Machine Learning Engineer Contracts in the City of London

Machine Learning Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median Machine Learning Engineer daily rate in the City of London is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 119 158
Rank change year-on-year -9 +39 +29
Contract jobs requiring a Machine Learning Engineer 1 5 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.053% 0.24% 0.093%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% 0.26% 0.098%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - £510 £538
25th Percentile £563 £525 £543
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £800 £550
Median % change year-on-year -28.13% +45.45% -6.38%
75th Percentile £588 £838 £713
90th Percentile - £898 £810
Central London median daily rate £550 £800 £550
% change year-on-year -31.25% +45.45% -6.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 1,752 1,960 3,062
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.69% 94.82% 94.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,154 1,299 2,100
10th Percentile £331 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.80%
75th Percentile £684 £688 £713
90th Percentile £775 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £580
% change year-on-year -4.35% -0.86% +3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 14 11
10th Percentile £17.62 £15.87 £14.18
25th Percentile £24.21 £20.88 £18.93
Median hourly rate £28.50 £27.00 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -28.95% -9.52%
75th Percentile £60.25 £89.06 £60.63
90th Percentile £84.11 £137.50 £83.75
Central London median hourly rate £28.79 £27.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +6.61% -22.86% -15.66%

Machine Learning Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Machine Learning Engineer in the City of London

Machine Learning Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Machine Learning Engineer in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Machine Learning Engineer in the City of London

Machine Learning Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 16 August 2025, Machine Learning Engineer contract 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 contract job ads across the City of London region featuring Machine Learning Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) PhD
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Deep Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Pandas
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Spark
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) scikit-learn
1 1 (100.00%) TensorFlow
1 1 (100.00%) Kubeflow
1 1 (100.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (100.00%) MLflow
1 1 (100.00%) MLOps

Machine Learning Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 1 (100.00%) Apache Spark
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MLflow
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Pandas
1 1 (100.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) scikit-learn
1 1 (100.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Deep Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) MLOps
1 1 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PhD
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubeflow