Artificial Intelligence Contracts in England

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Artificial Intelligence skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Artificial Intelligence over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 102 294
Rank change year-on-year +39 +192 +35
Contract jobs citing Artificial Intelligence 914 775 414
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.77% 2.11% 0.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.13% 2.46% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 601 465 285
10th Percentile £363 £410 £413
25th Percentile £448 £500 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £588
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +2.13% +2.17%
75th Percentile £690 £750 £725
90th Percentile £825 £788 £888
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -2.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 17 12
10th Percentile £23.48 £17.75 £35.00
25th Percentile £27.19 £19.38 £37.06
Median hourly rate £38.50 £46.18 £51.84
Median % change year-on-year -16.63% -10.92% +23.43%
75th Percentile £79.06 £72.50 £73.75
90th Percentile £85.90 £76.50 £95.13
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £46.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year -2.56% - +9.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Artificial Intelligence 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 22,122 31,544 42,731
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.29% 85.81% 89.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,378 20,598 30,002
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £410 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £769
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 964 2,306 1,516
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.84 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.04 £16.00 £15.61
Median hourly rate £28.53 £37.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.93% - +50.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.85 £36.50 £36.77
% change year-on-year -23.70% -0.73% +43.19%

Artificial Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Artificial Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Artificial Intelligence in England

Artificial Intelligence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Artificial Intelligence in England

Artificial Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Artificial Intelligence in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Artificial Intelligence in England

Artificial Intelligence
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Artificial Intelligence in England.

Hourly rate trend for Artificial Intelligence in England

Artificial Intelligence
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Artificial Intelligence in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Artificial Intelligence in England

Artificial Intelligence
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 31 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 +35 578 £563 -7.79% 3,391
South East +75 75 £575 -8.00% 446
North of England -10 73 £495 -1.00% 583
South West +61 51 £600 +4.35% 232
East of England +50 50 £600 +54.84% 246
North West +8 49 £508 +1.50% 386
Midlands +3 41 £425 -30.61% 272
West Midlands +7 31 £500 -9.09% 183
Yorkshire -2 17 £500 -16.67% 126
East Midlands +3 8 £316 -57.87% 85
North East -14 7 £200 - 74
Artificial Intelligence
UK

Artificial Intelligence
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 58 (6.35%) Apache Spark
2 16 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.31%) Confluence
3 12 (1.31%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.09%) Apache
4 10 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.09%) Jupyter
5 7 (0.77%) CMS
6 2 (0.22%) Camunda
6 2 (0.22%) Drupal
6 2 (0.22%) SAS
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.11%) CICS
7 1 (0.11%) Facebook Platform
7 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.11%) IBM Domino
7 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 52 (5.69%) Chatbot
2 10 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.66%) Sketch
4 5 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.55%) Simulink
5 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.33%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.33%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.22%) MadCap Flare
7 2 (0.22%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.22%) Revit
8 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.11%) Camtasia
8 1 (0.11%) Final Cut Pro
8 1 (0.11%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.11%) Trello
8 1 (0.11%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 13 (1.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.66%) SAP PM
3 5 (0.55%) Shopify
4 4 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.33%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.22%) assyst
6 2 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.22%) SAP Hybris
6 2 (0.22%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.11%) Distributed Ledger
7 1 (0.11%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.11%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP SRM
7 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.11%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 246 (26.91%) Azure
2 222 (24.29%) AWS
3 104 (11.38%) GCP
4 91 (9.96%) Power Platform
5 50 (5.47%) GitHub
6 48 (5.25%) Serverless
7 38 (4.16%) Snowflake
8 33 (3.61%) AWS Lambda
8 33 (3.61%) Azure Data Factory
9 32 (3.50%) Azure DevOps
10 29 (3.17%) Amazon SageMaker
11 28 (3.06%) GitHub Actions
11 28 (3.06%) Microsoft 365
11 28 (3.06%) Microsoft Copilot
12 26 (2.84%) Amazon S3
13 20 (2.19%) Azure Machine Learning
13 20 (2.19%) SaaS
14 17 (1.86%) Azure AI
14 17 (1.86%) Microsoft Purview
15 16 (1.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.41%) Firewall
2 20 (2.19%) DNS
3 17 (1.86%) Network Security
4 16 (1.75%) SMTP
5 14 (1.53%) HTTP
5 14 (1.53%) VPN
6 9 (0.98%) DHCP
6 9 (0.98%) Ethernet
6 9 (0.98%) SSL
7 7 (0.77%) FTP
8 5 (0.55%) 5G
8 5 (0.55%) LTE
8 5 (0.55%) MPLS
9 4 (0.44%) InfiniBand
9 4 (0.44%) Internet
9 4 (0.44%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.33%) 4G
10 3 (0.33%) DOCSIS
10 3 (0.33%) SNMP
10 3 (0.33%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (8.32%) Power BI
2 65 (7.11%) Big Data
3 40 (4.38%) Tableau
4 33 (3.61%) Data Warehouse
4 33 (3.61%) PostgreSQL
5 25 (2.74%) Hadoop
6 22 (2.41%) Metadata
7 21 (2.30%) Data Lake
8 19 (2.08%) NoSQL
9 18 (1.97%) Delta Lake
10 16 (1.75%) Amazon RDS
11 15 (1.64%) BigQuery
12 14 (1.53%) Oracle Database
13 12 (1.31%) DynamoDB
14 10 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
14 10 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
14 10 (1.09%) Snowflake Schema
15 9 (0.98%) Data Mining
15 9 (0.98%) MySQL
16 8 (0.88%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 43 (4.70%) Jenkins
2 41 (4.49%) Git
3 25 (2.74%) JIRA
4 15 (1.64%) MLflow
5 12 (1.31%) GitLab
6 7 (0.77%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.77%) ERwin
6 7 (0.77%) SonarQube
7 6 (0.66%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.66%) Gradle
7 6 (0.66%) IntelliJ
7 6 (0.66%) Maven
8 5 (0.55%) Selenium
8 5 (0.55%) Terragrunt
9 4 (0.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.44%) Bitbucket Server
9 4 (0.44%) JUnit
9 4 (0.44%) Postman
9 4 (0.44%) Visual Studio Code
10 3 (0.33%) Mocha
General
1 252 (27.57%) Social Skills
2 212 (23.19%) Finance
3 167 (18.27%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (8.86%) Banking
5 75 (8.21%) Public Sector
6 54 (5.91%) Legal
7 43 (4.70%) Investment Banking
7 43 (4.70%) Marketing
8 36 (3.94%) Retail
9 24 (2.63%) Financial Institution
10 21 (2.30%) Telecoms
11 20 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 19 (2.08%) Front Office
12 19 (2.08%) Law
12 19 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
12 19 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
13 18 (1.97%) Pharmaceutical
14 17 (1.86%) Manufacturing
15 15 (1.64%) Games
16 13 (1.42%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 160 (17.51%) Developer
2 114 (12.47%) Architect
3 110 (12.04%) Senior
4 78 (8.53%) Analyst
5 69 (7.55%) Lead
6 55 (6.02%) Python Developer
7 52 (5.69%) Data Engineer
8 47 (5.14%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 47 (5.14%) Consultant
8 47 (5.14%) Solutions Architect
9 45 (4.92%) Business Analyst
10 44 (4.81%) Data Scientist
11 32 (3.50%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
12 28 (3.06%) Python Engineer
13 27 (2.95%) Project Manager
14 26 (2.84%) Gen AI Developer
15 25 (2.74%) Full-Stack Developer
16 23 (2.52%) Designer
16 23 (2.52%) Senior Developer
17 21 (2.30%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (7.22%) TensorFlow
2 61 (6.67%) PyTorch
3 60 (6.56%) FastAPI
4 55 (6.02%) React
5 41 (4.49%) Pandas
6 39 (4.27%) scikit-learn
7 35 (3.83%) NumPy
8 32 (3.50%) Node.js
9 30 (3.28%) Django
9 30 (3.28%) HTML
10 28 (3.06%) Kafka
10 28 (3.06%) LangChain
11 25 (2.74%) RESTful
12 24 (2.63%) .NET
13 23 (2.52%) PySpark
14 20 (2.19%) CSS
14 20 (2.19%) REST
15 15 (1.64%) Flask
15 15 (1.64%) Matplotlib
16 14 (1.53%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 82 (8.97%) Algorithms
2 35 (3.83%) Management Information System
3 34 (3.72%) Cloud Native
4 24 (2.63%) Data Centre
5 21 (2.30%) Onboarding
6 20 (2.19%) Data Protection Act
6 20 (2.19%) Distributed Systems
6 20 (2.19%) Product Ownership
7 19 (2.08%) Greenfield Project
8 18 (1.97%) IoT
9 16 (1.75%) AI Agents
9 16 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
10 14 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
11 13 (1.42%) Data Structures
12 12 (1.31%) Hybrid Cloud
12 12 (1.31%) PKI
13 11 (1.20%) Mobile App
13 11 (1.20%) Virtual Team
14 10 (1.09%) Distributed Computing
15 9 (0.98%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 29 (3.17%) Linux
2 28 (3.06%) Windows
3 11 (1.20%) Windows Server
4 8 (0.88%) Android
5 4 (0.44%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.44%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (0.33%) Unix
7 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 423 (46.28%) Machine Learning
2 198 (21.66%) Agile
3 197 (21.55%) Problem-Solving
4 194 (21.23%) Analytics
5 191 (20.90%) Generative AI
6 187 (20.46%) Data Science
7 170 (18.60%) LLM
8 158 (17.29%) CI/CD
9 151 (16.52%) DevOps
10 107 (11.71%) Decision-Making
11 94 (10.28%) Business Intelligence
12 84 (9.19%) Stakeholder Management
13 79 (8.64%) Data Analysis
14 76 (8.32%) Data Engineering
15 75 (8.21%) Visualisation
16 73 (7.99%) Computer Science
16 73 (7.99%) Data Governance
16 73 (7.99%) Data Modelling
16 73 (7.99%) User Experience
17 72 (7.88%) Natural Language Processing
Programming Languages
1 385 (42.12%) Python
2 168 (18.38%) SQL
3 71 (7.77%) JavaScript
4 66 (7.22%) Java
5 58 (6.35%) TypeScript
6 40 (4.38%) R
7 37 (4.05%) C#
8 24 (2.63%) Scala
9 22 (2.41%) C++
9 22 (2.41%) PowerShell
10 15 (1.64%) Bash
11 12 (1.31%) C
12 10 (1.09%) Rust
13 9 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 9 (0.98%) Go
13 9 (0.98%) Shell Script
14 8 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
14 8 (0.88%) SystemVerilog
14 8 (0.88%) Tcl
15 7 (0.77%) BeanShell
Qualifications
1 129 (14.11%) Degree
2 100 (10.94%) Security Cleared
3 74 (8.10%) SC Cleared
4 45 (4.92%) Master's Degree
5 27 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (2.74%) PhD
7 23 (2.52%) DV Cleared
8 13 (1.42%) AWS Certification
9 10 (1.09%) Azure Certification
9 10 (1.09%) CISSP
9 10 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (0.77%) CISM
11 5 (0.55%) HNC
11 5 (0.55%) HND
11 5 (0.55%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.55%) PMP
12 4 (0.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.33%) CCA
13 3 (0.33%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (7.22%) Data Quality
2 48 (5.25%) GDPR
3 34 (3.72%) QA
4 18 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (1.86%) Accessibility
6 15 (1.64%) NIST
7 10 (1.09%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 8 (0.88%) EU AI Act
9 7 (0.77%) PMO
10 5 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (0.55%) DO-254
11 4 (0.44%) GRC
11 4 (0.44%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.33%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.33%) NCSC
13 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 2 (0.22%) OASIS TOSCA
13 2 (0.22%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 94 (10.28%) Docker
2 16 (1.75%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
3 11 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.98%) BitLocker
4 9 (0.98%) Firmware
4 9 (0.98%) Hyper-V
4 9 (0.98%) Microsoft App-V
4 9 (0.98%) Terminal Services
5 2 (0.22%) OpenAM
5 2 (0.22%) OpenDJ
5 2 (0.22%) OpenIDM
5 2 (0.22%) vSphere
6 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.11%) Xen
Systems Management
1 116 (12.69%) Kubernetes
2 70 (7.66%) Terraform
3 41 (4.49%) Ansible
4 14 (1.53%) Grafana
5 12 (1.31%) Puppet
6 11 (1.20%) Prometheus
7 10 (1.09%) Nagios
8 9 (0.98%) vCenter Server
8 9 (0.98%) vMotion
9 5 (0.55%) Kubeflow
10 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (0.33%) Kibana
12 2 (0.22%) Amdocs OSS
12 2 (0.22%) Argo
12 2 (0.22%) BMC PATROL
12 2 (0.22%) Dell DRAC
12 2 (0.22%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.22%) Kustomize
13 1 (0.11%) Istio
13 1 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 130 (14.22%) Microsoft
2 69 (7.55%) Databricks
3 63 (6.89%) Google
4 40 (4.38%) SAP
5 35 (3.83%) OpenAI
6 30 (3.28%) Oracle
7 25 (2.74%) ServiceNow
8 19 (2.08%) Salesforce
9 15 (1.64%) Foundry
9 15 (1.64%) Palantir
10 12 (1.31%) Adobe
10 12 (1.31%) VMware
11 11 (1.20%) Citrix
11 11 (1.20%) Splunk
12 10 (1.09%) IBM
13 9 (0.98%) Dataiku
13 9 (0.98%) HP
13 9 (0.98%) Symantec
14 8 (0.88%) PayPal
14 8 (0.88%) Xilinx