Deep Learning Job Trends

Deep Learning
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Deep 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 600 625 609
Rank change year-on-year +25 -16 +238
Permanent jobs citing Deep Learning 51 86 104
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.086% 0.16% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.17% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 33 48 70
10th Percentile £45,388 £37,500 £45,298
25th Percentile £57,251 £38,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,250 £83,750
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% -20.90% +11.67%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £96,539
90th Percentile £115,000 £95,000 £126,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £40,500 £87,500
% change year-on-year +60.49% -53.71% +52.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Deep 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,455 49,716 46,950
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.91% 90.02% 91.47%
Number of salaries quoted 28,359 24,660 35,854
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,552
25th Percentile £36,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.91% +4.76% -4.50%

Deep Learning
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Deep Learning job vacancy trend in the UK

Deep Learning
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Deep Learning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Deep Learning

Deep Learning
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Deep Learning over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Deep Learning in the UK

Deep Learning
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Deep Learning within the UK 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
England +52 49 £65,000 -7.14% 359
London +30 33 £65,000 -18.75% 98
Work from Home +66 16 £71,000 -2.07% 250
UK excluding London +33 16 £65,000 +60.49% 287
South East +20 4 £65,000 -10.34% 79
South West +11 4 £90,000 +24.14% 34
East of England +19 3 £35,000 -56.25% 50
Midlands +14 3 £67,500 +68.75% 48
West Midlands +11 3 £67,500 +68.75% 24
North West +21 2 £53,750 -10.42% 32
North of England +20 2 £53,750 -10.42% 57

Deep Learning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 11 (21.57%) Apache Spark
2 4 (7.84%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (5.88%) Jupyter
4 1 (1.96%) Confluence
4 1 (1.96%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 15 (29.41%) Azure
2 14 (27.45%) AWS
3 10 (19.61%) GCP
4 3 (5.88%) Azure Machine Learning
4 3 (5.88%) Prefect
4 3 (5.88%) Serverless
5 2 (3.92%) Azure Functions
5 2 (3.92%) GitHub
5 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.96%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.96%) Azure AKS
6 1 (1.96%) Azure Cognitive Services
6 1 (1.96%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.96%) Datadog
6 1 (1.96%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.96%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.96%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.96%) SaaS
6 1 (1.96%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.84%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (13.73%) Big Data
2 4 (7.84%) Hadoop
3 3 (5.88%) NoSQL
4 2 (3.92%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (3.92%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.96%) Apache Hive
5 1 (1.96%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.96%) Data Mining
5 1 (1.96%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.96%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (21.57%) MLflow
2 7 (13.73%) Git
3 4 (7.84%) GitLab
4 1 (1.96%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.96%) JIRA
General
1 18 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 15 (29.41%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (15.69%) Finance
4 6 (11.76%) Public Sector
5 5 (9.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (7.84%) Marketing
7 3 (5.88%) Aerospace
8 2 (3.92%) Advertising
8 2 (3.92%) Law
8 2 (3.92%) Manufacturing
8 2 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.96%) Banking
9 1 (1.96%) Billing
9 1 (1.96%) Digital Economy
9 1 (1.96%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.96%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.96%) Legal
9 1 (1.96%) Retail
9 1 (1.96%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 12 (23.53%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
2 11 (21.57%) Data Scientist
3 8 (15.69%) Senior
4 5 (9.80%) Senior Data Scientist
5 3 (5.88%) Developer
5 3 (5.88%) Head of AI
5 3 (5.88%) Lead
5 3 (5.88%) Machine Learning Engineer
5 3 (5.88%) Machine Learning Scientist
5 3 (5.88%) Principal Data Scientist
6 2 (3.92%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
6 2 (3.92%) Head of Data Science
6 2 (3.92%) Python Engineer
7 1 (1.96%) Architect
7 1 (1.96%) Consultant
7 1 (1.96%) Junior
7 1 (1.96%) Network Engineer
7 1 (1.96%) Principal Consultant
7 1 (1.96%) Senior Developer
7 1 (1.96%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (56.86%) PyTorch
2 27 (52.94%) TensorFlow
3 14 (27.45%) scikit-learn
4 6 (11.76%) Hugging Face
4 6 (11.76%) Kafka
5 5 (9.80%) Google JAX
5 5 (9.80%) JAX
6 3 (5.88%) LangChain
6 3 (5.88%) Pandas
7 2 (3.92%) Django
7 2 (3.92%) EDI
7 2 (3.92%) FastAPI
7 2 (3.92%) pydantic
7 2 (3.92%) RESTful
7 2 (3.92%) XGBoost
8 1 (1.96%) CrewAI
8 1 (1.96%) LangGraph
8 1 (1.96%) ONNX
8 1 (1.96%) Streamlit
8 1 (1.96%) TFX
Miscellaneous
1 18 (35.29%) Algorithms
2 6 (11.76%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (7.84%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.92%) Data Structures
4 2 (3.92%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.96%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.96%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.96%) Over-the-Top Content
5 1 (1.96%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.96%) Robotics
5 1 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.96%) Social Network
5 1 (1.96%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (1.96%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.96%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (88.24%) AI
2 43 (84.31%) Machine Learning
3 29 (56.86%) Data Science
4 26 (50.98%) LLM
5 19 (37.25%) Natural Language Processing
6 17 (33.33%) Computer Vision
7 16 (31.37%) Computer Science
7 16 (31.37%) MLOps
7 16 (31.37%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (29.41%) Generative AI
9 14 (27.45%) Software Engineering
10 13 (25.49%) Mathematics
11 11 (21.57%) Statistics
12 9 (17.65%) Analytics
12 9 (17.65%) Containerisation
12 9 (17.65%) Reinforcement Learning
13 8 (15.69%) Data Analysis
13 8 (15.69%) Mentoring
13 8 (15.69%) Predictive Modelling
14 7 (13.73%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 41 (80.39%) Python
2 11 (21.57%) SQL
3 4 (7.84%) Java
4 3 (5.88%) Bash
4 3 (5.88%) C++
4 3 (5.88%) R
5 2 (3.92%) Perl
6 1 (1.96%) C
6 1 (1.96%) Go
6 1 (1.96%) MATLAB
6 1 (1.96%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.96%) Scala
Qualifications
1 23 (45.10%) Degree
2 11 (21.57%) PhD
2 11 (21.57%) Security Cleared
3 10 (19.61%) SC Cleared
4 8 (15.69%) Master's Degree
5 4 (7.84%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (7.84%) MCP
6 2 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.96%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.96%) EU AI Act
2 1 (1.96%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (19.61%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (17.65%) Kubernetes
2 6 (11.76%) Kubeflow
3 4 (7.84%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.92%) Databricks
2 2 (3.92%) Google
2 2 (3.92%) OpenAI
3 1 (1.96%) Foundry
3 1 (1.96%) Oracle
3 1 (1.96%) SAP
3 1 (1.96%) ServiceNow