Machine Learning Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

Machine Learning (ML)
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stevenage requiring Machine Learning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 36 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Contract jobs citing Machine Learning 11 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 3.87% 1.24% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.78% 1.48% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £509 - -
25th Percentile £519 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £603 - -
75th Percentile £680 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £600 -
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.00 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £75.00 - -
90th Percentile £81.00 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 230 135 218
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 80.99% 83.85% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 14 38
10th Percentile £225 £266 £217
25th Percentile £450 £290 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £316 £478
Median % change year-on-year +66.01% -33.77% -14.16%
75th Percentile £634 £470 £565
90th Percentile £800 £514 £658
Hertfordshire median daily rate £525 £456 £524
% change year-on-year +15.07% -12.89% -4.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 75 136
10th Percentile £41.25 £40.00 £38.95
25th Percentile £50.00 £60.63 £49.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £68.75 £70.63 £70.00
90th Percentile £73.00 £95.00 £90.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £45.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -30.77% - +3.54%

Machine Learning
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Machine Learning job vacancy trend in Stevenage

Machine Learning
Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

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

Machine Learning
Daily Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Machine Learning in Stevenage over the 6 months to 4 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Machine Learning in Stevenage

Machine Learning
Hourly Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Machine Learning in Stevenage over the 6 months to 4 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Machine Learning in Stevenage

Machine Learning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) AWS
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (72.73%) DNS
1 8 (72.73%) FTP
1 8 (72.73%) HTTP
1 8 (72.73%) Network Security
1 8 (72.73%) SMTP
1 8 (72.73%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) Tableau
2 2 (18.18%) Big Data
2 2 (18.18%) Hadoop
General
1 11 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Law
3 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Analyst
1 8 (72.73%) SOC Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
2 3 (27.27%) Data Science Developer
2 3 (27.27%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (72.73%) LDAP
2 3 (27.27%) Matplotlib
2 3 (27.27%) PyTorch
2 3 (27.27%) scikit-learn
2 3 (27.27%) Seaborn
2 3 (27.27%) TensorFlow
3 2 (18.18%) NumPy
3 2 (18.18%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 8 (72.73%) Analytical Mindset
1 8 (72.73%) CSOC
1 8 (72.73%) Cyber Threat
1 8 (72.73%) Cyberattack
1 8 (72.73%) Management Information System
1 8 (72.73%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (18.18%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) AI
2 10 (90.91%) Analytics
3 8 (72.73%) Behavioural Analytics
3 8 (72.73%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (72.73%) Incident Response
3 8 (72.73%) Information Management
3 8 (72.73%) Information Security
3 8 (72.73%) Network Packet Capture
3 8 (72.73%) Security Operations
3 8 (72.73%) SIEM
3 8 (72.73%) Threat Detection
4 7 (63.64%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (63.64%) Root Cause Analysis
4 7 (63.64%) Runbook
4 7 (63.64%) SOAR
4 7 (63.64%) Threat Modelling
5 3 (27.27%) Data Munging
5 3 (27.27%) Data Science
5 3 (27.27%) Feature Engineering
5 3 (27.27%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 10 (90.91%) Python
2 7 (63.64%) PowerShell
3 3 (27.27%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) SC Cleared
1 6 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 5 (45.45%) DV Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) Degree
3 2 (18.18%) Master's Degree
3 2 (18.18%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Data Quality