LLM Contracts in the City of London

Large Language Model (LLM)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring LLM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited LLM over the 6 months leading up to 2 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 124 -
Rank change year-on-year +13 - -
Contract jobs citing LLM 13 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.77% 0.14% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 0.15% -
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 0
10th Percentile £513 £525 -
25th Percentile £525 £628 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £719 £800 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.16% - -
75th Percentile £763 £819 -
90th Percentile £797 £830 -
Central London median daily rate £750 £800 -
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

LLM falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,585 1,954 3,173
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.57% 90.63% 91.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,004 1,367 2,145
10th Percentile £356 £350 £363
25th Percentile £450 £450 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £551 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% -6.25% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £820
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +6.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 12 24
10th Percentile £18.15 £19.95 £14.55
25th Percentile £23.98 £20.22 £16.33
Median hourly rate £28.33 £26.63 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -23.93% -14.63%
75th Percentile £41.48 £40.46 £57.50
90th Percentile £59.25 £49.41 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £28.33 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +1.85% -20.54% -15.66%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing LLM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for LLM in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LLM in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for LLM in the City of London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LLM in the City of London over the 6 months to 2 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for LLM in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (46.15%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Chatbot
2 3 (23.08%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Figma
2 3 (23.08%) ChatGPT
2 3 (23.08%) IBM Watson
3 2 (15.38%) AWS
4 1 (7.69%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (7.69%) Slack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (38.46%) Apache Hive
1 5 (38.46%) Hadoop
2 2 (15.38%) MySQL
3 1 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (7.69%) Redis
General
1 11 (84.62%) Finance
2 6 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (38.46%) Banking
4 4 (30.77%) Financial Institution
5 3 (23.08%) Retail
6 1 (7.69%) Legal
6 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Designer
2 3 (23.08%) Gen AI Specialist
2 3 (23.08%) Lead
3 2 (15.38%) Data Scientist
3 2 (15.38%) Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Lead Data Scientist
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Data Scientist
4 1 (7.69%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Data Science Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Full-Stack Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (46.15%) PySpark
1 6 (46.15%) TensorFlow
2 1 (7.69%) Celery
2 1 (7.69%) FastAPI
2 1 (7.69%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Credit Risk
2 4 (30.77%) Algorithms
3 3 (23.08%) Distributed Computing
3 3 (23.08%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) Artificial Intelligence
2 9 (69.23%) Machine Learning
3 7 (53.85%) Data Science
3 7 (53.85%) Generative AI
4 6 (46.15%) Risk Management
5 5 (38.46%) Computer Science
5 5 (38.46%) Credit Risk Management
5 5 (38.46%) Mathematics
5 5 (38.46%) Natural Language Processing
6 4 (30.77%) Conversational AI
6 4 (30.77%) Conversational UI
6 4 (30.77%) User Experience
6 4 (30.77%) UX Design
7 3 (23.08%) Agile
7 3 (23.08%) Content Writing
7 3 (23.08%) Customer Experience
7 3 (23.08%) Data Extraction
7 3 (23.08%) Deep Learning
7 3 (23.08%) Personalization
8 2 (15.38%) Analytical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 9 (69.23%) Python
2 6 (46.15%) SQL
3 2 (15.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Degree
1 5 (38.46%) Master's Degree
1 5 (38.46%) PhD
2 2 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
1 1 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Genesys
2 3 (23.08%) IBM