Gen AI Engineer Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Generative AI Engineer
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

As of 30 July 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Generative AI Engineer daily rate in Sheffield.

 6 months to
30 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Gen AI Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.19% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 972 500 375
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.84% 90.91% 87.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 625 341 220
10th Percentile £363 £290 £378
25th Percentile £425 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £469 £520
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% -9.81% -13.33%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £588
90th Percentile £675 £625 £638
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £465 £504
% change year-on-year +7.53% -7.69% -8.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 4 5
10th Percentile - - £20.20
25th Percentile £25.77 £18.10 £20.50
Median hourly rate £32.40 £18.35 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +76.52% -12.61% +14.38%
75th Percentile £36.61 £18.50 £22.00
90th Percentile - £18.51 -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £32.40 £18.35 £21.00
% change year-on-year +76.52% -12.61% +14.38%

Gen AI Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Gen AI Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Gen AI Engineer job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Gen AI Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 30 July 2026, Gen AI Engineer 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 Sheffield region featuring Gen AI Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Data Extraction
1 2 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 2 (100.00%) LLM
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Metadata
1 2 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 2 (100.00%) Observability
1 2 (100.00%) OCR
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
1 2 (100.00%) Semantic Search
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Use Case
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Azure AI
2 1 (50.00%) Data Enrichment
2 1 (50.00%) Data Ingestion
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving

Gen AI Engineer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure AI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Metadata
1 2 (100.00%) NoSQL
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Data Extraction
1 2 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 2 (100.00%) LLM
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Observability
1 2 (100.00%) OCR
1 2 (100.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
1 2 (100.00%) Semantic Search
1 2 (100.00%) Use Case
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Enrichment
2 1 (50.00%) Data Ingestion
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Gen AI Engineer jobs