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Experience working with ‘recommendation systems’ is the most lucrative AI skill in 2025, according to a new study.
The study, conducted by invoice software company Bookipi, analysed 39,139 unique jobs on Glassdoor that mentioned Artificial Intelligence (AI) and associated keywords, to reveal the job listings and skills with the highest average median salaries.
The research also identified the AI skills that appear in most job listings to reveal the most sought-after AI skills.
Jobs requiring experience working with ‘recommendation systems’ offer the highest median salaries, with a median salary of £154,000 across 185 listings.
AI job listings containing ‘Natural Language Understanding (NLU)’ as a requirement offer a median salary of £149,000 across 144 listings, making NLU the second most lucrative AI skill.
Experience using ‘CUDA’ closely follows in third place, with a median salary of £148,000 across 352 listings.
Machine Learning ‘Model Evaluation’ is the fourth most lucrative AI skill, with a median salary of £145,500 across 107 job listings.
Experience using ‘MXNet’ ranks fifth, with a median salary of £145,300 across 105 job listings.
Job adverts containing ‘Apache Flink’ offer a median salary of £145,100, making it the sixth most lucrative AI skill.
‘Speech recognition’ follows in seventh place, with a median salary of £142,200 across 117 listings.
‘Distributed systems’ and ‘deep learning’ rank eighth and ninth, offering median salaries of £140,120 and £138,900 respectively.
‘Reinforcement learning’ is the tenth most lucrative AI skill, with a median salary of £137,200 across all 461 job listings requiring this skill.
The study also reveals that experience with ‘machine learning’ is the most sought-after AI skill by far, with 16,760 job listings requiring this skill. The median salary for jobs in Machine Learning is £115,000.
Experience using ‘python’ is the second most sought-after AI skill, with 11,657 AI job adverts mentioning it. Python roles have a median salary of £108,300.
Experience with ‘data science’ ranks third, appearing in 8,369 AI job listings with a median salary of £110,700.
‘C++’ is the fourth most sought-after AI skill, with 7,741 job listings referencing experience using C++ and a median salary of £100,400.
Microsoft Excel appears in 6,593 job listings and is the fifth most sought-after skill for AI roles. Jobs mentioning Excel offer a median salary of £73,400.
Other highly sought-after experience was using SQL, Java, DevOps, data analytics, and CI/CD.
Tim Lee, CEO and founder of Bookipi, commented on the findings,
“Interest in Artificial Intelligence (AI) has grown exponentially in the past decade, driven by employers integrating it into daily operations, the rise of innovative startups, and job seekers eager to break into the industry and enhance their skills.
“This study provides insight into the highest-paying AI skills and the most sought-after skills that increase one’s chances of securing a position in the industry. It also offers valuable guidance on the most effective paths to upskilling for individuals looking to advance their careers in the AI industry.”
This information was provided by the software company, Bookipi.
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