Head of AI Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Head of Artificial Intelligence
UK > Work from Home

The median Head of Artificial Intelligence daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £875, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
15 Jul 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 303 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Head of AI 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.029% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £823 - -
25th Percentile £838 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £875 - -
75th Percentile £1,019 - -
90th Percentile £1,098 - -
UK median daily rate £900 £688 -
% change year-on-year +30.91% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,591 13,424 22,823
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.86% 93.66% 95.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,399 9,065 16,097
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -1.87% +1.90%
75th Percentile £635 £634 £650
90th Percentile £751 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +0.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 286 519 545
10th Percentile £13.78 £14.98 £16.98
25th Percentile £16.92 £23.39 £24.62
Median hourly rate £34.57 £44.74 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.74% -10.52% +19.76%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £66.21
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -33.88% -5.88% +65.50%

Head of AI
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Head of AI in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Head of AI trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Head of AI
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Head of AI over the 6 months to 15 July 2025.

Head of AI daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Head of AI Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 15 July 2025, Head of AI contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Head of AI in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Data Science
3 1 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Emotional Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Product Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Generative AI
3 1 (33.33%) Product Management
3 1 (33.33%) SaaS
3 1 (33.33%) R
3 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 1 (33.33%) Deep Learning
3 1 (33.33%) Line Management
3 1 (33.33%) Exploratory Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Random Forest
3 1 (33.33%) Decision Tree
3 1 (33.33%) A/B Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Statistical Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Statistics
3 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 1 (33.33%) Applied Mathematics
3 1 (33.33%) C++
3 1 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Publishing
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis

Head of AI Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Publishing
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Data Science
3 1 (33.33%) A/B Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Applied Mathematics
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Decision Tree
3 1 (33.33%) Deep Learning
3 1 (33.33%) Emotional Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Generative AI
3 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 1 (33.33%) Product Management
3 1 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Product Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Random Forest
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Statistical Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
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