Head of AI Contract Job Trends in Ipswich

Head of Artificial Intelligence
Suffolk > Ipswich

The median Head of Artificial Intelligence daily rate in Ipswich is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 February 2026.

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

 6 months to
11 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Head of AI 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Ipswich 1.82% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.96% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £690 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
75th Percentile £710 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Suffolk median daily rate £700 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Ipswich

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Ipswich. 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 Ipswich with a recognized job title 51 41 61
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 82.00% 98.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 19 36
10th Percentile £400 £176 £266
25th Percentile £480 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% -5.26% -20.83%
75th Percentile £700 £528 £553
90th Percentile £740 £701 £644
Suffolk median daily rate £438 £444 £475
% change year-on-year -1.41% -6.58% -17.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 2
10th Percentile £16.53 - £16.23
25th Percentile £18.07 - £20.31
Median hourly rate £19.96 £70.00 £27.75
Median % change year-on-year -71.49% +152.25% +70.77%
75th Percentile £23.00 - £35.31
90th Percentile - - £39.48
Suffolk median hourly rate £21.00 £70.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year -70.00% +400.00% -17.65%

Head of AI Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich

For the 6 months to 11 February 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 Ipswich region featuring Head of AI in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Spark
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap

Head of AI Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich 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 (100.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
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