Artificial Intelligence Engineer Contract Job Trends in Hillingdon
AI Engineer
West London > Hillingdon
The median AI Engineer daily rate in Hillingdon is £615, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 34 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract Artificial Intelligence Engineer jobs | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Hillingdon | 0.62% | - | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.67% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £608 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £615 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £623 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| West London median daily rate | £670 | - | - |
All Contract IT Job Roles
Hillingdon
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in Hillingdon matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 29 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract job adverts in Hillingdon matching a recognised job title | 149 | 65 | 43 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 92.55% | 73.86% | 95.56% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 69 | 39 | 34 |
| 10th Percentile | £420 | £176 | £365 |
| 25th Percentile | £500 | £335 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £700 | £425 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +64.71% | -19.05% | -10.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £775 | £450 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £825 | £505 | £650 |
| West London median daily rate | £538 | £425 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +26.47% | -10.53% | -12.64% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 6 | 7 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.02 | £22.55 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £25.00 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £14.50 | £25.08 | £100.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -42.17% | -74.93% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £25.36 | £35.95 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £28.75 | £47.05 | - |
| West London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £25.11 | £26.68 |
| % change year-on-year | +59.28% | -5.88% | -58.95% |
Artificial Intelligence Engineer Contract Job Locations in Hillingdon
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in Artificial Intelligence Engineer jobs within the Hillingdon region over the 6 months to 29 October 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uxbridge | - | 1 | £615 | - | 1 |
| Artificial Intelligence Engineer West London |
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Artificial Intelligence Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hillingdon
For the 6 months to 29 October 2026, Artificial Intelligence Engineer contract job ads cited the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract Artificial Intelligence Engineer job ads across the Hillingdon region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agile | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | AI | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | AWS | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | AWS Data Pipeline | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | CI/CD | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Coaching | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Code Quality | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Continuous Delivery | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Continuous Integration | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Data Engineering | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Data Integration | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Data Pipeline | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Data Warehouse | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | DataOps | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Deployment Automation | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | DevOps | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Generative AI | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Git | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Infrastructure as Code | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Mentoring | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Pair Programming | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | QA | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Release Automation | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Release Management | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Snowflake | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Software Engineering | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Software Testing | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Stakeholder Management | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | TDD | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Technical Leadership | 100.0% | 1 |
Artificial Intelligence Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hillingdon by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Data Engineer | 100.0% | 1 |