Artificial Intelligence Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Artificial Intelligence skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Artificial Intelligence over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 60 255
Rank change year-on-year -5 +195 +1
Contract jobs citing Artificial Intelligence 349 487 234
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.54% 3.20% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.88% 3.64% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 163 153
10th Percentile £373 £370 £413
25th Percentile £428 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -6.78%
75th Percentile £725 £713 £650
90th Percentile £881 £788 £795
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 12 9
10th Percentile £20.67 £19.26 -
25th Percentile £22.55 £31.09 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.50 £38.65 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.03% -3.37% -32.20%
75th Percentile £27.98 £73.13 £68.75
90th Percentile £34.88 £78.38 £75.50
UK median hourly rate £38.50 £46.18 £45.25
% change year-on-year -16.63% +2.06% +13.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Artificial Intelligence falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,994 13,387 22,922
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.19% 87.93% 89.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,179 8,971 16,192
10th Percentile £338 £325 £363
25th Percentile £415 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 576 528
10th Percentile £13.85 £15.08 £18.68
25th Percentile £19.00 £24.25 £30.00
Median hourly rate £39.04 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.14% -22.73% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £60.00 £68.81
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.13 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.96 £36.00
% change year-on-year -19.35% -0.11% +44.00%

Artificial Intelligence
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Artificial Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Artificial Intelligence trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Artificial Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Artificial Intelligence.

Artificial Intelligence daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Artificial Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Artificial Intelligence over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Artificial Intelligence daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Artificial Intelligence
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Artificial Intelligence.

Artificial Intelligence hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Artificial Intelligence
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Artificial Intelligence over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Artificial Intelligence hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Artificial Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 16 (4.58%) Apache Spark
2 6 (1.72%) Confluence
3 5 (1.43%) Apache
3 5 (1.43%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.86%) IBM Domino
6 2 (0.57%) CMS
6 2 (0.57%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.57%) SAS
7 1 (0.29%) Camunda
7 1 (0.29%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (3.44%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.57%) Camtasia
3 2 (0.57%) Weka
4 1 (0.29%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.29%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.29%) MadCap Flare
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.29%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.29%) Revit
4 1 (0.29%) Sketch
4 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.29%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.57%) Distributed Ledger
1 2 (0.57%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.29%) Primavera
2 1 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.29%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.29%) UltiPro
2 1 (0.29%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 96 (27.51%) Azure
2 88 (25.21%) AWS
3 43 (12.32%) GCP
4 32 (9.17%) Power Platform
5 23 (6.59%) GitHub
6 19 (5.44%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (5.44%) Cloud Computing
7 17 (4.87%) Serverless
8 14 (4.01%) GitHub Actions
9 13 (3.72%) AWS Lambda
9 13 (3.72%) SaaS
10 12 (3.44%) Microsoft 365
11 11 (3.15%) Amazon SageMaker
11 11 (3.15%) Entra ID
12 9 (2.58%) Amazon S3
12 9 (2.58%) Microsoft Copilot
12 9 (2.58%) Snowflake
13 8 (2.29%) Azure Machine Learning
14 7 (2.01%) Azure Data Factory
15 6 (1.72%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.43%) Firewall
2 4 (1.15%) HTTP
3 2 (0.57%) InfiniBand
3 2 (0.57%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (0.57%) LTE
3 2 (0.57%) MQTT
3 2 (0.57%) Network Security
4 1 (0.29%) DNS
4 1 (0.29%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.29%) NAS
4 1 (0.29%) SMTP
4 1 (0.29%) SNMP
4 1 (0.29%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (7.45%) Power BI
2 22 (6.30%) Big Data
3 15 (4.30%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (3.44%) BigQuery
5 11 (3.15%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (3.15%) Tableau
6 9 (2.58%) MongoDB
7 7 (2.01%) MySQL
8 6 (1.72%) DynamoDB
8 6 (1.72%) Hadoop
8 6 (1.72%) NoSQL
9 5 (1.43%) Oracle Database
10 4 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (1.15%) Data Lake
10 4 (1.15%) Data Mining
10 4 (1.15%) Redis
11 3 (0.86%) Amazon Athena
11 3 (0.86%) Amazon Aurora
11 3 (0.86%) Looker
11 3 (0.86%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 29 (8.31%) Jenkins
2 17 (4.87%) Git
3 15 (4.30%) JIRA
4 8 (2.29%) GitLab
4 8 (2.29%) MLflow
5 5 (1.43%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.15%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.86%) Mocha
7 3 (0.86%) Postman
7 3 (0.86%) Terragrunt
7 3 (0.86%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.57%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.57%) Subversion
9 1 (0.29%) CMake
9 1 (0.29%) Gradle
9 1 (0.29%) Hudson
9 1 (0.29%) JUnit
9 1 (0.29%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.29%) Mockito
9 1 (0.29%) Oracle APEX
General
1 89 (25.50%) Social Skills
2 66 (18.91%) Analytical Skills
3 61 (17.48%) Finance
4 51 (14.61%) Banking
5 39 (11.17%) Investment Banking
6 25 (7.16%) Public Sector
7 18 (5.16%) Organisational Skills
8 16 (4.58%) Marketing
9 12 (3.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (3.44%) Retail
10 11 (3.15%) Legal
11 9 (2.58%) Front Office
12 7 (2.01%) Games
12 7 (2.01%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.15%) Advertising
15 4 (1.15%) Financial Institution
15 4 (1.15%) Military
15 4 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 98 (28.08%) Developer
2 43 (12.32%) Python Developer
3 38 (10.89%) Senior
4 34 (9.74%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
5 26 (7.45%) Architect
6 25 (7.16%) Gen AI Developer
7 23 (6.59%) Data Engineer
8 22 (6.30%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 20 (5.73%) Consultant
10 19 (5.44%) Data Scientist
11 17 (4.87%) Full-Stack Developer
12 15 (4.30%) Lead
13 13 (3.72%) Python Engineer
14 12 (3.44%) Solutions Architect
15 11 (3.15%) JavaScript Engineer
16 10 (2.87%) Project Manager
16 10 (2.87%) Software Developer
17 9 (2.58%) Analyst
17 9 (2.58%) Software Engineer
17 9 (2.58%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (13.18%) React
2 42 (12.03%) FastAPI
3 27 (7.74%) .NET
3 27 (7.74%) Django
4 25 (7.16%) TensorFlow
5 23 (6.59%) PyTorch
6 21 (6.02%) HTML
7 15 (4.30%) CSS
7 15 (4.30%) Node.js
8 10 (2.87%) Kafka
8 10 (2.87%) LangChain
8 10 (2.87%) scikit-learn
9 9 (2.58%) AngularJS
9 9 (2.58%) Flask
9 9 (2.58%) NumPy
9 9 (2.58%) Pandas
10 8 (2.29%) RESTful
11 7 (2.01%) JSON
12 6 (1.72%) OAuth
12 6 (1.72%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 35 (10.03%) Algorithms
2 20 (5.73%) Distributed Systems
2 20 (5.73%) Management Information System
3 14 (4.01%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.15%) Data Structures
4 11 (3.15%) Greenfield Project
5 7 (2.01%) AI Agents
6 6 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (1.72%) IoT
6 6 (1.72%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.43%) Animation
7 5 (1.43%) Device Driver
7 5 (1.43%) Distributed Computing
7 5 (1.43%) Embedded Systems
7 5 (1.43%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.15%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.15%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.58%) Linux
2 11 (3.15%) Windows
3 5 (1.43%) Android
4 4 (1.15%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.86%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.29%) Unix
6 1 (0.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (49.57%) Machine Learning
2 92 (26.36%) Generative AI
3 91 (26.07%) Problem-Solving
4 83 (23.78%) Agile
5 82 (23.50%) Data Science
6 81 (23.21%) LLM
7 77 (22.06%) CI/CD
8 76 (21.78%) DevOps
9 60 (17.19%) Analytics
10 42 (12.03%) Decision-Making
11 40 (11.46%) Software Engineering
12 39 (11.17%) Business Intelligence
13 37 (10.60%) SDLC
14 36 (10.32%) Continuous Improvement
15 33 (9.46%) Use Case
16 31 (8.88%) Data Engineering
17 30 (8.60%) Data Pipeline
17 30 (8.60%) Natural Language Processing
18 29 (8.31%) Full-Stack Development
19 27 (7.74%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 174 (49.86%) Python
2 90 (25.79%) SQL
3 53 (15.19%) Java
4 41 (11.75%) JavaScript
5 40 (11.46%) TypeScript
6 28 (8.02%) C#
7 11 (3.15%) C
7 11 (3.15%) C++
8 9 (2.58%) R
9 8 (2.29%) Scala
10 6 (1.72%) Bash
11 5 (1.43%) Embedded C
11 5 (1.43%) Go
11 5 (1.43%) Rust
12 4 (1.15%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.86%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.57%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.57%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.57%) Ruby
14 2 (0.57%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (13.75%) Degree
2 37 (10.60%) Security Cleared
3 33 (9.46%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.44%) Master's Degree
5 9 (2.58%) Azure Certification
6 7 (2.01%) AWS Certification
7 6 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.72%) PhD
8 5 (1.43%) CISSP
9 3 (0.86%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.86%) PMP
10 2 (0.57%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.57%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.57%) GIAC
10 2 (0.57%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.29%) CSPO
11 1 (0.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 1 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.58%) Data Quality
2 9 (2.58%) GDPR
3 8 (2.29%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.43%) QA
5 3 (0.86%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (0.86%) NIST
6 2 (0.57%) EU AI Act
6 2 (0.57%) NCSC
6 2 (0.57%) PMO
7 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.29%) SNOMED CT
7 1 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 58 (16.62%) Docker
2 9 (2.58%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.43%) Firmware
4 2 (0.57%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 59 (16.91%) Kubernetes
2 28 (8.02%) Terraform
3 26 (7.45%) Ansible
4 7 (2.01%) Grafana
4 7 (2.01%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.15%) Kubeflow
5 4 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.57%) BMC PATROL
6 2 (0.57%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.57%) Proxmox
6 2 (0.57%) QRadar
6 2 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.29%) Kibana
7 1 (0.29%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 40 (11.46%) Microsoft
2 22 (6.30%) Google
3 20 (5.73%) Databricks
4 15 (4.30%) Oracle
5 9 (2.58%) OpenAI
5 9 (2.58%) SAP
6 7 (2.01%) PayPal
6 7 (2.01%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.43%) Splunk
8 4 (1.15%) Alteryx
9 3 (0.86%) BMC
9 3 (0.86%) NVIDIA
9 3 (0.86%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.86%) VMware
9 3 (0.86%) Workday
10 2 (0.57%) MicroStrategy
10 2 (0.57%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.57%) New Relic
10 2 (0.57%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.57%) Tenable