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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 347 277 265
Rank change year-on-year -70 -12 0
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 281 258 285
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.62% 0.93% 0.85%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.85% 2.66% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 171 203
10th Percentile £193 £385 £378
25th Percentile £381 £463 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £700 £700 £775
90th Percentile £788 £850 £875
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £598
% change year-on-year - -7.95% -0.42%
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% +105.00%

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 15,191 9,714 10,325
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.37% 35.16% 30.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,338 6,140 6,710
10th Percentile £324 £306 £302
25th Percentile £425 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £680
90th Percentile £750 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 882 484 555
10th Percentile £15.52 £15.48 £12.50
25th Percentile £20.05 £18.87 £18.50
Median hourly rate £43.96 £31.78 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +38.35% -33.11% +11.76%
75th Percentile £70.00 £60.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £29.50 £44.39
% change year-on-year +49.02% -33.54% +10.98%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 -53 162 £667 +16.04% 355
South East -48 42 £500 - 92
South West -25 29 - - 48
North of England -65 19 £398 -31.53% 52
East of England -42 15 £200 -61.90% 82
North West -51 13 £415 -26.22% 28
Midlands -50 10 £306 -37.75% 32
West Midlands -52 7 £463 -19.57% 18
Yorkshire -43 6 £215 -64.12% 9
East Midlands -8 3 £180 -36.51% 14
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 (3.20%) Apache Spark
2 8 (2.85%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (2.85%) Confluence
3 3 (1.07%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.36%) Apache
4 1 (0.36%) Ethereum
4 1 (0.36%) IIS
4 1 (0.36%) SAS
4 1 (0.36%) Solana
Applications
1 10 (3.56%) CPLEX
2 4 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.36%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.36%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 9 (3.20%) SAP IBP
2 6 (2.14%) ProductWriter
3 2 (0.71%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
4 1 (0.36%) Bloomberg AIM
4 1 (0.36%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.36%) SAP APO
4 1 (0.36%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 51 (18.15%) Azure
2 40 (14.23%) AWS
3 38 (13.52%) GCP
4 16 (5.69%) GitHub
5 8 (2.85%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (2.49%) Power Platform
7 6 (2.14%) GitHub Actions
7 6 (2.14%) Google Gemini
8 5 (1.78%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (1.78%) Dagster
9 4 (1.42%) Amazon SageMaker
9 4 (1.42%) Anthropic Claude
9 4 (1.42%) Vertex AI
10 3 (1.07%) AWS KMS
10 3 (1.07%) Azure AI
10 3 (1.07%) Azure Key Vault
10 3 (1.07%) Azure Machine Learning
10 3 (1.07%) dbt
11 2 (0.71%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.71%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.91%) HTTP
2 6 (2.14%) Multicast
3 4 (1.42%) HTTPS
3 4 (1.42%) SSL
4 3 (1.07%) BIG-IP
4 3 (1.07%) DNS
4 3 (1.07%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 3 (1.07%) Firewall
4 3 (1.07%) Network Security
4 3 (1.07%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.36%) Broadband
5 1 (0.36%) DMZ
5 1 (0.36%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.36%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.76%) MongoDB
1 19 (6.76%) NoSQL
2 15 (5.34%) Relational Database
3 13 (4.63%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (4.27%) SQL Server
5 7 (2.49%) Big Data
5 7 (2.49%) KDB
5 7 (2.49%) Power BI
6 6 (2.14%) RDBMS
7 4 (1.42%) Data Mining
7 4 (1.42%) Hadoop
7 4 (1.42%) Neo4j
7 4 (1.42%) Tableau
8 3 (1.07%) Redis
8 3 (1.07%) Spark SQL
9 2 (0.71%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (0.71%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.71%) Couchbase
9 2 (0.71%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.71%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 35 (12.46%) Git
2 17 (6.05%) GitLab
3 10 (3.56%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.49%) Claude Code
5 4 (1.42%) MLflow
6 2 (0.71%) JIRA
6 2 (0.71%) JMeter
6 2 (0.71%) Postman
6 2 (0.71%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.36%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.36%) Gradle
7 1 (0.36%) Hardhat
7 1 (0.36%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.36%) webpack
General
1 52 (18.51%) Social Skills
2 51 (18.15%) Finance
3 48 (17.08%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (11.03%) Banking
5 16 (5.69%) Investment Banking
6 15 (5.34%) Front Office
7 14 (4.98%) Public Sector
8 11 (3.91%) Aerospace
9 9 (3.20%) Telecoms
10 7 (2.49%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.78%) Law
12 4 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.42%) Marketing
12 4 (1.42%) Retail
13 3 (1.07%) Aviation
13 3 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.07%) Financial Institution
13 3 (1.07%) Military
13 3 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.71%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 73 (25.98%) Developer
2 43 (15.30%) Senior
3 39 (13.88%) Software Engineer
4 34 (12.10%) Data Scientist
5 19 (6.76%) Java Developer
6 18 (6.41%) Python Developer
7 17 (6.05%) Algorithm Engineer
8 14 (4.98%) Consultant
9 13 (4.63%) Architect
9 13 (4.63%) C++ Software Engineer
9 13 (4.63%) Senior Developer
10 10 (3.56%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 10 (3.56%) Data Engineer
10 10 (3.56%) Lead
10 10 (3.56%) Quantitative Developer
11 9 (3.20%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 9 (3.20%) Senior Java Developer
11 9 (3.20%) Solutions Architect
12 8 (2.85%) Machine Learning Engineer
12 8 (2.85%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (9.61%) Kafka
2 22 (7.83%) React
3 21 (7.47%) PyTorch
4 18 (6.41%) FIX Protocol
4 18 (6.41%) JSON
4 18 (6.41%) Pandas
4 18 (6.41%) TensorFlow
5 17 (6.05%) scikit-learn
6 15 (5.34%) NumPy
7 13 (4.63%) RESTful
8 11 (3.91%) Spring
9 10 (3.56%) FastAPI
9 10 (3.56%) RabbitMQ
9 10 (3.56%) Redux
9 10 (3.56%) Spring Boot
10 9 (3.20%) AngularJS
10 9 (3.20%) Django
10 9 (3.20%) Flask
10 9 (3.20%) OpenAPI
10 9 (3.20%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 71 (25.27%) Data Structures
2 37 (13.17%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (7.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 17 (6.05%) Cloud Native
4 17 (6.05%) Derivative
5 14 (4.98%) AI Agents
6 13 (4.63%) Product Ownership
7 9 (3.20%) Equities
8 7 (2.49%) Robotics
9 6 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.78%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.42%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (1.42%) Exotic Derivative
11 4 (1.42%) OTC Derivatives
11 4 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (1.07%) Distributed Applications
12 3 (1.07%) Fixed Income
12 3 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (1.07%) Reference Data
13 2 (0.71%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.07%) Windows
2 2 (0.71%) Android
2 2 (0.71%) Linux
3 1 (0.36%) Unix
3 1 (0.36%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (32.03%) Machine Learning
2 83 (29.54%) Software Engineering
3 81 (28.83%) AI
4 74 (26.33%) Computer Science
5 58 (20.64%) CI/CD
5 58 (20.64%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (17.79%) Data Science
7 47 (16.73%) Analytics
8 43 (15.30%) Mathematics
9 38 (13.52%) Agile
10 33 (11.74%) Containerisation
11 32 (11.39%) Low Latency
12 31 (11.03%) Data Pipeline
13 30 (10.68%) Multithreading
14 28 (9.96%) DevOps
14 28 (9.96%) Full-Stack Development
14 28 (9.96%) Microservices
14 28 (9.96%) Validation
15 27 (9.61%) LLM
15 27 (9.61%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 121 (43.06%) Python
2 69 (24.56%) Java
3 53 (18.86%) SQL
4 35 (12.46%) C#
5 29 (10.32%) C++
6 24 (8.54%) JavaScript
7 21 (7.47%) TypeScript
8 16 (5.69%) PowerShell
9 12 (4.27%) MATLAB
9 12 (4.27%) R
9 12 (4.27%) Rust
10 10 (3.56%) Ada
11 6 (2.14%) Kotlin
12 4 (1.42%) C
12 4 (1.42%) Go
12 4 (1.42%) Scala
13 3 (1.07%) SPARQL
14 1 (0.36%) Bash
14 1 (0.36%) Embedded C++
14 1 (0.36%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 54 (19.22%) Degree
2 37 (13.17%) Security Cleared
3 24 (8.54%) SC Cleared
4 16 (5.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (5.34%) Master's Degree
6 13 (4.63%) PhD
7 12 (4.27%) DBS Check
8 10 (3.56%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.71%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.36%) CEH
10 1 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.36%) CISSP
10 1 (0.36%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.27%) Data Quality
2 7 (2.49%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.78%) QA
4 4 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.07%) NIST
5 3 (1.07%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.71%) GDPR
6 2 (0.71%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (0.71%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.36%) Automotive SPICE
System Software
1 35 (12.46%) Docker
2 2 (0.71%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 1 (0.36%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 21 (7.47%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.20%) Ansible
3 4 (1.42%) Kubeflow
3 4 (1.42%) Terraform
4 2 (0.71%) Grafana
4 2 (0.71%) Istio
5 1 (0.36%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.36%) Kibana
5 1 (0.36%) logstash
5 1 (0.36%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 15 (5.34%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.63%) Databricks
3 10 (3.56%) SAP
4 9 (3.20%) Google
5 8 (2.85%) OpenAI
5 8 (2.85%) Solace
6 7 (2.49%) IBM
7 6 (2.14%) IFS
8 5 (1.78%) MathWorks
9 3 (1.07%) F5
10 2 (0.71%) Duck Creek
10 2 (0.71%) Guidewire
10 2 (0.71%) Oracle
10 2 (0.71%) Siemens
10 2 (0.71%) Splunk
11 1 (0.36%) Ariba
11 1 (0.36%) Automation Anywhere
11 1 (0.36%) Botify
11 1 (0.36%) Pegasus
11 1 (0.36%) UiPath