Machine Learning Contract Job Trends in Slough

Machine Learning (ML)
Berkshire > Slough

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Slough requiring Machine Learning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Machine Learning 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Slough 4.17% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.32% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £490 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £510 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £630 £575 £448
% change year-on-year +9.57% +28.49% -18.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27.20 - -
Median hourly rate £28.41 - -
75th Percentile £29.61 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £82.46 - £28.50

All Process & Methodology Skills
Slough

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 Slough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 41 45 67
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Slough 56.94% 90.00% 77.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 29 33
10th Percentile £353 £160 £363
25th Percentile £405 £365 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £545 £584
90th Percentile £650 £585 £648
Berkshire median daily rate £537 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +4.78% -6.82% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 6
10th Percentile - - £11.79
25th Percentile - - £13.53
Median hourly rate £15.00 £18.87 £19.38
Median % change year-on-year -20.51% -2.61% -44.32%
75th Percentile £29.61 - £26.53
90th Percentile £38.09 - £59.25
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.00 £32.05 £61.60
% change year-on-year +158.97% -47.97% +2.67%

Machine Learning
Job Vacancy Trend in Slough

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

Machine Learning job vacancy trend in Slough

Machine Learning
Daily Rate Trend in Slough

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

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

Machine Learning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Slough 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 2 (66.67%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Metadata
1 1 (33.33%) Text Mining
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Data Scientist
2 1 (33.33%) Information Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) Data Science
1 3 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Generative AI
2 2 (66.67%) LLM
2 2 (66.67%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Use Case
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Bioinformatics
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Information Management
3 1 (33.33%) Ontologies
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree