Artificial Intelligence Contracts

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Artificial Intelligence skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Artificial Intelligence over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 107 301 312
Rank change year-on-year +194 +11 -56
Contract jobs citing Artificial Intelligence 878 490 770
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.04% 0.87% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.39% 0.97% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 517 333 509
10th Percentile £400 £413 £432
25th Percentile £481 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £590
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -2.54% +7.76%
75th Percentile £738 £700 £663
90th Percentile £788 £873 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% +21.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 15 19
10th Percentile £17.75 £26.00 £18.50
25th Percentile £19.38 £35.00 £27.25
Median hourly rate £46.18 £46.18 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year - +9.95% +14.29%
75th Percentile £72.50 £71.88 £48.55
90th Percentile £76.50 £88.00 £63.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £46.18 £42.00
% change year-on-year +35.34% +9.95% +23.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Artificial Intelligence is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,764 50,288 79,415
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.53% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,622 34,810 55,795
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,524 1,667 1,882
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.50 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +42.29% +9.46%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.99%

Artificial Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Artificial Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Artificial Intelligence in the UK

Artificial Intelligence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Artificial Intelligence.

Daily rate trend for Artificial Intelligence in the UK

Artificial Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Artificial Intelligence over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Artificial Intelligence in the UK

Artificial Intelligence
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Artificial Intelligence.

Hourly rate trend for Artificial Intelligence in the UK

Artificial Intelligence
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Artificial Intelligence over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Artificial Intelligence in the UK

Artificial Intelligence
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Artificial Intelligence within the UK over the 6 months to 31 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +186 779 £600 +2.13% 1,142
London +187 497 £600 -4.00% 608
Work from Home +173 367 £550 - 561
UK excluding London +106 301 £500 -4.76% 524
North of England +83 105 £500 -14.89% 127
Midlands +61 51 £613 +40.00% 48
North West +42 51 £500 -14.89% 81
Scotland +59 47 £460 -3.16% 29
South East -4 46 £625 +9.65% 167
West Midlands +46 37 £550 +15.79% 37
South West +2 36 £588 +6.82% 74
Yorkshire +40 33 £600 -3.61% 37
North East +27 23 - - 10
East of England +23 20 £388 -36.73% 68
East Midlands +23 14 £750 +71.43% 11
Northern Ireland -2 1 - - 9

Artificial Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 77 (8.77%) Apache Airflow
2 69 (7.86%) Apache
3 12 (1.37%) Confluence
4 10 (1.14%) SharePoint
5 8 (0.91%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.57%) SAS
7 3 (0.34%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.23%) CMS
9 1 (0.11%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.11%) nginx
9 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 161 (18.34%) Chatbot
2 6 (0.68%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.34%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.23%) Gliffy
4 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.11%) Simulink
5 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (2.16%) Aladdin
2 13 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.48%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 11 (1.25%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.80%) SimCorp Dimension
5 5 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.46%) SAP BPC
7 3 (0.34%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.34%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.23%) Magento
9 1 (0.11%) OpenText VIM for SAP
9 1 (0.11%) SAP CX
9 1 (0.11%) SAP GRC
9 1 (0.11%) Shopify
9 1 (0.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 241 (27.45%) AWS
2 231 (26.31%) Azure
3 148 (16.86%) GCP
4 42 (4.78%) Power Platform
5 41 (4.67%) Cloud Computing
6 34 (3.87%) Vertex AI
7 32 (3.64%) Serverless
8 24 (2.73%) AWS Lambda
9 23 (2.62%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (2.28%) Amazon S3
11 19 (2.16%) AWS CloudFormation
12 14 (1.59%) GitHub
12 14 (1.59%) OpenShift
13 13 (1.48%) Amazon SageMaker
13 13 (1.48%) SaaS
14 12 (1.37%) ChatGPT
15 11 (1.25%) Google Compute Engine
15 11 (1.25%) OCI
15 11 (1.25%) Snowflake
16 9 (1.03%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.03%) CTI
1 9 (1.03%) VoIP
2 5 (0.57%) Firewall
2 5 (0.57%) Network Security
2 5 (0.57%) VPN
3 4 (0.46%) Internet
3 4 (0.46%) Wireless
4 3 (0.34%) 5G
5 2 (0.23%) MQTT
5 2 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.11%) Broadband
6 1 (0.11%) DHCP
6 1 (0.11%) DNS
6 1 (0.11%) Junos
6 1 (0.11%) LTE
6 1 (0.11%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.11%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (9.57%) PostgreSQL
2 66 (7.52%) Apache Ignite
3 32 (3.64%) Power BI
4 29 (3.30%) Data Warehouse
5 27 (3.08%) Big Data
6 24 (2.73%) BigQuery
7 23 (2.62%) Tableau
8 12 (1.37%) NoSQL
8 12 (1.37%) SQL Server
9 10 (1.14%) Data Lake
10 9 (1.03%) DynamoDB
11 8 (0.91%) Amazon Aurora
11 8 (0.91%) Data Mining
12 7 (0.80%) Crystal Reports
12 7 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (0.80%) Hadoop
12 7 (0.80%) Relational Database
13 6 (0.68%) MySQL
14 5 (0.57%) Amazon Athena
15 4 (0.46%) Cloud Spanner
Development Applications
1 53 (6.04%) Cypress.io
2 36 (4.10%) Git
3 34 (3.87%) JIRA
4 13 (1.48%) Jenkins
5 11 (1.25%) Selenium
6 9 (1.03%) Bitbucket
6 9 (1.03%) ER Studio
6 9 (1.03%) ERwin
7 7 (0.80%) CircleCI
7 7 (0.80%) GitLab
7 7 (0.80%) MLflow
8 6 (0.68%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.57%) LoadRunner
9 5 (0.57%) NeoLoad
9 5 (0.57%) WebDriver
10 4 (0.46%) Appium
10 4 (0.46%) Mercurial
11 1 (0.11%) Gradle
11 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 202 (23.01%) Finance
2 140 (15.95%) Social Skills
3 112 (12.76%) Front Office
4 109 (12.41%) Banking
5 53 (6.04%) Public Sector
6 47 (5.35%) Analytical Skills
7 30 (3.42%) Retail
8 29 (3.30%) Telecoms
9 26 (2.96%) Legal
10 21 (2.39%) Presentation Skills
11 20 (2.28%) Law
11 20 (2.28%) Marketing
12 19 (2.16%) Manufacturing
13 18 (2.05%) Pharmaceutical
14 16 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 15 (1.71%) Investment Banking
16 10 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (1.14%) German Language
17 9 (1.03%) Electronics
18 8 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 290 (33.03%) Developer
2 127 (14.46%) Software Developer
3 111 (12.64%) Architect
4 91 (10.36%) Software Engineer
5 90 (10.25%) Python Engineer
6 78 (8.88%) Python Developer
7 71 (8.09%) Python Software Engineer
8 68 (7.74%) Lead
9 66 (7.52%) React Developer
10 65 (7.40%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 60 (6.83%) Analyst
11 60 (6.83%) Senior
12 51 (5.81%) Business Analyst
13 44 (5.01%) Full Stack Engineer
14 41 (4.67%) Full Stack Developer
15 36 (4.10%) Full Stack Software Engineer
16 35 (3.99%) Data Engineer
17 33 (3.76%) Consultant
17 33 (3.76%) Full Stack Python Developer
18 30 (3.42%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 142 (16.17%) HTML
2 94 (10.71%) React
3 65 (7.40%) gRPC
3 65 (7.40%) Material-UI
3 65 (7.40%) Protocol Buffers
3 65 (7.40%) Redux
4 59 (6.72%) TensorFlow
5 51 (5.81%) PyTorch
6 32 (3.64%) CSS
6 32 (3.64%) Pandas
7 30 (3.42%) scikit-learn
8 26 (2.96%) NumPy
9 21 (2.39%) .NET
10 19 (2.16%) AngularJS
10 19 (2.16%) REST
11 18 (2.05%) Node.js
11 18 (2.05%) Spring
12 16 (1.82%) RESTful
13 15 (1.71%) SciPy
14 12 (1.37%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 102 (11.62%) Hedge funds
2 94 (10.71%) Fixed Income
3 67 (7.63%) Equities
4 64 (7.29%) Algorithms
5 45 (5.13%) Product Ownership
6 29 (3.30%) Derivative
6 29 (3.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 23 (2.62%) Robotics
8 21 (2.39%) Public Cloud
9 19 (2.16%) Greenfield Project
9 19 (2.16%) Management Information System
10 14 (1.59%) IoT
10 14 (1.59%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 13 (1.48%) IVR
12 11 (1.25%) Data Structures
12 11 (1.25%) FMCG
13 10 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
14 9 (1.03%) Cloud Native
14 9 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
15 8 (0.91%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.48%) Linux
2 11 (1.25%) Windows
3 7 (0.80%) Android
4 3 (0.34%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 419 (47.72%) Machine Learning
2 269 (30.64%) Software Engineering
3 263 (29.95%) Agile
4 165 (18.79%) Conversational UI
5 136 (15.49%) DevOps
6 133 (15.15%) Code Quality
7 129 (14.69%) Analytics
8 125 (14.24%) Data Science
9 102 (11.62%) Asset Management
10 99 (11.28%) Full Stack Development
11 95 (10.82%) Computer Science
11 95 (10.82%) Generative AI
12 94 (10.71%) Investment Management
12 94 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
13 86 (9.79%) CI/CD
14 80 (9.11%) Roadmaps
15 69 (7.86%) Natural Language Processing
16 68 (7.74%) LLM
17 65 (7.40%) Automated Trading
18 54 (6.15%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 455 (51.82%) Python
2 267 (30.41%) SQL
3 163 (18.56%) JavaScript
4 156 (17.77%) C#
5 99 (11.28%) TypeScript
6 76 (8.66%) Java
7 31 (3.53%) PowerShell
8 22 (2.51%) C++
9 16 (1.82%) Bash
9 16 (1.82%) R
10 8 (0.91%) Kusto Query Language
10 8 (0.91%) T-SQL
11 7 (0.80%) C
11 7 (0.80%) Scala
11 7 (0.80%) Shell Script
12 6 (0.68%) Go
13 4 (0.46%) Clojure
13 4 (0.46%) Haskell
13 4 (0.46%) Rust
14 3 (0.34%) PHP
Qualifications
1 239 (27.22%) Degree
2 61 (6.95%) Computer Science Degree
3 49 (5.58%) Security Cleared
4 46 (5.24%) Master's Degree
5 42 (4.78%) SC Cleared
6 20 (2.28%) PhD
7 18 (2.05%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.37%) AWS Certification
9 10 (1.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 10 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (0.91%) DV Cleared
10 8 (0.91%) PMI Certification
10 8 (0.91%) PMP
11 6 (0.68%) Numerate Degree
12 5 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.57%) CISSP
13 4 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.46%) CISM
14 3 (0.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 3 (0.34%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (3.08%) QA
2 26 (2.96%) GDPR
3 10 (1.14%) Data Quality
4 9 (1.03%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.03%) PCI DSS
5 8 (0.91%) HIPAA
5 8 (0.91%) SOC 2
6 4 (0.46%) Dodd-Frank
6 4 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.46%) MiFID
6 4 (0.46%) PMO
7 3 (0.34%) Government Security Classifications
7 3 (0.34%) NCSC
7 3 (0.34%) SLA
8 2 (0.23%) Basel III
8 2 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.23%) NIST
9 1 (0.11%) GRC
9 1 (0.11%) GxP
9 1 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 38 (4.33%) Docker
2 5 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
2 5 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.46%) VMware NSX
4 3 (0.34%) HDFS
5 1 (0.11%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.11%) KVM
5 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 54 (6.15%) Kubernetes
2 36 (4.10%) Terraform
3 10 (1.14%) Grafana
4 8 (0.91%) Ansible
5 6 (0.68%) Kubeflow
6 5 (0.57%) Kibana
6 5 (0.57%) SysTrack
7 4 (0.46%) OPNET
7 4 (0.46%) PowerCLI
7 4 (0.46%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.11%) Functional Safety
9 1 (0.11%) logstash
9 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.11%) Nagios
9 1 (0.11%) Puppet
9 1 (0.11%) Rancher
9 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.11%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.11%) vRealize
Vendors
1 121 (13.78%) PayPal
2 100 (11.39%) Google
3 77 (8.77%) Microsoft
4 25 (2.85%) Oracle
4 25 (2.85%) SAP
5 24 (2.73%) OpenAI
6 16 (1.82%) Salesforce
7 14 (1.59%) Cisco
8 13 (1.48%) Bloomberg
8 13 (1.48%) Genesys
8 13 (1.48%) Sparx
9 12 (1.37%) BISAM
10 11 (1.25%) Databricks
11 9 (1.03%) Adobe
11 9 (1.03%) Avaya
11 9 (1.03%) ServiceNow
12 8 (0.91%) Ariba
13 7 (0.80%) SimCorp
13 7 (0.80%) UiPath
14 6 (0.68%) Citrix