AI Model Optimisation Contract Job Trends in the South East

AI Model Optimisation
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring AI Model Optimisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 186
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing AI Model Optimisation 0 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in the South East - - 0.065%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 0.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £600
75th Percentile - - £625
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £600 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £80.00
England median hourly rate - - £80.00

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

AI Model Optimisation 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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,364 3,109 3,810
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 80.76% 89.21% 82.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,245 1,936 2,283
10th Percentile £277 £222 £258
25th Percentile £424 £385 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -1.14%
75th Percentile £619 £600 £634
90th Percentile £712 £663 £700
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 611 308 270
10th Percentile £13.45 £13.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £17.24 £15.50 £35.00
Median hourly rate £52.43 £22.29 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +135.25% -61.14% +9.24%
75th Percentile £70.00 £53.75 £71.86
90th Percentile £87.16 £69.65 £78.75
England median hourly rate £43.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +72.96% -41.51% +0.58%

AI Model Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing AI Model Optimisation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

AI Model Optimisation job vacancy trend in the South East

AI Model Optimisation
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing AI Model Optimisation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing AI Model Optimisation