Machine Learning Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire
Machine Learning (ML)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Machine Learning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 60 | 68 | 63 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +8 | -5 | +22 |
| Contract jobs citing Machine Learning | 42 | 11 | 8 |
| As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire | 3.15% | 1.33% | 1.00% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 3.71% | 1.52% | 1.17% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 23 | 2 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £331 | £539 | £479 |
| 25th Percentile | £466 | £559 | £484 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £613 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.37% | +16.67% | +18.31% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £659 | £553 |
| 90th Percentile | £829 | £676 | £559 |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | £502 | £514 | £552 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.33% | -6.88% | +11.52% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire
Machine Learning falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in West Yorkshire.
| 6 months to 19 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 1,131 | 722 | 681 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire | 84.85% | 87.20% | 85.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 638 | 460 | 428 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £290 | £329 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £400 | £406 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £500 | £490 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +2.04% | -6.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £575 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | £500 | £488 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.56% | -2.50% | -4.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 52 | 19 | 18 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.39 | £18.87 | £15.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.62 | - | £19.19 |
| Median hourly rate | £24.00 | £22.14 | £27.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.40% | -19.49% | +44.74% |
| 75th Percentile | £35.00 | £66.88 | £37.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £43.96 | £81.25 | £44.00 |
| Yorkshire median hourly rate | £19.00 | £25.00 | £19.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -24.00% | +31.58% | -10.84% |
Machine Learning Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Machine Learning relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.
Machine Learning Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Machine Learning.
Machine Learning Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Machine Learning in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 19 October 2026.
Machine Learning Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire
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 West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 19 October 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds | +12 | 33 | £538 | -20.37% | 51 |
| Bradford | -8 | 4 | £550 | - | 1 |
| Halifax | - | 1 | £500 | - | 1 |
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Machine Learning Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AI | 90.5% | 38 |
| 2 | CI/CD | 50.0% | 21 |
| 3 | Generative AI | 45.2% | 19 |
| 4 | LLM | 40.5% | 17 |
| 5 | Data Science | 31.0% | 13 |
| 5 | MLOps | 31.0% | 13 |
| 7 | Analytics | 23.8% | 10 |
| 8 | Stakeholder Management | 21.4% | 9 |
| 9 | Agile | 19.0% | 8 |
| 9 | Data Engineering | 19.0% | 8 |
| 9 | Observability | 19.0% | 8 |
| 9 | Validation | 19.0% | 8 |
| 13 | DevOps | 16.7% | 7 |
| 13 | Microservices | 16.7% | 7 |
| 13 | Retrieval-Augmented Generation | 16.7% | 7 |
| 16 | Data Pipeline | 14.3% | 6 |
| 16 | DevSecOps | 14.3% | 6 |
| 16 | Enterprise Architecture | 14.3% | 6 |
| 19 | ETL | 11.9% | 5 |
| 19 | Model Validation | 11.9% | 5 |