Generative AI Contract Job Trends in South London

Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI)
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South London requiring Generative AI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 32 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs citing Generative AI 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in South London 1.13% 0.99% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 1.14% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £439 -
25th Percentile £450 £459 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 -
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% - -
75th Percentile £550 £559 -
90th Percentile - £576 -
London median daily rate £560 £651 £825
% change year-on-year -13.91% -21.15% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South London

Generative 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 South London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 159 176 235
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 89.83% 87.13% 83.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 115 175
10th Percentile £263 £213 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +1.50% -1.96% -7.27%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £588
90th Percentile £722 £733 £650
London median daily rate £538 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 18
10th Percentile - - £15.59
25th Percentile - £17.25 £23.81
Median hourly rate £17.98 £19.50 £51.04
Median % change year-on-year -7.79% -61.79% +15.70%
75th Percentile - £35.91 £55.59
90th Percentile - £61.41 £69.00
London median hourly rate £30.25 £38.29 £37.50
% change year-on-year -20.99% +2.09% -1.15%

Generative AI
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Generative AI job vacancy trend in South London

Generative AI
Daily Rate Trend in South London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Generative AI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Generative AI

Generative AI
Contract Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Generative AI within the South London region over the 6 months to 3 November 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
Bromley -10 2 £500 -2.44% 4
Generative AI
London

Generative AI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DMZ
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) SSL
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (50.00%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) Functional Programming
2 1 (50.00%) Pair Programming
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) Scala
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Blue Coat
1 1 (50.00%) F5
1 1 (50.00%) McAfee
1 1 (50.00%) Radware
1 1 (50.00%) Symantec