Algorithms Contracts in the City of London

Algorithms
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Algorithms in contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London. 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 101 146 164
Rank change year-on-year +45 +18 -45
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 24 26 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.09% 0.71% 0.73%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.52% 1.99% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 12 20
10th Percentile £484 £451 £596
25th Percentile £548 £463 £606
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £678 £528 £700
Median % change year-on-year +28.44% -24.64% +16.67%
75th Percentile £742 £652 £775
90th Percentile £914 £833 £832
Central London median daily rate £678 £525 £700
% change year-on-year +29.05% -25.00% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.75 - £18.50
Median hourly rate £48.50 - £32.25
75th Percentile £50.25 - £50.50
90th Percentile - - £57.25
Central London median hourly rate £48.50 - £32.25

All Generic Skills
City of London

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 City of London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 682 1,305 1,509
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 30.97% 35.88% 35.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 465 891 1,104
10th Percentile £279 £350 £410
25th Percentile £425 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £700 £750 £700
90th Percentile £845 £860 £805
Central London median daily rate £575 £603 £575
% change year-on-year -4.56% +4.78% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 12 24
10th Percentile £12.75 £16.97 £20.53
25th Percentile £16.00 £31.31 £38.75
Median hourly rate £23.00 £43.25 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.82% -9.90% +167.04%
75th Percentile £27.50 £88.30 £61.75
90th Percentile £54.95 - £64.78
Central London median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £48.00
% change year-on-year -34.29% -27.08% +140.00%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Algorithms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Algorithms in the City of London

Algorithms
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Algorithms in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Algorithms in the City of London

Algorithms
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Algorithms in the City of London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Algorithms in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Algorithms in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Algorithms in the City of London

Algorithms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (4.17%) AWS
1 1 (4.17%) Azure
1 1 (4.17%) ChatGPT
1 1 (4.17%) dbt
1 1 (4.17%) GCP
1 1 (4.17%) GitHub
1 1 (4.17%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (4.17%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (33.33%) MongoDB
2 1 (4.17%) BigQuery
2 1 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.17%) KDB
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Cucumber
1 2 (8.33%) Git
1 2 (8.33%) Selenium
General
1 14 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 12 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (25.00%) Finance
4 4 (16.67%) Banking
5 3 (12.50%) Front Office
5 3 (12.50%) Investment Banking
6 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
7 1 (4.17%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 10 (41.67%) Developer
2 7 (29.17%) Site Engineer
2 7 (29.17%) Site Reliability Engineer
3 6 (25.00%) Python Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) Quantitative Developer
5 3 (12.50%) Java Engineer
6 2 (8.33%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 2 (8.33%) C# Developer
6 2 (8.33%) C# Quant Developer
6 2 (8.33%) Data Engineer
6 2 (8.33%) Data Scientist
6 2 (8.33%) Machine Learning Engineer
6 2 (8.33%) Python Developer
6 2 (8.33%) Test Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
7 1 (4.17%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
7 1 (4.17%) Business Architect
7 1 (4.17%) Consultant
7 1 (4.17%) KDB Developer
7 1 (4.17%) Scala Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (29.17%) Kafka
1 7 (29.17%) RabbitMQ
1 7 (29.17%) RESTful
2 2 (8.33%) Matplotlib
2 2 (8.33%) NumPy
2 2 (8.33%) Pandas
3 1 (4.17%) PyTorch
3 1 (4.17%) scikit-learn
3 1 (4.17%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 8 (33.33%) Data Structures
2 7 (29.17%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (12.50%) Equities
3 3 (12.50%) Fixed Income
3 3 (12.50%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (8.33%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 7 (29.17%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (41.67%) CI/CD
3 8 (33.33%) DevOps
4 7 (29.17%) Analytical Thinking
4 7 (29.17%) Machine Learning
4 7 (29.17%) Microservices
4 7 (29.17%) Site Reliability Engineering
4 7 (29.17%) Task Automation
5 6 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 5 (20.83%) Analytics
6 5 (20.83%) Computer Science
6 5 (20.83%) Data Analysis
6 5 (20.83%) Data Science
6 5 (20.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 4 (16.67%) Data Modelling
7 4 (16.67%) Mathematics
7 4 (16.67%) Test Automation
8 3 (12.50%) Algorithmic Trading
8 3 (12.50%) Software Architecture
8 3 (12.50%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 15 (62.50%) Python
2 13 (54.17%) Java
3 7 (29.17%) C++
3 7 (29.17%) Shell Script
4 5 (20.83%) Go
5 3 (12.50%) C#
5 3 (12.50%) Scala
6 2 (8.33%) JavaScript
7 1 (4.17%) R
7 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) Degree
2 3 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (12.50%) Master's Degree
3 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.17%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 7 (29.17%) Apache ZooKeeper
2 1 (4.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (29.17%) Consul
1 7 (29.17%) Grafana
1 7 (29.17%) Kubernetes
1 7 (29.17%) Prometheus
2 1 (4.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (29.17%) Microsoft
1 7 (29.17%) SaltStack