Machine Learning Job Trends in the East of England

Machine Learning (ML)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Machine Learning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 110 71
Rank change year-on-year +101 -39 +27
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 418 70 115
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 9.49% 2.01% 3.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.80% 2.28% 3.63%
Number of salaries quoted 34 35 74
10th Percentile £36,313 £45,250 -
25th Percentile £41,875 £54,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £88,750 £87,500 £83,125
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £93,875
England median annual salary £77,500 £77,000 £70,576
% change year-on-year +0.65% +9.10% +0.82%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,265 3,068 3,165
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 74.14% 88.24% 84.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,925 1,206 2,496
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,344 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £61,110 £57,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +6.28% -8.00%

Machine Learning
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Machine Learning job vacancy trend in the East of England

Machine Learning
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Machine Learning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Machine Learning

Machine Learning
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Machine Learning in the East of England over the 6 months to 29 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Machine Learning in the East of England

Machine Learning
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Machine Learning within the East of England region over the 6 months to 29 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
Hertfordshire +73 203 £79,500 +3.25% 27
Essex +44 147 £65,000 -26.55% 47
Cambridgeshire +14 36 £60,000 - 34
Norfolk +22 17 - - 16
Suffolk +12 15 £40,000 -39.63% 25
Machine Learning
England

Machine Learning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 3 (0.72%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.48%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 358 (85.65%) Cloud Computing
2 11 (2.63%) Azure
3 8 (1.91%) Amazon Alexa
4 7 (1.67%) AWS
5 3 (0.72%) Azure AKS
5 3 (0.72%) GCP
5 3 (0.72%) SaaS
5 3 (0.72%) Serverless
6 2 (0.48%) Amazon Bedrock
6 2 (0.48%) Amazon EKS
6 2 (0.48%) Amazon EventBridge
6 2 (0.48%) Amazon Kinesis
6 2 (0.48%) AWS Step Functions
6 2 (0.48%) Azure AI
6 2 (0.48%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (0.48%) GitHub
6 2 (0.48%) GitHub Copilot
6 2 (0.48%) H2O.ai
6 2 (0.48%) OpenShift
6 2 (0.48%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 358 (85.65%) Internet
2 2 (0.48%) Broadband
3 1 (0.24%) LTE
3 1 (0.24%) Software-Defined Radio
3 1 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
1 5 (1.20%) Tableau
2 3 (0.72%) Big Data
2 3 (0.72%) Hadoop
2 3 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (0.72%) Redis
3 2 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.48%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.48%) Data Mining
3 2 (0.48%) DynamoDB
3 2 (0.48%) Metadata
3 2 (0.48%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.48%) MySQL
4 1 (0.24%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (0.48%) Git
2 1 (0.24%) GitLab
General
1 369 (88.28%) Social Skills
2 358 (85.65%) Banking
2 358 (85.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (2.39%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (2.15%) German Language
5 8 (1.91%) French Language
5 8 (1.91%) Italian Language
6 5 (1.20%) Finance
7 3 (0.72%) Public Sector
8 2 (0.48%) Automotive
8 2 (0.48%) Local Government
8 2 (0.48%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.24%) Billing
9 1 (0.24%) Games
Job Titles
1 286 (68.42%) Lecturer
2 8 (1.91%) Developer
2 8 (1.91%) Senior
3 7 (1.67%) Consultant
3 7 (1.67%) Machine Learning Consultant
3 7 (1.67%) Research Scientist
3 7 (1.67%) Software Engineer
4 5 (1.20%) Applications Engineer
4 5 (1.20%) Data Engineer
4 5 (1.20%) Data Scientist
5 4 (0.96%) Lead
5 4 (0.96%) Research Engineer
5 4 (0.96%) RF Engineer
5 4 (0.96%) Senior Data Engineer
5 4 (0.96%) Senior Data Scientist
5 4 (0.96%) Senior RF Engineer
6 3 (0.72%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
6 3 (0.72%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
6 3 (0.72%) Data Science Developer
6 3 (0.72%) JavaScript Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.31%) TensorFlow
2 17 (4.07%) PyTorch
3 7 (1.67%) Google JAX
3 7 (1.67%) JAX
3 7 (1.67%) Node.js
3 7 (1.67%) React
4 5 (1.20%) AngularJS
4 5 (1.20%) Vue
5 4 (0.96%) Keras
5 4 (0.96%) NumPy
5 4 (0.96%) scikit-learn
6 3 (0.72%) Kafka
6 3 (0.72%) Matplotlib
6 3 (0.72%) Pandas
6 3 (0.72%) Seaborn
7 2 (0.48%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.48%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.48%) ASP.NET Core
7 2 (0.48%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (0.48%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 359 (85.89%) IoT
2 9 (2.15%) Algorithms
2 9 (2.15%) Onboarding
3 8 (1.91%) CUDA
4 5 (1.20%) Cloud Native
5 4 (0.96%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (0.72%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (0.48%) 3D Graphics
7 2 (0.48%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.48%) FPGA
7 2 (0.48%) Life Science
7 2 (0.48%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.48%) Over-the-Top Content
7 2 (0.48%) Video\Live Streaming
8 1 (0.24%) Digital TV
8 1 (0.24%) iPhone
8 1 (0.24%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.24%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.24%) Verilog
8 1 (0.24%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.48%) Linux
1 2 (0.48%) Windows
1 2 (0.48%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.24%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 401 (95.93%) AI
2 361 (86.36%) User Experience
3 358 (85.65%) Cybersecurity
3 358 (85.65%) Web Development
4 17 (4.07%) Data Science
5 14 (3.35%) Computer Science
6 13 (3.11%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (3.11%) Software Engineering
7 12 (2.87%) LLM
7 12 (2.87%) Mathematics
8 11 (2.63%) Coaching
9 10 (2.39%) Computer Vision
9 10 (2.39%) Physics
10 9 (2.15%) Generative AI
10 9 (2.15%) Prototyping
11 8 (1.91%) Analytics
11 8 (1.91%) Conversational UI
11 8 (1.91%) Kaizen
11 8 (1.91%) Performance Metrics
11 8 (1.91%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 29 (6.94%) Python
2 7 (1.67%) JavaScript
3 5 (1.20%) SQL
4 4 (0.96%) C++
4 4 (0.96%) Java
5 3 (0.72%) R
6 2 (0.48%) C
6 2 (0.48%) C#
6 2 (0.48%) PHP
7 1 (0.24%) Fortran
7 1 (0.24%) Go
7 1 (0.24%) SystemVerilog
7 1 (0.24%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 380 (90.91%) Degree
2 362 (86.60%) PhD
3 360 (86.12%) Master's Degree
4 358 (85.65%) Postgraduate
5 5 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (0.96%) Numerate Degree
7 3 (0.72%) Security Cleared
8 2 (0.48%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.48%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.24%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.24%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.44%) Data Quality
2 2 (0.48%) GDPR
2 2 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.48%) PCI DSS
2 2 (0.48%) SOC 2
3 1 (0.24%) EU AI Act
3 1 (0.24%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (0.72%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (0.96%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.48%) Ansible
2 2 (0.48%) Kubeflow
3 1 (0.24%) Istio
3 1 (0.24%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (2.63%) Microsoft
2 2 (0.48%) Databricks
2 2 (0.48%) Dell
2 2 (0.48%) Google
2 2 (0.48%) NVIDIA
2 2 (0.48%) OpenAI
3 1 (0.24%) Foundry