Machine Learning Contracts in the South East

Machine Learning (ML)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Machine Learning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Machine Learning over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 164 146 194
Rank change year-on-year -18 +48 -72
Contract jobs citing Machine Learning 27 66 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.49% 1.14% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 1.28% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 48 46
10th Percentile £366 £425 £444
25th Percentile £463 £497 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.13% +2.17% +15.00%
75th Percentile £675 £756 £723
90th Percentile £718 £1,188 £775
England median daily rate £580 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £56.50
Median hourly rate £80.00 £22.16 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year +261.01% -62.44% -15.71%
75th Percentile - - £61.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £52.50 £35.00 £41.25
% change year-on-year +50.00% -15.15% -2.94%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Machine Learning is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,694 5,167 6,960
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.65% 89.46% 89.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,751 3,590 4,710
10th Percentile £250 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £405 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +2.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £619 £594
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 435 223 286
10th Percentile £13.00 £17.10 £12.23
25th Percentile £18.20 £22.16 £15.53
Median hourly rate £47.50 £49.00 £21.95
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +123.23% -20.18%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.56 £48.75
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.96 £63.25
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.15 £24.35
% change year-on-year -1.75% +52.57% +3.62%

Machine Learning
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Machine Learning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Machine Learning in the South East

Machine Learning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Machine Learning in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Machine Learning in the South East

Machine Learning
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Machine Learning in the South East over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Machine Learning in the South East

Machine Learning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Machine Learning in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Machine Learning in the South East

Machine Learning
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Machine Learning within the South East region over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley -9 12 £495 -10.00% 90
Surrey +21 10 £600 +11.63% 22
Berkshire -23 9 £475 -13.64% 22
Hampshire +2 4 £500 -9.09% 29
Buckinghamshire +25 2 £700 +14.29% 16
East Sussex +7 1 £650 +6.12% 1
Oxfordshire +5 1 £675 +86.21% 52
Machine Learning
England

Machine Learning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (7.41%) Confluence
2 1 (3.70%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 7 (25.93%) Azure
2 3 (11.11%) AWS
3 2 (7.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 2 (7.41%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (7.41%) Power Platform
3 2 (7.41%) PowerApps
4 1 (3.70%) Azure AKS
4 1 (3.70%) Azure API Management
4 1 (3.70%) Azure Cognitive Services
4 1 (3.70%) Azure Machine Learning
4 1 (3.70%) ChatGPT
4 1 (3.70%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.70%) GCP
4 1 (3.70%) Serverless
4 1 (3.70%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Network Security
1 1 (3.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) Power BI
1 2 (7.41%) Qlik Sense
1 2 (7.41%) Tableau
2 1 (3.70%) Big Data
2 1 (3.70%) Data Hub
2 1 (3.70%) Data Mining
2 1 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.70%) Hadoop
2 1 (3.70%) NoSQL
2 1 (3.70%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (11.11%) JIRA
2 2 (7.41%) Git
3 1 (3.70%) CMake
3 1 (3.70%) MLflow
General
1 5 (18.52%) Electronics
1 5 (18.52%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (11.11%) Legal
4 2 (7.41%) Finance
5 1 (3.70%) Military
5 1 (3.70%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (25.93%) Machine Learning Engineer
2 4 (14.81%) Analyst
2 4 (14.81%) Data Analyst
2 4 (14.81%) Python Engineer
2 4 (14.81%) Senior
3 2 (7.41%) Analytics Manager
3 2 (7.41%) Android Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) C++ Android Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) Computer Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) Computer Vision Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) Data Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) Developer
3 2 (7.41%) Graphics Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Data Science Manager
4 1 (3.70%) DevSecOps Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Lead
4 1 (3.70%) Network Communications Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Senior Analytics Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (25.93%) PyTorch
1 7 (25.93%) TensorFlow
2 4 (14.81%) DirectX
2 4 (14.81%) OpenGL
2 4 (14.81%) OpenGL ES
2 4 (14.81%) Vulkan
3 2 (7.41%) PySpark
3 2 (7.41%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 1 (3.70%) .NET
4 1 (3.70%) CNTK
4 1 (3.70%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (3.70%) GraphQL
4 1 (3.70%) Kafka
4 1 (3.70%) Node.js
4 1 (3.70%) NumPy
4 1 (3.70%) OpenVINO
4 1 (3.70%) Pandas
4 1 (3.70%) Prisma
4 1 (3.70%) React
4 1 (3.70%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) Algorithms
2 3 (11.11%) Photography
3 2 (7.41%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (7.41%) Animation
3 2 (7.41%) Augmented Reality
3 2 (7.41%) Cloud Native
3 2 (7.41%) Mixed Reality
4 1 (3.70%) Biopharmaceutical
4 1 (3.70%) Data Structures
4 1 (3.70%) Digital Media
4 1 (3.70%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 7 (25.93%) Android
2 2 (7.41%) Linux
3 1 (3.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (59.26%) Artificial Intelligence
2 9 (33.33%) Analytics
3 8 (29.63%) Computer Science
3 8 (29.63%) Data Science
4 6 (22.22%) Agile
4 6 (22.22%) Data Engineering
4 6 (22.22%) DevOps
5 5 (18.52%) Deep Learning
5 5 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (18.52%) User Experience
5 5 (18.52%) Visualisation
6 4 (14.81%) Data Visualisation
6 4 (14.81%) Decision-Making
6 4 (14.81%) Generative AI
6 4 (14.81%) Statistical Analysis
7 3 (11.11%) Android Development
7 3 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
7 3 (11.11%) Project Management
7 3 (11.11%) Service Management
7 3 (11.11%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 15 (55.56%) Python
2 8 (29.63%) C++
3 7 (25.93%) SQL
4 6 (22.22%) Java
5 3 (11.11%) C#
5 3 (11.11%) Kotlin
6 2 (7.41%) GLSL
6 2 (7.41%) HLSL
6 2 (7.41%) Scala
7 1 (3.70%) Bash
7 1 (3.70%) JavaScript
7 1 (3.70%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (3.70%) PowerShell
7 1 (3.70%) R
7 1 (3.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (33.33%) Degree
2 7 (25.93%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (22.22%) Master's Degree
4 2 (7.41%) PhD
5 1 (3.70%) Azure Certification
5 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) Data Quality
2 2 (7.41%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.70%) Ansible
2 1 (3.70%) Prometheus
2 1 (3.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (18.52%) Databricks
2 1 (3.70%) Alteryx
2 1 (3.70%) Dataiku