Head of AI Contracts in England

Head of Artificial Intelligence
UK > England

The median Head of Artificial Intelligence daily rate in England is £888, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 473 540 -
Rank change year-on-year +67 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Head of AI 12 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.049% 0.005% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.053% 0.006% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 0
10th Percentile £835 £554 -
25th Percentile £859 £597 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £888 £688 -
Median % change year-on-year +29.09% - -
75th Percentile £900 £772 -
90th Percentile - £811 -
UK median daily rate £888 £688 -
% change year-on-year +29.09% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Head of AI
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Head of AI in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Head of AI in England

Head of AI
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Head of AI in England.

Daily rate trend for Head of AI in England

Head of AI
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +43 7 £825 +20.00% 21
South West - 5 £900 - 1
Head of AI
UK

Head of AI Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Head of AI contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Head of AI in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 11 (91.67%) Data Science
3 9 (75.00%) Machine Learning
4 7 (58.33%) Python
5 6 (50.00%) Banking
5 6 (50.00%) Financial Institution
5 6 (50.00%) Front Office
5 6 (50.00%) Finance
5 6 (50.00%) Investment Banking
5 6 (50.00%) Azure
5 6 (50.00%) Predictive Analytics
5 6 (50.00%) Analytics
5 6 (50.00%) Databricks
5 6 (50.00%) Data Strategy
5 6 (50.00%) Azure Data Factory
5 6 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (50.00%) Data Governance
5 6 (50.00%) Data Quality
5 6 (50.00%) Apache Spark
5 6 (50.00%) Delta Lake
6 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
6 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
7 2 (16.67%) Line Management
7 2 (16.67%) Hydrography
8 1 (8.33%) C++
8 1 (8.33%) Product Strategy
8 1 (8.33%) Roadmaps
8 1 (8.33%) Product Roadmap
8 1 (8.33%) Emotional Intelligence
8 1 (8.33%) Exploratory Data Analysis

Head of AI Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (50.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 6 (50.00%) Azure
1 6 (50.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (50.00%) Delta Lake
General
1 6 (50.00%) Banking
1 6 (50.00%) Finance
1 6 (50.00%) Financial Institution
1 6 (50.00%) Front Office
1 6 (50.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (8.33%) Publishing
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 11 (91.67%) Data Science
3 9 (75.00%) Machine Learning
4 6 (50.00%) Analytics
4 6 (50.00%) Data Governance
4 6 (50.00%) Data Strategy
4 6 (50.00%) Predictive Analytics
4 6 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (16.67%) Hydrography
5 2 (16.67%) Line Management
6 1 (8.33%) Change Management
6 1 (8.33%) Data Analysis
6 1 (8.33%) Emotional Intelligence
6 1 (8.33%) Exploratory Data Analysis
6 1 (8.33%) Product Management
6 1 (8.33%) Product Roadmap
6 1 (8.33%) Product Strategy
6 1 (8.33%) Roadmaps
6 1 (8.33%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) Python
2 1 (8.33%) C++
2 1 (8.33%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Databricks