Artificial Intelligence Engineer Job Trends in Wales

AI Engineer
UK > Wales

The median AI Engineer salary in Wales is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 March 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Artificial Intelligence Engineer 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.40% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - -
75th Percentile £48,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £86,250 £85,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year +1.47% -5.56% +50.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 1,150 508 1,494
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.49% 91.70% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 761 294 1,155
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,558 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,062 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.11% +11.25% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £68,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Artificial Intelligence Engineer job vacancy trend in Wales

Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for Artificial Intelligence Engineer job vacancies in Wales.

Salary distribution trend for Artificial Intelligence Engineer job vacancies in Wales

Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Artificial Intelligence Engineer within the Wales region over the 6 months to 18 March 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
South Wales - 5 £47,500 - 5
Artificial Intelligence Engineer
UK

Artificial Intelligence Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 18 March 2026, Artificial Intelligence Engineer 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 across the Wales region featuring Artificial Intelligence Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) SMS
2 2 (40.00%) AI
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Azure AI
2 2 (40.00%) Copilot Studio
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Intelligent Automation
2 2 (40.00%) LLM
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Copilot
2 2 (40.00%) Power Automate
2 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (40.00%) PowerApps
2 2 (40.00%) Python
3 1 (20.00%) REST
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering

Artificial Intelligence Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Azure AI
1 2 (40.00%) Copilot Studio
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 2 (40.00%) Power Automate
1 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (40.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) SMS
General
1 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Smart Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) AI
1 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (40.00%) Intelligent Automation
1 2 (40.00%) LLM
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Python
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft