Machine Learning Contract Job Trends in Derby

Machine Learning (ML)
Derbyshire > Derby

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Derby requiring Machine Learning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Machine Learning 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Derby 3.05% - 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.77% - 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £425
75th Percentile £675 - £438
90th Percentile - - -
Derbyshire median daily rate £650 - £425

All Process & Methodology Skills
Derby

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 Derby.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 106 73 87
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 80.92% 77.66% 70.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 29 60
10th Percentile £185 £195 £185
25th Percentile £384 £275 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £438
Median % change year-on-year - +2.86% -1.69%
75th Percentile £556 £525 £596
90th Percentile £606 £650 £664
Derbyshire median daily rate £413 £450 £376
% change year-on-year -8.22% +19.68% -16.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 10 10
10th Percentile £15.84 - £15.25
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £16.68 £19.30 £17.61
Median % change year-on-year -13.54% +9.58% +4.62%
75th Percentile £18.78 £23.86 £18.75
90th Percentile £24.72 £24.18 £20.00
Derbyshire median hourly rate £16.68 £21.59 £17.72
% change year-on-year -22.73% +21.84% +5.29%

Machine Learning
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

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

Machine Learning job vacancy trend in Derby

Machine Learning
Daily Rate Trend in Derby

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing Machine Learning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing Machine Learning

Machine Learning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) Jupyter
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
General
1 3 (75.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Design Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Design Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Principal Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Beowulf
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) AI
1 4 (100.00%) Data Science
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) API Integration
2 2 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) LLM
2 2 (50.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) PLM
2 2 (50.00%) SDLC
2 2 (50.00%) Statistics
2 2 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Use Case
2 2 (50.00%) User Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
3 1 (25.00%) Workflow
3 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C
1 2 (50.00%) C#
1 2 (50.00%) C++
1 2 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Docker
1 2 (50.00%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (50.00%) Podman
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) Siemens