Machine Learning Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Machine Learning (ML)
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring Machine Learning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 - 42
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Machine Learning 4 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 2.13% - 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.63% - 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile £494 - £710
25th Percentile £498 - £716
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £740
75th Percentile £513 - £760
90th Percentile £535 - -
South East median daily rate £550 £519 £550
% change year-on-year +5.97% -5.64% -3.51%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 152 121 285
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 80.85% 87.05% 95.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 85 224
10th Percentile £170 £194 £224
25th Percentile £205 £358 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £525 £550 £578
90th Percentile £703 £638 £680
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 2 4
10th Percentile £12.63 - £15.29
25th Percentile £15.00 £27.00 £19.84
Median hourly rate £16.00 £28.00 £35.38
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% -20.85% +74.48%
75th Percentile £20.69 £29.00 £53.52
90th Percentile - - £63.45
South East median hourly rate £22.19 £58.38 £54.38
% change year-on-year -61.99% +7.35% +80.48%

Machine Learning
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Machine Learning job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Machine Learning
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Machine Learning

Machine Learning
Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Machine Learning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Machine Learning

Machine Learning
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

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 West Sussex region over the 6 months to 5 October 2025. 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
Worthing - 4 £500 -
Machine Learning
South East

Machine Learning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) AWS
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) GCP
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Engagement Manager
1 3 (75.00%) SAP Engagement Manager
1 3 (75.00%) SAP Manager
1 3 (75.00%) Senior
1 3 (75.00%) Senior Engagement Manager
1 3 (75.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analytics Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Data Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) Budget Management
2 3 (75.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 3 (75.00%) Change Management
2 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Data Management
2 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) Migration
2 3 (75.00%) Performance Management
2 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 3 (75.00%) Project Planning
2 3 (75.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 3 (75.00%) Resource Allocation
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (25.00%) Data Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) SAP
1 3 (75.00%) ServiceNow