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Contractor Rates Across AI and Data
How day rates are moving across MLOps, data engineering and GenAI delivery.
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Contract demand in AI and data is driven largely by programme cycles: platform builds, migrations and time-boxed AI initiatives.
Rate pressure by specialism
MLOps and platform engineering continue to attract premium rates because the supply of contractors who have built platforms rather than maintained them is limited.
Data engineering rates remain steadier, with variation driven by streaming and governance experience.