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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 108 126
Rank change year-on-year +30 +18 -41
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 144 61 55
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.74% 1.83% 1.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.48% 2.12% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 110 32 22
10th Percentile £46,250 £35,000 £48,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £42,657 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.34% +28.89%
75th Percentile £95,000 £83,738 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,375 £106,500
England median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -

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 5,802 2,880 3,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 70.05% 86.41% 75.50%
Number of salaries quoted 4,257 1,517 1,613
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,629
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £40,750
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 £60,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £86,550 £75,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 -10 61 £85,000 +13.33% 219
Essex +2 36 £90,000 +38.46% 35
Hertfordshire -7 36 £60,000 -35.14% 53
Suffolk +15 7 £62,500 +56.25% 14
Bedfordshire -12 2 £72,000 +44.00% 24
Norfolk - 2 £56,000 - 14
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 12 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.08%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.39%) IIS
3 2 (1.39%) Luigi
4 1 (0.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (2.08%) Simulink
2 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.69%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 52 (36.11%) Azure
2 30 (20.83%) Azure AI
3 23 (15.97%) Azure DevOps
4 21 (14.58%) AWS
5 17 (11.81%) Power Platform
6 13 (9.03%) Azure Data Factory
6 13 (9.03%) GitHub
7 11 (7.64%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 11 (7.64%) Azure Logic Apps
7 11 (7.64%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (7.64%) OneDrive
7 11 (7.64%) Power Automate
7 11 (7.64%) PowerApps
8 9 (6.25%) GitHub Copilot
9 8 (5.56%) GCP
10 6 (4.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 4 (2.78%) SaaS
12 2 (1.39%) Google Play
12 2 (1.39%) Google Sheets
12 2 (1.39%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.78%) Broadband
1 4 (2.78%) Firewall
2 3 (2.08%) BGP
2 3 (2.08%) Internet
2 3 (2.08%) LAN
2 3 (2.08%) OSPF
2 3 (2.08%) Software-Defined Networking
2 3 (2.08%) WAN
3 2 (1.39%) DNS
3 2 (1.39%) HTTP
4 1 (0.69%) DHCP
4 1 (0.69%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.69%) LTE
4 1 (0.69%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.69%) VLAN
4 1 (0.69%) VPN
4 1 (0.69%) WireGuard
4 1 (0.69%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (28.47%) Azure SQL Database
2 24 (16.67%) MongoDB
3 17 (11.81%) Power BI
4 5 (3.47%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (2.08%) Redis
6 2 (1.39%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (1.39%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.39%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.39%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (1.39%) Metadata
6 2 (1.39%) Spatial Data
6 2 (1.39%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.69%) Airbyte
7 1 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.69%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.69%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.69%) Power Query
7 1 (0.69%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.69%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 7 (4.86%) Git
2 2 (1.39%) GitLab
2 2 (1.39%) MLflow
3 1 (0.69%) JIRA
3 1 (0.69%) Poetry
3 1 (0.69%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.69%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 34 (23.61%) Social Skills
2 12 (8.33%) Marketing
3 10 (6.94%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (2.78%) Finance
4 4 (2.78%) Legal
4 4 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (2.08%) Aerospace
5 3 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (2.08%) Military
6 2 (1.39%) Back Office
6 2 (1.39%) Electronics
6 2 (1.39%) Law
7 1 (0.69%) Automotive
7 1 (0.69%) Aviation
7 1 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.69%) Legal Technology
7 1 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.69%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 46 (31.94%) Developer
2 30 (20.83%) .NET Developer
3 21 (14.58%) Senior
4 11 (7.64%) Lead
5 8 (5.56%) Python Engineer
6 7 (4.86%) Research Scientist
6 7 (4.86%) Senior Developer
7 6 (4.17%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 6 (4.17%) Software Engineer
8 5 (3.47%) Analyst
8 5 (3.47%) AWS Engineer
8 5 (3.47%) Lead Developer
8 5 (3.47%) Machine Learning Engineer
8 5 (3.47%) Principal Developer
8 5 (3.47%) Team Leader
9 4 (2.78%) Consultant
9 4 (2.78%) Data Engineer
9 4 (2.78%) Product Manager
9 4 (2.78%) Python Developer
10 3 (2.08%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (28.47%) .NET
1 41 (28.47%) .NET Core
2 30 (20.83%) ASP.NET
2 30 (20.83%) ASP.NET Core
2 30 (20.83%) ML.NET
3 25 (17.36%) React
4 24 (16.67%) RESTful
5 21 (14.58%) Blazor
6 20 (13.89%) CSS
6 20 (13.89%) HTML
7 18 (12.50%) TensorFlow
8 17 (11.81%) PyTorch
9 13 (9.03%) JSON
10 12 (8.33%) Google JAX
10 12 (8.33%) JAX
11 11 (7.64%) HTML5 Canvas
11 11 (7.64%) Microsoft Graph
11 11 (7.64%) SPFx
12 4 (2.78%) FastAPI
12 4 (2.78%) Keras
Miscellaneous
1 25 (17.36%) Algorithms
2 11 (7.64%) FPGA
3 7 (4.86%) Cloud Native
4 6 (4.17%) Digital TV
4 6 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (4.17%) Social Media
5 5 (3.47%) BBC
5 5 (3.47%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (3.47%) Legacy Applications
5 5 (3.47%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.78%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (2.08%) Mobile App
7 3 (2.08%) Video\Live Streaming
8 2 (1.39%) CSOC
8 2 (1.39%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.39%) IoT
8 2 (1.39%) iPhone
8 2 (1.39%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.39%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.78%) Linux
1 4 (2.78%) Windows
2 3 (2.08%) Android
3 2 (1.39%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.69%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.69%) CentOS
4 1 (0.69%) Debian
4 1 (0.69%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.69%) Mac OS X
4 1 (0.69%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.69%) Unix
4 1 (0.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (75.00%) AI
2 39 (27.08%) Agile
3 32 (22.22%) DevOps
4 31 (21.53%) Full-Stack Development
5 28 (19.44%) CI/CD
6 27 (18.75%) Technical Leadership
7 22 (15.28%) Continuous Improvement
8 21 (14.58%) Multithreading
9 18 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
10 17 (11.81%) Mentoring
10 17 (11.81%) Software Engineering
11 15 (10.42%) Data Science
11 15 (10.42%) User Experience
12 14 (9.72%) Deep Learning
13 13 (9.03%) Problem-Solving
14 12 (8.33%) Computer Science
14 12 (8.33%) Mathematics
15 11 (7.64%) Document Management
15 11 (7.64%) Microservices
15 11 (7.64%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 51 (35.42%) SQL
2 42 (29.17%) Python
3 41 (28.47%) C#
4 39 (27.08%) JavaScript
5 15 (10.42%) PowerShell
6 14 (9.72%) TypeScript
7 5 (3.47%) C++
8 4 (2.78%) MATLAB
9 2 (1.39%) Bash
9 2 (1.39%) Embedded C++
9 2 (1.39%) Go
9 2 (1.39%) Rust
9 2 (1.39%) Scala
10 1 (0.69%) Clojure
10 1 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.69%) Fortran
10 1 (0.69%) Java
10 1 (0.69%) R
10 1 (0.69%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.69%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (21.53%) Degree
2 14 (9.72%) PhD
2 14 (9.72%) Security Cleared
3 6 (4.17%) DBS Check
4 4 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (2.78%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.08%) CCDP
5 3 (2.08%) CCNP
5 3 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.08%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.08%) Numerate Degree
6 2 (1.39%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.69%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.69%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.08%) Data Quality
1 3 (2.08%) SLA
2 2 (1.39%) QA
3 1 (0.69%) GDPR
System Software
1 19 (13.19%) Docker
2 10 (6.94%) Embedded Firmware
2 10 (6.94%) Firmware
3 5 (3.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.08%) Active Directory
4 3 (2.08%) NFS
4 3 (2.08%) VMware NSX
5 2 (1.39%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.69%) Ceph
6 1 (0.69%) Lustre
6 1 (0.69%) Samba
6 1 (0.69%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 15 (10.42%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.08%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.69%) Kubeflow
3 1 (0.69%) Oracle ZFS
3 1 (0.69%) Podman
Vendors
1 46 (31.94%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.64%) Adobe
3 10 (6.94%) Google
4 6 (4.17%) Apple
5 5 (3.47%) Facebook
5 5 (3.47%) Sony
5 5 (3.47%) VMware
5 5 (3.47%) Yahoo!
6 4 (2.78%) Databricks
7 3 (2.08%) Cisco
7 3 (2.08%) Forcepoint
7 3 (2.08%) Juniper
7 3 (2.08%) Palo Alto
7 3 (2.08%) SonicWALL
8 1 (0.69%) Domo
8 1 (0.69%) IBM
8 1 (0.69%) Oracle
8 1 (0.69%) Red Hat