Machine Learning Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Machine Learning (ML)
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Machine Learning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - +6
Contract jobs citing Machine Learning 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 1.67% - 1.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.94% - 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £680 - £480
25th Percentile £800 - £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £1,000 - £525
75th Percentile £1,075 - £563
90th Percentile £1,120 - £570
South West median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

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 155 145 164
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 86.11% 75.92% 86.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 96 107
10th Percentile £160 £200 £158
25th Percentile £234 £333 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.27% -7.50% -3.75%
75th Percentile £547 £625 £611
90th Percentile £649 £713 £719
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 6 27
10th Percentile £18.51 £12.50 £35.00
25th Percentile £34.33 £13.25 £46.97
Median hourly rate £62.50 £20.50 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year +204.88% -60.49% +3.78%
75th Percentile £63.75 £41.88 £61.52
90th Percentile £64.20 £57.50 £65.00
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -61.31% +8.33% -7.69%

Machine Learning
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Machine Learning job vacancy trend in Somerset

Machine Learning
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

Machine Learning
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Machine Learning in Somerset over the 6 months to 30 October 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 30 October 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
Taunton - 3 £1,000 -
Machine Learning
South West

Machine Learning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Metadata
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Head of AI
1 2 (66.67%) Head of Data Science
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) AI
2 2 (66.67%) Data Science
2 2 (66.67%) Line Management
3 1 (33.33%) A/B Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
3 1 (33.33%) Business Case
3 1 (33.33%) Culture Change
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Decision Tree
3 1 (33.33%) Deep Learning
3 1 (33.33%) Exploratory Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Generative AI
3 1 (33.33%) Hydrography
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Random Forest
3 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (33.33%) Statistical Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Supplier Management
3 1 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality