Machine Learning Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Machine Learning (ML)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Machine Learning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Machine 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 91 143 229
Rank change year-on-year +52 +86 -49
Contract jobs citing Machine Learning 273 228 278
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.76% 1.49% 1.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.03% 1.69% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 162 189
10th Percentile £371 £413 £425
25th Percentile £425 £500 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £596 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.76% +3.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £751 £725 £688
90th Percentile £881 £775 £835
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 9
10th Percentile £23.65 £43.36 £20.00
25th Percentile £25.25 £46.75 -
Median hourly rate £26.50 £75.00 £22.16
Median % change year-on-year -64.67% +238.45% -62.44%
75th Percentile £65.00 £78.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £70.50 £79.50 £84.00
UK median hourly rate £61.50 £52.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +17.14% +50.00% -6.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 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%

Machine Learning
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Machine 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 Machine Learning.

Machine Learning daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Machine Learning
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Machine Learning daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Machine 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 Machine Learning.

Machine Learning hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Machine Learning
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Machine Learning hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Machine 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 33 (12.09%) Apache Spark
2 9 (3.30%) Apache
3 6 (2.20%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.83%) Jupyter
5 4 (1.47%) Confluence
6 2 (0.73%) IBM Domino
7 1 (0.37%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.37%) Camunda
7 1 (0.37%) CMS
7 1 (0.37%) Luigi
7 1 (0.37%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.73%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.73%) Weka
2 1 (0.37%) MadCap Flare
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.37%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.37%) Primavera
1 1 (0.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 107 (39.19%) Azure
2 86 (31.50%) AWS
3 43 (15.75%) GCP
4 37 (13.55%) Azure Machine Learning
5 36 (13.19%) Power Platform
6 30 (10.99%) Azure Data Factory
7 18 (6.59%) Cloud Computing
8 14 (5.13%) GitHub
9 12 (4.40%) Snowflake
10 11 (4.03%) GitHub Actions
10 11 (4.03%) Serverless
11 10 (3.66%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (3.30%) Amazon SageMaker
13 6 (2.20%) AWS Lambda
13 6 (2.20%) Azure AI
13 6 (2.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 5 (1.83%) dbt
15 4 (1.47%) Azure Cognitive Services
16 3 (1.10%) Cloud Functions
16 3 (1.10%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.10%) Firewall
2 2 (0.73%) InfiniBand
2 2 (0.73%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (0.73%) LAN
2 2 (0.73%) LTE
2 2 (0.73%) Network Security
2 2 (0.73%) WAN
3 1 (0.37%) Internet
3 1 (0.37%) MQTT
3 1 (0.37%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (12.82%) Power BI
2 31 (11.36%) Data Lake
3 28 (10.26%) Big Data
4 21 (7.69%) Neo4j
5 19 (6.96%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (5.86%) Tableau
7 13 (4.76%) Data Mining
8 11 (4.03%) Hadoop
9 8 (2.93%) BigQuery
10 7 (2.56%) NoSQL
11 6 (2.20%) Metadata
12 5 (1.83%) Looker
12 5 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
13 3 (1.10%) Geospatial Data
13 3 (1.10%) MongoDB
14 2 (0.73%) Data Vault
14 2 (0.73%) DynamoDB
14 2 (0.73%) Flink
14 2 (0.73%) Redis
14 2 (0.73%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 27 (9.89%) Jenkins
2 12 (4.40%) MLflow
3 10 (3.66%) Git
3 10 (3.66%) JIRA
4 7 (2.56%) GitLab
5 2 (0.73%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.37%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.37%) CMake
6 1 (0.37%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.37%) ERwin
6 1 (0.37%) Terragrunt
General
1 71 (26.01%) Social Skills
2 56 (20.51%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (17.22%) Banking
3 47 (17.22%) Finance
4 37 (13.55%) Investment Banking
5 31 (11.36%) Public Sector
6 19 (6.96%) Organisational Skills
7 14 (5.13%) Marketing
8 10 (3.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (3.66%) Retail
9 7 (2.56%) Front Office
10 5 (1.83%) Legal
10 5 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.47%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.10%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.10%) French Language
13 2 (0.73%) Dutch Language
13 2 (0.73%) Publishing
13 2 (0.73%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 41 (15.02%) Developer
2 39 (14.29%) Data Scientist
3 34 (12.45%) Architect
4 30 (10.99%) Python Developer
5 29 (10.62%) Data Engineer
6 25 (9.16%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
7 21 (7.69%) Gen AI Developer
7 21 (7.69%) Senior
8 19 (6.96%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 19 (6.96%) Machine Learning Engineer
9 15 (5.49%) Lead
10 14 (5.13%) Analyst
11 12 (4.40%) Python Engineer
12 11 (4.03%) Azure Engineer
12 11 (4.03%) Data Architect
13 9 (3.30%) Consultant
13 9 (3.30%) Data Analyst
13 9 (3.30%) Solutions Architect
14 8 (2.93%) Azure Architect
14 8 (2.93%) JavaScript Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (17.22%) React
2 27 (9.89%) Django
3 26 (9.52%) FastAPI
4 23 (8.42%) .NET
5 22 (8.06%) Plotly
6 21 (7.69%) PyTorch
6 21 (7.69%) TensorFlow
7 13 (4.76%) scikit-learn
8 10 (3.66%) Kafka
9 7 (2.56%) Pandas
9 7 (2.56%) PySpark
10 6 (2.20%) LangChain
10 6 (2.20%) Play Framework
11 5 (1.83%) Hugging Face
11 5 (1.83%) Matplotlib
11 5 (1.83%) NumPy
12 4 (1.47%) Ray
12 4 (1.47%) XML
13 3 (1.10%) Middleware
13 3 (1.10%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 38 (13.92%) Algorithms
2 15 (5.49%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (3.66%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.30%) Distributed Computing
4 9 (3.30%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (2.20%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.20%) Multi-touch
7 5 (1.83%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.83%) IoT
7 5 (1.83%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.47%) NHS
8 4 (1.47%) Tandem
9 3 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.10%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.10%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.73%) AI Agents
10 2 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.20%) Linux
2 3 (1.10%) Windows
3 2 (0.73%) Android
4 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (63.37%) Artificial Intelligence
2 109 (39.93%) Data Science
3 75 (27.47%) Analytics
4 70 (25.64%) CI/CD
5 64 (23.44%) Agile
5 64 (23.44%) LLM
6 57 (20.88%) Problem-Solving
7 56 (20.51%) Generative AI
8 55 (20.15%) DevOps
9 46 (16.85%) Visualisation
10 42 (15.38%) Data Pipeline
11 41 (15.02%) Data Engineering
12 39 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
13 37 (13.55%) Continuous Improvement
14 36 (13.19%) Data Analysis
15 35 (12.82%) Data Modelling
15 35 (12.82%) Decision-Making
16 34 (12.45%) Data Visualisation
17 33 (12.09%) SDLC
18 31 (11.36%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 152 (55.68%) Python
2 84 (30.77%) SQL
3 42 (15.38%) Java
4 39 (14.29%) JavaScript
5 36 (13.19%) TypeScript
6 23 (8.42%) C#
7 16 (5.86%) R
8 10 (3.66%) Scala
9 5 (1.83%) C
9 5 (1.83%) C++
9 5 (1.83%) Rust
10 4 (1.47%) Shell Script
11 3 (1.10%) Bash
12 2 (0.73%) Go
13 1 (0.37%) Clojure
13 1 (0.37%) Elixir
13 1 (0.37%) Haskell
13 1 (0.37%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.37%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.37%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 43 (15.75%) Security Cleared
2 41 (15.02%) SC Cleared
3 28 (10.26%) Degree
4 10 (3.66%) Master's Degree
5 7 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.56%) PhD
6 6 (2.20%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.47%) CISSP
7 4 (1.47%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (1.10%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.73%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.73%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.73%) GIAC
9 2 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.37%) CEH
10 1 (0.37%) GCIA
10 1 (0.37%) GCIH
10 1 (0.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.96%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.40%) GDPR
3 8 (2.93%) Actionable Recommendations
4 7 (2.56%) Accessibility
4 7 (2.56%) QA
5 5 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.10%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (1.10%) NIST
7 2 (0.73%) EU AI Act
7 2 (0.73%) NCSC
8 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.37%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.37%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.37%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.37%) SLA
8 1 (0.37%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 46 (16.85%) Docker
2 2 (0.73%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 58 (21.25%) Kubernetes
2 24 (8.79%) Ansible
3 21 (7.69%) Terraform
4 4 (1.47%) Kubeflow
4 4 (1.47%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.10%) Grafana
6 2 (0.73%) Argo
6 2 (0.73%) Proxmox
6 2 (0.73%) QRadar
Vendors
1 48 (17.58%) Databricks
2 22 (8.06%) Google
3 12 (4.40%) Microsoft
4 7 (2.56%) OpenAI
5 5 (1.83%) Splunk
6 4 (1.47%) SAP
6 4 (1.47%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.10%) VMware
8 2 (0.73%) Alteryx
8 2 (0.73%) IBM
8 2 (0.73%) New Relic
8 2 (0.73%) Oracle
9 1 (0.37%) ArcSight
9 1 (0.37%) Ariba
9 1 (0.37%) BMC
9 1 (0.37%) Criteo
9 1 (0.37%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.37%) Foundry
9 1 (0.37%) Palantir
9 1 (0.37%) Palo Alto