Gen AI Engineer Job Trends in the Midlands

Generative AI Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Generative AI Engineer salary in the Midlands is £180,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 230 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Gen AI Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.014% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £170,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £180,000 - -
75th Percentile £190,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £105,000 £92,500 -
% change year-on-year +13.51% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 6,461 7,353 4,591
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 93.19% 94.95%
Number of salaries quoted 4,019 3,645 3,672
10th Percentile £27,900 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £34,375 £37,500 £35,738
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% +1.00% -1.86%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Gen AI Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Gen AI Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Gen AI Engineer job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Gen AI Engineer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Gen AI Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 8 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands - 1 £180,000 - 4
Gen AI Engineer
England

Gen AI Engineer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 8 December 2025, Gen AI Engineer 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 permanent job ads across the Midlands region featuring Gen AI Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership

Gen AI Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership