Chatbot Contracts

Chatbots
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Chatbot skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Chatbot over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 462 332 661
Rank change year-on-year -130 +329 +60
Contract jobs citing Chatbot 57 285 52
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.65% 0.087%
As % of the Applications category 2.35% 8.27% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 31 35
10th Percentile £178 £285 £305
25th Percentile £338 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -32.14%
75th Percentile £588 £569 £581
90th Percentile £700 £630 £795
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £500 £431
% change year-on-year -20.00% +15.94% -17.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £101.75
Median hourly rate £15.46 - £103.50
75th Percentile - - £105.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.46 - £103.50
% change year-on-year - - +505.09%

All Software Application Skills
UK

Chatbot falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,424 3,448 4,405
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.29% 7.91% 7.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,446 1,743 2,896
10th Percentile £188 £163 £188
25th Percentile £261 £213 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -0.76%
75th Percentile £541 £538 £575
90th Percentile £650 £650 £684
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £350 £391
% change year-on-year +7.14% -10.54% +4.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 255 635 264
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.57 £13.94
25th Percentile £15.62 £14.00 £18.48
Median hourly rate £23.59 £17.80 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.53% -51.23% +69.77%
75th Percentile £43.75 £39.92 £53.45
90th Percentile £70.00 £57.50 £65.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £16.06 £32.30
% change year-on-year +40.10% -50.28% +70.00%

Chatbot
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Chatbot as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Chatbot in the UK

Chatbot
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Chatbot.

Daily rate trend for Chatbot in the UK

Chatbot
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Chatbot over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Chatbot in the UK

Chatbot
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Chatbot.

Hourly rate trend for Chatbot in the UK

Chatbot
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Chatbot within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England -122 55 £425 -15.00% 123
UK excluding London -118 28 £400 -20.00% 83
London +18 27 £600 +20.00% 48
Work from Home -156 17 £350 -30.00% 131
East of England +35 8 £338 -32.50% 3
Midlands -21 6 £146 -53.41% 17
North of England -82 6 £400 - 34
South East - 5 £450 - 14
East Midlands -11 4 £131 - 3
North West -36 3 £400 - 19
West Midlands -8 2 £413 +31.47% 14
Scotland -12 2 - - 7
North East -22 2 £456 - 3
South West +22 1 £475 - 6
Yorkshire -30 1 £525 - 13

Chatbot
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.26%) Confluence
2 2 (3.51%) CMS
2 2 (3.51%) Drupal
Applications
1 1 (1.75%) MadCap Flare
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (5.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (3.51%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (1.75%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 8 (14.04%) AWS
2 6 (10.53%) Copilot Studio
2 6 (10.53%) Figma
3 5 (8.77%) Azure
4 4 (7.02%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (5.26%) Google Analytics
5 3 (5.26%) Power Platform
6 2 (3.51%) Azure AI
6 2 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (3.51%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 1 (1.75%) Anthropic Claude
7 1 (1.75%) Azure Cognitive Services
7 1 (1.75%) Azure Machine Learning
7 1 (1.75%) ChatGPT
7 1 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.75%) GitHub
7 1 (1.75%) Google Gemini
7 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.75%) SaaS
7 1 (1.75%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.75%) Intranet
1 1 (1.75%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.75%) Oracle Database
1 1 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.75%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (7.02%) JIRA
2 2 (3.51%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.75%) Gemini Tracker
General
1 17 (29.82%) Social Skills
2 10 (17.54%) Finance
3 9 (15.79%) Marketing
4 4 (7.02%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.02%) Legal
5 3 (5.26%) Banking
5 3 (5.26%) Retail
6 2 (3.51%) Back Office
6 2 (3.51%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.75%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 10 (17.54%) Developer
2 8 (14.04%) Trainer
3 7 (12.28%) Analyst
4 6 (10.53%) Designer
4 6 (10.53%) Project Manager
4 6 (10.53%) Software Developer
5 5 (8.77%) Senior
6 4 (7.02%) Lead
6 4 (7.02%) Product Lead
6 4 (7.02%) QA Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) Content Designer
7 3 (5.26%) Customer Analyst
7 3 (5.26%) UX Designer
8 2 (3.51%) Architect
8 2 (3.51%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
8 2 (3.51%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
8 2 (3.51%) Python Developer
8 2 (3.51%) Senior QA Engineer
8 2 (3.51%) Senior SEO Executive
8 2 (3.51%) SEO Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (12.28%) HTML
2 3 (5.26%) Node.js
3 2 (3.51%) Hugging Face
3 2 (3.51%) Parceljs
3 2 (3.51%) RESTful
4 1 (1.75%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.75%) CSS
4 1 (1.75%) FastAPI
4 1 (1.75%) FHIR
4 1 (1.75%) LangChain
4 1 (1.75%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (1.75%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (1.75%) pytest
4 1 (1.75%) SQLAlchemy
4 1 (1.75%) TensorFlow
4 1 (1.75%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.28%) Mobile App
2 5 (8.77%) Product Ownership
3 4 (7.02%) Social Media
4 3 (5.26%) Algorithms
4 3 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (5.26%) Low-Code
4 3 (5.26%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.51%) AI Agents
5 2 (3.51%) Educational Technology
6 1 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.75%) Animation
6 1 (1.75%) CMDB
6 1 (1.75%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (100.00%) Conversational UI
2 37 (64.91%) Artificial Intelligence
3 14 (24.56%) User Experience
4 11 (19.30%) Agile
4 11 (19.30%) Machine Learning
4 11 (19.30%) UX Design
5 9 (15.79%) Case Management
5 9 (15.79%) Customer Service
5 9 (15.79%) LLM
6 8 (14.04%) Natural Language Processing
7 7 (12.28%) Analytics
7 7 (12.28%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (10.53%) Asset Management
8 6 (10.53%) Code Quality
8 6 (10.53%) CRM
9 5 (8.77%) Product Management
9 5 (8.77%) Project Management
9 5 (8.77%) Scrum
9 5 (8.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 5 (8.77%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 12 (21.05%) Python
2 8 (14.04%) JavaScript
3 7 (12.28%) SQL
4 6 (10.53%) C#
4 6 (10.53%) C++
5 2 (3.51%) PHP
5 2 (3.51%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (17.54%) Degree
2 2 (3.51%) PMI Certification
2 2 (3.51%) PMP
3 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.75%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (15.79%) QA
2 8 (14.04%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.51%) GDPR
4 1 (1.75%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.75%) SNOMED CT
4 1 (1.75%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (1.75%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.51%) Terraform
2 1 (1.75%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.75%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 18 (31.58%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.28%) PayPal
3 4 (7.02%) Google
3 4 (7.02%) SAP
4 3 (5.26%) OpenAI
5 2 (3.51%) Databricks
5 2 (3.51%) Salesforce
5 2 (3.51%) Screaming Frog
5 2 (3.51%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.75%) Adobe
6 1 (1.75%) Genesys
6 1 (1.75%) Nexthink
6 1 (1.75%) OneTrust
6 1 (1.75%) Optimizely
6 1 (1.75%) Oracle
6 1 (1.75%) Sitecore