Hybrid/Remote Artificial Intelligence Specialist Contract Job Trends

AI Specialist
UK > Work from Home

The median AI Specialist daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
19 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 307 313 370
Rank change year-on-year +6 +57 -
Contract jobs requiring an Artificial Intelligence Specialist 7 1 4
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.068% 0.009% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.073% 0.009% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile - - £581
25th Percentile £338 - £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £582
75th Percentile £422 - £691
90th Percentile £439 - £756
UK median daily rate £563 - £606

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,533 10,861 16,124
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.27% 93.14% 94.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,194 6,881 11,057
10th Percentile £329 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £622 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 341 197 360
10th Percentile £15.18 £18.50 £17.59
25th Percentile £20.50 £23.50 £27.19
Median hourly rate £45.46 £37.00 £53.25
Median % change year-on-year +22.86% -30.52% -3.18%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £87.55
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £34.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -25.00% -23.60% +48.33%

Artificial Intelligence Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Artificial Intelligence Specialist' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Artificial Intelligence Specialist job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Artificial Intelligence Specialist
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Artificial Intelligence Specialist job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Artificial Intelligence Specialist job vacancies

Artificial Intelligence Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, Artificial Intelligence Specialist contract job roles required 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Artificial Intelligence Specialist in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) AI
2 5 (71.43%) Data Science
3 4 (57.14%) Machine Learning
4 3 (42.86%) AWS
4 3 (42.86%) Azure
4 3 (42.86%) Data Pipeline
4 3 (42.86%) Docker
4 3 (42.86%) GCP
4 3 (42.86%) Kubernetes
4 3 (42.86%) MLOps
4 3 (42.86%) Python
4 3 (42.86%) PyTorch
4 3 (42.86%) scikit-learn
4 3 (42.86%) TensorFlow
4 3 (42.86%) Use Case
5 2 (28.57%) AIOps
5 2 (28.57%) AngularJS
5 2 (28.57%) Apache Spark
5 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
5 2 (28.57%) Containerisation
5 2 (28.57%) Full-Stack Development
5 2 (28.57%) Google
5 2 (28.57%) Java
5 2 (28.57%) LLM
5 2 (28.57%) Microservices
5 2 (28.57%) Node.js
5 2 (28.57%) NoSQL
5 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (28.57%) React
5 2 (28.57%) RESTful

Artificial Intelligence Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 2 (28.57%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) AWS
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
1 3 (42.86%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
1 1 (14.29%) MLflow
General
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) PyTorch
1 3 (42.86%) scikit-learn
1 3 (42.86%) TensorFlow
2 2 (28.57%) AngularJS
2 2 (28.57%) Node.js
2 2 (28.57%) React
2 2 (28.57%) RESTful
3 1 (14.29%) Hugging Face
3 1 (14.29%) LangChain
3 1 (14.29%) NumPy
3 1 (14.29%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Synthetic Data
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) AI
2 5 (71.43%) Data Science
3 4 (57.14%) Machine Learning
4 3 (42.86%) Data Pipeline
4 3 (42.86%) MLOps
4 3 (42.86%) Use Case
5 2 (28.57%) AIOps
5 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
5 2 (28.57%) Containerisation
5 2 (28.57%) Full-Stack Development
5 2 (28.57%) LLM
5 2 (28.57%) Microservices
5 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
5 2 (28.57%) Strategic Roadmap
6 1 (14.29%) Computational Linguistics
6 1 (14.29%) Computer Vision
6 1 (14.29%) Data Engineering
6 1 (14.29%) DevOps
6 1 (14.29%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Python
2 2 (28.57%) Java
2 2 (28.57%) SQL
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Google
1 2 (28.57%) SAP
54 Artificial Intelligence Specialist jobs Nationwide