Head of AI Job Trends in the South West

Head of Artificial Intelligence
England > South West

The median Head of Artificial Intelligence salary in the South West is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 February 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of AI 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.017% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £92,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 - -
75th Percentile £97,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £100,000 £100,000 £80,250
% change year-on-year - +24.61% -38.65%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 South West with a recognized job title 5,552 3,297 6,382
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.34% 93.96% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 3,888 1,712 5,054
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,875 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £36,365
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,301 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.92% +8.60% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,525 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

Head of AI
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Head of AI' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Head of AI job vacancy trend in the South West

Head of AI Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 21 February 2026, Head of AI 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 South West region featuring Head of AI in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) BrowserStack
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Business Development
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Sauce Labs
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

Head of AI Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (100.00%) BrowserStack
1 1 (100.00%) Sauce Labs
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Business Development
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) QA