Gen AI Developer Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Generative AI Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Generative AI Developer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £838, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 278 345 -
Rank change year-on-year +67 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Gen AI Developer 24 4 0
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.24% 0.026% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.028% -
Number of daily rates quoted 23 4 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £794 £825 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £838 £850 -
Median % change year-on-year -1.47% - -
75th Percentile £881 £875 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £838 £850 -
% change year-on-year -1.47% - -

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 WFH or hybrid 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 9,282 14,329 24,531
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.74% 93.54% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,349 9,576 17,328
10th Percentile £338 £325 £358
25th Percentile £413 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £769 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 225 577 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.35 £18.22
25th Percentile £18.10 £23.34 £25.95
Median hourly rate £35.25 £44.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.89% -20.00% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.02 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.49% -19.95% +91.49%

Gen AI Developer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Gen AI Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Gen AI Developer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Gen AI Developer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Gen AI Developer.

Gen AI Developer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Gen AI Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Gen AI Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Gen AI Developer in the job title.

1 24 (100.00%) Python
1 24 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 24 (100.00%) Generative AI
2 23 (95.83%) FastAPI
2 23 (95.83%) Agile
3 22 (91.67%) Banking
3 22 (91.67%) SQL
3 22 (91.67%) CI/CD
3 22 (91.67%) LLM
3 22 (91.67%) React
4 21 (87.50%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (87.50%) Kubernetes
4 21 (87.50%) Investment Banking
4 21 (87.50%) Machine Learning
4 21 (87.50%) Jenkins
4 21 (87.50%) TypeScript
4 21 (87.50%) Technical Analysis
4 21 (87.50%) Ansible
4 21 (87.50%) Docker
4 21 (87.50%) Django
4 21 (87.50%) Use Case
5 20 (83.33%) .NET
5 20 (83.33%) C#
5 20 (83.33%) Java
5 20 (83.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 20 (83.33%) DevOps
5 20 (83.33%) SDLC
6 18 (75.00%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (8.33%) Social Skills
7 2 (8.33%) Financial Institution

Gen AI Developer Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.17%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 21 (87.50%) Jenkins
General
1 22 (91.67%) Banking
2 21 (87.50%) Analytical Skills
2 21 (87.50%) Investment Banking
3 18 (75.00%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Finance
4 2 (8.33%) Financial Institution
4 2 (8.33%) Social Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (4.17%) Front Office
5 1 (4.17%) Retail
5 1 (4.17%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (95.83%) FastAPI
2 22 (91.67%) React
3 21 (87.50%) Django
4 20 (83.33%) .NET
5 1 (4.17%) Flask
5 1 (4.17%) HTML
5 1 (4.17%) JSON
5 1 (4.17%) SQLAlchemy
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 24 (100.00%) Generative AI
2 23 (95.83%) Agile
3 22 (91.67%) CI/CD
3 22 (91.67%) LLM
4 21 (87.50%) Machine Learning
4 21 (87.50%) Technical Analysis
4 21 (87.50%) Use Case
5 20 (83.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 20 (83.33%) DevOps
5 20 (83.33%) SDLC
6 1 (4.17%) API Development
6 1 (4.17%) Architectural Design
6 1 (4.17%) End-to-End Testing
6 1 (4.17%) Full-Stack Development
6 1 (4.17%) Integration Testing
6 1 (4.17%) Prompt Engineering
6 1 (4.17%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
6 1 (4.17%) SQL Optimisation
6 1 (4.17%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 24 (100.00%) Python
2 22 (91.67%) SQL
3 21 (87.50%) TypeScript
4 20 (83.33%) C#
4 20 (83.33%) Java
5 1 (4.17%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 21 (87.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (87.50%) Ansible
1 21 (87.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle