Algorithms Contracts with Work from Home Options

Algorithms
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Algorithms in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Algorithms over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 209 274 337
Rank change year-on-year +65 +63 -20
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 136 201 307
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.90% 0.80% 0.70%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.14% 2.55% 2.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 113 201
10th Percentile £413 £382 £406
25th Percentile £493 £480 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £655 £613 £645
Median % change year-on-year +6.94% -5.04% +20.00%
75th Percentile £775 £788 £775
90th Percentile £965 £873 £850
UK median daily rate £590 £625 £674
% change year-on-year -5.60% -7.24% +22.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 17 10
10th Percentile £49.35 - £19.50
25th Percentile £52.50 £19.00 £20.18
Median hourly rate £55.00 £22.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% +4.76% -52.73%
75th Percentile £65.00 £23.00 £55.56
90th Percentile £72.50 £61.18 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £22.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +150.00% -51.11% +5.88%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,326 7,897 13,802
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 28.70% 31.48% 31.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,958 5,553 9,859
10th Percentile £325 £363 £360
25th Percentile £431 £455 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year - +1.85% +9.09%
75th Percentile £675 £684 £650
90th Percentile £800 £793 £750
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 154 221
10th Percentile £15.49 £19.00 £12.21
25th Percentile £25.50 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £51.00 £55.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% +23.60% +28.99%
75th Percentile £66.94 £70.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £31.13 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +38.43% -18.24% +4.05%

Algorithms
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Algorithms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Algorithms trend for jobs with a WFH option

Algorithms
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Algorithms.

Algorithms daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Algorithms
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Algorithms over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Algorithms daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Algorithms
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Algorithms.

Algorithms hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Algorithms
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Algorithms over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Algorithms hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Algorithms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (2.21%) Apache Spark
1 3 (2.21%) CMS
1 3 (2.21%) Jupyter
2 2 (1.47%) Apache
2 2 (1.47%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.74%) Ethereum
3 1 (0.74%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 22 (16.18%) Simulink
1 22 (16.18%) Stateflow
2 3 (2.21%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.74%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (1.47%) Orchestrade
3 1 (0.74%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 21 (15.44%) AWS
2 18 (13.24%) GCP
3 17 (12.50%) Azure
4 5 (3.68%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 5 (3.68%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.21%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.47%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (1.47%) Amazon S3
6 2 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.47%) GitHub
6 2 (1.47%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 2 (1.47%) Vertex AI
7 1 (0.74%) Amazon SageMaker
7 1 (0.74%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.74%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.74%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.74%) Azure Machine Learning
7 1 (0.74%) dbt
7 1 (0.74%) IBM Watson
7 1 (0.74%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.68%) Wireless
2 3 (2.21%) Internet
2 3 (2.21%) Network Security
3 2 (1.47%) Ethernet
3 2 (1.47%) RTSP
4 1 (0.74%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.09%) MongoDB
2 9 (6.62%) Relational Database
3 7 (5.15%) Big Data
4 5 (3.68%) Hadoop
4 5 (3.68%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (2.94%) Tableau
6 3 (2.21%) Geospatial Data
7 2 (1.47%) BigQuery
7 2 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.47%) GIS
7 2 (1.47%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.47%) Power BI
8 1 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.74%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.74%) Flink
8 1 (0.74%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.74%) Spatial Data
8 1 (0.74%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 19 (13.97%) Git
2 9 (6.62%) Jenkins
3 6 (4.41%) GitLab
3 6 (4.41%) JIRA
4 4 (2.94%) Subversion
5 2 (1.47%) JUnit
5 2 (1.47%) Selenium
5 2 (1.47%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.74%) ClearCase
6 1 (0.74%) CMake
6 1 (0.74%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.74%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 45 (33.09%) Social Skills
2 30 (22.06%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (18.38%) Automotive
4 19 (13.97%) Legal
5 14 (10.29%) Finance
6 10 (7.35%) Banking
7 5 (3.68%) Aerospace
7 5 (3.68%) Investment Banking
8 4 (2.94%) Retail
8 4 (2.94%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.21%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.21%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.47%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.47%) Front Office
10 2 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.47%) Marketing
10 2 (1.47%) Military
11 1 (0.74%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.74%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 44 (32.35%) Developer
2 30 (22.06%) Software Engineer
3 22 (16.18%) Data Scientist
3 22 (16.18%) Senior
4 9 (6.62%) Site Engineer
4 9 (6.62%) Site Reliability Engineer
5 8 (5.88%) C++ Developer
5 8 (5.88%) Java Developer
5 8 (5.88%) Lead
5 8 (5.88%) Low Latency C++ Developer
5 8 (5.88%) Python Engineer
5 8 (5.88%) Senior Data Scientist
6 7 (5.15%) Architect
6 7 (5.15%) Embedded Engineer
6 7 (5.15%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 7 (5.15%) Python Developer
7 6 (4.41%) Senior Developer
8 5 (3.68%) Java Engineer
8 5 (3.68%) Scala Developer
8 5 (3.68%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.82%) React
2 11 (8.09%) Kafka
2 11 (8.09%) TensorFlow
3 10 (7.35%) .NET
3 10 (7.35%) RESTful
3 10 (7.35%) scikit-learn
4 9 (6.62%) RabbitMQ
5 8 (5.88%) Django
6 7 (5.15%) CSS
6 7 (5.15%) HTML
6 7 (5.15%) PyTorch
7 5 (3.68%) Node.js
8 4 (2.94%) .NET Core
8 4 (2.94%) AngularJS
8 4 (2.94%) Pandas
8 4 (2.94%) REST
8 4 (2.94%) Spring
8 4 (2.94%) XGBoost
9 3 (2.21%) Matplotlib
10 2 (1.47%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 36 (26.47%) Data Structures
2 13 (9.56%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (7.35%) Derivative
3 10 (7.35%) Equity Derivative
3 10 (7.35%) Hedge funds
4 6 (4.41%) Fixed Income
5 4 (2.94%) Device Driver
5 4 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.21%) Blockchain
6 3 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (2.21%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.21%) Social Media
7 2 (1.47%) CUDA
7 2 (1.47%) Distributed Applications
7 2 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.47%) PKI
8 1 (0.74%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.74%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 20 (14.71%) Linux
2 8 (5.88%) Unix
3 2 (1.47%) Windows
4 1 (0.74%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (42.65%) Computer Science
2 43 (31.62%) Machine Learning
3 41 (30.15%) Software Engineering
4 37 (27.21%) Data Science
5 36 (26.47%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (20.59%) Validation
7 24 (17.65%) CI/CD
7 24 (17.65%) Test Automation
8 23 (16.91%) Analytics
8 23 (16.91%) Mathematics
9 22 (16.18%) Agile
9 22 (16.18%) Artificial Intelligence
10 20 (14.71%) Data Analysis
10 20 (14.71%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
11 19 (13.97%) Software Architecture
11 19 (13.97%) Verification and Validation
12 17 (12.50%) Microservices
13 14 (10.29%) DevOps
14 12 (8.82%) Data Modelling
14 12 (8.82%) OO
Programming Languages
1 68 (50.00%) Python
2 31 (22.79%) C++
3 27 (19.85%) MATLAB
4 25 (18.38%) Java
4 25 (18.38%) SQL
5 13 (9.56%) Shell Script
6 12 (8.82%) C#
6 12 (8.82%) JavaScript
7 8 (5.88%) Go
7 8 (5.88%) R
8 7 (5.15%) C
8 7 (5.15%) Scala
9 4 (2.94%) Assembly Language
9 4 (2.94%) Perl
10 2 (1.47%) Embedded C++
10 2 (1.47%) PHP
10 2 (1.47%) Rust
10 2 (1.47%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.74%) Bicep
11 1 (0.74%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 34 (25.00%) Degree
2 14 (10.29%) Master's Degree
3 13 (9.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (5.88%) PhD
4 8 (5.88%) SC Cleared
4 8 (5.88%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.94%) Numerate Degree
6 3 (2.21%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.47%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.94%) JTAG
2 3 (2.21%) NCSC
3 2 (1.47%) MiFID
4 1 (0.74%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 11 (8.09%) Docker
2 9 (6.62%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 4 (2.94%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (2.94%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 21 (15.44%) Kubernetes
2 9 (6.62%) Consul
2 9 (6.62%) Grafana
2 9 (6.62%) Prometheus
3 3 (2.21%) Terraform
4 1 (0.74%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 21 (15.44%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.62%) SaltStack
3 4 (2.94%) Google
3 4 (2.94%) NVIDIA
3 4 (2.94%) Oracle
4 3 (2.21%) MathWorks
4 3 (2.21%) Sparx
5 2 (1.47%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.74%) CA Agile Central
6 1 (0.74%) Databricks
6 1 (0.74%) IBM
6 1 (0.74%) SAP