Machine Learning Contracts in Cardiff

Machine Learning (ML)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff requiring Machine Learning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Machine Learning over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 - 41
Rank change year-on-year - - +17
Contract jobs citing Machine Learning 3 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 1.88% - 1.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.05% - 1.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £553 - £400
25th Percentile £556 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £613
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.26%
75th Percentile £588 - £684
90th Percentile - - £701
South Wales median daily rate £563 - £613

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 146 161 297
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 91.25% 75.94% 88.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 132 233
10th Percentile £196 £189 £201
25th Percentile £269 £379 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £460
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +8.70% -0.54%
75th Percentile £525 £555 £575
90th Percentile £625 £644 £630
South Wales median daily rate £413 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -17.50% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 5
10th Percentile - £13.00 -
25th Percentile £12.21 £14.88 £13.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £18.00 £16.45
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +9.46% -12.29%
75th Percentile £23.75 £35.88 £23.75
90th Percentile £41.75 £46.60 £24.50
South Wales median hourly rate £20.62 £22.68 £18.14
% change year-on-year -9.09% +25.03% -16.12%

Machine Learning
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Machine Learning in Cardiff

Machine Learning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Daily rate trend for Machine Learning in Cardiff

Machine Learning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) GCP
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Machine Learning
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Python Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) PyTorch
1 2 (66.67%) RESTful
1 2 (66.67%) scikit-learn
1 2 (66.67%) TensorFlow
2 1 (33.33%) Express.js
2 1 (33.33%) NestJS
2 1 (33.33%) Node.js
2 1 (33.33%) NumPy
2 1 (33.33%) Pandas
2 1 (33.33%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Algorithms
2 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Science
2 2 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Deep Learning
3 1 (33.33%) Feature Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) High Availability
3 1 (33.33%) Microservices
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Google
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft