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 £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 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Head of AI 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Ipswich 5.63% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 6.06% - -
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 - -
Suffolk median daily rate £725 - -

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 66 41 53
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.96% 91.11% 98.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 27 31
10th Percentile £399 £175 £105
25th Percentile £490 £185 £238
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £375 £475
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% -21.05% -20.83%
75th Percentile £688 £519 £488
90th Percentile £740 £638 £563
Suffolk median daily rate £475 £238 £450
% change year-on-year +100.00% -47.22% -25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 5
10th Percentile £18.24 - -
25th Percentile £19.00 - £11.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £70.00 £11.50
Median % change year-on-year -70.00% +508.70% -29.23%
75th Percentile £23.00 - £17.00
90th Percentile - - £32.15
Suffolk median hourly rate £21.00 £70.00 £11.50
% change year-on-year -70.00% +508.70% -30.30%

Head of AI Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich

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 Ipswich 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 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 (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