Machine Learning Recruitment Trends 2025 (UK): What Job Seekers Need To Know About Todayโs Hiring Process
Summary: UK machine learning hiring has shifted from titleโled CV screens to capabilityโdriven assessments that emphasise shipped ML/LLM features, robust evaluation, observability, safety/governance, cost control and measurable business impact. This guide explains whatโs changed, what to expect in interviews & how to prepareโespecially for ML engineers, applied scientists, LLM application engineers, ML platform/MLOps engineers and AI product managers. Who this is for: ML engineers, applied ML/LLM engineers, LLM/retrieval engineers, ML platform/MLOps/SRE, data scientists transitioning to production ML, AI product managers & techโlead candidates targeting roles in the UK.
