Machine Learning Contracts

Machine Learning (ML)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 144 213 198
Rank change year-on-year +69 -15 -42
Contract jobs citing Machine Learning 709 725 1,319
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.65% 1.25% 1.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.91% 1.39% 1.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 519 504 891
10th Percentile £413 £434 £425
25th Percentile £500 £513 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £590 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.54% -1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £738 £738 £700
90th Percentile £788 £888 £809
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 19 21
10th Percentile £41.25 £21.73 £18.50
25th Percentile £46.47 £28.58 £31.25
Median hourly rate £52.50 £35.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -6.67% -11.76%
75th Percentile £66.25 £53.75 £61.75
90th Percentile £75.75 £77.50 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.25 £35.00 £46.75
% change year-on-year +60.71% -25.13% +1.08%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,097 52,247 79,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.26% 89.81% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,888 36,212 55,718
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.48%
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 2,438 1,719 1,895
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.23 £15.58
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%

Machine Learning
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Machine Learning in the UK

Machine Learning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Machine Learning in the UK

Machine Learning
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Machine Learning over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Machine Learning in the UK

Machine Learning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Machine Learning in the UK

Machine Learning
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Machine Learning over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Machine Learning in the UK

Machine Learning
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 12 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 +65 616 £588 -2.08% 999
London +78 448 £608 -2.80% 529
Work from Home +75 231 £600 +2.56% 564
UK excluding London +6 168 £550 -4.35% 473
North of England +19 46 £550 -6.38% 101
Scotland +57 40 £463 -3.44% 26
Midlands +45 26 £580 +16.00% 45
South East -21 26 £600 +2.13% 139
North West +11 23 £525 -10.64% 61
West Midlands +28 21 £580 +16.00% 33
East of England +10 20 £388 -35.42% 81
Yorkshire +23 17 £552 -9.88% 30
South West -39 12 £550 - 62
North East +21 8 - - 10
East Midlands +26 5 £675 +58.82% 12

Machine 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 75 (10.58%) Apache Airflow
2 66 (9.31%) Apache
3 34 (4.80%) Apache Spark
4 7 (0.99%) Confluence
5 5 (0.71%) Jupyter
5 5 (0.71%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.42%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.28%) SAS
8 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.14%) CMS
8 1 (0.14%) GeoServer
Applications
1 12 (1.69%) Chatbot
2 8 (1.13%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.56%) Simulink
4 2 (0.28%) Trello
5 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.14%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 15 (2.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 13 (1.83%) Aladdin
3 3 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 268 (37.80%) AWS
2 221 (31.17%) Azure
3 198 (27.93%) GCP
4 52 (7.33%) Power Platform
5 38 (5.36%) Serverless
6 30 (4.23%) AWS Lambda
6 30 (4.23%) Vertex AI
7 27 (3.81%) Cloud Computing
8 26 (3.67%) Azure DevOps
9 25 (3.53%) Amazon SageMaker
9 25 (3.53%) Azure Machine Learning
10 24 (3.39%) Amazon S3
11 20 (2.82%) Snowflake
12 19 (2.68%) GitHub
13 15 (2.12%) AWS CloudFormation
14 14 (1.97%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (1.83%) OCI
16 12 (1.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 10 (1.41%) Google Compute Engine
17 10 (1.41%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.67%) HTTP
2 5 (0.71%) LAN
2 5 (0.71%) WAN
3 4 (0.56%) Network Security
4 3 (0.42%) SSL
5 2 (0.28%) Firewall
5 2 (0.28%) VPN
5 2 (0.28%) Wireless
6 1 (0.14%) DVB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (11.14%) PostgreSQL
2 75 (10.58%) Big Data
3 64 (9.03%) Data Warehouse
4 58 (8.18%) Apache Ignite
5 49 (6.91%) Tableau
6 46 (6.49%) Power BI
7 40 (5.64%) Data Lake
8 34 (4.80%) BigQuery
9 27 (3.81%) Hadoop
10 26 (3.67%) Apache Cassandra
11 25 (3.53%) Data Mining
12 18 (2.54%) NoSQL
13 13 (1.83%) Amazon Athena
13 13 (1.83%) Relational Database
14 10 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
14 10 (1.41%) SQL Server
15 9 (1.27%) Metadata
16 8 (1.13%) Apache Hive
17 7 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
17 7 (0.99%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 48 (6.77%) Git
2 41 (5.78%) Cypress.io
3 31 (4.37%) JIRA
4 22 (3.10%) Jenkins
5 12 (1.69%) ER Studio
5 12 (1.69%) ERwin
6 10 (1.41%) GitLab
7 9 (1.27%) MLflow
8 6 (0.85%) TeamCity
9 5 (0.71%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.71%) Maven
9 5 (0.71%) Mercurial
9 5 (0.71%) Postman
9 5 (0.71%) Subversion
10 4 (0.56%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.28%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.28%) Poetry
11 2 (0.28%) RStudio
11 2 (0.28%) Selenium
12 1 (0.14%) GoCD
General
1 176 (24.82%) Finance
2 128 (18.05%) Social Skills
3 100 (14.10%) Banking
3 100 (14.10%) Front Office
4 82 (11.57%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (5.92%) Public Sector
6 30 (4.23%) Marketing
7 27 (3.81%) Pharmaceutical
8 17 (2.40%) Electronics
8 17 (2.40%) Retail
9 15 (2.12%) Investment Banking
10 14 (1.97%) Manufacturing
11 13 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 12 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (1.55%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.13%) Legal
15 7 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (0.85%) Advertising
16 6 (0.85%) Multimedia
16 6 (0.85%) Police
Job Titles
1 156 (22.00%) Developer
2 108 (15.23%) Architect
3 84 (11.85%) Software Engineer
4 78 (11.00%) Data Scientist
5 74 (10.44%) Python Developer
6 70 (9.87%) Python Engineer
7 62 (8.74%) Python Software Engineer
8 59 (8.32%) React Developer
9 57 (8.04%) Developer/Software Engineer
10 56 (7.90%) Analyst
11 54 (7.62%) Machine Learning Engineer
12 47 (6.63%) Data Engineer
13 46 (6.49%) Lead
14 43 (6.06%) Senior
15 38 (5.36%) Business Analyst
15 38 (5.36%) Full Stack Developer
15 38 (5.36%) Full Stack Engineer
16 32 (4.51%) Data Architect
16 32 (4.51%) Solutions Architect
17 30 (4.23%) Full Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (12.55%) React
2 71 (10.01%) TensorFlow
3 59 (8.32%) PyTorch
4 57 (8.04%) gRPC
4 57 (8.04%) Material-UI
4 57 (8.04%) Protocol Buffers
4 57 (8.04%) Redux
5 46 (6.49%) Kafka
6 41 (5.78%) Pandas
7 40 (5.64%) RESTful
8 39 (5.50%) scikit-learn
9 33 (4.65%) CSS
10 28 (3.95%) HTML
11 26 (3.67%) Akka
12 22 (3.10%) NumPy
13 21 (2.96%) .NET
14 19 (2.68%) PySpark
15 18 (2.54%) REST
16 15 (2.12%) Node.js
16 15 (2.12%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 115 (16.22%) Algorithms
2 87 (12.27%) Fixed Income
2 87 (12.27%) Hedge funds
3 60 (8.46%) Equities
4 49 (6.91%) Product Ownership
5 32 (4.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 30 (4.23%) Derivative
7 27 (3.81%) Public Cloud
8 24 (3.39%) Data Structures
9 19 (2.68%) Greenfield Project
10 18 (2.54%) Management Information System
11 14 (1.97%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 11 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
12 11 (1.55%) Social Media
13 9 (1.27%) Cloud Native
13 9 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
13 9 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
13 9 (1.27%) Onboarding
14 7 (0.99%) Distributed Computing
14 7 (0.99%) Multi-touch
Operating Systems
1 26 (3.67%) Linux
2 10 (1.41%) Windows
3 8 (1.13%) Android
4 7 (0.99%) Unix
5 4 (0.56%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 415 (58.53%) Artificial Intelligence
2 257 (36.25%) Agile
3 219 (30.89%) Data Science
4 157 (22.14%) Analytics
5 140 (19.75%) DevOps
5 140 (19.75%) Software Engineering
6 118 (16.64%) Computer Science
7 103 (14.53%) CI/CD
8 92 (12.98%) Asset Management
8 92 (12.98%) Data Modelling
9 89 (12.55%) Full Stack Development
10 88 (12.41%) Investment Management
11 87 (12.27%) Problem-Solving
12 75 (10.58%) Visualisation
13 68 (9.59%) Natural Language Processing
14 67 (9.45%) Business Intelligence
15 66 (9.31%) Data Analysis
16 63 (8.89%) Data Governance
16 63 (8.89%) Decision-Making
17 60 (8.46%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 402 (56.70%) Python
2 212 (29.90%) SQL
3 100 (14.10%) TypeScript
4 86 (12.13%) Java
5 46 (6.49%) Scala
6 44 (6.21%) JavaScript
7 40 (5.64%) C#
8 39 (5.50%) R
9 24 (3.39%) C++
10 23 (3.24%) Shell Script
11 21 (2.96%) PowerShell
12 13 (1.83%) Bash
13 7 (0.99%) Kusto Query Language
13 7 (0.99%) Search Processing Language
13 7 (0.99%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.85%) C
14 6 (0.85%) Clojure
14 6 (0.85%) Haskell
14 6 (0.85%) Rust
15 4 (0.56%) Go
Qualifications
1 128 (18.05%) Degree
2 68 (9.59%) Security Cleared
3 67 (9.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 64 (9.03%) SC Cleared
5 53 (7.48%) Master's Degree
6 28 (3.95%) PhD
7 18 (2.54%) DV Cleared
8 16 (2.26%) AWS Certification
9 10 (1.41%) Azure Certification
10 9 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (0.99%) CISSP
12 6 (0.85%) Numerate Degree
13 4 (0.56%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.56%) PMP
14 3 (0.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 3 (0.42%) AWS Certified Developer
14 3 (0.42%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 3 (0.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 3 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
15 2 (0.28%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (3.81%) Data Quality
1 27 (3.81%) QA
2 8 (1.13%) Accessibility
2 8 (1.13%) GDPR
3 4 (0.56%) Dodd-Frank
3 4 (0.56%) MiFID
4 3 (0.42%) NCSC
4 3 (0.42%) PCI DSS
4 3 (0.42%) PMO
5 2 (0.28%) Basel III
5 2 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.28%) GxP
5 2 (0.28%) PSD2
6 1 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.14%) GRC
6 1 (0.14%) ISO 26262
6 1 (0.14%) NIST
6 1 (0.14%) SLA
6 1 (0.14%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.14%) WCAG
System Software
1 53 (7.48%) Docker
2 7 (0.99%) HDFS
3 3 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.28%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.14%) KVM
5 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 81 (11.42%) Kubernetes
2 54 (7.62%) Terraform
3 18 (2.54%) Ansible
4 12 (1.69%) Puppet
5 11 (1.55%) Grafana
6 8 (1.13%) Kubeflow
7 5 (0.71%) Hadoop YARN
7 5 (0.71%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.28%) OPNET
8 2 (0.28%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.14%) Functional Safety
9 1 (0.14%) Kibana
9 1 (0.14%) Nagios
9 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.14%) vRealize
Vendors
1 104 (14.67%) Google
2 49 (6.91%) Microsoft
3 39 (5.50%) Databricks
4 24 (3.39%) Oracle
5 19 (2.68%) Typelevel
6 15 (2.12%) Sparx
7 13 (1.83%) Bloomberg
8 12 (1.69%) BISAM
9 10 (1.41%) SAP
10 9 (1.27%) OpenAI
11 8 (1.13%) Splunk
12 7 (0.99%) Sage
13 6 (0.85%) Adobe
13 6 (0.85%) Foundry
13 6 (0.85%) Optimizely
13 6 (0.85%) Palantir
13 6 (0.85%) ServiceNow
14 5 (0.71%) Ensighten
14 5 (0.71%) Monetate
14 5 (0.71%) Tealium