Artificial Intelligence Consultant Contracts in Scotland

AI Consultant
UK > Scotland

The median AI Consultant daily rate in Scotland is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 June 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
9 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Artificial Intelligence Consultant 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.12% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
UK median daily rate £588 £650 £525
% change year-on-year -9.62% +23.81% -6.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 1,540 2,010 2,563
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.36% 94.77% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 859 1,227 1,779
10th Percentile £250 £200 £225
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +0.64%
75th Percentile £538 £557 £550
90th Percentile £600 £638 £634
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 129 48
10th Percentile £16.02 £12.30 £12.62
25th Percentile £16.84 £15.75 £14.25
Median hourly rate £18.74 £19.50 £20.22
Median % change year-on-year -3.92% -3.56% -45.98%
75th Percentile £24.66 £57.50 £58.75
90th Percentile £45.80 £66.00 £67.22
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -25.33% -16.67% +80.00%

Artificial Intelligence Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Artificial Intelligence Consultant within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
Glasgow - 2 £400 - 4
Artificial Intelligence Consultant
UK

Artificial Intelligence Consultant Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 9 June 2025, Artificial Intelligence Consultant 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 Scotland region featuring Artificial Intelligence Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Corporate Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 2 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
1 2 (100.00%) Generative AI

Artificial Intelligence Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Corporate Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 2 (100.00%) Generative AI