Algorithms Contracts in Essex

Algorithms
East of England > Essex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Algorithms in contract job vacancies in Essex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Algorithms over the 6 months leading up to 24 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 27 42
Rank change year-on-year +10 +15 +16
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 3 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 2.73% 0.56% 1.03%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 12.00% 1.75% 2.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £450 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £530
75th Percentile £550 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £550 £558 £488
% change year-on-year -1.35% +14.36% -3.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - -15.38% -
East of England median hourly rate £69.75 £55.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +26.82% +150.00% -53.68%

All Generic Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 25 57 110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 22.73% 31.84% 37.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 25 55
10th Percentile £260 £263 £173
25th Percentile £325 £394 £243
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% +2.56%
75th Percentile £500 £600 £536
90th Percentile £550 £675 £590
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 15 4
10th Percentile £16.12 - £20.63
25th Percentile £18.05 £12.86 £21.57
Median hourly rate £22.50 £40.00 £30.21
Median % change year-on-year -43.75% +32.40% +6.34%
75th Percentile £49.38 £64.25 £43.44
90th Percentile £64.75 £82.10 £56.38
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +8.33% - +103.60%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Algorithms in Essex

Algorithms
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Daily rate trend for Algorithms in Essex

Algorithms
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Hourly rate trend for Algorithms in Essex

Algorithms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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:

Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) LabVIEW
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 3 (100.00%) Image Processing
1 3 (100.00%) Mathematical Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) MATLAB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA
1 3 (100.00%) Software Quality Assurance