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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing EU AI Act 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.016% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.11% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £675 £575 -
% change year-on-year +17.39% - -

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 922 462 710
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 14.93% 14.09% 15.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 627 321 401
10th Percentile £346 £240 £319
25th Percentile £402 £365 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £578 £575 £595
90th Percentile £676 £671 £675
England median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 22 85
10th Percentile £17.00 £13.78 -
25th Percentile £25.38 £22.14 £10.95
Median hourly rate £55.00 £24.67 £12.84
Median % change year-on-year +122.92% +92.15% -67.74%
75th Percentile £69.72 £50.06 £26.66
90th Percentile £76.00 £82.07 £48.75
England median hourly rate £33.12 £38.03 £22.50
% change year-on-year -12.91% +69.02% -43.18%

EU AI Act
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

EU AI Act job vacancy trend in the North of England

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 13 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
North West - 1 £425 - 3
EU AI Act
England

EU AI Act
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Auditor
1 1 (100.00%) Compliance Auditor
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Compliance Audit
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Change
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) SOC 2