The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Machine Learning in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Machine Learning over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the East of England region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Machine Learning
Rank 107 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Machine Learning 9 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.425% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.883% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 0
Average daily rate £263 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
478 616 489
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 22.55% 20.88% 18.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 271 192
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £200 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £455 £450 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 65 68
Average hourly rate £33.00 £27.00 £25.69
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.22% +5.10%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.00 £13.00 £12.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £49.00 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%
Machine Learning
England

Machine Learning
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Machine Learning across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

East of England Machine Learning Jobs Demand Trend

Machine Learning
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Machine Learning across the East of England region.

East of England Machine Learning Daily Rate Trend

Machine Learning
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Machine Learning within the East of England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridgeshire - 9 £263 -
Machine Learning
England

Machine Learning
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Machine Learning also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Machine Learning.

1 9 (100.00%) C#
1 9 (100.00%) Games
1 9 (100.00%) Degree
2 8 (88.89%) Computer Science
2 8 (88.89%) SQL
3 7 (77.78%) Facebook
4 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
5 1 (11.11%) STL
5 1 (11.11%) MATLAB
5 1 (11.11%) C++
5 1 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (11.11%) Multithreading
5 1 (11.11%) Twitter

Machine Learning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Machine Learning also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Machine Learning. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (11.11%) STL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Software Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Development Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Software Development Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Software Design Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Design Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Graduate
4 1 (11.11%) Software Developer
4 1 (11.11%) C# Developer
4 1 (11.11%) C# Software Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Graduate Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (88.89%) Computer Science
2 1 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (11.11%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) C#
2 8 (88.89%) SQL
3 1 (11.11%) MATLAB
3 1 (11.11%) C++
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Facebook
2 1 (11.11%) Twitter