Machine Learning Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Machine Learning (ML)
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Machine Learning skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 56 48
Rank change year-on-year +18 -8 +3
Contract jobs citing Machine Learning 2 5 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 0.72% 1.14% 1.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 1.33% 1.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 8
10th Percentile - - £606
25th Percentile - £659 £644
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £668 £713
Median % change year-on-year -17.60% -6.32% +18.75%
75th Percentile - £676 £766
90th Percentile - - £783
South West median daily rate £550 £588 £550
% change year-on-year -6.38% +6.82% +0.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 243 375 441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 87.73% 85.62% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 194 273
10th Percentile £220 £363 £375
25th Percentile £350 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £660 £638 £675
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 34 45
10th Percentile £15.26 £22.50 £31.20
25th Percentile £26.43 £28.50 £50.00
Median hourly rate £35.17 £37.52 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -49.98% +130.77%
75th Percentile £70.00 £71.50 £78.00
90th Percentile £70.50 £73.75 £84.36
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £64.15
% change year-on-year -62.74% +5.23% +12.18%

Machine Learning
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Machine Learning in Gloucestershire

Machine Learning
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

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

Machine Learning
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 4 September 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
Cheltenham +26 2 £550 -17.60% 5
Machine Learning
South West

Machine Learning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Lead Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Lead Python Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (50.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Vision
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (50.00%) Edge Computing
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) MLOps
2 1 (50.00%) Natural Language Processing
2 1 (50.00%) Predictive Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Signal Processing
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes