Conversational UI Contract Job Trends in the South West

Conversational User Interfaces
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Conversational UI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 113 124
Rank change year-on-year -24 +11 -
Contract jobs citing Conversational UI 5 2 25
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.16% 0.12% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.13% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £460 £800
Median % change year-on-year +30.43% -42.50% -
England median daily rate £540 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +20.00% -10.00% +5.26%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

Conversational UI 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 2,442 1,536 2,679
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 79.34% 90.62% 83.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,355 1,015 1,764
10th Percentile £305 £250 £250
25th Percentile £409 £406 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.37%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £638
90th Percentile £715 £688 £706
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 414 115 312
10th Percentile £16.62 £18.51 £13.85
25th Percentile £25.15 £34.25 £25.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +36.84% -22.76%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +15.38% - -13.33%

Conversational UI
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Conversational UI job vacancy trend in the South West

Conversational UI
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Conversational UI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Conversational UI

Conversational UI
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 UI within the South West region over the 6 months to 3 April 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 - 5 £600 - 5
Conversational UI
England

Conversational UI
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 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Chatbot
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Figma
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Copilot
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Banking
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Delivery Project Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Designer
1 2 (40.00%) IT Manager
1 2 (40.00%) IT Project Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Project Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Senior
1 2 (40.00%) Senior IT Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Senior IT Project Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Senior Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Senior Project Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Service Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) AI Agents
1 2 (40.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) AI
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) BCP
3 2 (40.00%) Business Continuity
3 2 (40.00%) Business Continuity Planning
3 2 (40.00%) Client Onboarding
3 2 (40.00%) Conversational AI
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Experience
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Journey Map
3 2 (40.00%) Digital Banking
3 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (40.00%) Journey Map
3 2 (40.00%) Line Management
3 2 (40.00%) Mobile First
3 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) Service Design
3 2 (40.00%) User Experience
3 2 (40.00%) UX Design
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) PMO