Artificial Intelligence Contracts

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 95 295 303
Rank change year-on-year +200 +8 -41
Contract jobs citing Artificial Intelligence 989 514 781
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.29% 0.88% 0.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.66% 0.99% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 516 342 542
10th Percentile £410 £410 £430
25th Percentile £500 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +11.37%
75th Percentile £725 £688 £675
90th Percentile £788 £849 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £508 £540
% change year-on-year -1.57% -5.93% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 14 18
10th Percentile £18.50 £20.00 £18.50
25th Percentile £27.19 £35.00 £26.38
Median hourly rate £46.18 £48.75 £39.75
Median % change year-on-year -5.27% +22.64% +26.79%
75th Percentile £69.63 £69.69 £46.13
90th Percentile £75.75 £89.25 £64.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £48.75 £42.00
% change year-on-year +28.21% +16.07% +23.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,201 52,182 79,685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.27% 89.83% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,946 36,175 55,967
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,437 1,727 1,890
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%

Artificial Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Artificial Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Artificial Intelligence in the UK

Artificial Intelligence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Artificial Intelligence.

Daily rate trend for Artificial Intelligence in the UK

Artificial Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Artificial Intelligence over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Artificial Intelligence in the UK

Artificial Intelligence
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Artificial Intelligence.

Hourly rate trend for Artificial Intelligence in the UK

Artificial Intelligence
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Artificial Intelligence over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Artificial Intelligence in the UK

Artificial Intelligence
Top 15 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 within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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
England +195 877 £600 +2.13% 1,348
London +191 503 £600 - 697
Work from Home +190 485 £575 +2.45% 724
UK excluding London +157 403 £500 -1.57% 639
North of England +113 161 £500 -13.04% 121
Midlands +97 77 £550 +25.71% 62
North West +60 76 £500 -4.76% 81
Scotland +79 59 £463 -2.63% 37
Yorkshire +70 53 £600 -3.61% 33
West Midlands +72 51 £550 +29.41% 46
South West +18 44 £588 +2.17% 86
South East -11 42 £650 +19.82% 222
North East +39 34 - - 8
East Midlands +40 26 £750 +71.43% 16
East of England +26 26 £458 -25.31% 100

Artificial Intelligence
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:

Application Platforms
1 69 (6.98%) Apache Airflow
2 62 (6.27%) Apache
3 11 (1.11%) Confluence
3 11 (1.11%) SharePoint
4 8 (0.81%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.40%) Jupyter
5 4 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.20%) CMS
6 2 (0.20%) SAS
7 1 (0.10%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.10%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.10%) nginx
7 1 (0.10%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 280 (28.31%) Chatbot
2 6 (0.61%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.30%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.20%) Simulink
5 1 (0.10%) Gliffy
5 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.10%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 18 (1.82%) Aladdin
2 17 (1.72%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 13 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.61%) SAP BPC
4 6 (0.61%) SimCorp Dimension
5 4 (0.40%) Distributed Ledger
6 3 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.30%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.20%) Magento
8 1 (0.10%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (0.10%) SAP CX
8 1 (0.10%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.10%) Shopify
8 1 (0.10%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 220 (22.24%) AWS
2 211 (21.33%) Azure
3 135 (13.65%) GCP
4 50 (5.06%) Power Platform
5 38 (3.84%) Cloud Computing
6 34 (3.44%) Vertex AI
7 28 (2.83%) Serverless
8 25 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
9 20 (2.02%) AWS Lambda
10 17 (1.72%) Amazon S3
10 17 (1.72%) SaaS
11 14 (1.42%) AWS CloudFormation
11 14 (1.42%) GitHub
11 14 (1.42%) OCI
12 13 (1.31%) ChatGPT
12 13 (1.31%) Snowflake
13 12 (1.21%) Amazon SageMaker
14 11 (1.11%) Google Compute Engine
15 9 (0.91%) Azure Cognitive Services
15 9 (0.91%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.71%) CTI
1 7 (0.71%) VoIP
2 6 (0.61%) Firewall
3 5 (0.51%) Network Security
4 4 (0.40%) Wireless
5 3 (0.30%) 5G
5 3 (0.30%) Internet
6 2 (0.20%) MQTT
6 2 (0.20%) VPN
7 1 (0.10%) Broadband
7 1 (0.10%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (7.79%) PostgreSQL
2 58 (5.86%) Apache Ignite
3 40 (4.04%) Power BI
4 32 (3.24%) Big Data
5 31 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
6 24 (2.43%) BigQuery
7 22 (2.22%) Tableau
8 12 (1.21%) Data Lake
8 12 (1.21%) NoSQL
8 12 (1.21%) SQL Server
9 9 (0.91%) Data Mining
10 8 (0.81%) Relational Database
11 7 (0.71%) Amazon Aurora
11 7 (0.71%) DynamoDB
12 6 (0.61%) Crystal Reports
12 6 (0.61%) Hadoop
12 6 (0.61%) MySQL
13 5 (0.51%) Amazon Athena
13 5 (0.51%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.51%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 45 (4.55%) Cypress.io
2 32 (3.24%) JIRA
3 30 (3.03%) Git
4 14 (1.42%) Jenkins
5 12 (1.21%) ER Studio
5 12 (1.21%) ERwin
6 11 (1.11%) Selenium
7 8 (0.81%) MLflow
8 7 (0.71%) GitLab
9 6 (0.61%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.61%) Cucumber
9 6 (0.61%) Mercurial
10 5 (0.51%) CircleCI
10 5 (0.51%) WebDriver
11 4 (0.40%) Appium
11 4 (0.40%) LoadRunner
11 4 (0.40%) NeoLoad
12 1 (0.10%) CMake
12 1 (0.10%) Gradle
12 1 (0.10%) Visual Studio
General
1 196 (19.82%) Finance
2 137 (13.85%) Social Skills
3 102 (10.31%) Front Office
4 93 (9.40%) Banking
5 63 (6.37%) Public Sector
6 53 (5.36%) Analytical Skills
7 30 (3.03%) Telecoms
8 27 (2.73%) Legal
9 25 (2.53%) Retail
10 22 (2.22%) Law
10 22 (2.22%) Marketing
10 22 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
11 21 (2.12%) Manufacturing
12 20 (2.02%) Pharmaceutical
13 15 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 15 (1.52%) Investment Banking
14 11 (1.11%) Electronics
15 10 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (1.01%) Financial Institution
15 10 (1.01%) German Language
Job Titles
1 395 (39.94%) Developer
2 244 (24.67%) Software Developer
3 101 (10.21%) Architect
4 83 (8.39%) Python Engineer
4 83 (8.39%) Software Engineer
5 72 (7.28%) Python Developer
6 66 (6.67%) Lead
7 65 (6.57%) Python Software Engineer
8 64 (6.47%) Senior
9 60 (6.07%) Analyst
10 57 (5.76%) Developer/Software Engineer
10 57 (5.76%) React Developer
11 52 (5.26%) Business Analyst
12 40 (4.04%) Full Stack Engineer
13 37 (3.74%) Consultant
14 36 (3.64%) Full Stack Developer
15 35 (3.54%) Data Engineer
16 32 (3.24%) Machine Learning Engineer
17 30 (3.03%) Full Stack Python Developer
17 30 (3.03%) Full Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (14.26%) HTML
2 87 (8.80%) React
3 57 (5.76%) gRPC
3 57 (5.76%) Material-UI
3 57 (5.76%) Protocol Buffers
3 57 (5.76%) Redux
4 55 (5.56%) TensorFlow
5 42 (4.25%) PyTorch
6 34 (3.44%) Pandas
7 30 (3.03%) CSS
8 26 (2.63%) NumPy
9 25 (2.53%) scikit-learn
10 21 (2.12%) RESTful
11 20 (2.02%) REST
12 17 (1.72%) SciPy
12 17 (1.72%) Spring
13 16 (1.62%) .NET
13 16 (1.62%) AngularJS
14 14 (1.42%) Node.js
15 13 (1.31%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 93 (9.40%) Hedge funds
2 86 (8.70%) Fixed Income
3 61 (6.17%) Algorithms
4 58 (5.86%) Equities
5 43 (4.35%) Product Ownership
6 29 (2.93%) Derivative
6 29 (2.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 25 (2.53%) Robotics
8 20 (2.02%) Greenfield Project
8 20 (2.02%) Public Cloud
9 17 (1.72%) Management Information System
10 16 (1.62%) IVR
11 14 (1.42%) IoT
11 14 (1.42%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 13 (1.31%) Cloud Native
13 11 (1.11%) Data Structures
14 10 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
14 10 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
15 9 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
16 8 (0.81%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.31%) Windows
2 12 (1.21%) Linux
3 8 (0.81%) Android
4 6 (0.61%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.10%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.10%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 415 (41.96%) Machine Learning
2 284 (28.72%) Conversational UI
3 255 (25.78%) Code Quality
4 252 (25.48%) Software Engineering
5 246 (24.87%) Agile
6 130 (13.14%) Data Science
7 126 (12.74%) Analytics
8 125 (12.64%) DevOps
9 96 (9.71%) Computer Science
10 92 (9.30%) Asset Management
10 92 (9.30%) Generative AI
11 90 (9.10%) Problem-Solving
12 86 (8.70%) Investment Management
13 85 (8.59%) Full Stack Development
13 85 (8.59%) Roadmaps
14 78 (7.89%) CI/CD
15 61 (6.17%) LLM
15 61 (6.17%) Natural Language Processing
16 57 (5.76%) Automated Trading
17 54 (5.46%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 442 (44.69%) Python
2 263 (26.59%) SQL
3 161 (16.28%) JavaScript
4 157 (15.87%) C#
5 90 (9.10%) TypeScript
6 78 (7.89%) Java
7 28 (2.83%) PowerShell
8 20 (2.02%) C++
9 13 (1.31%) Bash
10 12 (1.21%) R
11 10 (1.01%) Scala
12 9 (0.91%) Kusto Query Language
13 7 (0.71%) Go
13 7 (0.71%) Shell Script
13 7 (0.71%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.61%) Clojure
14 6 (0.61%) Haskell
14 6 (0.61%) Rust
15 5 (0.51%) C
16 2 (0.20%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 356 (36.00%) Degree
2 57 (5.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 46 (4.65%) Master's Degree
4 45 (4.55%) Security Cleared
5 40 (4.04%) SC Cleared
6 23 (2.33%) PhD
7 15 (1.52%) Azure Certification
8 9 (0.91%) AWS Certification
9 8 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 8 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (0.81%) PMI Certification
9 8 (0.81%) PMP
10 7 (0.71%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.40%) CISM
11 4 (0.40%) CISSP
12 3 (0.30%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.30%) Numerate Degree
13 2 (0.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (3.03%) QA
2 22 (2.22%) GDPR
3 8 (0.81%) Accessibility
4 7 (0.71%) Data Quality
4 7 (0.71%) PCI DSS
5 6 (0.61%) HIPAA
5 6 (0.61%) SOC 2
6 4 (0.40%) Dodd-Frank
6 4 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.40%) MiFID
6 4 (0.40%) PMO
7 3 (0.30%) Government Security Classifications
7 3 (0.30%) GxP
7 3 (0.30%) NCSC
7 3 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.30%) SLA
8 2 (0.20%) Basel III
8 2 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.10%) ISO 26262
9 1 (0.10%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 27 (2.73%) Docker
2 5 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.20%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.10%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.10%) KVM
5 1 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 44 (4.45%) Kubernetes
2 32 (3.24%) Terraform
3 9 (0.91%) Grafana
4 7 (0.71%) Kubeflow
5 6 (0.61%) Ansible
6 5 (0.51%) SysTrack
7 4 (0.40%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.20%) OPNET
8 2 (0.20%) PowerCLI
8 2 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.10%) Functional Safety
9 1 (0.10%) Kibana
9 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.10%) Nagios
9 1 (0.10%) Puppet
9 1 (0.10%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.10%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.10%) vRealize
Vendors
1 241 (24.37%) PayPal
2 88 (8.90%) Google
3 76 (7.68%) Microsoft
4 30 (3.03%) SAP
5 29 (2.93%) Oracle
6 24 (2.43%) OpenAI
7 17 (1.72%) Genesys
7 17 (1.72%) Sparx
8 14 (1.42%) Salesforce
9 13 (1.31%) Bloomberg
9 13 (1.31%) Databricks
10 12 (1.21%) BISAM
11 10 (1.01%) Avaya
11 10 (1.01%) Cisco
12 8 (0.81%) Adobe
12 8 (0.81%) Ariba
12 8 (0.81%) ServiceNow
13 6 (0.61%) Citrix
13 6 (0.61%) Hyperion
13 6 (0.61%) SimCorp