Artificial Intelligence Contracts in Berkshire

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Artificial Intelligence skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Artificial Intelligence over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 101 92
Rank change year-on-year +59 -9 +36
Contract jobs citing Artificial Intelligence 52 23 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 4.43% 1.16% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.74% 1.30% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 10 12
10th Percentile £412 £481 £339
25th Percentile £525 £622 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £675 £543
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +24.42% -19.03%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £617
90th Percentile £700 £694 £635
South East median daily rate £575 £650 £513
% change year-on-year -11.54% +26.83% -10.87%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Artificial Intelligence falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,096 1,764 1,640
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 93.44% 88.91% 90.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 641 918 1,053
10th Percentile £313 £213 £341
25th Percentile £413 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
75th Percentile £615 £608 £626
90th Percentile £675 £675 £711
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 101 48
10th Percentile £22.29 £20.17 £19.20
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.50 £25.72
Median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
Median % change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%
75th Percentile £76.77 £71.75 £73.69
90th Percentile £88.19 £87.46 £79.51
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Artificial Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Artificial Intelligence in Berkshire

Artificial Intelligence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Artificial Intelligence in Berkshire

Artificial Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Artificial Intelligence in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Artificial Intelligence in Berkshire

Artificial Intelligence
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Artificial Intelligence in Berkshire

Artificial Intelligence
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 within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 +56 31 £581 +34.63% 58
Wokingham - 7 £600 -
Maidenhead - 4 - - 5
Windsor -16 3 £500 -25.93%
Artificial Intelligence
South East

Artificial Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 9 (17.31%) Apache Spark
2 2 (3.85%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (1.92%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 30 (57.69%) Azure
2 11 (21.15%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (9.62%) Microsoft Copilot
4 4 (7.69%) AWS
4 4 (7.69%) Azure Data Factory
4 4 (7.69%) Azure Machine Learning
4 4 (7.69%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.85%) Azure AI
5 2 (3.85%) GCP
5 2 (3.85%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.92%) Amazon ELB
6 1 (1.92%) Azure AKS
6 1 (1.92%) Azure Cognitive Services
6 1 (1.92%) Azure Functions
6 1 (1.92%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.92%) Azure Storage
6 1 (1.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.92%) Serverless
6 1 (1.92%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.92%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (13.46%) Big Data
2 3 (5.77%) Power BI
3 2 (3.85%) Hadoop
3 2 (3.85%) Tableau
4 1 (1.92%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (1.92%) Apache Hive
4 1 (1.92%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.92%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.92%) HBase
4 1 (1.92%) HDInsight
4 1 (1.92%) Impala
4 1 (1.92%) Metadata
4 1 (1.92%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (21.15%) Git
2 4 (7.69%) Selenium
3 2 (3.85%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.92%) CMake
4 1 (1.92%) ERwin
4 1 (1.92%) GitLab
General
1 15 (28.85%) Social Skills
2 11 (21.15%) Telecoms
3 8 (15.38%) Legal
4 7 (13.46%) Marketing
5 3 (5.77%) Finance
5 3 (5.77%) Military
5 3 (5.77%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.85%) Electronics
6 2 (3.85%) Law
6 2 (3.85%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (23.08%) Architect
2 9 (17.31%) Developer
3 7 (13.46%) Data Engineer
4 6 (11.54%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 5 (9.62%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
5 5 (9.62%) Azure Engineer
5 5 (9.62%) Data Protection Officer
5 5 (9.62%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (7.69%) Python Engineer
7 3 (5.77%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
7 3 (5.77%) Azure Software Engineer
7 3 (5.77%) C# Developer
7 3 (5.77%) Gen AI Engineer
7 3 (5.77%) Gen AI Software Engineer
7 3 (5.77%) Python Developer
7 3 (5.77%) Python Software Engineer
7 3 (5.77%) Senior
7 3 (5.77%) Software Engineer
8 2 (3.85%) Analyst
8 2 (3.85%) Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (13.46%) PySpark
2 6 (11.54%) .NET
2 6 (11.54%) CSS
2 6 (11.54%) HTML
3 2 (3.85%) Kafka
3 2 (3.85%) PyTorch
3 2 (3.85%) TensorFlow
4 1 (1.92%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.92%) CNTK
4 1 (1.92%) FHIR
4 1 (1.92%) Hugging Face
4 1 (1.92%) Middleware
4 1 (1.92%) OpenVINO
4 1 (1.92%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.62%) Data Protection Act
1 5 (9.62%) Data Structures
2 2 (3.85%) Algorithms
2 2 (3.85%) IoT
2 2 (3.85%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.92%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.92%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (1.92%) Cyberattack
3 1 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.92%) NHS
3 1 (1.92%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.92%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (1.92%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 8 (15.38%) Windows
2 4 (7.69%) Linux
3 1 (1.92%) Android
3 1 (1.92%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (38.46%) Machine Learning
2 14 (26.92%) LLM
3 12 (23.08%) DevOps
4 11 (21.15%) Agile
5 9 (17.31%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (17.31%) CI/CD
6 8 (15.38%) Analytics
7 7 (13.46%) Generative AI
8 6 (11.54%) Data Analysis
8 6 (11.54%) Data Privacy
8 6 (11.54%) Data Protection
8 6 (11.54%) Decision-Making
8 6 (11.54%) Integration Testing
8 6 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (11.54%) Software Testing
8 6 (11.54%) System Testing
8 6 (11.54%) Unit Testing
8 6 (11.54%) Visualisation
9 5 (9.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 5 (9.62%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 25 (48.08%) Python
2 11 (21.15%) SQL
3 10 (19.23%) JavaScript
4 9 (17.31%) C#
5 4 (7.69%) Bash
5 4 (7.69%) PowerShell
5 4 (7.69%) TypeScript
6 3 (5.77%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.92%) C++
7 1 (1.92%) Perl
7 1 (1.92%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (11.54%) Degree
2 5 (9.62%) ISEB
3 3 (5.77%) Master's Degree
3 3 (5.77%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.85%) Azure Certification
4 2 (3.85%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.92%) CISA
5 1 (1.92%) CISM
5 1 (1.92%) CISSP
5 1 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.92%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.92%) GCIA
5 1 (1.92%) GCIH
5 1 (1.92%) GIAC
5 1 (1.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.92%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.77%) GDPR
2 2 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.92%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.92%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.92%) NIST
3 1 (1.92%) NIST 800
3 1 (1.92%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.92%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 1 (1.92%) Apache Flume
1 1 (1.92%) Docker
1 1 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (3.85%) BMC PATROL
2 1 (1.92%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.92%) QRadar
Vendors
1 14 (26.92%) OpenAI
2 11 (21.15%) Microsoft
3 7 (13.46%) Databricks
4 5 (9.62%) Salesforce
5 4 (7.69%) Foundry
5 4 (7.69%) Palantir
6 3 (5.77%) SAP
6 3 (5.77%) Virgin Media
7 2 (3.85%) BMC
7 2 (3.85%) Google
8 1 (1.92%) Splunk
8 1 (1.92%) StreamSets