AI Model Optimisation Job Trends in the UK excluding London

AI Model Optimisation
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring AI Model Optimisation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 650 543 -
Rank change year-on-year -107 - -
Permanent jobs citing AI Model Optimisation 2 5 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.002% 0.014% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.004% 0.017% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 0
10th Percentile £85,500 £60,500 -
25th Percentile £86,250 £76,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £82,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% - -
75th Percentile £88,750 £88,750 -
90th Percentile £89,500 - -
UK median annual salary £90,000 £82,500 £68,750
% change year-on-year +9.09% +20.00% -1.79%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

AI Model Optimisation 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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 56,489 30,277 45,459
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.26% 86.74% 78.21%
Number of salaries quoted 40,012 16,652 27,169
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,803
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -6.50% -6.94%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,465
% change year-on-year +9.09% -0.84% -7.56%

AI Model Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing AI Model Optimisation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

AI Model Optimisation job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

AI Model Optimisation
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing AI Model Optimisation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing AI Model Optimisation

AI Model Optimisation
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AI Model Optimisation within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 August 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
South West -73 1 £85,000 - 6
North of England - 1 £90,000 - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £90,000 -
AI Model Optimisation
UK

AI Model Optimisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (50.00%) Vertex AI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Big Data
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Financial Institution
1 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Vision Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analytics Scientist
1 1 (50.00%) Data Scientist
1 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (50.00%) Credit Risk
1 1 (50.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Vision
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Fraud Detection
2 1 (50.00%) LLM
2 1 (50.00%) Market Research
2 1 (50.00%) Predictive Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Scorecard
2 1 (50.00%) Situational Awareness
2 1 (50.00%) Storytelling
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Numerate Degree