Generative AI Contract Job Trends in Derbyshire

Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI)
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Derbyshire requiring Generative AI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 23 23
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 -
Contract jobs citing Generative AI 1 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in Derbyshire 0.72% 2.35% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 3.03% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £589 £475
Median % change year-on-year -20.68% +23.95% -
75th Percentile - £743 £500
90th Percentile - £747 -
East Midlands median daily rate £412 £403 £475
% change year-on-year +2.23% -15.16% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 115 132 128
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire 83.33% 77.65% 84.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 58 84
10th Percentile £142 £250 £166
25th Percentile £321 £325 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £650 £597 £625
90th Percentile £773 £647 £664
East Midlands median daily rate £415 £445 £490
% change year-on-year -6.74% -9.18% +3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 14 15
10th Percentile £15.66 - £16.24
25th Percentile £17.50 £17.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.08 £24.18 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +20.90% +29.03%
75th Percentile £25.15 £50.00 £53.75
90th Percentile - - £54.00
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.87 £23.25 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.84% +3.33% +28.57%

Generative AI
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

Generative AI job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

Generative AI
Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Generative AI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Generative AI

Generative AI
Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Generative AI within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 16 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derby 0 1 £467 -20.68% 1
Generative AI
East Midlands

Generative AI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation