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 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 266 256 272
Rank change year-on-year -10 +16 +47
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 228 334 474
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.93% 0.90% 0.95%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.74% 2.93% 2.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 218 316
10th Percentile £413 £400 £407
25th Percentile £508 £475 £487
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £593 £600
Median % change year-on-year +9.70% -1.25% -14.29%
75th Percentile £721 £775 £813
90th Percentile £850 £886 £988
UK median daily rate £600 £588 £625
% change year-on-year +2.13% -6.00% -7.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 50 23
10th Percentile £22.72 £41.25 £19.00
25th Percentile £33.75 £52.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £55.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +120.00% -44.44%
75th Percentile £75.00 £58.75 £60.36
90th Percentile £80.56 £65.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £53.75 £55.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -2.27% +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 8,318 11,399 16,828
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.11% 30.75% 33.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,434 7,492 11,667
10th Percentile £300 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £573
Median % change year-on-year - -3.93% +4.09%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £694
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 337 822 591
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.21 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £33.91 £31.75 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year +6.80% +41.21% -16.66%
75th Percentile £64.52 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.20 £70.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £30.14 £22.49
% change year-on-year +7.83% +34.04% -18.24%

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 7 May 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 7 May 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 7 May 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 -20 133 £650 - 784
East of England +40 28 £650 +67.74% 134
South East +41 24 £500 -16.67% 257
North of England +13 21 £556 +17.11% 109
North West +21 19 £550 +4.76% 52
South West +30 14 £668 +48.33% 86
Midlands +6 3 £70 -87.27% 65
East Midlands +12 2 £70 - 18
Yorkshire +5 1 - - 28
West Midlands +1 1 - - 46
North East - 1 £625 - 29
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 33 (14.47%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.75%) Apache
3 3 (1.32%) BizTalk Server
3 3 (1.32%) Confluence
4 2 (0.88%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.44%) SAS
5 1 (0.44%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (5.26%) Simulink
2 3 (1.32%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.44%) Siemens NX
3 1 (0.44%) SOLIDWORKS
3 1 (0.44%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 1 (0.44%) Oracle TCA
1 1 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 58 (25.44%) AWS
2 52 (22.81%) Azure
3 19 (8.33%) GCP
4 12 (5.26%) GitHub
5 10 (4.39%) Serverless
6 8 (3.51%) AWS Lambda
7 7 (3.07%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (3.07%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (2.19%) Azure Logic Apps
8 5 (2.19%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.75%) Amazon S3
9 4 (1.75%) Anthropic Claude
9 4 (1.75%) Azure AI
9 4 (1.75%) Azure Functions
9 4 (1.75%) Google Gemini
9 4 (1.75%) Snowflake
10 3 (1.32%) Amazon Cognito
10 3 (1.32%) Amazon SQS
10 3 (1.32%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 3 (1.32%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.63%) Ethernet
1 6 (2.63%) TCP/IP
2 5 (2.19%) SSL
3 4 (1.75%) Multicast
4 3 (1.32%) 802.11
4 3 (1.32%) Broadband
4 3 (1.32%) DHCP
4 3 (1.32%) DOCSIS
4 3 (1.32%) DSL
4 3 (1.32%) GPON
4 3 (1.32%) HTTP
4 3 (1.32%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (1.32%) IPv4
4 3 (1.32%) IPv6
4 3 (1.32%) PPP
4 3 (1.32%) S/MIME
4 3 (1.32%) VoIP
4 3 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.88%) X.509
6 1 (0.44%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (13.16%) Hadoop
2 29 (12.72%) Tableau
3 28 (12.28%) Big Data
4 8 (3.51%) KDB
5 6 (2.63%) Metadata
5 6 (2.63%) Relational Database
6 5 (2.19%) MongoDB
6 5 (2.19%) Power BI
7 4 (1.75%) Apache Hive
7 4 (1.75%) Data Mining
7 4 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.75%) Kdb+
7 4 (1.75%) Neo4j
8 3 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (1.32%) DynamoDB
8 3 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.88%) GIS
9 2 (0.88%) MySQL
9 2 (0.88%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 30 (13.16%) Git
2 6 (2.63%) Jenkins
2 6 (2.63%) JIRA
2 6 (2.63%) Selenium
3 5 (2.19%) Bitbucket
4 4 (1.75%) JUnit
5 3 (1.32%) Bitbucket Server
5 3 (1.32%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.32%) GitLab
5 3 (1.32%) Mocha
5 3 (1.32%) Postman
5 3 (1.32%) Rational Statemate
5 3 (1.32%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.88%) Eclipse
6 2 (0.88%) Gradle
6 2 (0.88%) NetBeans
7 1 (0.44%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.44%) Maven
7 1 (0.44%) Mockito
7 1 (0.44%) TeamCity
General
1 89 (39.04%) Social Skills
2 72 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
3 71 (31.14%) Finance
4 27 (11.84%) Banking
5 26 (11.40%) Front Office
6 16 (7.02%) Investment Banking
7 13 (5.70%) Financial Institution
8 9 (3.95%) Manufacturing
8 9 (3.95%) Telecoms
9 8 (3.51%) Pharmaceutical
9 8 (3.51%) Public Sector
10 6 (2.63%) Automotive
10 6 (2.63%) Electronics
10 6 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.63%) Marketing
10 6 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (2.63%) Retail
11 4 (1.75%) Legal
12 3 (1.32%) Games
12 3 (1.32%) Police
Job Titles
1 73 (32.02%) Developer
2 46 (20.18%) Senior
3 29 (12.72%) Data Scientist
4 22 (9.65%) Senior Developer
4 22 (9.65%) Software Engineer
5 21 (9.21%) Lead
6 15 (6.58%) Architect
6 15 (6.58%) Data Science Developer
7 10 (4.39%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
7 10 (4.39%) Quantitative Developer
8 9 (3.95%) Python Developer
9 8 (3.51%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 7 (3.07%) Data Engineer
10 7 (3.07%) Java Developer
10 7 (3.07%) Principal Engineer
10 7 (3.07%) Senior Data Scientist
11 6 (2.63%) Algorithm Engineer
11 6 (2.63%) C++ Developer
11 6 (2.63%) C++ Software Engineer
11 6 (2.63%) Machine Learning Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (16.67%) TensorFlow
2 31 (13.60%) PyTorch
3 30 (13.16%) scikit-learn
4 28 (12.28%) Pandas
5 22 (9.65%) NumPy
6 18 (7.89%) Matplotlib
7 16 (7.02%) Seaborn
8 13 (5.70%) .NET
9 10 (4.39%) React
10 9 (3.95%) .NET Core
10 9 (3.95%) CSS
10 9 (3.95%) HTML
11 8 (3.51%) AngularJS
11 8 (3.51%) PySpark
12 7 (3.07%) REST
12 7 (3.07%) RESTful
13 6 (2.63%) Kafka
13 6 (2.63%) Node.js
13 6 (2.63%) Play Framework
14 5 (2.19%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 35 (15.35%) Data Structures
2 15 (6.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 12 (5.26%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (4.39%) Hedge funds
5 9 (3.95%) IoT
6 8 (3.51%) Cloud Native
7 7 (3.07%) Embedded Systems
7 7 (3.07%) PKI
7 7 (3.07%) TWAP
7 7 (3.07%) VWAP
8 6 (2.63%) Device Driver
8 6 (2.63%) Equities
8 6 (2.63%) Fixed Income
8 6 (2.63%) FPGA
8 6 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (2.63%) Management Information System
8 6 (2.63%) Verilog
9 5 (2.19%) Distributed Computing
9 5 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 35 (15.35%) Linux
2 8 (3.51%) Unix
3 5 (2.19%) Android
3 5 (2.19%) Windows
4 3 (1.32%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (0.88%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.88%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (45.18%) Machine Learning
2 92 (40.35%) Artificial Intelligence
3 83 (36.40%) Problem-Solving
4 76 (33.33%) Data Science
5 64 (28.07%) Agile
6 56 (24.56%) Analytics
7 50 (21.93%) Computer Science
7 50 (21.93%) Decision-Making
7 50 (21.93%) LLM
8 48 (21.05%) CI/CD
9 46 (20.18%) Software Engineering
10 44 (19.30%) Data Analysis
10 44 (19.30%) Visualisation
11 41 (17.98%) Generative AI
12 38 (16.67%) Mathematics
13 33 (14.47%) Statistical Modelling
14 27 (11.84%) Data Analytics
14 27 (11.84%) SDLC
15 26 (11.40%) Low Latency
15 26 (11.40%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 135 (59.21%) Python
2 52 (22.81%) SQL
3 44 (19.30%) C++
3 44 (19.30%) Java
4 30 (13.16%) R
5 20 (8.77%) JavaScript
6 19 (8.33%) C
7 17 (7.46%) MATLAB
8 15 (6.58%) C#
9 14 (6.14%) Scala
10 10 (4.39%) Go
11 6 (2.63%) Embedded C
12 5 (2.19%) Kotlin
12 5 (2.19%) Rust
12 5 (2.19%) T-SQL
12 5 (2.19%) TypeScript
13 3 (1.32%) Bash
13 3 (1.32%) PowerShell
13 3 (1.32%) SystemVerilog
13 3 (1.32%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 59 (25.88%) Degree
2 32 (14.04%) Master's Degree
3 31 (13.60%) Security Cleared
4 21 (9.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (7.89%) SC Cleared
6 17 (7.46%) PhD
7 5 (2.19%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.75%) CISM
8 4 (1.75%) CISSP
9 3 (1.32%) HNC
9 3 (1.32%) HND
10 2 (0.88%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (10.09%) Data Quality
2 16 (7.02%) QA
3 11 (4.82%) GDPR
4 7 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (3.07%) NIST
5 3 (1.32%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.32%) AUTOSAR
5 3 (1.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (1.32%) DO-254
6 2 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.88%) FIPS 140-2
6 2 (0.88%) MISRA
6 2 (0.88%) MISRA C
6 2 (0.88%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.88%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.88%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.44%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.44%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.44%) MiFID
7 1 (0.44%) NCSC
System Software
1 13 (5.70%) Docker
2 12 (5.26%) Firmware
3 2 (0.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 17 (7.46%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.32%) Ansible
2 3 (1.32%) Terraform
3 2 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.44%) Grafana
4 1 (0.44%) Kibana
4 1 (0.44%) logstash
4 1 (0.44%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 21 (9.21%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.82%) Databricks
3 8 (3.51%) Oracle
4 7 (3.07%) Intel
5 6 (2.63%) Google
6 4 (1.75%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.32%) Actel
7 3 (1.32%) Algorithmics
7 3 (1.32%) Altera
7 3 (1.32%) Microsemi
7 3 (1.32%) MuleSoft
7 3 (1.32%) OpenAI
7 3 (1.32%) SAP
7 3 (1.32%) Screaming Frog
7 3 (1.32%) Xilinx
8 2 (0.88%) Foundry
8 2 (0.88%) ION Trading
8 2 (0.88%) QNX
8 2 (0.88%) Talend
9 1 (0.44%) Palantir