Generative AI Contract Job Trends in Watford

Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI)
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Watford requiring Generative AI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
22 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Generative AI 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Watford 4.55% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.92% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £325 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
75th Percentile £375 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £625 £650 -
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Watford

Generative AI 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 Watford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 61 38 125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford 92.42% 84.44% 92.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 30 88
10th Percentile £170 £266 £275
25th Percentile £325 £306 £348
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £395 £406
Median % change year-on-year +1.27% -2.77% -35.00%
75th Percentile £581 £493 £578
90th Percentile £644 £575 £716
Hertfordshire median daily rate £525 £531 £475
% change year-on-year -1.18% +11.84% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile - - £13.58
25th Percentile £15.00 £46.31 £13.69
Median hourly rate £16.95 £47.44 £14.75
Median % change year-on-year -64.27% +221.63% -38.64%
75th Percentile £19.93 £48.57 £16.06
90th Percentile £21.79 - £16.33
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £22.63 £66.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -65.71% +1.54% -

Generative AI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Manual Tester
1 3 (100.00%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
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