AI Contract Job Trends in North Wales

AI
Wales > North Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in North Wales requiring AI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing AI 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in North Wales 3.85% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.26% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Wales median daily rate £425 £575 -
% change year-on-year -26.09% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
North Wales

AI 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 North Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 38 6 11
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in North Wales 73.08% 75.00% 68.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 1 2
10th Percentile £155 - -
25th Percentile £156 - £713
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £320 £400 £725
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -44.83% +285.64%
75th Percentile £449 - £738
90th Percentile £503 - -
Wales median daily rate £425 £414 £500
% change year-on-year +2.72% -17.25% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 6
10th Percentile £17.30 - £19.00
25th Percentile £33.93 - £19.04
Median hourly rate £34.85 - £34.84
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.18%
75th Percentile £36.70 - £51.75
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median hourly rate £21.25 £21.01 £22.50
% change year-on-year +1.14% -6.62% +19.59%

AI
Job Vacancy Trend in North Wales

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

AI job vacancy trend in North Wales

AI
Contract Job Locations in North Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AI within the North Wales region over the 6 months to 5 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
Wrexham - 2 - - 2
AI
Wales

AI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North Wales 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
General
1 2 (100.00%) Welsh Language
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Speech Recognition