Machine Learning Contracts in South Wales

Machine Learning (ML)
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 20 - 53
Rank change year-on-year - - +18
Contract jobs citing Machine Learning 14 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 5.74% - 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.42% - 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile £250 - £400
25th Percentile £443 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 - £613
75th Percentile £588 - £684
90th Percentile - - £701
Wales median daily rate £575 - £613
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £45.00 - -
Wales median hourly rate £45.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 218 269 461
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 89.34% 80.06% 88.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 190 351
10th Percentile £185 £160 £190
25th Percentile £285 £356 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £530 £588 £575
90th Percentile £630 £668 £650
Wales median daily rate £420 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -16.00% +5.26% -2.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 22 23
10th Percentile £15.30 £11.21 £16.37
25th Percentile £19.09 £15.35 £16.98
Median hourly rate £20.62 £22.68 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +25.03% -16.12%
75th Percentile £41.25 £52.31 £22.11
90th Percentile £45.00 £87.62 £49.75
Wales median hourly rate £21.01 £22.50 £18.82
% change year-on-year -6.62% +19.59% -16.38%

Machine Learning
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Machine Learning in South Wales

Machine Learning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Machine Learning in South Wales

Machine Learning
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

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

Daily rate histogram for Machine Learning in South Wales

Machine Learning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Machine Learning in South Wales.

Hourly rate trend for Machine Learning in South Wales

Machine Learning
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 South Wales 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
Newport - 11 £144 - 23
Cardiff - 3 £575 - 33
Machine Learning
Wales

Machine Learning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Azure
1 3 (21.43%) GCP
2 2 (14.29%) AWS
2 2 (14.29%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Firewall
1 2 (14.29%) Network Security
General
1 4 (28.57%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Presentation Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Marketing
4 1 (7.14%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Senior
2 6 (42.86%) Research Scientist
3 2 (14.29%) Data Scientist
3 2 (14.29%) Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Machine Learning Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Python Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Python Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Security Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) PyTorch
1 2 (14.29%) RESTful
1 2 (14.29%) scikit-learn
1 2 (14.29%) TensorFlow
2 1 (7.14%) Express.js
2 1 (7.14%) NestJS
2 1 (7.14%) Node.js
2 1 (7.14%) NumPy
2 1 (7.14%) Pandas
2 1 (7.14%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 10 (71.43%) Algorithms
2 3 (21.43%) Blog
3 2 (14.29%) Cyberattack
3 2 (14.29%) Onboarding
3 2 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (7.14%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) Artificial Intelligence
2 10 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (57.14%) Roadmaps
4 6 (42.86%) Knowledge Transfer
5 5 (35.71%) Data Science
6 4 (28.57%) Analytics
6 4 (28.57%) Data Analytics
7 2 (14.29%) Cloud Security
7 2 (14.29%) Computer Science
7 2 (14.29%) Deep Learning
7 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (14.29%) SDLC
7 2 (14.29%) Security Operations
8 1 (7.14%) Customer Experience
8 1 (7.14%) Feature Engineering
8 1 (7.14%) High Availability
8 1 (7.14%) Microservices
8 1 (7.14%) Natural Language Processing
8 1 (7.14%) Software Engineering
8 1 (7.14%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 8 (57.14%) Python
2 5 (35.71%) Rust
3 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 9 (64.29%) Degree
2 5 (35.71%) Master's Degree
2 5 (35.71%) PhD
3 4 (28.57%) Postgraduate
4 3 (21.43%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (14.29%) CCNA
5 2 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
6 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Cisco
1 2 (14.29%) Google
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft