Machine Learning Jobs in Scotland

Machine Learning (ML)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Machine Learning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Machine Learning over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 15 94
Rank change year-on-year -98 +79 +20
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 49 1,479 151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.66% 22.12% 3.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.79% 23.93% 3.43%
Number of salaries quoted 23 71 50
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,306 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% +6.78%
75th Percentile £80,369 £95,769 £86,929
90th Percentile £96,748 £100,000 £103,911
UK median annual salary £77,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +10.71% - -3.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,741 6,180 4,397
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.85% 92.45% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,350 2,400 2,209
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £43,813 £40,500 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,471 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% -8.70% +4.78%
75th Percentile £63,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,958 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Machine Learning
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Machine Learning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Machine Learning in Scotland

Machine Learning
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Machine Learning in Scotland

Machine Learning
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Machine Learning in Scotland over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Machine Learning in Scotland

Machine Learning
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Machine Learning within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 14 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
Edinburgh +2 36 £70,000 -4.11% 61
Glasgow -31 10 £77,000 +10.00% 50
Aberdeen +26 1 - - 4
Machine Learning
UK

Machine Learning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 5 (10.20%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 20 (40.82%) AWS
2 9 (18.37%) Azure
3 7 (14.29%) Amazon SageMaker
4 6 (12.24%) Power Platform
5 4 (8.16%) AWS Lambda
5 4 (8.16%) Azure Machine Learning
5 4 (8.16%) Serverless
6 3 (6.12%) BlazeMeter
7 2 (4.08%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (4.08%) Amazon ECS
7 2 (4.08%) Amazon EKS
7 2 (4.08%) Amazon EMR
7 2 (4.08%) Amazon MSK
7 2 (4.08%) Amazon S3
7 2 (4.08%) dbt
7 2 (4.08%) GCP
7 2 (4.08%) GitHub
7 2 (4.08%) SaaS
7 2 (4.08%) Sentry
7 2 (4.08%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.08%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (16.33%) Big Data
2 7 (14.29%) Tableau
3 6 (12.24%) Power BI
4 5 (10.20%) NoSQL
5 4 (8.16%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (8.16%) Geospatial Data
6 3 (6.12%) Apache Cassandra
6 3 (6.12%) MongoDB
6 3 (6.12%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (4.08%) Data Mining
7 2 (4.08%) DynamoDB
7 2 (4.08%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (4.08%) Hadoop
7 2 (4.08%) Looker
8 1 (2.04%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (2.04%) Flink
8 1 (2.04%) MySQL
8 1 (2.04%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (8.16%) Git
2 3 (6.12%) GitLab
2 3 (6.12%) JUnit
3 1 (2.04%) Jenkins
General
1 18 (36.73%) Finance
2 17 (34.69%) Social Skills
3 11 (22.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (20.41%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (14.29%) Banking
5 7 (14.29%) Legal
6 6 (12.24%) Marketing
7 3 (6.12%) Manufacturing
8 2 (4.08%) Electronics
8 2 (4.08%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (4.08%) Public Sector
8 2 (4.08%) Tech for Good
8 2 (4.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (30.61%) Senior
2 12 (24.49%) Data Scientist
3 6 (12.24%) Developer
3 6 (12.24%) Senior Data Scientist
4 5 (10.20%) Data Engineer
4 5 (10.20%) Data Science Graduate
4 5 (10.20%) Graduate
4 5 (10.20%) Lead
4 5 (10.20%) Machine Learning Engineer
5 4 (8.16%) Architect
5 4 (8.16%) Java Developer
5 4 (8.16%) Senior Data Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) Software Engineer
7 2 (4.08%) Administrator
7 2 (4.08%) Data Architect
7 2 (4.08%) Enterprise Architect
7 2 (4.08%) Junior
7 2 (4.08%) Junior Developer
7 2 (4.08%) Senior Software Engineer
7 2 (4.08%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.20%) Kafka
2 4 (8.16%) React
2 4 (8.16%) scikit-learn
3 3 (6.12%) CSS
3 3 (6.12%) Google JAX
3 3 (6.12%) PyTorch
3 3 (6.12%) Spring
3 3 (6.12%) TensorFlow
4 2 (4.08%) AngularJS
4 2 (4.08%) JAX
4 2 (4.08%) NumPy
4 2 (4.08%) React Native
5 1 (2.04%) LangChain
5 1 (2.04%) OpenCV
5 1 (2.04%) OpenVINO
5 1 (2.04%) Pandas
5 1 (2.04%) RESTful
5 1 (2.04%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 14 (28.57%) Algorithms
2 5 (10.20%) Credit Risk
2 5 (10.20%) Learning Management System
3 2 (4.08%) Cloud Native
3 2 (4.08%) Distributed Computing
3 2 (4.08%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (4.08%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.08%) Mobile App
3 2 (4.08%) Mobile Banking
3 2 (4.08%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.08%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.04%) IoT
4 1 (2.04%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (2.04%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.20%) Linux
2 2 (4.08%) Unix
2 2 (4.08%) VMS
3 1 (2.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (75.51%) Artificial Intelligence
2 25 (51.02%) Data Science
3 21 (42.86%) Visualisation
4 20 (40.82%) Analytics
5 17 (34.69%) Agile
6 16 (32.65%) Decision-Making
7 14 (28.57%) Software Engineering
8 13 (26.53%) Business Intelligence
9 12 (24.49%) Data Visualisation
10 10 (20.41%) LLM
11 9 (18.37%) Business Strategy
11 9 (18.37%) Data Pipeline
12 8 (16.33%) CI/CD
12 8 (16.33%) Data Analysis
12 8 (16.33%) Generative AI
12 8 (16.33%) Statistical Modelling
13 7 (14.29%) Computer Vision
13 7 (14.29%) Data Engineering
14 6 (12.24%) Actionable Insight
14 6 (12.24%) MLOps
Programming Languages
1 29 (59.18%) Python
2 14 (28.57%) SQL
3 7 (14.29%) Java
4 6 (12.24%) TypeScript
5 3 (6.12%) JavaScript
6 2 (4.08%) C#
6 2 (4.08%) R
7 1 (2.04%) Bash
7 1 (2.04%) C++
Qualifications
1 14 (28.57%) Degree
2 12 (24.49%) Master's Degree
3 9 (18.37%) PhD
4 2 (4.08%) AWS Certification
4 2 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.04%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.12%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (4.08%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 2 (4.08%) GDPR
2 2 (4.08%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (2.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (10.20%) Grafana
2 4 (8.16%) Kubernetes
2 4 (8.16%) Terraform
3 2 (4.08%) Prometheus
3 2 (4.08%) Puppet
Vendors
1 3 (6.12%) Dynatrace
1 3 (6.12%) Microsoft
1 3 (6.12%) Splunk
2 2 (4.08%) New Relic
2 2 (4.08%) SAP
3 1 (2.04%) Databricks