EU AI Act Contract Job Trends in the North West

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West 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 158 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing EU AI Act 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.031% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.20% - -
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 West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 489 269 461
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 15.27% 13.85% 17.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 186 256
10th Percentile £354 £284 £325
25th Percentile £400 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £583 £600
90th Percentile £681 £700 £694
England median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 14 71
10th Percentile £17.82 £13.50 -
25th Percentile £40.23 £17.93 £10.95
Median hourly rate £56.25 £31.88 £12.84
Median % change year-on-year +76.44% +148.29% -68.72%
75th Percentile £65.50 £68.44 £26.66
90th Percentile £83.75 £84.70 £43.75
England median hourly rate £33.12 £38.03 £22.50
% change year-on-year -12.91% +69.02% -43.18%

EU AI Act
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 EU AI Act within the North West 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
Manchester - 1 £425 - 1
EU AI Act
England

EU AI Act
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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