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 19 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 335 261 259
Rank change year-on-year -74 -2 +10
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 278 232 327
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.64% 0.93% 0.87%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.98% 2.69% 2.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 160 215
10th Percentile £196 £413 £393
25th Percentile £406 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £565
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +10.62% -5.64%
75th Percentile £700 £728 £775
90th Percentile £808 £850 £864
UK median daily rate £550 £613 £557
% change year-on-year -10.20% +10.06% -7.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 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 £70.00 £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 14,053 8,610 11,453
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.60% 34.62% 30.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,769 5,532 7,351
10th Percentile £313 £303 £275
25th Percentile £415 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.48%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £519 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.14% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 768 390 859
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.84 £12.25
25th Percentile £21.14 £20.07 £15.39
Median hourly rate £43.96 £33.89 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +29.73% -7.16% +62.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £86.52 £82.50 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £32.05 £35.65
% change year-on-year +37.16% -10.10% +58.55%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 -62 146 £625 -3.85% 91
South West +10 47 £500 -9.09% 36
South East -49 40 £525 - 62
North of England -68 18 £369 -38.48% 32
East of England -43 14 £185 -71.54% 46
Yorkshire -51 10 £215 -64.12% 5
North West -43 8 £374 -33.46% 17
Midlands -55 7 £463 +63.14% 20
West Midlands -55 6 £463 - 12
East Midlands -20 1 - - 8
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 (3.96%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (3.24%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.16%) Jupyter
4 3 (1.08%) Confluence
5 1 (0.36%) Apache
5 1 (0.36%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.36%) IIS
5 1 (0.36%) SAS
5 1 (0.36%) Solana
Applications
1 10 (3.60%) CPLEX
2 6 (2.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.44%) 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 (3.24%) SAP IBP
2 7 (2.52%) 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 43 (15.47%) Azure
2 42 (15.11%) AWS
3 25 (8.99%) GCP
4 10 (3.60%) Power Platform
5 8 (2.88%) Dagster
5 8 (2.88%) GitHub
5 8 (2.88%) GitHub Actions
6 7 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (2.16%) Amazon SageMaker
8 5 (1.80%) Vertex AI
9 4 (1.44%) Amazon ECS
10 3 (1.08%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (1.08%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.08%) Azure AI
10 3 (1.08%) dbt
10 3 (1.08%) Google Gemini
11 2 (0.72%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (0.72%) Azure Machine Learning
11 2 (0.72%) Google Ads
11 2 (0.72%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.96%) HTTP
2 6 (2.16%) Multicast
3 5 (1.80%) BIG-IP
3 5 (1.80%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 5 (1.80%) Firewall
3 5 (1.80%) Network Security
4 4 (1.44%) HTTPS
4 4 (1.44%) SSL
5 3 (1.08%) DNS
5 3 (1.08%) Reverse Proxy
5 3 (1.08%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.72%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.72%) Ethernet VPN
6 2 (0.72%) IPsec
6 2 (0.72%) LAN
6 2 (0.72%) S/MIME
6 2 (0.72%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.72%) VPN
6 2 (0.72%) VXLAN
6 2 (0.72%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.04%) NoSQL
1 14 (5.04%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (4.68%) MongoDB
3 10 (3.60%) Power BI
3 10 (3.60%) SQL Server
4 9 (3.24%) Big Data
4 9 (3.24%) Relational Database
5 7 (2.52%) KDB
6 6 (2.16%) Tableau
7 5 (1.80%) Hadoop
8 4 (1.44%) Neo4j
9 3 (1.08%) RDBMS
9 3 (1.08%) Redis
10 2 (0.72%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.72%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.72%) Kdb+
10 2 (0.72%) Spark SQL
10 2 (0.72%) TigerGraph
11 1 (0.36%) Power Query
11 1 (0.36%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 27 (9.71%) Git
2 13 (4.68%) GitLab
3 6 (2.16%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.16%) MLflow
4 3 (1.08%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.72%) Gradle
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%) Hardhat
6 1 (0.36%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.36%) JMeter
6 1 (0.36%) JUnit
6 1 (0.36%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.36%) Selenium
6 1 (0.36%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.36%) webpack
General
1 53 (19.06%) Analytical Skills
2 49 (17.63%) Social Skills
3 40 (14.39%) Finance
4 33 (11.87%) Banking
5 19 (6.83%) Front Office
6 17 (6.12%) Investment Banking
7 8 (2.88%) Law
7 8 (2.88%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.52%) Aerospace
9 5 (1.80%) Aviation
10 4 (1.44%) Electronics
10 4 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.44%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.08%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.08%) Marketing
11 3 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.08%) Retail
12 2 (0.72%) Advertising
12 2 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 72 (25.90%) Developer
2 61 (21.94%) Software Engineer
3 45 (16.19%) Senior
4 31 (11.15%) Algorithm Engineer
4 31 (11.15%) Data Scientist
5 21 (7.55%) Python Developer
6 17 (6.12%) Java Developer
7 14 (5.04%) Architect
8 13 (4.68%) C++ Software Engineer
8 13 (4.68%) Consultant
8 13 (4.68%) Senior Developer
9 11 (3.96%) Senior Software Engineer
10 9 (3.24%) C++ Developer
10 9 (3.24%) Lead
10 9 (3.24%) Quantitative Developer
11 8 (2.88%) SAP Consultant
12 7 (2.52%) Applications Engineer
12 7 (2.52%) Senior Java Developer
12 7 (2.52%) Solutions Architect
13 6 (2.16%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (8.99%) PyTorch
2 24 (8.63%) scikit-learn
3 23 (8.27%) Pandas
3 23 (8.27%) TensorFlow
4 22 (7.91%) Kafka
5 21 (7.55%) FIX Protocol
6 20 (7.19%) NumPy
7 14 (5.04%) React
8 12 (4.32%) RESTful
9 10 (3.60%) FastAPI
9 10 (3.60%) RabbitMQ
9 10 (3.60%) Spring
9 10 (3.60%) Spring Boot
10 9 (3.24%) Django
10 9 (3.24%) Flask
10 9 (3.24%) OpenAPI
10 9 (3.24%) Swagger
11 8 (2.88%) pytest
11 8 (2.88%) REST
11 8 (2.88%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 55 (19.78%) Data Structures
2 33 (11.87%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (6.12%) Equities
4 16 (5.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 15 (5.40%) Derivative
6 14 (5.04%) Cloud Native
7 10 (3.60%) AI Agents
7 10 (3.60%) Product Ownership
8 9 (3.24%) Robotics
9 6 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (2.16%) PKI
10 4 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.44%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.08%) Distributed Applications
11 3 (1.08%) Fixed Income
11 3 (1.08%) FPGA
11 3 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.08%) Reference Data
12 2 (0.72%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.16%) 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 91 (32.73%) Software Engineering
2 84 (30.22%) Machine Learning
3 69 (24.82%) AI
4 61 (21.94%) CI/CD
5 59 (21.22%) Computer Science
6 52 (18.71%) Problem-Solving
7 51 (18.35%) Data Science
8 47 (16.91%) Analytics
9 35 (12.59%) Mathematics
10 34 (12.23%) Data Pipeline
10 34 (12.23%) Multithreading
11 32 (11.51%) Containerisation
12 31 (11.15%) Low Latency
13 28 (10.07%) Data Analysis
14 26 (9.35%) LLM
14 26 (9.35%) Validation
15 25 (8.99%) Full-Stack Development
15 25 (8.99%) Performance Optimisation
16 24 (8.63%) Agile
16 24 (8.63%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 120 (43.17%) Python
2 58 (20.86%) Java
3 48 (17.27%) SQL
4 34 (12.23%) C#
5 33 (11.87%) C++
6 28 (10.07%) MATLAB
7 21 (7.55%) Ada
7 21 (7.55%) TypeScript
8 12 (4.32%) PowerShell
9 11 (3.96%) Rust
10 10 (3.60%) R
11 9 (3.24%) JavaScript
12 8 (2.88%) C
13 7 (2.52%) Kotlin
14 3 (1.08%) Go
14 3 (1.08%) Scala
14 3 (1.08%) SPARQL
15 2 (0.72%) SystemVerilog
15 2 (0.72%) Tcl
16 1 (0.36%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 44 (15.83%) Degree
2 33 (11.87%) Security Cleared
3 15 (5.40%) SC Cleared
4 14 (5.04%) Master's Degree
5 11 (3.96%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (3.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (3.24%) PhD
7 7 (2.52%) DBS Check
8 4 (1.44%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.08%) CISSP
10 2 (0.72%) CCDP
10 2 (0.72%) CCIE
10 2 (0.72%) CESG Certified Professional
10 2 (0.72%) CHECK Team Leader
10 2 (0.72%) CISM
10 2 (0.72%) GIAC
10 2 (0.72%) HNC
10 2 (0.72%) HND
10 2 (0.72%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.24%) Data Quality
2 8 (2.88%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.52%) QA
4 4 (1.44%) 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 (12.59%) Docker
2 3 (1.08%) Firmware
3 2 (0.72%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.36%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 20 (7.19%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.08%) Ansible
2 3 (1.08%) Grafana
2 3 (1.08%) Kubeflow
3 1 (0.36%) Data Guard
3 1 (0.36%) HP Fortify
3 1 (0.36%) Istio
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle ZFS
3 1 (0.36%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (5.04%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.32%) Databricks
2 12 (4.32%) IBM
3 10 (3.60%) MathWorks
3 10 (3.60%) SAP
4 7 (2.52%) Google
5 6 (2.16%) IFS
5 6 (2.16%) OpenAI
5 6 (2.16%) Solace
6 5 (1.80%) F5
7 4 (1.44%) Oracle
8 3 (1.08%) AppDynamics
8 3 (1.08%) Bloomberg
8 3 (1.08%) Charles River
8 3 (1.08%) Splunk
9 2 (0.72%) Microsemi
9 2 (0.72%) Netskope
9 2 (0.72%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.72%) Thales
9 2 (0.72%) Zscaler