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The AI Engineer role in 2025: what it actually means, and how to get hired for it

Everyone is posting "AI Engineer" jobs. Hardly anyone agrees on what the role means. We interviewed 12 hiring managers at UK tech companies to find out what they're actually looking for — and it's not what the job descriptions say.

UK Data & AI Salary Report 2025: real numbers from 400 engineers

Median salaries by role, seniority, city, and sector. Updated February 2025 from our anonymous salary survey.

Finance → Data Science in 9 months: one engineer's honest account

No bootcamp, no master's degree. How a structured self-study plan and 3 portfolio projects landed a DS role at a FTSE 100.

The only 5 Python libraries you need to master for ML engineering in 2025

Not NumPy, Pandas, and Scikit-learn. Those are table stakes. Here's what actually separates mid-level from senior ML engineers.

RAG vs fine-tuning in production: when each approach actually wins

Based on 6 real production decisions from engineers at UK scale-ups. Theory is one thing — here's what they actually chose, and why.

Which certifications actually increased salaries? Data from 120 engineers

AWS ML Specialty: +$10k median. GCP ML Engineer: +$8k. DeepLearning.AI: hard to measure. The honest data on cert ROI.

How to negotiate your ML engineer salary: a script that actually works

Three real negotiation conversations, with what was said at each stage. The median uplift across these examples was $14,500.

13 Jan 2025

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Sharp takes onAI careers.

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