Artificial Intelligence Developer Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

AI Developer
South Wales > Cardiff

The median AI Developer daily rate in Cardiff is £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 March 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 25 -
Rank change year-on-year -5 - -
Contract jobs requiring an Artificial Intelligence Developer 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 1.13% 0.60% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.19% 0.63% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £275 £563 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year -47.83% - -
75th Percentile £438 £588 -
90th Percentile £505 - -
South Wales median daily rate £300 £575 -
% change year-on-year -47.83% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 253 159 222
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.11% 95.21% 94.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 129 186
10th Percentile £249 £169 £159
25th Percentile £305 £244 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £429
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -6.71% -0.29%
75th Percentile £500 £538 £540
90th Percentile £648 £603 £618
South Wales median daily rate £425 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 5
10th Percentile - £19.88 £11.32
25th Percentile £12.21 £21.25 £11.75
Median hourly rate £12.86 £23.25 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.71% +72.22% -8.30%
75th Percentile £19.69 £27.25 £18.00
90th Percentile £21.00 £40.63 £39.45
South Wales median hourly rate £21.25 £24.59 £22.59
% change year-on-year -13.58% +8.85% +24.53%

Artificial Intelligence Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Artificial Intelligence Developer job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Artificial Intelligence Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Artificial Intelligence Developer job vacancies in Cardiff.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Artificial Intelligence Developer job vacancies in Cardiff

Artificial Intelligence Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Artificial Intelligence Developer in Cardiff over the 6 months to 30 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Artificial Intelligence Developer in Cardiff

Artificial Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 30 March 2026, Artificial Intelligence 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 Cardiff region featuring Artificial Intelligence Developer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Azure AI
2 2 (66.67%) Copilot Studio
2 2 (66.67%) Data Governance
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Copilot
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (66.67%) OneDrive
2 2 (66.67%) OpenAI
2 2 (66.67%) Power Automate
2 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 2 (66.67%) Prompt Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Machine Learning
3 1 (33.33%) Data Science
3 1 (33.33%) GCP
3 1 (33.33%) Google
3 1 (33.33%) High Availability
3 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 1 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) RESTful
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case

Artificial Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Azure AI
2 2 (66.67%) Copilot Studio
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Copilot
2 2 (66.67%) OneDrive
2 2 (66.67%) Power Automate
2 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Machine Learning
3 1 (33.33%) GCP
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (33.33%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) AI Agents
2 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) AI
2 2 (66.67%) Data Governance
2 2 (66.67%) Prompt Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Data Science
3 1 (33.33%) High Availability
3 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) OpenAI
3 1 (33.33%) Google