Head of AI Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Head of Artificial Intelligence
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Head of Artificial Intelligence salary in South Yorkshire is £147,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 March 2026.

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

 6 months to
25 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of AI 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 0.20% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £143,250 - -
25th Percentile £144,375 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £147,500 - -
75th Percentile £149,375 - -
90th Percentile £149,750 - -
Yorkshire median annual salary £147,500 £100,000 -
% change year-on-year +47.50% - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 South Yorkshire with a recognized job title 917 317 1,156
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.70% 96.06% 93.15%
Number of salaries quoted 652 204 955
10th Percentile £27,775 £26,688 £28,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.90%

Head of AI Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 25 March 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 Yorkshire region featuring Head of AI in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Disruptive Innovation
1 2 (100.00%) LLM
1 2 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap

Head of AI Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Disruptive Innovation
1 2 (100.00%) LLM
1 2 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
Head of AI jobs