AI Agents Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

AI Agents (Agentic AI)
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term AI Agents in contract job vacancies in Portsmouth. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited AI Agents over the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing AI Agents 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 0.55% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.96% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £550 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £650 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £600 - -

All Generic Skills
Portsmouth

AI Agents falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 51 61 113
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 27.87% 37.89% 41.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 34 70
10th Percentile £238 £360 £273
25th Percentile £528 £391 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +19.44% +5.88%
75th Percentile £650 £698 £533
90th Percentile £695 £850 £600
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 14 15
10th Percentile £32.94 £35.00 £50.50
25th Percentile £47.75 £53.40 £53.21
Median hourly rate £50.00 £57.35 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% -0.26% -9.09%
75th Percentile £58.75 £82.83 £60.00
90th Percentile £63.88 £92.26 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £50.00 £57.35 £56.40
% change year-on-year -12.82% +1.68% +46.49%

AI Agents
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
23 AI Agents jobs in the South East