Artificial Intelligence Engineering Job Trends in South Wales

AI Engineering
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Artificial Intelligence Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 - 85
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Artificial Intelligence Engineering 4 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 0.42% - 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% - 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £60,000
75th Percentile - - £65,000
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median annual salary - - £60,000

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Wales

Artificial Intelligence Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 665 299 879
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 70.07% 87.43% 79.05%
Number of salaries quoted 421 196 695
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £28,290
25th Percentile £33,500 £39,375 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +3.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,094 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,790 £74,144 £72,433
Wales median annual salary £45,000 £50,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.89% +12.22% -

Artificial Intelligence Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Artificial Intelligence Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Artificial Intelligence Engineering job vacancy trend in South Wales

Artificial Intelligence Engineering
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Artificial Intelligence Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Artificial Intelligence Engineering

Artificial Intelligence Engineering
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Artificial Intelligence Engineering within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 3 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cardiff - 2 - - 2
Newport - 2 - - 1
Artificial Intelligence Engineering
Wales

Artificial Intelligence Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Azure AI
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) AI
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Azure Certification