Hybrid/Remote Reinforcement Learning Contract Job Trends

Reinforcement Learning
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Reinforcement Learning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 306 312 361
Rank change year-on-year +6 +49 +164
Contract jobs citing Reinforcement Learning 7 4 4
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.069% 0.036% 0.025%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.076% 0.041% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile £540 £445 -
25th Percentile £656 £456 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% - -44.44%
75th Percentile - £531 -
90th Percentile - £535 -
UK median daily rate £700 £600 £710
% change year-on-year +16.67% -15.43% -21.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Reinforcement 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 9,155 9,844 14,171
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 90.28% 89.58% 88.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,014 6,207 9,574
10th Percentile £330 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 184 378
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.65 £15.95
25th Percentile £20.36 £22.00 £24.25
Median hourly rate £45.46 £35.14 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.37% -29.72% -13.04%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.63 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £40.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -19.75% +15.71%

Reinforcement Learning
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Reinforcement Learning and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Reinforcement Learning job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Reinforcement Learning
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Reinforcement Learning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Reinforcement Learning

Reinforcement Learning
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Reinforcement Learning over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Reinforcement Learning daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Reinforcement Learning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) Apache Spark
2 1 (14.29%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) AWS
1 5 (71.43%) Azure
2 4 (57.14%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Big Data
1 1 (14.29%) Hadoop
1 1 (14.29%) Tableau
General
1 6 (85.71%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Electronics
3 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 1 (14.29%) Marketing
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Data Science Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Data Scientist
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) PyTorch
1 2 (28.57%) TensorFlow
2 1 (14.29%) LangChain
2 1 (14.29%) Matplotlib
2 1 (14.29%) NumPy
2 1 (14.29%) Pandas
2 1 (14.29%) PySpark
2 1 (14.29%) Ray
2 1 (14.29%) scikit-learn
2 1 (14.29%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) AI Agents
1 1 (14.29%) Algorithms
1 1 (14.29%) Autonomous Agent
1 1 (14.29%) Distributed Computing
1 1 (14.29%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) AI
2 4 (57.14%) Actionable Insight
2 4 (57.14%) Data Protection
2 4 (57.14%) Regulatory Compliance
2 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (42.86%) Decision-Making
3 3 (42.86%) Machine Learning
4 2 (28.57%) Analytics
4 2 (28.57%) Data Science
4 2 (28.57%) Feature Engineering
4 2 (28.57%) LLM
4 2 (28.57%) Predictive Analytics
4 2 (28.57%) Statistical Modelling
5 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 1 (14.29%) Data Cleansing
5 1 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (14.29%) Generative AI
5 1 (14.29%) Information Assurance
5 1 (14.29%) Open Source
5 1 (14.29%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) R
2 1 (14.29%) Scala
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
1 1 (14.29%) MCP
1 1 (14.29%) PhD
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) GDPR
2 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Google
2 1 (14.29%) SAP