Deep Learning Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Deep Learning
South East > Thames Valley

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

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 111 149
Rank change year-on-year -29 +38 -
Contract jobs citing Deep Learning 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.080% 0.062% 0.036%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.095% 0.067% 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 £388 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 -
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% - -
75th Percentile £575 £463 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £550 £425 £600
% change year-on-year +29.41% -29.17% -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Deep 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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,109 1,496 2,470
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 84.80% 92.92% 89.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,382 880 1,455
10th Percentile £270 £262 £213
25th Percentile £400 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £650 £663 £663
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 49 164
10th Percentile £15.91 £18.66 £16.16
25th Percentile £19.34 £29.00 £20.17
Median hourly rate £35.00 £56.75 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.32% +26.10% -
75th Percentile £83.75 £64.73 £62.54
90th Percentile £97.25 £77.75 £79.78
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -44.11% - -

Deep Learning
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Deep Learning relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Deep Learning job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Deep Learning
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Deep Learning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Deep Learning

Deep Learning
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Deep Learning within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 2 March 2026. 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
Oxfordshire -12 1 £550 +29.41% 4
Berkshire - 1 - - 8
Deep Learning
South East

Deep Learning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (50.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Big Data
1 1 (50.00%) Hadoop
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) Tableau
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Matplotlib
1 1 (50.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (50.00%) Seaborn
1 1 (50.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) A/B Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Dashboard Development
2 1 (50.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) Predictive Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Statistics
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) R
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality