Generative AI Contract Job Trends in East London

Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI)
London > East London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in East London requiring Generative AI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 28 -
Rank change year-on-year +8 - -
Contract jobs citing Generative AI 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in East London 2.70% 0.69% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.91% 0.75% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £436 - -
25th Percentile £528 £563 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% - -
75th Percentile £716 £588 -
90th Percentile £729 - -
London median daily rate £550 £700 £813
% change year-on-year -21.43% -13.85% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
East London

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 East London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 103 134 261
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London 92.79% 93.06% 92.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 116 230
10th Percentile £190 £300 £340
25th Percentile £364 £400 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £498 £560
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -11.16% +12.00%
75th Percentile £630 £588 £650
90th Percentile £933 £638 £763
London median daily rate £537 £550 £568
% change year-on-year -2.36% -3.21% -3.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 5
10th Percentile £23.33 - -
25th Percentile £24.70 - £14.18
Median hourly rate £33.25 £21.09 £16.85
Median % change year-on-year +57.65% +25.16% -77.97%
75th Percentile £56.88 - £18.93
90th Percentile £75.89 - -
London median hourly rate £28.13 £37.50 £36.33
% change year-on-year -25.00% +3.21% -6.54%

Generative AI
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

Generative AI job vacancy trend in East London

Generative AI
Daily Rate Trend in East London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Generative AI

Generative AI
Daily Rate Histogram in East London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Generative AI in East London over the 6 months to 20 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Generative AI in East London

Generative AI
Contract Job Locations in East London

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 East London region over the 6 months to 20 November 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
Hackney - 1 £400 - 1
Generative AI
London

Generative AI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East London 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 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Lead Product Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Product Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) AI Agents
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
2 1 (33.33%) Deep Learning
2 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 1 (33.33%) LLM
2 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 1 (33.33%) Natural Language Processing
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Product Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft