Algorithms Contract Job Trends in London

Algorithms
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Algorithms in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Algorithms over the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 275 217 204
Rank change year-on-year -58 -13 +18
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 148 141 209
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.78% 1.14% 1.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.17% 3.12% 3.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 107 156
10th Percentile £454 £422 £425
25th Percentile £512 £516 £504
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £788 £781 £791
90th Percentile £888 £850 £875
England median daily rate £550 £625 £565
% change year-on-year -12.00% +10.62% -5.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 12
10th Percentile £71.85 £30.65 £41.38
25th Percentile £86.25 £35.38 £45.31
Median hourly rate £87.50 £44.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +96.63% -19.09% +100.00%
75th Percentile £88.75 £52.25 £57.50
90th Percentile - £56.15 £64.25
England median hourly rate £65.00 £72.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -10.34% +31.82% +150.00%

All Generic Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6,812 4,522 5,840
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 36.02% 36.56% 33.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,317 3,003 4,091
10th Percentile £358 £331 £315
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £725
90th Percentile £800 £838 £850
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 92 143
10th Percentile £19.03 £15.84 £15.44
25th Percentile £24.73 £23.21 £18.02
Median hourly rate £35.25 £31.95 £27.84
Median % change year-on-year +10.35% +14.74% -20.46%
75th Percentile £63.75 £49.56 £49.50
90th Percentile £88.75 £77.12 £71.25
England median hourly rate £43.96 £33.91 £36.50
% change year-on-year +29.64% -7.10% +62.33%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Algorithms relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Algorithms job vacancy trend in London

Algorithms
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Algorithms.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Algorithms

Algorithms
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Algorithms in London over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Algorithms in London

Algorithms
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Algorithms.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Algorithms

Algorithms
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Algorithms in London over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Algorithms in London

Algorithms
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Algorithms within the London region over the 6 months to 17 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
West London - 14 £650 - 6
Central London -34 13 £699 +12.93% 19
East London -2 1 £432 -35.04% 4
South London -13 1 £513 -18.00% 1
Algorithms
England

Algorithms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (7.43%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (2.03%) Apache Spark
2 3 (2.03%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.68%) Apache
3 1 (0.68%) Confluence
3 1 (0.68%) Ethereum
3 1 (0.68%) IIS
3 1 (0.68%) Solana
Applications
1 7 (4.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.68%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.68%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 7 (4.73%) ProductWriter
2 6 (4.05%) SAP IBP
3 3 (2.03%) Bloomberg AIM
3 3 (2.03%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 30 (20.27%) AWS
2 21 (14.19%) Azure
3 16 (10.81%) GCP
4 8 (5.41%) Dagster
4 8 (5.41%) GitHub
4 8 (5.41%) GitHub Actions
5 6 (4.05%) Amazon SageMaker
6 5 (3.38%) Power Platform
6 5 (3.38%) Vertex AI
7 4 (2.70%) Amazon ECS
7 4 (2.70%) Amazon EKS
8 3 (2.03%) Azure AI
8 3 (2.03%) dbt
8 3 (2.03%) Google Gemini
9 2 (1.35%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.35%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.35%) Google Ads
9 2 (1.35%) Serverless
10 1 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.68%) CloudFront
Communications & Networking
1 11 (7.43%) HTTP
2 6 (4.05%) Multicast
3 4 (2.70%) HTTPS
3 4 (2.70%) SSL
4 3 (2.03%) BIG-IP
4 3 (2.03%) DNS
4 3 (2.03%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 3 (2.03%) Firewall
4 3 (2.03%) Network Security
4 3 (2.03%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.68%) DMZ
5 1 (0.68%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.68%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.73%) KDB
2 6 (4.05%) SQL Server
3 5 (3.38%) Power BI
4 4 (2.70%) Big Data
4 4 (2.70%) Neo4j
5 3 (2.03%) NoSQL
5 3 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (2.03%) Redis
5 3 (2.03%) Tableau
6 2 (1.35%) Hadoop
6 2 (1.35%) Kdb+
6 2 (1.35%) TigerGraph
7 1 (0.68%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.68%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.68%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.68%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.68%) Pinecone
7 1 (0.68%) Power Query
7 1 (0.68%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 11 (7.43%) Git
2 6 (4.05%) MLflow
3 3 (2.03%) GitLab
3 3 (2.03%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.35%) Gradle
4 2 (1.35%) JUnit
4 2 (1.35%) Maven
4 2 (1.35%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.68%) Ant
5 1 (0.68%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.68%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.68%) Hardhat
5 1 (0.68%) IntelliJ
5 1 (0.68%) JIRA
5 1 (0.68%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.68%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.68%) Selenium
5 1 (0.68%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.68%) webpack
General
1 38 (25.68%) Analytical Skills
2 35 (23.65%) Finance
3 34 (22.97%) Social Skills
4 32 (21.62%) Banking
5 20 (13.51%) Front Office
6 17 (11.49%) Investment Banking
7 6 (4.05%) Public Sector
8 5 (3.38%) Aviation
9 4 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.70%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (2.03%) Financial Institution
10 3 (2.03%) Law
10 3 (2.03%) Marketing
10 3 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.03%) Retail
11 2 (1.35%) Advertising
11 2 (1.35%) Electronics
11 2 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.68%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 48 (32.43%) Developer
2 38 (25.68%) Senior
3 24 (16.22%) Data Scientist
4 17 (11.49%) Java Developer
5 12 (8.11%) Senior Developer
6 10 (6.76%) Architect
6 10 (6.76%) Consultant
7 9 (6.08%) Lead
7 9 (6.08%) Quantitative Developer
8 8 (5.41%) C++ Developer
8 8 (5.41%) Software Engineer
9 6 (4.05%) C++ Software Engineer
9 6 (4.05%) Integration Consultant
9 6 (4.05%) Python Developer
9 6 (4.05%) SAP Consultant
9 6 (4.05%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
9 6 (4.05%) Senior Data Scientist
9 6 (4.05%) Senior Java Developer
9 6 (4.05%) Senior Software Engineer
9 6 (4.05%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (14.86%) FIX Protocol
2 21 (14.19%) scikit-learn
3 16 (10.81%) PyTorch
4 14 (9.46%) TensorFlow
5 11 (7.43%) Pandas
6 10 (6.76%) Kafka
7 9 (6.08%) React
7 9 (6.08%) Spring
7 9 (6.08%) Spring Boot
8 8 (5.41%) NumPy
8 8 (5.41%) WebSockets
9 7 (4.73%) LangChain
9 7 (4.73%) REST
10 6 (4.05%) Ultra Messaging
11 5 (3.38%) Electron
11 5 (3.38%) Hugging Face
11 5 (3.38%) Middleware
11 5 (3.38%) OpenFin
11 5 (3.38%) PySpark
11 5 (3.38%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 38 (25.68%) Data Structures
2 31 (20.95%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (12.16%) Equities
4 17 (11.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 16 (10.81%) Derivative
6 9 (6.08%) Product Ownership
7 8 (5.41%) AI Agents
8 4 (2.70%) Cloud Native
8 4 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (2.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 4 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (2.03%) Distributed Applications
9 3 (2.03%) Equity Derivative
9 3 (2.03%) Fixed Income
9 3 (2.03%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (2.03%) Reference Data
10 2 (1.35%) Exotic Derivative
10 2 (1.35%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.35%) PKI
10 2 (1.35%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.73%) Linux
2 2 (1.35%) Windows
3 1 (0.68%) Android
3 1 (0.68%) Solaris
3 1 (0.68%) Unix
3 1 (0.68%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (38.51%) Machine Learning
2 48 (32.43%) AI
3 39 (26.35%) Data Science
4 37 (25.00%) CI/CD
5 35 (23.65%) Multithreading
6 32 (21.62%) Computer Science
6 32 (21.62%) Low Latency
7 30 (20.27%) Analytics
8 28 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
9 24 (16.22%) Data Pipeline
10 22 (14.86%) Electronic Trading
11 21 (14.19%) Full-Stack Development
12 20 (13.51%) Software Engineering
13 19 (12.84%) Containerisation
13 19 (12.84%) Microservices
13 19 (12.84%) Observability
13 19 (12.84%) Test Automation
14 17 (11.49%) Algorithmic Trading
14 17 (11.49%) Natural Language Processing
14 17 (11.49%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 77 (52.03%) Python
2 39 (26.35%) Java
3 38 (25.68%) SQL
4 18 (12.16%) C++
4 18 (12.16%) TypeScript
5 16 (10.81%) C#
6 11 (7.43%) Rust
7 10 (6.76%) PowerShell
8 7 (4.73%) Kotlin
9 5 (3.38%) JavaScript
10 4 (2.70%) R
11 3 (2.03%) Scala
11 3 (2.03%) SPARQL
12 2 (1.35%) Bash
12 2 (1.35%) Go
13 1 (0.68%) DAML
13 1 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.68%) Ruby
13 1 (0.68%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.68%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 30 (20.27%) Degree
2 11 (7.43%) Master's Degree
3 9 (6.08%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (5.41%) PhD
5 5 (3.38%) Security Cleared
6 3 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.03%) Numerate Degree
6 3 (2.03%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.73%) Accessibility
2 4 (2.70%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.70%) QA
3 1 (0.68%) GDPR
3 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 16 (10.81%) Docker
2 2 (1.35%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.35%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 1 (0.68%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.68%) Squid
Systems Management
1 12 (8.11%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.70%) Grafana
3 3 (2.03%) Kubeflow
4 2 (1.35%) Terraform
5 1 (0.68%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.68%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.68%) Istio
5 1 (0.68%) Oracle ZFS
5 1 (0.68%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (7.43%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.73%) Databricks
3 6 (4.05%) IFS
3 6 (4.05%) OpenAI
3 6 (4.05%) SAP
3 6 (4.05%) Solace
4 5 (3.38%) Google
5 3 (2.03%) AppDynamics
5 3 (2.03%) Bloomberg
5 3 (2.03%) Charles River
5 3 (2.03%) F5
5 3 (2.03%) Oracle
5 3 (2.03%) Splunk
6 2 (1.35%) IBM
6 2 (1.35%) ION Trading
7 1 (0.68%) Adobe
7 1 (0.68%) Cognos
7 1 (0.68%) Guidewire
7 1 (0.68%) Pegasus
7 1 (0.68%) Sage