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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 343 270 253
Rank change year-on-year -73 -17 +29
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 279 228 324
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.65% 0.93% 0.86%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.01% 2.70% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 155 212
10th Percentile £196 £413 £389
25th Percentile £427 £503 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £575
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% -0.65%
75th Percentile £706 £725 £775
90th Percentile £850 £850 £874
UK median daily rate £550 £613 £570
% change year-on-year -10.20% +7.46% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 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 13,865 8,458 11,393
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.51% 34.50% 30.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,678 5,459 7,367
10th Percentile £316 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.65%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £517 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.50% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 742 371 849
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.84 £12.25
25th Percentile £21.14 £20.64 £15.39
Median hourly rate £43.96 £33.91 £36.05
Median % change year-on-year +29.64% -5.92% +60.31%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £85.95 £84.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £33.05 £35.00
% change year-on-year +26.90% -5.57% +57.30%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 -56 148 £625 -3.85% 61
South West +11 49 £500 -9.09% 34
South East -56 39 £538 +4.88% 60
East of England -34 16 £215 -66.92% 39
North of England -75 14 £215 -64.12% 38
Yorkshire -44 10 £215 -64.12% 10
Midlands -61 7 £463 +63.14% 20
West Midlands -53 6 £463 - 11
North West -42 4 £355 -36.89% 18
East Midlands -25 1 - - 9
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 (3.94%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (2.87%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.15%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.36%) Apache
4 1 (0.36%) Confluence
4 1 (0.36%) Ethereum
4 1 (0.36%) IIS
4 1 (0.36%) Solana
Applications
1 8 (2.87%) CPLEX
2 7 (2.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.43%) 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 (3.23%) SAP IBP
2 7 (2.51%) ProductWriter
3 3 (1.08%) Bloomberg AIM
3 3 (1.08%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.36%) SAP APO
Cloud Services
1 41 (14.70%) AWS
2 38 (13.62%) Azure
3 21 (7.53%) GCP
4 9 (3.23%) Power Platform
5 8 (2.87%) Dagster
6 7 (2.51%) GitHub
6 7 (2.51%) GitHub Actions
7 6 (2.15%) Amazon SageMaker
7 6 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (1.79%) Vertex AI
9 4 (1.43%) Amazon ECS
9 4 (1.43%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (1.08%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.08%) dbt
10 3 (1.08%) Google Gemini
11 2 (0.72%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (0.72%) Azure AI
11 2 (0.72%) Azure Machine Learning
11 2 (0.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.72%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.94%) HTTP
2 6 (2.15%) Multicast
3 5 (1.79%) BIG-IP
3 5 (1.79%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 5 (1.79%) Firewall
3 5 (1.79%) Network Security
3 5 (1.79%) SSL
4 4 (1.43%) HTTPS
5 3 (1.08%) DNS
5 3 (1.08%) Reverse Proxy
5 3 (1.08%) S/MIME
5 3 (1.08%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.08%) VPN
6 2 (0.72%) BGP
6 2 (0.72%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.72%) IPsec
6 2 (0.72%) LAN
6 2 (0.72%) MPLS
6 2 (0.72%) OSPF
6 2 (0.72%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.30%) NoSQL
1 12 (4.30%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (3.23%) Power BI
3 8 (2.87%) Big Data
3 8 (2.87%) MongoDB
3 8 (2.87%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.51%) KDB
5 6 (2.15%) Tableau
6 5 (1.79%) Hadoop
6 5 (1.79%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.08%) Neo4j
8 2 (0.72%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.72%) Kdb+
8 2 (0.72%) Redis
8 2 (0.72%) Spark SQL
8 2 (0.72%) TigerGraph
9 1 (0.36%) Metadata
9 1 (0.36%) Pinecone
9 1 (0.36%) Power Query
9 1 (0.36%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 23 (8.24%) Git
2 11 (3.94%) GitLab
3 5 (1.79%) MLflow
4 2 (0.72%) Gradle
4 2 (0.72%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.72%) JUnit
4 2 (0.72%) Maven
4 2 (0.72%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.36%) Ant
5 1 (0.36%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.36%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.36%) IntelliJ
5 1 (0.36%) JIRA
5 1 (0.36%) JMeter
5 1 (0.36%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.36%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.36%) Selenium
5 1 (0.36%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.36%) webpack
General
1 51 (18.28%) Analytical Skills
2 48 (17.20%) Social Skills
3 36 (12.90%) Finance
4 32 (11.47%) Banking
5 21 (7.53%) Front Office
6 18 (6.45%) Investment Banking
7 9 (3.23%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.51%) Aerospace
8 7 (2.51%) Law
9 6 (2.15%) Aviation
10 4 (1.43%) Electronics
10 4 (1.43%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.08%) Marketing
11 3 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.08%) Retail
12 2 (0.72%) Games
12 2 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 70 (25.09%) Developer
2 63 (22.58%) Software Engineer
3 43 (15.41%) Senior
4 32 (11.47%) Data Scientist
5 31 (11.11%) Algorithm Engineer
6 20 (7.17%) Python Developer
7 17 (6.09%) Java Developer
8 15 (5.38%) Architect
9 14 (5.02%) C++ Software Engineer
10 12 (4.30%) Consultant
10 12 (4.30%) Senior Developer
11 11 (3.94%) C++ Developer
11 11 (3.94%) Senior Software Engineer
12 10 (3.58%) Quantitative Developer
13 8 (2.87%) Lead
13 8 (2.87%) SAP Consultant
14 7 (2.51%) Applications Engineer
14 7 (2.51%) Senior Data Scientist
14 7 (2.51%) Solutions Architect
15 6 (2.15%) SAP Integration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (8.24%) PyTorch
2 22 (7.89%) FIX Protocol
2 22 (7.89%) scikit-learn
3 21 (7.53%) TensorFlow
4 20 (7.17%) Pandas
5 17 (6.09%) NumPy
6 16 (5.73%) Kafka
7 14 (5.02%) React
8 10 (3.58%) Spring
8 10 (3.58%) Spring Boot
9 8 (2.87%) FastAPI
9 8 (2.87%) REST
9 8 (2.87%) RESTful
9 8 (2.87%) WebSockets
10 7 (2.51%) Django
10 7 (2.51%) Flask
10 7 (2.51%) OpenAPI
10 7 (2.51%) RabbitMQ
10 7 (2.51%) Seaborn
10 7 (2.51%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 48 (17.20%) Data Structures
2 31 (11.11%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (6.81%) Equities
4 18 (6.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 16 (5.73%) Derivative
6 12 (4.30%) Cloud Native
7 11 (3.94%) Robotics
8 10 (3.58%) AI Agents
8 10 (3.58%) Product Ownership
9 8 (2.87%) PKI
10 6 (2.15%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.43%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (1.43%) Fixed Income
11 4 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (1.08%) Equity Derivative
12 3 (1.08%) FPGA
12 3 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (1.08%) Smartcard
13 2 (0.72%) Exotic Derivative
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.23%) 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 (32.62%) Software Engineering
2 85 (30.47%) Machine Learning
3 67 (24.01%) AI
4 61 (21.86%) CI/CD
5 60 (21.51%) Computer Science
6 50 (17.92%) Data Science
7 49 (17.56%) Problem-Solving
8 46 (16.49%) Analytics
9 36 (12.90%) Mathematics
9 36 (12.90%) Multithreading
10 33 (11.83%) Low Latency
11 31 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
12 29 (10.39%) Containerisation
13 26 (9.32%) Data Analysis
13 26 (9.32%) Validation
14 25 (8.96%) Full-Stack Development
14 25 (8.96%) LLM
15 24 (8.60%) Workflow
16 23 (8.24%) Agile
16 23 (8.24%) Electronic Trading
Programming Languages
1 118 (42.29%) Python
2 57 (20.43%) Java
3 44 (15.77%) SQL
4 38 (13.62%) C++
5 33 (11.83%) C#
6 27 (9.68%) MATLAB
7 21 (7.53%) Ada
8 20 (7.17%) TypeScript
9 10 (3.58%) PowerShell
9 10 (3.58%) R
9 10 (3.58%) Rust
10 8 (2.87%) C
10 8 (2.87%) JavaScript
11 6 (2.15%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.08%) Scala
13 2 (0.72%) Bash
13 2 (0.72%) Go
13 2 (0.72%) SPARQL
13 2 (0.72%) SystemVerilog
13 2 (0.72%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 44 (15.77%) Degree
2 35 (12.54%) Security Cleared
3 16 (5.73%) SC Cleared
4 14 (5.02%) Master's Degree
5 11 (3.94%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (3.58%) PhD
7 7 (2.51%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.79%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.43%) CISSP
10 3 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.08%) CISM
10 3 (1.08%) GIAC
10 3 (1.08%) Numerate Degree
11 2 (0.72%) CCDP
11 2 (0.72%) CCIE
11 2 (0.72%) CCIE Security
11 2 (0.72%) CESG Certified Professional
11 2 (0.72%) HNC
11 2 (0.72%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.23%) Data Quality
2 8 (2.87%) Accessibility
2 8 (2.87%) QA
3 5 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.43%) NIST
5 2 (0.72%) DO-254
5 2 (0.72%) JSP 440
5 2 (0.72%) NCSC
5 2 (0.72%) RMADS
6 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.36%) GDPR
6 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 33 (11.83%) Docker
2 3 (1.08%) Firmware
3 2 (0.72%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.36%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.36%) Squid
Systems Management
1 17 (6.09%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.43%) 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
5 1 (0.36%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (5.02%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.30%) IBM
3 11 (3.94%) Databricks
4 10 (3.58%) MathWorks
5 9 (3.23%) SAP
6 7 (2.51%) Google
6 7 (2.51%) Solace
7 6 (2.15%) IFS
8 5 (1.79%) F5
8 5 (1.79%) Oracle
9 4 (1.43%) OpenAI
10 3 (1.08%) AppDynamics
10 3 (1.08%) Bloomberg
10 3 (1.08%) Charles River
10 3 (1.08%) ION Trading
10 3 (1.08%) Splunk
10 3 (1.08%) Thales
11 2 (0.72%) Actel
11 2 (0.72%) Altera
11 2 (0.72%) Palo Alto