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 citing Machine Learning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 2 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	59	69	59
Rank change year-on-year	+10	-10	+21
Contract jobs citing Machine Learning	43	13	8
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire	3.27%	1.48%	1.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	3.80%	1.72%	1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted	23	4	4
10^th Percentile	£331	£518	£479
25^th Percentile	£466	£522	£484
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£575	£525
Median % change year-on-year	-13.04%	+9.52%	+18.31%
75^th Percentile	£600	£622	£553
90^th Percentile	£829	£661	£559
Yorkshire median daily rate	£502	£525	£525
% change year-on-year	-4.38%	-	+6.06%

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 citing process or methodology skills in West Yorkshire.

	6 months to 2 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	1,133	755	668
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire	86.23%	86.19%	85.86%
Number of daily rates quoted	643	496	410
10^th Percentile	£319	£290	£325
25^th Percentile	£413	£400	£400
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£500	£480
Median % change year-on-year	-	+4.17%	-8.57%
75^th Percentile	£575	£575	£567
90^th Percentile	£640	£654	£650
Yorkshire median daily rate	£500	£488	£500
% change year-on-year	+2.56%	-2.50%	-3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted	57	20	18
10^th Percentile	£13.69	£18.48	£15.00
25^th Percentile	£16.62	£21.93	£19.19
Median hourly rate	£24.00	£22.14	£27.50
Median % change year-on-year	+8.40%	-19.49%	+37.50%
75^th Percentile	£35.00	£59.69	£37.50
90^th Percentile	£43.96	£81.25	£44.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate	£19.00	£25.00	£18.07
% change year-on-year	-24.00%	+38.37%	-15.22%

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 2 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Machine Learning in West Yorkshire

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 2 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Leeds	+14	33	£475	-20.83%	24
Bradford	-9	4	£550	-	3
Halifax	-	2	£525	-
Machine Learning Yorkshire

Machine Learning Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 2 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Machine Learning also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Yorkshire region citing Machine Learning.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	AI	90.7%	39
2	CI/CD	53.5%	23
2	Python	53.5%	23
4	Generative AI	48.8%	21
5	LLM	39.5%	17
5	SQL	39.5%	17
7	GCP	37.2%	16
8	Azure	34.9%	15
9	Data Science	32.6%	14
9	MLOps	32.6%	14
11	Analytics	25.6%	11
12	Stakeholder Management	23.3%	10
12	Validation	23.3%	10
14	Agile	20.9%	9
14	Data Engineering	20.9%	9
14	Docker	20.9%	9
14	Kubernetes	20.9%	9
14	Retrieval-Augmented Generation	20.9%	9
19	AWS	18.6%	8
19	DevOps	18.6%	8
19	Enterprise Architecture	18.6%	8
19	Microservices	18.6%	8
19	Observability	18.6%	8
19	Vertex AI	18.6%	8
25	Data Pipeline	16.3%	7
25	Google	16.3%	7
25	Model Validation	16.3%	7
25	Problem-Solving	16.3%	7
25	Roadmaps	16.3%	7
30	BigQuery	14.0%	6

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	90.7%	39
2	CI/CD	53.5%	23
3	Generative AI	48.8%	21
4	LLM	39.5%	17
5	Data Science	32.6%	14
5	MLOps	32.6%	14
7	Analytics	25.6%	11
8	Stakeholder Management	23.3%	10
8	Validation	23.3%	10
10	Agile	20.9%	9
10	Data Engineering	20.9%	9
10	Retrieval-Augmented Generation	20.9%	9
13	DevOps	18.6%	8
13	Enterprise Architecture	18.6%	8
13	Microservices	18.6%	8
13	Observability	18.6%	8
17	Data Pipeline	16.3%	7
17	Model Validation	16.3%	7
17	Problem-Solving	16.3%	7
17	Roadmaps	16.3%	7