AI & Machine Learning Recruitment

Hire AI developers in the UK, or remotely from China.

Specialist AI recruitment for UK businesses. We find AI developers and machine-learning engineers who have shipped models, not just studied them — hired in the UK, or working remotely from China, where a great deal of the strongest applied AI work is being done by people who never reach a Western job market.

Why teams choose us
  • AI and ML only — nothing else.
  • Screened for production experience, not course completions.
  • UK hires on a 20% fee, or remote developers in China contracted through our UK company.
  • Our own data on who is hiring for AI, and at what salary.

A specialist AI recruiter, run by its founder.

ProdReady Recruitment is founder-led. When you brief us you speak to Jamie, and Jamie runs the search — there is no account manager in between and no hand-off to a junior team.

We recruit for AI and machine learning only, for UK businesses, so every conversation is about the work you actually need done. More about how we work.

AI and ML only

One specialism, so we are not learning your field on your time.

Screened for production work

We look for models shipped and maintained, not course completions or keywords.

Hire in the UK

Permanent UK AI hires, on a fee of 20% of first-year base salary. See fees.

Hire from China

Remote AI developers based in China, contracted and paid through our UK company.

One specialism: AI and machine learning.

AI developers, ML engineers and applied researchers — and nothing else. Two ways to hire them.

AI & Machine Learning

Hiring AI developers and ML engineers in the UK: the roles we recruit for, how we screen, and our hiring guides.

Remote AI developers from China

China-based AI developers working remotely for your team, with one UK contract and one sterling invoice.

UK hiring fees

20% of first-year base salary for a permanent UK hire, with a worked example.

Live market data

We watch UK AI and ML hiring, every hour.

Every role below was observed on a public careers or vacancy page and classified against a published taxonomy. Knowing who is hiring, and for what, is how we know where the talent goes.

643
live UK AI & ML vacancies
384
employers hiring AI roles
51%
advertised as fully remote
£58k
median advertised salary

AI hiring insights

Which companies are hiring AI and ML people, which frameworks are rising, what the roles pay and where — rebuilt daily from the same observations.

Most-wanted right now
Machine Learning 65 Python 23 SQL 21 AWS 18 Azure 18 LLM 13 Java 10 Power BI 10

Hiring remotely from China: the guides

Where the UK shortage bites hardest, we look further: AI developers and researchers in China who have shipped at scale, working remotely for your team, contracted and paid through our UK company.

Ready to hire?

Tell us what you need — in the UK or remotely from China — and we'll come back to you within one working day.

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