AI Specialist
UK
The median AI Specialist daily rate in the UK is £701, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 Oct 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 542 | 618 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +76 | - | - |
| Contract jobs requiring an Artificial Intelligence Specialist | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.019% | 0.019% | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.021% | 0.020% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £581 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £700 | £586 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £701 | £606 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +15.59% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £701 | £753 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £800 | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £701 | £591 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +18.57% | - | - |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title | 33,956 | 44,250 | 77,454 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.82% | 93.82% | 95.23% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 20,486 | 30,168 | 54,199 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £300 | £316 |
| 25th Percentile | £411 | £413 | £431 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £744 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,295 | 1,536 | 1,766 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.08 | £14.89 | £13.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £20.27 | £19.06 | £16.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £38.00 | £45.00 | £27.73 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.56% | +62.28% | +38.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.00 | £65.00 | £60.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.75 | £77.50 | £71.88 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £37.50 | £44.50 | £23.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.73% | +89.36% | +31.43% |
Artificial Intelligence Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Artificial Intelligence Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Artificial Intelligence Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Artificial Intelligence Specialist.
Artificial Intelligence Specialist
Top 8 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Artificial Intelligence Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 31 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +73 | 6 | £701 | +16.75% | |
| UK excluding London | +42 | 4 | £701 | +18.57% | |
| London | +51 | 2 | - | - | |
| East of England | - | 2 | - | - | |
| Work from Home | +75 | 1 | - | - | |
| Midlands | - | 1 | - | - | |
| South West | - | 1 | £701 | - | |
| West Midlands | - | 1 | - | - |
Artificial Intelligence Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, Artificial Intelligence Specialist 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 job ads featuring Artificial Intelligence Specialist in the job title.
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Artificial Intelligence Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: