What happens when building gets cheap and deciding gets expensive? We brought Sabrina Castiglione, Dave Wascha and Dave Killeen together at numicon in September to find out, and this report pulls together what they said: six takeaways, five things leaders can do now, and what it all means for the people you'll hire next.

We asked more than 500 product, engineering and founder-level leaders across London, Berlin, New York, Amsterdam and the GCC how they're really hiring for AI. This report shares what they told us: the roles in demand, the skills that are now non-negotiable, what it takes to win great people, and what AI talent is paid.

numi's 2026 Salary Guide: a data-driven look at UK tech compensation across AI, Data, Product, Software Engineering and Executive Search, based on real hiring activity and market benchmarks.

Who's leading tech and product in the UK, and where are they? We dug into LinkedIn Talent Insights on more than 48,000 CTOs, CPOs, VPs and Heads of department to find out where they're based, who employs them, the skills boards now expect, and why so few of their next roles will ever be advertised.