Algorithms Contract Job Trends in England

Algorithms
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Algorithms in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Algorithms over the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 339 272 264
Rank change year-on-year -67 -8 +6
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 279 230 326
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.65% 0.93% 0.87%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.00% 2.70% 2.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 156 214
10th Percentile £195 £413 £391
25th Percentile £425 £505 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £575
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% -3.16%
75th Percentile £701 £728 £769
90th Percentile £853 £850 £853
UK median daily rate £550 £613 £561
% change year-on-year -10.20% +9.13% -6.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 23 47
10th Percentile £53.53 £22.14 £41.25
25th Percentile - £28.75 £52.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £72.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +31.82% +150.00%
75th Percentile £69.38 £76.85 £58.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £88.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +5.69% +11.82% +150.00%

All Generic Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,933 8,524 11,396
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.53% 34.52% 30.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,705 5,493 7,327
10th Percentile £316 £300 £275
25th Percentile £415 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.57%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £518 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.43% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 751 378 851
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.84 £12.25
25th Percentile £21.14 £21.00 £15.39
Median hourly rate £42.50 £33.91 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.33% -7.10% +62.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £85.50 £82.77 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £41.93 £33.05 £35.58
% change year-on-year +26.87% -7.10% +58.22%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Algorithms relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Algorithms job vacancy trend in England

Algorithms
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Algorithms.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Algorithms

Algorithms
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Algorithms in England over the 6 months to 15 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Algorithms in England

Algorithms
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Algorithms.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Algorithms

Algorithms
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Algorithms in England over the 6 months to 15 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Algorithms in England

Algorithms
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Algorithms within the England region over the 6 months to 15 June 2026. 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
London -59 148 £625 -3.85% 174
South West +8 49 £500 -9.09% 48
South East -46 38 £525 - 74
East of England -42 16 £215 -66.92% 59
North of England -79 15 £215 -64.12% 51
Yorkshire -44 10 £215 -64.12% 11
Midlands -53 7 £463 +63.14% 23
West Midlands -56 6 £463 - 13
North West -51 5 £355 -36.89% 26
East Midlands -25 1 - - 10
Algorithms
UK

Algorithms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 11 (3.94%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (2.87%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.15%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.36%) Apache
4 1 (0.36%) Confluence
4 1 (0.36%) Ethereum
4 1 (0.36%) IIS
4 1 (0.36%) SAS
4 1 (0.36%) Solana
Applications
1 8 (2.87%) CPLEX
2 7 (2.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.08%) LaTeX
4 3 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.72%) Simulink
6 1 (0.36%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (3.23%) SAP IBP
2 7 (2.51%) ProductWriter
3 3 (1.08%) Bloomberg AIM
3 3 (1.08%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.36%) SAP APO
4 1 (0.36%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 42 (15.05%) AWS
2 39 (13.98%) Azure
3 23 (8.24%) GCP
4 10 (3.58%) Power Platform
5 8 (2.87%) Dagster
5 8 (2.87%) GitHub
5 8 (2.87%) GitHub Actions
6 6 (2.15%) Amazon SageMaker
6 6 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (1.79%) Vertex AI
8 4 (1.43%) Amazon ECS
8 4 (1.43%) Amazon EKS
9 3 (1.08%) Amazon S3
9 3 (1.08%) dbt
9 3 (1.08%) Google Gemini
10 2 (0.72%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.72%) Azure AI
10 2 (0.72%) Azure Machine Learning
10 2 (0.72%) Google Ads
10 2 (0.72%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.94%) HTTP
2 6 (2.15%) Multicast
3 5 (1.79%) BIG-IP
3 5 (1.79%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 5 (1.79%) Firewall
3 5 (1.79%) Network Security
3 5 (1.79%) SSL
4 4 (1.43%) HTTPS
5 3 (1.08%) DNS
5 3 (1.08%) Reverse Proxy
5 3 (1.08%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.72%) BGP
6 2 (0.72%) Ethernet VPN
6 2 (0.72%) IPsec
6 2 (0.72%) MPLS
6 2 (0.72%) OSPF
6 2 (0.72%) S/MIME
6 2 (0.72%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.72%) VPN
6 2 (0.72%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.30%) NoSQL
1 12 (4.30%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (3.58%) Power BI
3 9 (3.23%) Big Data
4 8 (2.87%) MongoDB
4 8 (2.87%) SQL Server
5 7 (2.51%) KDB
6 6 (2.15%) Tableau
7 5 (1.79%) Hadoop
7 5 (1.79%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.08%) Neo4j
8 3 (1.08%) Redis
9 2 (0.72%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.72%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.72%) Kdb+
9 2 (0.72%) Spark SQL
9 2 (0.72%) TigerGraph
10 1 (0.36%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.36%) SAP BW
10 1 (0.36%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 23 (8.24%) Git
2 12 (4.30%) GitLab
3 5 (1.79%) MLflow
4 3 (1.08%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.72%) Gradle
5 2 (0.72%) JUnit
5 2 (0.72%) Maven
5 2 (0.72%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.36%) Ant
6 1 (0.36%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.36%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.36%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.36%) JIRA
6 1 (0.36%) JMeter
6 1 (0.36%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.36%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.36%) Selenium
6 1 (0.36%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.36%) webpack
General
1 53 (19.00%) Analytical Skills
2 48 (17.20%) Social Skills
3 38 (13.62%) Finance
4 33 (11.83%) Banking
5 21 (7.53%) Front Office
6 18 (6.45%) Investment Banking
7 9 (3.23%) Public Sector
8 8 (2.87%) Law
9 7 (2.51%) Aerospace
10 5 (1.79%) Aviation
11 4 (1.43%) Electronics
11 4 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.43%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.08%) Marketing
12 3 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.08%) Retail
13 2 (0.72%) Advertising
13 2 (0.72%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 72 (25.81%) Developer
2 63 (22.58%) Software Engineer
3 44 (15.77%) Senior
4 31 (11.11%) Algorithm Engineer
4 31 (11.11%) Data Scientist
5 20 (7.17%) Python Developer
6 18 (6.45%) Java Developer
7 14 (5.02%) Architect
7 14 (5.02%) C++ Software Engineer
8 13 (4.66%) Senior Developer
9 12 (4.30%) Consultant
10 11 (3.94%) C++ Developer
10 11 (3.94%) Senior Software Engineer
11 10 (3.58%) Quantitative Developer
12 8 (2.87%) Lead
12 8 (2.87%) SAP Consultant
13 7 (2.51%) Applications Engineer
13 7 (2.51%) Senior Java Developer
13 7 (2.51%) Solutions Architect
14 6 (2.15%) Integration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (8.60%) PyTorch
2 23 (8.24%) scikit-learn
3 22 (7.89%) FIX Protocol
3 22 (7.89%) TensorFlow
4 20 (7.17%) Pandas
5 17 (6.09%) Kafka
5 17 (6.09%) NumPy
6 14 (5.02%) React
7 10 (3.58%) RESTful
7 10 (3.58%) Spring
7 10 (3.58%) Spring Boot
8 8 (2.87%) FastAPI
8 8 (2.87%) RabbitMQ
8 8 (2.87%) REST
8 8 (2.87%) WebSockets
9 7 (2.51%) Hugging Face
9 7 (2.51%) LangChain
9 7 (2.51%) OpenAPI
9 7 (2.51%) Seaborn
9 7 (2.51%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 50 (17.92%) Data Structures
2 33 (11.83%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (6.81%) Equities
4 17 (6.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 16 (5.73%) Derivative
6 13 (4.66%) Cloud Native
7 11 (3.94%) Robotics
8 10 (3.58%) AI Agents
8 10 (3.58%) Product Ownership
9 7 (2.51%) PKI
10 6 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.43%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 4 (1.43%) Fixed Income
12 4 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (1.08%) Distributed Applications
13 3 (1.08%) Equity Derivative
13 3 (1.08%) FPGA
13 3 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
14 2 (0.72%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.23%) Linux
2 2 (0.72%) Windows
3 1 (0.36%) Android
3 1 (0.36%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.36%) Solaris
3 1 (0.36%) Unix
3 1 (0.36%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (32.97%) Software Engineering
2 85 (30.47%) Machine Learning
3 66 (23.66%) AI
4 63 (22.58%) CI/CD
5 59 (21.15%) Computer Science
6 50 (17.92%) Data Science
6 50 (17.92%) Problem-Solving
7 46 (16.49%) Analytics
8 37 (13.26%) Multithreading
9 34 (12.19%) Mathematics
10 33 (11.83%) Low Latency
11 31 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
12 30 (10.75%) Containerisation
13 27 (9.68%) Data Analysis
14 26 (9.32%) Validation
15 25 (8.96%) Full-Stack Development
15 25 (8.96%) LLM
16 24 (8.60%) Workflow
17 23 (8.24%) Electronic Trading
17 23 (8.24%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 120 (43.01%) Python
2 59 (21.15%) Java
3 45 (16.13%) SQL
4 37 (13.26%) C++
5 33 (11.83%) C#
6 28 (10.04%) MATLAB
7 21 (7.53%) Ada
7 21 (7.53%) TypeScript
8 11 (3.94%) Rust
9 10 (3.58%) PowerShell
9 10 (3.58%) R
10 8 (2.87%) C
10 8 (2.87%) JavaScript
11 7 (2.51%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.08%) Go
12 3 (1.08%) Scala
13 2 (0.72%) Bash
13 2 (0.72%) SPARQL
13 2 (0.72%) SystemVerilog
13 2 (0.72%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 44 (15.77%) Degree
2 34 (12.19%) Security Cleared
3 16 (5.73%) SC Cleared
4 13 (4.66%) Master's Degree
5 11 (3.94%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (3.23%) PhD
7 7 (2.51%) DBS Check
8 4 (1.43%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.08%) CISSP
9 3 (1.08%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (0.72%) CCDP
10 2 (0.72%) CCIE
10 2 (0.72%) CCIE Security
10 2 (0.72%) CESG Certified Professional
10 2 (0.72%) CHECK Team Leader
10 2 (0.72%) CISM
10 2 (0.72%) CREST Certified
10 2 (0.72%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.23%) Data Quality
2 8 (2.87%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.51%) QA
4 4 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.08%) NIST
6 2 (0.72%) DO-254
6 2 (0.72%) JSP 440
6 2 (0.72%) NCSC
6 2 (0.72%) RMADS
7 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.36%) GDPR
7 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 35 (12.54%) Docker
2 3 (1.08%) Firmware
3 2 (0.72%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.72%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.36%) Squid
Systems Management
1 19 (6.81%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.43%) Grafana
3 3 (1.08%) Kubeflow
4 2 (0.72%) Terraform
5 1 (0.36%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.36%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.36%) Istio
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle ZFS
5 1 (0.36%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (4.66%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.30%) IBM
3 11 (3.94%) Databricks
4 10 (3.58%) MathWorks
4 10 (3.58%) SAP
5 7 (2.51%) Google
5 7 (2.51%) Solace
6 6 (2.15%) IFS
7 5 (1.79%) F5
7 5 (1.79%) OpenAI
7 5 (1.79%) Oracle
8 3 (1.08%) AppDynamics
8 3 (1.08%) Bloomberg
8 3 (1.08%) Charles River
8 3 (1.08%) ION Trading
8 3 (1.08%) Splunk
9 2 (0.72%) Microsemi
9 2 (0.72%) Netskope
9 2 (0.72%) Thales
9 2 (0.72%) Zscaler