Illustrative cost

£1,500 to £4,000 ex VAT

Typical: £2,500
Duration: About 5 weeks
Effort: 4 to 6 days

Illustrative estimate, not a quote. Real prices vary.

Worked out from UK freelance contractor day rates in job adverts, with no consultancy or agency margin added. Consultancies and agencies usually charge more.

Source: IT Jobs Watch. Rates read on 15 November 2026; costs computed on 15 November 2026.

What is included

Needs analysis with managers
Course design using examples from the client's own work
Delivery of two half-day sessions
Follow-up clinic and materials

Deliverables

Training sessions
Course materials and prompt guide
Follow-up clinic
Short evaluation report

Assumptions

Sessions are remote or at one client site
Staff have access to an approved AI tool
Up to 15 people per session

Not included

Tool licences
Accredited qualifications
Travel beyond one site

Project plan

Phases run one after another, about 5 weeks in all.

Phases, their length and main tasks
Phase	Weeks	Main tasks
Needs analysis	1	Manager interviews; Skills survey
Course design	1	Exercises from real tasks; Materials
Delivery	2	Run sessions
Follow-up	1	Clinic; Evaluation

Who does the work

Person-days per role in each phase, low and high effort.

Days by phase and role
Phase	Role	Days (low to high)
Needs analysis	Trainer	0.5 to 1 day
Needs analysis	AI consultant	0.5 days
Course design	Trainer	1 to 1.5 days
Delivery	Trainer	1 to 2 days
Follow-up	Trainer	0.5 days
Follow-up	AI consultant	0.5 days

How the cost adds up

Cost by role: low, typical and high, before rounding
Role	Low (days × 25th percentile)	Typical (days × median)	High (days × 90th percentile)
Trainer	3 × £300 = £900	4 × £444 = £1,776	5 × £625 = £3,126
AI consultant	1 × £500 = £500	1 × £575 = £576	1 × £717 = £718
Total, rounded	£1,500	£2,500	£4,000

How these estimates are worked out

Effort: for each phase we estimate how many days each role works, as a low and a high case. These are our estimates for a typical project of this kind, not measured data.

Rates: each role's daily rate comes from UK contract job adverts over the last six months, as published by IT Jobs Watch. These are freelance contractor rates as advertised, not what was paid, and not what a consultancy or agency charges.

Low end: the low-effort days at each role's 25th-percentile rate. We use the 25th percentile, not the 10th, because the lowest effort at the cheapest rates gives a floor few buyers would ever meet.

Typical: the mid-point between low and high effort, at each role's median rate.

High end: the high-effort days at each role's 90th-percentile rate.

Totals are rounded to the nearest £500 below £10,000 and the nearest £1,000 above, and exclude VAT. Phases run one after another.

Not included:

Software licences, model and hosting fees
Travel and expenses
Your own staff's time
A consultancy's or agency's margin, overheads and risk

Real prices vary with the supplier, the state of your data and systems, how much of the work your own team does, where the work happens and how much risk the supplier carries. Consultancies and agencies usually charge more than these contractor rates, and a fixed price usually costs more than time and materials because the supplier takes the risk.

Sources

Source: IT Jobs Watch: UK contract job adverts quoting a daily rate, 6 months to 15 November 2026. Each role's page was read on 15 November 2026. Published under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Day rate sources, one row per role, read on 15 November 2026
Role	IT Jobs Watch page	Rates quoted	25th percentile	Median	90th percentile
Trainer"IT Trainer" had too few rates (12, no 10th percentile); mapped to the broader title, Trainer, which includes non-IT trainers.	Trainer	96	£300	£444	£625
AI consultant	Artificial Intelligence Consultant	68	£500	£575	£717

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