AI Model Optimisation Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

AI Model Optimisation
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring AI Model Optimisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing AI Model Optimisation 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.035% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.042% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £600 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

AI Model Optimisation 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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,397 1,406 1,275
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 83.61% 91.06% 83.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,455 899 765
10th Percentile £336 £262 £315
25th Percentile £413 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £580
90th Percentile £669 £625 £660
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 58 50
10th Percentile £13.77 £15.00 £12.15
25th Percentile £16.62 £18.10 £12.55
Median hourly rate £22.15 £22.14 £15.09
Median % change year-on-year +0.05% +46.77% -24.58%
75th Percentile £28.00 £25.15 £26.50
90th Percentile £43.96 £81.25 £39.75
England median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +73.20% -41.51% +1.18%

AI Model Optimisation
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AI Model Optimisation within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 30 August 2026. 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
West Yorkshire - 1 - -
AI Model Optimisation
England

AI Model Optimisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) AI Agents
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) MLOps
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Foundry
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft