Deep Learning Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Deep Learning
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Deep Learning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Deep Learning over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 286 325 462
Rank change year-on-year +39 +137 +126
Contract jobs citing Deep Learning 18 20 15
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.18% 0.13% 0.058%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.15% 0.065%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 13 7
10th Percentile £510 £455 £425
25th Percentile £533 £525 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £750 £700
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +7.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £794 £825 £750
90th Percentile £825 £1,100 -
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £575
% change year-on-year +2.44% -10.87% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile - £76.63 -
25th Percentile £25.25 £77.19 -
Median hourly rate £25.50 £78.75 -
Median % change year-on-year -67.62% - -
75th Percentile £26.13 £79.69 -
90th Percentile £26.35 £79.88 -
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £78.75 -
% change year-on-year -67.62% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Deep Learning
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Deep Learning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Deep Learning trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Deep Learning
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Deep Learning.

Deep Learning daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Deep Learning
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Deep Learning over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Deep Learning daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Deep Learning
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Deep Learning.

Deep Learning hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Deep Learning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 6 (33.33%) Apache Spark
2 3 (16.67%) Jupyter
3 2 (11.11%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 5 (27.78%) AWS
1 5 (27.78%) Serverless
2 4 (22.22%) GCP
3 3 (16.67%) Amazon S3
3 3 (16.67%) Amazon SageMaker
3 3 (16.67%) AWS CodeCommit
3 3 (16.67%) AWS Lambda
3 3 (16.67%) Azure
3 3 (16.67%) Cloud9 IDE
3 3 (16.67%) Textract
4 2 (11.11%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (11.11%) GitHub
4 2 (11.11%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (11.11%) Vertex AI
5 1 (5.56%) Azure Machine Learning
5 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
5 1 (5.56%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (27.78%) Big Data
2 4 (22.22%) Data Mining
2 4 (22.22%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (16.67%) Oracle Database
4 2 (11.11%) Hadoop
5 1 (5.56%) Apache Hive
5 1 (5.56%) MongoDB
5 1 (5.56%) MySQL
5 1 (5.56%) Power BI
5 1 (5.56%) Relational Database
5 1 (5.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) MLflow
2 1 (5.56%) GitLab
General
1 6 (33.33%) Finance
2 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 2 (11.11%) Banking
4 2 (11.11%) Retail
4 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.56%) Investment Banking
5 1 (5.56%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (50.00%) Machine Learning Engineer
2 6 (33.33%) Data Scientist
3 4 (22.22%) Big Data Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Data Science Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Marketing Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Platform Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Python Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Research Scientist
4 1 (5.56%) Technology Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (38.89%) scikit-learn
2 6 (33.33%) PyTorch
2 6 (33.33%) TensorFlow
3 4 (22.22%) Ray
4 3 (16.67%) NumPy
4 3 (16.67%) OpenCV
4 3 (16.67%) Pandas
4 3 (16.67%) pydantic
4 3 (16.67%) SciPy
4 3 (16.67%) XGBoost
5 2 (11.11%) Matplotlib
6 1 (5.56%) Keras
6 1 (5.56%) Plotly
6 1 (5.56%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Algorithms
1 4 (22.22%) Distributed Computing
1 4 (22.22%) Tandem
2 2 (11.11%) Data Structures
3 1 (5.56%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.56%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.56%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (77.78%) Artificial Intelligence
1 14 (77.78%) Machine Learning
2 12 (66.67%) Data Science
3 9 (50.00%) Natural Language Processing
4 6 (33.33%) Generative AI
5 5 (27.78%) Computer Science
5 5 (27.78%) LLM
5 5 (27.78%) Software Engineering
5 5 (27.78%) Visualisation
6 4 (22.22%) Computer Vision
6 4 (22.22%) Data Visualisation
6 4 (22.22%) Low Latency
6 4 (22.22%) Parallel Computing
6 4 (22.22%) Pattern Recognition
6 4 (22.22%) Roadmaps
6 4 (22.22%) Technical Debt
6 4 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
7 3 (16.67%) Analytics
7 3 (16.67%) Containerisation
7 3 (16.67%) Data Munging
Programming Languages
1 15 (83.33%) Python
2 6 (33.33%) SQL
3 4 (22.22%) C
3 4 (22.22%) C++
3 4 (22.22%) Java
3 4 (22.22%) Shell Script
4 1 (5.56%) Bash
4 1 (5.56%) R
4 1 (5.56%) Rust
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 4 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 3 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (16.67%) Degree
4 2 (11.11%) Master's Degree
4 2 (11.11%) PhD
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (22.22%) Kubernetes
2 3 (16.67%) Terraform
3 1 (5.56%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Google
1 3 (16.67%) Oracle
2 2 (11.11%) Databricks