Machine Learning Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Machine Learning (ML)
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring Machine Learning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 26 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Contract jobs citing Machine Learning 11 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 3.94% 0.61% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.61% 0.83% -
Number of daily rates quoted 11 1 0
10th Percentile £525 - -
25th Percentile £530 £563 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - -
75th Percentile £567 £588 -
90th Percentile £574 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £575 £475
% change year-on-year -4.35% +21.05% -17.39%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 196 121 239
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 70.25% 74.23% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 63 95
10th Percentile £346 £366 £400
25th Percentile £450 £418 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.62% -8.70% +15.00%
75th Percentile £603 £619 £670
90th Percentile £680 £672 £790
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £550 £589
% change year-on-year - -6.65% +12.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 27 100
10th Percentile £13.48 £32.27 £51.06
25th Percentile £46.25 £41.00 £53.40
Median hourly rate £55.00 £50.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -16.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £62.95 £58.75 £70.43
90th Percentile £68.55 £63.00 £76.86
Hampshire median hourly rate £38.25 £50.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -23.50% -12.82% +4.27%

Machine Learning
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Machine Learning relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.

Machine Learning job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Machine Learning
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

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

Machine Learning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (45.45%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 10 (90.91%) AWS
2 5 (45.45%) Azure
3 1 (9.09%) GCP
Development Applications
1 5 (45.45%) GitLab
1 5 (45.45%) MLflow
General
1 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Operations Engineer
1 4 (36.36%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) DevSecOps Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Machine Learning Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (54.55%) Kafka
2 5 (45.45%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Onboarding
2 1 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 10 (90.91%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 11 (100.00%) DevSecOps
2 10 (90.91%) Containerisation
3 7 (63.64%) AI
3 7 (63.64%) Continuous Integration
4 6 (54.55%) DevOps
5 5 (45.45%) MLOps
5 5 (45.45%) Platform Engineering
5 5 (45.45%) SFIA
5 5 (45.45%) Use Case
6 3 (27.27%) Migration
6 3 (27.27%) Technical Leadership
7 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (9.09%) Data Science
8 1 (9.09%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Automation
8 1 (9.09%) Operational Stability
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) Python
2 10 (90.91%) Bash
Qualifications
1 10 (90.91%) Security Cleared
2 9 (81.82%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 11 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Google