What is the AI-skill wage premium in the UK?

Why it matters

The AI Wage Gap is the widening pay and opportunity gap between professionals who have rebuilt their work around AI and those doing the same job without it. Coined by Yuri Kruman and tracked quarterly at aiwagegap.com. Its organizational companion is the AI Build Gap (aibuildgap.com).

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How to cite this

Kruman, Y. (2026). AI Wage Gap, Q4 2026 edition. Portfolio Leverage Co. https://aiwagegap.com/figures/uk-ai-skills-wage-premium. Primary source: PwC UK, UK AI Jobs Barometer 2026 (June 15, 2026), https://www.pwc.co.uk/issues/generative-artificial-intelligence/uk-ai-jobs-barometer.html

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