Machine Learning Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Machine Learning Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Machine Learning Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £92,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 737 709 782
Rank change year-on-year -28 +73 -121
Permanent jobs requiring a Machine Learning Engineer 19 45 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.027% 0.076% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.085% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 16 42 46
10th Percentile £59,375 £32,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £67,813 £49,688 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,500 £63,750 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +45.10% +4.08% -5.77%
75th Percentile £93,750 £81,875 £71,250
90th Percentile £94,375 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £83,750 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +11.67% - +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,946 52,777 68,977
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 89.21% 95.73%
Number of salaries quoted 47,984 30,164 42,468
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,183 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +6.37% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Machine Learning Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Machine Learning Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Machine Learning Engineer in the UK excluding London

Machine Learning Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Machine Learning Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Machine Learning Engineer in the UK excluding London

Machine Learning Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Machine Learning Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Machine Learning Engineer in the UK excluding London

Machine Learning Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Machine Learning Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +46 5 £83,750 +52.27% 5
West Midlands +16 5 £83,750 +34.00%
Midlands +2 5 £83,750 +39.58% 1
South West -14 3 £92,500 +15.63% 1
Yorkshire +83 2 £92,500 +23.33%
North West +1 2 £72,500 +31.82% 5
East of England -6 2 £92,500 +23.33% 7
South East -18 2 £92,500 +49.92% 27
Scotland -71 2 £57,500 -25.81%
North East - 1 £75,000 -
Machine Learning Engineer
UK

Machine Learning Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 19 May 2024, Machine Learning Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Machine Learning Engineer in the job title.

1 19 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 18 (94.74%) Python
3 17 (89.47%) Artificial Intelligence
4 11 (57.89%) Software Engineering
5 10 (52.63%) Security Cleared
5 10 (52.63%) DevOps
5 10 (52.63%) Kubernetes
6 9 (47.37%) SC Cleared
6 9 (47.37%) DV Cleared
7 8 (42.11%) TypeScript
7 8 (42.11%) JavaScript
8 6 (31.58%) Computer Science
9 5 (26.32%) Degree
10 4 (21.05%) Deep Learning
10 4 (21.05%) Algorithms
10 4 (21.05%) TensorFlow
10 4 (21.05%) Master's Degree
10 4 (21.05%) PyTorch
10 4 (21.05%) MLOps
10 4 (21.05%) LLM
11 3 (15.79%) Data Science
11 3 (15.79%) Pandas
11 3 (15.79%) Mathematics
11 3 (15.79%) Data Analysis
11 3 (15.79%) AWS
11 3 (15.79%) NumPy
12 2 (10.53%) Data Analytics
12 2 (10.53%) Analytics
12 2 (10.53%) Amazon EMR
12 2 (10.53%) C++

Machine Learning Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (10.53%) Apache
1 2 (10.53%) Apache Airflow
1 2 (10.53%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.79%) AWS
2 2 (10.53%) Amazon EKS
2 2 (10.53%) Amazon EMR
2 2 (10.53%) Amazon S3
2 2 (10.53%) AWS Lambda
2 2 (10.53%) Serverless
3 1 (5.26%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) Amazon Redshift
1 2 (10.53%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Git
General
1 2 (10.53%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.26%) Finance
2 1 (5.26%) Games
2 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (21.05%) PyTorch
1 4 (21.05%) TensorFlow
2 3 (15.79%) NumPy
2 3 (15.79%) Pandas
3 2 (10.53%) Keras
4 1 (5.26%) Matplotlib
4 1 (5.26%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Algorithms
2 2 (10.53%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (5.26%) Blockchain
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 17 (89.47%) Artificial Intelligence
3 11 (57.89%) Software Engineering
4 10 (52.63%) DevOps
5 6 (31.58%) Computer Science
6 4 (21.05%) Deep Learning
6 4 (21.05%) LLM
6 4 (21.05%) MLOps
7 3 (15.79%) Data Analysis
7 3 (15.79%) Data Science
7 3 (15.79%) Mathematics
8 2 (10.53%) AIOps
8 2 (10.53%) Analytics
8 2 (10.53%) CI/CD
8 2 (10.53%) Data Analytics
8 2 (10.53%) Data Pipeline
8 2 (10.53%) Reinforcement Learning
9 1 (5.26%) Data Collection
9 1 (5.26%) Feature Engineering
9 1 (5.26%) Synthetic Environment
Programming Languages
1 18 (94.74%) Python
2 8 (42.11%) JavaScript
2 8 (42.11%) TypeScript
3 2 (10.53%) C++
4 1 (5.26%) R
Qualifications
1 10 (52.63%) Security Cleared
2 9 (47.37%) DV Cleared
2 9 (47.37%) SC Cleared
3 5 (26.32%) Degree
4 4 (21.05%) Master's Degree
5 2 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (10.53%) PhD
Systems Management
1 10 (52.63%) Kubernetes