Artificial Intelligence Engineer Contract Job Trends in West London
AI Engineer
London > West London
The median AI Engineer daily rate in West London is £670, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 52 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract Artificial Intelligence Engineer jobs | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in West London | 0.85% | - | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.93% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £615 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £625 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £670 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £730 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| London median daily rate | £611 | £550 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.14% | +4.76% | -36.36% |
All Contract IT Job Roles
West London
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in West London matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 29 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract job adverts in West London matching a recognised job title | 429 | 241 | 228 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 90.70% | 83.10% | 95.80% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 255 | 154 | 161 |
| 10th Percentile | £263 | £204 | £237 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £331 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £538 | £425 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +26.47% | -10.53% | -12.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £703 | £500 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £570 | £627 |
| London median daily rate | £550 | £543 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.29% | -1.27% | -4.35% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 20 | 18 | 19 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.40 | £21.82 | £18.13 |
| 25th Percentile | £19.49 | £22.50 | £20.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £40.00 | £25.11 | £26.68 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +59.28% | -5.88% | -58.95% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £39.13 | £60.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £155.00 | £46.98 | £69.40 |
| London median hourly rate | £41.00 | £27.40 | £37.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +49.64% | -26.93% | -7.41% |
Artificial Intelligence Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in West London
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Artificial Intelligence Engineer job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West London.
Artificial Intelligence Engineer Daily Rate Trend in West London
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Artificial Intelligence Engineer job vacancies in West London.
Artificial Intelligence Engineer Contract Job Locations in West London
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in Artificial Intelligence Engineer jobs within the West London region over the 6 months to 29 October 2026. 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hounslow | - | 3 | £703 | - | 1 |
| Hillingdon | - | 1 | £615 | - | 2 |
| Artificial Intelligence Engineer London |
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Artificial Intelligence Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London
For the 6 months to 29 October 2026, Artificial Intelligence Engineer contract job ads cited the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract Artificial Intelligence Engineer job ads across the West London region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CI/CD | 100.0% | 4 |
| 2 | AI | 75.0% | 3 |
| 2 | Data Pipeline | 75.0% | 3 |
| 4 | A/B Testing | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | Apache | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | Apache Spark | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | AWS | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | Big Data | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | Content Analysis | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | Deep Learning | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | Docker | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | ETL | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | Feature Engineering | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | Hadoop | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | Kubernetes | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | LightGBM | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | Machine Learning | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | MLOps | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | Performance Monitoring | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | Personalization | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | PySpark | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | PyTorch | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | scikit-learn | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | Snowflake | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | SQL | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | TensorFlow | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | XGBoost | 50.0% | 2 |
| 28 | Agile | 25.0% | 1 |
| 28 | AWS Data Pipeline | 25.0% | 1 |
| 28 | Coaching | 25.0% | 1 |
Artificial Intelligence Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Data Engineer | 50.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Machine Learning Engineer | 50.0% | 2 |
| 3 | Lead Data Engineer | 25.0% | 1 |