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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 270 266
Rank change year-on-year -83 -4 -3
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 278 244 331
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.63% 0.94% 0.89%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.92% 2.69% 2.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 167 217
10th Percentile £198 £409 £400
25th Percentile £400 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £580 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +0.87% -3.97%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £775
90th Percentile £788 £850 £858
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £560
% change year-on-year -4.35% +2.68% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 23 48
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% +147.19%
75th Percentile £70.00 £76.85 £58.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £88.00 £72.50
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 14,462 9,081 11,465
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.93% 34.80% 30.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,975 5,799 7,386
10th Percentile £313 £305 £281
25th Percentile £415 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £659 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £825
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £539
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.51% -2.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 788 432 832
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.59 £12.25
25th Percentile £21.14 £19.00 £15.39
Median hourly rate £43.96 £32.95 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.43% -12.15% +57.63%
75th Percentile £70.00 £60.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £87.16 £80.90 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.50 £31.00 £36.05
% change year-on-year +40.32% -14.00% +60.20%

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 July 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 July 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 July 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 -65 150 £625 - 186
South West +2 42 - - 41
South East -48 42 £513 -2.38% 69
North of England -71 18 £415 -30.83% 43
East of England -39 14 £185 -66.36% 49
North West -46 11 £415 -26.22% 20
Yorkshire -47 7 £215 -64.12% 9
Midlands -59 7 £463 +63.14% 21
West Midlands -57 6 £463 - 10
East Midlands -17 1 - - 11
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 5 (1.80%) Confluence
4 4 (1.44%) Jupyter
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 4 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.72%) Simulink
5 1 (0.36%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.36%) LaTeX
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 44 (15.83%) Azure
2 43 (15.47%) 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%) Azure Machine Learning
10 3 (1.08%) dbt
10 3 (1.08%) Google Gemini
11 2 (0.72%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (0.72%) Google Ads
11 2 (0.72%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.96%) HTTP
2 6 (2.16%) Multicast
3 4 (1.44%) BIG-IP
3 4 (1.44%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 4 (1.44%) Firewall
3 4 (1.44%) HTTPS
3 4 (1.44%) Network Security
3 4 (1.44%) SSL
4 3 (1.08%) DNS
4 3 (1.08%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.72%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.72%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.36%) BGP
6 1 (0.36%) DMZ
6 1 (0.36%) LAN
6 1 (0.36%) MPLS
6 1 (0.36%) OSPF
6 1 (0.36%) S/MIME
6 1 (0.36%) SAN
6 1 (0.36%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.12%) MongoDB
2 15 (5.40%) NoSQL
3 14 (5.04%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (4.68%) SQL Server
5 12 (4.32%) Relational Database
6 10 (3.60%) Power BI
7 9 (3.24%) Big Data
8 7 (2.52%) KDB
9 6 (2.16%) Tableau
10 5 (1.80%) Hadoop
11 4 (1.44%) Neo4j
11 4 (1.44%) RDBMS
12 3 (1.08%) Redis
13 2 (0.72%) Apache Cassandra
13 2 (0.72%) Couchbase
13 2 (0.72%) Data Lake
13 2 (0.72%) Data Mining
13 2 (0.72%) Db2
13 2 (0.72%) Kdb+
13 2 (0.72%) TigerGraph
Development Applications
1 31 (11.15%) Git
2 15 (5.40%) GitLab
3 9 (3.24%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.16%) MLflow
5 5 (1.80%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.72%) Gradle
6 2 (0.72%) JMeter
6 2 (0.72%) Maven
6 2 (0.72%) Postman
6 2 (0.72%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.36%) Ant
7 1 (0.36%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.36%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.36%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.36%) JUnit
7 1 (0.36%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.36%) Selenium
7 1 (0.36%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.36%) webpack
General
1 54 (19.42%) Analytical Skills
2 53 (19.06%) Social Skills
3 40 (14.39%) Finance
4 34 (12.23%) Banking
5 19 (6.83%) Front Office
6 18 (6.47%) Investment Banking
7 9 (3.24%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.52%) Law
9 6 (2.16%) Aerospace
10 5 (1.80%) Aviation
11 4 (1.44%) Electronics
11 4 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.44%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.08%) Financial Institution
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%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 71 (25.54%) Developer
2 55 (19.78%) Software Engineer
3 42 (15.11%) Senior
4 33 (11.87%) Data Scientist
5 28 (10.07%) Algorithm Engineer
6 19 (6.83%) Python Developer
7 17 (6.12%) Java Developer
8 13 (4.68%) Architect
8 13 (4.68%) C++ Software Engineer
8 13 (4.68%) Consultant
9 12 (4.32%) Senior Developer
10 9 (3.24%) Lead
11 8 (2.88%) SAP Consultant
11 8 (2.88%) Senior Software Engineer
12 7 (2.52%) Applications Engineer
12 7 (2.52%) Data Engineer
12 7 (2.52%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 7 (2.52%) Quantitative Developer
12 7 (2.52%) Senior Java Developer
12 7 (2.52%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (9.35%) Kafka
1 26 (9.35%) PyTorch
2 24 (8.63%) scikit-learn
2 24 (8.63%) TensorFlow
3 23 (8.27%) Pandas
4 21 (7.55%) FIX Protocol
5 20 (7.19%) NumPy
6 16 (5.76%) React
7 13 (4.68%) RESTful
8 11 (3.96%) JSON
8 11 (3.96%) Spring
8 11 (3.96%) Spring Boot
9 10 (3.60%) FastAPI
9 10 (3.60%) RabbitMQ
10 9 (3.24%) Django
10 9 (3.24%) Flask
10 9 (3.24%) OpenAPI
10 9 (3.24%) REST
10 9 (3.24%) Swagger
11 8 (2.88%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 59 (21.22%) Data Structures
2 31 (11.15%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (5.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 13 (4.68%) Cloud Native
4 13 (4.68%) Derivative
4 13 (4.68%) Equities
5 11 (3.96%) AI Agents
5 11 (3.96%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.16%) Robotics
7 4 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.44%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 4 (1.44%) PKI
7 4 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.08%) Distributed Applications
8 3 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.08%) Fixed Income
8 3 (1.08%) FPGA
8 3 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.08%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.80%) 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 87 (31.29%) Software Engineering
2 86 (30.94%) Machine Learning
3 74 (26.62%) AI
4 61 (21.94%) CI/CD
4 61 (21.94%) Computer Science
5 53 (19.06%) Problem-Solving
6 52 (18.71%) Data Science
7 49 (17.63%) Analytics
8 35 (12.59%) Data Pipeline
9 33 (11.87%) Containerisation
10 32 (11.51%) Mathematics
10 32 (11.51%) Multithreading
11 30 (10.79%) Low Latency
12 29 (10.43%) Agile
12 29 (10.43%) Data Analysis
13 27 (9.71%) Full-Stack Development
13 27 (9.71%) LLM
14 26 (9.35%) DevOps
15 25 (8.99%) Performance Optimisation
16 24 (8.63%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 119 (42.81%) Python
2 61 (21.94%) Java
3 54 (19.42%) SQL
4 37 (13.31%) C#
5 30 (10.79%) C++
6 24 (8.63%) MATLAB
7 23 (8.27%) TypeScript
8 19 (6.83%) Ada
9 15 (5.40%) PowerShell
10 12 (4.32%) Rust
11 11 (3.96%) R
12 10 (3.60%) JavaScript
13 8 (2.88%) C
14 7 (2.52%) Kotlin
15 4 (1.44%) Go
15 4 (1.44%) Scala
16 3 (1.08%) SPARQL
17 2 (0.72%) SystemVerilog
17 2 (0.72%) Tcl
18 1 (0.36%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 46 (16.55%) Degree
2 32 (11.51%) Security Cleared
3 15 (5.40%) Master's Degree
3 15 (5.40%) SC Cleared
4 14 (5.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.96%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (3.24%) DBS Check
6 9 (3.24%) PhD
7 2 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.72%) CISSP
7 2 (0.72%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.72%) HNC
7 2 (0.72%) HND
8 1 (0.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.36%) CEH
8 1 (0.36%) CESG Certified Professional
8 1 (0.36%) CHECK Team Leader
8 1 (0.36%) CISM
8 1 (0.36%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.36%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.60%) Data Quality
2 8 (2.88%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.52%) QA
4 3 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.72%) DO-254
5 2 (0.72%) NIST
6 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.36%) GDPR
6 1 (0.36%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.36%) NCSC
6 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.36%) RMADS
System Software
1 36 (12.95%) 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 22 (7.91%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.16%) Ansible
3 3 (1.08%) 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
Vendors
1 14 (5.04%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.68%) Databricks
3 11 (3.96%) IBM
4 10 (3.60%) SAP
5 9 (3.24%) MathWorks
6 8 (2.88%) Google
7 7 (2.52%) Solace
8 6 (2.16%) IFS
8 6 (2.16%) OpenAI
9 4 (1.44%) F5
9 4 (1.44%) Oracle
10 3 (1.08%) AppDynamics
10 3 (1.08%) Bloomberg
10 3 (1.08%) Charles River
10 3 (1.08%) Splunk
11 2 (0.72%) Actel
11 2 (0.72%) Altera
11 2 (0.72%) ION Trading
11 2 (0.72%) Microsemi
11 2 (0.72%) Xilinx