Machine Learning Engineer
UK
The median Machine Learning Engineer salary in the UK is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 489 | 862 | 876 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +373 | +14 | +139 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Machine Learning Engineer | 249 | 37 | 94 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.45% | 0.037% | 0.094% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.49% | 0.039% | 0.10% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26 | 29 | 85 |
| 10th Percentile | £63,125 | £61,750 | £47,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £69,688 | £65,000 | £61,700 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £85,000 | £80,000 | £75,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.25% | +6.67% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £95,000 | £93,750 | £86,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £103,750 | £94,000 | £99,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £70,000 | £92,500 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -24.32% | +42.31% | +6.12% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 | 50,706 | 94,386 | 91,123 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.83% | 94.69% | 91.49% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,254 | 67,482 | 57,423 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,886 | £71,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -5.66% | +5.64% |
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.
Machine Learning Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Machine Learning Engineer.
Machine Learning Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Machine Learning Engineer over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.
Machine Learning Engineer
Top 14 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 17 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 |
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| England | +337 | 245 | £85,000 | +1.49% | 206 |
| Work from Home | +312 | 224 | £87,500 | -5.41% | 93 |
| London | +177 | 82 | £95,000 | +35.71% | 154 |
| UK excluding London | +240 | 79 | £70,000 | -24.32% | 100 |
| South East | +111 | 29 | £70,000 | -24.32% | 53 |
| East of England | +73 | 28 | - | - | 15 |
| South West | +117 | 9 | £50,000 | -45.95% | 5 |
| North of England | +46 | 8 | £82,626 | -1.34% | 12 |
| North West | +5 | 7 | £82,626 | +13.97% | 8 |
| Midlands | +60 | 4 | - | - | 7 |
| West Midlands | +53 | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| East Midlands | - | 2 | - | - | 4 |
| Scotland | +117 | 1 | £70,000 | +21.74% | 7 |
| North East | +41 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Machine Learning Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, 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.
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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:
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