Deep Learning Contracts

Deep Learning
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Deep Learning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Deep 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 524 641 761
Rank change year-on-year +117 +120 -94
Contract jobs citing Deep Learning 55 43 80
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.076% 0.091%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.085% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 29 57
10th Percentile £363 £395 £450
25th Percentile £450 £400 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -8.33% +6.67%
75th Percentile £719 £750 £625
90th Percentile £820 £768 £662
UK excluding London median daily rate £563 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +32.35% -10.53% -8.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £76.63 - -
25th Percentile £77.19 - -
Median hourly rate £78.75 - £45.00
75th Percentile £79.69 - -
90th Percentile £79.88 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Deep 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,816 50,571 79,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.44% 89.70% 90.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,638 35,025 55,934
10th Percentile £300 £325 £348
25th Percentile £413 £438 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,533 1,671 1,865
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.57 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.88%

Deep Learning
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Deep Learning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Deep Learning in the UK

Deep Learning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Deep Learning in the UK

Deep Learning
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Deep Learning in the UK

Deep Learning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Deep Learning in the UK

Deep Learning
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Deep Learning within the UK 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
England +115 48 £575 -6.12% 89
London +122 37 £575 - 62
Work from Home +115 24 £700 - 59
UK excluding London +40 9 £563 +32.35% 26
South East +15 7 £600 +86.05% 11
South West +8 2 £525 -28.25% 4

Deep Learning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 5 (9.09%) Jupyter
2 2 (3.64%) Apache
2 2 (3.64%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.82%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 6 (10.91%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (5.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 15 (27.27%) AWS
2 14 (25.45%) Azure
3 7 (12.73%) GCP
4 6 (10.91%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (9.09%) Azure Machine Learning
6 4 (7.27%) Serverless
7 3 (5.45%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (5.45%) Lucidchart
7 3 (5.45%) Power Platform
8 2 (3.64%) Amazon SageMaker
8 2 (3.64%) Vertex AI
9 1 (1.82%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.45%) Network Security
2 1 (1.82%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (16.36%) Big Data
2 2 (3.64%) Data Mining
2 2 (3.64%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.82%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.82%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 3 (5.45%) Git
General
1 10 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 7 (12.73%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (7.27%) Public Sector
3 4 (7.27%) Retail
4 2 (3.64%) Czech Language
4 2 (3.64%) Electronics
4 2 (3.64%) Legal
5 1 (1.82%) Advertising
5 1 (1.82%) Banking
5 1 (1.82%) Games
5 1 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.82%) Marketing
5 1 (1.82%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (23.64%) Machine Learning Engineer
2 11 (20.00%) Architect
2 11 (20.00%) Data Scientist
3 8 (14.55%) Lead
4 7 (12.73%) Computer Engineer
4 7 (12.73%) Computer Vision Engineer
5 6 (10.91%) Senior
6 5 (9.09%) Consultant
6 5 (9.09%) Security Architect
6 5 (9.09%) Senior Data Scientist
7 4 (7.27%) Azure Engineer
7 4 (7.27%) Lead Architect
7 4 (7.27%) Technical Architect
8 3 (5.45%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 3 (5.45%) HR Consultant
8 3 (5.45%) Lead Security Architect
8 3 (5.45%) Technology Consultant
9 2 (3.64%) Data Analyst
9 2 (3.64%) Implementation Consultant
9 2 (3.64%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (38.18%) TensorFlow
2 20 (36.36%) PyTorch
3 9 (16.36%) scikit-learn
4 6 (10.91%) XGBoost
5 3 (5.45%) EDI
5 3 (5.45%) Matplotlib
5 3 (5.45%) OpenCV
5 3 (5.45%) Pandas
5 3 (5.45%) PySpark
6 2 (3.64%) DirectX
6 2 (3.64%) Google JAX
6 2 (3.64%) NumPy
6 2 (3.64%) OpenGL
6 2 (3.64%) OpenGL ES
6 2 (3.64%) Vulkan
7 1 (1.82%) Kafka
7 1 (1.82%) Node.js
7 1 (1.82%) Prisma
7 1 (1.82%) React
7 1 (1.82%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 24 (43.64%) Algorithms
2 6 (10.91%) Genomics
3 3 (5.45%) Data Structures
3 3 (5.45%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.45%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.45%) Photography
4 2 (3.64%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (3.64%) Social Media
5 1 (1.82%) Blog
5 1 (1.82%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.82%) CUDA
5 1 (1.82%) Digital Media
5 1 (1.82%) FMCG
5 1 (1.82%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (1.82%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.82%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.82%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.09%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (83.64%) Machine Learning
2 33 (60.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 27 (49.09%) Data Science
4 26 (47.27%) Natural Language Processing
5 20 (36.36%) Computer Science
6 14 (25.45%) Data Analysis
7 13 (23.64%) Computer Vision
8 10 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (14.55%) Analytics
9 8 (14.55%) Generative AI
9 8 (14.55%) LLM
9 8 (14.55%) Mathematics
9 8 (14.55%) MLOps
10 6 (10.91%) Agile
10 6 (10.91%) Data Management
10 6 (10.91%) Mentoring
10 6 (10.91%) Natural Language Understanding
10 6 (10.91%) Software Architecture
10 6 (10.91%) Statistics
11 5 (9.09%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 38 (69.09%) Python
2 15 (27.27%) SQL
3 9 (16.36%) C++
3 9 (16.36%) Java
4 3 (5.45%) C
5 2 (3.64%) R
6 1 (1.82%) C#
6 1 (1.82%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.82%) Julia
6 1 (1.82%) Kotlin
6 1 (1.82%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (30.91%) Degree
2 13 (23.64%) Master's Degree
3 12 (21.82%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (14.55%) Security Cleared
5 7 (12.73%) PhD
6 4 (7.27%) SC Cleared
7 3 (5.45%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.82%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.91%) Data Quality
2 3 (5.45%) NCSC
3 1 (1.82%) GDPR
3 1 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.82%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (5.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.64%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (10.91%) Databricks
2 3 (5.45%) Genesys
2 3 (5.45%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.45%) Oracle
2 3 (5.45%) Phenom
2 3 (5.45%) Sparx
3 2 (3.64%) Google
4 1 (1.82%) Cadence