Gen AI Consultant Contract Job Trends in the North West
Generative AI Consultant
England > North West
As of 3 November 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Generative AI Consultant daily rate in the North West.
| 6 months to 3 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 176 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract Gen AI Consultant jobs | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the North West | 0.025% | - | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.028% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| England median daily rate | - | £675 | - |
All Contract IT Job Roles
North West
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in the North West matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 3 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract job adverts in the North West matching a recognised job title | 3,617 | 2,182 | 2,182 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 90.47% | 91.30% | 93.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2,063 | 1,440 | 1,151 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £215 | £264 |
| 25th Percentile | £405 | £363 | £388 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £450 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.11% | -5.26% | -5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £575 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £678 | £656 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £510 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.94% | -2.86% | -2.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 454 | 213 | 156 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.25 | £15.18 | £15.42 |
| 25th Percentile | £24.04 | £19.07 | £18.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £45.56 | £28.43 | £32.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +60.24% | -12.52% | -7.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £73.25 | £50.00 | £51.91 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £71.19 | £70.90 |
| England median hourly rate | £41.00 | £25.15 | £41.08 |
| % change year-on-year | +63.02% | -38.77% | -10.47% |
Gen AI Consultant 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 Gen AI Consultant jobs within the North West region over the 6 months to 3 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Gen AI Consultant England |
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Gen AI Consultant Skill Set Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West
For the 6 months to 3 November 2026, Gen AI Consultant contract job ads cited the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract Gen AI Consultant job ads across the North West region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AI | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | CI/CD | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Digital Transformation Programme | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Docker | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | GCP | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Generative AI | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | 100.0% | 1 | |
| 1 | Google Gemini | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Kubernetes | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | LangChain | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | LangGraph | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | LLM | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Microservices | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | MLOps | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Model Context Protocol | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Observability | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Open Source | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Open Source Development | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Python | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | REST | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Retrieval-Augmented Generation | 100.0% | 1 |
Gen AI Consultant Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artificial Intelligence Consultant | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Artificial Intelligence Engineer | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | GCP Consultant | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | GCP Engineer | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Gen AI Engineer | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Python Engineer | 100.0% | 1 |