Artificial Intelligence Architect Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

AI Architect
North West > Cheshire

The median AI Architect daily rate in Cheshire is £850, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
13 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Artificial Intelligence Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.15% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 - -
North West median daily rate £725 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 597 421 336
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.84% 88.82% 85.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 444 244 221
10th Percentile £271 £323 £265
25th Percentile £358 £377 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £487 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.55% -2.65% +11.11%
75th Percentile £551 £572 £550
90th Percentile £688 £639 £588
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 24 24
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.01 £17.14
25th Percentile £19.00 £15.84 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.50 £22.09 £28.31
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -21.96% +48.97%
75th Percentile £36.75 £30.67 £35.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £73.33 £40.00
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £25.30 £35.00
% change year-on-year +17.00% -27.71% +74.43%

Artificial Intelligence Architect Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, Artificial Intelligence Architect 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 Cheshire region featuring Artificial Intelligence Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) AI Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (100.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling

Artificial Intelligence Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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%) Microsoft Copilot
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Institution
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) AI Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
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