Gen AI Consultant Contract Job Trends in Manchester
Generative AI Consultant
North West > Manchester
As of 3 November 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Generative AI Consultant daily rate in Manchester.
| 6 months to 3 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 130 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract Gen AI Consultant jobs | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Manchester | 0.048% | - | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.053% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| North West median daily rate | - | - | - |
All Contract IT Job Roles
Manchester
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in Manchester matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 3 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract job adverts in Manchester matching a recognised job title | 1,888 | 986 | 1,088 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 91.34% | 91.89% | 93.87% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,124 | 637 | 627 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £300 | £314 |
| 25th Percentile | £418 | £385 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £510 | £450 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +13.33% | -5.26% | -5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £613 | £580 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £675 | £675 |
| North West median daily rate | £500 | £450 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.11% | -5.26% | -5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 213 | 84 | 37 |
| 10th Percentile | £19.00 | £14.85 | £15.79 |
| 25th Percentile | £30.00 | £19.02 | £22.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £60.00 | £22.41 | £32.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +167.77% | -31.05% | +66.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £73.00 | £31.40 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.50 | £60.00 | £72.70 |
| North West median hourly rate | £45.56 | £28.43 | £32.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +60.24% | -12.52% | -7.14% |
Gen AI Consultant Skill Set Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester
For the 6 months to 3 November 2026, Gen AI Consultant contract job ads cited 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 Gen AI Consultant job ads across the Manchester region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AI | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | CI/CD | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Digital Transformation Programme | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Docker | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | GCP | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Generative AI | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | 100.0% | 1 | |
| 1 | Google Gemini | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Kubernetes | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | LangChain | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | LangGraph | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | LLM | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Microservices | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | MLOps | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Model Context Protocol | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Observability | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Open Source | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Open Source Development | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Python | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | REST | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Retrieval-Augmented Generation | 100.0% | 1 |
Gen AI Consultant Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artificial Intelligence Consultant | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Artificial Intelligence Engineer | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | GCP Consultant | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | GCP Engineer | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Gen AI Engineer | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Python Engineer | 100.0% | 1 |