Machine Learning Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Machine Learning (ML)
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Machine Learning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 50 20
Rank change year-on-year +20 -30 +47
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 39 32 59
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 4.51% 3.64% 8.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.97% 4.20% 9.64%
Number of salaries quoted 21 10 32
10th Percentile £38,750 £26,700 £42,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,563 £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - -17.24% +20.83%
75th Percentile £85,000 £76,813 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £88,750 £94,625
East of England median annual salary £65,000 £73,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.86% +13.46% +8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 653 762 612
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 75.58% 86.59% 87.55%
Number of salaries quoted 463 332 410
10th Percentile £28,400 £32,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £47,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,500 £83,750 £90,000
East of England median annual salary £49,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.91% - -

Machine Learning
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Machine Learning job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Machine Learning
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Machine Learning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Machine Learning

Machine Learning
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Machine Learning in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Machine Learning in Cambridgeshire

Machine Learning
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Machine Learning within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 11 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridge +12 31 £66,250 +10.42% 37
Peterborough -6 1 £77,500 -12.43% 28
Machine Learning
East of England

Machine Learning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 (5.13%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (20.51%) Amazon Alexa
2 4 (10.26%) Azure
2 4 (10.26%) SaaS
3 3 (7.69%) AWS
4 2 (5.13%) GitHub
5 1 (2.56%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (2.56%) Amazon SageMaker
5 1 (2.56%) Azure AKS
5 1 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.56%) Azure Functions
5 1 (2.56%) Azure Machine Learning
5 1 (2.56%) dbt
5 1 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.56%) Fivetran
5 1 (2.56%) GCP
5 1 (2.56%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (2.56%) Google Data Studio
5 1 (2.56%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.56%) Serverless
5 1 (2.56%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.82%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (7.69%) Redis
3 2 (5.13%) MySQL
4 1 (2.56%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (2.56%) BigQuery
4 1 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.56%) Looker
4 1 (2.56%) Power BI
4 1 (2.56%) SQL Server
4 1 (2.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (7.69%) Git
2 1 (2.56%) GitLab
General
1 11 (28.21%) Social Skills
2 9 (23.08%) German Language
3 8 (20.51%) French Language
3 8 (20.51%) Italian Language
4 6 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (7.69%) Retail
6 2 (5.13%) Automotive
6 2 (5.13%) Finance
7 1 (2.56%) Billing
7 1 (2.56%) Games
7 1 (2.56%) Marketing
7 1 (2.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (17.95%) Consultant
1 7 (17.95%) Machine Learning Consultant
2 6 (15.38%) Senior
3 5 (12.82%) Software Engineer
4 4 (10.26%) Data Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) Applications Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) Data Scientist
5 3 (7.69%) Developer
5 3 (7.69%) JavaScript Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) Research Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) Research Scientist
5 3 (7.69%) RF Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) Senior Data Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) Senior Data Scientist
5 3 (7.69%) Senior RF Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) UI Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) UX Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) Account Executive
6 2 (5.13%) Computer Scientist
6 2 (5.13%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (25.64%) TensorFlow
2 8 (20.51%) PyTorch
3 7 (17.95%) Google JAX
3 7 (17.95%) JAX
4 5 (12.82%) Node.js
5 4 (10.26%) React
6 3 (7.69%) AngularJS
6 3 (7.69%) Vue
7 2 (5.13%) Keras
8 1 (2.56%) Kafka
8 1 (2.56%) Micronaut
8 1 (2.56%) NumPy
8 1 (2.56%) OpenCL
8 1 (2.56%) OpenMP
8 1 (2.56%) Pandas
8 1 (2.56%) RESTful
8 1 (2.56%) scikit-learn
8 1 (2.56%) Semantic Kernel
8 1 (2.56%) Spring
8 1 (2.56%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 9 (23.08%) Onboarding
2 8 (20.51%) CUDA
3 4 (10.26%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (7.69%) Algorithms
4 3 (7.69%) Cloud Native
5 2 (5.13%) 3D Graphics
5 2 (5.13%) Life Science
6 1 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (2.56%) FPGA
6 1 (2.56%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (2.56%) Verilog
6 1 (2.56%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.13%) Linux
1 2 (5.13%) Windows
1 2 (5.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (53.85%) AI
2 12 (30.77%) Computer Science
2 12 (30.77%) Mathematics
3 11 (28.21%) Software Engineering
4 10 (25.64%) Physics
4 10 (25.64%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (23.08%) Coaching
5 9 (23.08%) Computer Vision
5 9 (23.08%) Process Improvement
6 8 (20.51%) Conversational UI
6 8 (20.51%) Kaizen
6 8 (20.51%) Performance Management
6 8 (20.51%) Performance Metrics
6 8 (20.51%) Programme Management
6 8 (20.51%) Prototyping
6 8 (20.51%) Rapid Prototyping
6 8 (20.51%) Six Sigma
7 5 (12.82%) Data Science
8 4 (10.26%) Analytical Thinking
8 4 (10.26%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 21 (53.85%) Python
2 6 (15.38%) JavaScript
3 4 (10.26%) Java
4 3 (7.69%) C++
5 2 (5.13%) C
5 2 (5.13%) PHP
5 2 (5.13%) R
5 2 (5.13%) SQL
6 1 (2.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (2.56%) Fortran
6 1 (2.56%) Go
6 1 (2.56%) SystemVerilog
6 1 (2.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (51.28%) Degree
2 5 (12.82%) Numerate Degree
3 3 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (7.69%) Security Cleared
4 2 (5.13%) PhD
4 2 (5.13%) Postgraduate
5 1 (2.56%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.56%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.56%) Data Quality
1 1 (2.56%) EU AI Act
1 1 (2.56%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (5.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (5.13%) Ansible
2 1 (2.56%) Istio
2 1 (2.56%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.56%) Alteryx
2 1 (2.56%) Foundry
2 1 (2.56%) Google
2 1 (2.56%) HubSpot
2 1 (2.56%) OpenAI
2 1 (2.56%) Salesforce
2 1 (2.56%) Talend
2 1 (2.56%) Zoho