Head of AI Contract Job Trends in Suffolk

Head of Artificial Intelligence
East of England > Suffolk

The median Head of Artificial Intelligence daily rate in Suffolk 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 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Head of AI 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Suffolk 1.05% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.15% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £690 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
75th Percentile £710 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £700 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Suffolk

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Suffolk. 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 Suffolk with a recognized job title 87 89 90
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.58% 89.90% 98.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 38 61
10th Percentile £193 £180 £150
25th Percentile £218 £225 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £444 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.41% -6.58% -17.39%
75th Percentile £650 £533 £538
90th Percentile £711 £681 £650
East of England median daily rate £475 £483 £475
% change year-on-year -1.55% +1.58% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 5
10th Percentile £14.63 £47.63 -
25th Percentile £18.07 £51.25 £11.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £70.00 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -70.00% +400.00% -17.65%
75th Percentile £24.38 - £42.25
90th Percentile £24.61 - £64.40
East of England median hourly rate £23.27 £54.00 £39.55
% change year-on-year -56.92% +36.54% +79.77%

Head of AI
Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

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 Suffolk region over the 6 months to 11 February 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
Ipswich - 1 £700 - 1
Head of AI
East of England

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

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 Suffolk 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 Suffolk 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