Gen AI Specialist Contracts in England

Generative AI Specialist
UK > England

The median Generative AI Specialist daily rate in England is £750, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 August 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
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 496 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Gen AI Specialist 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.025% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £715 - -
25th Percentile £738 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - -
75th Percentile £763 - -
90th Percentile £815 - -
UK median daily rate £750 - -

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 25,459 31,161 42,955
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.66% 92.94% 94.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,518 20,586 30,286
10th Percentile £285 £300 £306
25th Percentile £402 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +0.92%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,307 1,856 1,344
10th Percentile £13.67 £14.16 £14.83
25th Percentile £17.65 £21.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £26.00 £45.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.22% +4.65% +68.63%
75th Percentile £55.25 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +65.50%

Gen AI Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Gen AI Specialist in England

Gen AI Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Gen AI Specialist in England.

Daily rate trend for Gen AI Specialist in England

Gen AI Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Gen AI Specialist in England over the 6 months to 2 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Gen AI Specialist in England

Gen AI 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 Gen AI Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 2 August 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 - 7 £750 - 8
Gen AI Specialist
UK

Gen AI Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 2 August 2025, Gen AI 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 Gen AI Specialist in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 7 (100.00%) Generative AI
2 6 (85.71%) LLM
2 6 (85.71%) Data Science
2 6 (85.71%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (85.71%) Degree
2 6 (85.71%) Computer Science
2 6 (85.71%) Finance
3 5 (71.43%) Banking
3 5 (71.43%) SQL
3 5 (71.43%) Python
3 5 (71.43%) PhD
3 5 (71.43%) Credit Risk
3 5 (71.43%) Risk Management
3 5 (71.43%) Hadoop
3 5 (71.43%) Mathematics
3 5 (71.43%) Apache Hive
3 5 (71.43%) Apache Spark
3 5 (71.43%) TensorFlow
3 5 (71.43%) Credit Risk Management
3 5 (71.43%) PySpark
3 5 (71.43%) Master's Degree
4 3 (42.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (42.86%) Distributed Computing
4 3 (42.86%) Deep Learning
4 3 (42.86%) Algorithms
4 3 (42.86%) Data Extraction
4 3 (42.86%) Financial Institution
4 3 (42.86%) Agile

Gen AI 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 5 (71.43%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Anthropic Claude
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) ChatGPT
1 1 (14.29%) GCP
1 1 (14.29%) Google Gemini
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) Apache Hive
1 5 (71.43%) Hadoop
2 2 (28.57%) MySQL
General
1 6 (85.71%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (85.71%) Finance
2 5 (71.43%) Banking
3 3 (42.86%) Financial Institution
4 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (71.43%) PySpark
1 5 (71.43%) TensorFlow
2 1 (14.29%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Credit Risk
2 3 (42.86%) Algorithms
2 3 (42.86%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 7 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 6 (85.71%) Computer Science
2 6 (85.71%) Data Science
2 6 (85.71%) LLM
3 5 (71.43%) Credit Risk Management
3 5 (71.43%) Mathematics
3 5 (71.43%) Risk Management
4 3 (42.86%) Agile
4 3 (42.86%) Data Extraction
4 3 (42.86%) Deep Learning
5 2 (28.57%) Analytics
5 2 (28.57%) Data Analytics
5 2 (28.57%) Personalization
5 2 (28.57%) Statistics
6 1 (14.29%) Business Process Mapping
6 1 (14.29%) Data Cleansing
6 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 1 (14.29%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) Python
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) Degree
2 5 (71.43%) Master's Degree
2 5 (71.43%) PhD
3 3 (42.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Dataiku
1 1 (14.29%) Google
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft