Artificial Intelligence Developer Job Trends

AI Developer
UK

The median AI Developer salary in the UK is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 November 2025.

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

 6 months to
18 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 613 708 709
Rank change year-on-year +95 +1 +395
Permanent jobs requiring an Artificial Intelligence Developer 37 37 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.070% 0.055% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.078% 0.058% 0.010%
Number of salaries quoted 32 32 5
10th Percentile £52,750 £55,000 £58,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £56,875 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £60,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -25.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile - £75,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £85,000 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -25.00% +45.45%

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 47,385 63,314 50,189
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.02% 94.54% 95.41%
Number of salaries quoted 29,598 35,369 38,895
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,561 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,343 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £51,197 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.22% -2.48% -

Artificial Intelligence Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Artificial Intelligence Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Artificial Intelligence Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Artificial Intelligence Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Artificial Intelligence Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Artificial Intelligence Developer job vacancies in the UK

Artificial Intelligence Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Artificial Intelligence Developer over the 6 months to 18 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Artificial Intelligence Developer in the UK

Artificial Intelligence Developer
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Artificial Intelligence Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 18 November 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
England +92 33 £80,000 +33.33% 17
UK excluding London +81 19 £65,000 +8.33% 11
London +55 14 £80,000 +30.08% 9
Work from Home +89 13 £65,000 -13.33% 2
South East +28 10 £80,000 +33.33% 3
Midlands - 5 £50,000 - 2
West Midlands - 5 £50,000 - 2
North West - 2 £60,000 - 1
North of England - 2 £60,000 - 2
East of England +18 1 - - 1
South West - 1 - - 1

Artificial Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 November 2025, Artificial Intelligence Developer 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 featuring Artificial Intelligence Developer in the job title.

1 35 (94.59%) AI
2 16 (43.24%) Python
3 14 (37.84%) Azure
3 14 (37.84%) Continuous Improvement
3 14 (37.84%) GitHub
3 14 (37.84%) GitHub Copilot
4 13 (35.14%) ChatGPT
4 13 (35.14%) Code Quality
4 13 (35.14%) E-Commerce
4 13 (35.14%) REST
5 12 (32.43%) Clean Code
5 12 (32.43%) Front End Development
5 12 (32.43%) Microsoft
6 10 (27.03%) Migration
6 10 (27.03%) Software Architecture
6 10 (27.03%) Task Automation
7 9 (24.32%) React
8 8 (21.62%) CI/CD
8 8 (21.62%) JavaScript
9 7 (18.92%) Machine Learning
10 6 (16.22%) Generative AI
10 6 (16.22%) Java
10 6 (16.22%) LLM
10 6 (16.22%) SQL
11 5 (13.51%) C#
11 5 (13.51%) DevOps
11 5 (13.51%) PyTorch
11 5 (13.51%) R
11 5 (13.51%) Relational Database
11 5 (13.51%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation

Artificial Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (10.81%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.70%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 14 (37.84%) Azure
1 14 (37.84%) GitHub
1 14 (37.84%) GitHub Copilot
2 13 (35.14%) ChatGPT
3 4 (10.81%) AWS
3 4 (10.81%) Azure AI
3 4 (10.81%) GCP
4 1 (2.70%) Azure AKS
4 1 (2.70%) Azure Cognitive Search
4 1 (2.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.70%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.51%) Relational Database
1 5 (13.51%) SQL Server
2 3 (8.11%) Big Data
3 2 (5.41%) Tableau
4 1 (2.70%) Hadoop
4 1 (2.70%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (5.41%) MLflow
2 1 (2.70%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 21 (56.76%) Social Skills
2 2 (5.41%) Games
3 1 (2.70%) Electronics
3 1 (2.70%) Finance
3 1 (2.70%) Law
3 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.70%) Marketing
3 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
3 1 (2.70%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (35.14%) REST
2 9 (24.32%) React
3 5 (13.51%) PyTorch
3 5 (13.51%) TensorFlow
4 4 (10.81%) .NET
5 3 (8.11%) JSON
5 3 (8.11%) scikit-learn
6 2 (5.41%) Keras
6 2 (5.41%) NumPy
6 2 (5.41%) Pandas
7 1 (2.70%) CrewAI
7 1 (2.70%) LangChain
7 1 (2.70%) Matplotlib
7 1 (2.70%) PySpark
7 1 (2.70%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 10 (27.03%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (13.51%) AI Agents
3 4 (10.81%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.70%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.70%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (94.59%) AI
2 14 (37.84%) Continuous Improvement
3 13 (35.14%) Code Quality
3 13 (35.14%) E-Commerce
4 12 (32.43%) Clean Code
4 12 (32.43%) Front End Development
5 10 (27.03%) Migration
5 10 (27.03%) Software Architecture
5 10 (27.03%) Task Automation
6 8 (21.62%) CI/CD
7 7 (18.92%) Machine Learning
8 6 (16.22%) Generative AI
8 6 (16.22%) LLM
9 5 (13.51%) DevOps
9 5 (13.51%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
9 5 (13.51%) Unit Testing
10 4 (10.81%) Test Automation
10 4 (10.81%) User Acceptance Testing
10 4 (10.81%) User Stories
11 3 (8.11%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 16 (43.24%) Python
2 8 (21.62%) JavaScript
3 6 (16.22%) Java
3 6 (16.22%) SQL
4 5 (13.51%) C#
4 5 (13.51%) R
5 3 (8.11%) TypeScript
6 2 (5.41%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (8.11%) Degree
1 3 (8.11%) Master's Degree
2 1 (2.70%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.81%) QA
2 1 (2.70%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (5.41%) Kubeflow
2 1 (2.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (32.43%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.11%) UiPath
3 1 (2.70%) Foundry
3 1 (2.70%) Samsung
3 1 (2.70%) SAP
21 Artificial Intelligence Developer jobs Nationwide