Retrieval-Augmented Generation Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
South East > Hampshire

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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Retrieval-Augmented Generation 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.12% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £433 - -
25th Percentile £446 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 - -
75th Percentile £511 - -
90th Percentile £518 - -
South East median daily rate £550 £375 -
% change year-on-year +46.67% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hampshire

Retrieval-Augmented Generation 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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,326 662 1,353
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 78.55% 89.70% 82.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 856 482 731
10th Percentile £363 £322 £388
25th Percentile £475 £450 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £588
Median % change year-on-year - -6.38% +11.90%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £675
90th Percentile £738 £675 £744
South East median daily rate £515 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +3.00% -0.05% -0.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 36 170
10th Percentile £12.70 £20.68 £13.05
25th Percentile £15.72 £44.38 £26.06
Median hourly rate £40.00 £57.63 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -30.59% +0.48% +9.24%
75th Percentile £56.21 £74.06 £65.00
90th Percentile £65.50 £75.00 £77.75
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £25.82 £47.50
% change year-on-year +103.35% -45.65% -5.00%

Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Retrieval-Augmented Generation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Retrieval-Augmented Generation job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Retrieval-Augmented Generation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Retrieval-Augmented Generation

Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Retrieval-Augmented Generation within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
Andover - 1 £450 -
Farnborough - 1 £515 - 1
Retrieval-Augmented Generation
South East

Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) Vertex AI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Pinecone
1 1 (50.00%) Weaviate
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Gen AI Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Strategy Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Faiss
1 1 (50.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 2 (100.00%) LLM
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement Process
2 1 (50.00%) Conversational UI
2 1 (50.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Model Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Prompt Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared