Algorithms Contracts 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 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 270 266 261
Rank change year-on-year -4 -5 +47
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 245 331 462
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.92% 0.89% 0.96%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.66% 2.90% 2.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 216 318
10th Percentile £402 £400 £377
25th Percentile £500 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £578 £581 £588
Median % change year-on-year -0.65% -1.06% -16.07%
75th Percentile £725 £775 £800
90th Percentile £850 £869 £950
UK median daily rate £575 £563 £588
% change year-on-year +2.22% -4.34% -16.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 48 20
10th Percentile £22.14 £41.25 £19.00
25th Percentile £28.75 £52.50 £20.87
Median hourly rate £72.50 £55.00 £22.25
Median % change year-on-year +31.82% +147.19% -50.83%
75th Percentile £76.85 £58.75 £57.57
90th Percentile £88.00 £72.50 £63.17
UK median hourly rate £61.50 £55.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +11.82% +150.00% -51.11%

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 9,213 11,418 15,977
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.69% 30.68% 33.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,873 7,342 11,153
10th Percentile £305 £282 £313
25th Percentile £408 £415 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% +2.27%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £825 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 445 823 513
10th Percentile £15.49 £12.24 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.87 £15.39 £12.25
Median hourly rate £32.77 £37.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.61% +44.23% -1.46%
75th Percentile £59.00 £63.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £72.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £30.25 £36.02 £25.50
% change year-on-year -16.02% +41.26% -5.49%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Algorithms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Algorithms in England

Algorithms
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Algorithms in England.

Daily rate trend for Algorithms in England

Algorithms
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Algorithms in England over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Algorithms in England

Algorithms
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Algorithms in England.

Hourly rate trend for Algorithms in England

Algorithms
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Algorithms in England over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

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 July 2025. 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 -13 145 £625 -3.85% 730
East of England +45 31 £550 -1.35% 124
South East +50 30 £525 -12.50% 203
North of England -10 18 £600 +25.92% 114
North West +5 15 £563 +15.03% 69
South West +30 14 £550 +10.00% 57
Midlands +1 5 £284 -32.90% 61
East Midlands +3 4 £284 -31.27% 23
Yorkshire -6 2 £600 +50.00% 29
West Midlands -7 1 - - 34
North East - 1 £625 - 16
Algorithms
UK

Algorithms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 34 (13.88%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.63%) Apache
3 2 (0.82%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (0.82%) CMS
3 2 (0.82%) Confluence
4 1 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.41%) nginx
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.41%) SAS
4 1 (0.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (6.12%) Simulink
2 3 (1.22%) Stateflow
3 2 (0.82%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.41%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.41%) CPLEX
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.41%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.41%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.82%) Temenos T24
2 1 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 61 (24.90%) Azure
2 54 (22.04%) AWS
3 25 (10.20%) GCP
4 12 (4.90%) GitHub
5 10 (4.08%) Power Platform
6 9 (3.67%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (2.86%) GitHub Actions
7 7 (2.86%) Serverless
8 6 (2.45%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (1.63%) Anthropic Claude
9 4 (1.63%) Azure AI
9 4 (1.63%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (1.63%) Google Gemini
9 4 (1.63%) Snowflake
10 3 (1.22%) Amazon Cognito
10 3 (1.22%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.22%) Amazon SQS
10 3 (1.22%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (0.82%) Azure Functions
11 2 (0.82%) Dialogflow
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.67%) Ethernet
2 7 (2.86%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.63%) SSL
4 3 (1.22%) Firewall
4 3 (1.22%) HTTP
4 3 (1.22%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (1.22%) Multicast
5 2 (0.82%) X.509
6 1 (0.41%) Modbus
6 1 (0.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (12.24%) Hadoop
1 30 (12.24%) Tableau
2 25 (10.20%) Big Data
3 15 (6.12%) NoSQL
4 10 (4.08%) Power BI
5 8 (3.27%) Relational Database
6 7 (2.86%) GIS
7 6 (2.45%) Geospatial Data
7 6 (2.45%) Metadata
7 6 (2.45%) MongoDB
8 5 (2.04%) Apache Hive
8 5 (2.04%) KDB
8 5 (2.04%) QGIS
9 4 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.63%) Neo4j
10 3 (1.22%) DynamoDB
10 3 (1.22%) Sybase IQ
11 2 (0.82%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.82%) MemSQL
Development Applications
1 45 (18.37%) Git
2 11 (4.49%) Jenkins
3 9 (3.67%) Selenium
4 8 (3.27%) JUnit
5 7 (2.86%) JIRA
6 6 (2.45%) Bitbucket
6 6 (2.45%) Cypress.io
7 4 (1.63%) GitLab
7 4 (1.63%) Rational Statemate
8 3 (1.22%) Bitbucket Server
8 3 (1.22%) Mocha
8 3 (1.22%) Postman
8 3 (1.22%) TestNG
8 3 (1.22%) TestRail
8 3 (1.22%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (1.22%) WebDriver
8 3 (1.22%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.82%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.82%) Gradle
9 2 (0.82%) Mockito
General
1 102 (41.63%) Social Skills
2 89 (36.33%) Analytical Skills
3 76 (31.02%) Finance
4 32 (13.06%) Banking
5 25 (10.20%) Front Office
6 19 (7.76%) Financial Institution
7 14 (5.71%) Investment Banking
8 12 (4.90%) Public Sector
9 10 (4.08%) Telecoms
10 9 (3.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (3.67%) Manufacturing
11 8 (3.27%) Electronics
11 8 (3.27%) Pharmaceutical
11 8 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (2.86%) Games
13 6 (2.45%) Automotive
14 5 (2.04%) Back Office
14 5 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (2.04%) Retail
15 4 (1.63%) Police
Job Titles
1 86 (35.10%) Developer
2 37 (15.10%) Senior
3 24 (9.80%) Lead
4 23 (9.39%) Data Scientist
4 23 (9.39%) Python Developer
5 21 (8.57%) Software Engineer
6 17 (6.94%) Architect
7 16 (6.53%) Senior Developer
8 13 (5.31%) Data Science Developer
9 11 (4.49%) Quantitative Developer
10 9 (3.67%) Data Engineer
10 9 (3.67%) Java Developer
10 9 (3.67%) Principal Engineer
11 8 (3.27%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
11 8 (3.27%) Consultant
11 8 (3.27%) Security Architect
12 7 (2.86%) Analyst
12 7 (2.86%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 7 (2.86%) FPGA Engineer
12 7 (2.86%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (17.55%) TensorFlow
2 32 (13.06%) PyTorch
3 31 (12.65%) scikit-learn
4 27 (11.02%) Pandas
5 19 (7.76%) NumPy
6 15 (6.12%) HTML
7 14 (5.71%) Matplotlib
7 14 (5.71%) REST
7 14 (5.71%) Seaborn
8 13 (5.31%) CSS
9 11 (4.49%) PySpark
10 10 (4.08%) React
11 9 (3.67%) FIX Protocol
12 8 (3.27%) Node.js
13 7 (2.86%) .NET
13 7 (2.86%) Middleware
13 7 (2.86%) RESTful
14 6 (2.45%) Jest
14 6 (2.45%) jQuery
14 6 (2.45%) Play Framework
Miscellaneous
1 59 (24.08%) Data Structures
2 12 (4.90%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (4.49%) Hedge funds
4 10 (4.08%) Distributed Computing
4 10 (4.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 9 (3.67%) Cloud Native
5 9 (3.67%) FPGA
5 9 (3.67%) Verilog
6 8 (3.27%) Fixed Income
6 8 (3.27%) Product Ownership
6 8 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.86%) Derivative
7 7 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.45%) Equities
8 6 (2.45%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (2.45%) Management Information System
8 6 (2.45%) PCIe
8 6 (2.45%) PKI
9 5 (2.04%) Linux Command Line
9 5 (2.04%) VWAP
Operating Systems
1 29 (11.84%) Linux
2 7 (2.86%) Unix
3 6 (2.45%) Android
4 2 (0.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (44.49%) Machine Learning
2 91 (37.14%) Problem-Solving
3 90 (36.73%) Artificial Intelligence
4 72 (29.39%) Agile
4 72 (29.39%) Data Science
5 69 (28.16%) CI/CD
6 63 (25.71%) Computer Science
7 62 (25.31%) Analytics
8 57 (23.27%) Software Engineering
9 51 (20.82%) Visualisation
10 47 (19.18%) LLM
11 45 (18.37%) Mathematics
12 42 (17.14%) Decision-Making
13 36 (14.69%) Generative AI
14 34 (13.88%) DevOps
15 32 (13.06%) Data Analysis
16 30 (12.24%) SDLC
17 27 (11.02%) Statistical Modelling
18 26 (10.61%) Data Modelling
19 24 (9.80%) OO
Programming Languages
1 148 (60.41%) Python
2 62 (25.31%) SQL
3 51 (20.82%) Java
4 40 (16.33%) C++
5 32 (13.06%) R
6 26 (10.61%) JavaScript
7 18 (7.35%) MATLAB
8 16 (6.53%) C
9 14 (5.71%) C#
10 13 (5.31%) Scala
11 7 (2.86%) TypeScript
12 6 (2.45%) Kotlin
12 6 (2.45%) SystemVerilog
12 6 (2.45%) Tcl
13 5 (2.04%) Haskell
14 4 (1.63%) Go
14 4 (1.63%) Rust
14 4 (1.63%) Shell Script
14 4 (1.63%) T-SQL
15 3 (1.22%) Bash
Qualifications
1 65 (26.53%) Degree
2 35 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 33 (13.47%) Master's Degree
4 23 (9.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (8.16%) PhD
6 19 (7.76%) SC Cleared
7 6 (2.45%) HNC
7 6 (2.45%) HND
8 4 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.63%) CISM
8 4 (1.63%) CISSP
9 3 (1.22%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.22%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.82%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.82%) CREST Certified
10 2 (0.82%) GIAC
10 2 (0.82%) SANS
11 1 (0.41%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (9.39%) QA
2 17 (6.94%) Data Quality
3 16 (6.53%) GDPR
4 11 (4.49%) NIST
5 10 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (2.45%) DO-254
7 5 (2.04%) Accessibility
7 5 (2.04%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (1.63%) EU AI Act
8 4 (1.63%) Software Quality Assurance
9 3 (1.22%) AUTOSAR
10 2 (0.82%) FIPS 140-2
10 2 (0.82%) MISRA
10 2 (0.82%) MISRA C
10 2 (0.82%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.82%) PMO
10 2 (0.82%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.41%) IEC 61508
11 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 14 (5.71%) Docker
2 11 (4.49%) Firmware
3 2 (0.82%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (8.98%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.22%) Ansible
2 3 (1.22%) Terraform
3 2 (0.82%) Grafana
3 2 (0.82%) Kubeflow
3 2 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.41%) Kibana
4 1 (0.41%) logstash
4 1 (0.41%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 19 (7.76%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.31%) Databricks
3 9 (3.67%) Intel
4 8 (3.27%) Google
5 6 (2.45%) Actel
5 6 (2.45%) Altera
5 6 (2.45%) Microsemi
5 6 (2.45%) Xilinx
6 5 (2.04%) Oracle
7 4 (1.63%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.22%) Algorithmics
8 3 (1.22%) Duck Creek
8 3 (1.22%) Guidewire
9 2 (0.82%) Hotjar
9 2 (0.82%) OpenAI
9 2 (0.82%) OutSystems
9 2 (0.82%) QNX
9 2 (0.82%) SAP
9 2 (0.82%) Temenos
9 2 (0.82%) TikTok