Machine Learning Job Trends in Belfast

Machine Learning (ML)
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Belfast requiring Machine Learning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 35 35
Rank change year-on-year +9 0 +29
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 10 14 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Belfast 3.10% 4.44% 2.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.02% 5.19% 2.67%
Number of salaries quoted 7 13 6
10th Percentile £53,100 £78,750 -
25th Percentile £66,875 £85,000 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £95,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.16% +35.71% +33.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £102,500 £72,500
90th Percentile - £106,000 £75,625
County Antrim median annual salary £82,500 £95,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -13.16% +35.71% +33.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Belfast

Machine Learning falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Belfast.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 249 270 225
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 77.09% 85.71% 91.84%
Number of salaries quoted 150 99 168
10th Percentile £30,000 £40,800 £28,871
25th Percentile £35,313 £47,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £67,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +35.00% -
75th Percentile £78,109 £82,500 £69,575
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £79,125
County Antrim median annual salary £50,000 £67,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -25.93% +42.11% -5.00%

Machine Learning
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Machine Learning relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

Machine Learning job vacancy trend in Belfast

Machine Learning
Salary Trend in Belfast

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Machine Learning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Machine Learning

Machine Learning
Salary Histogram in Belfast

Salary distribution for jobs citing Machine Learning in Belfast over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Machine Learning in Belfast

Machine Learning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast 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 (20.00%) CICS
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
1 2 (20.00%) GCP
2 1 (10.00%) AWS
2 1 (10.00%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Git
General
1 7 (70.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Legal
2 3 (30.00%) Marketing
3 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Developer
1 4 (40.00%) JavaScript Developer
1 4 (40.00%) Node.js Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Product Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Digital Product Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Data Scientist
4 1 (10.00%) Lead
4 1 (10.00%) Product Owner
4 1 (10.00%) Senior
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Product Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Technical Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (50.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (20.00%) Mainframe
1 2 (20.00%) VSAM
2 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) AI
2 5 (50.00%) Agile
3 4 (40.00%) LLM
4 3 (30.00%) Backlog Management
4 3 (30.00%) Product Management
4 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (30.00%) Telematics
4 3 (30.00%) User Experience
5 2 (20.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 2 (20.00%) Containerisation
5 2 (20.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
5 2 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (20.00%) Human-Centred Design
5 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 2 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
5 2 (20.00%) Product Backlog
5 2 (20.00%) Product Strategy
5 2 (20.00%) Product Vision
5 2 (20.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (20.00%) COBOL
2 2 (20.00%) JCL
2 2 (20.00%) Python
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) RACF
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Bloomberg
1 1 (10.00%) BT