Machine Learning Developer Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Machine Learning Developer
England > Midlands

The median Machine Learning Developer daily rate in the Midlands is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Machine Learning Developer 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.080% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.089% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £515 - -
25th Percentile £519 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £538 £613 £500
% change year-on-year -12.24% +22.50% -20.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 3,389 1,857 2,508
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.37% 91.25% 92.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,151 1,199 1,694
10th Percentile £263 £200 £200
25th Percentile £400 £356 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.63% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £671 £675 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 199 74 199
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.87 £11.87
25th Percentile £16.35 £16.81 £14.71
Median hourly rate £22.50 £21.80 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% +14.71% +7.22%
75th Percentile £27.00 £30.00 £28.81
90th Percentile £40.00 £36.58 £55.00
England median hourly rate £35.00 £36.00 £34.52
% change year-on-year -2.78% +4.30% -13.71%

Machine Learning Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Machine Learning Developer job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Machine Learning Developer
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Machine Learning Developer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 February 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
West Midlands - 3 £550 - 2
Machine Learning Developer
England

Machine Learning Developer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 27 February 2026, Machine Learning Developer 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 Midlands region featuring Machine Learning Developer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Docker
1 3 (100.00%) GCP
1 3 (100.00%) Git
1 3 (100.00%) Hugging Face
1 3 (100.00%) LLM
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (100.00%) MLOps
1 3 (100.00%) Model Validation
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) PyTorch
1 3 (100.00%) TensorFlow
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
2 2 (66.67%) Feature Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Siemens
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Generative AI

Machine Learning Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) GCP
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Hugging Face
1 3 (100.00%) PyTorch
1 3 (100.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) LLM
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (100.00%) MLOps
1 3 (100.00%) Model Validation
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
2 2 (66.67%) Feature Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Siemens