AI Transformation Contract Job Trends in England

AI Transformation
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring AI Transformation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 506 497 578
Rank change year-on-year -9 +81 -
Contract jobs citing AI Transformation 29 16 1
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.097% 0.051% 0.003%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.059% 0.003%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 13 0
10th Percentile £525 - -
25th Percentile £609 £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £800 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -
75th Percentile £850 £950 -
90th Percentile £901 £1,035 -
UK median daily rate £700 £800 -
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

AI Transformation 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,929 27,070 35,242
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.54% 86.59% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,119 16,517 24,223
10th Percentile £299 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.05% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,746 975 1,480
10th Percentile £14.75 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% -15.73% +27.14%
75th Percentile £45.46 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.38 £74.48 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.03 £43.90
% change year-on-year -28.20% -20.21% +25.43%

AI Transformation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

AI Transformation job vacancy trend in England

AI Transformation
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing AI Transformation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing AI Transformation

AI Transformation
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AI Transformation in England over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for AI Transformation in England

AI Transformation
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AI Transformation within the England region over the 6 months to 7 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
London +8 20 £700 -17.65% 162
South East +5 4 £550 - 108
North of England - 3 £850 - 23
East of England - 1 - - 5
North East - 1 £800 - 1
North West - 1 £850 - 18
AI Transformation
UK

AI Transformation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 3 (10.34%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (34.48%) Azure
2 4 (13.79%) AWS
2 4 (13.79%) GCP
3 3 (10.34%) BlazeMeter
3 3 (10.34%) GitHub
3 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Copilot
4 2 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (6.90%) Copilot Studio
4 2 (6.90%) Figma
5 1 (3.45%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.45%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.34%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Power BI
1 1 (3.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (10.34%) JIRA
1 3 (10.34%) JMeter
1 3 (10.34%) Locust
1 3 (10.34%) Selenium
2 1 (3.45%) Balsamiq
General
1 15 (51.72%) Finance
2 7 (24.14%) Social Skills
3 5 (17.24%) Public Sector
4 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (10.34%) Legal
5 2 (6.90%) Banking
5 2 (6.90%) Investment Banking
5 2 (6.90%) Marketing
5 2 (6.90%) Retail
6 1 (3.45%) Aviation
6 1 (3.45%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Electronics
6 1 (3.45%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.45%) Front Office
6 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Retail Banking
6 1 (3.45%) Social Science
6 1 (3.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (17.24%) Lead
2 4 (13.79%) Consultant
2 4 (13.79%) Senior
3 3 (10.34%) Analyst
3 3 (10.34%) Architect
3 3 (10.34%) Azure Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) Business Analyst
3 3 (10.34%) Cloud Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) Software Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) Technical Leader
4 2 (6.90%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
4 2 (6.90%) Designer
4 2 (6.90%) Development Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) Management Consultant
4 2 (6.90%) Programme Manager
4 2 (6.90%) Security Consultant
4 2 (6.90%) Service Designer
4 2 (6.90%) Software Development Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) Test Development Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.34%) pytest
2 2 (6.90%) LangChain
2 2 (6.90%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) AI Agents
1 3 (10.34%) PKI
2 1 (3.45%) Cloud Native
2 1 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (3.45%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.34%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (96.55%) AI
2 13 (44.83%) Machine Learning
3 10 (34.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 9 (31.03%) Agile
5 7 (24.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (20.69%) DevOps
7 5 (17.24%) CI/CD
7 5 (17.24%) Incident Response
7 5 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (17.24%) Use Case
8 4 (13.79%) Data Science
8 4 (13.79%) Generative AI
8 4 (13.79%) LLM
8 4 (13.79%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
8 4 (13.79%) Roadmaps
9 3 (10.34%) Data Pipeline
9 3 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (10.34%) Project Delivery
9 3 (10.34%) Regulatory Compliance
9 3 (10.34%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 7 (24.14%) Python
2 3 (10.34%) PowerShell
3 2 (6.90%) SQL
4 1 (3.45%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (13.79%) Security Cleared
2 3 (10.34%) Degree
2 3 (10.34%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.45%) CISM
3 1 (3.45%) CISSP
3 1 (3.45%) PgMP
3 1 (3.45%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) QA
2 1 (3.45%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.45%) GRC
System Software
1 3 (10.34%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) Ansible
1 3 (10.34%) Podman
1 3 (10.34%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.34%) Zscaler
3 2 (6.90%) OpenAI
4 1 (3.45%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (3.45%) Google
4 1 (3.45%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.45%) SAP
4 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow