Algorithms Contracts in Bristol

Algorithms
South West > Bristol

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Algorithms in contract job vacancies in Bristol. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Algorithms over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 63 95
Rank change year-on-year +12 +32 +4
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 4 11 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.74% 1.04% 0.48%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.44% 3.63% 1.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £458 £515
25th Percentile £656 £469 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year +26.19% -1.41% -5.33%
75th Percentile £669 £613 £539
90th Percentile - £643 £540
South West median daily rate £668 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +48.33% -10.00% -7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 1
10th Percentile £75.37 - -
25th Percentile £75.93 £52.50 -
Median hourly rate £76.85 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +39.73% -15.38% -
75th Percentile £77.78 £57.50 -
90th Percentile £78.33 - -
South West median hourly rate £75.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +36.36% - +13.11%

All Generic Skills
Bristol

Algorithms falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 164 303 352
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 30.54% 28.67% 28.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 126 170
10th Percentile £250 £300 £200
25th Percentile £361 £450 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £536 £525
Median % change year-on-year -19.81% +2.14% +5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £638 £638
90th Percentile £604 £725 £740
South West median daily rate £535 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -1.83% -0.91% +10.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 102 105
10th Percentile £18.51 £36.25 -
25th Percentile £33.19 £45.00 -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £68.63 £9.80
Median % change year-on-year -8.93% +600.26% -84.07%
75th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.74 £79.50 £78.85
South West median hourly rate £50.00 £45.00 £9.80
% change year-on-year +11.11% +359.18% -80.30%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Algorithms in Bristol

Algorithms
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Algorithms in Bristol

Algorithms
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Algorithms in Bristol

Algorithms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 1 (25.00%) Apache
1 1 (25.00%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (25.00%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Amazon EKS
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (25.00%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (25.00%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (25.00%) Law
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Algorithm Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Data Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (25.00%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (25.00%) Kafka
1 1 (25.00%) LDAP
1 1 (25.00%) OAuth
1 1 (25.00%) OAuth2
1 1 (25.00%) OpenID
1 1 (25.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (25.00%) PKI
1 1 (25.00%) Replication
1 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Algorithmic Trading
2 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Data Security
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) Ergonomics
2 1 (25.00%) ETL
2 1 (25.00%) High Availability
2 1 (25.00%) Human Factors
2 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (25.00%) OWASP
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (25.00%) Quality Management
2 1 (25.00%) SysML
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Use Case
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) Bash
2 1 (25.00%) Fortran
2 1 (25.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NCSC
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (25.00%) Ansible
2 1 (25.00%) Grafana
2 1 (25.00%) Kibana
2 1 (25.00%) logstash
2 1 (25.00%) Prometheus
2 1 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (25.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) IBM
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft