Salary for Senior-level / Expert AI Engineer in United Kingdom during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert AI Engineer in United Kingdom during 2025 is USD 108,860

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The average senior-level / expert AI Engineer salary lies between USD 88,607 and USD 126,582 in the United Kingdom. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
AI Engineer
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United Kingdom
Salary year
2025
Sample size
8
Top 10%
$ 151,898
Top 25%
$ 126,582
Median
$ 108,860
Bottom 25%
$ 88,607
Bottom 10%
$ 88,607

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert AI Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert AI Engineer job listings are Engineering, Python and Machine Learning. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Engineering | 647 jobs Python | 641 jobs Machine Learning | 620 jobs LLMs | 462 jobs Computer Science | 434 jobs AWS | 420 jobs Azure | 368 jobs Generative AI | 356 jobs Architecture | 348 jobs Pipelines | 338 jobs PyTorch | 317 jobs Research | 299 jobs TensorFlow | 286 jobs GCP | 270 jobs APIs | 259 jobs NLP | 258 jobs Security | 253 jobs ML models | 216 jobs RAG | 216 jobs MLOps | 214 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert AI Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert AI Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Startup environment. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 602 jobs Health care | 253 jobs Startup environment | 203 jobs Flex hours | 192 jobs Competitive pay | 188 jobs Equity / stock options | 139 jobs Team events | 124 jobs Flex vacation | 116 jobs Insurance | 111 jobs Parental leave | 95 jobs Salary bonus | 93 jobs Medical leave | 71 jobs 401(k) matching | 51 jobs Wellness | 42 jobs Conferences | 41 jobs Transparency | 38 jobs Fitness / gym | 25 jobs Home office stipend | 25 jobs Gear | 18 jobs Flexible spending account | 17 jobs

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