Complexity Analysis Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Complexity Analysis (Analysis of Algorithms)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Complexity Analysis skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 128 151
Rank change year-on-year +8 +23 +41
Contract jobs citing Complexity Analysis 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.058% 0.047% 0.066%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.061% 0.052% 0.074%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £779
25th Percentile £931 £859 £784
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £963 £869 £813
Median % change year-on-year +10.82% +6.89% -
75th Percentile £994 £878 £834
90th Percentile - - £836
Central London median daily rate £963 £869 £813
% change year-on-year +10.82% +6.89% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Complexity Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,629 1,938 2,716
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.11% 91.94% 90.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,082 1,226 1,882
10th Percentile £320 £375 £363
25th Percentile £419 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £765 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £598
% change year-on-year -4.35% -3.77% +3.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 18 16
10th Percentile £17.08 £15.40 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.75 £20.88 £16.02
Median hourly rate £28.15 £32.75 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.05% +31.00% -41.52%
75th Percentile £56.75 £107.13 £44.87
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £60.88
Central London median hourly rate £28.33 £35.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -19.07% +34.62% -38.10%

Complexity Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Complexity Analysis in the City of London

Complexity Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Complexity Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Complexity Analysis

Complexity Analysis
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) KDB
1 1 (100.00%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Artifactory
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) QUnit
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 1 (100.00%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) KDB Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithmic Trading
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Flow Trading
1 1 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Quantitative Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Postgraduate
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Rundeck