Study: UK firms offer wage premium for AI workers in bid for growth

Surging demand is pushing up wages as companies compete for a limited pool of workers with technical skills like machine learning. — Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash

UK employers are offering a 14% wage premium for jobs that require skills in artificial intelligence as booming demand for the technology reshapes the labour market.

Postings for AI roles have risen almost four times faster than the average for other jobs over the last decade, according to research by consulting firm PwC. It analysed around 500 million advertisements across 15 countries and found nine AI openings in the UK for each 1,000 vacancies. That outpaced the global growth rate.