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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 357 263 278
Rank change year-on-year -94 +15 -4
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 287 264 277
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.63% 0.95% 0.83%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.89% 2.71% 2.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 175 196
10th Percentile £194 £385 £376
25th Percentile £383 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £700 £705 £775
90th Percentile £838 £850 £869
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £591
% change year-on-year - -6.98% -1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 26 27
10th Percentile £53.53 £22.28 £40.95
25th Percentile - £57.38 £46.88
Median hourly rate £65.00 £67.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.99% +21.82% +100.00%
75th Percentile £72.81 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £88.75 £88.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £67.00 £51.25
% change year-on-year -2.99% +30.73% +127.78%

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 15,148 9,746 10,319
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.40% 35.09% 30.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,330 6,154 6,740
10th Percentile £320 £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 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 872 484 552
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.48 £12.50
25th Percentile £20.82 £18.87 £18.35
Median hourly rate £43.96 £31.78 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +38.35% -33.11% +17.02%
75th Percentile £70.00 £60.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £29.50 £44.74
% change year-on-year +49.02% -34.06% +19.31%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 -53 167 £667 +16.04% 264
South East -61 42 £500 - 77
South West -20 29 - - 31
North of England -67 19 £398 -31.53% 42
East of England -37 16 £200 -61.90% 60
North West -52 13 £415 -26.22% 20
Midlands -44 10 £306 -37.75% 26
West Midlands -56 7 £463 -19.57% 9
Yorkshire -42 6 £215 -64.12% 9
East Midlands -16 3 £180 -36.51% 17
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 9 (3.14%) Apache Airflow
1 9 (3.14%) Apache Spark
2 8 (2.79%) Confluence
3 3 (1.05%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.70%) Apache
5 1 (0.35%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.35%) IIS
5 1 (0.35%) SAS
5 1 (0.35%) Solana
Applications
1 10 (3.48%) CPLEX
2 4 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.70%) Simulink
3 2 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.35%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (3.14%) SAP IBP
2 7 (2.44%) ProductWriter
3 2 (0.70%) Bloomberg AIM
3 2 (0.70%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.70%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
4 1 (0.35%) SAP APO
4 1 (0.35%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 51 (17.77%) Azure
2 42 (14.63%) AWS
3 36 (12.54%) GCP
4 16 (5.57%) GitHub
5 9 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (2.44%) Power Platform
7 6 (2.09%) GitHub Actions
7 6 (2.09%) Google Gemini
8 5 (1.74%) Dagster
9 4 (1.39%) Amazon ECS
9 4 (1.39%) Amazon SageMaker
9 4 (1.39%) Anthropic Claude
9 4 (1.39%) Vertex AI
10 3 (1.05%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.05%) AWS KMS
10 3 (1.05%) Azure AI
10 3 (1.05%) Azure Key Vault
10 3 (1.05%) Azure Machine Learning
10 3 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (1.05%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.83%) HTTP
2 6 (2.09%) Multicast
3 4 (1.39%) HTTPS
3 4 (1.39%) SSL
4 3 (1.05%) BIG-IP
4 3 (1.05%) DNS
4 3 (1.05%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 3 (1.05%) Firewall
4 3 (1.05%) Network Security
4 3 (1.05%) 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 (6.62%) MongoDB
2 17 (5.92%) NoSQL
3 15 (5.23%) Relational Database
4 14 (4.88%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (4.53%) SQL Server
6 7 (2.44%) Big Data
6 7 (2.44%) KDB
6 7 (2.44%) Power BI
7 6 (2.09%) RDBMS
8 4 (1.39%) Hadoop
8 4 (1.39%) Neo4j
8 4 (1.39%) Tableau
9 3 (1.05%) Data Mining
9 3 (1.05%) Redis
9 3 (1.05%) Spark SQL
10 2 (0.70%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.70%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.70%) Couchbase
10 2 (0.70%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.70%) Db2
Development Applications
1 34 (11.85%) Git
2 17 (5.92%) GitLab
3 11 (3.83%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.44%) Claude Code
5 4 (1.39%) MLflow
6 2 (0.70%) JIRA
6 2 (0.70%) JMeter
6 2 (0.70%) Postman
6 2 (0.70%) 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%) Selenium
7 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.35%) webpack
General
1 55 (19.16%) Social Skills
2 51 (17.77%) Analytical Skills
2 51 (17.77%) Finance
3 33 (11.50%) Banking
4 17 (5.92%) Front Office
4 17 (5.92%) Investment Banking
5 13 (4.53%) Public Sector
6 9 (3.14%) Aerospace
7 7 (2.44%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.09%) Law
9 5 (1.74%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.39%) Aviation
10 4 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.05%) Electronics
11 3 (1.05%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.05%) Marketing
11 3 (1.05%) Military
11 3 (1.05%) Retail
Job Titles
1 76 (26.48%) Developer
2 47 (16.38%) Senior
3 39 (13.59%) Software Engineer
4 35 (12.20%) Data Scientist
5 19 (6.62%) Java Developer
6 18 (6.27%) Python Developer
7 17 (5.92%) Algorithm Engineer
8 14 (4.88%) Consultant
8 14 (4.88%) Senior Developer
9 13 (4.53%) Architect
9 13 (4.53%) C++ Software Engineer
10 11 (3.83%) Data Engineer
10 11 (3.83%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 10 (3.48%) Lead
11 10 (3.48%) Quantitative Developer
12 9 (3.14%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 9 (3.14%) Senior Java Developer
12 9 (3.14%) Solutions Architect
13 8 (2.79%) Machine Learning Engineer
13 8 (2.79%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (10.45%) Kafka
2 22 (7.67%) PyTorch
2 22 (7.67%) React
3 19 (6.62%) FIX Protocol
3 19 (6.62%) JSON
3 19 (6.62%) Pandas
3 19 (6.62%) TensorFlow
4 17 (5.92%) scikit-learn
5 16 (5.57%) NumPy
6 13 (4.53%) RESTful
6 13 (4.53%) Spring
7 12 (4.18%) Spring Boot
8 10 (3.48%) FastAPI
8 10 (3.48%) RabbitMQ
9 9 (3.14%) Django
9 9 (3.14%) Flask
9 9 (3.14%) OpenAPI
9 9 (3.14%) Swagger
10 8 (2.79%) pytest
10 8 (2.79%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 72 (25.09%) Data Structures
2 40 (13.94%) Distributed Systems
3 22 (7.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 17 (5.92%) Cloud Native
4 17 (5.92%) Derivative
5 14 (4.88%) AI Agents
6 13 (4.53%) Product Ownership
7 10 (3.48%) Equities
8 7 (2.44%) Robotics
9 5 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.39%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.39%) Exotic Derivative
10 4 (1.39%) Fixed Income
10 4 (1.39%) OTC Derivatives
10 4 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.05%) Distributed Applications
11 3 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (1.05%) Reference Data
12 2 (0.70%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.05%) Windows
2 2 (0.70%) Android
2 2 (0.70%) Linux
3 1 (0.35%) Unix
3 1 (0.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (31.71%) Machine Learning
2 85 (29.62%) Software Engineering
3 84 (29.27%) AI
4 76 (26.48%) Computer Science
5 63 (21.95%) CI/CD
6 60 (20.91%) Problem-Solving
7 51 (17.77%) Data Science
8 48 (16.72%) Analytics
9 42 (14.63%) Mathematics
10 36 (12.54%) Agile
10 36 (12.54%) Containerisation
11 34 (11.85%) Low Latency
12 33 (11.50%) Multithreading
13 32 (11.15%) Microservices
14 31 (10.80%) Data Pipeline
15 29 (10.10%) DevOps
15 29 (10.10%) Observability
16 28 (9.76%) Full-Stack Development
16 28 (9.76%) Validation
17 27 (9.41%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 122 (42.51%) Python
2 73 (25.44%) Java
3 54 (18.82%) SQL
4 35 (12.20%) C#
5 29 (10.10%) C++
6 23 (8.01%) TypeScript
7 22 (7.67%) JavaScript
8 16 (5.57%) PowerShell
9 13 (4.53%) MATLAB
10 12 (4.18%) R
10 12 (4.18%) Rust
11 10 (3.48%) Ada
12 7 (2.44%) Kotlin
13 4 (1.39%) C
13 4 (1.39%) Go
13 4 (1.39%) Scala
14 3 (1.05%) SPARQL
15 1 (0.35%) Bash
15 1 (0.35%) Embedded C++
15 1 (0.35%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 54 (18.82%) Degree
2 36 (12.54%) Security Cleared
3 23 (8.01%) SC Cleared
4 16 (5.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (5.23%) Master's Degree
6 13 (4.53%) PhD
7 12 (4.18%) DBS Check
8 11 (3.83%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.35%) CEH
9 1 (0.35%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.35%) CISSP
9 1 (0.35%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.35%) HNC
9 1 (0.35%) HND
9 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.35%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.18%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.14%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.74%) QA
4 4 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.05%) NIST
5 3 (1.05%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.70%) GDPR
6 2 (0.70%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (0.70%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.35%) Automotive SPICE
7 1 (0.35%) DO-254
System Software
1 35 (12.20%) Docker
2 2 (0.70%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 1 (0.35%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.35%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 21 (7.32%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.14%) Ansible
3 4 (1.39%) Kubeflow
3 4 (1.39%) Terraform
4 3 (1.05%) Grafana
5 2 (0.70%) Istio
6 1 (0.35%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.35%) Kibana
6 1 (0.35%) logstash
6 1 (0.35%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 15 (5.23%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.88%) Databricks
3 10 (3.48%) SAP
3 10 (3.48%) Solace
4 9 (3.14%) Google
5 8 (2.79%) OpenAI
6 7 (2.44%) IBM
7 6 (2.09%) IFS
8 5 (1.74%) MathWorks
9 3 (1.05%) Duck Creek
9 3 (1.05%) F5
9 3 (1.05%) Guidewire
9 3 (1.05%) Oracle
9 3 (1.05%) Splunk
10 2 (0.70%) AppDynamics
10 2 (0.70%) Bloomberg
10 2 (0.70%) Charles River
10 2 (0.70%) Siemens
11 1 (0.35%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.35%) TIBCO