Artificial Intelligence Software Developer Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

AI Software Developer
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median AI Software Developer daily rate in Cambridgeshire is £570, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Artificial Intelligence Software Developer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.27% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £560 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 - -
75th Percentile £580 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £570 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 319 327 404
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.98% 76.94% 78.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 132 202
10th Percentile £215 £225 £200
25th Percentile £379 £340 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £442 £475
Median % change year-on-year +13.69% -6.95% -
75th Percentile £619 £556 £550
90th Percentile £700 £624 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 67 105
10th Percentile £13.80 £14.16 -
25th Percentile £14.84 £15.45 £13.41
Median hourly rate £16.30 £21.37 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -23.72% +20.60% +14.32%
75th Percentile £30.58 £28.93 £20.56
90th Percentile £43.75 £60.00 £34.08
East of England median hourly rate £31.20 £43.90 £33.00
% change year-on-year -28.93% +33.03% +66.58%

Artificial Intelligence Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Artificial Intelligence Software Developer job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Artificial Intelligence Software Developer
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Artificial Intelligence Software Developer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 4 October 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
Cambridge - 1 £570 -
Artificial Intelligence Software Developer
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 4 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 Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire 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