Azure Machine Learning Contracts in the South East

Microsoft Azure Machine Learning (Azure ML)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Azure Machine Learning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Azure 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 147 204 212
Rank change year-on-year +57 +8 +50
Contract jobs citing Azure Machine Learning 12 1 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.40% 0.018% 0.17%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.32% 0.073% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 10
10th Percentile £324 - £484
25th Percentile £357 £625 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £650 £538
Median % change year-on-year -16.15% +20.93% -6.52%
75th Percentile £588 £675 £563
90th Percentile £589 - £599
England median daily rate £452 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -13.90% -4.55% -14.46%

All Cloud Skills
South East

Azure Machine Learning falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 911 1,373 1,705
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 30.27% 24.70% 29.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 622 924 1,252
10th Percentile £280 £250 £252
25th Percentile £403 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £635
90th Percentile £663 £675 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 52 52
10th Percentile £16.78 £16.25 £17.72
25th Percentile £16.95 £17.80 £18.25
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.36 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year +27.47% -8.74% +16.39%
75th Percentile £47.58 £52.38 £67.81
90th Percentile £75.05 £61.59 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.50 £20.77 £32.30
% change year-on-year +22.77% -35.70% +53.81%

Azure Machine Learning
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Azure Machine Learning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Machine Learning in the South East

Azure Machine Learning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure Machine Learning in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Azure Machine Learning in the South East

Azure Machine Learning
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for Azure Machine Learning in the South East

Azure Machine Learning
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Machine Learning within the South East 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
Berkshire - 7 £550 - 1
Thames Valley - 7 £550 - 1
Surrey - 5 £540 - 2
Azure Machine Learning
England

Azure Machine Learning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (16.67%) Apache
1 2 (16.67%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 12 (100.00%) Azure
2 5 (41.67%) Azure AKS
3 3 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 2 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (16.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (16.67%) Power Automate
4 2 (16.67%) Power Platform
4 2 (16.67%) Snowflake
5 1 (8.33%) Azure AI
5 1 (8.33%) Azure Cognitive Services
5 1 (8.33%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (8.33%) SaaS
5 1 (8.33%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) Data Lake
2 2 (16.67%) Big Data
2 2 (16.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Git
2 1 (8.33%) GitLab
2 1 (8.33%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Cloud Engineer
1 3 (25.00%) Data Scientist
2 2 (16.67%) Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) C# Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Lead
3 1 (8.33%) Machine Learning Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) .NET
1 2 (16.67%) CSS
1 2 (16.67%) HTML
1 2 (16.67%) PyTorch
1 2 (16.67%) scikit-learn
1 2 (16.67%) TensorFlow
2 1 (8.33%) FHIR
2 1 (8.33%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Cyberattack
1 1 (8.33%) IoT
1 1 (8.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 6 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (25.00%) Agile
4 3 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 3 (25.00%) Data Science
4 3 (25.00%) LLM
4 3 (25.00%) MLOps
5 2 (16.67%) Analytics
5 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (16.67%) Dashboard Development
5 2 (16.67%) Data Analysis
5 2 (16.67%) Data Engineering
5 2 (16.67%) Data Modelling
5 2 (16.67%) DevOps
5 2 (16.67%) ETL
5 2 (16.67%) Mathematics
5 2 (16.67%) Predictive Analytics
5 2 (16.67%) Software Testing
5 2 (16.67%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) Python
2 5 (41.67%) SQL
3 4 (33.33%) R
4 2 (16.67%) C#
4 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) GDPR
1 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (8.33%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (41.67%) Kubernetes
2 3 (25.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Databricks
2 3 (25.00%) OpenAI
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow