AI Transformation Contract Job Trends in London

AI Transformation
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring AI Transformation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 357 377 441
Rank change year-on-year +20 +64 -
Contract jobs citing AI Transformation 16 13 1
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.12% 0.080% 0.005%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.090% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 11 0
10th Percentile £611 - -
25th Percentile £631 £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £900 -
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% - -
75th Percentile £825 £963 -
90th Percentile £850 £1,050 -
England median daily rate £700 £850 -
% change year-on-year -17.65% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

AI Transformation 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,416 14,444 19,266
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.61% 89.28% 90.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,188 9,440 13,949
10th Percentile £332 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -1.71%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £695
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 183 232
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.30 £18.18
25th Percentile £25.00 £24.18 £21.19
Median hourly rate £30.00 £36.80 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year -18.48% -2.52% +6.34%
75th Percentile £47.25 £56.75 £60.44
90th Percentile £63.75 £78.68 £76.23
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +47.11%

AI Transformation
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing AI Transformation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

AI Transformation job vacancy trend in London

AI Transformation
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing AI Transformation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing AI Transformation

AI Transformation
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AI Transformation in London over the 6 months to 5 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for AI Transformation in London

AI Transformation
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AI Transformation within the London region over the 6 months to 5 October 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
West London - 1 - - 2
AI Transformation
England

AI Transformation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) Azure
2 3 (18.75%) BlazeMeter
3 2 (12.50%) AWS
3 2 (12.50%) Copilot Studio
3 2 (12.50%) Figma
3 2 (12.50%) GCP
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
4 1 (6.25%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Power BI
1 1 (6.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) JMeter
1 3 (18.75%) Locust
1 3 (18.75%) Selenium
2 2 (12.50%) JIRA
3 1 (6.25%) Balsamiq
General
1 8 (50.00%) Finance
2 5 (31.25%) Public Sector
2 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Banking
4 2 (12.50%) Investment Banking
4 2 (12.50%) Legal
4 2 (12.50%) Marketing
4 2 (12.50%) Retail
5 1 (6.25%) Aviation
5 1 (6.25%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (6.25%) Electronics
5 1 (6.25%) Front Office
5 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
5 1 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Retail Banking
5 1 (6.25%) Social Science
5 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Lead
2 3 (18.75%) Software Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Business Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Consultant
3 2 (12.50%) Designer
3 2 (12.50%) Development Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Senior
3 2 (12.50%) Service Designer
3 2 (12.50%) Software Development Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Technical Leader
3 2 (12.50%) Test Development Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Data Scientist
4 1 (6.25%) E-Commerce Business Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Lead Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Python Software Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Salesforce Business Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Senior User Researcher
4 1 (6.25%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) pytest
2 2 (12.50%) LangChain
2 2 (12.50%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) AI Agents
2 1 (6.25%) Cloud Native
2 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (93.75%) Artificial Intelligence
2 7 (43.75%) Agile
2 7 (43.75%) Machine Learning
2 7 (43.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (18.75%) Business Transformation
3 3 (18.75%) Data Science
3 3 (18.75%) DevOps
3 3 (18.75%) Full-Stack Development
3 3 (18.75%) Performance Testing
3 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (18.75%) SDET
3 3 (18.75%) Service Design
3 3 (18.75%) Software Testing
3 3 (18.75%) Use Case
3 3 (18.75%) User Experience
3 3 (18.75%) UX Design
3 3 (18.75%) Workshop Facilitation
4 2 (12.50%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 2 (12.50%) CI/CD
4 2 (12.50%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (6.25%) CISM
2 1 (6.25%) CISSP
2 1 (6.25%) PgMP
2 1 (6.25%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) QA
2 1 (6.25%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 2 (12.50%) OpenAI
2 1 (6.25%) Salesforce
2 1 (6.25%) SAP