Machine Learning Contracts in England

Machine Learning (ML)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Machine Learning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Machine Learning over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 145 207
Rank change year-on-year +49 +62 -10
Contract jobs citing Machine Learning 670 604 653
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.75% 1.62% 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.02% 1.88% 1.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 455 452 462
10th Percentile £378 £413 £450
25th Percentile £463 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £580 £600
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £750 £738 £738
90th Percentile £875 £788 £898
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 21 16
10th Percentile £25.25 £41.25 £21.08
25th Percentile £36.06 £46.18 £22.16
Median hourly rate £65.00 £52.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% +50.00% -22.22%
75th Percentile £78.74 £66.25 £54.69
90th Percentile £83.11 £75.00 £79.38
UK median hourly rate £61.50 £52.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +17.14% +50.00% -6.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Machine Learning
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Machine Learning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Machine Learning in England

Machine Learning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Machine Learning in England.

Daily rate trend for Machine Learning in England

Machine Learning
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Machine Learning in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Machine Learning in England

Machine Learning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Machine Learning in England.

Hourly rate trend for Machine Learning in England

Machine Learning
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Machine Learning in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Machine Learning in England

Machine Learning
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 +17 442 £600 -2.83% 1,919
South East +79 60 £575 -4.17% 803
North of England +18 45 £513 -6.82% 490
South West +75 40 £640 +16.36% 129
East of England +41 35 £625 +38.89% 186
North West +24 31 £600 +14.29% 246
Midlands +13 17 £475 -18.10% 445
West Midlands +4 11 £500 -13.79% 213
North East -1 7 £358 - 47
Yorkshire -1 7 £500 -9.75% 197
East Midlands +11 6 £450 -33.33% 225
Machine Learning
UK

Machine Learning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 93 (13.88%) Apache Spark
2 14 (2.09%) Apache
3 10 (1.49%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (1.49%) Confluence
4 9 (1.34%) Jupyter
4 9 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.60%) CMS
5 4 (0.60%) SAS
6 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.15%) Camunda
6 1 (0.15%) Luigi
Applications
1 11 (1.64%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.45%) Simulink
3 2 (0.30%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.30%) CPLEX
3 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.30%) Sketch
3 2 (0.30%) Weka
4 1 (0.15%) MadCap Flare
4 1 (0.15%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.15%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 5 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.30%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.15%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.15%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.15%) SAP SRM
4 1 (0.15%) Shopify
4 1 (0.15%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.15%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 234 (34.93%) Azure
2 190 (28.36%) AWS
3 92 (13.73%) GCP
4 63 (9.40%) Power Platform
5 62 (9.25%) Azure Machine Learning
6 54 (8.06%) Azure Data Factory
7 28 (4.18%) Serverless
8 27 (4.03%) Cloud Computing
9 26 (3.88%) GitHub
10 25 (3.73%) Snowflake
11 24 (3.58%) Amazon SageMaker
12 19 (2.84%) AWS Lambda
12 19 (2.84%) Azure DevOps
12 19 (2.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 19 (2.84%) PaaS
13 16 (2.39%) Amazon S3
14 14 (2.09%) GitHub Actions
14 14 (2.09%) IaaS
15 13 (1.94%) Azure AI
16 12 (1.79%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.39%) DNS
1 16 (2.39%) SMTP
2 13 (1.94%) Firewall
3 12 (1.79%) Network Security
4 10 (1.49%) VPN
5 9 (1.34%) DHCP
6 7 (1.04%) Ethernet
6 7 (1.04%) FTP
6 7 (1.04%) HTTP
6 7 (1.04%) SSL
7 3 (0.45%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (0.45%) LAN
7 3 (0.45%) LTE
7 3 (0.45%) WAN
8 2 (0.30%) InfiniBand
8 2 (0.30%) Internet
9 1 (0.15%) 4G
9 1 (0.15%) 5G
9 1 (0.15%) Modbus
9 1 (0.15%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (12.09%) Big Data
2 61 (9.10%) Power BI
3 56 (8.36%) Data Lake
4 52 (7.76%) Tableau
5 44 (6.57%) Hadoop
6 37 (5.52%) Data Warehouse
7 24 (3.58%) Metadata
7 24 (3.58%) Neo4j
8 20 (2.99%) Data Mining
9 16 (2.39%) BigQuery
10 14 (2.09%) PostgreSQL
11 13 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
12 12 (1.79%) NoSQL
13 11 (1.64%) Elasticsearch
14 10 (1.49%) Delta Lake
15 7 (1.04%) Apache Hive
15 7 (1.04%) Data Vault
15 7 (1.04%) Relational Database
16 6 (0.90%) Amazon Redshift
16 6 (0.90%) Looker
Development Applications
1 35 (5.22%) Jenkins
2 29 (4.33%) Git
3 16 (2.39%) JIRA
4 14 (2.09%) MLflow
5 8 (1.19%) ERwin
6 6 (0.90%) GitLab
7 3 (0.45%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.30%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.30%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.30%) MagicDraw
8 2 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.15%) CMake
9 1 (0.15%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.15%) NetBeans
9 1 (0.15%) Qt Creator
9 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio
General
1 151 (22.54%) Analytical Skills
2 150 (22.39%) Social Skills
3 130 (19.40%) Finance
4 69 (10.30%) Public Sector
5 64 (9.55%) Banking
6 41 (6.12%) Investment Banking
7 38 (5.67%) Front Office
8 23 (3.43%) Marketing
9 20 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
10 19 (2.84%) Financial Institution
11 18 (2.69%) Retail
12 17 (2.54%) Legal
13 16 (2.39%) Telecoms
14 15 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
15 14 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
16 12 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 12 (1.79%) Pharmaceutical
17 9 (1.34%) Manufacturing
18 5 (0.75%) Electronics
18 5 (0.75%) Games
Job Titles
1 100 (14.93%) Data Scientist
2 94 (14.03%) Developer
3 87 (12.99%) Senior
4 79 (11.79%) Architect
5 65 (9.70%) Data Engineer
6 57 (8.51%) Analyst
7 51 (7.61%) Lead
8 44 (6.57%) Machine Learning Engineer
9 41 (6.12%) Python Developer
10 37 (5.52%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
11 32 (4.78%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 29 (4.33%) Business Analyst
13 28 (4.18%) Gen AI Developer
14 25 (3.73%) Senior Data Scientist
15 23 (3.43%) Python Engineer
16 22 (3.28%) Product Manager
16 22 (3.28%) Solutions Architect
17 21 (3.13%) Consultant
18 19 (2.84%) Data Architect
18 19 (2.84%) Product Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (11.04%) TensorFlow
2 71 (10.60%) PyTorch
3 62 (9.25%) React
4 52 (7.76%) scikit-learn
5 50 (7.46%) Pandas
6 39 (5.82%) FastAPI
7 37 (5.52%) NumPy
8 36 (5.37%) PySpark
9 32 (4.78%) Django
10 27 (4.03%) .NET
11 23 (3.43%) Plotly
12 22 (3.28%) Kafka
13 21 (3.13%) Matplotlib
14 18 (2.69%) LangChain
15 16 (2.39%) Seaborn
16 14 (2.09%) CSS
16 14 (2.09%) HTML
17 12 (1.79%) REST
18 11 (1.64%) AngularJS
18 11 (1.64%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 104 (15.52%) Algorithms
2 42 (6.27%) Product Ownership
3 28 (4.18%) Distributed Computing
4 22 (3.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 22 (3.28%) Hedge funds
5 20 (2.99%) Derivative
5 20 (2.99%) Equities
5 20 (2.99%) Fixed Income
6 19 (2.84%) Data Structures
6 19 (2.84%) IoT
7 16 (2.39%) Distributed Systems
7 16 (2.39%) Management Information System
8 15 (2.24%) Data Centre
9 14 (2.09%) Public Cloud
10 13 (1.94%) Multi-touch
11 12 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
11 12 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
12 11 (1.64%) Cloud Native
12 11 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
13 10 (1.49%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 21 (3.13%) Linux
2 20 (2.99%) Apple iOS
3 18 (2.69%) Windows
4 9 (1.34%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.60%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (0.45%) Unix
7 2 (0.30%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 441 (65.82%) Artificial Intelligence
2 255 (38.06%) Data Science
3 205 (30.60%) Analytics
4 169 (25.22%) Agile
5 143 (21.34%) LLM
6 130 (19.40%) Generative AI
7 122 (18.21%) CI/CD
8 120 (17.91%) Problem-Solving
9 104 (15.52%) Data Analysis
9 104 (15.52%) Visualisation
10 102 (15.22%) DevOps
11 87 (12.99%) Computer Science
12 86 (12.84%) Data Engineering
13 81 (12.09%) Decision-Making
14 78 (11.64%) Data Pipeline
15 75 (11.19%) Data Modelling
16 66 (9.85%) Business Intelligence
16 66 (9.85%) Data Visualisation
17 65 (9.70%) Continuous Improvement
18 60 (8.96%) MLOps
Programming Languages
1 372 (55.52%) Python
2 187 (27.91%) SQL
3 62 (9.25%) R
4 59 (8.81%) Java
5 49 (7.31%) JavaScript
6 45 (6.72%) TypeScript
7 30 (4.48%) C#
7 30 (4.48%) Scala
8 25 (3.73%) C++
9 18 (2.69%) C
10 15 (2.24%) Shell Script
11 12 (1.79%) PowerShell
12 11 (1.64%) Rust
13 8 (1.19%) Clojure
14 7 (1.04%) Elixir
14 7 (1.04%) SystemVerilog
14 7 (1.04%) Tcl
15 6 (0.90%) T-SQL
16 5 (0.75%) Bash
16 5 (0.75%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 124 (18.51%) Degree
2 114 (17.01%) Security Cleared
3 90 (13.43%) SC Cleared
4 43 (6.42%) Master's Degree
5 41 (6.12%) PhD
6 30 (4.48%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (3.43%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.49%) AWS Certification
9 8 (1.19%) Azure Certification
10 7 (1.04%) CISSP
11 5 (0.75%) CISM
12 4 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.60%) Numerate Degree
13 3 (0.45%) HNC
13 3 (0.45%) HND
13 3 (0.45%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.45%) PMP
13 3 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.30%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (0.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (12.69%) Data Quality
2 30 (4.48%) QA
3 29 (4.33%) GDPR
4 14 (2.09%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 8 (1.19%) EU AI Act
8 7 (1.04%) NIST
9 4 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.45%) DO-254
11 2 (0.30%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.30%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.30%) NCSC
11 2 (0.30%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.30%) WCAG
12 1 (0.15%) ISO 13485
12 1 (0.15%) MISRA
12 1 (0.15%) MISRA C
12 1 (0.15%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.15%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 87 (12.99%) Docker
2 11 (1.64%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.34%) BitLocker
3 9 (1.34%) Hyper-V
3 9 (1.34%) Microsoft App-V
3 9 (1.34%) Terminal Services
3 9 (1.34%) VMware ESXi
3 9 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.45%) Firmware
5 2 (0.30%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.15%) Apache Flume
6 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 100 (14.93%) Kubernetes
2 42 (6.27%) Ansible
3 39 (5.82%) Terraform
4 9 (1.34%) Nagios
4 9 (1.34%) Puppet
4 9 (1.34%) vCenter Server
4 9 (1.34%) vMotion
5 5 (0.75%) Grafana
5 5 (0.75%) Kubeflow
6 3 (0.45%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.30%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Ranger
8 1 (0.15%) Kibana
8 1 (0.15%) logstash
8 1 (0.15%) QRadar
8 1 (0.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 84 (12.54%) Databricks
2 60 (8.96%) Microsoft
3 48 (7.16%) Google
4 15 (2.24%) OpenAI
5 13 (1.94%) SAP
6 12 (1.79%) ServiceNow
6 12 (1.79%) VMware
7 10 (1.49%) Oracle
8 9 (1.34%) Citrix
8 9 (1.34%) Dataiku
8 9 (1.34%) HP
8 9 (1.34%) Symantec
9 7 (1.04%) Foundry
9 7 (1.04%) Intel
9 7 (1.04%) Xilinx
10 6 (0.90%) Palantir
11 4 (0.60%) Splunk
11 4 (0.60%) Talend
12 3 (0.45%) Actel
12 3 (0.45%) Altera