Algorithms Contracts in the South East

Algorithms
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Algorithms in contract job vacancies advertised in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Algorithms over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 184 166 220
Rank change year-on-year -18 +54 -68
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 16 60 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.29% 1.03% 0.53%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.02% 3.03% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 35 22
10th Percentile £475 £146 £376
25th Percentile £550 £409 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £513
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +12.20% +3.80%
75th Percentile £678 £960 £616
90th Percentile £775 £1,188 £720
England median daily rate £588 £600 £698
% change year-on-year -2.08% -13.98% +24.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 6
10th Percentile - - £19.50
25th Percentile - £19.00 £19.88
Median hourly rate £65.00 £19.49 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +233.50% -7.19% -63.48%
75th Percentile - £39.12 -
90th Percentile - £59.84 £30.57
England median hourly rate £55.00 £26.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year +109.52% -41.67% -

All Generic Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,573 1,980 2,653
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 28.47% 33.97% 34.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 919 1,340 1,705
10th Percentile £205 £213 £213
25th Percentile £359 £386 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £514 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.68% +2.75% +11.11%
75th Percentile £608 £650 £600
90th Percentile £688 £725 £675
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 152 89 121
10th Percentile £11.72 £18.25 £16.11
25th Percentile £18.35 £20.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £47.19 £52.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.12% +144.19% -33.85%
75th Percentile £61.30 £67.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £63.25
England median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.98
% change year-on-year +33.33% -16.60% +1.24%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Algorithms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Algorithms in the South East

Algorithms
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Algorithms in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Algorithms in the South East

Algorithms
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Algorithms in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Algorithms in the South East

Algorithms
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Algorithms in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Algorithms in the South East

Algorithms
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Algorithms within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 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
Surrey +18 7 £600 - 21
Thames Valley -5 5 £369 -35.91% 41
Oxfordshire +4 4 - - 23
Hampshire -23 4 £735 +62.81% 13
Berkshire -16 1 £369 -15.77% 12
Algorithms
England

Algorithms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 5 (31.25%) Git
2 4 (25.00%) JIRA
2 4 (25.00%) Subversion
3 1 (6.25%) CMake
General
1 4 (25.00%) Aerospace
1 4 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (12.50%) Electronics
3 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Software Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) FPGA Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Python Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Design Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) FPGA Design Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Android Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) C++ Android Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Computer Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Computer Vision Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) DSP Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Graphics Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Machine Learning Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Senior
5 1 (6.25%) Data Scientist
5 1 (6.25%) Process Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Data Scientist
5 1 (6.25%) VHDL Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (25.00%) DirectX
1 4 (25.00%) OpenGL
1 4 (25.00%) OpenGL ES
1 4 (25.00%) Vulkan
2 3 (18.75%) PyTorch
2 3 (18.75%) TensorFlow
3 2 (12.50%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 1 (6.25%) CNTK
4 1 (6.25%) LightGBM
4 1 (6.25%) OpenVINO
4 1 (6.25%) Statsmodels
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) VHDL
2 4 (25.00%) Device Driver
2 4 (25.00%) FPGA
3 2 (12.50%) Animation
3 2 (12.50%) Augmented Reality
3 2 (12.50%) Mixed Reality
3 2 (12.50%) Photography
4 1 (6.25%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Android
2 1 (6.25%) Linux
2 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Computer Science
2 6 (37.50%) Machine Learning
2 6 (37.50%) Signal Processing
2 6 (37.50%) Validation
3 5 (31.25%) Software Engineering
4 4 (25.00%) Defect Tracking
4 4 (25.00%) FPGA Design
4 4 (25.00%) Software Optimisation
5 3 (18.75%) Artificial Intelligence
5 3 (18.75%) Mathematics
5 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (12.50%) Android Development
6 2 (12.50%) Computer Vision
6 2 (12.50%) Data Science
6 2 (12.50%) Deep Learning
6 2 (12.50%) Digital Signal Processing
6 2 (12.50%) Image Processing
6 2 (12.50%) Linear Algebra
6 2 (12.50%) Risk Management
6 2 (12.50%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 15 (93.75%) C++
2 11 (68.75%) Python
3 10 (62.50%) C
4 6 (37.50%) Embedded C
4 6 (37.50%) Embedded C++
4 6 (37.50%) MATLAB
5 4 (25.00%) Assembly Language
5 4 (25.00%) Java
5 4 (25.00%) Shell Script
6 2 (12.50%) C#
6 2 (12.50%) GLSL
6 2 (12.50%) HLSL
6 2 (12.50%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 11 (68.75%) Degree
2 8 (50.00%) Master's Degree
3 6 (37.50%) PhD
4 4 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (12.50%) DV Cleared
6 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) JTAG
System Software
1 7 (43.75%) Firmware
2 5 (31.25%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Xilinx