Artificial Intelligence (AI)
UK > Wales
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales requiring Artificial Intelligence skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Artificial Intelligence over the 6 months leading up to 13 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 35 | 44 | 53 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +9 | +9 | +13 |
| Contract jobs citing Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales | 1.44% | 0.51% | 0.61% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.68% | 0.67% | 0.70% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £335 | £251 | £344 |
| 25th Percentile | £350 | £263 | £372 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £285 | £438 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +40.35% | -34.86% | -20.45% |
| 75th Percentile | £569 | £306 | £497 |
| 90th Percentile | £655 | £317 | £521 |
| UK median daily rate | £550 | £593 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.17% | +3.04% | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales
Artificial Intelligence falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Wales.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 298 | 300 | 429 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales | 85.88% | 76.34% | 87.20% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 186 | 169 | 317 |
| 10th Percentile | £190 | £142 | £180 |
| 25th Percentile | £282 | £210 | £300 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £425 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.88% | -10.53% | -5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £488 | £544 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £614 | £650 |
| UK median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £545 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -3.67% | -0.91% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 49 | 50 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.08 | £14.86 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £15.00 | £18.33 | £16.98 |
| Median hourly rate | £20.50 | £22.25 | £22.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.87% | -1.11% | +25.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £25.15 | £48.44 | £39.69 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £53.75 | £50.14 |
| UK median hourly rate | £25.15 | £41.50 | £42.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -39.40% | -1.19% | +58.49% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Wales
Job postings citing Artificial Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Artificial Intelligence in Wales.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Wales
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Artificial Intelligence in Wales over the 6 months to 13 August 2025.
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Contract Job Locations in Wales
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Artificial Intelligence within the Wales region over the 6 months to 13 August 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Wales | +14 | 3 | £375 | +53.06% | 48 |
| Dyfed | - | 2 | £675 | - | |
| Artificial Intelligence UK |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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: