Conversational AI Contract Job Trends in the South West

Conversational AI
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Conversational AI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Conversational AI 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.068% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.085% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
England median daily rate £575 £425 -
% change year-on-year +35.29% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

Conversational 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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,354 1,521 2,674
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 79.66% 89.89% 83.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,281 1,007 1,745
10th Percentile £310 £242 £250
25th Percentile £409 £406 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.37%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £700 £713
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 408 109 332
10th Percentile £16.62 £18.51 £13.87
25th Percentile £25.15 £50.75 £25.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £47.83
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +35.90% -22.23%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £68.19
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £35.25 £32.81 £33.00
% change year-on-year +7.44% -0.58% -12.00%

Conversational AI
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Conversational AI job vacancy trend in the South West

Conversational AI
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 Conversational AI within the South West region over the 6 months to 25 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 £600 - 2
Conversational AI
England

Conversational AI
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Figma
General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Designer
1 2 (100.00%) Service Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) AI Agents
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 2 (100.00%) Conversational UI
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Journey Map
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile First
1 2 (100.00%) Service Design
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design