Artificial Intelligence Specialist Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

AI Specialist
Scotland > Edinburgh

As of 15 March 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median AI Specialist daily rate in Edinburgh.

 6 months to
15 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Artificial Intelligence Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.16% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 585 579 797
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.84% 93.69% 94.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 294 328 464
10th Percentile £240 £196 £182
25th Percentile £406 £387 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £460 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -3.16% -
75th Percentile £575 £538 £575
90th Percentile £671 £638 £650
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 19 51
10th Percentile £19.78 £20.86 £16.00
25th Percentile £50.00 £21.61 £17.11
Median hourly rate £51.25 £24.18 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +111.95% -59.70% +182.22%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.42 £62.00
90th Percentile £81.24 £29.56 £66.00
Scotland median hourly rate £21.20 £22.00 £40.94
% change year-on-year -3.64% -46.26% +92.57%

Artificial Intelligence Specialist Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 15 March 2026, Artificial Intelligence Specialist 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 Edinburgh region featuring Artificial Intelligence Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Copilot
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management

Artificial Intelligence Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 (100.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Copilot
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
Artificial Intelligence Specialist jobs