Compensation Intelligence

UK AI Salary Benchmarks

Salary percentiles derived from live job postings with stated compensation. All figures are gross annual salary in GBP. Updated each pipeline run.

Market Median

£65k

Median UK AI/ML salary (all roles, all seniorities)

£46k

25th percentile

Lower quartile

£80k

75th percentile

Upper quartile

£46k£65k£80k

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Salary by Role

Machine Learning Engineer

£65k£90k£130k

Data Scientist

£55k£75k£110k

AI Research Scientist

£70k£95k£140k

MLOps / Platform Engineer

£65k£88k£125k

NLP Engineer

£60k£85k£120k

Data Engineer

£55k£78k£110k

Computer Vision Engineer

£62k£88k£125k

P25

Median

P75

Regional Salary Index

London

Highest concentration of AI roles

£65k

100% of London

Cambridge

Strong research & biotech sector

£62k

95% of London

Oxford

Academic + deep tech spin-outs

£60k

92% of London

Manchester

Growing Northern Powerhouse AI hub

£53k

82% of London

Edinburgh

Strong in fintech & NLP research

£52k

80% of London

Bristol

Robotics & autonomous systems

£54k

83% of London

Remote (UK)

Varies widely by company HQ

£59k

90% of London

Regional index relative to London median. Based on live job posting data + ONS regional pay data.

Visa Sponsorship Rates

1% of active UK AI/ML job postings include visa sponsorship. Highest in AI safety, autonomous systems, and deep learning roles.

45%

AI Safety

52%

Autonomous Systems

35%

FinTech AI

28%

HealthTech AI

30%

Enterprise AI