Artificial Intelligence Consultant Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

AI Consultant
South East > Berkshire

As of 22 February 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median AI Consultant daily rate in Berkshire.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 98 126
Rank change year-on-year -17 +28 -
Contract jobs requiring an Artificial Intelligence Consultant 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.059% 0.077% 0.050%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% 0.083% 0.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £425
75th Percentile - - £438
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £550 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +37.50% -5.88% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,529 1,199 1,880
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.31% 91.95% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,032 687 1,044
10th Percentile £300 £299 £213
25th Percentile £401 £404 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -1.57%
75th Percentile £594 £625 £602
90th Percentile £663 £663 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 30 111
10th Percentile £19.38 £39.73 £19.00
25th Percentile £33.91 £49.97 £42.00
Median hourly rate £81.50 £61.50 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +32.53% +5.48% -9.86%
75th Percentile £95.00 £64.73 £67.50
90th Percentile £106.70 £77.47 £85.65
South East median hourly rate £29.81 £42.69 £45.00
% change year-on-year -30.18% -5.13% -

Artificial Intelligence Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Artificial Intelligence Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Artificial Intelligence Consultant job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Artificial Intelligence Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Artificial Intelligence Consultant within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 22 February 2026. 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
Reading -3 1 - -
Artificial Intelligence Consultant
South East

Artificial Intelligence Consultant Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 22 February 2026, Artificial Intelligence Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Artificial Intelligence Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) MLOps
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case

Artificial Intelligence Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) MLOps
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python