Generative AI Contract Job Trends in Crewe

Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI)
Cheshire > Crewe

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Crewe requiring Generative AI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Generative AI 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Crewe 13.64% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.75% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £550 £600 £488
% change year-on-year -8.33% +22.89% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £34.49 - -
Median hourly rate £35.82 - -
75th Percentile £37.16 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £35.82 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Crewe

Generative AI 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 Crewe.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 16 31 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Crewe 72.73% 96.88% 75.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 18 17
10th Percentile £313 £157 £448
25th Percentile £463 £205 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £410 £590
Median % change year-on-year +28.05% -30.51% +9.26%
75th Percentile £550 £622 £610
90th Percentile £585 £653 £638
Cheshire median daily rate £485 £438 £475
% change year-on-year +10.74% -7.89% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 0
10th Percentile - £27.70 -
25th Percentile £34.49 £29.50 -
Median hourly rate £35.82 £32.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.94% - -
75th Percentile £37.16 £40.00 -
90th Percentile - £67.15 -
Cheshire median hourly rate £35.82 £32.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +11.94% -8.57% +14.60%

Generative AI
Job Vacancy Trend in Crewe

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Generative AI relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Crewe.

Generative AI job vacancy trend in Crewe

Generative AI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Crewe 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 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) Zephyr
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Automotive
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Configuration Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Logistics
3 1 (33.33%) PLM
3 1 (33.33%) Release Management
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) SWOT Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Test Management
3 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) IIBA
1 1 (33.33%) ISEB
1 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
1 1 (33.33%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) HP