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As organisations increase investment in Artificial Intelligence, Chief Information Officers (CIOs), Chief Technology Officers (CTOs), and Chief Data Officers (CDOs) face a common challenge of how to hire the right AI talent for the right projects. We highlighted this in our AI Talent Crisis research earlier this year. Whether deploying and fine tuning large language models (LLMs), building automation through RPA, or validating AI models for safety and fairness, having the right talent is critical.
As we have discussed in previous blogs, more than half of enterprises have a hiring freeze and are turning to on-demand talent models.
We get asked regularly in RFPs and client meetings to share data on skills, deliverables and day rates. This guide breaks down the key categories of AI hiring that we have seen across the Gigged.AI On-Demand Talent Platform in 2025 so far including role title, role description, common deliverables, popular required skills and day rates.
| Category | Role Title | Role Description | Top 3 Skills | Example Deliverables | Day Rate (Approx.) |
| Large Language Models (LLMs) | LLM Engineer | Designs, fine-tunes, and deploys large language models. |
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£440–£700 |
| Prompt Engineer | Designs and optimises prompts to improve LLM performance. |
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£200–£450 | |
| Red Team Specialist | Tests AI systems for robustness, safety, and misuse. |
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£500–£750 | |
| Machine Learning & AI Research | Data Scientist | Builds statistical & ML models to extract insights. |
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£450–£700 |
| ML Engineer | Deploys ML models into production. |
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£500–£700 | |
| Model Research Scientist | Explores new algorithms, architectures, and fine-tuning. |
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£500–£700 | |
| Model Validation Specialist | Validates models for bias, safety, and accuracy. |
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£450–£650 | |
| MLOps Engineer | Builds ML deployment, CI/CD, and monitoring pipelines. |
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£500–£700 | |
| Data Roles Supporting AI | Data Labelling Specialist | Provides annotated datasets for AI/ML models. |
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£150–£250 |
| Data Annotation Lead | Oversees labelling teams and QA. |
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£250–£350 | |
| Data Engineer | Manages pipelines & infrastructure for AI workloads. |
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£420–£650 | |
| Data Modeller | Designs conceptual/logical/physical data models. |
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£400–£600 | |
| Robotic Process Automation (RPA) | RPA Developer | Designs and deploys RPA bots. |
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£380–£550 |
| RPA Solution Architect | Designs RPA solutions aligned with enterprise architecture. |
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£650–£750 | |
| Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) | Document Processing Consultant | Implements IDP tools for document extraction & validation. |
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£400–£450 |
| Workflow Management (iBPMS / Orchestration) | Workflow Developer | Builds automated workflows across AI, RPA, and human tasks. |
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£400–£450 |
| Workflow Solution Architect | Designs enterprise-wide workflow architectures. |
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£600–£750 |
Hiring for AI is no longer about finding “a data scientist.” Enterprises need specialists across the lifecycle from data labelling and research, to engineering and deployment, to validation and workflow integration. These experts can be hired through Gigged.AI on a Statement of Work (SOW) basis, giving you time and material (T&M) or outcome-based access to top talent without the overhead of permanent hires.
These experts can be hired through Gigged.AI on a Statement of Work (SOW) basis, giving you time and material (T&M) or outcome-based access to top talent without the overhead of permanent hires.
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