AI Contract Job Trends in Somerset

AI
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring AI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing AI 6 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 3.31% - 2.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.77% - 2.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 4
10th Percentile £491 - £490
25th Percentile £605 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £760 - £550
75th Percentile £975 - £575
90th Percentile £1,075 - -
South West median daily rate £575 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +1.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Somerset

AI falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 159 144 164
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 87.85% 75.39% 86.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 90 107
10th Percentile £160 £200 £185
25th Percentile £248 £370 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -7.06% +6.53%
75th Percentile £538 £625 £650
90th Percentile £675 £703 £723
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 7 29
10th Percentile - £12.50 £35.00
25th Percentile £18.51 £14.00 £46.18
Median hourly rate £60.00 £25.00 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year +140.00% -51.82% +3.78%
75th Percentile £63.75 £54.38 £62.92
90th Percentile £63.98 £63.75 £65.00
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -62.74% +12.50% -

AI
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing AI relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

AI job vacancy trend in Somerset

AI
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing AI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing AI

AI
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AI in Somerset over the 6 months to 10 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for AI in Somerset

AI
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AI within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 10 October 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
Taunton - 5 £900 -
Bath - 1 £388 - 8
AI
South West

AI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Metadata
2 1 (16.67%) Power BI
2 1 (16.67%) Tableau
General
1 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Head of AI
1 3 (50.00%) Head of Data Science
2 2 (33.33%) Lead
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Data Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Data Insight Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Insight Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Insight Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Machine Learning
2 3 (50.00%) Data Science
2 3 (50.00%) Line Management
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Budget Management
3 2 (33.33%) Business Case
3 2 (33.33%) Culture Change
3 2 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 2 (33.33%) Data Governance Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) Data Management
3 2 (33.33%) Hydrography
3 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 2 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (33.33%) Supplier Management
3 2 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
4 1 (16.67%) Generative AI
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) C++
2 1 (16.67%) R
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Data Quality