Hybrid/Remote AI Model Optimisation Job Trends

AI Model Optimisation
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring AI Model Optimisation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 451 418 -
Rank change year-on-year -33 - -
Permanent jobs citing AI Model Optimisation 6 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.026% 0.018% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.031% 0.020% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 0
10th Percentile £75,000 £56,000 -
25th Percentile £78,750 £65,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £85,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% - -
75th Percentile - £90,000 -
90th Percentile £107,500 - -
UK median annual salary £90,000 £82,500 £68,750
% change year-on-year +9.09% +20.00% -1.79%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 19,177 15,355 21,215
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.02% 93.03% 87.59%
Number of salaries quoted 13,861 8,958 14,299
10th Percentile £34,674 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £44,106
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -1.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £79,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,465
% change year-on-year +9.09% -0.84% -7.56%

AI Model Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing AI Model Optimisation and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

AI Model Optimisation job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

AI Model Optimisation
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing AI Model Optimisation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing AI Model Optimisation

AI Model Optimisation
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing AI Model Optimisation over the 6 months to 30 August 2026.

AI Model Optimisation salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

AI Model Optimisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 5 (83.33%) Vertex AI
2 1 (16.67%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) Big Data
General
1 5 (83.33%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
1 5 (83.33%) Financial Institution
1 5 (83.33%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analytics Consultant
1 3 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
1 3 (50.00%) Consultant
1 3 (50.00%) Data Analytics Consultant
1 3 (50.00%) Data Consultant
1 3 (50.00%) Data Scientist
1 3 (50.00%) Risk Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Data Analytics Scientist
3 1 (16.67%) Principal Data Scientist
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Hugging Face
1 1 (16.67%) Qwen
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Algorithms
1 5 (83.33%) Credit Risk
1 5 (83.33%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) AI
1 6 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 5 (83.33%) Analytics
2 5 (83.33%) Business Case
2 5 (83.33%) Computer Science
2 5 (83.33%) Data Analysis
2 5 (83.33%) Fraud Detection
2 5 (83.33%) Market Research
2 5 (83.33%) Predictive Modelling
2 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (83.33%) Scorecard
2 5 (83.33%) Storytelling
2 5 (83.33%) Visualisation
3 3 (50.00%) Data Science
4 1 (16.67%) Domain Models
4 1 (16.67%) Generative AI
4 1 (16.67%) LLM
4 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 1 (16.67%) Prompt Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Python
2 5 (83.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Degree
1 5 (83.33%) Numerate Degree
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Mistral