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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.

£70k

Market Median

all roles · all seniorities

£55k£85k

P25 – P75

£70k

Median UK AI/ML salary — all roles, all seniorities

£55k

25th percentile

£85k

75th percentile

£55k£70k£85k
Lower quartileMedianUpper quartile

Salary by Experience Level

UK AI/ML · Gross annual · GBP
Junior
0–2 yrs

Not enough live postings yet for this band

Grad schemes & apprenticeships included

Mid-Level
2–5 yrs

Not enough live postings yet for this band

Owns features independently

Senior
5–8 yrs

£85k

live median · n=134

£71k£95k

Technical leadership & mentoring

Principal / Staff
8+ yrs

£100k

live median · n=115

£85k£113k

Org-wide impact, IC track

Salary by Role

ML EngineerNot enough live postings yet
Data ScientistNot enough live postings yet
AI Research ScientistNot enough live postings yet
MLOps / Platform EngineerNot enough live postings yet
NLP EngineerNot enough live postings yet
Data EngineerNot enough live postings yet
Computer Vision EngineerNot enough live postings yet
P25
Median
P75

Regional Salary Index

London

£85k

100% of London · n=265

CambridgeNot enough live postings yet
OxfordNot enough live postings yet
Manchester

£73k

85% of London · n=43

EdinburghNot enough live postings yet
Bristol

£68k

79% of London · n=16

Live median salary per city, computed from GBP-denominated postings mentioning that city this run — not a fixed index.

Remote vs On-Site Premium

Fully Remote

Anchored to company HQ location

£78k

live median · n=101

Hybrid

Standard in most UK AI roles today

£75k

live median · n=243

Fully On-site

London roles may compensate more

Not enough live postings yet

Live median salary per work model, computed from this run's GBP-denominated postings.