Anthropic Claude Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Anthropic Claude
England > North of England

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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 224 164 -
Rank change year-on-year -60 - -
Contract jobs citing Anthropic Claude 4 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.065% 0.12% -
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.19% 0.36% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile - £487 -
25th Percentile - £489 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £520 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% - -
75th Percentile £569 £574 -
90th Percentile £580 £590 -
England median daily rate £580 £520 -
% change year-on-year +11.54% - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
North of England

Anthropic Claude falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,138 1,124 1,377
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 34.61% 34.10% 29.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,452 841 979
10th Percentile £306 £256 £263
25th Percentile £400 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £575
90th Percentile £650 £638 £638
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 26 79
10th Percentile £22.63 £12.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £39.53 £26.88 £15.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £32.96 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +97.21% +105.23% -59.44%
75th Percentile £75.00 £69.38 £20.77
90th Percentile £95.00 £97.60 £43.75
England median hourly rate £45.25 £26.45 £20.77
% change year-on-year +71.08% +27.35% -31.90%

Anthropic Claude
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Anthropic Claude job vacancy trend in the North of England

Anthropic Claude
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 Anthropic Claude within the North of England region over the 6 months to 6 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 - 3 £550 - 5
North West -45 1 £575 +10.58% 10
Anthropic Claude
England

Anthropic Claude
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) GitHub
1 2 (50.00%) GitHub Copilot
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Claude Code
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Data Scientist
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Gen AI Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Lead Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET Web Forms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) AI Agents
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) AI
1 3 (75.00%) Generative AI
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Data Science
2 2 (50.00%) SDLC
3 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Software Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript