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Hire machine learning scientists in the UK

What machine learning scientists are paid, what to name in the advert, and who you are up against — from the adverts on Machine Learning Jobs, not a survey. Looking for the roles themselves? See Machine Learning Scientist jobs.

What you will pay

£55k to £99k, most around £85k

The range employers advertised for machine learning scientists on Machine Learning Jobs over the last 12 months, base salary only, across 3 priced adverts. Adverts that state a salary get more applications than those that hide it, and a figure at or above the midpoint is the single cheapest thing you can do for the response.

  • Remote or anchored

    A fully remote role draws the whole country and can pay a little under the London figure; an anchored one competes locally and cannot.

  • Greenfield or inherited

    Building from nothing is worth more to the right person than running what exists, and they will ask which it is.

  • Someone senior to learn from

    A strong lead in the team is worth thousands on the offer; without one, expect to pay for that experience directly.

Who you are competing with

Hiring machine learning scientists on Machine Learning Jobs right now

Three live adverts for the role, as candidates see them. How rivals pitch it is worth a look before you write yours.

Harnham - Data and Analytics Recruitment

Machine Learning Scientist

  • United States
  • Remote
  • US$180,000 – US$200,000 pa

Develop and improve production machine learning systems, designing, building and deploying models used in high-volume environments. Own experimentation frameworks and evaluation methodologies, research new techniques, and work with large-scale distributed data platforms using Spark and Python/SQL. Partner with Product and Engineering to translate business problems into data-driven solutions.

Spark

2 days ago

Relation Therapeutics

Machine Learning Scientist, Generative Modelling

  • London
  • Senior
  • Permanent

Design and implement generative models that learn intervention effects from single-cell perturbation and multiomic data, focusing on counterfactual prediction and experimental design. Work in interdisciplinary teams with experimental biologists to validate computational hypotheses and guide the highest-signal next experiments, using modern ML tooling and scalable infrastructure.

Last month

Latent Labs

Machine Learning Scientist

  • London
  • Hybrid
  • Senior
  • Permanent

Architect novel generative models to design functional proteins, working in an interdisciplinary team of ML researchers, protein engineers and biologists. The role spans data curation, evaluation metrics, rapid prototyping, cloud training and inference optimisation, plus planning wet lab testing campaigns with the bio team.

Visa sponsorship 5 months ago
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