Machine Learning Engineer Jobs in London

Machine Learning Engineer
England > London

The median Machine Learning Engineer salary in London is £97,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 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
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 379 489 581
Rank change year-on-year +110 +92 +206
Permanent jobs requiring a Machine Learning Engineer 21 16 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.17% 0.068% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.072% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 18 11 46
10th Percentile £76,400 £63,750 £58,000
25th Percentile £84,063 £65,000 £64,062
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £97,500 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +39.29% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £86,875 £89,063
90th Percentile £112,500 £91,250 £100,000
England median annual salary £97,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,452 22,183 33,419
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.18% 94.12% 95.04%
Number of salaries quoted 7,427 16,676 24,569
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,084 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Machine Learning Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Machine Learning Engineer in London

Machine Learning Engineer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Machine Learning Engineer in London

Machine Learning Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Machine Learning Engineer in London over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Machine Learning Engineer in London

Machine Learning Engineer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Machine Learning Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 5 May 2025. 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
West London - 3 £100,000 - 11
Central London +30 1 £80,000 +39.13% 8
Machine Learning Engineer
England

Machine Learning Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 5 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 London region featuring Machine Learning Engineer in the job title.

1 21 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 19 (90.48%) Python
3 17 (80.95%) Artificial Intelligence
4 12 (57.14%) Data Science
4 12 (57.14%) LLM
5 11 (52.38%) Azure
6 9 (42.86%) Kubernetes
6 9 (42.86%) Decision-Making
7 8 (38.10%) AWS
7 8 (38.10%) Degree
8 7 (33.33%) Azure Machine Learning
8 7 (33.33%) Docker
8 7 (33.33%) DevOps
8 7 (33.33%) MLOps
9 6 (28.57%) Generative AI
9 6 (28.57%) Virtual Machines
9 6 (28.57%) scikit-learn
9 6 (28.57%) Analytics
9 6 (28.57%) Computer Science
10 5 (23.81%) Software Engineering
10 5 (23.81%) SQL
10 5 (23.81%) Active Directory
10 5 (23.81%) Data Engineering
10 5 (23.81%) Pandas
10 5 (23.81%) Algorithms
10 5 (23.81%) GCP
10 5 (23.81%) TensorFlow
10 5 (23.81%) PyTorch
10 5 (23.81%) CI/CD
10 5 (23.81%) Containerisation

Machine Learning Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (14.29%) Apache Airflow
1 3 (14.29%) Jupyter
Cloud Services
1 11 (52.38%) Azure
2 8 (38.10%) AWS
3 7 (33.33%) Azure Machine Learning
4 5 (23.81%) GCP
5 4 (19.05%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (14.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 3 (14.29%) GitHub
6 3 (14.29%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (4.76%) Amazon SageMaker
7 1 (4.76%) ChatGPT
7 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) MySQL
1 1 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (4.76%) RDBMS
1 1 (4.76%) Relational Database
1 1 (4.76%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) GitLab
1 3 (14.29%) MLflow
2 2 (9.52%) Artifactory
2 2 (9.52%) Git
3 1 (4.76%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 4 (19.05%) Social Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Law
2 3 (14.29%) Legal
3 2 (9.52%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Finance
4 1 (4.76%) Public Speaking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (28.57%) scikit-learn
2 5 (23.81%) Pandas
2 5 (23.81%) PyTorch
2 5 (23.81%) TensorFlow
3 2 (9.52%) Anaconda
3 2 (9.52%) Matplotlib
3 2 (9.52%) XGBoost
4 1 (4.76%) Kafka
4 1 (4.76%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Algorithms
2 3 (14.29%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (9.52%) AI Agents
3 2 (9.52%) Data Structures
3 2 (9.52%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Linux
1 3 (14.29%) VMS
1 3 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 17 (80.95%) Artificial Intelligence
3 12 (57.14%) Data Science
3 12 (57.14%) LLM
4 9 (42.86%) Decision-Making
5 7 (33.33%) DevOps
5 7 (33.33%) MLOps
6 6 (28.57%) Analytics
6 6 (28.57%) Computer Science
6 6 (28.57%) Generative AI
7 5 (23.81%) CI/CD
7 5 (23.81%) Containerisation
7 5 (23.81%) Data Engineering
7 5 (23.81%) Data Pipeline
7 5 (23.81%) Software Engineering
8 4 (19.05%) Agile
8 4 (19.05%) API Integration
8 4 (19.05%) Task Automation
8 4 (19.05%) Workflow
9 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 19 (90.48%) Python
2 5 (23.81%) SQL
3 3 (14.29%) Bash
3 3 (14.29%) PowerShell
4 2 (9.52%) Shell Script
5 1 (4.76%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (38.10%) Degree
2 4 (19.05%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (19.05%) Master's Degree
2 4 (19.05%) PhD
System Software
1 7 (33.33%) Docker
2 6 (28.57%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (23.81%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (42.86%) Kubernetes
2 4 (19.05%) Terraform
3 3 (14.29%) Packer
4 2 (9.52%) Kubeflow
5 1 (4.76%) Argo
5 1 (4.76%) Grafana
5 1 (4.76%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Databricks
2 2 (9.52%) OpenAI
3 1 (4.76%) Google