Artificial Intelligence Software Developer Contract Job Trends in Cambridge

AI Software Developer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median AI Software Developer daily rate in Cambridge is £570, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Artificial Intelligence Software Developer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridge 0.51% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £560 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 - -
75th Percentile £580 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £570 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cambridge

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cambridge. 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 Cambridge with a recognized job title 174 185 202
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.32% 91.58% 93.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 93 116
10th Percentile £250 £225 £183
25th Percentile £405 £331 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £420 £459
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -8.40% -3.47%
75th Percentile £621 £538 £538
90th Percentile £700 £635 £575
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £503 £441 £475
% change year-on-year +13.95% -7.16% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 13 22
10th Percentile £26.53 £22.51 -
25th Percentile £38.75 £26.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £49.10 £52.50 £18.86
Median % change year-on-year -6.48% +178.37% -57.14%
75th Percentile £69.38 £57.50 £62.19
90th Percentile £78.75 £63.75 £77.50
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.30 £21.37 £17.72
% change year-on-year -23.72% +20.60% +14.32%

Artificial Intelligence Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Artificial Intelligence Software Developer job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Artificial Intelligence Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 5 October 2025, Artificial Intelligence Software Developer 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 Cambridge region featuring Artificial Intelligence Software Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) MCP
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Rapid Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Foundry
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) Deep Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) API Design
1 1 (100.00%) TensorFlow
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Functions
1 1 (100.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AKS
1 1 (100.00%) Prompt Engineering

Artificial Intelligence Software Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge 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%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AKS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Functions
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Copilot
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Semantic Kernel
1 1 (100.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Design
1 1 (100.00%) API Management
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) Deep Learning
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Prompt Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Rapid Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) EU AI Act
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Foundry
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft