OpenAI
England > South East
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring knowledge or experience of OpenAI products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited OpenAI over the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within OpenAI.
| 6 months to 22 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 154 | 172 | 209 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +18 | +37 | - |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing OpenAI | 12 | 3 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East | 0.34% | 0.063% | 0.036% |
| As % of the Vendors category | 0.65% | 0.13% | 0.069% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £455 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £556 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £625 | £400 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +56.25% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £691 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £550 | £575 | £650 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.35% | -11.54% | -5.45% |
All Vendors
South East
OpenAI falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the South East.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services | 1,836 | 2,314 | 2,919 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East | 52.03% | 48.42% | 52.52% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,226 | 1,402 | 1,937 |
| 10th Percentile | £206 | £250 | £205 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £400 | £358 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +5.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £634 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £700 | £688 |
| England median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | - | -0.94% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 116 | 135 | 131 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.20 | £14.50 | £15.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.13 | £24.39 | £18.08 |
| Median hourly rate | £18.94 | £57.35 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -66.98% | +27.44% | +125.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £38.98 | £61.30 | £62.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.38 | £70.00 | £71.28 |
| England median hourly rate | £25.15 | £28.25 | £35.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.97% | -20.42% | +57.78% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East
Job postings citing OpenAI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.
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Daily Rate Trend in the South East
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing OpenAI.
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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OpenAI in the South East over the 6 months to 22 August 2025.
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DemandTrendContract 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 OpenAI within the South East region over the 6 months to 22 August 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 DemandTrendContract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire | - | 11 | £625 | - | 7 |
| Thames Valley | - | 11 | £625 | - | 10 |
| Surrey | - | 1 | £500 | - | |
| OpenAI England |
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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: