EU AI Act Contract Job Trends in the North of England

European Union Artificial Intelligence Act (EU AI Act)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring EU AI Act skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 193 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing EU AI Act 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.025% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.16% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £625 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North of England

EU AI Act falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 630 528 794
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 15.77% 12.70% 15.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 448 314 453
10th Percentile £268 £311 £300
25th Percentile £358 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £495 £486
Median % change year-on-year -9.14% +1.90% -2.80%
75th Percentile £566 £587 £575
90th Percentile £638 £668 £638
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 24 43
10th Percentile £17.48 £11.88 £16.32
25th Percentile - £12.00 £18.13
Median hourly rate £22.14 £16.00 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.38% -50.00% -16.19%
75th Percentile £63.40 £27.25 £49.52
90th Percentile £71.45 £43.10 £74.88
England median hourly rate £32.50 £31.62 £37.50
% change year-on-year +2.78% -15.68% +66.67%

EU AI Act
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 EU AI Act within the North of England region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
North West - 1 £575 -
EU AI Act
England

EU AI Act
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow