Artificial Intelligence Contracts in Hertfordshire

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 63 72
Rank change year-on-year +45 +9 -3
Contract jobs citing Artificial Intelligence 27 10 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 8.41% 1.20% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.47% 1.33% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 9 1
10th Percentile £530 £350 -
25th Percentile £575 £363 £763
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £475 £775
Median % change year-on-year +34.21% -38.71% +21.86%
75th Percentile £675 £500 £788
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £600 £465 £613
% change year-on-year +29.03% -24.08% +44.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £80.34 - -
Median hourly rate £80.68 - -
75th Percentile £81.01 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £80.68 £62.50 -
% change year-on-year +29.08% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 285 753 703
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 88.79% 90.29% 86.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 277 374
10th Percentile £384 £232 £240
25th Percentile £446 £315 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £675
90th Percentile £675 £705 £768
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 314 156
10th Percentile £22.65 £38.12 £21.00
25th Percentile £47.50 £40.00 £53.69
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -23.08% +27.83%
75th Percentile £79.82 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £75.25
East of England median hourly rate £42.50 £40.00 £24.62
% change year-on-year +6.25% +62.47% +58.84%

Artificial Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Artificial Intelligence in Hertfordshire

Artificial Intelligence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Artificial Intelligence in Hertfordshire

Artificial Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Artificial Intelligence in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Artificial Intelligence in Hertfordshire

Artificial Intelligence
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Stevenage +34 8 £600 +60.00% 41
Artificial Intelligence
East of England

Artificial Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 14 (51.85%) Apache Spark
2 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 15 (55.56%) Azure
2 14 (51.85%) AWS
3 2 (7.41%) GCP
4 1 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.70%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 7 (25.93%) DNS
1 7 (25.93%) FTP
1 7 (25.93%) HTTP
1 7 (25.93%) Network Security
1 7 (25.93%) SMTP
1 7 (25.93%) SSL
2 1 (3.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (59.26%) Tableau
2 14 (51.85%) Big Data
2 14 (51.85%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Git
General
1 19 (70.37%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (25.93%) Social Skills
3 4 (14.81%) Telecoms
4 3 (11.11%) Law
Job Titles
1 20 (74.07%) Developer
2 14 (51.85%) Data Science Developer
3 10 (37.04%) Senior
3 10 (37.04%) Senior Developer
4 7 (25.93%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
5 6 (22.22%) Analyst
5 6 (22.22%) SOC Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) Gen AI Developer
7 1 (3.70%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 1 (3.70%) Cybersecurity Specialist
7 1 (3.70%) Full-Stack Developer
7 1 (3.70%) Full-Stack Python Developer
7 1 (3.70%) Python Developer
7 1 (3.70%) Security Analyst
7 1 (3.70%) Security Specialist
7 1 (3.70%) SOC Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (59.26%) Matplotlib
1 16 (59.26%) NumPy
1 16 (59.26%) Pandas
1 16 (59.26%) PyTorch
1 16 (59.26%) scikit-learn
1 16 (59.26%) Seaborn
1 16 (59.26%) TensorFlow
2 7 (25.93%) LDAP
3 1 (3.70%) .NET
3 1 (3.70%) AngularJS
3 1 (3.70%) CSS
3 1 (3.70%) HTML
3 1 (3.70%) Node.js
3 1 (3.70%) React
Miscellaneous
1 19 (70.37%) Algorithms
2 7 (25.93%) Analytical Mindset
2 7 (25.93%) Cyber Threat
2 7 (25.93%) Cyberattack
2 7 (25.93%) Management Information System
3 6 (22.22%) CSOC
3 6 (22.22%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (96.30%) Machine Learning
2 21 (77.78%) Analytics
3 20 (74.07%) Data Science
4 19 (70.37%) Generative AI
4 19 (70.37%) LLM
5 17 (62.96%) Reinforcement Learning
6 16 (59.26%) Data Analysis
6 16 (59.26%) Data Munging
6 16 (59.26%) Visualisation
7 15 (55.56%) Feature Engineering
8 14 (51.85%) Data Analytics
8 14 (51.85%) Decision-Making
8 14 (51.85%) Predictive Analytics
8 14 (51.85%) Statistical Modelling
8 14 (51.85%) Time Series Forecasting
9 12 (44.44%) Computer Science
10 7 (25.93%) Cybersecurity
10 7 (25.93%) Information Management
10 7 (25.93%) Information Security
10 7 (25.93%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 17 (62.96%) Python
2 16 (59.26%) R
3 1 (3.70%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (44.44%) Degree
1 12 (44.44%) Master's Degree
1 12 (44.44%) PhD
2 5 (18.52%) DV Cleared
2 5 (18.52%) Security Cleared
3 4 (14.81%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (70.37%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft
1 1 (3.70%) OpenAI