Generative AI Engineer
UK
The median Generative AI Engineer salary in the UK is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 April 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 651 | 880 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +229 | - | - |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Gen AI Engineer | 33 | 5 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.063% | 0.005% | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.070% | 0.005% | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 14 | 5 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £54,750 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £67,500 | £56,250 | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £82,500 | £80,000 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.13% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £96,250 | £127,500 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £92,500 | - | - |
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 | 46,971 | 93,051 | 95,196 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.06% | 94.62% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,308 | 66,827 | 59,871 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,750 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.00% | -12.08% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,344 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.69% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
Gen AI Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Gen AI Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Gen AI Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Gen AI Engineer.
Gen AI Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Gen AI Engineer over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.
Gen AI Engineer
Top 8 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Gen AI Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 |
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| England | +217 | 33 | £82,500 | +3.13% | 32 |
| UK excluding London | - | 26 | £92,500 | - | 10 |
| Work from Home | - | 21 | £92,500 | - | 20 |
| South East | - | 15 | - | - | 3 |
| North of England | - | 11 | £92,500 | - | 7 |
| London | +106 | 7 | £72,500 | -9.38% | 21 |
| Yorkshire | - | 6 | £92,500 | - | 1 |
| North West | - | 5 | £70,000 | - | 6 |
Gen AI Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 April 2025, Gen AI Engineer 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 Gen AI Engineer in the job title.
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Gen AI Engineer 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:
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