Machine Learning Contracts in Somerset

Machine Learning (ML)
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset 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 11 26 28
Rank change year-on-year +15 +2 +7
Contract jobs citing Machine Learning 13 1 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 9.35% 0.49% 2.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.00% 0.65% 3.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 4
10th Percentile £612 - £437
25th Percentile £620 £550 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £450
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +33.33% -10.00%
75th Percentile £886 £650 £488
90th Percentile £900 - £555
South West median daily rate £640 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +16.36% - +1.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 130 154 186
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 93.53% 75.86% 89.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 86 140
10th Percentile £263 £159 £234
25th Percentile £413 £397 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £675 £597 £664
90th Percentile £775 £613 £724
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £549
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 29 16
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.50 £17.38
25th Percentile - - £32.11
Median hourly rate £18.51 £25.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.96% -50.00% +0.50%
75th Percentile - £40.00 £61.09
90th Percentile - £50.65 £76.84
South West median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%

Machine Learning
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Machine Learning in Somerset

Machine Learning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Daily rate trend for Machine Learning in Somerset

Machine Learning
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

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

Daily rate histogram for Machine Learning in Somerset

Machine Learning
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset 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
Bath -2 6 - - 23
Taunton - 6 £743 - 1
Street - 1 £650 - 2
Machine Learning
South West

Machine Learning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 1 (7.69%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) AWS
1 2 (15.38%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) GCP
2 1 (7.69%) Google Ads
2 1 (7.69%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) Metadata
2 1 (7.69%) Big Data
2 1 (7.69%) BigQuery
2 1 (7.69%) Data Mining
2 1 (7.69%) Hadoop
General
1 3 (23.08%) Influencing Skills
1 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Advertising
2 1 (7.69%) Marketing
2 1 (7.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Lecturer
1 5 (38.46%) Senior
2 3 (23.08%) Head of AI
2 3 (23.08%) Head of Data Science
2 3 (23.08%) Lead
3 1 (7.69%) Data Scientist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 5 (38.46%) Computer Science
2 5 (38.46%) Data Science
3 4 (30.77%) Data Management
4 3 (23.08%) Agile
4 3 (23.08%) Budget Management
4 3 (23.08%) Business Case
4 3 (23.08%) Culture Change
4 3 (23.08%) Data Governance
4 3 (23.08%) Data Governance Strategy
4 3 (23.08%) Project Management
4 3 (23.08%) Regulatory Compliance
4 3 (23.08%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (23.08%) Supplier Management
4 3 (23.08%) Technology Strategy
5 2 (15.38%) Analytics
5 2 (15.38%) Hydrography
5 2 (15.38%) Line Management
5 2 (15.38%) Predictive Analytics
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) Python
1 2 (15.38%) R
2 1 (7.69%) C++
2 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) Data Quality
2 1 (7.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (7.69%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Apple
1 1 (7.69%) Criteo
1 1 (7.69%) Databricks
1 1 (7.69%) Google
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle