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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 321 261 251
Rank change year-on-year -60 -10 +22
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 291 219 333
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.71% 0.91% 0.91%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.22% 2.66% 2.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 143 217
10th Percentile £194 £438 £400
25th Percentile £393 £513 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £650 £595
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +9.24% -0.83%
75th Percentile £725 £725 £775
90th Percentile £888 £850 £875
UK median daily rate £550 £625 £589
% change year-on-year -12.00% +6.16% -3.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 21 50
10th Percentile £53.53 £22.72 £41.25
25th Percentile - £30.00 £52.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% +120.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £78.70 £65.75
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - +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 13,084 8,243 11,201
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.12% 34.06% 30.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,268 5,401 7,348
10th Percentile £312 £300 £270
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% -1.82% -3.51%
75th Percentile £626 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £509 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.14% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 666 328 820
10th Percentile £16.01 £16.67 £12.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £20.94 £15.17
Median hourly rate £46.00 £34.50 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +2.99% +48.99%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.50 £61.30
90th Percentile £88.00 £85.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £42.60 £32.05 £31.50
% change year-on-year +32.93% +1.75% +40.09%

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 15 May 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 15 May 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 15 May 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 -41 155 £638 -2.00% 95
South West +6 49 £500 -25.09% 31
South East -40 39 £550 +10.00% 69
East of England -39 21 £280 -56.92% 40
North of England -68 15 £215 -61.73% 35
Yorkshire -48 10 £215 - 12
West Midlands -56 6 £463 - 8
Midlands -63 6 £463 +560.71% 25
North West -46 5 £355 -36.18% 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 12 (4.12%) Apache Airflow
2 11 (3.78%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.06%) Jupyter
4 3 (1.03%) Apache
5 1 (0.34%) Confluence
5 1 (0.34%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.34%) Solana
Applications
1 11 (3.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.06%) CPLEX
3 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.03%) LaTeX
4 3 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.03%) Simulink
5 2 (0.69%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (3.09%) SAP IBP
2 7 (2.41%) ProductWriter
3 4 (1.37%) Bloomberg AIM
3 4 (1.37%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.34%) SAP APO
Cloud Services
1 47 (16.15%) AWS
2 40 (13.75%) Azure
3 21 (7.22%) GCP
4 10 (3.44%) Power Platform
5 9 (3.09%) Amazon SageMaker
6 8 (2.75%) Dagster
7 7 (2.41%) Amazon ECS
7 7 (2.41%) Amazon EKS
8 6 (2.06%) GitHub
8 6 (2.06%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (2.06%) Vertex AI
9 5 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.37%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (1.37%) Serverless
11 3 (1.03%) Amazon S3
11 3 (1.03%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (1.03%) dbt
11 3 (1.03%) Google Gemini
12 2 (0.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.69%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.09%) HTTP
2 6 (2.06%) Multicast
3 5 (1.72%) BIG-IP
3 5 (1.72%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 5 (1.72%) Firewall
3 5 (1.72%) Network Security
3 5 (1.72%) SSL
4 4 (1.37%) S/MIME
4 4 (1.37%) VPN
5 3 (1.03%) DNS
5 3 (1.03%) Ethernet
5 3 (1.03%) HTTPS
5 3 (1.03%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.69%) BGP
6 2 (0.69%) IPsec
6 2 (0.69%) LAN
6 2 (0.69%) MPLS
6 2 (0.69%) OSPF
6 2 (0.69%) Reverse Proxy
6 2 (0.69%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.78%) NoSQL
1 11 (3.78%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (3.44%) Power BI
3 8 (2.75%) Big Data
3 8 (2.75%) KDB
4 7 (2.41%) Relational Database
4 7 (2.41%) SQL Server
5 6 (2.06%) Hadoop
5 6 (2.06%) MongoDB
5 6 (2.06%) Tableau
6 4 (1.37%) Neo4j
7 3 (1.03%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.03%) Kdb+
7 3 (1.03%) Pinecone
7 3 (1.03%) TigerGraph
7 3 (1.03%) Weaviate
8 2 (0.69%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.69%) Spark SQL
9 1 (0.34%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 23 (7.90%) Git
2 12 (4.12%) GitLab
3 6 (2.06%) MLflow
4 3 (1.03%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.69%) Gradle
5 2 (0.69%) JUnit
5 2 (0.69%) Maven
5 2 (0.69%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.34%) Ant
6 1 (0.34%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.34%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.34%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.34%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.34%) JIRA
6 1 (0.34%) JMeter
6 1 (0.34%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.34%) Selenium
6 1 (0.34%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.34%) webpack
General
1 46 (15.81%) Social Skills
2 45 (15.46%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (13.06%) Finance
4 30 (10.31%) Banking
5 24 (8.25%) Front Office
6 17 (5.84%) Investment Banking
7 9 (3.09%) Public Sector
8 8 (2.75%) Aerospace
9 6 (2.06%) Aviation
10 5 (1.72%) Electronics
10 5 (1.72%) Law
11 4 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.37%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.03%) Games
12 3 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.03%) Retail
13 2 (0.69%) Advertising
13 2 (0.69%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.69%) Marketing
13 2 (0.69%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 76 (26.12%) Developer
2 61 (20.96%) Software Engineer
3 41 (14.09%) Senior
4 30 (10.31%) Algorithm Engineer
4 30 (10.31%) Data Scientist
5 25 (8.59%) Python Developer
6 18 (6.19%) Java Developer
7 17 (5.84%) Architect
8 14 (4.81%) C++ Developer
8 14 (4.81%) C++ Software Engineer
9 12 (4.12%) Consultant
10 11 (3.78%) Quantitative Developer
10 11 (3.78%) Senior Developer
11 10 (3.44%) Lead
11 10 (3.44%) Senior Software Engineer
12 9 (3.09%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 8 (2.75%) Robotics Engineer
13 8 (2.75%) SAP Consultant
14 7 (2.41%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 7 (2.41%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (8.25%) PyTorch
1 24 (8.25%) scikit-learn
2 23 (7.90%) FIX Protocol
3 22 (7.56%) TensorFlow
4 19 (6.53%) Pandas
5 16 (5.50%) NumPy
6 15 (5.15%) Kafka
7 14 (4.81%) React
8 10 (3.44%) Spring
8 10 (3.44%) Spring Boot
9 9 (3.09%) REST
10 8 (2.75%) Seaborn
11 7 (2.41%) FastAPI
11 7 (2.41%) Matplotlib
12 6 (2.06%) Django
12 6 (2.06%) Flask
12 6 (2.06%) JSON
12 6 (2.06%) RESTful
12 6 (2.06%) Ultra Messaging
12 6 (2.06%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 48 (16.49%) Data Structures
2 30 (10.31%) Distributed Systems
3 26 (8.93%) Equities
4 19 (6.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 18 (6.19%) Derivative
6 17 (5.84%) Robotics
7 10 (3.44%) Cloud Native
7 10 (3.44%) Product Ownership
8 9 (3.09%) AI Agents
9 8 (2.75%) PKI
10 7 (2.41%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (2.41%) Equity Derivative
10 7 (2.41%) Fixed Income
11 6 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.37%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 4 (1.37%) FPGA
12 4 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (1.37%) Smartcard
13 3 (1.03%) PCIe
13 3 (1.03%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.78%) Linux
2 2 (0.69%) Unix
3 1 (0.34%) Android
3 1 (0.34%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.34%) Solaris
3 1 (0.34%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (33.68%) Machine Learning
2 87 (29.90%) Software Engineering
3 71 (24.40%) AI
4 63 (21.65%) CI/CD
5 59 (20.27%) Computer Science
6 48 (16.49%) Data Science
7 45 (15.46%) Problem-Solving
8 44 (15.12%) Analytics
9 36 (12.37%) Mathematics
10 34 (11.68%) Low Latency
10 34 (11.68%) Multithreading
11 29 (9.97%) Containerisation
11 29 (9.97%) Data Pipeline
12 26 (8.93%) LLM
13 25 (8.59%) Agile
13 25 (8.59%) Data Analysis
13 25 (8.59%) Electronic Trading
13 25 (8.59%) Test Automation
14 24 (8.25%) Full-Stack Development
15 22 (7.56%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 125 (42.96%) Python
2 56 (19.24%) Java
3 47 (16.15%) SQL
4 39 (13.40%) C++
5 29 (9.97%) MATLAB
6 27 (9.28%) C#
7 21 (7.22%) Ada
8 18 (6.19%) TypeScript
9 9 (3.09%) R
10 8 (2.75%) C
10 8 (2.75%) JavaScript
11 7 (2.41%) Kotlin
11 7 (2.41%) Rust
12 6 (2.06%) PowerShell
13 3 (1.03%) Go
13 3 (1.03%) SystemVerilog
13 3 (1.03%) Tcl
14 2 (0.69%) Bash
14 2 (0.69%) SPARQL
15 1 (0.34%) Scala
Qualifications
1 45 (15.46%) Degree
2 38 (13.06%) Security Cleared
3 20 (6.87%) SC Cleared
4 14 (4.81%) Master's Degree
5 11 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (3.44%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (3.09%) PhD
8 7 (2.41%) Numerate Degree
9 6 (2.06%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.72%) CISSP
10 5 (1.72%) DBS Check
11 4 (1.37%) CISM
11 4 (1.37%) GIAC
12 3 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (1.03%) HNC
12 3 (1.03%) HND
13 2 (0.69%) CCDP
13 2 (0.69%) CCIE
13 2 (0.69%) CESG Certified Professional
13 2 (0.69%) CHECK Team Leader
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.75%) Data Quality
1 8 (2.75%) QA
2 7 (2.41%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.72%) NIST
4 3 (1.03%) DO-254
4 3 (1.03%) SLA
5 2 (0.69%) JSP 440
5 2 (0.69%) NCSC
5 2 (0.69%) RMADS
6 1 (0.34%) GDPR
6 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 33 (11.34%) Docker
2 4 (1.37%) Firmware
3 1 (0.34%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.34%) Squid
Systems Management
1 17 (5.84%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.06%) Grafana
3 5 (1.72%) Terraform
4 3 (1.03%) Kubeflow
5 2 (0.69%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.34%) Ansible
6 1 (0.34%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.34%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.34%) Istio
6 1 (0.34%) Kibana
6 1 (0.34%) logstash
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle ZFS
6 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (5.15%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.47%) IBM
3 12 (4.12%) Databricks
4 10 (3.44%) MathWorks
5 9 (3.09%) SAP
6 8 (2.75%) Google
7 7 (2.41%) Solace
8 5 (1.72%) F5
8 5 (1.72%) Oracle
9 4 (1.37%) AppDynamics
9 4 (1.37%) Bloomberg
9 4 (1.37%) Charles River
9 4 (1.37%) IFS
9 4 (1.37%) ION Trading
9 4 (1.37%) Splunk
9 4 (1.37%) Thales
10 3 (1.03%) Actel
10 3 (1.03%) Altera
10 3 (1.03%) Microsemi
10 3 (1.03%) OpenAI