Machine Learning Contracts in England

Machine Learning (ML)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Machine Learning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Machine Learning over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 136 213 208
Rank change year-on-year +77 -5 -44
Contract jobs citing Machine Learning 623 601 1,019
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.69% 1.26% 1.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.97% 1.40% 1.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 464 436 702
10th Percentile £413 £425 £425
25th Percentile £500 £513 £502
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £595 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.26% -0.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £750 £760 £700
90th Percentile £788 £925 £818
UK median daily rate £580 £588 £600
% change year-on-year -1.28% -2.08% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 16 20
10th Percentile £41.25 £22.16 £18.50
25th Percentile £46.22 £31.79 £32.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £37.75 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +39.07% -16.11% +55.98%
75th Percentile £66.25 £54.69 £62.50
90th Percentile £75.75 £79.38 £73.13
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £35.00 £41.25
% change year-on-year +50.00% -15.15% +15.63%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Machine Learning is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,636 42,957 64,216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.67% 89.97% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,638 30,177 45,793
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £444 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,325 1,518 1,713
10th Percentile £12.85 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.66 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.15 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.94% +48.60% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.41
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%

Machine Learning
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Machine Learning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Machine Learning in England

Machine Learning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Machine Learning in England.

Daily rate trend for Machine Learning in England

Machine Learning
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Machine Learning in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Machine Learning in England

Machine Learning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Machine Learning in England.

Hourly rate trend for Machine Learning in England

Machine Learning
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Machine Learning in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Machine Learning in England

Machine Learning
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Machine Learning within the England region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +100 453 £600 -4.00% 596
North of England +29 47 £550 -6.38% 88
South East -24 28 £600 +4.35% 119
Midlands +35 27 £580 +16.00% 51
North West +11 24 £525 -10.64% 57
West Midlands +25 22 £580 +10.48% 35
East of England +11 18 £375 -37.50% 77
South West -30 17 £563 +2.27% 65
Yorkshire +22 16 £554 -11.36% 23
North East +17 9 - - 10
East Midlands +10 5 £675 +42.11% 16
Machine Learning
UK

Machine Learning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 78 (12.52%) Apache Airflow
2 74 (11.88%) Apache
3 31 (4.98%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.44%) Jupyter
5 6 (0.96%) Confluence
6 5 (0.80%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.64%) SAS
8 3 (0.48%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.48%) CMS
9 1 (0.16%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 15 (2.41%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.48%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.48%) Simulink
4 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (1.93%) Aladdin
2 9 (1.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.16%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 248 (39.81%) AWS
2 218 (34.99%) Azure
3 201 (32.26%) GCP
4 35 (5.62%) Power Platform
5 28 (4.49%) Azure Machine Learning
5 28 (4.49%) Vertex AI
6 27 (4.33%) Cloud Computing
7 24 (3.85%) Serverless
8 19 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
8 19 (3.05%) Snowflake
9 15 (2.41%) Amazon SageMaker
9 15 (2.41%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (2.25%) GitHub
11 12 (1.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 10 (1.61%) Azure Data Factory
12 10 (1.61%) Google Compute Engine
12 10 (1.61%) OCI
13 9 (1.44%) Amazon S3
14 8 (1.28%) ChatGPT
15 7 (1.12%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (4.33%) HTTP
2 6 (0.96%) LAN
2 6 (0.96%) WAN
3 5 (0.80%) VPN
4 3 (0.48%) SSL
5 2 (0.32%) Firewall
5 2 (0.32%) Wireless
6 1 (0.16%) 5G
6 1 (0.16%) DHCP
6 1 (0.16%) DNS
6 1 (0.16%) DVB
6 1 (0.16%) Internet
6 1 (0.16%) LTE
6 1 (0.16%) Network Security
6 1 (0.16%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.16%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (11.72%) PostgreSQL
2 66 (10.59%) Apache Ignite
3 59 (9.47%) Big Data
4 49 (7.87%) Data Warehouse
5 42 (6.74%) Tableau
6 40 (6.42%) Data Lake
7 32 (5.14%) BigQuery
7 32 (5.14%) Power BI
8 27 (4.33%) Apache Cassandra
9 24 (3.85%) Hadoop
10 22 (3.53%) Data Mining
10 22 (3.53%) NoSQL
11 12 (1.93%) Relational Database
12 10 (1.61%) Apache Hive
13 8 (1.28%) Amazon Athena
13 8 (1.28%) Metadata
14 6 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (0.96%) SQL Server
15 5 (0.80%) HBase
15 5 (0.80%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 54 (8.67%) Git
2 47 (7.54%) Cypress.io
3 24 (3.85%) JIRA
4 18 (2.89%) Jenkins
5 9 (1.44%) ER Studio
5 9 (1.44%) ERwin
6 8 (1.28%) GitLab
7 7 (1.12%) MLflow
7 7 (1.12%) TeamCity
8 6 (0.96%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.96%) Mercurial
9 5 (0.80%) Maven
9 5 (0.80%) Postman
9 5 (0.80%) Subversion
10 3 (0.48%) RStudio
11 2 (0.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (0.32%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.32%) Selenium
11 2 (0.32%) Visual Studio
12 1 (0.16%) CMake
General
1 170 (27.29%) Finance
2 118 (18.94%) Social Skills
3 105 (16.85%) Front Office
4 104 (16.69%) Banking
5 65 (10.43%) Analytical Skills
6 31 (4.98%) Public Sector
7 23 (3.69%) Marketing
8 21 (3.37%) Pharmaceutical
9 18 (2.89%) Retail
10 14 (2.25%) Electronics
11 13 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
11 13 (2.09%) Investment Banking
12 10 (1.61%) Manufacturing
13 9 (1.44%) Legal
13 9 (1.44%) Telecoms
14 7 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (0.96%) Advertising
15 6 (0.96%) Multimedia
16 4 (0.64%) Czech Language
16 4 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 148 (23.76%) Developer
2 97 (15.57%) Architect
3 90 (14.45%) Software Engineer
4 76 (12.20%) Python Developer
4 76 (12.20%) Python Engineer
5 70 (11.24%) Python Software Engineer
6 65 (10.43%) Data Scientist
6 65 (10.43%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 65 (10.43%) React Developer
7 44 (7.06%) Analyst
7 44 (7.06%) Lead
7 44 (7.06%) Machine Learning Engineer
8 41 (6.58%) Senior
9 37 (5.94%) Data Engineer
9 37 (5.94%) Full Stack Developer
10 34 (5.46%) Full Stack Engineer
11 33 (5.30%) Full Stack Python Developer
11 33 (5.30%) Full Stack Software Engineer
12 32 (5.14%) Business Analyst
13 27 (4.33%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (15.09%) React
2 65 (10.43%) gRPC
2 65 (10.43%) Material-UI
2 65 (10.43%) Protocol Buffers
2 65 (10.43%) Redux
3 63 (10.11%) TensorFlow
4 51 (8.19%) PyTorch
5 47 (7.54%) Kafka
6 36 (5.78%) scikit-learn
7 35 (5.62%) RESTful
8 28 (4.49%) Pandas
9 27 (4.33%) Akka
10 25 (4.01%) CSS
11 23 (3.69%) .NET
12 20 (3.21%) HTML
13 17 (2.73%) NumPy
14 14 (2.25%) Node.js
15 12 (1.93%) PySpark
16 8 (1.28%) .NET Core
16 8 (1.28%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 101 (16.21%) Algorithms
2 94 (15.09%) Fixed Income
2 94 (15.09%) Hedge funds
3 67 (10.75%) Equities
4 40 (6.42%) Product Ownership
5 29 (4.65%) Derivative
5 29 (4.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 22 (3.53%) Data Structures
7 19 (3.05%) Public Cloud
8 13 (2.09%) Greenfield Project
9 12 (1.93%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 11 (1.77%) Management Information System
11 9 (1.44%) Onboarding
11 9 (1.44%) Security Posture
12 8 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
13 7 (1.12%) Distributed Computing
13 7 (1.12%) Social Media
14 6 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
14 6 (0.96%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 27 (4.33%) Linux
2 11 (1.77%) Windows
3 8 (1.28%) Android
4 6 (0.96%) Unix
5 2 (0.32%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.16%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (58.59%) Artificial Intelligence
2 220 (35.31%) Agile
3 203 (32.58%) Data Science
4 146 (23.43%) Analytics
5 139 (22.31%) Software Engineering
6 118 (18.94%) DevOps
7 111 (17.82%) Computer Science
8 98 (15.73%) Asset Management
9 94 (15.09%) Investment Management
10 85 (13.64%) CI/CD
11 84 (13.48%) Full Stack Development
12 76 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
13 72 (11.56%) Data Modelling
14 66 (10.59%) Automated Trading
15 61 (9.79%) Natural Language Processing
16 60 (9.63%) Data Pipeline
17 58 (9.31%) Visualisation
18 55 (8.83%) LLM
19 53 (8.51%) Data Governance
20 52 (8.35%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 360 (57.78%) Python
2 169 (27.13%) SQL
3 89 (14.29%) TypeScript
4 64 (10.27%) Java
5 46 (7.38%) JavaScript
6 43 (6.90%) Scala
7 36 (5.78%) C#
8 29 (4.65%) R
9 26 (4.17%) C++
10 20 (3.21%) PowerShell
11 19 (3.05%) Shell Script
12 15 (2.41%) Bash
13 8 (1.28%) C
13 8 (1.28%) T-SQL
14 7 (1.12%) Search Processing Language
15 5 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
16 4 (0.64%) Clojure
16 4 (0.64%) Haskell
16 4 (0.64%) MATLAB
16 4 (0.64%) Rust
Qualifications
1 123 (19.74%) Degree
2 64 (10.27%) Security Cleared
3 63 (10.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 56 (8.99%) SC Cleared
5 47 (7.54%) Master's Degree
6 23 (3.69%) PhD
7 18 (2.89%) DV Cleared
8 14 (2.25%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.44%) Numerate Degree
10 7 (1.12%) Azure Certification
10 7 (1.12%) CISSP
11 4 (0.64%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.64%) PMP
12 3 (0.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.32%) AWS Certified Developer
13 2 (0.32%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 2 (0.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.32%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.37%) Data Quality
1 21 (3.37%) QA
2 8 (1.28%) GDPR
3 4 (0.64%) Accessibility
3 4 (0.64%) Dodd-Frank
3 4 (0.64%) MiFID
4 3 (0.48%) PMO
4 3 (0.48%) WCAG
5 2 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.32%) Basel III
5 2 (0.32%) NIST
5 2 (0.32%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.16%) GRC
6 1 (0.16%) ISO 26262
6 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.16%) SLA
System Software
1 48 (7.70%) Docker
2 9 (1.44%) HDFS
3 4 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.64%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.16%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 81 (13.00%) Kubernetes
2 50 (8.03%) Terraform
3 20 (3.21%) Ansible
4 10 (1.61%) Puppet
5 6 (0.96%) Kubeflow
6 5 (0.80%) Hadoop YARN
7 4 (0.64%) OPNET
7 4 (0.64%) PowerCLI
7 4 (0.64%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.48%) Grafana
9 1 (0.16%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 105 (16.85%) Google
2 44 (7.06%) Microsoft
3 42 (6.74%) Databricks
4 21 (3.37%) Typelevel
5 16 (2.57%) Oracle
6 13 (2.09%) Bloomberg
7 12 (1.93%) BISAM
8 10 (1.61%) Splunk
9 9 (1.44%) Sparx
10 8 (1.28%) OpenAI
11 7 (1.12%) Adobe
11 7 (1.12%) SAP
12 6 (0.96%) Foundry
12 6 (0.96%) Optimizely
12 6 (0.96%) Palantir
12 6 (0.96%) Sage
12 6 (0.96%) ServiceNow
13 5 (0.80%) Ensighten
13 5 (0.80%) Monetate
13 5 (0.80%) Tealium