Gen AI Developer Contract Job Trends in the South West

Generative AI Developer
England > South West

As of 30 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Generative AI Developer daily rate in the South West.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Gen AI Developer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.042% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.046% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £513 £838 £850
% change year-on-year -38.81% -1.47% -

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 2,167 1,916 2,755
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.40% 94.01% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,263 1,182 1,788
10th Percentile £230 £213 £225
25th Percentile £403 £402 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £528
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -5.21% +0.48%
75th Percentile £644 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £712 £713
England median daily rate £505 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -3.81% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 304 130 299
10th Percentile £15.60 £15.61 £18.46
25th Percentile £21.87 £46.56 £45.00
Median hourly rate £40.27 £65.00 £59.68
Median % change year-on-year -38.05% +8.91% -8.18%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £73.78 £83.40
England median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -22.86% -22.58% +37.00%

Gen AI 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 Gen AI Developer within the South West region over the 6 months to 30 December 2025. 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
Wiltshire - 1 - - 3
Gen AI Developer
England

Gen AI Developer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 30 December 2025, Gen AI 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 Gen AI Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Prompt Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering

Gen AI 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Prompt Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared