LLM Contract Job Trends in Essex

Large Language Model (LLM)
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring LLM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing LLM 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 0.51% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £713 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - -
75th Percentile £738 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £625 £650 -
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Essex

LLM 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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 142 74 183
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 72.82% 94.87% 81.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 41 97
10th Percentile £300 £231 £250
25th Percentile £325 £315 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -15.79% -
75th Percentile £508 £489 £563
90th Percentile £598 £545 £600
East of England median daily rate £480 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -4.00% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 9 48
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.25 £10.42
25th Percentile £15.25 £21.00 £15.36
Median hourly rate £17.50 £30.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.67% -45.45% +27.91%
75th Percentile £53.75 £50.00 £80.00
90th Percentile £72.21 £200.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £22.63 £50.00 £39.55
% change year-on-year -54.74% +26.42% +58.20%

LLM
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing LLM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex.

LLM job vacancy trend in Essex

LLM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Prompt Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation