Artificial Intelligence Engineer Contract Job Trends in Berkshire
AI Engineer
South East > Berkshire
The median AI Engineer daily rate in Berkshire is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 117 | 103 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -14 | - | - |
| Contract Artificial Intelligence Engineer jobs | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire | 0.77% | 0.074% | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.83% | 0.081% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £555 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £563 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | £600 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.17% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £595 | - | - |
| South East median daily rate | £600 | £513 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +17.07% | - | - |
All Contract IT Job Roles
Berkshire
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in Berkshire matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 13 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract job adverts in Berkshire matching a recognised job title | 1,808 | 1,231 | 1,459 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 92.43% | 90.98% | 91.30% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,004 | 828 | 795 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £313 | £315 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £413 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £504 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.18% | -4.05% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £600 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £650 | £688 |
| South East median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £510 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -1.96% | +0.49% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 268 | 56 | 57 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.25 | £14.63 | £36.77 |
| 25th Percentile | £31.25 | £16.60 | £55.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £79.21 | £26.33 | £61.06 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +200.87% | -56.89% | -1.18% |
| 75th Percentile | £88.19 | £65.00 | £67.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £100.00 | £81.00 | £100.00 |
| South East median hourly rate | £48.59 | £20.79 | £57.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +133.71% | -63.84% | +11.30% |
Artificial Intelligence Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Artificial Intelligence Engineer job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.
Artificial Intelligence Engineer Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Artificial Intelligence Engineer job vacancies in Berkshire.
Artificial Intelligence Engineer Contract Job Locations in Berkshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in Artificial Intelligence Engineer jobs within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 13 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | -20 | 6 | £575 | -4.17% | 5 |
| Windsor | - | 5 | - | - | 3 |
| Wokingham | - | 2 | - | - | |
| Artificial Intelligence Engineer South East |
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Artificial Intelligence Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire
For the 6 months to 13 November 2026, Artificial Intelligence Engineer contract job ads cited 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 Artificial Intelligence Engineer job ads across the Berkshire region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AI | 100.0% | 15 |
| 2 | LLM | 60.0% | 9 |
| 3 | CI/CD | 53.3% | 8 |
| 4 | Azure | 46.7% | 7 |
| 4 | Prompt Engineering | 46.7% | 7 |
| 4 | Retrieval-Augmented Generation | 46.7% | 7 |
| 7 | Design Patterns | 40.0% | 6 |
| 8 | Analytics | 33.3% | 5 |
| 8 | Chatbot | 33.3% | 5 |
| 8 | Conversational AI | 33.3% | 5 |
| 8 | Conversational UI | 33.3% | 5 |
| 8 | Customer Service | 33.3% | 5 |
| 8 | Full-Stack Development | 33.3% | 5 |
| 8 | Python | 33.3% | 5 |
| 15 | Azure AI | 26.7% | 4 |
| 15 | CRM | 26.7% | 4 |
| 15 | Microsoft | 26.7% | 4 |
| 15 | User Acceptance Testing | 26.7% | 4 |
| 19 | Agile | 20.0% | 3 |
| 19 | AWS | 20.0% | 3 |
| 19 | Customer Experience | 20.0% | 3 |
| 19 | DevOps | 20.0% | 3 |
| 19 | FastAPI | 20.0% | 3 |
| 19 | Generative AI | 20.0% | 3 |
| 19 | JavaScript | 20.0% | 3 |
| 19 | React | 20.0% | 3 |
| 19 | Regression Testing | 20.0% | 3 |
| 19 | TypeScript | 20.0% | 3 |
| 29 | Anthropic Claude | 13.3% | 2 |
| 29 | Architectural Patterns | 13.3% | 2 |
Artificial Intelligence Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Full-Stack Engineer | 33.3% | 5 |
| 2 | Agentic Artificial Intelligence Engineer | 13.3% | 2 |
| 2 | Azure DevOps Engineer | 13.3% | 2 |
| 2 | Senior Full-Stack Engineer | 13.3% | 2 |
| 2 | Senior Systems Engineer | 13.3% | 2 |
| 6 | Data Engineer | 6.7% | 1 |
| 6 | Python Engineer | 6.7% | 1 |