AI Transformation Contract Job Trends in the North of England

AI Transformation
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring AI Transformation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 168 -
Rank change year-on-year -54 - -
Contract jobs citing AI Transformation 8 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.13% 0.030% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.034% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £483 - -
25th Percentile £510 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.36% - -
75th Percentile £688 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £675 £550 £625
% change year-on-year +22.73% -12.00% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,205 2,974 4,056
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 84.90% 90.09% 85.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,291 1,912 2,479
10th Percentile £304 £263 £300
25th Percentile £400 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -
75th Percentile £571 £566 £588
90th Percentile £650 £650 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.95% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 336 150 360
10th Percentile £16.61 £13.68 £11.07
25th Percentile £22.76 £18.20 £12.50
Median hourly rate £51.76 £28.75 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +80.03% +62.25% -38.26%
75th Percentile £70.00 £55.76 £44.74
90th Percentile £80.00 £83.59 £57.50
England median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year +50.00% -16.67% -3.59%

AI Transformation
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

AI Transformation job vacancy trend in the North of England

AI Transformation
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing AI Transformation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing AI Transformation

AI Transformation
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AI Transformation in the North of England over the 6 months to 3 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for AI Transformation in the North of England

AI Transformation
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
Yorkshire -47 4 £675 +22.73% 5
North West - 4 £540 - 11
AI Transformation
England

AI Transformation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) Copilot Studio
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Copilot
2 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (12.50%) AWS
3 1 (12.50%) GCP
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Agriculture
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Banking Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Communications Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Implementation Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Implementation Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) AI Agents
2 2 (25.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (12.50%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) AI
2 5 (62.50%) Generative AI
3 4 (50.00%) Agile
4 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (25.00%) Analytics
5 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (25.00%) Conversational UI
5 2 (25.00%) Data Governance
5 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
5 2 (25.00%) ITSM
5 2 (25.00%) Knowledge Discovery
5 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
5 2 (25.00%) Project Management
5 2 (25.00%) Service Management
5 2 (25.00%) Task Automation
5 2 (25.00%) Use Case
5 2 (25.00%) User Experience
5 2 (25.00%) Workflow
6 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
1 1 (12.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) GRC
1 1 (12.50%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (25.00%) OpenAI
1 2 (25.00%) ServiceNow