Artificial Intelligence Developer Contracts in Scotland

AI Developer
UK > Scotland

The median AI Developer daily rate in Scotland is £467, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Artificial Intelligence Developer 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
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £459 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 - -
75th Percentile £476 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £838 £708 £725
% change year-on-year +18.37% -2.41% -

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 1,529 2,099 2,722
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 94.68% 95.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,281 1,953
10th Percentile £263 £205 £238
25th Percentile £370 £369 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +4.40%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £553
90th Percentile £610 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 114 44
10th Percentile £15.98 £12.50 £12.86
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £16.91
Median hourly rate £20.94 £33.25 £23.18
Median % change year-on-year -37.02% +43.44% -10.53%
75th Percentile £24.66 £60.00 £59.41
90th Percentile £42.58 £66.00 £67.22
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Artificial Intelligence Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Artificial Intelligence Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Artificial Intelligence Developer in Scotland

Artificial Intelligence Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Artificial Intelligence Developer in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Artificial Intelligence Developer in Scotland

Artificial Intelligence Developer
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 Developer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 £467 - 1
Artificial Intelligence Developer
UK

Artificial Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Artificial Intelligence Developer 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 Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Data Security
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Experimental Design
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Data Science
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Distributed Systems

Artificial Intelligence Developer 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Data Science
1 2 (100.00%) Data Security
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Experimental Design
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript