Machine Learning Engineer Job Trends in York

Machine Learning Engineer
North Yorkshire > York

The median Machine Learning Engineer salary in York is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 August 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 - 45
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Machine Learning Engineer 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in York 0.34% - 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% - 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £58,750
25th Percentile £62,500 - £60,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £65,000
75th Percentile £67,500 - £68,125
90th Percentile - - £69,250
North Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 - £65,000

All Permanent IT Job Roles
York

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in York. 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 York with a recognized job title 287 288 440
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.63% 58.66% 98.65%
Number of salaries quoted 157 62 216
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,425 £27,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,000 £83,750 £100,000
North Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £35,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +28.57% -17.65% -15.00%

Machine Learning Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in York

For the 6 months to 14 August 2026, Machine Learning Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the York region featuring Machine Learning Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) FastAPI
1 1 (100.00%) Flask
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) MLOps
1 1 (100.00%) Neural Network
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Random Forest
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case

Machine Learning Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in York 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) FastAPI
1 1 (100.00%) Flask
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) MLOps
1 1 (100.00%) Neural Network
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
1 1 (100.00%) Random Forest
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform