Machine Learning Job Trends in Cardiff

Machine Learning (ML)
South Wales > Cardiff

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - 44
Rank change year-on-year - - +18
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 3 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 0.84% - 1.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% - 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £107,000 - -
25th Percentile £110,000 - £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £135,000 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +19.83%
75th Percentile £165,000 - £80,625
90th Percentile £171,000 - £90,000
South Wales median annual salary £80,000 £49,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +63.27% -18.33% +37.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 259 297 320
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 72.14% 80.71% 91.69%
Number of salaries quoted 177 189 286
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,800 £33,213
25th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,375 £67,469
90th Percentile £78,503 £77,920 £73,750
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% +1.12%

Machine Learning
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Machine Learning job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Machine Learning
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Machine Learning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Machine Learning

Machine Learning
Salary Histogram in Cardiff

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

Salary histogram for Machine Learning in Cardiff

Machine Learning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) SaaS
1 2 (66.67%) Snowflake
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
1 1 (33.33%) Spotfire
1 1 (33.33%) Tableau
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) AI
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) Data Science
1 2 (66.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 2 (66.67%) MLOps
1 2 (66.67%) Predictive Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) AI Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (33.33%) Data Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Statistics
2 1 (33.33%) Supply Chain Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) R
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Databricks
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) TIBCO