Machine Learning Engineer Salary in East Midlands
Official ONS earnings for East Midlands, covering 20,000 jobs.
Median salary — East Midlands
£48,744
gross, per year
▼ 0.7% change on the previous year
Mean
£51,219
Jobs measured
20,000
What most machine learning engineers actually earn
Half of machine learning engineers in East Midlands earn between £40,054 and £60,443. Earning above £60,443 puts you in the top quarter of the profession.
ONS suppresses the detailed spread for this occupation at regional level, so this range describes the wider “Information Technology Professionals” group in East Midlands.
The full pay range
Each bar is the salary at that percentile — the 25th means a quarter of machine learning engineers earn less than this.
Where this figure comes from
- ONS occupation group
- Programmers and software development professionals
- SOC 2020 code
- 2134
- Measure
- Gross annual pay, all employees
- Edition
- ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025 provisional
ONS doesn't measure “machine learning engineer” as its own category. These figures are for the wider group “Programmers and software development professionals”, which includes this role alongside others.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are estimates from a survey of PAYE jobs and are not financial advice.
Machine Learning Engineer salary FAQs
What is the average Machine Learning Engineer salary in East Midlands?
The median is £48,744 a year and the mean is £51,219, according to the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
What is a good Machine Learning Engineer salary?
Half of machine learning engineers earn between £40,054 and £60,443. Anything above £60,443 is in the top quarter for the role.
Is this figure official?
Yes. It comes from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, an accredited official statistic based on employer PAYE records, covering 20,000 jobs in this occupation.
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