Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Generative AI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 79 | 66 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -13 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Generative AI | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire | 0.11% | 0.26% | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.13% | 0.30% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £350 | - | - |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | £492 | - | £591 |
All Process and Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire
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 West Yorkshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 774 | 664 | 1,142 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire | 86.58% | 85.79% | 90.28% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 509 | 411 | 745 |
| 10th Percentile | £290 | £325 | £311 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £400 | £420 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £480 | £520 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.17% | -7.69% | -0.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £567 | £611 |
| 90th Percentile | £651 | £650 | £700 |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £515 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | -2.91% | +3.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 22 | 18 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | £18.87 | £15.00 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £21.30 | £19.19 | £17.14 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.14 | £27.50 | £20.35 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.49% | +35.12% | -3.08% |
| 75th Percentile | £46.56 | £37.50 | £24.51 |
| 90th Percentile | £81.25 | £44.00 | £30.04 |
| Yorkshire median hourly rate | £22.58 | £18.07 | £21.31 |
| % change year-on-year | +24.95% | -15.22% | +12.16% |
Generative AI
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Generative AI relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.
Generative AI
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Generative AI within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 6 November 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds | -15 | 1 | £350 | - | 10 |
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Generative AI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:
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