Azure Machine Learning Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Microsoft Azure Machine Learning (Azure ML)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Azure Machine Learning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 115 122
Rank change year-on-year -22 +7 +21
Contract jobs citing Azure Machine Learning 3 8 4
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.14% 0.47% 0.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.33% 1.16% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 4
10th Percentile - £513 £449
25th Percentile £725 £527 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £638 £475
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +34.21% -26.92%
75th Percentile £775 £663 £491
90th Percentile - £768 £496
Central London median daily rate £750 £638 £475
% change year-on-year +17.65% +34.21% -26.92%

All Cloud Computing Skills
City of London

Azure Machine Learning falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the City of London.

6 months to
20 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 904 692 836
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 42.28% 40.95% 39.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 639 503 543
10th Percentile £362 £333 £397
25th Percentile £456 £443 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year - -2.65% +2.73%
75th Percentile £660 £669 £675
90th Percentile £763 £750 £767
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £563
% change year-on-year - -2.22% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 2
10th Percentile £17.40 £21.58 £32.05
25th Percentile £19.50 £26.00 £39.63
Median hourly rate £23.16 £34.00 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.88% -39.29% +169.88%
75th Percentile £31.00 £58.96 £76.13
90th Percentile £46.00 £72.53 £85.95
Central London median hourly rate £27.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -20.59% -2.86% +68.67%

Azure Machine Learning Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure Machine Learning relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Azure Machine Learning job vacancy trend in the City of London

Azure Machine Learning Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Azure Machine Learning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Azure Machine Learning

Azure Machine Learning Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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.

Cloud Services

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Azure100.0%3
2Azure AI33.3%1
2Azure AKS33.3%1
2Azure Cognitive Services33.3%1
2Azure DevOps33.3%1
2Azure Key Vault33.3%1
2Azure Monitor33.3%1
2GitHub33.3%1
2GitHub Actions33.3%1
2Matillion33.3%1
2Power Platform33.3%1
2Snowflake33.3%1