Machine Learning Engineer Jobs

Machine Learning Engineer
UK

The median Machine Learning Engineer salary in the UK is £71,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 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
23 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 857 882 997
Rank change year-on-year +25 +115 -293
Permanent jobs requiring a Machine Learning Engineer 32 96 218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.033% 0.091% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.099% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 22 81 140
10th Percentile £51,500 £47,500 £46,125
25th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £90,313 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,250 £100,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £62,500 £61,250
% change year-on-year +20.00% +2.04% -5.77%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 92,477 96,786 147,852
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.57% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 66,588 60,676 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,075
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Machine Learning Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Machine Learning Engineer in the UK

Machine Learning Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Machine Learning Engineer in the UK

Machine Learning Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Machine Learning Engineer over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Machine Learning Engineer in the UK

Machine Learning Engineer
Top 11 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 23 April 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
England +51 30 £72,500 -3.33% 57
London +100 19 £70,000 -6.67% 30
Work from Home +59 11 £76,250 +1.67% 36
UK excluding London -30 10 £75,000 +20.00% 28
East of England +29 4 £87,500 +16.67% 8
West Midlands +27 2 £75,000 +20.00%
Midlands +16 2 £75,000 +25.00% 1
Scotland -60 2 £57,500 - 1
North of England +39 1 - - 4
North West +4 1 - - 3
South West -15 1 £50,000 -30.31% 2

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 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 featuring Machine Learning Engineer in the job title.

1 32 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 28 (87.50%) Python
3 20 (62.50%) Artificial Intelligence
4 18 (56.25%) Degree
5 17 (53.13%) Computer Science
5 17 (53.13%) LLM
6 16 (50.00%) Deep Learning
7 15 (46.88%) Natural Language Processing
8 10 (31.25%) AWS
8 10 (31.25%) Data Science
9 9 (28.13%) Computer Vision
9 9 (28.13%) MLOps
10 8 (25.00%) PyTorch
11 7 (21.88%) Generative AI
11 7 (21.88%) Fintech
11 7 (21.88%) Statistics
11 7 (21.88%) OO
12 6 (18.75%) Neural Network
12 6 (18.75%) PhD
12 6 (18.75%) Mathematics
12 6 (18.75%) DevOps
12 6 (18.75%) GCP
12 6 (18.75%) Master's Degree
12 6 (18.75%) Social Skills
13 5 (15.63%) Hugging Face
13 5 (15.63%) Algorithms
13 5 (15.63%) TensorFlow
13 5 (15.63%) Text Mining
13 5 (15.63%) Data Analysis
13 5 (15.63%) Software Engineering

Machine Learning Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (6.25%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 10 (31.25%) AWS
2 6 (18.75%) GCP
3 4 (12.50%) Azure
4 2 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.13%) ChatGPT
5 1 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.63%) Text Mining
2 2 (6.25%) Big Data
2 2 (6.25%) Data Mining
2 2 (6.25%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 4 (12.50%) MLflow
2 3 (9.38%) Git
General
1 6 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.50%) Finance
3 2 (6.25%) Legal
4 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Games
4 1 (3.13%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (25.00%) PyTorch
2 5 (15.63%) Hugging Face
2 5 (15.63%) TensorFlow
3 4 (12.50%) Flask
3 4 (12.50%) REST
4 3 (9.38%) NumPy
4 3 (9.38%) XGBoost
5 2 (6.25%) Kafka
5 2 (6.25%) Keras
5 2 (6.25%) SciPy
6 1 (3.13%) Babylonjs
6 1 (3.13%) Matplotlib
6 1 (3.13%) NLTK
6 1 (3.13%) Pandas
6 1 (3.13%) SpaCy
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.63%) Algorithms
2 3 (9.38%) Blockchain
3 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 20 (62.50%) Artificial Intelligence
3 17 (53.13%) Computer Science
3 17 (53.13%) LLM
4 16 (50.00%) Deep Learning
5 15 (46.88%) Natural Language Processing
6 10 (31.25%) Data Science
7 9 (28.13%) Computer Vision
7 9 (28.13%) MLOps
8 7 (21.88%) Fintech
8 7 (21.88%) Generative AI
8 7 (21.88%) OO
8 7 (21.88%) Statistics
9 6 (18.75%) DevOps
9 6 (18.75%) Mathematics
9 6 (18.75%) Neural Network
10 5 (15.63%) Data Analysis
10 5 (15.63%) Software Engineering
11 4 (12.50%) API Development
11 4 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 28 (87.50%) Python
2 4 (12.50%) C++
2 4 (12.50%) SQL
3 1 (3.13%) C
3 1 (3.13%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.13%) R
3 1 (3.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (56.25%) Degree
2 6 (18.75%) Master's Degree
2 6 (18.75%) PhD
3 3 (9.38%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (6.25%) Security Cleared
5 1 (3.13%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.13%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 4 (12.50%) Docker
Vendors
1 4 (12.50%) Databricks
1 4 (12.50%) Google
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