - 4 £725 - 2
Head of AI
England

Head of AI Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 25 March 2026, Head of AI contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East of England region featuring Head of AI in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) AI Transformation
2 2 (50.00%) AI
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Data Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Apache Spark
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (25.00%) Databricks
3 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (25.00%) ETL
3 1 (25.00%) Generative AI
3 1 (25.00%) Kanban
3 1 (25.00%) LLM
3 1 (25.00%) Metadata
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap

Head of AI Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 1 (25.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Metadata
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) AI Agents
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) AI Transformation
2 2 (50.00%) AI
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Data Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (25.00%) ETL
3 1 (25.00%) Kanban
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Databricks