Machine Learning Scientist Contract Job Trends in England

Machine Learning Scientist
UK > England

The median Machine Learning Scientist daily rate in England is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 578 470 552
Rank change year-on-year -108 +82 +117
Contract jobs requiring a Machine Learning Scientist 7 5 4
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.018% 0.020% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.022% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £491
25th Percentile £525 - £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £631
75th Percentile £575 - £732
90th Percentile - - £758
UK median daily rate £550 - £631

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,954 22,722 34,938
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.16% 92.92% 92.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,001 15,207 23,350
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £409 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,317 841 2,304
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.99 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.91 £21.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £41.26 £34.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.58% +6.15% -23.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £59.95
90th Percentile £77.50 £77.19 £71.60
UK median hourly rate £38.63 £32.50 £32.90
% change year-on-year +18.86% -1.20% -24.60%

Machine Learning Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Machine Learning Scientist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Machine Learning Scientist job vacancy trend in England

Machine Learning Scientist
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Machine Learning Scientist job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Machine Learning Scientist job vacancies in England

Machine Learning Scientist
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Machine Learning Scientist within the England region over the 6 months to 30 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -50 7 £550 - 2
Machine Learning Scientist
UK

Machine Learning Scientist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 30 March 2026, Machine Learning Scientist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Machine Learning Scientist in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) AI
1 7 (100.00%) AWS
1 7 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 7 (100.00%) Data Science
1 7 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 7 (100.00%) MLOps
1 7 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 7 (100.00%) Python
2 6 (85.71%) API Design
2 6 (85.71%) AutoML
2 6 (85.71%) Databricks
2 6 (85.71%) DevOps
2 6 (85.71%) Generative AI
2 6 (85.71%) Jenkins
2 6 (85.71%) MLflow
2 6 (85.71%) Test Automation
2 6 (85.71%) Unit Testing
2 6 (85.71%) Workflow
3 1 (14.29%) Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) AWS Fargate
3 1 (14.29%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (14.29%) Azure
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (14.29%) Containerisation
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) GCP
3 1 (14.29%) Gradient Boosting
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree

Machine Learning Scientist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) AWS Fargate
2 1 (14.29%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) GCP
2 1 (14.29%) Serverless
Development Applications
1 6 (85.71%) Jenkins
1 6 (85.71%) MLflow
General
1 1 (14.29%) Retail
1 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Polars
1 1 (14.29%) PySpark
1 1 (14.29%) Ray
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) AI
1 7 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 7 (100.00%) Data Science
1 7 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 7 (100.00%) MLOps
1 7 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
2 6 (85.71%) API Design
2 6 (85.71%) AutoML
2 6 (85.71%) DevOps
2 6 (85.71%) Generative AI
2 6 (85.71%) Test Automation
2 6 (85.71%) Unit Testing
2 6 (85.71%) Workflow
3 1 (14.29%) Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 1 (14.29%) Containerisation
3 1 (14.29%) Gradient Boosting
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (14.29%) Mathematics
3 1 (14.29%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
1 1 (14.29%) PhD
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Databricks