Algorithms Contracts 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 215 188 223
Rank change year-on-year -27 +35 +11
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 139 218 318
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.11% 1.22% 1.18%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.08% 3.69% 3.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 154 219
10th Percentile £413 £425 £413
25th Percentile £508 £506 £534
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £700
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% -4.27%
75th Percentile £806 £825 £863
90th Percentile £875 £950 £1,000
England median daily rate £625 £588 £600
% change year-on-year +6.38% -2.08% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 17 6
10th Percentile £44.85 £42.00 £24.38
25th Percentile £47.25 £47.50 £38.44
Median hourly rate £52.50 £55.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -26.67% +81.82%
75th Percentile £56.25 £62.50 -
90th Percentile £57.75 £68.00 £82.50
England median hourly rate £57.50 £55.00 £26.25
% change year-on-year +4.55% +109.52% -41.67%

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 4,516 5,909 9,701
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 35.99% 33.14% 35.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,054 4,182 6,966
10th Percentile £325 £301 £375
25th Percentile £451 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £583 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.29% -2.92% -
75th Percentile £738 £725 £750
90th Percentile £850 £850 £838
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 160 109
10th Percentile £15.84 £15.50 £18.93
25th Percentile £22.60 £18.93 £21.24
Median hourly rate £34.50 £26.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.69% -25.71% -21.35%
75th Percentile £50.31 £47.81 £64.50
90th Percentile £80.05 £66.78 £83.15
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Algorithms in London

Algorithms
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Algorithms in London

Algorithms
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Algorithms in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Algorithms in London

Algorithms
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Algorithms in London

Algorithms
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Algorithms in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 1 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
Central London +11 31 £575 -15.13% 21
East London +13 1 £665 -21.76% 8
Algorithms
England

Algorithms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 16 (11.51%) Apache Spark
2 3 (2.16%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (1.44%) Confluence
3 2 (1.44%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.72%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.72%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.72%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.72%) Siemens NX
1 1 (0.72%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.72%) Oracle TCA
Cloud Services
1 23 (16.55%) AWS
1 23 (16.55%) Azure
2 11 (7.91%) GitHub
3 8 (5.76%) GCP
4 7 (5.04%) AWS Lambda
4 7 (5.04%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (5.04%) GitHub Actions
4 7 (5.04%) Serverless
5 4 (2.88%) Amazon S3
6 3 (2.16%) Amazon Cognito
6 3 (2.16%) Amazon SQS
6 3 (2.16%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 3 (2.16%) Azure Logic Apps
6 3 (2.16%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.16%) Snowflake
7 2 (1.44%) Azure Functions
7 2 (1.44%) Azure Storage
7 2 (1.44%) Google Analytics
7 2 (1.44%) Matillion
7 2 (1.44%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.04%) S/MIME
1 7 (5.04%) SSL
2 5 (3.60%) TCP/IP
3 4 (2.88%) Multicast
4 3 (2.16%) 802.11
4 3 (2.16%) Broadband
4 3 (2.16%) DHCP
4 3 (2.16%) DOCSIS
4 3 (2.16%) DSL
4 3 (2.16%) GPON
4 3 (2.16%) HTTP
4 3 (2.16%) IPv4
4 3 (2.16%) IPv6
4 3 (2.16%) PPP
4 3 (2.16%) VoIP
4 3 (2.16%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.72%) DNS
5 1 (0.72%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.76%) Hadoop
1 8 (5.76%) KDB
2 7 (5.04%) Big Data
3 5 (3.60%) Tableau
4 4 (2.88%) Apache Hive
4 4 (2.88%) Data Mining
4 4 (2.88%) Kdb+
4 4 (2.88%) MongoDB
5 3 (2.16%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (2.16%) DynamoDB
5 3 (2.16%) Power BI
5 3 (2.16%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.44%) MySQL
6 2 (1.44%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.44%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.72%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.72%) GIS
7 1 (0.72%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.72%) Presto
Development Applications
1 21 (15.11%) Git
2 6 (4.32%) JIRA
3 5 (3.60%) Bitbucket
3 5 (3.60%) Jenkins
4 3 (2.16%) Bitbucket Server
4 3 (2.16%) Cypress.io
4 3 (2.16%) JUnit
4 3 (2.16%) Mocha
4 3 (2.16%) Postman
4 3 (2.16%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (1.44%) GitLab
6 1 (0.72%) Gerrit
6 1 (0.72%) Gradle
6 1 (0.72%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.72%) Qt Creator
6 1 (0.72%) TeamCity
General
1 62 (44.60%) Finance
1 62 (44.60%) Social Skills
2 42 (30.22%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (19.42%) Banking
4 26 (18.71%) Front Office
5 17 (12.23%) Investment Banking
6 12 (8.63%) Financial Institution
7 6 (4.32%) Retail
8 4 (2.88%) Marketing
8 4 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.16%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.44%) Law
10 2 (1.44%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.44%) Police
10 2 (1.44%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.72%) Advertising
11 1 (0.72%) Automotive
11 1 (0.72%) Back Office
11 1 (0.72%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 44 (31.65%) Developer
2 24 (17.27%) Lead
3 22 (15.83%) Senior
4 20 (14.39%) Data Scientist
5 18 (12.95%) Software Engineer
6 12 (8.63%) Senior Developer
7 11 (7.91%) Quantitative Developer
8 10 (7.19%) Python Developer
9 7 (5.04%) Senior Data Scientist
10 6 (4.32%) Analyst
10 6 (4.32%) C++ Developer
10 6 (4.32%) Data Engineer
10 6 (4.32%) Java Developer
10 6 (4.32%) Machine Learning Engineer
11 5 (3.60%) Algorithm Engineer
11 5 (3.60%) Architect
11 5 (3.60%) C# Developer
11 5 (3.60%) C++ Software Engineer
11 5 (3.60%) Principal Engineer
11 5 (3.60%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.91%) .NET
1 11 (7.91%) scikit-learn
2 10 (7.19%) TensorFlow
3 9 (6.47%) .NET Core
3 9 (6.47%) Pandas
4 8 (5.76%) React
5 7 (5.04%) PySpark
5 7 (5.04%) REST
6 6 (4.32%) CSS
6 6 (4.32%) HTML
6 6 (4.32%) Play Framework
7 5 (3.60%) AngularJS
7 5 (3.60%) ASP.NET
7 5 (3.60%) FIX Protocol
7 5 (3.60%) Kafka
7 5 (3.60%) PyTorch
8 4 (2.88%) ASP.NET Core
8 4 (2.88%) Blazor
8 4 (2.88%) Node.js
8 4 (2.88%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 35 (25.18%) Data Structures
2 15 (10.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 13 (9.35%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (7.19%) Hedge funds
5 8 (5.76%) PKI
6 7 (5.04%) Equities
6 7 (5.04%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (5.04%) TWAP
6 7 (5.04%) VWAP
7 6 (4.32%) Fixed Income
8 5 (3.60%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (2.88%) Credit Risk
9 4 (2.88%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (2.88%) Multi-touch
10 3 (2.16%) Cloud Native
10 3 (2.16%) Digital TV
10 3 (2.16%) Life Science
10 3 (2.16%) Mobile App
10 3 (2.16%) STB
Operating Systems
1 24 (17.27%) Linux
2 8 (5.76%) Unix
3 4 (2.88%) Android
4 3 (2.16%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (2.16%) Windows
5 2 (1.44%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (38.85%) Machine Learning
2 51 (36.69%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (30.22%) Data Science
4 41 (29.50%) Agile
5 38 (27.34%) Analytics
5 38 (27.34%) Artificial Intelligence
6 36 (25.90%) Computer Science
7 33 (23.74%) CI/CD
8 30 (21.58%) Software Engineering
9 27 (19.42%) Low Latency
10 22 (15.83%) Data Analysis
10 22 (15.83%) OO
11 19 (13.67%) LLM
12 18 (12.95%) Algorithmic Trading
12 18 (12.95%) Multithreading
13 16 (11.51%) Design Patterns
13 16 (11.51%) Generative AI
13 16 (11.51%) Mathematics
13 16 (11.51%) OOP
14 15 (10.79%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 88 (63.31%) Python
2 42 (30.22%) SQL
3 36 (25.90%) C++
4 32 (23.02%) Java
5 16 (11.51%) JavaScript
6 15 (10.79%) C#
7 13 (9.35%) Scala
8 10 (7.19%) C
8 10 (7.19%) R
9 9 (6.47%) Go
10 7 (5.04%) PowerShell
11 5 (3.60%) Kotlin
11 5 (3.60%) Rust
11 5 (3.60%) T-SQL
12 4 (2.88%) MATLAB
12 4 (2.88%) TypeScript
13 3 (2.16%) PL/SQL
14 2 (1.44%) Bash
15 1 (0.72%) Haskell
15 1 (0.72%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 29 (20.86%) Degree
2 23 (16.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (9.35%) Master's Degree
4 9 (6.47%) Security Cleared
5 7 (5.04%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.88%) CISM
6 4 (2.88%) CISSP
6 4 (2.88%) PhD
7 1 (0.72%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.60%) GDPR
2 4 (2.88%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.88%) NIST
3 3 (2.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 3 (2.16%) QA
4 2 (1.44%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.44%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.72%) EU AI Act
5 1 (0.72%) MiFID
System Software
1 4 (2.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (5.04%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.44%) Ansible
2 2 (1.44%) Terraform
3 1 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (10.79%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.19%) Databricks
3 8 (5.76%) Oracle
4 3 (2.16%) Google
4 3 (2.16%) MuleSoft
5 2 (1.44%) Foundry
5 2 (1.44%) ION Trading
5 2 (1.44%) Screaming Frog
5 2 (1.44%) Talend
6 1 (0.72%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.72%) Hitachi
6 1 (0.72%) NVIDIA
6 1 (0.72%) OutSystems
6 1 (0.72%) Palantir
6 1 (0.72%) Ping Identity
6 1 (0.72%) Rackspace
6 1 (0.72%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.72%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.72%) Splunk
6 1 (0.72%) Spotify