Machine Learning Engineer Jobs in Edinburgh

Machine Learning Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Machine Learning Engineer salary in Edinburgh is £77,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 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
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 110 146
Rank change year-on-year +21 +36 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Machine Learning Engineer 3 2 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.33% 0.13% 0.095%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.14% 0.100%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £67,400 - -
25th Percentile £71,000 £53,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,000 £57,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +33.91% - -
75th Percentile £88,500 £61,250 -
90th Percentile £95,400 - -
Scotland median annual salary £77,000 £57,500 -
% change year-on-year +33.91% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 850 1,457 2,006
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 95.86% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 419 1,029 1,187
10th Percentile £29,250 £32,950 £36,150
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,433 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £92,047 £89,852
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +9.52%

Machine Learning Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Machine Learning Engineer in Edinburgh

Machine Learning Engineer
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Machine Learning Engineer in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Machine Learning Engineer in Edinburgh

Machine Learning Engineer
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Machine Learning Engineer in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Machine Learning Engineer in Edinburgh

Machine Learning Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 6 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 Edinburgh region featuring Machine Learning Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) Workflow
2 2 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Task Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Generative AI
2 2 (66.67%) LLM
2 2 (66.67%) API Integration
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) Probabilistic Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Experimental Design
3 1 (33.33%) Google JAX
3 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 1 (33.33%) Market Research
3 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (33.33%) Statistical Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Deep Learning
3 1 (33.33%) Bayesian Methods
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring

Machine Learning Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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
General
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Google JAX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (66.67%) API Integration
2 2 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Generative AI
2 2 (66.67%) LLM
2 2 (66.67%) Task Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Workflow
3 1 (33.33%) Bayesian Methods
3 1 (33.33%) Deep Learning
3 1 (33.33%) Experimental Design
3 1 (33.33%) Market Research
3 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Probabilistic Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python