# Best AI Automation Agencies in the UK

> 11 agencies. Top-ranked: Faculty, Brainpool, Tom & Co.

Canonical page: https://www.aiagencies.eu/services/ai-automation/uk
Generated: 2026-09-17 · Curated by Gabor Kiss · No paid placements — inclusion, score, and rank are never sold.

## Ranked roster
1. **Faculty** — London, United Kingdom · rate not published · founded 2014 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, AI Automation, AI Agents · 3 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-08-04 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/faculty-ai
2. **Brainpool** — London, United Kingdom · €130-175/hr (directory-listed) · team 10-49 · founded 2017 · services: AI Consulting, AI Automation, AI Development · 3 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-08-04 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/brainpool
3. **Tom & Co** — London, United Kingdom · rate not published · team 50-249 · services: AI Development, AI Automation, Generative AI · 4 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-08-06 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/tom-and-co
4. **iCentric Agency** — London, United Kingdom · €85-130/hr (directory-listed) · team 10-49 · founded 2002 · services: AI Development, AI Consulting, AI Automation, Generative AI · 2 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-08-06 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/icentric-agency
5. **Found** — London, United Kingdom · €85-130/hr (directory-listed) · team 50-249 · founded 2005 · services: AI SEO, AI Marketing, AI Automation · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/found
6. **Opinov8** — London, United Kingdom · €45-85/hr (directory-listed) · team 250+ · founded 2017 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, AI Agents, Generative AI · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/opinov8
7. **Softblues** — London, United Kingdom · €45-85/hr (directory-listed) · team 10-49 · founded 2014 · services: AI Automation, AI Agents, AI Consulting, AI Development · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/softblues
8. **Transparity** — London, United Kingdom · €85-130/hr (directory-listed) · team 250+ · founded 2015 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, AI Automation, AI Agents · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/transparity
9. **App Web Dev** — Manchester, United Kingdom · rate not published · team 1-9 · services: AI Agents, AI Automation, AI Development · reviewed 2026-08-04 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/app-web-dev
10. **Molo Agency** — London, United Kingdom · €45-85/hr (directory-listed) · team 2-9 · founded 2021 · services: AI Automation, AI Agents, AI Development · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/molo-agency
11. **Opace** — Birmingham, United Kingdom · rate not published · team 10-49 · founded 2008 · services: AI Consulting, AI Automation, AI Agents, AI Marketing · reviewed 2026-09-10 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/opace


## About this market
Most of the UK firms selling AI automation do something else for a living, and that is the first thing to notice here. Found is a London performance-marketing agency with automation built on its own Luminr and Everysearch tooling. Tom & Co is an e-commerce shop first—Adobe Commerce and headless storefronts for LeMieux, Oliver Bonas and Agent Provocateur—with an AI practice behind it. iCentric is a platform consultancy whose automation evidence is a carrier rate-card system that replaced a twenty-year-old spreadsheet process, with a full audit trail over approvals. Transparity comes at it as a Microsoft partner through Copilot Studio and Azure AI Foundry, and Opace runs automation inside a wider Birmingham digital practice. The automation-first entries are smaller: Molo Agency on London's northern edge, and App Web Dev in Manchester, a single founder whose published evidence is entirely self-built, with no client reference to check. Faculty AI and Brainpool treat automation as applied AI rather than as a service line.

That mix decides how to read a quote, because a platform configuration and a custom build never price alike—published bands here run €45-175 an hour, and the gap is operating model more than skill. Screen on three things: who operates the system after handover, what a month of running it costs, and where the human sits. Tom & Co queue every generated image for manual approval before it goes live, and that approval step is what separates a working automation from a demonstration; any candidate should be able to describe its equivalent without preparation. If nobody can say what happens when the automation is wrong on a Saturday night, the thing being sold is a subscription to its builder.

## Questions buyers ask

### How much do AI Automation agencies in the UK charge?
Of the 11 AI Automation agencies on this page, 7 publish complete hourly rate ranges. They range from €45 to €175, with a median around €108. Across the register, rated agencies in the UK bill €65–110/hr (27 rated). 6 agencies operate under €100/hr: iCentric Agency, Found, Opinov8, Softblues.

### Which are the top-rated AI Automation agencies in the UK?
Based on our editorial scoring (portfolio quality, business credibility, and case study depth), the top-ranked AI Automation agencies in the UK are Faculty, Brainpool, Tom & Co. See the full review on each agency's profile.

### Are there UK AI Automation agencies specializing in E-commerce?
Yes — 7 agencies on this page list E-commerce experience. Top examples include Brainpool, Tom & Co, iCentric Agency.

### How recent are these AI Automation agency reviews?
6 of the 11 agencies on this page have been editorially reviewed between Aug 4, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026 — the most recent being Opace. See our review methodology for how scores are calculated.

### What's the smallest team size available for ai automation in the UK?
App Web Dev, Molo Agency are the boutique studios (under 10 people) on this page, ideal for projects needing senior-level attention without large-team overhead.

---
Source: AIAgencies.eu — the curated register of European AI agencies. Rate provenance: "agency-confirmed" = disclosed via submission or claimed profile; "directory-listed" = Clutch or two agreeing B2B directories (lone unverified sources are never written). Full method: https://www.aiagencies.eu/methodology · Rate index: https://www.aiagencies.eu/rates