Machine Learning Contracts in London

Machine Learning (ML)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 75 92 173
Rank change year-on-year +17 +81 -19
Contract jobs citing Machine Learning 442 434 411
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.52% 2.43% 1.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.82% 2.75% 1.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 301 346 290
10th Percentile £393 £425 £465
25th Percentile £463 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £618 £625
Median % change year-on-year -2.83% -1.20% +4.17%
75th Percentile £800 £750 £779
90th Percentile £881 £788 £899
England median daily rate £600 £580 £600
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 5
10th Percentile £39.10 £41.19 -
25th Percentile £51.25 £41.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £45.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -37.93% +75.76%
75th Percentile £65.00 £51.38 £82.50
90th Percentile - £63.00 £87.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £52.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +23.81% +50.00% -22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Machine Learning
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Machine Learning in London

Machine Learning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Machine Learning in London

Machine Learning
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Machine Learning in London

Machine Learning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Machine Learning in London

Machine Learning
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

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

Hourly rate histogram for Machine Learning in London

Machine Learning
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London 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
Central London +25 53 £600 -7.69% 93
East London - 4 £560 - 9
West London -3 2 £505 -3.81% 39
South London - 2 £625 - 2
Machine Learning
England

Machine Learning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 58 (13.12%) Apache Spark
2 9 (2.04%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (2.04%) Jupyter
3 7 (1.58%) Apache
4 3 (0.68%) CMS
5 2 (0.45%) Confluence
6 1 (0.23%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.23%) Camunda
6 1 (0.23%) Luigi
6 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.23%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (1.58%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.45%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.45%) CPLEX
3 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.45%) Sketch
4 1 (0.23%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.23%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (0.23%) Weka
Business Applications
1 3 (0.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.23%) SAP QM
2 1 (0.23%) SAP SRM
2 1 (0.23%) Shopify
2 1 (0.23%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.23%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 148 (33.48%) Azure
2 126 (28.51%) AWS
3 56 (12.67%) GCP
4 47 (10.63%) Power Platform
5 41 (9.28%) Azure Data Factory
6 39 (8.82%) Azure Machine Learning
7 21 (4.75%) GitHub
8 20 (4.52%) Snowflake
9 19 (4.30%) Amazon SageMaker
10 15 (3.39%) Serverless
11 14 (3.17%) Cloud Computing
12 13 (2.94%) GitHub Actions
13 12 (2.71%) Amazon S3
13 12 (2.71%) AWS Lambda
13 12 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
14 10 (2.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 9 (2.04%) dbt
15 9 (2.04%) Vertex AI
16 8 (1.81%) Azure AI
17 7 (1.58%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.90%) Ethernet
1 4 (0.90%) Firewall
1 4 (0.90%) Network Security
2 3 (0.68%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (0.45%) Internet
3 2 (0.45%) VPN
4 1 (0.23%) DHCP
4 1 (0.23%) DNS
4 1 (0.23%) InfiniBand
4 1 (0.23%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.23%) LAN
4 1 (0.23%) Modbus
4 1 (0.23%) SMTP
4 1 (0.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (10.18%) Power BI
2 44 (9.95%) Data Lake
3 39 (8.82%) Big Data
4 28 (6.33%) Tableau
5 26 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
6 20 (4.52%) Neo4j
7 18 (4.07%) Hadoop
8 15 (3.39%) Metadata
9 14 (3.17%) BigQuery
9 14 (3.17%) Data Mining
9 14 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
10 12 (2.71%) NoSQL
11 9 (2.04%) Delta Lake
12 6 (1.36%) Amazon Athena
12 6 (1.36%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (1.36%) Apache Hive
13 5 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
13 5 (1.13%) Looker
13 5 (1.13%) Oracle Database
13 5 (1.13%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 32 (7.24%) Jenkins
2 14 (3.17%) Git
3 12 (2.71%) MLflow
4 7 (1.58%) ERwin
4 7 (1.58%) JIRA
5 3 (0.68%) ER Studio
6 2 (0.45%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.45%) GitLab
6 2 (0.45%) MagicDraw
6 2 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.23%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.23%) Qt Creator
7 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 108 (24.43%) Finance
2 91 (20.59%) Analytical Skills
3 83 (18.78%) Social Skills
4 61 (13.80%) Banking
5 41 (9.28%) Investment Banking
5 41 (9.28%) Public Sector
6 38 (8.60%) Front Office
7 20 (4.52%) Organisational Skills
8 19 (4.30%) Financial Institution
9 16 (3.62%) Retail
10 14 (3.17%) Marketing
11 12 (2.71%) Legal
12 11 (2.49%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.90%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.68%) Military
15 3 (0.68%) Publishing
16 2 (0.45%) Games
Job Titles
1 60 (13.57%) Data Scientist
2 59 (13.35%) Developer
3 47 (10.63%) Architect
3 47 (10.63%) Data Engineer
4 46 (10.41%) Analyst
5 43 (9.73%) Senior
6 42 (9.50%) Machine Learning Engineer
7 38 (8.60%) Python Developer
8 37 (8.37%) Lead
9 28 (6.33%) Business Analyst
10 27 (6.11%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
11 26 (5.88%) Gen AI Developer
12 23 (5.20%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 22 (4.98%) Product Manager
14 21 (4.75%) Python Engineer
15 18 (4.07%) Business Manager
15 18 (4.07%) Product Analyst
15 18 (4.07%) Product Business Analyst
16 17 (3.85%) Senior Data Scientist
17 16 (3.62%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (12.90%) React
2 39 (8.82%) TensorFlow
3 38 (8.60%) FastAPI
4 35 (7.92%) PyTorch
5 31 (7.01%) Django
6 30 (6.79%) scikit-learn
7 29 (6.56%) Pandas
8 23 (5.20%) .NET
9 21 (4.75%) Plotly
10 20 (4.52%) PySpark
11 17 (3.85%) NumPy
12 16 (3.62%) LangChain
13 13 (2.94%) Kafka
14 12 (2.71%) REST
15 8 (1.81%) pydantic
16 7 (1.58%) AngularJS
16 7 (1.58%) Play Framework
16 7 (1.58%) Ray
17 6 (1.36%) CSS
17 6 (1.36%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 54 (12.22%) Algorithms
2 40 (9.05%) Product Ownership
3 25 (5.66%) Distributed Computing
4 22 (4.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 22 (4.98%) Hedge funds
5 20 (4.52%) Derivative
5 20 (4.52%) Equities
5 20 (4.52%) Fixed Income
6 16 (3.62%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (2.26%) Greenfield Project
7 10 (2.26%) Public Cloud
8 8 (1.81%) Cloud Native
8 8 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (1.81%) Data Structures
8 8 (1.81%) Multi-touch
9 7 (1.58%) Credit Risk
9 7 (1.58%) Data Centre
9 7 (1.58%) FMCG
9 7 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.36%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.52%) Apple iOS
2 4 (0.90%) Linux
3 2 (0.45%) Windows
4 1 (0.23%) Android
4 1 (0.23%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 281 (63.57%) Artificial Intelligence
2 169 (38.24%) Data Science
3 138 (31.22%) Analytics
4 114 (25.79%) Agile
5 94 (21.27%) CI/CD
6 90 (20.36%) Generative AI
7 87 (19.68%) LLM
8 75 (16.97%) Problem-Solving
9 70 (15.84%) Visualisation
10 65 (14.71%) DevOps
11 62 (14.03%) Data Pipeline
12 57 (12.90%) Data Engineering
13 56 (12.67%) Data Analysis
14 54 (12.22%) Data Visualisation
15 53 (11.99%) Data Modelling
16 51 (11.54%) Computer Science
17 49 (11.09%) MLOps
18 48 (10.86%) Continuous Improvement
19 47 (10.63%) Business Intelligence
20 46 (10.41%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 261 (59.05%) Python
2 141 (31.90%) SQL
3 52 (11.76%) Java
4 39 (8.82%) TypeScript
5 34 (7.69%) JavaScript
6 31 (7.01%) R
7 27 (6.11%) Scala
8 25 (5.66%) C#
9 21 (4.75%) C++
10 17 (3.85%) C
11 14 (3.17%) Shell Script
12 11 (2.49%) Rust
13 8 (1.81%) Clojure
14 7 (1.58%) Elixir
15 6 (1.36%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.90%) Go
16 4 (0.90%) SystemVerilog
16 4 (0.90%) Tcl
17 3 (0.68%) PowerShell
18 2 (0.45%) Bash
Qualifications
1 78 (17.65%) Degree
2 57 (12.90%) Security Cleared
3 53 (11.99%) SC Cleared
4 29 (6.56%) Master's Degree
5 25 (5.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (5.43%) PhD
7 9 (2.04%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.36%) CISSP
9 5 (1.13%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.90%) CISM
11 3 (0.68%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.68%) PMP
11 3 (0.68%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.45%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.45%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.23%) ISEB
13 1 (0.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (9.95%) Data Quality
2 20 (4.52%) GDPR
3 15 (3.39%) QA
4 11 (2.49%) Accessibility
5 9 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.81%) EU AI Act
7 6 (1.36%) NIST
8 5 (1.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.45%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.45%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.45%) NCSC
10 2 (0.45%) WCAG
11 1 (0.23%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 1 (0.23%) ISO 13485
11 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.23%) SLA
System Software
1 61 (13.80%) Docker
2 3 (0.68%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.23%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (0.23%) Terminal Services
3 1 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 69 (15.61%) Kubernetes
2 29 (6.56%) Ansible
3 25 (5.66%) Terraform
4 5 (1.13%) Kubeflow
5 1 (0.23%) Apache Ranger
5 1 (0.23%) Grafana
5 1 (0.23%) Nagios
5 1 (0.23%) Proxmox
5 1 (0.23%) Puppet
5 1 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.23%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.23%) vMotion
Vendors
1 64 (14.48%) Databricks
2 32 (7.24%) Microsoft
3 30 (6.79%) Google
4 9 (2.04%) Dataiku
4 9 (2.04%) Oracle
5 7 (1.58%) OpenAI
6 6 (1.36%) SAP
6 6 (1.36%) ServiceNow
7 4 (0.90%) Intel
7 4 (0.90%) Talend
7 4 (0.90%) Xilinx
8 3 (0.68%) Adobe
8 3 (0.68%) DataRobot
8 3 (0.68%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.68%) Sparx
9 2 (0.45%) Foundry
9 2 (0.45%) IBM
9 2 (0.45%) New Relic
9 2 (0.45%) Splunk
9 2 (0.45%) VMware