Artificial Intelligence Contracts in the South East

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Artificial Intelligence skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Artificial Intelligence over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 152 154
Rank change year-on-year +85 +2 +66
Contract jobs citing Artificial Intelligence 81 41 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.71% 0.75% 1.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.96% 0.89% 1.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 22 31
10th Percentile £366 £441 £200
25th Percentile £456 £528 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £650 £580
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +12.07% +0.87%
75th Percentile £628 £688 £755
90th Percentile £700 £744 £838
England median daily rate £575 £600 £584
% change year-on-year -4.17% +2.78% +1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 5
10th Percentile - - £58.75
25th Percentile £42.50 £19.25 £62.50
Median hourly rate £45.00 £20.50 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +119.51% -69.63% +14.41%
75th Percentile £47.50 £50.88 £70.00
90th Percentile - £68.35 £91.15
England median hourly rate £30.00 £46.18 £40.50
% change year-on-year -35.04% +14.02% -3.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Artificial Intelligence 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 2,732 4,582 4,974
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.40% 84.35% 89.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,751 2,665 3,453
10th Percentile £250 £250 £248
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £615
90th Percentile £663 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 434 218
10th Percentile £13.25 £13.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.00 £18.20 £22.16
Median hourly rate £27.76 £47.50 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.56% -4.04% +130.23%
75th Percentile £62.24 £62.50 £64.91
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £75.00
England median hourly rate £28.75 £36.50 £37.30
% change year-on-year -21.23% -2.14% +49.20%

Artificial Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Artificial Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Artificial Intelligence in the South East

Artificial Intelligence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Artificial Intelligence in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Artificial Intelligence in the South East

Artificial Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Artificial Intelligence in the South East over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Artificial Intelligence in the South East

Artificial Intelligence
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Artificial Intelligence in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Artificial Intelligence in the South East

Artificial Intelligence
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Artificial Intelligence within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Thames Valley +63 55 £575 -14.81% 192
Berkshire +54 49 £575 -14.81% 104
Hampshire +42 16 £575 +9.52% 95
Buckinghamshire +19 6 £475 -32.14% 27
Surrey +7 3 £321 -46.46% 65
Home Counties - 2 - -
East Sussex - 2 £638 - 18
Kent - 1 £775 - 21
West Sussex - 1 £725 - 14
Artificial Intelligence
England

Artificial Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (11.11%) Apache Spark
2 8 (9.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.23%) Apache
3 1 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.23%) Camunda
Applications
1 4 (4.94%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.23%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (2.47%) SAP Hybris
2 1 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 34 (41.98%) Azure
2 18 (22.22%) AWS
3 10 (12.35%) GCP
4 9 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (11.11%) Power Platform
5 8 (9.88%) IaaS
5 8 (9.88%) OpenShift
5 8 (9.88%) PaaS
6 5 (6.17%) Azure Machine Learning
6 5 (6.17%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (4.94%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (4.94%) Snowflake
8 3 (3.70%) Power Automate
8 3 (3.70%) PowerApps
9 2 (2.47%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 2 (2.47%) WhatsApp
10 1 (1.23%) Amazon ELB
10 1 (1.23%) SaaS
10 1 (1.23%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (1.23%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 8 (9.88%) DHCP
1 8 (9.88%) DNS
1 8 (9.88%) Firewall
1 8 (9.88%) SMTP
1 8 (9.88%) VPN
2 2 (2.47%) 4G
2 2 (2.47%) 5G
2 2 (2.47%) DOCSIS
2 2 (2.47%) GPON
2 2 (2.47%) LTE
2 2 (2.47%) MPLS
2 2 (2.47%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (2.47%) VoIP
2 2 (2.47%) xDSL
3 1 (1.23%) Converged Networks
3 1 (1.23%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (18.52%) Big Data
2 8 (9.88%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (9.88%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (6.17%) Power BI
4 3 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (2.47%) Data Lake
5 2 (2.47%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.47%) Hadoop
5 2 (2.47%) Tableau
6 1 (1.23%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (1.23%) Apache Hive
6 1 (1.23%) HBase
6 1 (1.23%) HDInsight
6 1 (1.23%) Impala
6 1 (1.23%) Metadata
6 1 (1.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (13.58%) Git
2 4 (4.94%) Selenium
3 2 (2.47%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.23%) CMake
4 1 (1.23%) ERwin
General
1 21 (25.93%) Social Skills
2 11 (13.58%) Public Sector
2 11 (13.58%) Telecoms
3 6 (7.41%) Legal
4 5 (6.17%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (6.17%) Finance
4 5 (6.17%) Marketing
5 4 (4.94%) Retail
6 3 (3.70%) Manufacturing
6 3 (3.70%) Military
7 2 (2.47%) Electronics
7 2 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.47%) Law
8 1 (1.23%) Local Government
8 1 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (24.69%) Architect
2 8 (9.88%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 8 (9.88%) 3rd Line Support
2 8 (9.88%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 8 (9.88%) Data Engineer
2 8 (9.88%) Developer
2 8 (9.88%) Solutions Architect
2 8 (9.88%) Support Engineer
3 7 (8.64%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (8.64%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
3 7 (8.64%) Consultant
3 7 (8.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (8.64%) Infrastructure Support
3 7 (8.64%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 7 (8.64%) Senior
4 6 (7.41%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 5 (6.17%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
6 4 (4.94%) Analyst
6 4 (4.94%) Azure Engineer
6 4 (4.94%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.64%) PySpark
2 4 (4.94%) .NET
2 4 (4.94%) CSS
2 4 (4.94%) HTML
3 2 (2.47%) FHIR
3 2 (2.47%) Kafka
3 2 (2.47%) Node.js
3 2 (2.47%) Parceljs
3 2 (2.47%) RESTful
3 2 (2.47%) TensorFlow
4 1 (1.23%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.23%) CNTK
4 1 (1.23%) Express.js
4 1 (1.23%) FastAPI
4 1 (1.23%) GraphQL
4 1 (1.23%) Hugging Face
4 1 (1.23%) LangChain
4 1 (1.23%) OpenVINO
4 1 (1.23%) PyTorch
4 1 (1.23%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.88%) Clustering
1 8 (9.88%) Data Centre
1 8 (9.88%) PKI
2 7 (8.64%) Algorithms
2 7 (8.64%) Data Structures
2 7 (8.64%) IoT
3 5 (6.17%) Device Driver
3 5 (6.17%) Embedded Systems
4 3 (3.70%) Cloud Native
4 3 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (3.70%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.47%) TM Forum
6 1 (1.23%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.23%) Augmented Reality
6 1 (1.23%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.23%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.23%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.23%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.23%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 18 (22.22%) Linux
2 17 (20.99%) Windows
3 8 (9.88%) Windows Server
4 3 (3.70%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (1.23%) Android
5 1 (1.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (48.15%) Machine Learning
2 21 (25.93%) DevOps
3 17 (20.99%) Analytics
4 16 (19.75%) Agile
5 14 (17.28%) Decision-Making
6 12 (14.81%) Business Intelligence
6 12 (14.81%) LLM
7 11 (13.58%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (12.35%) CI/CD
9 9 (11.11%) Generative AI
10 8 (9.88%) Data Analysis
10 8 (9.88%) Data Modelling
10 8 (9.88%) Project Management
10 8 (9.88%) SDLC
10 8 (9.88%) Software Deployment
11 7 (8.64%) Dashboard Development
11 7 (8.64%) Data Pipeline
11 7 (8.64%) Data Science
11 7 (8.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 6 (7.41%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 27 (33.33%) Python
2 14 (17.28%) SQL
3 12 (14.81%) PowerShell
4 10 (12.35%) JavaScript
5 6 (7.41%) C#
5 6 (7.41%) TypeScript
6 5 (6.17%) Embedded C
7 4 (4.94%) Bash
7 4 (4.94%) C
8 3 (3.70%) T-SQL
9 2 (2.47%) R
10 1 (1.23%) Bicep
10 1 (1.23%) C++
10 1 (1.23%) Perl
Qualifications
1 16 (19.75%) Degree
2 13 (16.05%) Security Cleared
3 9 (11.11%) DV Cleared
4 4 (4.94%) Master's Degree
5 3 (3.70%) ISEB
5 3 (3.70%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.47%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (1.23%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.23%) CISA
7 1 (1.23%) CISM
7 1 (1.23%) CISSP
7 1 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.23%) GCIA
7 1 (1.23%) GCIH
7 1 (1.23%) GIAC
7 1 (1.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.23%) PhD
7 1 (1.23%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.94%) GDPR
2 2 (2.47%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.23%) HL7
3 1 (1.23%) NIST
3 1 (1.23%) NIST 800
3 1 (1.23%) OASIS TOSCA
3 1 (1.23%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.23%) SLA
3 1 (1.23%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 11 (13.58%) Docker
2 8 (9.88%) Active Directory
2 8 (9.88%) BitLocker
2 8 (9.88%) Hyper-V
2 8 (9.88%) Microsoft App-V
2 8 (9.88%) Terminal Services
2 8 (9.88%) VMware ESXi
2 8 (9.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (6.17%) Firmware
4 1 (1.23%) Apache Flume
4 1 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (14.81%) Kubernetes
2 9 (11.11%) Ansible
3 8 (9.88%) Nagios
3 8 (9.88%) Puppet
3 8 (9.88%) vCenter Server
3 8 (9.88%) vMotion
4 2 (2.47%) BMC PATROL
4 2 (2.47%) Terraform
5 1 (1.23%) Amdocs OSS
5 1 (1.23%) QRadar
Vendors
1 23 (28.40%) Microsoft
2 11 (13.58%) OpenAI
3 10 (12.35%) Google
4 9 (11.11%) Databricks
5 8 (9.88%) Citrix
5 8 (9.88%) HP
5 8 (9.88%) Symantec
5 8 (9.88%) VMware
6 6 (7.41%) SAP
7 5 (6.17%) Salesforce
8 4 (4.94%) Foundry
8 4 (4.94%) Palantir
9 3 (3.70%) BMC
9 3 (3.70%) Virgin Media
10 2 (2.47%) ServiceNow
11 1 (1.23%) Amdocs
11 1 (1.23%) Ericsson
11 1 (1.23%) Nokia
11 1 (1.23%) Oracle
11 1 (1.23%) Splunk