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 24 October 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 701 637 717
Rank change year-on-year -64 +80 +17
Permanent Artificial Intelligence Developer jobs 114 35 41
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.094% 0.071% 0.059%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.079% 0.062%
Number of salaries quoted 77 30 37
10th Percentile £58,500 £52,250 -
25th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +33.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £132,500 - £75,000
90th Percentile £142,500 £85,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +15.38% +8.33% -25.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
24 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 111,477 44,406 65,669
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.18% 89.83% 95.30%
Number of salaries quoted 75,138 26,267 37,427
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,177 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £41,591
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,300 £52,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.95% -7.08% -5.83%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £93,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,390 £50,000
% change year-on-year +21.17% -9.22% -4.76%

Artificial Intelligence Developer Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Artificial Intelligence Developer job postings 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 Artificial Intelligence Developer jobs over the 6 months to 24 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Artificial Intelligence Developer in the UK

Artificial Intelligence Developer Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Artificial Intelligence Developer jobs within the UK over the 6 months to 24 October 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England -77 107 £80,000 - 69
UK excluding London -81 67 £75,000 +15.38% 32
London -39 47 £125,000 +56.25% 37
Work from Home -43 34 £125,000 +92.31% 24
South East -50 30 £80,000 - 4
North of England -51 17 £72,500 +20.83% 12
North West -25 14 £72,500 +20.83% 8
East of England -41 9 £60,000 - 8
Scotland - 7 - - 2
South West -78 3 £50,750 -
North East - 3 £75,000 -
Midlands -69 1 £57,500 +15.00% 4
East Midlands - 1 £57,500 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 24 October 2026, Artificial Intelligence Developer job ads cited 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 Artificial Intelligence Developer job ads.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1AI100.0%114
2Azure40.4%46
2Python40.4%46
4Software Engineering37.7%43
5LLM32.5%37
6AWS28.1%32
6Microsoft28.1%32
8LangChain23.7%27
9GCP22.8%26
10Investment Management21.1%24
11Amazon Bedrock20.2%23
11CrewAI20.2%23
11Google20.2%23
11LangGraph20.2%23
11Pair Programming20.2%23
11pydantic20.2%23
11R20.2%23
18Problem-Solving16.7%19
19C#14.9%17
20Microsoft Copilot13.2%15
21CI/CD10.5%12
21Machine Learning10.5%12
21Power Platform10.5%12
21TypeScript10.5%12
25Azure AI9.6%11
25FastAPI9.6%11
25Full-Stack Development9.6%11
28.NET8.8%10
28Middleware8.8%10
28Platform Engineering8.8%10

Artificial Intelligence Developer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior Developer26.3%30
2Software Developer25.4%29
3Artificial Intelligence Engineer23.7%27
3Python Developer23.7%27
5Lead Developer21.1%24
6Developer/Software Engineer20.2%23
6Python Software Engineer20.2%23
8Lead Python Developer14.9%17
9Lead Software Developer12.3%14
9Lead Software Engineer12.3%14
11Power Platform Developer7.9%9
12Middleware Developer6.1%7
13Artificial Intelligence Software Developer5.3%6
14Automation Developer4.4%5
15Applications Developer3.5%4
16Artificial Intelligence Specialist2.6%3
17Agentic Artificial Intelligence Developer1.8%2
18Agentic Artificial Intelligence Engineer0.9%1
18Gen AI Developer0.9%1
18Gen AI Specialist0.9%1
77 Artificial Intelligence Developer jobs Nationwide