Generative AI Jobs

Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Generative AI skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Generative AI over the 6 months leading up to 19 February 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 361 613 1015
Rank change year-on-year +252 +402 -
Permanent jobs citing Generative AI 436 194 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.73% 0.25% 0.001%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% 0.28% 0.001%
Number of salaries quoted 236 103 1
10th Percentile £60,000 £53,250 -
25th Percentile £72,500 £63,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +83.33% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £103,750 £137,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £90,000 £81,389 -
% change year-on-year +10.58% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Generative AI falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 55,992 68,309 104,908
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.42% 88.68% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 25,152 50,933 63,892
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,485 £34,324
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £54,882
% change year-on-year +10.00% -8.90% +7.61%

Generative AI
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Generative AI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Generative AI in the UK

Generative AI
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Generative AI.

Salary trend for Generative AI in the UK

Generative AI
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Generative AI over the 6 months to 19 February 2025.

Salary histogram for Generative AI in the UK

Generative AI
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Generative AI within the UK over the 6 months to 19 February 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 +234 387 £85,000 +3.03% 411
UK excluding London +248 244 £90,000 +10.58% 157
London +93 165 £85,000 +3.03% 307
Work from Home +171 133 £82,500 +13.79% 329
South East +114 90 £90,000 +28.57% 71
North of England +71 53 £92,500 -15.91% 26
Midlands - 33 £61,000 - 15
East of England - 28 £100,000 - 10
Yorkshire +66 24 £92,500 -0.30% 6
North West +8 23 £92,500 -15.91% 16
West Midlands - 22 £45,000 - 13
Scotland +54 18 £88,500 +47.50% 14
South West +67 13 £71,991 +2.84% 16
East Midlands - 11 £77,000 - 2
North East - 6 £77,000 - 4
Northern Ireland - 5 £97,500 - 1
Wales - 4 - - 5

Generative AI
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:

Application Platforms
1 18 (4.13%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (1.15%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.69%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.69%) Jupyter
3 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.69%) SAS
4 2 (0.46%) Apache
5 1 (0.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (3.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.29%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.69%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 226 (51.83%) AWS
2 91 (20.87%) Azure
3 77 (17.66%) Serverless
4 44 (10.09%) GCP
5 42 (9.63%) Power Platform
6 18 (4.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 14 (3.21%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (2.98%) Microsoft Copilot
9 12 (2.75%) Amazon SQS
9 12 (2.75%) AWS Lambda
9 12 (2.75%) Snowflake
10 11 (2.52%) PaaS
11 10 (2.29%) ChatGPT
11 10 (2.29%) Cloud Functions
11 10 (2.29%) GitHub
12 9 (2.06%) dbt
12 9 (2.06%) SaaS
13 8 (1.83%) Alation
14 7 (1.61%) Amazon S3
15 5 (1.15%) Amazon Kinesis
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.29%) Broadband
2 6 (1.38%) DNS
3 5 (1.15%) Internet
4 2 (0.46%) Firewall
4 2 (0.46%) HTTP
4 2 (0.46%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.46%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (0.46%) Network Security
4 2 (0.46%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (8.26%) Power BI
2 17 (3.90%) Relational Database
3 16 (3.67%) Tableau
4 15 (3.44%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (3.21%) BigQuery
6 13 (2.98%) Amazon Redshift
7 10 (2.29%) Amazon Aurora
7 10 (2.29%) Amazon RDS
8 9 (2.06%) MySQL
9 8 (1.83%) Data Lake
10 7 (1.61%) Big Data
10 7 (1.61%) Data Mining
10 7 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
11 6 (1.38%) Data Vault
11 6 (1.38%) NoSQL
11 6 (1.38%) Snowflake Schema
12 5 (1.15%) Metadata
13 3 (0.69%) Amazon Athena
13 3 (0.69%) Amazon QuickSight
14 2 (0.46%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 19 (4.36%) Git
2 7 (1.61%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.38%) Terragrunt
3 6 (1.38%) Vite
3 6 (1.38%) webpack
4 5 (1.15%) Cypress.io
4 5 (1.15%) MLflow
5 1 (0.23%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.23%) Babel
5 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.23%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.23%) GitLab
5 1 (0.23%) JIRA
5 1 (0.23%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.23%) TeamCity
General
1 93 (21.33%) Social Skills
2 83 (19.04%) Finance
3 81 (18.58%) Games
4 56 (12.84%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (9.40%) Law
6 32 (7.34%) Marketing
7 23 (5.28%) Banking
8 20 (4.59%) Manufacturing
9 18 (4.13%) Legal
10 14 (3.21%) Tech for Good
11 11 (2.52%) Retail
12 9 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.61%) Telecoms
14 6 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.38%) Public Sector
15 4 (0.92%) Advertising
15 4 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.69%) Back Office
17 2 (0.46%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 86 (19.72%) Machine Learning Engineer
2 58 (13.30%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 56 (12.84%) Senior
4 39 (8.94%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 39 (8.94%) Gen AI Engineer
5 38 (8.72%) Architect
6 37 (8.49%) Software Engineer
7 23 (5.28%) Data Scientist
8 22 (5.05%) Gen AI Software Engineer
9 21 (4.82%) Developer
10 17 (3.90%) Consultant
10 17 (3.90%) Lead
11 16 (3.67%) Data Engineer
12 15 (3.44%) Solutions Architect
13 14 (3.21%) Head of Analytics
14 13 (2.98%) Senior Software Engineer
15 10 (2.29%) Java Developer
16 8 (1.83%) Data Manager
16 8 (1.83%) Senior Data Scientist
16 8 (1.83%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (22.25%) React
2 63 (14.45%) AngularJS
3 58 (13.30%) React Native
4 20 (4.59%) TensorFlow
5 17 (3.90%) PyTorch
6 15 (3.44%) scikit-learn
7 13 (2.98%) Kafka
7 13 (2.98%) REST
8 10 (2.29%) Node.js
8 10 (2.29%) Pandas
8 10 (2.29%) Vue
9 9 (2.06%) .NET
9 9 (2.06%) Spring
9 9 (2.06%) Spring Boot
10 6 (1.38%) LangChain
11 5 (1.15%) Enzyme
11 5 (1.15%) Jest
11 5 (1.15%) Next.js
11 5 (1.15%) OpenAPI
11 5 (1.15%) Svelte
Miscellaneous
1 71 (16.28%) Cloud Native
2 25 (5.73%) Algorithms
3 19 (4.36%) Greenfield Project
4 17 (3.90%) Public Cloud
5 16 (3.67%) Distributed Systems
5 16 (3.67%) Product Ownership
6 13 (2.98%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.29%) Video\Live Streaming
8 9 (2.06%) Robotics
9 8 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (1.61%) Onboarding
11 5 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (0.92%) Blockchain
12 4 (0.92%) Data Structures
12 4 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
13 3 (0.69%) Credit Risk
13 3 (0.69%) Distributed Applications
13 3 (0.69%) Distributed Architecture
13 3 (0.69%) FMCG
13 3 (0.69%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.61%) Linux
2 3 (0.69%) Windows
3 1 (0.23%) Unix
3 1 (0.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 402 (92.20%) Artificial Intelligence
2 251 (57.57%) Machine Learning
3 189 (43.35%) Decision-Making
4 156 (35.78%) LLM
5 99 (22.71%) Analytics
6 92 (21.10%) Agile
7 88 (20.18%) Roadmaps
8 84 (19.27%) Workflow
9 83 (19.04%) Task Automation
10 82 (18.81%) API Integration
10 82 (18.81%) Data Science
11 65 (14.91%) Full-Stack Development
12 58 (13.30%) Customer Requirements
13 56 (12.84%) Problem-Solving
14 50 (11.47%) CI/CD
15 49 (11.24%) Computer Science
15 49 (11.24%) Software Engineering
16 44 (10.09%) DevOps
17 41 (9.40%) Data Analysis
17 41 (9.40%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 244 (55.96%) Python
2 63 (14.45%) SQL
3 43 (9.86%) Java
4 33 (7.57%) JavaScript
5 26 (5.96%) Go
6 25 (5.73%) R
7 17 (3.90%) TypeScript
8 16 (3.67%) C++
9 15 (3.44%) Scala
10 12 (2.75%) Clojure
10 12 (2.75%) Elixir
10 12 (2.75%) Rust
11 9 (2.06%) C#
12 6 (1.38%) PowerShell
13 4 (0.92%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.69%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.69%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.46%) Bash
Qualifications
1 90 (20.64%) Degree
2 33 (7.57%) Master's Degree
3 20 (4.59%) Security Cleared
4 16 (3.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (2.75%) SC Cleared
6 10 (2.29%) MBA
7 8 (1.83%) AWS Certification
8 7 (1.61%) PhD
9 6 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.38%) Numerate Degree
10 4 (0.92%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 4 (0.92%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.92%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.69%) PMP
12 2 (0.46%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.46%) CISSP
12 2 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.23%) CBAP
13 1 (0.23%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (8.94%) Accessibility
2 27 (6.19%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.15%) GDPR
4 2 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (0.46%) HIPAA
4 2 (0.46%) NIST
4 2 (0.46%) PERC
5 1 (0.23%) GRC
5 1 (0.23%) QA
System Software
1 28 (6.42%) Docker
2 3 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.46%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 58 (13.30%) Kubernetes
2 16 (3.67%) Terraform
3 4 (0.92%) Ansible
4 2 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.23%) Argo
5 1 (0.23%) Grafana
5 1 (0.23%) Kubeflow
5 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 58 (13.30%) TikTok
2 37 (8.49%) Microsoft
3 20 (4.59%) Databricks
4 14 (3.21%) Google
4 14 (3.21%) OpenAI
5 6 (1.38%) MicroStrategy
6 5 (1.15%) Oracle
7 3 (0.69%) Adobe
7 3 (0.69%) Apple
7 3 (0.69%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.69%) VMware
8 2 (0.46%) Confluent
8 2 (0.46%) Hitachi
8 2 (0.46%) Informatica
8 2 (0.46%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.23%) iManage
9 1 (0.23%) Perforce
9 1 (0.23%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.23%) Samsung
9 1 (0.23%) SAP