Artificial Intelligence Architect Contract Job Trends in the North West

AI Architect
England > North West

The median AI Architect daily rate in the North West is £725, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Artificial Intelligence Architect 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.23% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £608 - -
25th Percentile £713 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - -
75th Percentile £750 - -
90th Percentile £810 - -
England median daily rate £600 £700 £775
% change year-on-year -14.29% -9.68% +28.63%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the North West with a recognized job title 2,009 2,255 2,640
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 93.69% 92.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,327 1,265 1,798
10th Percentile £268 £273 £270
25th Percentile £369 £394 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% +2.67%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £593
90th Percentile £680 £675 £673
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 164 163
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.49 £16.04
25th Percentile £17.30 £18.00 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.03% +5.71% +50.80%
75th Percentile £47.12 £54.31 £46.18
90th Percentile £71.32 £74.37 £66.60
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%

Artificial Intelligence Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured Artificial Intelligence Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Artificial Intelligence Architect in the North West

Artificial Intelligence Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Artificial Intelligence Architect in the North West over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Artificial Intelligence Architect in the North West

Artificial Intelligence Architect
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Artificial Intelligence Architect within the North West 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
Manchester - 4 £725 - 2
Cheshire - 1 £850 -
Artificial Intelligence Architect
England

Artificial Intelligence Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 20 September 2025, Artificial Intelligence Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North West region featuring Artificial Intelligence Architect in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (60.00%) Google
2 3 (60.00%) Data Protection
2 3 (60.00%) AWS
2 3 (60.00%) Open Source
2 3 (60.00%) Target Operating Model
2 3 (60.00%) Machine Learning
3 2 (40.00%) Foundry
3 2 (40.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 2 (40.00%) Amazon Bedrock
3 2 (40.00%) Azure AI
3 2 (40.00%) Vertex AI
3 2 (40.00%) Azure
4 1 (20.00%) Containerisation
4 1 (20.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (20.00%) CrewAI
4 1 (20.00%) Semantic Kernel
4 1 (20.00%) Generative AI
4 1 (20.00%) LLM
4 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (20.00%) Architectural Design
4 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (20.00%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (20.00%) Observability
4 1 (20.00%) Social Skills

Artificial Intelligence Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) AWS
2 2 (40.00%) Amazon Bedrock
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Azure AI
2 2 (40.00%) Vertex AI
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Copilot
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Financial Institution
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) CrewAI
1 1 (20.00%) OAuth
1 1 (20.00%) Semantic Kernel
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (60.00%) Data Protection
2 3 (60.00%) Machine Learning
2 3 (60.00%) Open Source
2 3 (60.00%) Target Operating Model
3 2 (40.00%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (20.00%) Architectural Design
4 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (20.00%) Containerisation
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (20.00%) Data Security
4 1 (20.00%) Generative AI
4 1 (20.00%) LLM
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) Observability
4 1 (20.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
4 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Google
2 2 (40.00%) Foundry
3 1 (20.00%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) OpenAI