Machine Learning Job Trends in Essex

Machine Learning (ML)
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Machine Learning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 47 47
Rank change year-on-year +40 0 +18
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 152 4 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 20.97% 0.86% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 26.16% 1.10% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 1
10th Percentile £39,377 £59,600 -
25th Percentile £45,158 £66,125 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £77,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.58% +62.11% -9.52%
75th Percentile £69,375 £88,500 £51,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £95,400 -
East of England median annual salary £65,000 £76,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.47% +16.92% +8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 581 364 362
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 80.14% 78.62% 87.86%
Number of salaries quoted 331 140 265
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £23,650
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.88% -0.48% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £75,900 £75,000 £87,500
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -

Machine Learning
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Machine Learning job vacancy trend in Essex

Machine Learning
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Machine Learning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Machine Learning

Machine Learning
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Machine Learning in Essex over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Machine Learning in Essex

Machine Learning
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Machine Learning within the Essex region over the 6 months to 1 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
Hockley - 15 - -
Chelmsford +5 13 £67,500 -23.73% 6
Grays - 13 - -
Chigwell - 9 - -
Epping - 8 - -
South Ockendon - 7 - -
Buckhurst Hill - 7 - -
Thurrock - 7 - -
Waltham Abbey - 6 - -
Halstead - 6 - -
Southend-on-Sea - 2 £40,816 -
Machine Learning
East of England

Machine Learning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

Cloud Services
1 137 (90.13%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (1.32%) Azure
2 2 (1.32%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 137 (90.13%) Internet
General
1 137 (90.13%) Banking
1 137 (90.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 137 (90.13%) Social Skills
2 2 (1.32%) Local Government
2 2 (1.32%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 109 (71.71%) Lecturer
2 7 (4.61%) Research Scientist
3 5 (3.29%) Lead
4 4 (2.63%) Senior
4 4 (2.63%) Technologist
5 2 (1.32%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
5 2 (1.32%) Automation Specialist
6 1 (0.66%) Data Scientist
6 1 (0.66%) Machine Learning Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.66%) PyTorch
1 1 (0.66%) scikit-learn
1 1 (0.66%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 137 (90.13%) IoT
2 1 (0.66%) Acoustics
2 1 (0.66%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (96.71%) AI
2 137 (90.13%) Cybersecurity
2 137 (90.13%) User Experience
2 137 (90.13%) Web Development
3 8 (5.26%) Data Science
4 4 (2.63%) Natural Language Processing
5 3 (1.97%) LLM
6 2 (1.32%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (1.32%) ETL
6 2 (1.32%) Mentoring
6 2 (1.32%) Reinforcement Learning
6 2 (1.32%) Service Delivery
7 1 (0.66%) Analytics
7 1 (0.66%) Collaborative Culture
7 1 (0.66%) Computer Vision
7 1 (0.66%) Generative AI
7 1 (0.66%) Neural Network
7 1 (0.66%) Remote Sensing
7 1 (0.66%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.66%) Python
Qualifications
1 139 (91.45%) Degree
1 139 (91.45%) PhD
2 137 (90.13%) Master's Degree
2 137 (90.13%) Postgraduate
3 4 (2.63%) SC Cleared
3 4 (2.63%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (1.32%) Microsoft