Head of AI Contracts with Work from Home Options

Head of Artificial Intelligence
UK > Work from Home

The median Head of Artificial Intelligence daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2024.

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

 6 months to
20 Sep 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 327 - 607
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Head of AI 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.032% - 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% - 0.003%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £675 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
75th Percentile £725 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £750 £950 -
% change year-on-year -21.05% - -

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 11,837 19,218 39,626
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.47% 94.61% 95.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,581 13,590 28,766
10th Percentile £325 £338 £363
25th Percentile £420 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £745 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 291 441 504
10th Percentile £19.59 £16.98 £14.58
25th Percentile £31.38 £25.71 £25.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £50.00 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +1.01% +111.95%
75th Percentile £67.26 £68.75 £65.44
90th Percentile £75.00 £79.19 £77.43
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £44.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year -3.37% +71.15% +30.00%

Head of AI Skill Set
Top 5 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 20 September 2024, 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 4 (100.00%) Python
1 4 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 4 (100.00%) Deep Learning
1 4 (100.00%) Generative AI

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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Deep Learning
1 4 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 4 (100.00%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
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