Generative AI Contract Job Trends in Hillingdon
Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI)
West London > Hillingdon
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hillingdon citing Generative AI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 28 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 25 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Generative AI | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Hillingdon | 5.59% | - | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 5.84% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £561 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £569 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £589 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £609 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £617 | - | - |
| West London median daily rate | £615 | £662 | - |
| % change year-on-year | -7.10% | - | - |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Hillingdon
Generative AI falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing process or methodology skills in Hillingdon.
| 6 months to 28 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 154 | 72 | 38 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hillingdon | 95.65% | 82.76% | 84.44% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 69 | 27 | 29 |
| 10th Percentile | £455 | £165 | £418 |
| 25th Percentile | £513 | £290 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £700 | £400 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +75.00% | -20.00% | -16.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £775 | £438 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £828 | £450 | £650 |
| West London median daily rate | £534 | £424 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +25.96% | -10.79% | -13.64% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 20 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £25.03 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £14.50 | £25.15 | £100.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -42.35% | -74.85% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £28.75 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £27.31 | - |
| West London median hourly rate | £17.99 | £25.15 | £29.80 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.49% | -15.59% | -54.86% |
Generative AI Job Vacancy Trend in Hillingdon
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Generative AI relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hillingdon.
Generative AI Daily Rate Trend in Hillingdon
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hillingdon citing Generative AI.
Generative AI Contract Job Locations in Hillingdon
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Generative AI within the Hillingdon region over the 6 months to 28 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 | - | 2 | £615 | - | 1 |
| West Drayton | - | 2 | £563 | - | |
| Generative AI West London |
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Generative AI 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.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AI | 100.0% | 9 |
| 2 | Agile | 88.9% | 8 |
| 3 | Stakeholder Management | 66.7% | 6 |
| 4 | Budgeting and Forecasting | 55.6% | 5 |
| 4 | Business Case | 55.6% | 5 |
| 4 | Dependency Management | 55.6% | 5 |
| 4 | Matrix Organization | 55.6% | 5 |
| 4 | Portfolio Management | 55.6% | 5 |
| 4 | Resource Allocation | 55.6% | 5 |
| 4 | Roadmaps | 55.6% | 5 |
| 4 | Technology Transformation | 55.6% | 5 |
| 4 | Waterfall | 55.6% | 5 |
| 13 | Change Management | 44.4% | 4 |
| 13 | Intelligent Automation | 44.4% | 4 |
| 13 | Product Management | 44.4% | 4 |
| 16 | CI/CD | 33.3% | 3 |
| 16 | Data Engineering | 33.3% | 3 |
| 16 | Data Pipeline | 33.3% | 3 |
| 16 | Data Science | 33.3% | 3 |
| 16 | Machine Learning | 33.3% | 3 |