Machine Learning Developer Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Machine Learning Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Machine Learning Developer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £613, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 301 343 476
Rank change year-on-year +42 +133 -
Contract jobs requiring a Machine Learning Developer 3 2 1
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.030% 0.013% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.014% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £561 - -
25th Percentile £578 £564 £713
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £568 £725
Median % change year-on-year +7.93% -21.72% -
75th Percentile £628 £571 £738
90th Percentile £634 - -
UK median daily rate £581 £534 £525
% change year-on-year +8.90% +1.67% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Machine Learning Developer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Machine Learning Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Machine Learning Developer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Machine Learning Developer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Machine Learning Developer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Machine Learning Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Machine Learning Developer 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Machine Learning Developer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Natural Language Processing
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Data Privacy
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Data Security
2 2 (66.67%) Workflow
2 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 2 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) TensorFlow
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Optimisation
2 2 (66.67%) Prototyping
2 2 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (66.67%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (66.67%) Serverless
2 2 (66.67%) SpaCy
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Functions
2 2 (66.67%) PyTorch
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Logic Apps
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) OpenAI
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Hugging Face
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Cognitive Services

Machine Learning Developer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Cognitive Services
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Functions
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Logic Apps
2 2 (66.67%) Serverless
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Machine Learning
3 1 (33.33%) GCP
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Hugging Face
1 2 (66.67%) PyTorch
1 2 (66.67%) SpaCy
1 2 (66.67%) TensorFlow
2 1 (33.33%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Data Privacy
2 2 (66.67%) Data Security
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) LLM
2 2 (66.67%) Natural Language Processing
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Optimisation
2 2 (66.67%) Prototyping
2 2 (66.67%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 2 (66.67%) Workflow
3 1 (33.33%) Data Science
3 1 (33.33%) High Availability
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) OpenAI
3 1 (33.33%) Google