Machine Learning Contracts

Machine Learning (ML)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Machine Learning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Machine Learning over the 6 months to 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 152 218 194
Rank change year-on-year +66 -24 -37
Contract jobs citing Machine Learning 688 763 1,358
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.57% 1.25% 1.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.82% 1.40% 1.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 505 529 933
10th Percentile £413 £432 £418
25th Percentile £488 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £725 £738 £700
90th Percentile £775 £878 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £588 £550
% change year-on-year -10.64% +6.82% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 18 18
10th Percentile £41.24 £21.51 £19.03
25th Percentile £42.50 £25.37 £32.53
Median hourly rate £52.50 £35.00 £41.25
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -15.15% -6.57%
75th Percentile £66.38 £53.75 £61.69
90th Percentile £75.38 £78.13 £82.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £35.00 £59.00
% change year-on-year +78.57% -40.68% +16.32%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Machine Learning is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,760 54,632 81,458
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.38% 89.84% 90.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,440 37,790 57,209
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,414 1,780 1,950
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.90 £16.34 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +44.00% -
75th Percentile £58.69 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £71.83 £75.00 £63.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £19.96
% change year-on-year - +75.39% -8.21%

Machine Learning
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Machine Learning in the UK

Machine Learning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Machine Learning in the UK

Machine Learning
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Machine Learning over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Machine Learning in the UK

Machine Learning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Machine Learning in the UK

Machine Learning
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Machine Learning over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Machine Learning in the UK

Machine Learning
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 18 April 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
England +58 591 £580 -3.33% 925
London +80 424 £625 - 461
Work from Home +81 231 £600 +4.35% 445
UK excluding London -13 166 £525 -10.64% 470
North of England +30 42 £525 -10.64% 93
Scotland +47 39 £463 -3.44% 37
South East -18 29 £568 -8.28% 131
Midlands +50 25 £590 +2.61% 49
North West +15 25 £525 -10.64% 52
East of England +20 23 £450 -25.00% 91
West Midlands +44 21 £580 +0.87% 33
Yorkshire +11 11 £500 -18.37% 36
South West -34 11 £550 -8.33% 67
North East - 8 - - 5
East Midlands +17 4 £675 +58.82% 16

Machine Learning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 56 (8.14%) Apache Airflow
2 50 (7.27%) Apache
3 37 (5.38%) Apache Spark
4 7 (1.02%) Confluence
4 7 (1.02%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.58%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.44%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.29%) SAS
8 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.15%) CMS
8 1 (0.15%) GeoServer
Applications
1 12 (1.74%) Chatbot
2 8 (1.16%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.58%) Simulink
4 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.15%) Stateflow
6 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (2.62%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 11 (1.60%) Aladdin
3 3 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.44%) SAP BPC
3 3 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.15%) Magento
5 1 (0.15%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 235 (34.16%) AWS
2 202 (29.36%) Azure
3 174 (25.29%) GCP
4 60 (8.72%) Power Platform
5 37 (5.38%) Serverless
6 29 (4.22%) AWS Lambda
6 29 (4.22%) Vertex AI
7 27 (3.92%) Amazon S3
8 26 (3.78%) Amazon SageMaker
8 26 (3.78%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (3.78%) Cloud Computing
9 25 (3.63%) Snowflake
10 23 (3.34%) Azure Machine Learning
11 20 (2.91%) GitHub
12 18 (2.62%) Azure Data Factory
13 16 (2.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 16 (2.33%) OCI
14 14 (2.03%) AWS CloudFormation
15 10 (1.45%) Google Compute Engine
16 8 (1.16%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.20%) HTTP
2 5 (0.73%) LAN
2 5 (0.73%) WAN
3 4 (0.58%) Network Security
4 3 (0.44%) SSL
5 2 (0.29%) Firewall
5 2 (0.29%) Wireless
6 1 (0.15%) DVB
6 1 (0.15%) Internet
6 1 (0.15%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (12.35%) Big Data
2 76 (11.05%) Data Warehouse
3 61 (8.87%) PostgreSQL
4 59 (8.58%) Tableau
5 54 (7.85%) Power BI
6 46 (6.69%) Data Lake
7 38 (5.52%) Apache Ignite
8 34 (4.94%) BigQuery
9 33 (4.80%) Hadoop
10 22 (3.20%) Apache Cassandra
11 20 (2.91%) Data Mining
11 20 (2.91%) NoSQL
12 14 (2.03%) Amazon Athena
12 14 (2.03%) Relational Database
13 13 (1.89%) SQL Server
14 12 (1.74%) Metadata
15 11 (1.60%) Apache Hive
15 11 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
16 9 (1.31%) Amazon Redshift
17 8 (1.16%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 52 (7.56%) Git
2 30 (4.36%) JIRA
3 26 (3.78%) Cypress.io
4 23 (3.34%) Jenkins
5 15 (2.18%) ER Studio
5 15 (2.18%) ERwin
6 10 (1.45%) GitLab
7 9 (1.31%) MLflow
8 8 (1.16%) Mercurial
9 6 (0.87%) TeamCity
10 5 (0.73%) Maven
10 5 (0.73%) Postman
10 5 (0.73%) Subversion
11 4 (0.58%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.44%) Poetry
12 3 (0.44%) Visual Studio
13 2 (0.29%) Cucumber
13 2 (0.29%) RStudio
13 2 (0.29%) Selenium
14 1 (0.15%) CMake
General
1 153 (22.24%) Finance
2 124 (18.02%) Social Skills
3 83 (12.06%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (11.34%) Banking
5 72 (10.47%) Front Office
6 38 (5.52%) Public Sector
7 29 (4.22%) Pharmaceutical
8 27 (3.92%) Marketing
9 15 (2.18%) Retail
10 14 (2.03%) Investment Banking
11 13 (1.89%) Electronics
12 12 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 12 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (1.74%) Manufacturing
13 9 (1.31%) Multimedia
13 9 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (1.16%) Telecoms
15 7 (1.02%) Police
16 6 (0.87%) Advertising
16 6 (0.87%) Legal
Job Titles
1 134 (19.48%) Developer
2 109 (15.84%) Architect
3 76 (11.05%) Data Scientist
4 63 (9.16%) Software Engineer
5 55 (7.99%) Machine Learning Engineer
6 54 (7.85%) Python Developer
7 53 (7.70%) Python Engineer
8 50 (7.27%) Data Engineer
9 47 (6.83%) Analyst
10 44 (6.40%) Senior
11 43 (6.25%) Lead
11 43 (6.25%) Python Software Engineer
12 37 (5.38%) Developer/Software Engineer
13 36 (5.23%) Data Architect
13 36 (5.23%) React Developer
14 34 (4.94%) Business Analyst
14 34 (4.94%) Solutions Architect
15 28 (4.07%) Full Stack Engineer
16 25 (3.63%) Product Owner
17 24 (3.49%) Full Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (10.61%) TensorFlow
2 63 (9.16%) React
3 61 (8.87%) PyTorch
4 48 (6.98%) Kafka
5 46 (6.69%) Pandas
6 40 (5.81%) scikit-learn
7 37 (5.38%) gRPC
7 37 (5.38%) Material-UI
7 37 (5.38%) Protocol Buffers
7 37 (5.38%) Redux
7 37 (5.38%) RESTful
8 29 (4.22%) CSS
8 29 (4.22%) HTML
9 27 (3.92%) NumPy
10 22 (3.20%) Akka
11 21 (3.05%) REST
12 18 (2.62%) Node.js
12 18 (2.62%) PySpark
13 15 (2.18%) AWS CDK
13 15 (2.18%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 122 (17.73%) Algorithms
2 61 (8.87%) Fixed Income
2 61 (8.87%) Hedge funds
3 39 (5.67%) Product Ownership
4 38 (5.52%) Equities
5 28 (4.07%) Public Cloud
6 26 (3.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 24 (3.49%) Data Structures
7 24 (3.49%) Derivative
8 22 (3.20%) Management Information System
9 20 (2.91%) Greenfield Project
10 14 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
10 14 (2.03%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 12 (1.74%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (1.60%) Social Media
13 10 (1.45%) Cloud Native
13 10 (1.45%) Onboarding
14 9 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
15 8 (1.16%) Distributed Computing
16 7 (1.02%) Multi-touch
Operating Systems
1 29 (4.22%) Linux
2 13 (1.89%) Windows
3 8 (1.16%) Android
4 7 (1.02%) Unix
5 4 (0.58%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 387 (56.25%) Artificial Intelligence
2 230 (33.43%) Agile
3 226 (32.85%) Data Science
4 164 (23.84%) Analytics
5 130 (18.90%) Computer Science
5 130 (18.90%) DevOps
6 119 (17.30%) Software Engineering
7 98 (14.24%) CI/CD
8 96 (13.95%) Data Modelling
9 86 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
10 76 (11.05%) Visualisation
11 75 (10.90%) Business Intelligence
12 67 (9.74%) Data Pipeline
12 67 (9.74%) Natural Language Processing
13 66 (9.59%) Asset Management
14 65 (9.45%) Full Stack Development
15 63 (9.16%) Data Analysis
15 63 (9.16%) Data Governance
15 63 (9.16%) ETL
16 62 (9.01%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 384 (55.81%) Python
2 205 (29.80%) SQL
3 88 (12.79%) Java
4 72 (10.47%) TypeScript
5 46 (6.69%) R
5 46 (6.69%) Scala
6 42 (6.10%) JavaScript
7 36 (5.23%) C#
8 26 (3.78%) C++
9 23 (3.34%) Shell Script
10 20 (2.91%) PowerShell
11 13 (1.89%) Bash
12 9 (1.31%) C
13 7 (1.02%) Clojure
13 7 (1.02%) Haskell
13 7 (1.02%) Kusto Query Language
13 7 (1.02%) Rust
13 7 (1.02%) Search Processing Language
14 6 (0.87%) Go
15 5 (0.73%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 144 (20.93%) Degree
2 75 (10.90%) Computer Science Degree
3 72 (10.47%) Security Cleared
4 67 (9.74%) SC Cleared
5 57 (8.28%) Master's Degree
6 33 (4.80%) PhD
7 20 (2.91%) DV Cleared
8 18 (2.62%) AWS Certification
9 12 (1.74%) Azure Certification
10 7 (1.02%) Numerate Degree
11 6 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.87%) CISSP
12 4 (0.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (0.58%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.58%) PMP
13 3 (0.44%) AWS Certified Developer
13 3 (0.44%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 2 (0.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 2 (0.29%) Cisco Certification
14 2 (0.29%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (4.65%) Data Quality
2 25 (3.63%) QA
3 8 (1.16%) Accessibility
4 6 (0.87%) GxP
5 4 (0.58%) Dodd-Frank
5 4 (0.58%) MiFID
6 3 (0.44%) GDPR
6 3 (0.44%) NCSC
6 3 (0.44%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.44%) PMO
6 3 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.29%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.29%) PSD2
8 1 (0.15%) Basel III
8 1 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.15%) ISO 26262
8 1 (0.15%) SLA
8 1 (0.15%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.15%) WCAG
System Software
1 53 (7.70%) Docker
2 7 (1.02%) HDFS
3 2 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.15%) KVM
4 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 80 (11.63%) Kubernetes
2 49 (7.12%) Terraform
3 18 (2.62%) Ansible
4 13 (1.89%) Puppet
5 11 (1.60%) Grafana
6 7 (1.02%) Kubeflow
7 5 (0.73%) Hadoop YARN
7 5 (0.73%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.15%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.15%) Nagios
8 1 (0.15%) OPNET
8 1 (0.15%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.15%) vRealize
Vendors
1 85 (12.35%) Google
2 51 (7.41%) Microsoft
3 41 (5.96%) Databricks
4 28 (4.07%) Oracle
5 18 (2.62%) Sparx
6 15 (2.18%) Typelevel
7 14 (2.03%) SAP
8 11 (1.60%) Bloomberg
9 10 (1.45%) BISAM
10 8 (1.16%) OpenAI
10 8 (1.16%) Splunk
11 7 (1.02%) Adobe
12 6 (0.87%) Optimizely
12 6 (0.87%) Sage
13 5 (0.73%) Ensighten
13 5 (0.73%) Foundry
13 5 (0.73%) Monetate
13 5 (0.73%) Omniture
13 5 (0.73%) Palantir
13 5 (0.73%) Tealium