The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Street requiring knowledge or experience of OpenAI products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited OpenAI over the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within OpenAI.
|
|
6 months to
27 May 2026 |
Same period 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
| Rank |
4 |
- |
- |
| Rank change year-on-year |
- |
- |
- |
| Contract jobs citing OpenAI |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Street |
5.26% |
- |
- |
| As % of the Vendors category |
33.33% |
- |
- |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
- |
- |
- |
| Somerset median daily rate |
- |
- |
- |
OpenAI falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Street.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services |
3 |
17 |
10 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Street |
15.79% |
89.47% |
83.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
1 |
15 |
8 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
£385 |
£196 |
| 25th Percentile |
- |
£434 |
£200 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£600 |
£525 |
£248 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+14.29% |
+112.12% |
-45.00% |
| 75th Percentile |
- |
£544 |
£343 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
£638 |
£419 |
| Somerset median daily rate |
£469 |
£450 |
£449 |
| % change year-on-year |
+4.22% |
+0.28% |
-0.28% |
