Artificial Intelligence Developer Contract Job Trends in South Wales

AI Developer
Wales > South Wales

The median AI Developer daily rate in South Wales is £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 35 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs requiring an Artificial Intelligence Developer 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.73% 0.39% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.77% 0.42% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £275 £563 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year -47.83% - -
75th Percentile £438 £588 -
90th Percentile £505 - -
Wales median daily rate £300 £525 -
% change year-on-year -42.86% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Wales. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in South Wales with a recognized job title 388 239 330
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.17% 93.73% 91.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 173 254
10th Percentile £250 £167 £151
25th Percentile £329 £236 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £515 £538 £563
90th Percentile £650 £623 £638
Wales median daily rate £425 £411 £438
% change year-on-year +3.47% -6.11% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 24 20
10th Percentile £12.21 £16.00 £11.68
25th Percentile £14.25 £20.12 £14.99
Median hourly rate £21.25 £24.59 £22.59
Median % change year-on-year -13.58% +8.85% +24.53%
75th Percentile £24.14 £41.25 £54.13
90th Percentile £50.00 £45.00 £87.80
Wales median hourly rate £21.00 £22.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +18.42% +4.74%

Artificial Intelligence Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Artificial Intelligence Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Artificial Intelligence Developer job vacancy trend in South Wales

Artificial Intelligence Developer
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Artificial Intelligence Developer job vacancies in South Wales.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Artificial Intelligence Developer job vacancies in South Wales

Artificial Intelligence Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Artificial Intelligence Developer in South Wales over the 6 months to 30 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Artificial Intelligence Developer in South Wales

Artificial Intelligence Developer
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Artificial Intelligence Developer within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 30 March 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cardiff -5 3 £300 -47.83% 3
Artificial Intelligence Developer
Wales

Artificial Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 30 March 2026, Artificial Intelligence Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South Wales region featuring Artificial Intelligence Developer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Azure AI
2 2 (66.67%) Copilot Studio
2 2 (66.67%) Data Governance
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Copilot
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (66.67%) OneDrive
2 2 (66.67%) OpenAI
2 2 (66.67%) Power Automate
2 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 2 (66.67%) Prompt Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Machine Learning
3 1 (33.33%) Data Science
3 1 (33.33%) GCP
3 1 (33.33%) Google
3 1 (33.33%) High Availability
3 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 1 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) RESTful
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case

Artificial Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Azure AI
2 2 (66.67%) Copilot Studio
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Copilot
2 2 (66.67%) OneDrive
2 2 (66.67%) Power Automate
2 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Machine Learning
3 1 (33.33%) GCP
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (33.33%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) AI Agents
2 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) AI
2 2 (66.67%) Data Governance
2 2 (66.67%) Prompt Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Data Science
3 1 (33.33%) High Availability
3 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) OpenAI
3 1 (33.33%) Google