AI Contract Job Trends in Derby

AI
Derbyshire > Derby

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Derby requiring AI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 16 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Contract jobs citing AI 4 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Derby 3.25% 2.83% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.00% 3.53% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.22% - -
Derbyshire median daily rate £413 £450 -
% change year-on-year -8.22% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Derby

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 Derby.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 100 85 83
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 81.30% 80.19% 74.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 37 57
10th Percentile £185 £201 £199
25th Percentile £384 £310 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £603
90th Percentile £650 £662 £664
Derbyshire median daily rate £425 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 10 9
10th Percentile £15.91 - £15.25
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £16.71 £19.30 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -13.42% +8.92% +5.26%
75th Percentile £21.29 £23.86 £18.75
90th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £20.00
Derbyshire median hourly rate £16.71 £21.59 £18.86
% change year-on-year -22.63% +14.48% +12.06%

AI
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

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

AI job vacancy trend in Derby

AI
Daily Rate Trend in Derby

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing AI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing AI

AI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby 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 (50.00%) Jupyter
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
General
1 2 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Design Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Design Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Kubernetes Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Performance Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Beowulf
1 2 (50.00%) Contract for Difference
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Data Science
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) API Integration
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) LLM
2 2 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (50.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) PLM
2 2 (50.00%) SDLC
2 2 (50.00%) Statistics
2 2 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Use Case
2 2 (50.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C
1 2 (50.00%) C#
1 2 (50.00%) C++
1 2 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Docker
1 2 (50.00%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (50.00%) Podman
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) NVIDIA
1 2 (50.00%) Siemens