EU AI Act Job Trends in the UK excluding London

European Union Artificial Intelligence Act (EU AI Act)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring EU AI Act skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 531 606 -
Rank change year-on-year +75 - -
Permanent jobs citing EU AI Act 2 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.006% 0.002% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.043% 0.015% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - -
75th Percentile £47,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £45,000 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

EU AI Act falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4,603 6,546 4,641
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.51% 13.35% 14.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,460 2,770 3,364
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,000 £28,262
25th Percentile £32,750 £35,852 £39,904
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £59,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.54% -1.67% +6.19%

EU AI Act
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

EU AI Act job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

EU AI Act
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 EU AI Act within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 October 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
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
South East - 1 £45,000 - 24
North of England - 1 - - 1
EU AI Act
UK

EU AI Act
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%) SaaS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Law
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Software Licensing
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 42001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST