Artificial Intelligence Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Artificial Intelligence skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 87 92
Rank change year-on-year +48 +5 +20
Contract jobs citing Artificial Intelligence 59 25 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 5.00% 1.47% 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.48% 1.68% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 13 16
10th Percentile £406 £342 £400
25th Percentile £525 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -24.14%
75th Percentile £700 £763 £825
90th Percentile £775 £800 £925
South East median daily rate £600 £500 £650
% change year-on-year +20.00% -23.08% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £28.50 -
South East median hourly rate - £54.25 £103.50
% change year-on-year - -47.58% -

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 1,077 1,488 1,619
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 91.35% 87.32% 89.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 668 777 1,013
10th Percentile £325 £325 £300
25th Percentile £413 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.05% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £518
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.14% +1.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 72 64
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.51 £18.50
25th Percentile £17.30 £45.31 £48.18
Median hourly rate £32.31 £61.55 £58.44
Median % change year-on-year -47.50% +5.31% +41.87%
75th Percentile £58.00 £70.39 £72.08
90th Percentile £87.25 £87.32 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £20.73 £57.35 £53.00
% change year-on-year -63.85% +8.21% +70.14%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Artificial Intelligence.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Artificial Intelligence in Berkshire over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Artificial Intelligence in Berkshire

Artificial Intelligence
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Artificial Intelligence.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Artificial Intelligence

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 20 September 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 +39 26 £600 +15.38% 31
Windsor -4 14 £725 -7.94% 4
Wokingham - 8 £650 - 7
Slough -2 1 £725 +16.00% 131
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 3 (5.08%) Apache Spark
2 2 (3.39%) Camunda
3 1 (1.69%) Appian
3 1 (1.69%) Jupyter
Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (11.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (10.17%) SAP CO
2 6 (10.17%) SAP FI
2 6 (10.17%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.69%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 30 (50.85%) Azure
2 15 (25.42%) AWS
3 7 (11.86%) GCP
4 6 (10.17%) Microsoft Copilot
5 5 (8.47%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (6.78%) GitHub
6 4 (6.78%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (5.08%) Serverless
7 3 (5.08%) Snowflake
8 2 (3.39%) Power Platform
8 2 (3.39%) WhatsApp
9 1 (1.69%) Azure AI
9 1 (1.69%) Azure AKS
9 1 (1.69%) Azure App Service
9 1 (1.69%) Azure Cognitive Services
9 1 (1.69%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (1.69%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.69%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (1.69%) Tricentis Tosca
9 1 (1.69%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.08%) 4G
1 3 (5.08%) 5G
1 3 (5.08%) DOCSIS
1 3 (5.08%) GPON
1 3 (5.08%) LTE
1 3 (5.08%) MPLS
1 3 (5.08%) Radio Access Network
1 3 (5.08%) VoIP
1 3 (5.08%) xDSL
2 2 (3.39%) Converged Networks
3 1 (1.69%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.08%) Big Data
2 2 (3.39%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.69%) Power BI
3 1 (1.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (8.47%) Git
2 2 (3.39%) GitLab
3 1 (1.69%) CMake
3 1 (1.69%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.69%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.69%) MLflow
3 1 (1.69%) Robot Framework
3 1 (1.69%) Selenium
3 1 (1.69%) SonarQube
General
1 20 (33.90%) Social Skills
2 11 (18.64%) Telecoms
3 8 (13.56%) Finance
4 5 (8.47%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (6.78%) Legal
6 3 (5.08%) Military
7 2 (3.39%) Back Office
7 2 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.39%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.69%) Law
8 1 (1.69%) Local Government
8 1 (1.69%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 30 (50.85%) Architect
2 15 (25.42%) Developer
3 14 (23.73%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
4 12 (20.34%) Solutions Architect
5 7 (11.86%) Python Developer
6 6 (10.17%) SAP Architect
7 5 (8.47%) Security Architect
7 5 (8.47%) Senior
8 4 (6.78%) Analyst
8 4 (6.78%) Cloud Developer
8 4 (6.78%) Principal Architect
8 4 (6.78%) Senior Developer
8 4 (6.78%) Senior Python Developer
9 3 (5.08%) Azure Developer
9 3 (5.08%) Consultant
9 3 (5.08%) Full-Stack Developer
9 3 (5.08%) Full-Stack Python Developer
9 3 (5.08%) OSS Architect
9 3 (5.08%) React Developer
10 2 (3.39%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (13.56%) FastAPI
2 6 (10.17%) PyTorch
2 6 (10.17%) TensorFlow
3 4 (6.78%) Google JAX
3 4 (6.78%) JAX
3 4 (6.78%) RESTful
3 4 (6.78%) scikit-learn
4 3 (5.08%) Kafka
4 3 (5.08%) REST
5 2 (3.39%) FHIR
5 2 (3.39%) React
6 1 (1.69%) CNTK
6 1 (1.69%) Express.js
6 1 (1.69%) GraphQL
6 1 (1.69%) Hugging Face
6 1 (1.69%) Jinja
6 1 (1.69%) LangChain
6 1 (1.69%) NETCONF
6 1 (1.69%) OpenVINO
6 1 (1.69%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.25%) Algorithms
2 6 (10.17%) Augmented Reality
3 4 (6.78%) Cloud Native
3 4 (6.78%) Onboarding
4 3 (5.08%) TM Forum
5 2 (3.39%) AI Agents
5 2 (3.39%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (3.39%) Robotics
5 2 (3.39%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.69%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.69%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.69%) NHS
6 1 (1.69%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.69%) Android
1 1 (1.69%) Linux
1 1 (1.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (44.07%) Machine Learning
2 20 (33.90%) DevOps
3 19 (32.20%) CI/CD
3 19 (32.20%) LLM
4 18 (30.51%) Generative AI
5 16 (27.12%) Analytics
6 14 (23.73%) Data Visualisation
6 14 (23.73%) Visualisation
7 12 (20.34%) Data Science
8 10 (16.95%) Decision-Making
8 10 (16.95%) Full-Stack Development
8 10 (16.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 9 (15.25%) Agile
10 7 (11.86%) Business Intelligence
10 7 (11.86%) Computer Vision
10 7 (11.86%) Containerisation
10 7 (11.86%) Predictive Analytics
10 7 (11.86%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (11.86%) Prototyping
10 7 (11.86%) Sentiment Analysis
Programming Languages
1 17 (28.81%) Python
2 5 (8.47%) C++
3 4 (6.78%) Java
3 4 (6.78%) R
4 3 (5.08%) C
4 3 (5.08%) TypeScript
5 2 (3.39%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.69%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 3 (5.08%) Degree
1 3 (5.08%) Master's Degree
2 2 (3.39%) Security Cleared
2 2 (3.39%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (1.69%) CISA
3 1 (1.69%) CISM
3 1 (1.69%) CISSP
3 1 (1.69%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.69%) GCIA
3 1 (1.69%) GCIH
3 1 (1.69%) GIAC
3 1 (1.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (13.56%) GDPR
2 6 (10.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (8.47%) EU AI Act
4 4 (6.78%) NIST
5 2 (3.39%) OASIS TOSCA
5 2 (3.39%) PMO
6 1 (1.69%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (1.69%) HL7
6 1 (1.69%) NIST 800
6 1 (1.69%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.69%) QA
6 1 (1.69%) SLA
6 1 (1.69%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 2 (3.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (15.25%) Kubernetes
2 3 (5.08%) Ansible
3 2 (3.39%) Amdocs OSS
3 2 (3.39%) Terraform
4 1 (1.69%) Kubeflow
4 1 (1.69%) QRadar
Vendors
1 10 (16.95%) Databricks
1 10 (16.95%) OpenAI
2 8 (13.56%) Microsoft
2 8 (13.56%) Virgin Media
3 7 (11.86%) Salesforce
3 7 (11.86%) SAP
4 2 (3.39%) Amdocs
4 2 (3.39%) Ericsson
4 2 (3.39%) Huawei
4 2 (3.39%) NetCracker
4 2 (3.39%) Nokia
5 1 (1.69%) Cisco
5 1 (1.69%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.69%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.69%) Splunk
5 1 (1.69%) Veracode
5 1 (1.69%) Workday