Algorithms Contracts in England

Algorithms
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Algorithms in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Algorithms over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 258 275 322
Rank change year-on-year +17 +47 -31
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 331 476 603
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.90% 0.94% 0.85%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.91% 2.80% 2.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 316 382
10th Percentile £400 £391 £455
25th Percentile £475 £497 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £600 £700
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% -14.29% +24.44%
75th Percentile £738 £813 £788
90th Percentile £905 £963 £925
UK median daily rate £575 £625 £661
% change year-on-year -8.00% -5.48% +20.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 24 25
10th Percentile £41.38 £19.00 £19.50
25th Percentile £52.50 £21.00 £21.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £26.25 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +109.52% -41.67% -
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.47 £54.38
90th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £58.25
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £23.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year +134.04% -47.78% -

All Generic Skills
England

Algorithms is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,373 16,983 24,061
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.76% 33.65% 33.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,428 11,801 17,096
10th Percentile £263 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 820 591 641
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.16 £10.63 £16.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -16.60% +2.08%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.77
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +28.97% -18.24% +3.19%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Algorithms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Algorithms in England

Algorithms
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Algorithms in England.

Daily rate trend for Algorithms in England

Algorithms
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Algorithms in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Algorithms in England

Algorithms
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Algorithms in England.

Hourly rate trend for Algorithms in England

Algorithms
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Algorithms in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Algorithms in England

Algorithms
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Algorithms within the England region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
London +30 214 £650 -7.14% 221
North of England +33 26 £475 -15.78% 34
Midlands +39 19 £550 - 32
South West +5 19 £450 -10.00% 31
West Midlands +43 18 £550 -2.22% 27
East of England +5 18 £388 -20.51% 67
South East -22 16 £600 +9.09% 91
North West +21 15 £525 -3.58% 23
Yorkshire +27 11 £400 -30.43% 8
East Midlands +19 1 - - 5
Algorithms
UK

Algorithms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 14 (4.23%) Apache Spark
2 8 (2.42%) Apache
3 7 (2.11%) SAS
4 4 (1.21%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.21%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.91%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.60%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.30%) CMS
7 1 (0.30%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.30%) Hyperledger
7 1 (0.30%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 33 (9.97%) Simulink
2 28 (8.46%) Stateflow
3 5 (1.51%) TargetLink
4 3 (0.91%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.30%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.60%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.30%) Orchestrade
2 1 (0.30%) RMDS
2 1 (0.30%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 53 (16.01%) AWS
2 30 (9.06%) Azure
3 20 (6.04%) GCP
4 6 (1.81%) Amazon S3
4 6 (1.81%) Azure Machine Learning
4 6 (1.81%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 6 (1.81%) npm
4 6 (1.81%) Power Platform
4 6 (1.81%) Yarn
5 5 (1.51%) Amazon EC2
5 5 (1.51%) AWS Lambda
5 5 (1.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 5 (1.51%) SaaS
5 5 (1.51%) Serverless
6 4 (1.21%) PaaS
6 4 (1.21%) Snowflake
7 3 (0.91%) Amazon Kinesis
7 3 (0.91%) Lucidchart
7 3 (0.91%) Vertex AI
8 2 (0.60%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.81%) Internet
1 6 (1.81%) Wireless
2 5 (1.51%) DNS
2 5 (1.51%) Firewall
3 4 (1.21%) DHCP
3 4 (1.21%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.91%) Ethernet
4 3 (0.91%) RTSP
5 2 (0.60%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (9.06%) Big Data
2 22 (6.65%) Relational Database
3 20 (6.04%) Hadoop
4 16 (4.83%) NoSQL
5 14 (4.23%) Tableau
6 12 (3.63%) MongoDB
7 10 (3.02%) KDB
8 8 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (1.81%) Apache Hive
9 6 (1.81%) BigQuery
9 6 (1.81%) Power BI
10 5 (1.51%) Data Lake
10 5 (1.51%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (1.51%) HBase
11 4 (1.21%) Redis
12 3 (0.91%) Data Mining
12 3 (0.91%) RDBMS
13 2 (0.60%) HDInsight
13 2 (0.60%) Spark SQL
13 2 (0.60%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 37 (11.18%) Git
2 22 (6.65%) JIRA
3 15 (4.53%) Jenkins
4 14 (4.23%) Subversion
5 9 (2.72%) GitLab
6 7 (2.11%) Maven
6 7 (2.11%) webpack
7 6 (1.81%) Bitbucket
7 6 (1.81%) JUnit
7 6 (1.81%) TeamCity
8 4 (1.21%) Cucumber
8 4 (1.21%) Jasmine
8 4 (1.21%) Karma Test Runner
8 4 (1.21%) Mocha
8 4 (1.21%) Selenium
9 3 (0.91%) Gradle
9 3 (0.91%) XCUITest
10 2 (0.60%) Ant
10 2 (0.60%) Babel
10 2 (0.60%) Visual Studio
General
1 106 (32.02%) Social Skills
2 70 (21.15%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (19.34%) Finance
4 32 (9.67%) Front Office
5 31 (9.37%) Automotive
6 21 (6.34%) Legal
7 20 (6.04%) Banking
8 9 (2.72%) Investment Banking
8 9 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (2.72%) Retail
9 8 (2.42%) Public Sector
9 8 (2.42%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.81%) Aerospace
10 6 (1.81%) Marketing
10 6 (1.81%) Police
11 4 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.91%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.91%) Games
12 3 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.91%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 105 (31.72%) Developer
2 53 (16.01%) Data Scientist
3 48 (14.50%) Senior
4 38 (11.48%) Software Engineer
5 21 (6.34%) Data Engineer
6 20 (6.04%) Senior Developer
7 19 (5.74%) Quantitative Developer
8 17 (5.14%) Analyst
8 17 (5.14%) Java Developer
9 15 (4.53%) Python Developer
10 13 (3.93%) C# Developer
11 12 (3.63%) C++ Developer
11 12 (3.63%) Python Engineer
12 11 (3.32%) C# Quant Developer
12 11 (3.32%) Lead
12 11 (3.32%) Senior Data Scientist
12 11 (3.32%) Systems Engineer
13 10 (3.02%) Machine Learning Engineer
13 10 (3.02%) Site Reliability Engineer
14 9 (2.72%) Low Latency C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (8.16%) React
2 24 (7.25%) Pandas
3 21 (6.34%) Kafka
4 20 (6.04%) TensorFlow
5 19 (5.74%) Spring
6 16 (4.83%) Node.js
6 16 (4.83%) NumPy
7 15 (4.53%) RESTful
7 15 (4.53%) scikit-learn
8 14 (4.23%) CSS
8 14 (4.23%) HTML
9 12 (3.63%) PyTorch
10 11 (3.32%) .NET
10 11 (3.32%) REST
11 10 (3.02%) AngularJS
12 9 (2.72%) Matplotlib
13 8 (2.42%) RabbitMQ
14 7 (2.11%) Django
14 7 (2.11%) Hibernate
14 7 (2.11%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 89 (26.89%) Data Structures
2 29 (8.76%) Derivative
3 28 (8.46%) Distributed Systems
4 19 (5.74%) Fixed Income
5 14 (4.23%) Equity Derivative
5 14 (4.23%) Hedge funds
6 13 (3.93%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (3.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 9 (2.72%) Management Information System
9 7 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (2.11%) Clustering
9 7 (2.11%) Equities
10 6 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.81%) VHDL
11 5 (1.51%) Blockchain
11 5 (1.51%) Client/Server
11 5 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.51%) FPGA
11 5 (1.51%) Product Ownership
11 5 (1.51%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 34 (10.27%) Linux
2 15 (4.53%) Unix
3 13 (3.93%) Android
4 5 (1.51%) Windows
5 4 (1.21%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (34.74%) Computer Science
2 108 (32.63%) Machine Learning
3 82 (24.77%) Data Science
3 82 (24.77%) Problem-Solving
4 72 (21.75%) Agile
5 69 (20.85%) Software Engineering
6 54 (16.31%) Analytics
6 54 (16.31%) CI/CD
7 53 (16.01%) Artificial Intelligence
8 52 (15.71%) Data Modelling
8 52 (15.71%) Mathematics
9 48 (14.50%) Test Automation
10 45 (13.60%) Software Architecture
11 43 (12.99%) Validation
12 41 (12.39%) Data Analysis
13 38 (11.48%) Design Patterns
14 31 (9.37%) Statistics
15 29 (8.76%) Data Pipeline
16 28 (8.46%) Project Management
16 28 (8.46%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 161 (48.64%) Python
2 85 (25.68%) Java
3 70 (21.15%) C++
4 68 (20.54%) SQL
5 45 (13.60%) MATLAB
6 42 (12.69%) JavaScript
7 37 (11.18%) C#
8 29 (8.76%) C
9 25 (7.55%) R
10 19 (5.74%) Shell Script
11 16 (4.83%) Go
11 16 (4.83%) Scala
11 16 (4.83%) TypeScript
12 10 (3.02%) Kotlin
13 9 (2.72%) Embedded C++
14 8 (2.42%) Perl
15 6 (1.81%) Embedded C
16 4 (1.21%) Assembly Language
17 3 (0.91%) PHP
17 3 (0.91%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 103 (31.12%) Degree
2 49 (14.80%) Computer Science Degree
3 37 (11.18%) Master's Degree
4 25 (7.55%) Security Cleared
5 22 (6.65%) SC Cleared
6 14 (4.23%) PhD
7 8 (2.42%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.60%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.60%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.23%) QA
2 9 (2.72%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.81%) ISO 26262
4 5 (1.51%) AUTOSAR
4 5 (1.51%) MISRA
4 5 (1.51%) MISRA C
5 4 (1.21%) JTAG
5 4 (1.21%) MiFID
6 3 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.60%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.30%) GDPR
System Software
1 17 (5.14%) Docker
2 8 (2.42%) Apache ZooKeeper
2 8 (2.42%) Firmware
3 5 (1.51%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (1.51%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 30 (9.06%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.42%) Consul
2 8 (2.42%) Grafana
2 8 (2.42%) Prometheus
3 5 (1.51%) Hadoop YARN
4 4 (1.21%) Terraform
5 2 (0.60%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.30%) Istio
6 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 22 (6.65%) Microsoft
2 8 (2.42%) Databricks
2 8 (2.42%) SaltStack
3 5 (1.51%) Google
3 5 (1.51%) ION Trading
3 5 (1.51%) NVIDIA
4 4 (1.21%) Oracle
4 4 (1.21%) SAP
4 4 (1.21%) Xilinx
5 3 (0.91%) Ariba
5 3 (0.91%) Genesys
5 3 (0.91%) MathWorks
6 2 (0.60%) CA
7 1 (0.30%) IBM
7 1 (0.30%) Lotus
7 1 (0.30%) New Relic
7 1 (0.30%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.30%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.30%) Splunk