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 14 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 356 279 266
Rank change year-on-year -77 -13 +13
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 288 253 294
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.63% 0.92% 0.88%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.89% 2.58% 2.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 170 211
10th Percentile £192 £385 £375
25th Percentile £381 £463 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £700 £700 £775
90th Percentile £835 £850 £863
UK median daily rate £553 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +0.59% -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 25 27
10th Percentile £53.53 £22.23 £44.25
25th Percentile £65.00 £60.75 £47.75
Median hourly rate £70.00 £67.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% +21.82% +100.00%
75th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £88.75 £88.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £67.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +4.48% +27.62% +110.00%

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 15,266 9,798 10,257
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.48% 35.45% 30.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,367 6,191 6,654
10th Percentile £325 £306 £300
25th Percentile £425 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £679
90th Percentile £750 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 492 537
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.48 £12.90
25th Percentile £19.49 £18.87 £19.38
Median hourly rate £43.53 £31.50 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.21% -34.39% +12.28%
75th Percentile £70.00 £61.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.50 £29.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year +47.46% -34.44% +11.23%

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 14 August 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 14 August 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 14 August 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 -56 167 £675 +16.88% 361
South East -61 41 £500 - 92
South West -28 28 - - 44
North of England -58 20 £381 -36.50% 54
East of England -39 18 £200 -61.90% 66
North West -40 14 £398 -34.35% 29
Midlands -46 10 £306 -37.75% 34
West Midlands -50 7 £463 -19.57% 21
Yorkshire -35 6 £215 -64.12% 12
East Midlands -21 3 £180 -36.51% 13
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 10 (3.47%) Apache Spark
2 8 (2.78%) Confluence
3 7 (2.43%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.39%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.35%) Apache
5 1 (0.35%) CMS
5 1 (0.35%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.35%) IIS
5 1 (0.35%) SAS
5 1 (0.35%) Solana
Applications
1 9 (3.13%) CPLEX
2 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.04%) Simulink
3 2 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.35%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (3.13%) SAP IBP
2 6 (2.08%) ProductWriter
3 2 (0.69%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
4 1 (0.35%) Bloomberg AIM
4 1 (0.35%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.35%) SAP APO
4 1 (0.35%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 50 (17.36%) Azure
2 43 (14.93%) GCP
3 35 (12.15%) AWS
4 14 (4.86%) GitHub
5 8 (2.78%) Power Platform
6 7 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (1.74%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (1.74%) Google Gemini
8 4 (1.39%) Anthropic Claude
8 4 (1.39%) dbt
8 4 (1.39%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (1.39%) Vertex AI
9 3 (1.04%) Amazon SageMaker
9 3 (1.04%) AWS KMS
9 3 (1.04%) Azure AI
9 3 (1.04%) Azure Key Vault
9 3 (1.04%) Azure Machine Learning
9 3 (1.04%) Dagster
10 2 (0.69%) Amazon S3
10 2 (0.69%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.82%) HTTP
2 6 (2.08%) Multicast
3 4 (1.39%) HTTPS
3 4 (1.39%) SSL
4 3 (1.04%) BIG-IP
4 3 (1.04%) DNS
4 3 (1.04%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 3 (1.04%) Firewall
4 3 (1.04%) Network Security
4 3 (1.04%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.35%) Broadband
5 1 (0.35%) DMZ
5 1 (0.35%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.35%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.35%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.60%) NoSQL
2 18 (6.25%) MongoDB
3 14 (4.86%) Relational Database
4 11 (3.82%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (3.82%) SQL Server
5 8 (2.78%) Power BI
6 7 (2.43%) KDB
7 6 (2.08%) Big Data
7 6 (2.08%) RDBMS
8 5 (1.74%) Tableau
9 4 (1.39%) Data Mining
9 4 (1.39%) Hadoop
10 3 (1.04%) Neo4j
10 3 (1.04%) Redis
10 3 (1.04%) Spark SQL
11 2 (0.69%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.69%) Db2
11 2 (0.69%) Metadata
11 2 (0.69%) MySQL
11 2 (0.69%) TigerGraph
Development Applications
1 31 (10.76%) Git
2 17 (5.90%) GitLab
3 10 (3.47%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.43%) Claude Code
5 3 (1.04%) MLflow
6 2 (0.69%) JIRA
6 2 (0.69%) JMeter
6 2 (0.69%) Postman
6 2 (0.69%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.35%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.35%) Gradle
7 1 (0.35%) Hardhat
7 1 (0.35%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.35%) webpack
General
1 54 (18.75%) Finance
2 52 (18.06%) Social Skills
3 45 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (10.76%) Banking
5 15 (5.21%) Front Office
5 15 (5.21%) Investment Banking
6 14 (4.86%) Public Sector
7 11 (3.82%) Aerospace
8 9 (3.13%) Telecoms
9 7 (2.43%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.74%) Automotive
10 5 (1.74%) Electronics
10 5 (1.74%) Law
11 4 (1.39%) Advertising
11 4 (1.39%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.04%) Aviation
12 3 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.04%) Military
12 3 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 74 (25.69%) Developer
2 42 (14.58%) Senior
3 37 (12.85%) Software Engineer
4 30 (10.42%) Data Scientist
5 18 (6.25%) Java Developer
6 16 (5.56%) Algorithm Engineer
6 16 (5.56%) Python Developer
7 14 (4.86%) Consultant
8 13 (4.51%) C++ Software Engineer
9 12 (4.17%) Senior Developer
10 11 (3.82%) Architect
10 11 (3.82%) Data Engineer
10 11 (3.82%) Quantitative Developer
11 10 (3.47%) Lead
12 9 (3.13%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 9 (3.13%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 9 (3.13%) Machine Learning Engineer
13 8 (2.78%) SAP Consultant
13 8 (2.78%) Senior Java Developer
13 8 (2.78%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (9.03%) Kafka
2 21 (7.29%) React
3 19 (6.60%) PyTorch
4 18 (6.25%) FIX Protocol
4 18 (6.25%) JSON
5 17 (5.90%) Pandas
6 16 (5.56%) TensorFlow
7 15 (5.21%) scikit-learn
8 13 (4.51%) NumPy
9 12 (4.17%) RESTful
10 11 (3.82%) Spring
11 10 (3.47%) Redux
11 10 (3.47%) Spring Boot
12 9 (3.13%) AngularJS
12 9 (3.13%) FastAPI
12 9 (3.13%) RabbitMQ
13 8 (2.78%) Django
13 8 (2.78%) Flask
13 8 (2.78%) PySpark
13 8 (2.78%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 70 (24.31%) Data Structures
2 40 (13.89%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (6.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 18 (6.25%) Derivative
5 14 (4.86%) Cloud Native
6 13 (4.51%) AI Agents
7 12 (4.17%) Product Ownership
7 12 (4.17%) Robotics
8 9 (3.13%) Equities
9 6 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.39%) Augmented Reality
10 4 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.39%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (1.39%) Embedded Systems
10 4 (1.39%) Exotic Derivative
10 4 (1.39%) Fixed Income
10 4 (1.39%) IoT
10 4 (1.39%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.39%) OTC Derivatives
10 4 (1.39%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.04%) Linux
2 2 (0.69%) Windows
3 1 (0.35%) Android
3 1 (0.35%) Robot Operating System
3 1 (0.35%) Unix
3 1 (0.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (32.29%) Machine Learning
2 85 (29.51%) AI
3 84 (29.17%) Software Engineering
4 77 (26.74%) Computer Science
5 59 (20.49%) Problem-Solving
6 54 (18.75%) CI/CD
7 47 (16.32%) Data Science
8 45 (15.63%) Analytics
9 42 (14.58%) Mathematics
10 36 (12.50%) Agile
11 34 (11.81%) Validation
12 33 (11.46%) Low Latency
13 30 (10.42%) Data Pipeline
13 30 (10.42%) Multithreading
14 29 (10.07%) Containerisation
15 27 (9.38%) Microservices
16 26 (9.03%) Full-Stack Development
17 25 (8.68%) LLM
17 25 (8.68%) Observability
17 25 (8.68%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 120 (41.67%) Python
2 75 (26.04%) Java
3 53 (18.40%) SQL
4 35 (12.15%) C++
5 34 (11.81%) C#
6 28 (9.72%) JavaScript
7 20 (6.94%) TypeScript
8 16 (5.56%) PowerShell
9 14 (4.86%) MATLAB
10 12 (4.17%) Rust
11 11 (3.82%) R
12 9 (3.13%) Ada
13 5 (1.74%) Kotlin
14 4 (1.39%) C
14 4 (1.39%) Scala
15 3 (1.04%) Embedded C++
15 3 (1.04%) SPARQL
16 2 (0.69%) Go
17 1 (0.35%) Bash
17 1 (0.35%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 56 (19.44%) Degree
2 37 (12.85%) Security Cleared
3 24 (8.33%) SC Cleared
4 17 (5.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (5.21%) Master's Degree
6 13 (4.51%) PhD
7 12 (4.17%) DBS Check
8 11 (3.82%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.69%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.35%) CEH
10 1 (0.35%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.35%) CISSP
10 1 (0.35%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.35%) HNC
10 1 (0.35%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.51%) Data Quality
2 8 (2.78%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.74%) QA
4 4 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.04%) Automotive SPICE
5 3 (1.04%) NIST
5 3 (1.04%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.69%) GDPR
6 2 (0.69%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (0.69%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.35%) DO-254
7 1 (0.35%) MISRA
System Software
1 30 (10.42%) Docker
2 2 (0.69%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 1 (0.35%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.35%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (6.60%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.13%) Ansible
3 5 (1.74%) Kubeflow
4 3 (1.04%) Functional Safety
4 3 (1.04%) Terraform
5 2 (0.69%) Grafana
5 2 (0.69%) Istio
6 1 (0.35%) Kibana
6 1 (0.35%) logstash
6 1 (0.35%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 14 (4.86%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.51%) Databricks
3 10 (3.47%) SAP
4 8 (2.78%) Google
4 8 (2.78%) Solace
5 7 (2.43%) IBM
5 7 (2.43%) OpenAI
6 5 (1.74%) IFS
6 5 (1.74%) MathWorks
7 3 (1.04%) F5
7 3 (1.04%) Oracle
8 2 (0.69%) Duck Creek
8 2 (0.69%) Guidewire
8 2 (0.69%) Siemens
8 2 (0.69%) Splunk
9 1 (0.35%) AppDynamics
9 1 (0.35%) Botify
9 1 (0.35%) ClickSoftware Technologies
9 1 (0.35%) Microsemi
9 1 (0.35%) Xilinx