Machine Learning Engineer Jobs in the City of London

Machine Learning Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median Machine Learning Engineer salary in the City of London is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 179 224
Rank change year-on-year +38 +45 +68
Permanent jobs requiring a Machine Learning Engineer 3 2 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.15% 0.060% 0.065%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.062% 0.067%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £64,500
25th Percentile £75,000 £51,250 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £57,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +39.13% -23.33% -34.78%
75th Percentile £85,000 £63,750 £77,500
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £57,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +39.13% -23.33% -6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 1,891 3,202 4,453
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.11% 96.01% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,442 2,539 3,732
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,200 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,441 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.28% -2.08% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £74,000
% change year-on-year - -2.03% +2.07%

Machine Learning Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured Machine Learning Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Machine Learning Engineer in the City of London

Machine Learning Engineer
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Machine Learning Engineer in the City of London.

Salary trend for Machine Learning Engineer in the City of London

Machine Learning Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, Machine Learning Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the City of London region featuring Machine Learning Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) PhD
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Data Science
2 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Clean Code
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Metrics
2 2 (66.67%) GCP
2 2 (66.67%) AWS Lambda
2 2 (66.67%) Personalization
2 2 (66.67%) Serverless
2 2 (66.67%) Creative Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) TypeScript
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) Broadband
3 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 1 (33.33%) Applied Mathematics
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Wealth Management
3 1 (33.33%) Data Management
3 1 (33.33%) Statistics

Machine Learning Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) AWS Lambda
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) GCP
1 2 (66.67%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Broadband
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Data Science
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Clean Code
2 2 (66.67%) Creative Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Metrics
2 2 (66.67%) Personalization
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Applied Mathematics
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Data Management
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Fintech
3 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 1 (33.33%) MLOps
3 1 (33.33%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) PhD
2 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree