Artificial Intelligence Specialist Contract Job Trends in Leeds

AI Specialist
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median AI Specialist daily rate in Leeds is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
6 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Artificial Intelligence Specialist 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.48% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £600 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leeds. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Leeds with a recognized job title 798 416 750
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.11% 96.97% 92.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 516 279 467
10th Percentile £313 £263 £281
25th Percentile £417 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £591
90th Percentile £641 £638 £675
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 10 14
10th Percentile - £17.08 £11.30
25th Percentile £14.25 £27.56 £11.88
Median hourly rate £16.25 £37.06 £12.53
Median % change year-on-year -56.15% +195.73% -79.95%
75th Percentile £28.75 £98.08 £15.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £102.00 £18.27
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.00 £27.50 £15.20
% change year-on-year -30.91% +80.92% -56.64%

Artificial Intelligence Specialist Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 6 April 2026, Artificial Intelligence Specialist contract job roles required 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 job ads across the Leeds region featuring Artificial Intelligence Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) AI
1 3 (75.00%) Foundry
1 3 (75.00%) LLM
2 2 (50.00%) Business Case
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Azure AI
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Copilot Studio
3 1 (25.00%) Data Science
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (25.00%) Multi-Agent System
3 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap

Artificial Intelligence Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure AI
1 1 (25.00%) Copilot Studio
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) AI Agents
2 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) AI
1 3 (75.00%) LLM
2 2 (50.00%) Business Case
3 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Data Science
3 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (25.00%) Multi-Agent System
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Foundry
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
Artificial Intelligence Specialist jobs