AI Contract Job Trends in Welwyn Garden City

AI
Hertfordshire > Welwyn Garden City

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Welwyn Garden City requiring AI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 13 8
Rank change year-on-year +9 -5 +6
Contract jobs citing AI 9 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Welwyn Garden City 26.47% 2.63% 9.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 26.47% 2.63% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £496 - -
25th Percentile £566 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £669 - -
90th Percentile £743 - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £625 £600 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +20.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Welwyn Garden City

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 Welwyn Garden City.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 34 38 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Welwyn Garden City 100.00% 100.00% 85.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 12 5
10th Percentile £385 £240 £499
25th Percentile £463 £332 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £550
Median % change year-on-year +37.67% -27.36% -
75th Percentile £688 £441 £600
90th Percentile £795 £619 £608
Hertfordshire median daily rate £525 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 1
Median hourly rate £17.29 £16.75 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.25% -76.08% +27.27%
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £43.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -33.85% - -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Welwyn Garden City

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing AI relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Welwyn Garden City.

AI job vacancy trend in Welwyn Garden City

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Daily Rate Trend in Welwyn Garden City

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Welwyn Garden City citing AI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Welwyn Garden City citing AI

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Daily Rate Histogram in Welwyn Garden City

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AI in Welwyn Garden City over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for AI in Welwyn Garden City

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Welwyn Garden City 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 1 (11.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Parquet
1 1 (11.11%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 4 (44.44%) Retail
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Marketing
3 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Programme Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Technical Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Technical Programme Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Data Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Development Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Finance Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Juniper Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Procurement Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Security Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Software Development Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Strategy Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) ISPF
1 1 (11.11%) JSON
1 1 (11.11%) Node.js
1 1 (11.11%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
1 1 (11.11%) FMCG
1 1 (11.11%) Mainframe
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 1 (11.11%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Generative AI
2 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (33.33%) Programme Management
3 3 (33.33%) Software Delivery
4 2 (22.22%) Agile
4 2 (22.22%) Performance Management
4 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
4 2 (22.22%) Technology Transformation
5 1 (11.11%) Analytics
5 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
5 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (11.11%) Data Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Data Governance
5 1 (11.11%) DevOps
5 1 (11.11%) Machine Learning
5 1 (11.11%) Portfolio Management
5 1 (11.11%) Scrum
5 1 (11.11%) Software Licensing
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) CLIST
1 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
1 1 (11.11%) JCL
1 1 (11.11%) Python
1 1 (11.11%) REXX
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
1 1 (11.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) RACF
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) zSecure
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Adobe
1 1 (11.11%) IBM
1 1 (11.11%) Juniper
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) Tealium