Cognitive Computing Contract Job Trends in England

Cognitive Computing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Cognitive Computing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 631 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cognitive Computing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.002% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.003% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.25 - -
Median hourly rate £45.50 - -
75th Percentile £45.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £45.50 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Cognitive Computing 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 38,738 25,035 28,393
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.83% 90.79% 85.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,882 15,942 18,107
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £631 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,595 1,467 1,443
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.87 £18.63
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.09 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +63.39% -40.82% +2.41%

Cognitive Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Cognitive Computing job vacancy trend in England

Cognitive Computing
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cognitive Computing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cognitive Computing

Cognitive Computing
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 Cognitive Computing within the England region over the 6 months to 1 September 2026. 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
North West - 1 - - 1
North of England - 1 - - 1
Cognitive Computing
UK

Cognitive Computing
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 1 (100.00%) SAS
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mining
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) SAP BW
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Process Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Procurement Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Accounts Payable
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Master Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Source to Pay
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Ariba
1 1 (100.00%) Infor
1 1 (100.00%) SAP