Machine Learning Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire
Machine Learning (ML)
East of England > Cambridgeshire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Machine Learning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 35 | 20 | 36 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -15 | +16 | +6 |
| Contract jobs citing Machine Learning | 6 | 28 | 8 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire | 1.56% | 7.80% | 2.02% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.86% | 8.59% | 2.43% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 15 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £485 | £355 | £378 |
| 25th Percentile | £519 | £400 | £475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £475 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +26.32% | -5.00% | -1.28% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £565 | £583 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £707 | £623 |
| East of England median daily rate | £538 | £531 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.18% | +6.25% | -3.05% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £41.35 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £36.25 | £41.50 | £51.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.50 | £43.00 | £52.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.79% | -18.10% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £38.75 | £44.50 | £53.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £44.65 | - |
| East of England median hourly rate | £85.24 | £65.00 | £52.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +31.13% | +23.81% | -19.23% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire
Machine Learning falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cambridgeshire.
| 6 months to 22 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 323 | 326 | 329 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire | 84.11% | 90.81% | 82.87% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 115 | 118 | 115 |
| 10th Percentile | £188 | £258 | £266 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £400 | £340 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £508 | £485 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.45% | +4.64% | +2.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £594 | £625 | £579 |
| 90th Percentile | £671 | £700 | £638 |
| East of England median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +11.11% | -10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 86 | 97 | 100 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.45 | £13.80 | £15.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £14.22 | £14.38 | £15.62 |
| Median hourly rate | £15.41 | £16.00 | £16.23 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.72% | -1.42% | +11.93% |
| 75th Percentile | £31.94 | £21.50 | £18.06 |
| 90th Percentile | £48.13 | £43.75 | £49.13 |
| East of England median hourly rate | £47.50 | £21.14 | £27.67 |
| % change year-on-year | +124.69% | -23.60% | +39.68% |
Machine Learning Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Machine Learning relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.
Machine Learning Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Machine Learning.
Machine Learning Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Machine Learning in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 22 October 2026.
Machine Learning Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Machine Learning.
Machine Learning Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire
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 Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 22 October 2026. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge | -9 | 6 | £600 | +26.32% | 10 |
| Machine Learning East of England |
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Machine Learning Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AI | 83.3% | 5 |
| 2 | CI/CD | 66.7% | 4 |
| 3 | Anomaly Detection | 50.0% | 3 |
| 3 | Incident Response | 50.0% | 3 |
| 3 | Infrastructure as Code | 50.0% | 3 |
| 3 | ITIL | 50.0% | 3 |
| 3 | Platform Engineering | 50.0% | 3 |
| 3 | Root Cause Analysis | 50.0% | 3 |
| 3 | Service Management | 50.0% | 3 |
| 10 | AI Transformation | 33.3% | 2 |
| 10 | Decision-Making | 33.3% | 2 |
| 10 | Incident Management | 33.3% | 2 |
| 10 | Observability | 33.3% | 2 |
| 10 | Site Reliability Engineering | 33.3% | 2 |
| 15 | Actionable Insight | 16.7% | 1 |
| 15 | Agile | 16.7% | 1 |
| 15 | Analytics | 16.7% | 1 |
| 15 | Architecture Governance | 16.7% | 1 |
| 15 | Architecture Roadmap | 16.7% | 1 |
| 15 | Business Intelligence | 16.7% | 1 |