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Lead and principal Data, AI & Machine Learning jobs in the UK

Live lead and principal Data, AI & Machine Learning jobs in the UK, observed on public careers and vacancy pages and updated hourly.

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89 Live vacancies
56 Source domains
42% Remote (known)
2 hours ago Last updated

We are currently tracking 89 live vacancies matching lead and principal Data, AI & Machine Learning jobs in the UK, across 56 source domains. 17 of them were first seen in the last seven days. The source labels with the most observed roles in this slice are Monzo, Cypexsoft, Dolly and Youlend. Every role links back to the public careers or vacancy page where it was observed.

Too few of these roles publish a salary for a reliable benchmark. Where a figure is quoted it appears on the listing; day and hourly rates are kept separate from annual salaries.

On working pattern, 42% of roles with a known arrangement are fully remote, 47% of roles with a known arrangement are hybrid and 29% of roles with a known basis are contract. By seniority, 100% at lead or principal level. Filter by any of these on the left.

89 live vacancies

Staff Machine Learning Engineer (Research Scientist) - DFAI

Plaid · United Kingdom
First seen 2 hours ago

Principal Machine Learning Architect

Indexexchange · United Kingdom
First seen 11 hours ago

Manager of Machine Learning

Incode · London · Hybrid
Hybrid
Machine Learning
First seen 21 hours ago

Staff AI Engineer

Everlaw · United Kingdom
First seen 21 hours ago

Data Architect

Reonenergy · United Kingdom
First seen 21 hours ago

Staff Data Engineer

Dolly · London · Remote
Remote
First seen 1 day ago

Job Categories Clinical Data Scientist Lead

Iconplc · London
First seen 1 day ago

Business Intelligence & Improvement Lead

Scottishhousingnews · Glasgow · Hybrid
Hybrid
First seen 1 day ago

Staff Data Engineer

Materialbank · London · Remote
Remote
First seen 1 day ago

Lead Voice AI Engineer

Sapphireventures · Manchester · Remote
Remote
First seen 2 days ago

Senior Data Architect

Automat It · United Kingdom
First seen 2 days ago

Big Data Architect vacancy at London, United Kingdom | Grid Dynamics | 61366

Griddynamics · London
First seen 2 days ago

Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Ads

Redpoint · London · Remote
Remote
Machine Learning
First seen 3 days ago

Lead Data Engineer, JPMorganChase, London: UK-based Applicants Preferred

Naijaukhub · London
First seen 3 days ago

Machine Learning Engineering Manager

Ravelin · London · On-site
Machine Learning
First seen 6 days ago

Staff Data Scientist

Iterative Health · Cambridge
First seen 6 days ago

Staff Data Engineer

Iterative Health · Cambridge
First seen 6 days ago

Data Architect - dmg media

Dmgmedia · United Kingdom
First seen 1 week ago

Data Architect

Dmgmedia · United Kingdom
First seen 1 week ago

Staff Applied AI Engineer

Scale AI · London
MLOps
First seen 1 week ago

Job titles employers are advertising

The exact titles on the live vacancies in this search, most common first.

Questions about these roles

How many lead and principal Data, AI & Machine Learning jobs in the UK are there right now?

We are tracking 89 live vacancies across 56 source domains. The crawler revisits public careers and vacancy pages continuously and roles disappear from this page as soon as they come down, so the count reflects what is genuinely open today.

Can these roles be done remotely?

42% are advertised as fully remote and 47% as hybrid. Based on 19 roles that state an arrangement; 70 unknowns are excluded.

Are these contract or permanent roles?

29% of roles with a stated basis are contract or fixed-term; unknowns are excluded. A quoted day rate is treated as contract even when the advert does not use the word.

Which sources list the most roles?

The most active source labels right now are Monzo, Cypexsoft, Dolly, Youlend and Optimapartners. Every vacancy links to its public source page — we are an aggregator, not the hiring company.

Can you work from home as a data, ai & machine learning specialist in the UK?

17 of the 89 live adverts here offer home working in some form — 8 fully remote and 9 hybrid. Fully remote means the advert states no office requirement; hybrid means it names a split.

Are there entry-level or graduate data, ai & machine learning specialist jobs in the UK?

Not right now — every live advert here signals mid-level experience or above. Graduate intakes are seasonal, so this is worth checking again rather than reading as a permanent state of the market.

What job titles are used for this role?

Employers on this page advertise it as Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Lead Data Engineer, Staff Data Scientist, Data Architect and Lead Data Analyst. Searching one wording and not another is the most common way people miss vacancies, which is why this page groups them.

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