Artificial Intelligence Specialist Contracts in London

AI Specialist
England > London

The median AI Specialist daily rate in London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 366 388 472
Rank change year-on-year +22 +84 -
Contract jobs requiring an Artificial Intelligence Specialist 6 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.044% 0.012% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.013% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £800
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -43.75% -
75th Percentile £600 £475 -
90th Percentile £750 - -
England median daily rate £525 £550 £800
% change year-on-year -4.55% -31.25% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 12,620 15,263 22,566
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.95% 94.12% 94.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,533 10,788 16,539
10th Percentile £325 £350 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £512 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.52% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 201 241
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.50 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.95 £22.00 £23.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £33.07 £39.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.28% -15.21% +18.18%
75th Percentile £49.88 £53.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £71.88 £82.25
England median hourly rate £25.66 £45.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -42.98% +5.88% +66.67%

Artificial Intelligence Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Artificial Intelligence Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Artificial Intelligence Specialist in London

Artificial Intelligence Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Artificial Intelligence Specialist in London.

Daily rate trend for Artificial Intelligence Specialist in London

Artificial Intelligence Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Artificial Intelligence Specialist in London over the 6 months to 8 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Artificial Intelligence Specialist in London

Artificial Intelligence Specialist
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 Specialist within the London region over the 6 months to 8 August 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
Central London - 1 - -
Artificial Intelligence Specialist
England

Artificial Intelligence Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 8 August 2025, Artificial Intelligence Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Artificial Intelligence Specialist in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 5 (83.33%) Python
3 4 (66.67%) Finance
3 4 (66.67%) Azure
4 3 (50.00%) Data Integration
4 3 (50.00%) Analytics
4 3 (50.00%) Data Modelling
4 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
4 3 (50.00%) Power Automate
4 3 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
4 3 (50.00%) Power Platform
4 3 (50.00%) LLM
5 2 (33.33%) Budgeting
5 2 (33.33%) Generative AI
5 2 (33.33%) Apache Hive
5 2 (33.33%) Cost Optimisation
5 2 (33.33%) Power Query
5 2 (33.33%) AutoML
5 2 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (33.33%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (33.33%) FinOps
5 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 2 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (33.33%) Apache Spark
5 2 (33.33%) Azure Machine Learning
5 2 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
5 2 (33.33%) Data Engineering
5 2 (33.33%) TensorFlow

Artificial Intelligence Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) Apache Spark
2 1 (16.67%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) Power Automate
2 3 (50.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (33.33%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (33.33%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (33.33%) Azure Machine Learning
4 1 (16.67%) AWS
4 1 (16.67%) AWS Data Pipeline
4 1 (16.67%) Azure AI
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (16.67%) PowerApps
4 1 (16.67%) Prefect
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Apache Hive
1 2 (33.33%) Hadoop
1 2 (33.33%) MySQL
1 2 (33.33%) Power BI
1 2 (33.33%) Power Query
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Banking
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) PySpark
1 2 (33.33%) TensorFlow
2 1 (16.67%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Credit Risk
2 1 (16.67%) AI Agents
2 1 (16.67%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 3 (50.00%) Analytics
2 3 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 3 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 3 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (50.00%) LLM
3 2 (33.33%) AutoML
3 2 (33.33%) Budgeting
3 2 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 2 (33.33%) Cost Optimisation
3 2 (33.33%) Credit Risk Management
3 2 (33.33%) Data Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) Data Science
3 2 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 2 (33.33%) FinOps
3 2 (33.33%) Generative AI
3 2 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Master's Degree
1 2 (33.33%) PhD
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) OpenAI