Machine Learning Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Machine Learning (ML)
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring Machine Learning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Machine Learning 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 1.04% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.24% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £428 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 - -
75th Percentile £443 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £575 £575 £525
% change year-on-year - +9.52% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £104.50 - -
Median hourly rate £109.00 - -
75th Percentile £113.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £96.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 161 83 111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 83.85% 82.18% 64.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 44 79
10th Percentile £180 £190 £296
25th Percentile £339 £331 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £470 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.77% -18.26% +15.00%
75th Percentile £569 £588 £657
90th Percentile £688 £634 £713
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £550 £580
% change year-on-year - -5.17% +10.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 0 8
10th Percentile £12.21 - £12.88
25th Percentile £12.29 - £26.75
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £72.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +213.17%
75th Percentile £40.00 - £80.00
90th Percentile £88.00 - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £23.58 £59.13 £57.35
% change year-on-year -60.13% +3.10% +14.70%

Machine Learning
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Machine Learning job vacancy trend in Southampton

Machine Learning
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

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

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

Machine Learning
Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Machine Learning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Machine Learning

Machine Learning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) GitLab
1 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (50.00%) JUnit
1 1 (50.00%) NUnit
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) System Design Authority
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Flask
1 1 (50.00%) pytest
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (100.00%) Software Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) API Design
2 1 (50.00%) API Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) DevSecOps
2 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) OCR
2 1 (50.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (50.00%) Secure Coding
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (50.00%) SCOM