Artificial Intelligence Architect Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

AI Architect
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median AI Architect daily rate in South Yorkshire is £725, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Artificial Intelligence Architect 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.42% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £558 - -
25th Percentile £616 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - -
75th Percentile £738 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £725 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 South Yorkshire with a recognized job title 865 249 378
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.01% 87.99% 91.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 583 166 230
10th Percentile £335 £208 £250
25th Percentile £412 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.60% +5.26% -10.38%
75th Percentile £544 £587 £587
90th Percentile £675 £650 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 16
10th Percentile - - £10.90
25th Percentile - £15.22 £12.26
Median hourly rate £25.15 £16.19 £13.23
Median % change year-on-year +55.34% +22.37% -33.85%
75th Percentile - £17.16 £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £29.68 £22.14 £13.98
% change year-on-year +34.06% +58.37% -36.45%

Artificial Intelligence Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Artificial Intelligence Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

Artificial Intelligence Architect job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Artificial Intelligence Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Artificial Intelligence Architect in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 2 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Artificial Intelligence Architect in South Yorkshire

Artificial Intelligence Architect
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Artificial Intelligence Architect within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 2 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
Sheffield - 4 £725 - 2
Artificial Intelligence Architect
Yorkshire

Artificial Intelligence Architect Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 2 March 2026, Artificial Intelligence Architect 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 Yorkshire region featuring Artificial Intelligence Architect in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) AI
2 3 (75.00%) Generative AI
2 3 (75.00%) LLM
3 2 (50.00%) User Experience
4 1 (25.00%) A2A Protocol
4 1 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (25.00%) Chatbot
4 1 (25.00%) Conversational UI
4 1 (25.00%) Data Privacy
4 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (25.00%) Data Security
4 1 (25.00%) GCP
4 1 (25.00%) GDPR
4 1 (25.00%) Google
4 1 (25.00%) Google Gemini
4 1 (25.00%) LangChain
4 1 (25.00%) Microservices
4 1 (25.00%) Multi-Agent System
4 1 (25.00%) Observability
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (25.00%) Pinecone
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Prototyping
4 1 (25.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
4 1 (25.00%) Use Case
4 1 (25.00%) Vertex AI
4 1 (25.00%) Weaviate

Artificial Intelligence Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) GCP
1 1 (25.00%) Google Gemini
1 1 (25.00%) Vertex AI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Pinecone
1 1 (25.00%) Weaviate
General
1 3 (75.00%) Banking
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Financial Institution
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) A2A Protocol
1 1 (25.00%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) AI Agents
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (25.00%) Mobile Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) AI
2 3 (75.00%) Generative AI
2 3 (75.00%) LLM
3 2 (50.00%) User Experience
4 1 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (25.00%) Conversational UI
4 1 (25.00%) Data Privacy
4 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (25.00%) Data Security
4 1 (25.00%) Microservices
4 1 (25.00%) Multi-Agent System
4 1 (25.00%) Observability
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Prototyping
4 1 (25.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
4 1 (25.00%) Use Case
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Google