Gen AI Consultant Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London
Generative AI Consultant
UK > UK excluding London
As of 14 November 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Generative AI Consultant daily rate in the UK excluding London.
| 6 months to 14 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 490 | - | 364 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +43 |
| Contract Gen AI Consultant jobs | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London | 0.010% | - | 0.006% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.011% | - | 0.006% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | - | £675 | - |
All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 14 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title | 26,206 | 15,594 | 15,438 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 90.67% | 89.72% | 92.28% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 13,992 | 9,670 | 8,877 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £208 | £220 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £363 | £375 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £475 | £490 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -3.06% | -2.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £575 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £675 | £675 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3,777 | 1,530 | 1,062 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.09 | £13.75 | £15.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.38 | £17.17 | £19.69 |
| Median hourly rate | £40.00 | £25.15 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +59.05% | -28.14% | -21.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.75 | £53.44 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £80.00 | £70.00 | £73.75 |
| UK median hourly rate | £41.00 | £25.15 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +63.02% | -28.14% | -21.35% |
Gen AI Consultant Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Gen AI Consultant job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.
Gen AI Consultant Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in Gen AI Consultant jobs within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midlands | - | 2 | - | - | |
| West Midlands | - | 2 | - | - | |
| North of England | - | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| North West | - | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| Wales | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Gen AI Consultant UK |
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Gen AI Consultant Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London
For the 6 months to 14 November 2026, Gen AI Consultant contract job ads cited 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 Gen AI Consultant job ads across the UK excluding London region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AI | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | GCP | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Generative AI | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | LLM | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Python | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Retrieval-Augmented Generation | 100.0% | 3 |
| 7 | Actionable Insight | 66.7% | 2 |
| 7 | Analytics | 66.7% | 2 |
| 7 | AWS | 66.7% | 2 |
| 7 | Azure | 66.7% | 2 |
| 7 | Business Intelligence | 66.7% | 2 |
| 7 | Data Science | 66.7% | 2 |
| 7 | E-Commerce | 66.7% | 2 |
| 7 | Logistics | 66.7% | 2 |
| 7 | Looker | 66.7% | 2 |
| 7 | Machine Learning | 66.7% | 2 |
| 7 | OpenAI | 66.7% | 2 |
| 7 | Operations Research | 66.7% | 2 |
| 7 | Power BI | 66.7% | 2 |
| 7 | Power Platform | 66.7% | 2 |
| 7 | Prompt Engineering | 66.7% | 2 |
| 7 | SQL | 66.7% | 2 |
| 7 | Stakeholder Engagement | 66.7% | 2 |
| 7 | Tableau | 66.7% | 2 |
| 7 | Use Case | 66.7% | 2 |
| 7 | Workshop Facilitation | 66.7% | 2 |
| 27 | CI/CD | 33.3% | 1 |
| 27 | Digital Transformation Programme | 33.3% | 1 |
| 27 | Docker | 33.3% | 1 |
| 27 | 33.3% | 1 |
Gen AI Consultant Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Data Science Consultant | 66.7% | 2 |
| 1 | Logistics Consultant | 66.7% | 2 |
| 3 | Artificial Intelligence Consultant | 33.3% | 1 |
| 3 | Artificial Intelligence Engineer | 33.3% | 1 |
| 3 | GCP Consultant | 33.3% | 1 |
| 3 | GCP Engineer | 33.3% | 1 |
| 3 | Gen AI Engineer | 33.3% | 1 |
| 3 | Python Engineer | 33.3% | 1 |