Artificial Intelligence Specialist Contracts in England

AI Specialist
UK > England

The median AI Specialist daily rate in England is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 479 538 -
Rank change year-on-year +59 - -
Contract jobs requiring an Artificial Intelligence Specialist 6 4 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.025% 0.011% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.012% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £460 £435 -
25th Percentile £513 £450 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -
75th Percentile £725 £550 -
90th Percentile £800 £565 -
UK median daily rate £850 £500 -
% change year-on-year +70.00% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Artificial Intelligence Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Artificial Intelligence Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Artificial Intelligence Specialist in England

Artificial Intelligence Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Artificial Intelligence Specialist in England.

Daily rate trend for Artificial Intelligence Specialist in England

Artificial Intelligence Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Artificial Intelligence Specialist in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Artificial Intelligence Specialist in England

Artificial Intelligence Specialist
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 Artificial Intelligence Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +40 4 £725 +61.11% 10
South East - 1 £450 -
Artificial Intelligence Specialist
UK

Artificial Intelligence Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Artificial Intelligence Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Artificial Intelligence Specialist in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 5 (83.33%) LLM
3 4 (66.67%) Generative AI
3 4 (66.67%) Agile
3 4 (66.67%) Data Science
4 3 (50.00%) Machine Learning
4 3 (50.00%) Python
5 2 (33.33%) SQL
5 2 (33.33%) MySQL
5 2 (33.33%) PhD
5 2 (33.33%) ERP
5 2 (33.33%) Banking
5 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
5 2 (33.33%) Finance
5 2 (33.33%) Statistics
5 2 (33.33%) Degree
5 2 (33.33%) Mathematics
5 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
5 2 (33.33%) Credit Risk
5 2 (33.33%) Unit Testing
5 2 (33.33%) Integration Testing
5 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
5 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
5 2 (33.33%) Apache Hive
5 2 (33.33%) Hadoop
5 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (33.33%) Apache Spark
5 2 (33.33%) Deep Learning
5 2 (33.33%) TensorFlow
5 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making

Artificial Intelligence Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Azure AI
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (16.67%) Power Automate
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
1 1 (16.67%) PowerApps
1 1 (16.67%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Apache Hive
1 2 (33.33%) Hadoop
1 2 (33.33%) MySQL
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Banking
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (16.67%) Military
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) PySpark
1 2 (33.33%) TensorFlow
2 1 (16.67%) FastAPI
2 1 (16.67%) Node.js
2 1 (16.67%) Parceljs
2 1 (16.67%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Credit Risk
2 1 (16.67%) AI Agents
2 1 (16.67%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 5 (83.33%) LLM
3 4 (66.67%) Agile
3 4 (66.67%) Data Science
3 4 (66.67%) Generative AI
4 3 (50.00%) Machine Learning
5 2 (33.33%) Architectural Design
5 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
5 2 (33.33%) Conversational UI
5 2 (33.33%) Credit Risk Management
5 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
5 2 (33.33%) Deep Learning
5 2 (33.33%) ERP
5 2 (33.33%) Integration Testing
5 2 (33.33%) Mathematics
5 2 (33.33%) Personalization
5 2 (33.33%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
5 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
5 2 (33.33%) Statistics
5 2 (33.33%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Master's Degree
1 2 (33.33%) PhD
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) OpenAI
1 1 (16.67%) SAP