Machine Learning Job Trends in Cheltenham

Machine Learning (ML)
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheltenham requiring Machine Learning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 34 27
Rank change year-on-year +16 -7 +18
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 11 5 46
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheltenham 6.11% 3.47% 11.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.66% 3.70% 12.81%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 9
10th Percentile £52,125 - -
25th Percentile £53,438 - £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 - £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +17.39%
75th Percentile £80,000 - £90,000
90th Percentile - - £90,500
Gloucestershire median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +13.04%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cheltenham

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 Cheltenham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 127 135 359
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham 70.56% 93.75% 92.05%
Number of salaries quoted 95 66 208
10th Percentile £35,000 £27,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,375 £44,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,125 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £85,000
Gloucestershire median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -1.87%

Machine Learning
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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

Machine Learning job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

Machine Learning
Salary Trend in Cheltenham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Machine Learning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Machine Learning

Machine Learning
Salary Histogram in Cheltenham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Machine Learning in Cheltenham over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Machine Learning in Cheltenham

Machine Learning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham 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 (18.18%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Amazon ECS
1 4 (36.36%) Amazon S3
1 4 (36.36%) AWS
1 4 (36.36%) AWS Lambda
1 4 (36.36%) Serverless
2 1 (9.09%) Azure
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (36.36%) Public Sector
2 1 (9.09%) Finance
2 1 (9.09%) Games
2 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Software Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
3 3 (27.27%) Python Engineer
3 3 (27.27%) Python Software Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Developer
4 2 (18.18%) Software Developer
5 1 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared Project Manager
5 1 (9.09%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (36.36%) React
1 4 (36.36%) Spring
1 4 (36.36%) Spring Boot
2 2 (18.18%) Apache NiFi
3 1 (9.09%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Cloud Native
2 1 (9.09%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) AI
2 7 (63.64%) Software Engineering
3 4 (36.36%) CI/CD
3 4 (36.36%) Coaching
3 4 (36.36%) Collaborative Culture
3 4 (36.36%) Collaborative Engineering
3 4 (36.36%) DevOps
3 4 (36.36%) Full-Stack Development
3 4 (36.36%) Microservices
3 4 (36.36%) User Experience
4 2 (18.18%) Agile
4 2 (18.18%) Analytics
4 2 (18.18%) Data Pipeline
4 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
4 2 (18.18%) Deployment Automation
4 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Management
5 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (9.09%) PRINCE2
5 1 (9.09%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) Java
2 3 (27.27%) Python
3 1 (9.09%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) APMP
3 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Docker
1 2 (18.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (54.55%) Kubernetes