Artificial Intelligence Contracts in the UK excluding London

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Artificial Intelligence skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Artificial Intelligence over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 253 350
Rank change year-on-year +139 +97 -51
Contract jobs citing Artificial Intelligence 376 201 156
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.85% 0.87% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.19% 0.98% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 137 88
10th Percentile £347 £400 £394
25th Percentile £418 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £543
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.23% +20.56%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £641
90th Percentile £691 £745 £729
UK median daily rate £600 £575 £595
% change year-on-year +4.35% -3.36% +10.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 13 8
10th Percentile £15.50 £20.00 £31.28
25th Percentile £19.25 £35.00 £39.56
Median hourly rate £62.50 £40.50 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year +54.32% -3.57% +23.53%
75th Percentile £69.38 £68.75 £46.88
90th Percentile £72.50 £92.00 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £46.18 £40.50 £42.00
% change year-on-year +14.02% -3.57% +33.97%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Artificial Intelligence is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,140 20,557 27,119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.34% 89.47% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,220 14,177 18,943
10th Percentile £250 £256 £238
25th Percentile £381 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.43%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £655
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,064 1,258 1,350
10th Percentile £12.35 £10.63 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.72 £61.52
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.11% +38.82% +5.90%

Artificial Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Artificial Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Artificial Intelligence in the UK excluding London

Artificial Intelligence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Artificial Intelligence in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Artificial Intelligence in the UK excluding London

Artificial Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Artificial Intelligence in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Artificial Intelligence in the UK excluding London

Artificial Intelligence
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Artificial Intelligence in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Artificial Intelligence in the UK excluding London

Artificial Intelligence
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Artificial Intelligence in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Artificial Intelligence in the UK excluding London

Artificial Intelligence
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Artificial Intelligence within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 May 2024. 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
North of England +108 146 £500 -13.04% 116
Midlands +89 70 £613 +40.00% 55
North West +51 70 £500 -10.11% 82
Scotland +82 60 £463 -2.63% 32
West Midlands +66 47 £550 +29.41% 45
Yorkshire +51 47 £600 -3.61% 27
South West 0 42 £575 +4.55% 92
South East -6 42 £650 +12.07% 204
North East +37 31 - - 8
East Midlands +31 23 £750 +71.43% 10
East of England +27 22 £425 -30.61% 78
Artificial Intelligence
UK

Artificial Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 7 (1.86%) Confluence
2 3 (0.80%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.53%) Apache
3 2 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.27%) GeoServer
4 1 (0.27%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.27%) SAS
4 1 (0.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 193 (51.33%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.27%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 5 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.80%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.27%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.27%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.27%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 50 (13.30%) AWS
2 41 (10.90%) Azure
3 20 (5.32%) Serverless
4 18 (4.79%) Power Platform
5 17 (4.52%) GCP
6 14 (3.72%) AWS Lambda
7 13 (3.46%) Amazon S3
7 13 (3.46%) AWS CloudFormation
7 13 (3.46%) Cloud Computing
7 13 (3.46%) OpenShift
8 9 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (2.13%) Textract
10 7 (1.86%) Amazon SageMaker
11 6 (1.60%) Azure Functions
11 6 (1.60%) PowerApps
12 5 (1.33%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (1.33%) OCI
13 4 (1.06%) Power Automate
13 4 (1.06%) Rekognition
14 3 (0.80%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.06%) Wireless
2 3 (0.80%) 5G
2 3 (0.80%) VPN
3 2 (0.53%) Internet
3 2 (0.53%) MQTT
4 1 (0.27%) DHCP
4 1 (0.27%) DNS
4 1 (0.27%) LTE
4 1 (0.27%) Network Security
4 1 (0.27%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.27%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.26%) PostgreSQL
1 16 (4.26%) Power BI
2 12 (3.19%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (2.66%) Amazon Aurora
3 10 (2.66%) Big Data
4 7 (1.86%) NoSQL
4 7 (1.86%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.33%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.06%) Tableau
7 3 (0.80%) Bigtable
7 3 (0.80%) Cloud Spanner
7 3 (0.80%) Hadoop
7 3 (0.80%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.53%) GIS
8 2 (0.53%) Looker
8 2 (0.53%) Qlik Sense
8 2 (0.53%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.27%) DB2
9 1 (0.27%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 17 (4.52%) Git
2 9 (2.39%) JIRA
3 7 (1.86%) Selenium
4 5 (1.33%) GitLab
4 5 (1.33%) WebDriver
5 4 (1.06%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.06%) Mercurial
6 3 (0.80%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.80%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.53%) Appium
7 2 (0.53%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.27%) CMake
8 1 (0.27%) Gradle
8 1 (0.27%) MLflow
General
1 38 (10.11%) Social Skills
2 25 (6.65%) Finance
3 18 (4.79%) Public Sector
4 13 (3.46%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (2.39%) Legal
7 8 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (1.86%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.60%) Law
9 6 (1.60%) Marketing
9 6 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
9 6 (1.60%) Retail
10 5 (1.33%) Multimedia
10 5 (1.33%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.06%) Urdu Language
12 2 (0.53%) Banking
12 2 (0.53%) Electronics
12 2 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.27%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 232 (61.70%) Developer
2 192 (51.06%) Software Developer
3 20 (5.32%) Architect
4 15 (3.99%) Lead
5 14 (3.72%) Data Engineer
6 13 (3.46%) Analyst
7 10 (2.66%) Senior
8 9 (2.39%) Machine Learning Engineer
9 8 (2.13%) Full Stack Engineer
9 8 (2.13%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (1.86%) Automation Developer
10 7 (1.86%) Business Analyst
10 7 (1.86%) Consultant
10 7 (1.86%) Java Developer
10 7 (1.86%) Software Engineer
11 6 (1.60%) AWS Engineer
11 6 (1.60%) Java Engineer
11 6 (1.60%) Python Engineer
12 5 (1.33%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
12 5 (1.33%) Automation Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (31.91%) HTML
2 18 (4.79%) PyTorch
3 16 (4.26%) Spring
4 15 (3.99%) AngularJS
4 15 (3.99%) TensorFlow
5 14 (3.72%) AWS CDK
6 13 (3.46%) REST
7 12 (3.19%) CSS
8 10 (2.66%) JPA
8 10 (2.66%) Spring Boot
9 9 (2.39%) React
10 6 (1.60%) NumPy
10 6 (1.60%) Pandas
11 5 (1.33%) .NET
11 5 (1.33%) Oracle Fusion
11 5 (1.33%) RESTful
12 4 (1.06%) OpenID
12 4 (1.06%) PostGIS
12 4 (1.06%) SciPy
12 4 (1.06%) SpaCy
Miscellaneous
1 22 (5.85%) Robotics
2 14 (3.72%) Algorithms
3 12 (3.19%) IoT
3 12 (3.19%) Public Cloud
4 7 (1.86%) Social Media
5 5 (1.33%) Blockchain
5 5 (1.33%) Cloud Native
5 5 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (1.33%) Industry 4.0
6 4 (1.06%) Data Structures
6 4 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (1.06%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.06%) Operational Technology
7 3 (0.80%) Distributed Computing
7 3 (0.80%) FMCG
7 3 (0.80%) Photography
7 3 (0.80%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.53%) PKI
8 2 (0.53%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.93%) Windows
2 7 (1.86%) Linux
3 5 (1.33%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 203 (53.99%) Code Quality
2 195 (51.86%) Conversational UI
3 145 (38.56%) Software Engineering
4 94 (25.00%) Machine Learning
5 66 (17.55%) Agile
6 49 (13.03%) DevOps
7 36 (9.57%) Analytics
8 27 (7.18%) CI/CD
8 27 (7.18%) Computer Science
9 23 (6.12%) Data Science
10 22 (5.85%) Decision-Making
11 21 (5.59%) Problem-Solving
12 20 (5.32%) Generative AI
12 20 (5.32%) Visualisation
13 19 (5.05%) Continuous Improvement
13 19 (5.05%) User Experience
14 18 (4.79%) Roadmaps
15 16 (4.26%) Microservices
15 16 (4.26%) Scrum
16 15 (3.99%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 183 (48.67%) Python
2 146 (38.83%) SQL
3 119 (31.65%) C#
4 116 (30.85%) JavaScript
5 33 (8.78%) Java
6 23 (6.12%) TypeScript
7 9 (2.39%) PowerShell
8 7 (1.86%) C++
9 6 (1.60%) R
10 4 (1.06%) Scala
11 1 (0.27%) Bash
11 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.27%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.27%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 217 (57.71%) Degree
2 18 (4.79%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (3.99%) SC Cleared
3 15 (3.99%) Security Cleared
4 10 (2.66%) Master's Degree
5 3 (0.80%) DV Cleared
5 3 (0.80%) PhD
6 2 (0.53%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.27%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.27%) CIPD
7 1 (0.27%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.27%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.27%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.39%) Accessibility
1 9 (2.39%) GDPR
2 7 (1.86%) QA
3 2 (0.53%) GxP
3 2 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (0.53%) SLA
4 1 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.27%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.27%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.27%) ISO 26262
4 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.27%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 16 (4.26%) Docker
2 5 (1.33%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.53%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.27%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.27%) KVM
5 1 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 22 (5.85%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.19%) Grafana
3 5 (1.33%) SysTrack
3 5 (1.33%) Terraform
4 4 (1.06%) Ansible
5 2 (0.53%) OPNET
5 2 (0.53%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.27%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.27%) Nagios
6 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.27%) Puppet
6 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.27%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.27%) vRealize
Vendors
1 189 (50.27%) PayPal
2 22 (5.85%) Microsoft
3 9 (2.39%) Google
4 7 (1.86%) Oracle
5 6 (1.60%) SAP
6 5 (1.33%) Citrix
6 5 (1.33%) New Relic
6 5 (1.33%) OpenAI
7 3 (0.80%) Hyperion
7 3 (0.80%) VMware
8 2 (0.53%) Ariba
8 2 (0.53%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.53%) Cisco
8 2 (0.53%) Databricks
8 2 (0.53%) Genesys
8 2 (0.53%) NVIDIA
8 2 (0.53%) Perfecto Mobile
8 2 (0.53%) Sage
9 1 (0.27%) Blue Prism
9 1 (0.27%) Workday