AI Model Optimisation Contract Job Trends in the South West

AI Model Optimisation
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring AI Model Optimisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing AI Model Optimisation 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.027% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.035% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £638 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - -
75th Percentile £713 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £600 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,887 1,745 2,263
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 78.60% 89.95% 83.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,637 1,012 1,421
10th Percentile £325 £217 £263
25th Percentile £425 £363 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £630
90th Percentile £725 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 438 221 236
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.00 £14.13
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.51 £38.42
Median hourly rate £62.25 £25.15 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +147.51% -62.74% +5.23%
75th Percentile £69.69 £63.75 £72.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +73.20% -41.51% +1.18%

AI Model Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

AI Model Optimisation job vacancy trend in the South West

AI Model Optimisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Vision Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) TensorFlow
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Vision
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) NVIDIA