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 23 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 462 415 646
Rank change year-on-year -47 +231 +113
Contract jobs citing Chatbot 77 166 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.26% 0.38% 0.081%
As % of the Applications category 3.04% 5.15% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 33 34
10th Percentile £160 £266 £316
25th Percentile £363 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +2.56% -18.75%
75th Percentile £575 £630 £594
90th Percentile £610 £695 £796
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £400 £431
% change year-on-year - -7.25% -26.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £18.43 - -
25th Percentile £22.88 - £101.75
Median hourly rate £30.29 - £103.50
75th Percentile - - £105.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.29 - £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 2,537 3,226 4,063
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.45% 7.39% 7.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,463 1,629 2,655
10th Percentile £192 £164 £185
25th Percentile £271 £221 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £541 £538 £575
90th Percentile £650 £650 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £388 £367 £396
% change year-on-year +5.65% -7.26% +5.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 302 653 249
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.68 £14.24
25th Percentile £15.84 £14.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £24.83 £16.23 £26.48
Median % change year-on-year +52.99% -38.71% +18.80%
75th Percentile £43.75 £36.57 £49.00
90th Percentile £62.15 £57.50 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.11 £16.06 £25.00
% change year-on-year +50.12% -35.76% +29.90%

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 23 June 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Chatbot over the 6 months to 23 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Chatbot in the UK

Chatbot
Top 16 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 23 June 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 -7 72 £450 -6.49% 484
UK excluding London -39 40 £400 - 289
London +48 33 £550 +10.00% 230
Work from Home -85 24 £400 -11.11% 323
North of England -35 12 £400 - 104
Midlands -10 10 £160 -15.79% 56
East of England +29 8 £525 +16.67% 17
North West -15 8 £400 - 42
East Midlands -1 6 £132 -30.35% 21
South East +48 5 £450 +12.50% 63
West Midlands +2 4 £400 +18.52% 35
South West +35 2 £475 - 15
Scotland -6 2 - - 21
North East -11 2 £456 - 27
Yorkshire -17 2 £525 - 35
Wales - 1 - - 5

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 2 (2.60%) Confluence
1 2 (2.60%) Drupal
2 1 (1.30%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (3.90%) Sketch
2 1 (1.30%) MadCap Flare
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (5.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.60%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (1.30%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 14 (18.18%) Figma
2 12 (15.58%) AWS
3 10 (12.99%) Azure
4 6 (7.79%) Serverless
5 5 (6.49%) Microsoft Copilot
6 4 (5.19%) AWS Lambda
6 4 (5.19%) Azure AI
6 4 (5.19%) ChatGPT
6 4 (5.19%) Copilot Studio
7 3 (3.90%) Amazon S3
7 3 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (3.90%) Azure Key Vault
7 3 (3.90%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (3.90%) IBM Watson
8 2 (2.60%) Azure Functions
8 2 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (2.60%) Power Platform
8 2 (2.60%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 2 (2.60%) WhatsApp
9 1 (1.30%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.60%) Network Security
2 1 (1.30%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.60%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.30%) DynamoDB
2 1 (1.30%) Oracle Database
2 1 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (3.90%) JIRA
2 2 (2.60%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.30%) Gemini Tracker
General
1 18 (23.38%) Social Skills
2 13 (16.88%) Finance
3 10 (12.99%) Marketing
4 9 (11.69%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (10.39%) Retail
6 7 (9.09%) Legal
7 2 (2.60%) Back Office
7 2 (2.60%) Banking
8 1 (1.30%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.30%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.30%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.30%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (20.78%) Developer
2 14 (18.18%) Designer
3 10 (12.99%) Trainer
4 9 (11.69%) Analyst
5 6 (7.79%) Project Manager
5 6 (7.79%) Software Developer
6 5 (6.49%) UX Designer
7 4 (5.19%) Architect
7 4 (5.19%) Customer Analyst
7 4 (5.19%) Lead
7 4 (5.19%) Product Lead
7 4 (5.19%) QA Engineer
8 3 (3.90%) AWS Developer
8 3 (3.90%) Business Analyst
8 3 (3.90%) Content Designer
8 3 (3.90%) Senior
9 2 (2.60%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
9 2 (2.60%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
9 2 (2.60%) Cloud Consultant
9 2 (2.60%) Pensions Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.09%) HTML
2 5 (6.49%) Node.js
3 2 (2.60%) FastAPI
3 2 (2.60%) FHIR
3 2 (2.60%) Hugging Face
3 2 (2.60%) LangChain
3 2 (2.60%) Parceljs
3 2 (2.60%) RESTful
4 1 (1.30%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.30%) CSS
4 1 (1.30%) Express.js
4 1 (1.30%) GraphQL
4 1 (1.30%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (1.30%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (1.30%) pytest
4 1 (1.30%) REST
4 1 (1.30%) SQLAlchemy
4 1 (1.30%) TensorFlow
4 1 (1.30%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.39%) Mobile App
2 5 (6.49%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (6.49%) IVR
2 5 (6.49%) Product Ownership
3 4 (5.19%) Social Media
4 3 (3.90%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (3.90%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.90%) PKI
5 2 (2.60%) AI Agents
5 2 (2.60%) Educational Technology
6 1 (1.30%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.30%) Animation
6 1 (1.30%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.30%) CMDB
6 1 (1.30%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.30%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (100.00%) Conversational UI
2 57 (74.03%) Artificial Intelligence
3 24 (31.17%) User Experience
4 19 (24.68%) UX Design
5 18 (23.38%) LLM
5 18 (23.38%) Machine Learning
6 17 (22.08%) Natural Language Processing
7 16 (20.78%) Agile
8 11 (14.29%) Conversational AI
8 11 (14.29%) Customer Service
9 10 (12.99%) Case Management
9 10 (12.99%) CRM
10 9 (11.69%) Generative AI
11 8 (10.39%) Continuous Improvement
12 7 (9.09%) Data Protection
12 7 (9.09%) Project Management
13 6 (7.79%) Performance Metrics
13 6 (7.79%) Problem-Solving
13 6 (7.79%) Stakeholder Management
13 6 (7.79%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 20 (25.97%) Python
2 12 (15.58%) JavaScript
3 7 (9.09%) SQL
4 6 (7.79%) C#
4 6 (7.79%) C++
5 3 (3.90%) Java
5 3 (3.90%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.60%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (2.60%) PHP
7 1 (1.30%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 12 (15.58%) Degree
2 2 (2.60%) Master's Degree
2 2 (2.60%) PhD
2 2 (2.60%) PMI Certification
2 2 (2.60%) PMP
3 1 (1.30%) AWS Certification
3 1 (1.30%) AWS Certified Developer
3 1 (1.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (14.29%) QA
2 8 (10.39%) Accessibility
3 3 (3.90%) GDPR
3 3 (3.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.90%) NIST
4 2 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (2.60%) SOC 2
5 1 (1.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (1.30%) HL7
5 1 (1.30%) SLA
5 1 (1.30%) SNOMED CT
5 1 (1.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (3.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.90%) Terraform
2 2 (2.60%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.30%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 19 (24.68%) Microsoft
2 9 (11.69%) PayPal
3 8 (10.39%) Genesys
4 4 (5.19%) IBM
4 4 (5.19%) SAP
5 3 (3.90%) OpenAI
6 2 (2.60%) Databricks
6 2 (2.60%) Google
6 2 (2.60%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.30%) Adobe
7 1 (1.30%) Automation Anywhere
7 1 (1.30%) Blue Prism
7 1 (1.30%) Citrix
7 1 (1.30%) OneTrust
7 1 (1.30%) Optimizely
7 1 (1.30%) Oracle
7 1 (1.30%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.30%) Sitecore
7 1 (1.30%) UiPath