Retrieval-Augmented Generation Contract Job Trends in Birmingham
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
West Midlands > Birmingham
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham citing Retrieval-Augmented Generation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 66 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Retrieval-Augmented Generation | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham | 0.35% | - | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.43% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £613 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £625 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £600 | - | - |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham
Retrieval-Augmented Generation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing process or methodology skills in Birmingham.
| 6 months to 29 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 702 | 596 | 585 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham | 82.20% | 91.55% | 83.57% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 403 | 389 | 383 |
| 10th Percentile | £305 | £250 | £197 |
| 25th Percentile | £405 | £375 | £368 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £475 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -5.00% | +2.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £623 | £575 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £649 | £738 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £477 | £500 | £514 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.60% | -2.68% | +2.75% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 52 | 53 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.45 | £12.62 | £19.65 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.38 | £13.25 | £21.44 |
| Median hourly rate | £43.96 | £18.87 | £38.06 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +132.96% | -50.42% | +24.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £55.00 | £25.00 | £54.56 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £29.30 | £57.53 |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £21.50 | £24.34 | £26.13 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.67% | -6.83% | -5.00% |
Retrieval-Augmented Generation Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Retrieval-Augmented Generation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
Retrieval-Augmented Generation Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AI | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Generative AI | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | LLM | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Prompt Engineering | 100.0% | 3 |
| 5 | Actionable Insight | 66.7% | 2 |
| 5 | Analytics | 66.7% | 2 |
| 5 | Business Intelligence | 66.7% | 2 |
| 5 | Data Science | 66.7% | 2 |
| 5 | E-Commerce | 66.7% | 2 |
| 5 | Logistics | 66.7% | 2 |
| 5 | Machine Learning | 66.7% | 2 |
| 5 | Operations Research | 66.7% | 2 |
| 5 | Stakeholder Engagement | 66.7% | 2 |
| 5 | Use Case | 66.7% | 2 |
| 5 | Workshop Facilitation | 66.7% | 2 |
| 16 | AI Transformation | 33.3% | 1 |
| 16 | Conversational AI | 33.3% | 1 |
| 16 | Conversational UI | 33.3% | 1 |
| 16 | CRM | 33.3% | 1 |
| 16 | Intelligent Automation | 33.3% | 1 |