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Top AI Agencies in the UK
The register lists 9 curated AI agencies in the UK across 2 cities (Manchester, London). The top-ranked for 2026 are Faculty AI, Brainpool, and Neurons Lab, with typical hourly rates of €80–250.
- Number of agencies
- 9
- Cities covered
- Manchester, London
- Typical hourly rate
- €80–250/hr
- Working language
- English
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AI Consulting Rates in the UK
Typical agency hourly rates in the UK by seniority. The typical market range is €80–250/hr; junior-staffed work sits at the lower end and senior- or lead-led work at the top.
Editorial estimate spanning the published city bands — this market has too few listed rate ranges for a computed band.
| Role | Typical hourly rate |
|---|---|
| Junior / mid consultant | €80–135/hr |
| Senior consultant | €135–195/hr |
| Lead / principal | €195–250/hr |
Rankings updated August 2026
Manchester (5)
Manchester rankings →Fuzzy Labs
Manchester
Best for: Teams with a model that works in a notebook and needs to run, and keep running, in production.
Ortom
Manchester
Best for: SMEs with one well-defined machine-learning problem who want a senior practitioner on it directly.
Sputnik Digital
Manchester
Sputnik Digital is a Manchester product studio covering discovery, design and engineering, with recent work building generative-AI and computer-vision features into client platforms.
Tiksom
Manchester
Tiksom is a Manchester software company building custom applications and product engineering for startups, with a separate AI practice covering agent systems and machine-learning features.
App Web Dev
Manchester
App Web Dev is a Manchester practice building autonomous agent systems and workflow automation for UK businesses, run by a single founder who brings in collaborators per project.
London (4)
London rankings →Faculty AI
London
Best for: Enterprises and public bodies that need AI deployed under regulatory or safety scrutiny.
Brainpool
London
Best for: Operators with a measurable production bottleneck AI can remove—from timber design queues to e-commerce pipelines.
Neurons Lab
London
Best for: Financial institutions that need agentic AI shipped inside regulatory constraints—training through production.
The AI Consultancy
London
The AI Consultancy is a London-based AI consultancy specializing in Claude and Anthropic's AI tools, helping UK SMEs and enterprise clients adopt AI in practical ways.
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