Red teaming
Attacks a system deliberately to find how it breaks before someone else does.
A red teaming reading exists, but it is dominated by security red teaming rather than model red teaming, on a sample of 56 advertisements with no published spread. It is here for completeness and should not be used to price a model evaluation engagement.
The published figures
One title stands behind this discipline.
Red Teaming
as the source names it| Basis | Lower (10th) | Middle | Upper (90th) | Sample | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contract, per day | not published | £550 | not published | not published | indicative |
| Permanent, per year | Nothing published for this title. | ||||
Fifty-six advertisements in six months, no percentiles, and the term covers security red teaming far more often than model red teaming. The number is real and it is nearly meaningless for AI work specifically.
As a fractional engagement
Built on £550 a day, the lowest advertised middle of the titles above. Lowest, not highest, because the number that matters to a buyer setting a budget is the one they are least likely to be surprised by.
| Commitment | Days a month | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| One day a week | 4 | £2,200 | £26,400 |
| Two days a week | 8 | £4,400 | £52,800 |
| Three days a week | 12 | £6,600 | £79,200 |
£550 a day multiplied by the commitment, and nothing else. No seniority uplift, because any uplift would be invented.
Why this one is hard to judge
Claims are easy and evidence is often confidential, which makes references and method the only real signal.
That is the reason a rate alone tells you very little here. Two people quoting the same day rate for this work can be worth wildly different amounts to you, and the difference does not show up in either of their profiles.
Figures from IT Jobs Watch, UK contract rates and IT Jobs Watch, UK permanent salaries, six months to 8 August 2026, read on 2026-08-08. They are rates and salaries advertised, not paid.