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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 104 294 316
Rank change year-on-year +190 +22 -62
Contract jobs citing Artificial Intelligence 901 502 771
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.12% 0.88% 0.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.46% 0.98% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 517 337 515
10th Percentile £410 £412 £431
25th Percentile £500 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £590
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -2.54% +7.27%
75th Percentile £738 £688 £675
90th Percentile £788 £850 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £519 £540
% change year-on-year -3.61% -3.94% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 15 19
10th Percentile £17.75 £20.00 £18.50
25th Percentile £19.38 £35.00 £27.25
Median hourly rate £46.18 £40.50 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.02% -3.57% +33.97%
75th Percentile £72.50 £69.38 £48.55
90th Percentile £76.50 £86.50 £63.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £40.50 £42.00
% change year-on-year +54.32% -3.57% +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 36,622 51,397 80,021
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.09% 89.76% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,613 35,611 56,174
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £439 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,690 1,913
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.77 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
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% -6.54%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 +191 794 £600 +2.13% 1,552
London +199 497 £610 -2.40% 916
Work from Home +172 400 £575 +2.45% 754
UK excluding London +112 320 £500 -3.61% 803
North of England +92 116 £500 -13.04% 134
Midlands +64 58 £613 +40.00% 66
North West +39 58 £500 -10.11% 86
Scotland +72 52 £463 -2.63% 30
South East -2 43 £650 +12.07% 361
West Midlands +56 41 £550 +29.41% 53
South West +2 36 £575 +4.55% 90
Yorkshire +45 35 £600 -3.61% 37
North East +33 25 - - 11
East of England +27 21 £400 -34.69% 101
East Midlands +29 17 £750 +71.43% 13

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 78 (8.66%) Apache Airflow
2 70 (7.77%) Apache
3 11 (1.22%) Confluence
4 10 (1.11%) SharePoint
5 8 (0.89%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.33%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.22%) CMS
8 2 (0.22%) SAS
9 1 (0.11%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.11%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.11%) nginx
9 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 188 (20.87%) Chatbot
2 6 (0.67%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.33%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.11%) Gliffy
5 1 (0.11%) Simulink
5 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (2.11%) Aladdin
2 16 (1.78%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 13 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (1.44%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.78%) SimCorp Dimension
5 6 (0.67%) SAP BPC
6 5 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.44%) Distributed Ledger
8 3 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.33%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.22%) Magento
10 1 (0.11%) OpenText VIM for SAP
10 1 (0.11%) SAP CX
10 1 (0.11%) SAP GRC
10 1 (0.11%) Shopify
10 1 (0.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 232 (25.75%) AWS
2 225 (24.97%) Azure
3 142 (15.76%) GCP
4 49 (5.44%) Power Platform
5 41 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
6 34 (3.77%) Vertex AI
7 33 (3.66%) Serverless
8 26 (2.89%) Azure DevOps
9 25 (2.77%) AWS Lambda
10 21 (2.33%) Amazon S3
11 20 (2.22%) AWS CloudFormation
12 14 (1.55%) SaaS
13 13 (1.44%) Amazon SageMaker
13 13 (1.44%) GitHub
13 13 (1.44%) OCI
13 13 (1.44%) Snowflake
14 12 (1.33%) OpenShift
15 11 (1.22%) ChatGPT
15 11 (1.22%) Google Compute Engine
16 9 (1.00%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.00%) CTI
1 9 (1.00%) VoIP
2 5 (0.55%) Firewall
2 5 (0.55%) Network Security
3 4 (0.44%) 5G
3 4 (0.44%) Wireless
4 3 (0.33%) Internet
4 3 (0.33%) VPN
5 2 (0.22%) MQTT
6 1 (0.11%) Broadband
6 1 (0.11%) DHCP
6 1 (0.11%) DNS
6 1 (0.11%) Junos
6 1 (0.11%) LTE
6 1 (0.11%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.11%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (9.43%) PostgreSQL
2 66 (7.33%) Apache Ignite
3 39 (4.33%) Power BI
4 31 (3.44%) Data Warehouse
5 30 (3.33%) Big Data
6 24 (2.66%) BigQuery
7 23 (2.55%) Tableau
8 12 (1.33%) NoSQL
8 12 (1.33%) SQL Server
9 11 (1.22%) Data Lake
10 9 (1.00%) Amazon Aurora
10 9 (1.00%) DynamoDB
11 7 (0.78%) Crystal Reports
11 7 (0.78%) Data Mining
11 7 (0.78%) Relational Database
12 6 (0.67%) MySQL
13 5 (0.55%) Amazon Athena
13 5 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (0.55%) SAP HANA
14 4 (0.44%) Cloud Spanner
Development Applications
1 53 (5.88%) Cypress.io
2 33 (3.66%) JIRA
3 31 (3.44%) Git
4 14 (1.55%) Jenkins
5 11 (1.22%) ER Studio
5 11 (1.22%) ERwin
5 11 (1.22%) Selenium
6 8 (0.89%) MLflow
7 7 (0.78%) CircleCI
7 7 (0.78%) GitLab
8 6 (0.67%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.67%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.55%) LoadRunner
9 5 (0.55%) NeoLoad
9 5 (0.55%) WebDriver
10 4 (0.44%) Appium
10 4 (0.44%) Mercurial
11 1 (0.11%) CMake
11 1 (0.11%) Gradle
11 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 208 (23.09%) Finance
2 134 (14.87%) Social Skills
3 113 (12.54%) Front Office
4 102 (11.32%) Banking
5 64 (7.10%) Public Sector
6 50 (5.55%) Analytical Skills
7 30 (3.33%) Telecoms
8 27 (3.00%) Legal
9 26 (2.89%) Retail
10 22 (2.44%) Marketing
11 21 (2.33%) Law
11 21 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
12 20 (2.22%) Manufacturing
12 20 (2.22%) Pharmaceutical
13 15 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 15 (1.66%) Investment Banking
14 10 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (1.11%) Electronics
14 10 (1.11%) Financial Institution
14 10 (1.11%) German Language
Job Titles
1 317 (35.18%) Developer
2 154 (17.09%) Software Developer
3 101 (11.21%) Architect
4 91 (10.10%) Software Engineer
5 88 (9.77%) Python Engineer
6 80 (8.88%) Python Developer
7 71 (7.88%) Python Software Engineer
8 66 (7.33%) Lead
9 65 (7.21%) Developer/Software Engineer
9 65 (7.21%) React Developer
10 63 (6.99%) Senior
11 61 (6.77%) Analyst
12 52 (5.77%) Business Analyst
13 43 (4.77%) Full Stack Engineer
14 40 (4.44%) Full Stack Developer
15 35 (3.88%) Full Stack Software Engineer
16 34 (3.77%) Data Engineer
17 33 (3.66%) Full Stack Python Developer
17 33 (3.66%) Machine Learning Engineer
18 32 (3.55%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (15.54%) HTML
2 93 (10.32%) React
3 65 (7.21%) gRPC
3 65 (7.21%) Material-UI
3 65 (7.21%) Protocol Buffers
3 65 (7.21%) Redux
4 57 (6.33%) TensorFlow
5 48 (5.33%) PyTorch
6 33 (3.66%) Pandas
7 30 (3.33%) scikit-learn
8 29 (3.22%) CSS
9 27 (3.00%) NumPy
10 20 (2.22%) REST
11 18 (2.00%) .NET
11 18 (2.00%) AngularJS
11 18 (2.00%) Spring
12 17 (1.89%) Node.js
12 17 (1.89%) RESTful
13 15 (1.66%) SciPy
14 14 (1.55%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 103 (11.43%) Hedge funds
2 95 (10.54%) Fixed Income
3 68 (7.55%) Equities
4 60 (6.66%) Algorithms
5 44 (4.88%) Product Ownership
6 30 (3.33%) Derivative
6 30 (3.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 24 (2.66%) Robotics
8 21 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
9 20 (2.22%) Public Cloud
10 19 (2.11%) Management Information System
11 16 (1.78%) IoT
12 14 (1.55%) IVR
12 14 (1.55%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 11 (1.22%) Cloud Native
13 11 (1.22%) Data Structures
14 10 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
14 10 (1.11%) Distributed Systems
15 8 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
16 7 (0.78%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.22%) Linux
1 11 (1.22%) Windows
2 7 (0.78%) Android
3 5 (0.55%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 422 (46.84%) Machine Learning
2 266 (29.52%) Software Engineering
3 263 (29.19%) Agile
4 192 (21.31%) Conversational UI
5 165 (18.31%) Code Quality
6 130 (14.43%) DevOps
7 126 (13.98%) Analytics
8 123 (13.65%) Data Science
9 102 (11.32%) Asset Management
10 96 (10.65%) Generative AI
11 95 (10.54%) Investment Management
12 94 (10.43%) Computer Science
13 93 (10.32%) Full Stack Development
14 91 (10.10%) Problem-Solving
15 80 (8.88%) Roadmaps
16 77 (8.55%) CI/CD
17 66 (7.33%) LLM
18 65 (7.21%) Automated Trading
19 61 (6.77%) Natural Language Processing
20 55 (6.10%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 449 (49.83%) Python
2 265 (29.41%) SQL
3 159 (17.65%) JavaScript
4 157 (17.43%) C#
5 99 (10.99%) TypeScript
6 77 (8.55%) Java
7 30 (3.33%) PowerShell
8 20 (2.22%) C++
9 13 (1.44%) Bash
10 12 (1.33%) R
11 9 (1.00%) Kusto Query Language
11 9 (1.00%) Scala
12 7 (0.78%) Go
12 7 (0.78%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.78%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.67%) Clojure
13 6 (0.67%) Haskell
13 6 (0.67%) Rust
14 5 (0.55%) C
15 2 (0.22%) PHP
Qualifications
1 264 (29.30%) Degree
2 58 (6.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 45 (4.99%) Security Cleared
4 43 (4.77%) Master's Degree
5 40 (4.44%) SC Cleared
6 21 (2.33%) PhD
7 19 (2.11%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.33%) AWS Certification
9 10 (1.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 10 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (0.89%) PMI Certification
10 8 (0.89%) PMP
11 7 (0.78%) DV Cleared
12 5 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.55%) CISSP
13 4 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.44%) CISM
14 3 (0.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 3 (0.33%) ISTQB
14 3 (0.33%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (3.22%) QA
2 25 (2.77%) GDPR
3 10 (1.11%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.00%) PCI DSS
5 8 (0.89%) Data Quality
5 8 (0.89%) HIPAA
5 8 (0.89%) SOC 2
6 4 (0.44%) Dodd-Frank
6 4 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.44%) MiFID
6 4 (0.44%) PMO
7 3 (0.33%) Government Security Classifications
7 3 (0.33%) GxP
7 3 (0.33%) NCSC
7 3 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.33%) SLA
8 2 (0.22%) Basel III
8 2 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.11%) GRC
9 1 (0.11%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 35 (3.88%) Docker
2 5 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.22%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.11%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.11%) KVM
5 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 53 (5.88%) Kubernetes
2 34 (3.77%) Terraform
3 11 (1.22%) Grafana
4 7 (0.78%) Kubeflow
5 6 (0.67%) Ansible
6 5 (0.55%) SysTrack
7 4 (0.44%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.33%) Kibana
9 2 (0.22%) OPNET
9 2 (0.22%) PowerCLI
9 2 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.11%) Functional Safety
10 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.11%) Nagios
10 1 (0.11%) Puppet
10 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.11%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.11%) vRealize
Vendors
1 151 (16.76%) PayPal
2 98 (10.88%) Google
3 77 (8.55%) Microsoft
4 28 (3.11%) SAP
5 27 (3.00%) Oracle
6 23 (2.55%) OpenAI
7 16 (1.78%) Salesforce
7 16 (1.78%) Sparx
8 14 (1.55%) Genesys
9 13 (1.44%) Bloomberg
9 13 (1.44%) Databricks
10 12 (1.33%) BISAM
10 12 (1.33%) Cisco
11 10 (1.11%) Avaya
12 9 (1.00%) Adobe
12 9 (1.00%) ServiceNow
13 8 (0.89%) Ariba
14 7 (0.78%) SimCorp
14 7 (0.78%) UiPath
15 6 (0.67%) Hyperion