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 15 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 212 206 237
Rank change year-on-year -6 +31 -16
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 176 184 196
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.25% 1.17% 0.97%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.20% 3.46% 2.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 135 135
10th Percentile £383 £388 £386
25th Percentile £454 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £625 £700
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% -10.71% -3.45%
75th Percentile £825 £775 £825
90th Percentile £1,050 £922 £883
England median daily rate £550 £600 £640
% change year-on-year -8.33% -6.25% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 6
10th Percentile - - £42.50
25th Percentile £46.00 £51.25 £43.75
Median hourly rate £47.00 £52.50 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year -10.48% -2.33% +115.00%
75th Percentile £48.00 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile - - £63.38
England median hourly rate £67.00 £52.50 £53.75
% change year-on-year +27.62% -2.33% -2.27%

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 5,499 5,322 6,928
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 39.20% 33.84% 34.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,504 3,398 4,958
10th Percentile £335 £325 £325
25th Percentile £438 £450 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £594
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -3.20% -1.00%
75th Percentile £688 £713 £725
90th Percentile £825 £850 £825
England median daily rate £520 £543 £550
% change year-on-year -4.15% -1.36% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 62 104
10th Percentile £17.42 £17.28 £18.63
25th Percentile £20.41 £23.98 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year -27.63% +13.01% +19.60%
75th Percentile £44.47 £56.00 £49.28
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.75 £67.13
England median hourly rate £27.50 £46.18 £44.50
% change year-on-year -40.45% +3.78% +50.85%

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 15 November 2025.

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
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 15 November 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
Central London +8 29 £625 -10.71% 138
South London - 9 £775 -
West London - 3 £525 - 7
North London - 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 (6.25%) Apache Spark
2 9 (5.11%) Jupyter
3 2 (1.14%) Apache
3 2 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.14%) Confluence
3 2 (1.14%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.57%) Apache Pig
Applications
1 6 (3.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.57%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.70%) ProductWriter
2 2 (1.14%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.57%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 33 (18.75%) Azure
2 23 (13.07%) AWS
3 17 (9.66%) GCP
4 13 (7.39%) Power Platform
5 7 (3.98%) Cloud Computing
5 7 (3.98%) Vertex AI
6 5 (2.84%) Amazon SageMaker
6 5 (2.84%) Azure Machine Learning
7 4 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.27%) GitHub
8 3 (1.70%) PaaS
9 2 (1.14%) Azure AKS
9 2 (1.14%) Azure Functions
9 2 (1.14%) Copilot Studio
9 2 (1.14%) dbt
9 2 (1.14%) GitHub Copilot
9 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.14%) Serverless
10 1 (0.57%) Azure API Management
10 1 (0.57%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.84%) TCP/IP
2 4 (2.27%) SSL
3 2 (1.14%) SNMP
3 2 (1.14%) SSH
4 1 (0.57%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (11.93%) NoSQL
2 14 (7.95%) KDB
3 13 (7.39%) Kdb+
4 11 (6.25%) Power BI
5 10 (5.68%) Big Data
5 10 (5.68%) Hadoop
5 10 (5.68%) Tableau
6 6 (3.41%) DB2
6 6 (3.41%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (3.41%) MemSQL
6 6 (3.41%) MongoDB
6 6 (3.41%) Relational Database
6 6 (3.41%) Sybase IQ
7 5 (2.84%) Geospatial Data
8 4 (2.27%) BigQuery
9 3 (1.70%) Spatial Data
10 2 (1.14%) Apache Hive
10 2 (1.14%) GIS
10 2 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (1.14%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 19 (10.80%) Git
2 10 (5.68%) Jenkins
3 8 (4.55%) JIRA
4 5 (2.84%) QUnit
5 4 (2.27%) Cypress.io
5 4 (2.27%) JUnit
6 3 (1.70%) GitLab
6 3 (1.70%) Selenium
6 3 (1.70%) TestNG
6 3 (1.70%) TestRail
6 3 (1.70%) WebDriver
6 3 (1.70%) Zephyr
7 2 (1.14%) GoCD
7 2 (1.14%) MLflow
7 2 (1.14%) SonarQube
7 2 (1.14%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (1.14%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.57%) EasyMock
8 1 (0.57%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.57%) JBehave
General
1 57 (32.39%) Social Skills
2 54 (30.68%) Finance
3 46 (26.14%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (22.73%) Front Office
5 20 (11.36%) Banking
6 9 (5.11%) Financial Institution
7 7 (3.98%) Retail
8 6 (3.41%) Investment Banking
8 6 (3.41%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.84%) Legal
9 5 (2.84%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.84%) Marketing
9 5 (2.84%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.27%) Publishing
11 3 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.57%) Back Office
13 1 (0.57%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 82 (46.59%) Developer
2 23 (13.07%) Python Developer
3 20 (11.36%) Data Scientist
3 20 (11.36%) Senior
4 18 (10.23%) Java Developer
5 15 (8.52%) Quantitative Developer
6 12 (6.82%) C++ Developer
6 12 (6.82%) Senior Developer
7 11 (6.25%) Machine Learning Engineer
8 10 (5.68%) Analyst
8 10 (5.68%) Lead
9 7 (3.98%) Data Engineer
10 6 (3.41%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 6 (3.41%) Electronic Trading Developer
10 6 (3.41%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
10 6 (3.41%) Linux Developer
10 6 (3.41%) Low Latency C++ Developer
10 6 (3.41%) React Developer
10 6 (3.41%) Software Engineer
10 6 (3.41%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (13.07%) scikit-learn
2 21 (11.93%) FIX Protocol
3 18 (10.23%) TensorFlow
4 16 (9.09%) Pandas
5 15 (8.52%) PyTorch
6 12 (6.82%) REST
7 10 (5.68%) NumPy
7 10 (5.68%) React
8 9 (5.11%) Matplotlib
9 8 (4.55%) XGBoost
10 7 (3.98%) CSS
10 7 (3.98%) HTML
11 6 (3.41%) FastAPI
11 6 (3.41%) XML
12 5 (2.84%) FpML
12 5 (2.84%) Middleware
12 5 (2.84%) PySpark
12 5 (2.84%) SQLAlchemy
12 5 (2.84%) Web Services
13 4 (2.27%) Ultra Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 58 (32.95%) Data Structures
2 23 (13.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 21 (11.93%) Fixed Income
4 17 (9.66%) Derivative
5 15 (8.52%) Product Ownership
6 12 (6.82%) Equities
7 11 (6.25%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (4.55%) Cloud Native
9 7 (3.98%) Distributed Computing
9 7 (3.98%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (2.84%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (2.84%) Equity Derivative
11 4 (2.27%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (2.27%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (2.27%) Operational Technology
11 4 (2.27%) PKI
11 4 (2.27%) Replication
11 4 (2.27%) SCADA
12 3 (1.70%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (1.70%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 25 (14.20%) Linux
2 14 (7.95%) Unix
3 2 (1.14%) Windows
3 2 (1.14%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.57%) Android
4 1 (0.57%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (40.34%) Machine Learning
2 53 (30.11%) Computer Science
3 49 (27.84%) Problem-Solving
4 45 (25.57%) Data Science
5 41 (23.30%) Analytics
6 40 (22.73%) Mathematics
7 39 (22.16%) Agile
8 37 (21.02%) AI
8 37 (21.02%) CI/CD
9 28 (15.91%) Low Latency
9 28 (15.91%) Visualisation
10 26 (14.77%) Decision-Making
10 26 (14.77%) Software Engineering
11 23 (13.07%) Data Pipeline
11 23 (13.07%) Natural Language Processing
11 23 (13.07%) Risk Management
12 22 (12.50%) Data Engineering
12 22 (12.50%) Multithreading
13 20 (11.36%) Data Modelling
13 20 (11.36%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 111 (63.07%) Python
2 46 (26.14%) SQL
3 38 (21.59%) Java
4 24 (13.64%) C++
5 19 (10.80%) C#
6 12 (6.82%) JavaScript
7 11 (6.25%) PowerShell
8 6 (3.41%) Bash
8 6 (3.41%) TypeScript
9 5 (2.84%) R
10 3 (1.70%) Go
10 3 (1.70%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.14%) Rust
11 2 (1.14%) VBA
11 2 (1.14%) VC++
12 1 (0.57%) Cypher
12 1 (0.57%) Haskell
12 1 (0.57%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.57%) OCaml
12 1 (0.57%) Scala
Qualifications
1 38 (21.59%) Degree
2 19 (10.80%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (7.95%) Master's Degree
4 10 (5.68%) PhD
5 7 (3.98%) Security Cleared
6 5 (2.84%) Numerate Degree
7 4 (2.27%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.70%) GIAC
8 3 (1.70%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.70%) Postgraduate
9 2 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.14%) CEH
9 2 (1.14%) CISSP
9 2 (1.14%) CREST Certified
9 2 (1.14%) MCP
9 2 (1.14%) SANS
10 1 (0.57%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.57%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.25%) QA
2 4 (2.27%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.14%) EMIR
3 2 (1.14%) EU AI Act
3 2 (1.14%) FIPS 140-2
3 2 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 2 (1.14%) NIST
3 2 (1.14%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.14%) PMO
4 1 (0.57%) GDPR
System Software
1 10 (5.68%) Docker
2 1 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (9.66%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.98%) Terraform
3 4 (2.27%) ITRS Geneos
3 4 (2.27%) Kibana
3 4 (2.27%) logstash
4 3 (1.70%) Kubeflow
5 2 (1.14%) Ansible
5 2 (1.14%) rkt
6 1 (0.57%) Grafana
6 1 (0.57%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 19 (10.80%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.55%) Google
3 6 (3.41%) Splunk
4 4 (2.27%) Solace
4 4 (2.27%) TIBCO
5 3 (1.70%) Duck Creek
5 3 (1.70%) Guidewire
6 2 (1.14%) Databricks
6 2 (1.14%) Dataiku
6 2 (1.14%) Dynatrace
6 2 (1.14%) Foundry
6 2 (1.14%) Oracle
6 2 (1.14%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.14%) Temenos
6 2 (1.14%) Thales
7 1 (0.57%) Cognos
7 1 (0.57%) Cribl.io
7 1 (0.57%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.57%) SAP
7 1 (0.57%) Screaming Frog