Artificial Intelligence Specialist Contract Job Trends in Scotland

AI Specialist
UK > Scotland

As of 15 March 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median AI Specialist daily rate in Scotland.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Artificial Intelligence Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.061% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £375 £725 £550
% change year-on-year -48.28% +31.82% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 1,488 1,548 2,162
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.12% 92.47% 94.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 811 951 1,320
10th Percentile £250 £230 £200
25th Percentile £363 £363 £396
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -
75th Percentile £570 £538 £588
90th Percentile £663 £619 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 40 110
10th Percentile £12.60 £15.56 £12.50
25th Percentile £13.50 £18.39 £16.50
Median hourly rate £21.20 £22.00 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -46.26% +92.57%
75th Percentile £52.81 £24.30 £60.56
90th Percentile £67.60 £42.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £35.71 £33.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +8.21% +1.54% -23.53%

Artificial Intelligence Specialist
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 Specialist within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 15 March 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
Edinburgh - 1 - -
Artificial Intelligence Specialist
UK

Artificial Intelligence Specialist Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 15 March 2026, Artificial Intelligence Specialist contract job roles required 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 job ads across the Scotland region featuring Artificial Intelligence Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Copilot
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management

Artificial Intelligence Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Copilot
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft