Machine Learning Job Trends in Surrey

Machine Learning (ML)
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring Machine Learning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 39 76
Rank change year-on-year +32 +37 -6
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 353 68 25
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 21.04% 5.65% 2.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 26.05% 6.10% 2.27%
Number of salaries quoted 20 41 12
10th Percentile £53,375 £50,000 £44,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £106,250 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £114,500 £100,000 £93,750
South East median annual salary £67,500 £77,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -12.34% +14.07% +3.85%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,355 1,114 1,099
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 80.75% 92.52% 89.28%
Number of salaries quoted 783 483 771
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,125 £43,625 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,250 £76,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.79% +10.48% -4.55%

Machine Learning
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Machine Learning job vacancy trend in Surrey

Machine Learning
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Machine Learning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Machine Learning

Machine Learning
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Machine Learning in Surrey over the 6 months to 22 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Machine Learning in Surrey

Machine Learning
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Machine Learning within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 22 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
Guildford -2 15 £80,000 +6.67% 14
Cobham - 14 - -
Warlingham - 12 - -
Staines +8 8 £50,000 -
Reigate - 8 - -
Egham - 8 - -
Banstead - 8 - -
Addlestone +10 7 - -
Redhill +1 7 - - 1
Sunbury-on-Thames - 7 - -
Thames Ditton - 7 - -
Tadworth - 7 - -
Whyteleafe - 7 - -
Godstone - 7 - -
Betchworth - 7 - -
Caterham - 7 - -
Chertsey - 7 - -
Shepperton - 6 - -
Weybridge - 6 - -
Walton-on-Thames - 6 - -
Epsom - 6 - - 1
East Molesey - 6 - -
Esher - 6 - -
Leatherhead - 6 - -
Oxted - 6 - -
Woking -7 2 £58,750 -26.56% 7
Machine Learning
South East

Machine Learning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (1.42%) IIS
2 1 (0.28%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 2 (0.57%) S-PLUS
Cloud Services
1 327 (92.63%) Cloud Computing
2 9 (2.55%) AWS
3 5 (1.42%) Snowflake
4 4 (1.13%) Azure
5 1 (0.28%) GCP
5 1 (0.28%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 327 (92.63%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.27%) Tableau
2 7 (1.98%) NoSQL
3 5 (1.42%) Big Data
3 5 (1.42%) Data Mining
3 5 (1.42%) Hadoop
4 2 (0.57%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.28%) GIS
5 1 (0.28%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Git
1 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.28%) JIRA
1 1 (0.28%) TestRail
General
1 330 (93.48%) Banking
2 328 (92.92%) Social Skills
3 327 (92.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (1.70%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (1.70%) Marketing
4 6 (1.70%) Pharmaceutical
5 5 (1.42%) Finance
Job Titles
1 270 (76.49%) Lecturer
2 7 (1.98%) Developer
2 7 (1.98%) Software Engineer
3 5 (1.42%) .NET Developer
3 5 (1.42%) Blazor Developer
3 5 (1.42%) Data Science Manager
3 5 (1.42%) Senior
3 5 (1.42%) Senior Manager
4 4 (1.13%) C++ Software Engineer
5 3 (0.85%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 3 (0.85%) C# Developer
5 3 (0.85%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
5 3 (0.85%) Full-Stack Developer
6 2 (0.57%) C# .NET Developer
6 2 (0.57%) Python Engineer
6 2 (0.57%) Python Software Engineer
7 1 (0.28%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
7 1 (0.28%) C# Software Developer
7 1 (0.28%) Cloud Developer
7 1 (0.28%) Machine Learning Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.12%) WPF
2 10 (2.83%) .NET
2 10 (2.83%) Blazor
3 8 (2.27%) REST
3 8 (2.27%) WinForms
4 6 (1.70%) AngularJS
4 6 (1.70%) React
4 6 (1.70%) Vue
5 5 (1.42%) .NET Framework
5 5 (1.42%) Play Framework
6 3 (0.85%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.57%) Qt
8 1 (0.28%) Hugging Face
8 1 (0.28%) NumPy
8 1 (0.28%) Pandas
8 1 (0.28%) PyTorch
8 1 (0.28%) scikit-learn
8 1 (0.28%) Spring
8 1 (0.28%) Spring Boot
8 1 (0.28%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 327 (92.63%) IoT
2 7 (1.98%) Algorithms
3 5 (1.42%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (0.85%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (0.57%) 3D Graphics
6 1 (0.28%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 351 (99.43%) AI
2 327 (92.63%) Cybersecurity
2 327 (92.63%) User Experience
2 327 (92.63%) Web Development
3 15 (4.25%) Computer Science
3 15 (4.25%) Mathematics
4 14 (3.97%) Decision-Making
4 14 (3.97%) Software Engineering
5 10 (2.83%) Agile
5 10 (2.83%) DevOps
6 9 (2.55%) CI/CD
7 8 (2.27%) Analytics
7 8 (2.27%) Data Science
8 7 (1.98%) Actionable Insight
8 7 (1.98%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 7 (1.98%) LLM
8 7 (1.98%) Microservices
9 6 (1.70%) Data Visualisation
9 6 (1.70%) Full-Stack Development
9 6 (1.70%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 12 (3.40%) Python
2 11 (3.12%) C#
3 9 (2.55%) SQL
4 8 (2.27%) Java
4 8 (2.27%) R
5 5 (1.42%) C++
5 5 (1.42%) Scala
6 3 (0.85%) Julia
7 2 (0.57%) C
8 1 (0.28%) Bash
8 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 349 (98.87%) Degree
2 339 (96.03%) Master's Degree
3 332 (94.05%) PhD
4 327 (92.63%) Postgraduate
5 11 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.42%) MBA
7 1 (0.28%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.28%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (0.28%) Data Quality
System Software
1 7 (1.98%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (1.98%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (1.42%) BT
1 5 (1.42%) Databricks
2 3 (0.85%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.28%) Samsung