Machine Learning Consultant Contracts in the South East

Machine Learning Consultant
England > South East

The median Machine Learning Consultant daily rate in the South East is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Machine Learning Consultant 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.033% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
England median daily rate £550 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 2,767 5,141 5,491
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.93% 92.50% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,821 3,084 3,829
10th Percentile £250 £213 £225
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.42%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £606
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 481 240
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.78 £18.04
25th Percentile £20.06 £18.32 £22.16
Median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.50 £65.16
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £75.00
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Machine Learning Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Machine Learning Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Machine Learning Consultant in the South East

Machine Learning Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Machine Learning Consultant in the South East

Machine Learning Consultant
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 Machine Learning Consultant 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 - 1 £550 -
Thames Valley - 1 £550 -
Machine Learning Consultant
England

Machine Learning Consultant Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Machine Learning Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Machine Learning Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) R
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Spark
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) scikit-learn
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) TensorFlow
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 1 (100.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) MLOps
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AKS
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation

Machine Learning Consultant Skill Set
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 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AKS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (100.00%) scikit-learn
1 1 (100.00%) TensorFlow
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) MLOps
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) R
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes