European Union Artificial Intelligence Act (EU AI Act)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring EU AI Act skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 723 680 886
Rank change year-on-year -43 +206 -
Permanent jobs citing EU AI Act 25 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.025% 0.002% 0.001%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.24% 0.013% 0.008%
Number of salaries quoted 12 0 0
10th Percentile £69,375 - -
25th Percentile £75,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £93,750 - -
75th Percentile £113,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 10,608 7,457 13,191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.79% 15.21% 13.01%
Number of salaries quoted 6,792 4,155 8,775
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,778 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +7.37% -5.15%

EU AI Act
Job Vacancy Trend

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

EU AI Act job vacancy trend in the UK

EU AI Act
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing EU AI Act.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing EU AI Act

EU AI Act
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing EU AI Act over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for EU AI Act in the UK

EU AI Act
Top 5 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 11 July 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
England -48 24 £107,500 - 23
London -2 23 £107,500 - 20
Work from Home - 4 £107,500 - 10
UK excluding London - 1 - - 5
South East - 1 - - 4

EU AI Act
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 1 (4.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (28.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.00%) AWS
1 4 (16.00%) Copilot Studio
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 4 (16.00%) SaaS
2 2 (8.00%) Azure
2 2 (8.00%) GCP
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.00%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Git
General
1 14 (56.00%) Finance
2 10 (40.00%) Banking
3 9 (36.00%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (28.00%) Financial Institution
4 7 (28.00%) Law
5 5 (20.00%) Legal
6 3 (12.00%) Retail Banking
7 2 (8.00%) Aviation
7 2 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (8.00%) Social Skills
8 1 (4.00%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 11 (44.00%) Consultant
2 9 (36.00%) Data Consultant
3 7 (28.00%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
3 7 (28.00%) Strategy Consultant
4 3 (12.00%) Data Scientist
4 3 (12.00%) Lead
4 3 (12.00%) Lead Data Scientist
4 3 (12.00%) Senior
4 3 (12.00%) Senior Data Scientist
5 2 (8.00%) Operations Manager
5 2 (8.00%) Senior Consultant
6 1 (4.00%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
6 1 (4.00%) Audit Manager
6 1 (4.00%) IT Audit Manager
6 1 (4.00%) IT Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Management Consultant
6 1 (4.00%) Risk Consultant
6 1 (4.00%) Risk Management Consultant
6 1 (4.00%) Senior IT Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.00%) NumPy
1 3 (12.00%) Pandas
1 3 (12.00%) scikit-learn
1 3 (12.00%) XGBoost
2 2 (8.00%) LangChain
2 2 (8.00%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 7 (28.00%) e-Learning
2 4 (16.00%) Onboarding
3 3 (12.00%) AI Agents
3 3 (12.00%) Credit Risk
4 2 (8.00%) Cloud Native
5 1 (4.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (80.00%) AI
2 14 (56.00%) Mentoring
3 11 (44.00%) Analytics
4 10 (40.00%) Decision-Making
4 10 (40.00%) Use Case
5 9 (36.00%) Business Case
5 9 (36.00%) Strategic Thinking
5 9 (36.00%) Thought Leadership
6 8 (32.00%) Asset Management
6 8 (32.00%) Workshop Facilitation
7 7 (28.00%) Business Development
7 7 (28.00%) Collaborative Culture
7 7 (28.00%) Data Strategy
7 7 (28.00%) Generative AI
7 7 (28.00%) Value Proposition
8 6 (24.00%) Data Protection
8 6 (24.00%) Risk Management
9 5 (20.00%) Performance Metrics
9 5 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
9 5 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.00%) Python
1 3 (12.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (8.00%) AWS Certification
1 2 (8.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 2 (8.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (8.00%) CISA
1 2 (8.00%) CRISC
2 1 (4.00%) CISSP
2 1 (4.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 1 (4.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (28.00%) GDPR
2 4 (16.00%) Data Quality
3 2 (8.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 2 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (4.00%) GRC
4 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 42001
4 1 (4.00%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (8.00%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.00%) Google
2 2 (8.00%) UiPath
3 1 (4.00%) Ariba
3 1 (4.00%) OneTrust
3 1 (4.00%) ServiceNow