Artificial Intelligence Developer Contract Job Trends in the South West

AI Developer
England > South West

The median AI Developer daily rate in the South West is £550, 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 138 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Artificial Intelligence Developer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.066% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.073% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £575 £838 £825
% change year-on-year -31.34% +1.52% +13.79%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 the South West with a recognized job title 2,741 1,578 3,018
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.00% 92.28% 93.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,477 1,063 1,954
10th Percentile £261 £215 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -
75th Percentile £613 £625 £625
90th Percentile £717 £688 £710
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 473 118 386
10th Percentile £17.87 £18.51 £14.00
25th Percentile £31.25 £47.50 £25.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £64.00 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.16% +33.33% -26.15%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £41.26 £34.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +19.58% +6.15% -23.53%

Artificial Intelligence Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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 the South West.

Artificial Intelligence Developer job vacancy trend in the South West

Artificial Intelligence Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Artificial Intelligence Developer
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West 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
Bristol - 2 £550 - 2
Artificial Intelligence Developer
England

Artificial Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

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 West region featuring Artificial Intelligence Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Apache
2 1 (50.00%) Apache Spark
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Data Development
2 1 (50.00%) Data Ingestion
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) LangChain
2 1 (50.00%) LLM
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) NumPy
2 1 (50.00%) Ollama
2 1 (50.00%) Pandas
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) PySpark
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) scikit-learn
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum

Artificial Intelligence Developer Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Apache
1 1 (50.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) LangChain
1 1 (50.00%) NumPy
1 1 (50.00%) Ollama
1 1 (50.00%) Pandas
1 1 (50.00%) PySpark
1 1 (50.00%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (50.00%) Synthetic Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Data Development
2 1 (50.00%) Data Ingestion
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) LLM
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP