Latest salary data reveals a dramatic shift in the AI job market, with robotics-related roles experiencing significant growth. Their analysis highlights how many traditional AI positions are facing salary declines.
This information comes from the provider CV-Library, who extracted 2023 to 2025 data from a database of more than 5 million jobs. There have been more than 6,000 AI-related vacancies since 2023 on CV-Library, with an average salary of £65,636.
These findings revealed that Robotics Software Engineer salaries surged by +51.7%, with a modest average salary of £52,779 – making this profession the fastest-growing AI job.
It was not all good news for the technology sector – high-earning roles such as AI Engineer saw a –26.8% drop in salary. In addition, Algorithm Specialists earn on average the most (£100,634) yet encountered a salary growth rate of just 1.7% – the second lowest analysed.
Has the AI jobs bubble burst?
Furthermore, traditional AI roles such as Senior Data Scientist (-27.4%), AI Engineer (-26.8%), and Data Science Engineer (-19.8%) all experienced a reduction in average salaries. Overall, salary growth for all AI roles analysed declined by –0.5% year-on-year.
Fastest-growing salaries in AI
Fastest-growing salaries in AI
| Job Title | Average Salary | Salary % Change (2023-2025) |
| Robotics Software Engineer | £52,779 | 51.7% |
| Principal Data Scientist | £83,844 | 31.9% |
| Head of Data Science | £91,993 | 30.1% |
| Data Science Lead | £68,278 | 6.5% |
| Machine Learning Engineer | £66,505 | 6.5% |
| Computer Vision Engineer | £70,133 | 4.1% |
| Data Scientist | £63,073 | 4.0% |
| Algorithm Specialist | £100,634 | 1.7% |
AI jobs with falling salaries
| Job Title | Average Salary | Salary % Change (2023-2025) |
| Senior Data Scientist | £85,368 | -27.4% |
| AI Engineer | £89,780 | -26.8% |
| Data Science Engineer | £53,534 | -19.8% |
| MLOps Engineer | £69,256 | -16.8% |
| Data Science Manager | £75,975 | -16.5% |
| Junior Data Scientist | £42,960 | -12.9% |
| Robotics Engineer | £46,825 | -10.9% |
| Senior Machine Learning Engineer | £88,056 | -9.1% |
| Lead Data Scientist | £85,462 | -5.2% |
| AI Software Developer | £70,727 | -0.7% |
What’s driving the shift in AI-related jobs?
In terms of triggers for the rise in jobs that require a command of AI, the report suggests three areas:
- Rise in automation and AI systems are becoming more prevalent to sectors such as logistics, healthcare and manufacturing.
- Greater investment in the software, leading to field service engineers (+0.5%) to deploy and maintain intelligence machines.
The above trends indicate that salaries for AI-related roles in the UK over the past three years have shown mixed trends. While high-paying positions like Algorithm Specialist remain at the top of the salary charts, the average wage has declined, suggesting broader market trends.
