Machine Learning Job Trends in Hampshire

Machine Learning (ML)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hampshire 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 101 43 88
Rank change year-on-year -58 +45 +22
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 24 146 37
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 0.96% 5.33% 2.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 6.55% 2.30%
Number of salaries quoted 8 64 35
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £47,188 £49,775 £64,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £77,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.97% -3.13% +36.76%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £86,000
90th Percentile £100,625 £102,500 £107,500
South East median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £70,875
% change year-on-year -3.33% +5.82% +9.04%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,018 2,230 1,609
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 80.75% 81.39% 90.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,418 1,336 1,048
10th Percentile £27,250 £32,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,961 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.65% +7.62% -5.45%
75th Percentile £63,750 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +7.48% -2.73%

Machine Learning
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Machine Learning job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Machine Learning
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Machine Learning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Machine Learning

Machine Learning
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

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

Salary histogram for Machine Learning in Hampshire

Machine Learning
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Machine Learning within the Hampshire 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
Farnborough +5 9 £87,500 +84.21% 3
Romsey +2 6 - -
Southampton -9 2 £40,000 -55.56% 3
Basingstoke - 2 £71,250 - 2
Portsmouth -4 1 £57,500 +30.49% 5
Machine Learning
South East

Machine Learning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.17%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 8 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (8.33%) AWS
2 2 (8.33%) Azure
3 1 (4.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (33.33%) Internet
2 1 (4.17%) InfiniBand
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Data Mining
1 2 (8.33%) Tableau
2 1 (4.17%) Delta Lake
2 1 (4.17%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (4.17%) Pinecone
2 1 (4.17%) Power BI
2 1 (4.17%) Star Schema
2 1 (4.17%) Weaviate
General
1 16 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 9 (37.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (33.33%) Banking
4 5 (20.83%) Automotive
4 5 (20.83%) Electronics
4 5 (20.83%) Manufacturing
5 3 (12.50%) Finance
6 2 (8.33%) Marketing
7 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (25.00%) Lecturer
1 6 (25.00%) Product Manager
1 6 (25.00%) Quality Manager
2 3 (12.50%) Senior
3 2 (8.33%) Data Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Developer
3 2 (8.33%) Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (8.33%) Trainee
4 1 (4.17%) Architect
4 1 (4.17%) Azure Data Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Data Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Data Science Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Lead
4 1 (4.17%) Senior Data Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Senior Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Software Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) Node.js
1 2 (8.33%) React
2 1 (4.17%) FastAPI
2 1 (4.17%) Flask
2 1 (4.17%) Hugging Face
2 1 (4.17%) scikit-learn
2 1 (4.17%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 8 (33.33%) IoT
2 2 (8.33%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (4.17%) AI Agents
3 1 (4.17%) Algorithms
3 1 (4.17%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (91.67%) AI
2 10 (41.67%) Web Development
3 9 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (37.50%) Data Analysis
4 8 (33.33%) User Experience
5 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (20.83%) Data Science
6 5 (20.83%) FMEA
6 5 (20.83%) Project Management
6 5 (20.83%) Quality Management
6 5 (20.83%) Regulatory Compliance
6 5 (20.83%) Root Cause Analysis
6 5 (20.83%) Six Sigma
7 4 (16.67%) Data Engineering
7 4 (16.67%) ETL
7 4 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
8 3 (12.50%) Data Pipeline
8 3 (12.50%) Decision-Making
8 3 (12.50%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 8 (33.33%) Python
1 8 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (4.17%) Bash
2 1 (4.17%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 15 (62.50%) Degree
2 13 (54.17%) Master's Degree
3 8 (33.33%) PhD
3 8 (33.33%) Postgraduate
4 7 (29.17%) Security Cleared
5 6 (25.00%) SC Cleared
6 5 (20.83%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 5 (20.83%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 5 (20.83%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
7 2 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (4.17%) Azure Certification
8 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (25.00%) QA
2 5 (20.83%) ISO 13485
2 5 (20.83%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (8.33%) Docker
2 1 (4.17%) Ceph
2 1 (4.17%) Lustre
2 1 (4.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Ansible
1 1 (4.17%) Kubernetes
1 1 (4.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.17%) Databricks