Machine Learning Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Machine Learning Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Machine Learning Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £90,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 750 712 767
Rank change year-on-year -38 +55 -109
Permanent jobs requiring a Machine Learning Engineer 14 43 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.020% 0.072% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.080% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 11 38 46
10th Percentile £53,750 £32,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £48,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £63,750 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +41.18% +4.08% -5.77%
75th Percentile £93,750 £81,875 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,146 53,642 68,538
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 89.24% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 47,498 30,589 42,749
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Machine Learning Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Machine Learning Engineer in the UK excluding London

Machine Learning Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Machine Learning Engineer in the UK excluding London

Machine Learning Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Machine Learning Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Machine Learning Engineer in the UK excluding London

Machine Learning Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 May 2024. 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 Midlands +17 4 £75,000 +20.00% 1
Midlands -2 4 £75,000 +25.00% 2
North of England +51 3 £83,750 +31.37% 5
East of England +10 2 £92,500 +23.33% 6
South West -21 2 £71,250 -8.06% 4
Scotland -54 2 £57,500 -
Yorkshire +83 1 £92,500 +23.33% 1
North West +4 1 - - 4
South East -4 1 £92,500 +49.92% 10
North East - 1 £75,000 -
Machine Learning Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, 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 UK excluding London region featuring Machine Learning Engineer in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 13 (92.86%) Python
3 12 (85.71%) Artificial Intelligence
4 6 (42.86%) Software Engineering
4 6 (42.86%) Security Cleared
4 6 (42.86%) DevOps
4 6 (42.86%) Kubernetes
5 5 (35.71%) Computer Science
5 5 (35.71%) SC Cleared
5 5 (35.71%) DV Cleared
6 4 (28.57%) Degree
6 4 (28.57%) JavaScript
6 4 (28.57%) TypeScript
6 4 (28.57%) MLOps
6 4 (28.57%) LLM
7 3 (21.43%) Algorithms
7 3 (21.43%) PyTorch
7 3 (21.43%) Master's Degree
7 3 (21.43%) Data Analysis
7 3 (21.43%) Pandas
7 3 (21.43%) Deep Learning
7 3 (21.43%) TensorFlow
7 3 (21.43%) AWS
7 3 (21.43%) NumPy
8 2 (14.29%) Data Analytics
8 2 (14.29%) Analytics
8 2 (14.29%) Amazon EMR
8 2 (14.29%) Mathematics
8 2 (14.29%) C++
8 2 (14.29%) Apache

Machine Learning Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 2 (14.29%) Apache
1 2 (14.29%) Apache Airflow
1 2 (14.29%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) AWS
2 2 (14.29%) Amazon EKS
2 2 (14.29%) Amazon EMR
2 2 (14.29%) Amazon S3
2 2 (14.29%) AWS Lambda
2 2 (14.29%) Serverless
3 1 (7.14%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Amazon Redshift
1 2 (14.29%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Git
General
1 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (7.14%) Finance
1 1 (7.14%) Games
1 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
1 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) NumPy
1 3 (21.43%) Pandas
1 3 (21.43%) PyTorch
1 3 (21.43%) TensorFlow
2 2 (14.29%) Keras
3 1 (7.14%) Matplotlib
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Algorithms
2 2 (14.29%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (7.14%) Blockchain
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 12 (85.71%) Artificial Intelligence
3 6 (42.86%) DevOps
3 6 (42.86%) Software Engineering
4 5 (35.71%) Computer Science
5 4 (28.57%) LLM
5 4 (28.57%) MLOps
6 3 (21.43%) Data Analysis
6 3 (21.43%) Deep Learning
7 2 (14.29%) AIOps
7 2 (14.29%) Analytics
7 2 (14.29%) CI/CD
7 2 (14.29%) Data Analytics
7 2 (14.29%) Data Pipeline
7 2 (14.29%) Data Science
7 2 (14.29%) Mathematics
8 1 (7.14%) Feature Engineering
8 1 (7.14%) Neural Network
8 1 (7.14%) Physics
8 1 (7.14%) Synthetic Environment
Programming Languages
1 13 (92.86%) Python
2 4 (28.57%) JavaScript
2 4 (28.57%) TypeScript
3 2 (14.29%) C++
4 1 (7.14%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 5 (35.71%) DV Cleared
2 5 (35.71%) SC Cleared
3 4 (28.57%) Degree
4 3 (21.43%) Master's Degree
5 2 (14.29%) PhD
6 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
Systems Management
1 6 (42.86%) Kubernetes