Machine Learning Contracts in the City of London

Machine Learning (ML)
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for Machine Learning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Machine Learning over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 106 123
Rank change year-on-year +8 +17 -26
Contract jobs citing Machine Learning 31 67 71
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.40% 1.84% 1.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.54% 2.00% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 43 59
10th Percentile £463 £431 £388
25th Percentile £491 £522 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% +8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £806 £775 £706
90th Percentile £838 £838 £785
Central London median daily rate £650 £638 £600
% change year-on-year +1.96% +6.25% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.75 - £18.50
Median hourly rate £48.50 £35.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.57% +84.21% -
75th Percentile £50.25 - £40.63
90th Percentile - - £53.30
Central London median hourly rate £48.50 £35.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +38.57% +84.21% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Machine Learning is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,011 3,350 3,877
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.50% 91.88% 91.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,422 2,249 2,943
10th Percentile £363 £350 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £730 £675
90th Percentile £800 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 26 40
10th Percentile £19.13 £15.50 £18.30
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.93 £23.44
Median hourly rate £25.00 £43.25 £41.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.20% +5.49% +115.93%
75th Percentile £40.00 £58.75 £52.00
90th Percentile £48.57 £88.30 £62.83
Central London median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £41.00
% change year-on-year -20.54% -14.63% +105.00%

Machine Learning
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Machine Learning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Machine Learning in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Machine Learning in the City of London

Machine Learning
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Machine Learning in the City of London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Machine Learning in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Machine Learning in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Machine Learning in the City of London

Machine Learning
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 (3.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 1 (3.23%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 5 (16.13%) GCP
2 4 (12.90%) AWS
3 3 (9.68%) Vertex AI
4 2 (6.45%) Azure
4 2 (6.45%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (6.45%) Cloud Run
4 2 (6.45%) GitHub
5 1 (3.23%) ChatGPT
5 1 (3.23%) dbt
5 1 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (3.23%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (3.23%) Google Compute Engine
5 1 (3.23%) IaaS
5 1 (3.23%) PaaS
5 1 (3.23%) SaaS
5 1 (3.23%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.68%) BigQuery
1 3 (9.68%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (6.45%) Metadata
3 1 (3.23%) Data Mining
3 1 (3.23%) MongoDB
3 1 (3.23%) MySQL
3 1 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (3.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (16.13%) JIRA
2 3 (9.68%) Git
3 2 (6.45%) Cucumber
3 2 (6.45%) Selenium
4 1 (3.23%) GitLab
4 1 (3.23%) Jenkins
General
1 10 (32.26%) Social Skills
2 7 (22.58%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (19.35%) Finance
4 3 (9.68%) Financial Institution
4 3 (9.68%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (9.68%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (9.68%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.23%) Banking
5 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Legal
5 1 (3.23%) Marketing
5 1 (3.23%) Retail
5 1 (3.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (12.90%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
1 4 (12.90%) Senior
2 3 (9.68%) Architect
2 3 (9.68%) Developer
2 3 (9.68%) GCP Engineer
2 3 (9.68%) Machine Learning Engineer
2 3 (9.68%) Programme Manager
3 2 (6.45%) Consultant
3 2 (6.45%) Data Engineer
3 2 (6.45%) Data Modeller
3 2 (6.45%) Data Scientist
3 2 (6.45%) GCP Software Engineer
3 2 (6.45%) Python Engineer
3 2 (6.45%) Python Software Engineer
3 2 (6.45%) Software Engineer
3 2 (6.45%) Test Engineer
4 1 (3.23%) AWS Solution Architect
4 1 (3.23%) Contract Management Business Analyst
4 1 (3.23%) Contract Management Consultant
4 1 (3.23%) Full Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) React
2 1 (3.23%) CSS
2 1 (3.23%) D3.js
2 1 (3.23%) HTML
2 1 (3.23%) Middleware
2 1 (3.23%) Node.js
2 1 (3.23%) Nuxt
2 1 (3.23%) PyTorch
2 1 (3.23%) scikit-learn
2 1 (3.23%) Svelte
2 1 (3.23%) SvelteKit
2 1 (3.23%) TensorFlow
2 1 (3.23%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 7 (22.58%) Algorithms
2 2 (6.45%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.45%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (3.23%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.23%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.23%) FMCG
3 1 (3.23%) Genomics
3 1 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.23%) Insider Threat
3 1 (3.23%) Life Science
3 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.23%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (74.19%) Artificial Intelligence
2 15 (48.39%) Data Science
3 9 (29.03%) Computer Science
4 8 (25.81%) Agile
4 8 (25.81%) Analytics
5 7 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (16.13%) DevOps
6 5 (16.13%) Generative AI
7 4 (12.90%) Data Modelling
7 4 (12.90%) ETL
7 4 (12.90%) Scrum
7 4 (12.90%) Software Engineering
7 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (9.68%) Change Management
8 3 (9.68%) Data Analysis
8 3 (9.68%) Kanban
8 3 (9.68%) Mathematics
8 3 (9.68%) Matrix Management
8 3 (9.68%) PRINCE2
8 3 (9.68%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (48.39%) Python
2 8 (25.81%) Java
3 3 (9.68%) C#
3 3 (9.68%) Clojure
3 3 (9.68%) Haskell
3 3 (9.68%) JavaScript
3 3 (9.68%) Rust
3 3 (9.68%) SQL
4 2 (6.45%) C++
4 2 (6.45%) Go
4 2 (6.45%) Scala
4 2 (6.45%) Shell Script
5 1 (3.23%) Bash
5 1 (3.23%) C
5 1 (3.23%) R
5 1 (3.23%) Search Processing Language
5 1 (3.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (25.81%) Degree
2 6 (19.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (9.68%) PMI Certification
3 3 (9.68%) PMP
3 3 (9.68%) SC Cleared
3 3 (9.68%) Security Cleared
4 2 (6.45%) Master's Degree
4 2 (6.45%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.90%) QA
2 3 (9.68%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (12.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (12.90%) Kubernetes
2 3 (9.68%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (9.68%) Google
2 1 (3.23%) Adobe
2 1 (3.23%) Ariba
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow
2 1 (3.23%) Splunk