Machine Learning Job Trends in Cheshire

Machine Learning (ML)
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Machine Learning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 55 57
Rank change year-on-year +45 +2 +12
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 501 6 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 38.84% 1.05% 1.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 46.22% 1.17% 1.51%
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 7
10th Percentile £47,000 £47,625 -
25th Percentile £50,000 £62,375 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £88,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.85% +152.86% -46.15%
75th Percentile £60,000 £115,000 -
90th Percentile £63,000 £135,000 £38,800
North West median annual salary £66,250 £77,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.96% +40.00% -10.10%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,084 511 463
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 84.03% 89.02% 82.09%
Number of salaries quoted 430 257 379
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £23,850
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,979 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.11% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £67,070
90th Percentile £75,000 £69,250 £77,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%

Machine Learning
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Machine Learning job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Machine Learning
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Machine Learning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Machine Learning

Machine Learning
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Machine Learning in Cheshire over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Machine Learning in Cheshire

Machine Learning
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Machine Learning within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 9 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
Warrington +26 96 - - 11
Knutsford - 14 - -
Lymm - 14 - -
Macclesfield - 14 - -
Northwich - 14 - -
Daresbury - 13 - - 1
Wilmslow - 12 - -
Alderley Edge - 12 - - 1
Crewe - 2 £55,000 -
Machine Learning
North West

Machine Learning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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 1 (0.20%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 496 (99.00%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (0.60%) Power Platform
3 2 (0.40%) Azure
4 1 (0.20%) AWS
4 1 (0.20%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 496 (99.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.60%) Power BI
2 1 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.20%) Power Query
General
1 499 (99.60%) Social Skills
2 496 (99.00%) Banking
2 496 (99.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (0.20%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (0.20%) Finance
3 1 (0.20%) Games
Job Titles
1 379 (75.65%) Lecturer
2 2 (0.40%) Data Scientist
2 2 (0.40%) Developer
2 2 (0.40%) Graduate
3 1 (0.20%) Architect
3 1 (0.20%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
3 1 (0.20%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 1 (0.20%) Lead
3 1 (0.20%) Lead Developer
3 1 (0.20%) Power BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.20%) Keras
1 1 (0.20%) PyTorch
1 1 (0.20%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 496 (99.00%) IoT
2 1 (0.20%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 500 (99.80%) AI
2 498 (99.40%) User Experience
3 496 (99.00%) Cybersecurity
3 496 (99.00%) Web Development
4 3 (0.60%) Analytical Modelling
4 3 (0.60%) Analytics
4 3 (0.60%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (0.60%) Data Science
4 3 (0.60%) Decision-Making
4 3 (0.60%) Statistical Modelling
5 2 (0.40%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (0.40%) Critical Thinking
5 2 (0.40%) Data Analytics
5 2 (0.40%) Data Modelling
5 2 (0.40%) Data Security
5 2 (0.40%) Data Visualisation
5 2 (0.40%) Mathematics
5 2 (0.40%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (0.40%) Statistical Analysis
5 2 (0.40%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (0.80%) Python
2 3 (0.60%) R
2 3 (0.60%) SQL
3 1 (0.20%) C++
3 1 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (0.20%) Java
Qualifications
1 498 (99.40%) Degree
2 496 (99.00%) Master's Degree
2 496 (99.00%) PhD
2 496 (99.00%) Postgraduate
3 1 (0.20%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.40%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (0.20%) Microsoft
1 1 (0.20%) Pega