Retrieval-Augmented Generation Contract Job Trends in West London

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
London > West London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West London requiring Retrieval-Augmented Generation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Retrieval-Augmented Generation 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West London 0.65% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £662 - -
London median daily rate £565 £675 £725
% change year-on-year -16.36% -6.86% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
West London

Retrieval-Augmented Generation 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 West London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 272 178 351
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 88.89% 82.79% 89.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 128 264
10th Percentile £204 £220 £200
25th Percentile £357 £363 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £409 £520
Median % change year-on-year +22.25% -21.35% +1.71%
75th Percentile £600 £496 £600
90th Percentile £652 £586 £648
London median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -4.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 11 21
10th Percentile £19.54 £20.75 £16.75
25th Percentile £21.46 £21.51 £31.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.59 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% -57.11% -12.00%
75th Percentile £30.56 £30.05 £67.00
90th Percentile £37.88 £32.50 £85.00
London median hourly rate £31.49 £36.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -13.73% +12.31% -16.13%

Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Security Solutions Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Security Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Security Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Solutions Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
1 1 (50.00%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 2 (100.00%) LLM
2 1 (50.00%) Attestation
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (50.00%) Data Security
2 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Twin
2 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Semantic Search
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) EU AI Act