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 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 111 125
Rank change year-on-year +30 +14 -29
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 139 64 57
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.69% 1.89% 1.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.41% 2.20% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 109 34 24
10th Percentile £46,250 £35,000 £48,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £44,063 £52,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.12%
75th Percentile £95,000 £83,738 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,125 £104,500
England median annual salary £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -3.13% +3.23% +3.33%

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 5,762 2,914 3,402
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 70.08% 86.26% 75.35%
Number of salaries quoted 4,227 1,542 1,694
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £45,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.56% -16.67% -1.82%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £75,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,800
% change year-on-year +9.09% -6.46% -5.66%

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 26 September 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 26 September 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
Cambridgeshire -6 60 £85,000 +13.33% 191
Essex -3 35 £90,000 +38.46% 32
Hertfordshire -2 34 £60,000 -35.14% 44
Suffolk +19 7 £62,500 +56.25% 12
Norfolk - 2 £56,000 - 10
Bedfordshire -14 1 £64,000 +28.00% 27
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 14 (10.07%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.16%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.44%) Luigi
4 1 (0.72%) Confluence
4 1 (0.72%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (2.16%) Simulink
2 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.72%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 52 (37.41%) Azure
2 30 (21.58%) Azure AI
3 23 (16.55%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (14.39%) AWS
5 16 (11.51%) Power Platform
6 15 (10.79%) Azure Data Factory
7 13 (9.35%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 13 (9.35%) Azure Logic Apps
7 13 (9.35%) GitHub
7 13 (9.35%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (9.35%) OneDrive
7 13 (9.35%) Power Automate
7 13 (9.35%) PowerApps
8 9 (6.47%) GCP
8 9 (6.47%) GitHub Copilot
9 6 (4.32%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 3 (2.16%) SaaS
11 2 (1.44%) Google Play
11 2 (1.44%) Google Sheets
11 2 (1.44%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.60%) Broadband
2 4 (2.88%) Firewall
3 3 (2.16%) BGP
3 3 (2.16%) Internet
3 3 (2.16%) LAN
3 3 (2.16%) OSPF
3 3 (2.16%) Software-Defined Networking
3 3 (2.16%) WAN
4 2 (1.44%) DNS
5 1 (0.72%) DHCP
5 1 (0.72%) HTTP
5 1 (0.72%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.72%) LTE
5 1 (0.72%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.72%) VLAN
5 1 (0.72%) VPN
5 1 (0.72%) WireGuard
5 1 (0.72%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (30.94%) Azure SQL Database
2 24 (17.27%) MongoDB
3 16 (11.51%) Power BI
4 4 (2.88%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (2.16%) Redis
6 2 (1.44%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.44%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.44%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (1.44%) Metadata
6 2 (1.44%) Spatial Data
6 2 (1.44%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.72%) Airbyte
7 1 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.72%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.72%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.72%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.72%) Power Query
7 1 (0.72%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.72%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 7 (5.04%) Git
2 2 (1.44%) GitLab
3 1 (0.72%) JIRA
3 1 (0.72%) MLflow
3 1 (0.72%) Poetry
3 1 (0.72%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.72%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 33 (23.74%) Social Skills
2 12 (8.63%) Marketing
3 6 (4.32%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (2.88%) Legal
4 4 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (2.16%) Aerospace
5 3 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (2.16%) Military
6 2 (1.44%) Electronics
7 1 (0.72%) Automotive
7 1 (0.72%) Back Office
7 1 (0.72%) Finance
7 1 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.72%) Law
7 1 (0.72%) Legal Technology
7 1 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 49 (35.25%) Developer
2 30 (21.58%) .NET Developer
3 23 (16.55%) Senior
4 10 (7.19%) Lead
5 9 (6.47%) Senior Developer
6 7 (5.04%) Python Engineer
6 7 (5.04%) Research Scientist
7 6 (4.32%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 5 (3.60%) Lead Developer
8 5 (3.60%) Machine Learning Engineer
8 5 (3.60%) Principal Developer
8 5 (3.60%) Software Engineer
8 5 (3.60%) Team Leader
9 4 (2.88%) AWS Engineer
9 4 (2.88%) Consultant
9 4 (2.88%) Microsoft 365 Developer
9 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Developer
9 4 (2.88%) Product Manager
9 4 (2.88%) Python Developer
9 4 (2.88%) Senior Microsoft Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (30.94%) .NET
1 43 (30.94%) .NET Core
2 30 (21.58%) ASP.NET
2 30 (21.58%) ASP.NET Core
2 30 (21.58%) ML.NET
3 24 (17.27%) React
3 24 (17.27%) RESTful
4 22 (15.83%) CSS
4 22 (15.83%) HTML
5 21 (15.11%) Blazor
6 18 (12.95%) TensorFlow
7 17 (12.23%) PyTorch
8 14 (10.07%) JSON
9 13 (9.35%) HTML5 Canvas
9 13 (9.35%) Microsoft Graph
9 13 (9.35%) SPFx
10 12 (8.63%) Google JAX
10 12 (8.63%) JAX
11 4 (2.88%) FastAPI
11 4 (2.88%) Keras
Miscellaneous
1 24 (17.27%) Algorithms
2 11 (7.91%) FPGA
3 7 (5.04%) Cloud Native
4 6 (4.32%) Digital TV
4 6 (4.32%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (4.32%) Social Media
5 5 (3.60%) BBC
5 5 (3.60%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (3.60%) Legacy Applications
5 5 (3.60%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.88%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (2.88%) Video\Live Streaming
7 3 (2.16%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.44%) IoT
8 2 (1.44%) iPhone
8 2 (1.44%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.44%) Over-the-Top Content
8 2 (1.44%) Social Network
9 1 (0.72%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.72%) Molecular Biology
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.88%) Linux
2 3 (2.16%) Android
2 3 (2.16%) Windows
3 2 (1.44%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.72%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.72%) CentOS
4 1 (0.72%) Debian
4 1 (0.72%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.72%) Mac OS X
4 1 (0.72%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.72%) Unix
4 1 (0.72%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (74.82%) AI
2 38 (27.34%) Agile
3 32 (23.02%) DevOps
4 31 (22.30%) Full-Stack Development
5 28 (20.14%) CI/CD
5 28 (20.14%) Technical Leadership
6 22 (15.83%) Continuous Improvement
7 21 (15.11%) Multithreading
8 17 (12.23%) Mentoring
8 17 (12.23%) Software Engineering
8 17 (12.23%) User Experience
9 16 (11.51%) Business Intelligence
10 14 (10.07%) Deep Learning
11 13 (9.35%) Data Science
11 13 (9.35%) Document Management
11 13 (9.35%) Project Management
11 13 (9.35%) Web Design
12 12 (8.63%) Computer Science
13 11 (7.91%) Coaching
13 11 (7.91%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 48 (34.53%) SQL
2 43 (30.94%) C#
3 41 (29.50%) JavaScript
4 36 (25.90%) Python
5 16 (11.51%) PowerShell
6 15 (10.79%) TypeScript
7 5 (3.60%) C++
8 4 (2.88%) MATLAB
9 3 (2.16%) Go
9 3 (2.16%) Scala
10 2 (1.44%) Bash
10 2 (1.44%) Embedded C++
10 2 (1.44%) Rust
11 1 (0.72%) C
11 1 (0.72%) Fortran
11 1 (0.72%) Haskell
11 1 (0.72%) Java
11 1 (0.72%) OCaml
11 1 (0.72%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.72%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (20.14%) Degree
2 14 (10.07%) PhD
2 14 (10.07%) Security Cleared
3 6 (4.32%) DBS Check
4 4 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (2.88%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.16%) CCDP
5 3 (2.16%) CCNP
5 3 (2.16%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.16%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.44%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.16%) SLA
2 2 (1.44%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.44%) QA
System Software
1 20 (14.39%) Docker
2 10 (7.19%) Embedded Firmware
2 10 (7.19%) Firmware
3 4 (2.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.16%) VMware NSX
5 2 (1.44%) Active Directory
5 2 (1.44%) NFS
6 1 (0.72%) Ceph
6 1 (0.72%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.72%) Lustre
6 1 (0.72%) Samba
6 1 (0.72%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (10.79%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.16%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.72%) Kubeflow
3 1 (0.72%) Oracle ZFS
3 1 (0.72%) Podman
Vendors
1 48 (34.53%) Microsoft
2 13 (9.35%) Adobe
3 10 (7.19%) Google
4 6 (4.32%) Apple
5 5 (3.60%) Facebook
5 5 (3.60%) Sony
5 5 (3.60%) Yahoo!
6 4 (2.88%) VMware
7 3 (2.16%) Cisco
7 3 (2.16%) Databricks
7 3 (2.16%) Forcepoint
7 3 (2.16%) Juniper
7 3 (2.16%) Palo Alto
7 3 (2.16%) SonicWALL
8 1 (0.72%) IBM
8 1 (0.72%) Oracle
8 1 (0.72%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.72%) Typelevel