Machine Learning Jobs in the UK excluding London

Machine Learning (ML)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Machine Learning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Machine Learning over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 71 118 100
Rank change year-on-year +47 -18 +8
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 2,557 1,712 2,388
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.57% 2.89% 3.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.27% 3.03% 3.49%
Number of salaries quoted 927 752 948
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £35,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,715 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - -3.45% +16.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,818 56,534 68,369
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.50% 95.59% 94.17%
Number of salaries quoted 41,261 29,197 41,375
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Machine Learning
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Machine Learning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Machine Learning in the UK excluding London

Machine Learning
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Machine Learning in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Machine Learning in the UK excluding London

Machine Learning
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Machine Learning in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Machine Learning in the UK excluding London

Machine Learning
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Machine Learning within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Scotland +73 1,477 £69,750 +7.31% 33
South East +15 345 £65,000 -7.14% 267
South West -19 239 £65,000 -3.70% 75
North of England -109 189 £55,000 -15.38% 101
Midlands -32 182 £57,500 +4.55% 51
West Midlands -15 141 £57,500 +9.52% 38
North West -94 108 £55,000 -6.38% 64
East of England -10 100 £65,000 -7.14% 97
Yorkshire -63 67 £55,000 -20.80% 27
East Midlands -29 41 £47,500 -29.63% 13
North East -16 14 £47,500 -26.92% 10
Wales -2 13 £60,000 -0.04% 9
Northern Ireland +34 9 £100,000 +33.33% 15
Channel Islands - 2 - -
Isle of Man - 2 £82,500 -
Machine Learning
UK

Machine Learning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 309 (12.08%) Apache Spark
2 99 (3.87%) FileNet
3 42 (1.64%) Apache
4 33 (1.29%) SAS
5 32 (1.25%) Apache Airflow
6 17 (0.66%) SharePoint
7 11 (0.43%) CICS
8 6 (0.23%) Confluence
8 6 (0.23%) Kinematics
9 4 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
10 3 (0.12%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.12%) Luigi
11 2 (0.078%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.078%) CMS
11 2 (0.078%) IIS
12 1 (0.039%) Alfresco
12 1 (0.039%) Documentum
12 1 (0.039%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 63 (2.46%) Simulink
2 43 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.23%) Chatbot
5 6 (0.23%) Stateflow
6 5 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (0.31%) Siebel CRM
2 1 (0.039%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.039%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 911 (35.63%) AWS
2 460 (17.99%) Azure
3 245 (9.58%) Power Platform
4 157 (6.14%) GCP
5 109 (4.26%) Amazon S3
6 77 (3.01%) Datadog
7 76 (2.97%) Cloud Computing
7 76 (2.97%) SaaS
8 64 (2.50%) GitHub
8 64 (2.50%) Snowflake
9 57 (2.23%) Matillion
10 55 (2.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 50 (1.96%) Serverless
12 44 (1.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 43 (1.68%) Azure Data Factory
14 41 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
15 40 (1.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 34 (1.33%) Amazon EKS
17 33 (1.29%) BlazeMeter
18 27 (1.06%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 19 (0.74%) DNS
2 18 (0.70%) DSL
3 17 (0.66%) HTTP
4 12 (0.47%) Internet
5 9 (0.35%) Firewall
6 7 (0.27%) MQTT
6 7 (0.27%) Network Security
6 7 (0.27%) TCP/IP
6 7 (0.27%) Wireless
7 6 (0.23%) DHCP
8 5 (0.20%) Modbus
8 5 (0.20%) RFID
9 4 (0.16%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.16%) ZigBee
10 3 (0.12%) GPRS
10 3 (0.12%) SAN
11 2 (0.078%) Ethernet
11 2 (0.078%) RS-485
11 2 (0.078%) SSL
12 1 (0.039%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 453 (17.72%) NoSQL
2 276 (10.79%) Big Data
3 232 (9.07%) Power BI
4 202 (7.90%) SQL Server
5 181 (7.08%) Data Warehouse
6 169 (6.61%) Data Lake
7 136 (5.32%) Elasticsearch
8 133 (5.20%) Apache Cassandra
9 128 (5.01%) Hadoop
10 116 (4.54%) Apache Hive
11 103 (4.03%) HBase
12 95 (3.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 88 (3.44%) Tableau
14 79 (3.09%) MongoDB
15 44 (1.72%) Relational Database
16 39 (1.53%) Qlik Sense
17 33 (1.29%) DB2
17 33 (1.29%) Star Schema
18 24 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
19 23 (0.90%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 205 (8.02%) Git
2 199 (7.78%) JUnit
3 164 (6.41%) Jenkins
4 105 (4.11%) Jasmine
5 86 (3.36%) Bitbucket Server
6 84 (3.29%) Selenium
7 83 (3.25%) Cypress.io
8 60 (2.35%) Karma Test Runner
8 60 (2.35%) Protractor
8 60 (2.35%) WebDriver
9 45 (1.76%) Mockito
10 38 (1.49%) GitLab
11 25 (0.98%) Android Studio
12 21 (0.82%) JIRA
12 21 (0.82%) SoapUI
13 19 (0.74%) JMeter
14 16 (0.63%) Vagrant
15 13 (0.51%) Bitbucket
16 11 (0.43%) ChangeMan
17 10 (0.39%) LabVIEW
General
1 1,717 (67.15%) Finance
2 1,476 (57.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,462 (57.18%) Law
4 705 (27.57%) Marketing
5 491 (19.20%) Social Skills
6 476 (18.62%) Legal
7 383 (14.98%) Banking
8 277 (10.83%) Investment Banking
9 193 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
10 140 (5.48%) Public Sector
11 131 (5.12%) Retail
12 87 (3.40%) Influencing Skills
13 80 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
14 78 (3.05%) Financial Institution
15 59 (2.31%) Games
16 40 (1.56%) Manufacturing
17 33 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
18 32 (1.25%) Private Banking
19 30 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
20 25 (0.98%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1,404 (54.91%) Software Engineer
2 584 (22.84%) Java Engineer
3 583 (22.80%) Java Software Engineer
4 527 (20.61%) Lead
5 400 (15.64%) Lead Software Engineer
6 370 (14.47%) Senior
7 287 (11.22%) Developer
8 265 (10.36%) Data Engineer
9 245 (9.58%) Full Stack Engineer
10 243 (9.50%) Full Stack Software Engineer
11 223 (8.72%) Python Engineer
12 206 (8.06%) Python Software Engineer
13 196 (7.67%) AWS Engineer
14 191 (7.47%) AWS Software Engineer
15 159 (6.22%) Senior Software Engineer
16 153 (5.98%) Lead Java Engineer
17 148 (5.79%) Architect
18 137 (5.36%) Big Data Engineer
19 136 (5.32%) Big Data Software Engineer
20 128 (5.01%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 406 (15.88%) Spring
2 401 (15.68%) React
3 330 (12.91%) AngularJS
4 246 (9.62%) Kafka
5 221 (8.64%) J2EE
6 219 (8.56%) HTML
7 183 (7.16%) Node.js
8 180 (7.04%) Hibernate
9 179 (7.00%) CSS
10 171 (6.69%) JMS
11 165 (6.45%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 138 (5.40%) JSON
13 134 (5.24%) jQuery
14 127 (4.97%) Spring Boot
15 111 (4.34%) GraphQL
16 98 (3.83%) Spring Integration
17 97 (3.79%) PySpark
18 94 (3.68%) .NET
19 86 (3.36%) Jest
20 73 (2.85%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 808 (31.60%) Algorithms
2 479 (18.73%) Cloud Native
3 188 (7.35%) Public Cloud
4 167 (6.53%) Onboarding
5 162 (6.34%) Data Structures
6 77 (3.01%) Management Information System
7 74 (2.89%) Product Ownership
8 54 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
9 50 (1.96%) IoT
9 50 (1.96%) Reference Data
10 43 (1.68%) Legacy Code
11 38 (1.49%) Taxonomies
12 30 (1.17%) Credit Risk
13 29 (1.13%) Blockchain
14 26 (1.02%) Mainframe
15 25 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
16 24 (0.94%) Market Risk
17 21 (0.82%) Distributed Computing
18 20 (0.78%) Robotics
19 18 (0.70%) Augmented Reality
Operating Systems
1 141 (5.51%) Unix
2 135 (5.28%) Linux
3 52 (2.03%) Windows
4 45 (1.76%) Android
5 18 (0.70%) Embedded Linux
5 18 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 16 (0.63%) CentOS
6 16 (0.63%) Ubuntu
7 12 (0.47%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.12%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.039%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.039%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,110 (82.52%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1,616 (63.20%) Software Engineering
3 1,610 (62.96%) Agile
4 1,317 (51.51%) CI/CD
5 1,273 (49.78%) SDLC
6 1,225 (47.91%) Operational Stability
7 907 (35.47%) Community of Practice
8 829 (32.42%) Visualisation
9 697 (27.26%) Continuous Improvement
10 512 (20.02%) Risk Management
11 495 (19.36%) Decision-Making
12 473 (18.50%) Data Science
13 438 (17.13%) Analytics
14 418 (16.35%) Problem-Solving
15 396 (15.49%) Computer Science
16 395 (15.45%) Microservices
17 320 (12.51%) Full Stack Development
18 317 (12.40%) Business Intelligence
19 303 (11.85%) ETL
20 291 (11.38%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 1,179 (46.11%) Java
2 1,126 (44.04%) Python
3 1,007 (39.38%) SQL
4 339 (13.26%) JavaScript
5 255 (9.97%) TypeScript
6 150 (5.87%) C#
7 124 (4.85%) C++
8 110 (4.30%) Scala
9 106 (4.15%) PL/SQL
10 83 (3.25%) C
11 65 (2.54%) R
12 58 (2.27%) Kotlin
13 57 (2.23%) MATLAB
14 37 (1.45%) Go
15 33 (1.29%) T-SQL
16 25 (0.98%) Fortran
17 24 (0.94%) Haskell
18 16 (0.63%) Bash
18 16 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 15 (0.59%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 480 (18.77%) Degree
2 163 (6.37%) Computer Science Degree
3 162 (6.34%) Security Cleared
4 131 (5.12%) Master's Degree
5 106 (4.15%) PhD
6 78 (3.05%) SC Cleared
7 67 (2.62%) DV Cleared
8 23 (0.90%) AWS Certification
9 16 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
9 16 (0.63%) PMI Certification
10 15 (0.59%) CISSP
11 13 (0.51%) CISM
12 9 (0.35%) MBA
12 9 (0.35%) Numerate Degree
13 7 (0.27%) CISA
13 7 (0.27%) CRISC
14 6 (0.23%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 6 (0.23%) CCNA
14 6 (0.23%) Network+ Certification
14 6 (0.23%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (4.50%) Data Quality
2 59 (2.31%) Accessibility
3 46 (1.80%) GDPR
4 31 (1.21%) QA
5 22 (0.86%) SLA
6 12 (0.47%) NIST
7 11 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 6 (0.23%) Def Stans
8 6 (0.23%) IEC 61508
9 4 (0.16%) COBIT
10 3 (0.12%) JSP 440
11 2 (0.078%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.039%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.039%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 103 (4.03%) HDFS
2 98 (3.83%) Docker
3 23 (0.90%) Firmware
4 11 (0.43%) Time Sharing Option
5 10 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.31%) Hyper-V
7 7 (0.27%) Active Directory
8 6 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 287 (11.22%) Kubernetes
2 263 (10.29%) Terraform
3 95 (3.72%) Grafana
4 31 (1.21%) Ansible
5 21 (0.82%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.27%) Graphite
7 4 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.12%) Backup Exec
9 2 (0.078%) Argo
10 1 (0.039%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.039%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.039%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 323 (12.63%) Databricks
2 282 (11.03%) Oracle
3 262 (10.25%) Microsoft
4 101 (3.95%) Splunk
5 90 (3.52%) Dynatrace
6 87 (3.40%) Alteryx
6 87 (3.40%) Informatica
7 73 (2.85%) Cloudera
8 62 (2.42%) Google
9 37 (1.45%) Xilinx
10 18 (0.70%) Cognos
10 18 (0.70%) SaltStack
10 18 (0.70%) Sybase
11 15 (0.59%) Salesforce
12 12 (0.47%) Dataiku
13 10 (0.39%) Xamarin
14 9 (0.35%) OpenAI
14 9 (0.35%) SAP
15 8 (0.31%) Facebook
15 8 (0.31%) Siebel