Artificial Intelligence Consultant Jobs

AI Consultant
UK

The median AI Consultant salary in the UK is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 721 891 967
Rank change year-on-year +170 +76 +268
Permanent jobs requiring an Artificial Intelligence Consultant 9 8 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.016% 0.008% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.008% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 8 7 3
10th Percentile £56,750 - £73,000
25th Percentile £68,750 £58,750 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £62,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.00% -30.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £92,500 £70,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £89,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £100,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% +50.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 50,706 94,386 91,123
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.83% 94.69% 91.49%
Number of salaries quoted 27,254 67,482 57,423
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,886 £71,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%

Artificial Intelligence Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Artificial Intelligence Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Artificial Intelligence Consultant in the UK

Artificial Intelligence Consultant
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Artificial Intelligence Consultant.

Salary trend for Artificial Intelligence Consultant in the UK

Artificial Intelligence Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Artificial Intelligence Consultant over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Artificial Intelligence Consultant in the UK

Artificial Intelligence Consultant
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Artificial Intelligence Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 17 May 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
UK excluding London +184 5 £80,000 -20.00% 26
England +135 3 £72,500 +16.00% 41
Channel Islands - 3 £80,000 -
Work from Home +126 2 £100,000 +60.00% 31
South West +111 1 £70,000 -30.00% 4
London +106 1 £75,000 +20.00% 25
Midlands - 1 - - 3
West Midlands - 1 - - 2

Artificial Intelligence Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, Artificial Intelligence Consultant job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Artificial Intelligence Consultant in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 7 (77.78%) Machine Learning
3 6 (66.67%) Finance
4 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (44.44%) Use Case
4 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (44.44%) Data Management
4 4 (44.44%) Roadmaps
4 4 (44.44%) Generative AI
5 3 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
5 3 (33.33%) SOC 2
5 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 3 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
5 3 (33.33%) Data Science
5 3 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
5 3 (33.33%) GDPR
5 3 (33.33%) Natural Language Processing
5 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (33.33%) Data Engineering
5 3 (33.33%) Business Transformation
5 3 (33.33%) Analytics
5 3 (33.33%) Marketing
5 3 (33.33%) Degree
5 3 (33.33%) Legal
6 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
6 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (22.22%) Retail
6 2 (22.22%) Data Analytics
6 2 (22.22%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (22.22%) Presales

Artificial Intelligence Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Azure AI
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Copilot
General
1 6 (66.67%) Finance
2 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Legal
3 3 (33.33%) Marketing
3 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
4 2 (22.22%) Retail
5 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 7 (77.78%) Machine Learning
3 4 (44.44%) Data Management
3 4 (44.44%) Generative AI
3 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (44.44%) Roadmaps
3 4 (44.44%) Use Case
4 3 (33.33%) Analytics
4 3 (33.33%) Business Transformation
4 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (33.33%) Data Engineering
4 3 (33.33%) Data Science
4 3 (33.33%) Natural Language Processing
4 3 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
4 3 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
4 3 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (22.22%) Computer Vision
5 2 (22.22%) Data Analytics
5 2 (22.22%) Data Governance
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) GDPR
1 3 (33.33%) SOC 2
2 2 (22.22%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) OpenAI