Machine Learning Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Machine Learning Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Machine Learning Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 369 434 485
Rank change year-on-year +65 +51 -73
Contract jobs requiring a Machine Learning Engineer 16 22 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.078% 0.094% 0.065%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.084% 0.099% 0.068%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 14 12
10th Percentile £273 £458 £400
25th Percentile £575 £556 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £595
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -3.36% +27.61%
75th Percentile £675 - £628
90th Percentile - £713 £739
UK median daily rate £571 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -0.65% -4.17% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 - -
75th Percentile £66.25 - -
90th Percentile £73.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £62.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,985 22,167 29,345
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 94.31% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,554 15,534 20,562
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £399 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,259 1,145 1,448
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.24
25th Percentile £15.73 £18.03 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +117.73% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.55 £65.00 £42.57
90th Percentile £73.80 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%

Machine Learning Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Machine Learning Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Machine Learning Engineer in the UK excluding London

Machine Learning Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Machine Learning Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Machine Learning Engineer in the UK excluding London

Machine Learning Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Machine Learning Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Machine Learning Engineer in the UK excluding London

Machine Learning Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Machine Learning Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Machine Learning Engineer in the UK excluding London

Machine Learning Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Machine Learning Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Machine Learning Engineer in the UK excluding London

Machine Learning Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Machine Learning Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. 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
East of England - 8 - - 6
South East +6 7 £600 +6.67% 8
Scotland +41 1 - -
Machine Learning Engineer
UK

Machine Learning Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Machine Learning Engineer 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 UK excluding London region featuring Machine Learning Engineer in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 9 (56.25%) Python
2 9 (56.25%) Artificial Intelligence
3 8 (50.00%) Software Engineering
4 7 (43.75%) Electronics
5 6 (37.50%) C++
5 6 (37.50%) Degree
5 6 (37.50%) Computer Science
5 6 (37.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (25.00%) TensorFlow
6 4 (25.00%) Deep Learning
6 4 (25.00%) Android
6 4 (25.00%) Java
6 4 (25.00%) C#
6 4 (25.00%) PyTorch
6 4 (25.00%) Generative AI
7 3 (18.75%) Code Quality
7 3 (18.75%) Data Pipeline
7 3 (18.75%) Data Collection
7 3 (18.75%) Windows
7 3 (18.75%) JavaScript
7 3 (18.75%) Git
7 3 (18.75%) Test Automation
7 3 (18.75%) Photography
7 3 (18.75%) Continuous Integration
7 3 (18.75%) Mercurial
7 3 (18.75%) Azure
7 3 (18.75%) Multimedia
7 3 (18.75%) Android Development
7 3 (18.75%) DevOps

Machine Learning Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (12.50%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) Azure
1 3 (18.75%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (12.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 2 (12.50%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (12.50%) Power Platform
2 2 (12.50%) PowerApps
3 1 (6.25%) Amazon SageMaker
3 1 (6.25%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Git
1 3 (18.75%) Mercurial
2 2 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 7 (43.75%) Electronics
2 3 (18.75%) Multimedia
3 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Finance
4 1 (6.25%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (25.00%) PyTorch
1 4 (25.00%) TensorFlow
2 3 (18.75%) NumPy
2 3 (18.75%) Pandas
2 3 (18.75%) React
2 3 (18.75%) SciPy
3 2 (12.50%) DirectX
3 2 (12.50%) OpenGL
3 2 (12.50%) OpenGL ES
3 2 (12.50%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Photography
1 3 (18.75%) Social Media
2 2 (12.50%) Algorithms
3 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (6.25%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Android
2 3 (18.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 9 (56.25%) Artificial Intelligence
3 8 (50.00%) Software Engineering
4 6 (37.50%) Computer Science
5 4 (25.00%) Deep Learning
5 4 (25.00%) Generative AI
6 3 (18.75%) Android Development
6 3 (18.75%) Code Quality
6 3 (18.75%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (18.75%) Computer Vision
6 3 (18.75%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (18.75%) Data Collection
6 3 (18.75%) Data Pipeline
6 3 (18.75%) DevOps
6 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (18.75%) Signal Processing
6 3 (18.75%) Test Automation
7 2 (12.50%) Agile
7 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (12.50%) Image Processing
Programming Languages
1 9 (56.25%) Python
2 6 (37.50%) C++
3 4 (25.00%) C#
3 4 (25.00%) Java
4 3 (18.75%) JavaScript
5 2 (12.50%) Scala
5 2 (12.50%) SQL
6 1 (6.25%) Kotlin
6 1 (6.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 6 (37.50%) Degree
2 3 (18.75%) Master's Degree
3 2 (12.50%) PhD
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Databricks