UK non-technical AI jobs: October 2026 snapshot

On 24 Oct 2026, Second Wave AI Jobs listed 58 live UK jobs for non-technical AI roles at companies that aren't AI companies. 43 name AI in the job title and 15 are existing jobs with AI rollout in the core duties. 21 (36%) state pay. Across the 18 that state an annual salary, the median of the advertised range midpoints is £68,750, and salaries run from £40,000 to £110,000. Legal (10) and financial services (9) employers had the most roles, and 38 of the 58 roles are in London.

How many non-technical AI jobs are there in the UK?

We counted 58 live roles on 24 Oct 2026. That is the number on this site, not every such job in the UK: we list only roles that pass our inclusion rule, at employers that aren't AI companies, and we find most of them on employers' careers sites and on Reed. 42 of the 58 were posted in the 30 days before 24 Oct 2026.

New and closed roles are counted from the November 2026 edition. We started tracking when roles open and close in late October 2026, so this first edition has no full month to compare.

Which kinds of AI role are UK employers hiring for?

AI enablement and adoption is the largest group. 15 roles are existing jobs, such as programme managers or HR advisers, where rolling out AI is in the core duties but the title doesn't name AI.

How much do non-technical AI jobs pay in the UK?

21 of the 58 live roles (36%) state pay. 18 give an annual salary: the median midpoint is £68,750 and the range is £40,000 to £110,000. 3 contract roles give a day rate, from £600 to £1,000.

We take the midpoint of each advertised range (for example £60,000 for £55,000–£65,000) and report the median of those midpoints. Most employers in this field don't publish pay, so these figures come from a small sample.

Which sectors are hiring for AI roles?

Sectors are our own classification from the employer and the ad. "Not stated" means the ad came through a recruitment agency and doesn't say what the employer does.

Which UK companies are hiring for AI enablement and other non-technical AI roles?

Named employers with live AI enablement and adoption roles: AstraZeneca, bp, Capital on Tap, Care Inspectorate, Freshfields, Hogan Lovells, K3 Advisory Group, National Wealth Fund, OMERS, PZ Cussons, Unity Advisory, We Are Zenith, Weil.

Across all role types, 34 employers are named in the ads. 19 roles were advertised through a recruitment agency, usually without the employer's name. Employers with more than one live role: Freshfields (3), Weil (2), K3 Advisory Group (2), WPP (2). The full list of roles is in the table below and the download.

Where are the jobs?

38 of the 58 roles (66%) are based in London, sometimes alongside another city. 20 are elsewhere in the UK. 3 ads give a remote option in the location.

Where were the roles advertised?

How we counted

• Source: every live UK listing on Second Wave AI Jobs on 24 Oct 2026. Each listing links to the original ad and was last checked as live on 23 Oct 2026.
• A role is included only if AI is part of its main purpose or core duties, at an employer that isn't an AI company. Engineering, research and sales roles are excluded.
• Pay is counted only when the employer states it in the ad. We never estimate pay.
• Role types and tags are ours, set when each role is added. Sectors are our classification.
• This edition is a fixed record. Later editions get their own pages, and the latest is always linked from /data/.

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All 58 roles in this edition