Artificial Intelligence Analyst Contract Job Trends in London

AI Analyst
England > London

The median AI Analyst daily rate in London is £453, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 March 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 351 392
Rank change year-on-year -38 +41 -
Contract jobs requiring an Artificial Intelligence Analyst 5 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.031% 0.015% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.016% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £300 £376 -
25th Percentile £352 £390 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £429 £575
Median % change year-on-year +5.54% -25.43% -
75th Percentile £552 £465 £588
90th Percentile £603 £479 -
England median daily rate £450 £429 £388
% change year-on-year +4.96% +10.65% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 14,721 12,249 17,052
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 93.58% 93.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,874 8,067 12,304
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £436 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 141 336
10th Percentile £18.07 £21.21 £15.97
25th Percentile £23.14 £24.66 £19.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £28.16
Median % change year-on-year - +24.31% -19.56%
75th Percentile £60.12 £52.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.40 £65.00
England median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year - +2.94% -17.10%

Artificial Intelligence Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Artificial Intelligence Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Artificial Intelligence Analyst job vacancy trend in London

Artificial Intelligence Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Artificial Intelligence Analyst job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Artificial Intelligence Analyst job vacancies in London

Artificial Intelligence Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Artificial Intelligence Analyst in London over the 6 months to 3 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Artificial Intelligence Analyst in London

Artificial Intelligence Analyst
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 Artificial Intelligence Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 3 March 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London - 3 £453 - 2
Artificial Intelligence Analyst
England

Artificial Intelligence Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 3 March 2026, Artificial Intelligence Analyst 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 London region featuring Artificial Intelligence Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) AI
2 3 (60.00%) Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (40.00%) Generative AI
3 2 (40.00%) LLM
3 2 (40.00%) NumPy
3 2 (40.00%) Pandas
3 2 (40.00%) Python
3 2 (40.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
4 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
4 1 (20.00%) AWS
4 1 (20.00%) Azure
4 1 (20.00%) Change Management
4 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
4 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
4 1 (20.00%) Databricks
4 1 (20.00%) Fund Accounting
4 1 (20.00%) KYC
4 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) Natural Language Processing
4 1 (20.00%) OpenAI
4 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
4 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (20.00%) PowerApps

Artificial Intelligence Analyst Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (20.00%) PowerApps
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) WinAutomation
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) NumPy
1 2 (40.00%) Pandas
2 1 (20.00%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) AI Agents
1 1 (20.00%) Low-Code
1 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) AI
2 3 (60.00%) Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (40.00%) Generative AI
3 2 (40.00%) LLM
3 2 (40.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
4 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
4 1 (20.00%) Change Management
4 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
4 1 (20.00%) KYC
4 1 (20.00%) Prompt Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Prototyping
4 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (20.00%) Validation
4 1 (20.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Databricks
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) OpenAI