Artificial Intelligence Consultant Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

AI Consultant
North West > Merseyside

The median AI Consultant daily rate in Merseyside is £723, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Artificial Intelligence Consultant 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 0.32% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £711 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £723 - -
75th Percentile £734 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £723 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Merseyside

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Merseyside. 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 Merseyside with a recognized job title 287 151 223
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.40% 94.38% 96.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 97 119
10th Percentile £133 £142 £157
25th Percentile £170 £213 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £438 £375
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +16.59% -21.00%
75th Percentile £538 £545 £494
90th Percentile £638 £638 £588
North West median daily rate £475 £453 £488
% change year-on-year +4.86% -7.08% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 11 32
10th Percentile £17.55 £12.21 -
25th Percentile - £14.83 £15.50
Median hourly rate £25.38 £17.44 £21.43
Median % change year-on-year +45.53% -18.62% +30.91%
75th Percentile - £20.76 £36.48
90th Percentile - £21.52 £43.38
North West median hourly rate £46.80 £28.75 £32.90
% change year-on-year +62.78% -12.60% +16.07%

Artificial Intelligence Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Artificial Intelligence Consultant within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 13 June 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
Liverpool - 1 £723 - 1
Artificial Intelligence Consultant
North West

Artificial Intelligence Consultant Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside

For the 6 months to 13 June 2026, Artificial Intelligence Consultant 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 Merseyside region featuring Artificial Intelligence Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (100.00%) OpenAI
1 1 (100.00%) Prompt Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Rapid Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow

Artificial Intelligence Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Prompt Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Rapid Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) OpenAI