Retrieval-Augmented Generation Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Retrieval-Augmented Generation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Retrieval-Augmented Generation 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.10% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £570 £700 £700
% change year-on-year -18.57% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

Retrieval-Augmented Generation 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 1,783 828 1,650
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 89.55% 88.37% 88.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,192 499 1,017
10th Percentile £300 £231 £263
25th Percentile £400 £363 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.58% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £550 £574 £588
90th Percentile £675 £650 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 25 50
10th Percentile £14.25 £13.18 £11.10
25th Percentile £15.25 £16.25 £12.53
Median hourly rate £23.58 £22.50 £15.37
Median % change year-on-year +4.78% +46.44% +44.54%
75th Percentile £52.50 £38.75 £23.75
90th Percentile £57.85 £74.59 £53.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% - -

Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Retrieval-Augmented Generation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Retrieval-Augmented Generation job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Retrieval-Augmented Generation
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 Retrieval-Augmented Generation within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 7 February 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 £575 - 5
East Yorkshire - 1 - - 3
Retrieval-Augmented Generation
England

Retrieval-Augmented Generation
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure AI
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Monitor
1 1 (50.00%) Copilot Studio
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) GitHub
1 1 (50.00%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (50.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (50.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Platform Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) OAuth
1 1 (50.00%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) API Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Sharing
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
2 1 (50.00%) Memory Management
2 1 (50.00%) Presales
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) OpenAI