Deep Learning Contracts

Deep Learning
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Deep Learning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Deep Learning over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 523 651 779
Rank change year-on-year +128 +128 -137
Contract jobs citing Deep Learning 67 52 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.088% 0.091%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.098% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 35 56
10th Percentile £363 £400 £481
25th Percentile £450 £425 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £675 £600
Median % change year-on-year -24.07% +12.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £750 £625
90th Percentile £775 £775 £652
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £425 £550
% change year-on-year +23.53% -22.73% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £76.63 - -
25th Percentile £77.19 - -
Median hourly rate £78.75 - £21.00
75th Percentile £79.69 - -
90th Percentile £79.88 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 - £21.00
% change year-on-year - - -70.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Deep 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,452 53,231 80,444
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.33% 89.85% 90.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,130 36,930 56,488
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,454 1,752 1,920
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Deep Learning
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Deep Learning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Deep Learning in the UK

Deep Learning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Deep Learning.

Daily rate trend for Deep Learning in the UK

Deep Learning
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Deep Learning over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Deep Learning in the UK

Deep Learning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Deep Learning.

Hourly rate trend for Deep Learning in the UK

Deep Learning
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Deep Learning within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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
England +146 60 £513 -25.51% 79
London +108 41 £500 -28.57% 49
Work from Home +129 23 £666 -4.82% 44
UK excluding London +55 17 £525 +23.53% 34
North of England +34 9 £550 -16.98% 3
North West +22 9 £550 -16.98% 3
South East +21 6 £500 +51.52% 15
South West +17 2 £525 -28.25% 2

Deep Learning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 5 (7.46%) Jupyter
2 2 (2.99%) Apache
2 2 (2.99%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.49%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 6 (8.96%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.49%) Simulink
2 1 (1.49%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 3 (4.48%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 12 (17.91%) AWS
2 11 (16.42%) Azure
3 4 (5.97%) Azure Machine Learning
3 4 (5.97%) Cloud Computing
3 4 (5.97%) Serverless
4 3 (4.48%) AWS Lambda
4 3 (4.48%) GCP
4 3 (4.48%) Lucidchart
4 3 (4.48%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.99%) SaaS
5 2 (2.99%) Vertex AI
6 1 (1.49%) Amazon SageMaker
6 1 (1.49%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 8 (11.94%) InfiniBand
2 3 (4.48%) Network Security
3 1 (1.49%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (13.43%) Big Data
2 3 (4.48%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.49%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.49%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.49%) Hadoop
3 1 (1.49%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.49%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 2 (2.99%) Git
General
1 10 (14.93%) Social Skills
2 7 (10.45%) Public Sector
3 6 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.46%) Electronics
5 4 (5.97%) Marketing
5 4 (5.97%) Retail
6 3 (4.48%) Finance
6 3 (4.48%) Manufacturing
6 3 (4.48%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.99%) Czech Language
8 1 (1.49%) Advertising
8 1 (1.49%) Banking
8 1 (1.49%) Games
8 1 (1.49%) Military
8 1 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (20.90%) Machine Learning Engineer
2 11 (16.42%) Data Scientist
3 10 (14.93%) Consultant
4 7 (10.45%) Architect
4 7 (10.45%) Computer Engineer
4 7 (10.45%) Computer Vision Engineer
5 6 (8.96%) Developer
5 6 (8.96%) Senior
6 5 (7.46%) Lead
6 5 (7.46%) Senior Data Scientist
7 4 (5.97%) Azure Engineer
7 4 (5.97%) Technical Architect
8 3 (4.48%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 3 (4.48%) HR Consultant
8 3 (4.48%) Lead Architect
8 3 (4.48%) Lead Security Architect
8 3 (4.48%) Machine Learning Developer
8 3 (4.48%) Security Architect
8 3 (4.48%) Technology Consultant
9 2 (2.99%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (35.82%) TensorFlow
2 21 (31.34%) PyTorch
3 10 (14.93%) scikit-learn
4 5 (7.46%) XGBoost
5 3 (4.48%) EDI
5 3 (4.48%) Keras
5 3 (4.48%) Matplotlib
5 3 (4.48%) Node.js
5 3 (4.48%) OpenCV
5 3 (4.48%) Pandas
5 3 (4.48%) PySpark
6 2 (2.99%) DirectX
6 2 (2.99%) OpenGL
6 2 (2.99%) OpenGL ES
6 2 (2.99%) Vulkan
7 1 (1.49%) NumPy
7 1 (1.49%) Prisma
7 1 (1.49%) React
7 1 (1.49%) Unreal Engine
7 1 (1.49%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 23 (34.33%) Algorithms
2 10 (14.93%) Onboarding
3 7 (10.45%) Genomics
4 3 (4.48%) Data Structures
4 3 (4.48%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.48%) Photography
5 2 (2.99%) Social Media
6 1 (1.49%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.49%) CUDA
6 1 (1.49%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.49%) FMCG
6 1 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.49%) Marketing Technology
6 1 (1.49%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.49%) Robotics
6 1 (1.49%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.46%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (71.64%) Machine Learning
2 32 (47.76%) Artificial Intelligence
3 28 (41.79%) Data Science
4 23 (34.33%) Natural Language Processing
5 17 (25.37%) Computer Science
6 15 (22.39%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (20.90%) Data Analysis
8 10 (14.93%) Computer Vision
9 9 (13.43%) Generative AI
10 8 (11.94%) Stress Testing
11 7 (10.45%) Agile
11 7 (10.45%) Mathematics
12 6 (8.96%) MLOps
12 6 (8.96%) Natural Language Understanding
12 6 (8.96%) Software Architecture
12 6 (8.96%) User Experience
13 5 (7.46%) Analytics
13 5 (7.46%) Collaborative Working
13 5 (7.46%) Neural Network
13 5 (7.46%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 41 (61.19%) Python
2 16 (23.88%) SQL
3 10 (14.93%) MATLAB
4 8 (11.94%) Java
5 7 (10.45%) C++
6 2 (2.99%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.49%) C
7 1 (1.49%) C#
7 1 (1.49%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.49%) Kotlin
7 1 (1.49%) R
Qualifications
1 16 (23.88%) Security Cleared
2 14 (20.90%) Degree
3 12 (17.91%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (17.91%) SC Cleared
4 11 (16.42%) Master's Degree
5 7 (10.45%) PhD
6 3 (4.48%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.49%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.97%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.48%) NCSC
System Software
1 9 (13.43%) Active Directory
2 8 (11.94%) Firmware
3 4 (5.97%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (11.94%) Dell DRAC
2 1 (1.49%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (13.43%) Dell
1 9 (13.43%) Isilon
2 8 (11.94%) Red Hat
3 6 (8.96%) Databricks
4 3 (4.48%) Genesys
4 3 (4.48%) Microsoft
4 3 (4.48%) Oracle
4 3 (4.48%) Phenom
4 3 (4.48%) SAP
4 3 (4.48%) Sparx
5 2 (2.99%) BMC
5 2 (2.99%) Google
5 2 (2.99%) HP
6 1 (1.49%) Cadence
6 1 (1.49%) OpenAI