The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring MLOps skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited MLOps over the 6 months leading up to 29 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 29 Jun 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
104
113
126
Rank change year-on-year
+9
+13
-
Contract jobs citing MLOps
1
1
1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands
MLOps 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 West Midlands.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills
1,316
1,670
1,935
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands
88.80%
81.11%
87.60%
Number of daily rates quoted
828
1,111
1,331
10th Percentile
£203
£263
£263
25th Percentile
£373
£363
£400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£475
£500
£500
Median % change year-on-year
-5.00%
-
+1.01%
75th Percentile
£575
£625
£618
90th Percentile
£664
£731
£700
England median daily rate
£515
£525
£550
% change year-on-year
-1.90%
-4.55%
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
88
117
47
10th Percentile
£12.62
£11.24
£12.50
25th Percentile
£13.78
£14.25
£15.25
Median hourly rate
£24.28
£22.50
£25.00
Median % change year-on-year
+7.91%
-10.00%
+47.06%
75th Percentile
£34.16
£38.75
£30.00
90th Percentile
£50.00
£57.25
£50.00
England median hourly rate
£25.15
£38.12
£37.50
% change year-on-year
-34.02%
+1.65%
+46.03%
MLOps Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Job postings citing MLOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
MLOps Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MLOps in the West Midlands.
MLOps Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands
For the 6 months to 29 June 2025, contractor job vacancies citing MLOps also mentioned 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 West Midlands region with a requirement for MLOps.
MLOps Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:
