EU AI Act Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

European Union Artificial Intelligence Act (EU AI Act)
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring EU AI Act skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing EU AI Act 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.100% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.65% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £600 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Sheffield

EU AI Act falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 154 98 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 15.38% 16.93% 8.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 82 23
10th Percentile £335 £263 £378
25th Percentile £425 £338 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £460 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.07% -11.54% +5.85%
75th Percentile £519 £525 £622
90th Percentile £669 £598 £644
South Yorkshire median daily rate £451 £475 £514
% change year-on-year -5.16% -7.50% +4.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30.02 - -
Median hourly rate £36.07 - -
75th Percentile £36.61 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £36.07 - -

EU AI Act
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Claude Code
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CRISC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST