Artificial Intelligence Engineer Contract Job Trends in Croydon

AI Engineer
South London > Croydon

The median AI Engineer daily rate in Croydon is £485, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026.

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

 6 months to
15 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Artificial Intelligence Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Croydon 0.55% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £483 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South London median daily rate £500 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Croydon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Croydon. 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 Croydon with a recognized job title 176 82 136
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.70% 97.62% 98.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 59 89
10th Percentile £313 £380 £360
25th Percentile £490 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £495 £513
Median % change year-on-year +3.54% -3.41% -2.38%
75th Percentile £550 £584 £575
90th Percentile £638 £700 £630
South London median daily rate £510 £495 £500
% change year-on-year +3.03% -1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 9
10th Percentile - - £17.00
25th Percentile - - £17.25
Median hourly rate - - £23.50
75th Percentile - - £25.25
90th Percentile - - £35.20
South London median hourly rate £64.75 £27.61 £23.50
% change year-on-year +134.56% +17.47% -36.38%

Artificial Intelligence Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon

For the 6 months to 15 May 2026, Artificial Intelligence Engineer 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 Croydon region featuring Artificial Intelligence Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Model Validation
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Validation

Artificial Intelligence Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) AI Agents
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Model Validation
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Artificial Intelligence Engineer jobs