LLM Contract Job Trends in Somerset
Large Language Model (LLM)
South West > Somerset
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Somerset citing LLM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 51 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing LLM | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Somerset | 0.88% | - | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.17% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £530 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £575 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £650 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £725 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £770 | - | - |
| South West median daily rate | £540 | £600 | £650 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.00% | -7.69% | - |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Somerset
LLM falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing process or methodology skills in Somerset.
| 6 months to 13 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 341 | 148 | 138 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset | 74.95% | 84.09% | 75.41% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 189 | 95 | 91 |
| 10th Percentile | £260 | £160 | £206 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £225 | £372 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £350 | £495 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +57.14% | -29.29% | +1.54% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £525 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £649 | £725 |
| South West median daily rate | £550 | £515 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.80% | -1.90% | -4.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 54 | 13 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £19.40 | £28.82 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £53.75 | £57.50 | £13.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £66.25 | £62.50 | £20.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.00% | +204.88% | -60.49% |
| 75th Percentile | £89.03 | £63.75 | £41.88 |
| 90th Percentile | £100.00 | £64.35 | £57.50 |
| South West median hourly rate | £57.35 | £25.15 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +128.03% | -61.31% | +8.33% |
LLM Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing LLM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset.
LLM Daily Rate Trend in Somerset
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing LLM.
LLM Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LLM in Somerset over the 6 months to 13 November 2026.
LLM 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 LLM within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 13 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bath | - | 3 | £650 | - | 5 |
| Street | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| LLM South West |
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LLM Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AI | 100.0% | 4 |
| 2 | Model-Based Systems Engineering | 50.0% | 2 |
| 2 | Requirements Management | 50.0% | 2 |
| 2 | Retrieval-Augmented Generation | 50.0% | 2 |
| 2 | Stakeholder Management | 50.0% | 2 |
| 2 | SysML | 50.0% | 2 |
| 2 | Systems Engineering | 50.0% | 2 |
| 2 | UML | 50.0% | 2 |
| 2 | Use Case | 50.0% | 2 |
| 2 | Validation | 50.0% | 2 |
| 2 | Verification and Validation | 50.0% | 2 |
| 12 | API Integration | 25.0% | 1 |
| 12 | Continuous Improvement | 25.0% | 1 |
| 12 | Data Pipeline | 25.0% | 1 |
| 12 | Generative AI | 25.0% | 1 |
| 12 | Intelligent Automation | 25.0% | 1 |
| 12 | Mentoring | 25.0% | 1 |
| 12 | Microservices | 25.0% | 1 |
| 12 | Problem-Solving | 25.0% | 1 |