Machine Learning Scientist Contracts with Work from Home Options

Machine Learning Scientist
UK > Work from Home

The median Machine Learning Scientist daily rate in Work from Home is £750 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 340 - 609
Rank change year-on-year - - -119
Contract jobs requiring a Machine Learning Scientist 1 0 10
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.007% - 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% - 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £498
25th Percentile £725 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +27.17%
75th Percentile £775 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £631 - £550
% change year-on-year - - +27.17%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 13,766 23,608 42,537
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.49% 95.27% 95.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,304 16,691 30,789
10th Percentile £325 £363 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 559 541 595
10th Percentile £14.23 £17.50 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.59 £25.71 £19.45
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +50.00% +45.83%
75th Percentile £63.75 £67.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £79.19 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Machine Learning Scientist
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Machine Learning Scientist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Machine Learning Scientist trend for jobs with a WFH option

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

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Machine Learning Scientist.

Machine Learning Scientist daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Machine Learning Scientist Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Machine Learning Scientist 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 Scientist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Logistic Regression
1 1 (100.00%) NumPy
1 1 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Deep Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) XGBoost
1 1 (100.00%) Random Forest
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (100.00%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) LSTM
1 1 (100.00%) Transfer Learning

Machine Learning Scientist 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) NumPy
1 1 (100.00%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Deep Learning
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Logistic Regression
1 1 (100.00%) LSTM
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Random Forest
1 1 (100.00%) Transfer Learning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL