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 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 280 214 196
Rank change year-on-year -66 -18 +51
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 173 157 195
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.85% 1.19% 1.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.26% 3.10% 3.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 124 147
10th Percentile £430 £400 £421
25th Percentile £550 £459 £523
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £575 £650
Median % change year-on-year +17.39% -11.54% -7.14%
75th Percentile £788 £763 £788
90th Percentile £875 £875 £876
England median daily rate £600 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 3
10th Percentile £85.75 £29.08 £47.25
25th Percentile £86.25 £31.44 £48.75
Median hourly rate £87.50 £37.25 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +134.90% -29.05% -41.67%
75th Percentile £88.75 £42.44 £53.75
90th Percentile - £44.43 -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £67.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +4.48% +27.62% +50.00%

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 7,646 5,060 5,421
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.75% 38.21% 33.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,793 3,272 3,602
10th Percentile £350 £333 £325
25th Percentile £450 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £555 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% -3.48% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £738
90th Percentile £788 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 186 120 69
10th Percentile £17.88 £15.84 £17.25
25th Percentile £22.50 £23.21 £23.80
Median hourly rate £32.87 £27.50 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.54% -11.29% -6.23%
75th Percentile £55.00 £46.15 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £68.63 £71.38
England median hourly rate £37.50 £33.05 £57.35
% change year-on-year +13.46% -42.37% +25.00%

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 September 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
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 September 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
Central London -46 7 £705 +12.80% 61
West London -14 6 - - 32
East London +2 1 £432 -35.04% 4
South London -16 1 £650 -18.75% 5
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 6 (3.47%) Apache Airflow
1 6 (3.47%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.73%) Jupyter
3 2 (1.16%) Apache
3 2 (1.16%) Confluence
4 1 (0.58%) Ethereum
4 1 (0.58%) IIS
4 1 (0.58%) Solana
Applications
1 3 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.58%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.58%) CPLEX
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (3.47%) SAP IBP
2 5 (2.89%) ProductWriter
3 2 (1.16%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
Cloud Services
1 39 (22.54%) GCP
2 33 (19.08%) Azure
3 24 (13.87%) AWS
4 15 (8.67%) GitHub
5 7 (4.05%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (2.89%) Google Gemini
7 4 (2.31%) Anthropic Claude
7 4 (2.31%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (1.73%) Azure AI
8 3 (1.73%) dbt
8 3 (1.73%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.73%) Snowflake
8 3 (1.73%) Vertex AI
9 2 (1.16%) Amazon SageMaker
9 2 (1.16%) AWS KMS
9 2 (1.16%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 2 (1.16%) Azure Databricks
9 2 (1.16%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (1.16%) Fivetran
9 2 (1.16%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.36%) HTTP
2 6 (3.47%) Multicast
3 4 (2.31%) HTTPS
4 3 (1.73%) BIG-IP
4 3 (1.73%) DNS
4 3 (1.73%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 3 (1.73%) Firewall
4 3 (1.73%) Network Security
4 3 (1.73%) SSL
4 3 (1.73%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.58%) DMZ
5 1 (0.58%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.58%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.36%) NoSQL
2 8 (4.62%) KDB
3 4 (2.31%) Big Data
3 4 (2.31%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.73%) BigQuery
4 3 (1.73%) Data Mining
4 3 (1.73%) Kdb+
4 3 (1.73%) Neo4j
4 3 (1.73%) Power BI
4 3 (1.73%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.16%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (1.16%) Apache Iceberg
5 2 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.16%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.16%) Redis
5 2 (1.16%) Tableau
5 2 (1.16%) TigerGraph
6 1 (0.58%) MySQL
6 1 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (10.40%) Git
2 3 (1.73%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.16%) GitLab
3 2 (1.16%) JIRA
3 2 (1.16%) MLflow
4 1 (0.58%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.58%) Hardhat
4 1 (0.58%) QUnit
4 1 (0.58%) TeamCity
General
1 55 (31.79%) Finance
2 36 (20.81%) Social Skills
3 34 (19.65%) Banking
4 31 (17.92%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (9.25%) Investment Banking
6 14 (8.09%) Front Office
7 8 (4.62%) Public Sector
7 8 (4.62%) Telecoms
8 7 (4.05%) Aerospace
9 6 (3.47%) Automotive
9 6 (3.47%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.31%) Financial Institution
10 4 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.73%) Advertising
11 3 (1.73%) Electronics
12 2 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.16%) Law
12 2 (1.16%) Marketing
12 2 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.16%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 43 (24.86%) Developer
2 38 (21.97%) Senior
3 23 (13.29%) Data Scientist
4 15 (8.67%) Java Developer
5 12 (6.94%) Senior Developer
6 11 (6.36%) Data Engineer
6 11 (6.36%) Lead
7 9 (5.20%) Architect
7 9 (5.20%) Consultant
7 9 (5.20%) Engineering Manager
7 9 (5.20%) Quantitative Developer
7 9 (5.20%) Software Engineering Manager
7 9 (5.20%) Software Manager
8 8 (4.62%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 8 (4.62%) Senior Java Developer
8 8 (4.62%) Software Engineer
9 7 (4.05%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 7 (4.05%) Machine Learning Engineer
10 6 (3.47%) Machine Learning Consultant
10 6 (3.47%) Robotics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (9.83%) FIX Protocol
2 14 (8.09%) React
3 9 (5.20%) AngularJS
3 9 (5.20%) scikit-learn
4 8 (4.62%) LangChain
4 8 (4.62%) WebSockets
5 7 (4.05%) PyTorch
5 7 (4.05%) Redux
5 7 (4.05%) Vue
6 6 (3.47%) Backbone.js
6 6 (3.47%) JSON
6 6 (3.47%) Kafka
6 6 (3.47%) LangGraph
6 6 (3.47%) Pandas
6 6 (3.47%) PySpark
6 6 (3.47%) Spring
6 6 (3.47%) Spring Boot
6 6 (3.47%) Ultra Messaging
6 6 (3.47%) XGBoost
7 5 (2.89%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 53 (30.64%) Data Structures
2 41 (23.70%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (10.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 17 (9.83%) Derivative
5 14 (8.09%) AI Agents
6 10 (5.78%) Cloud Native
7 9 (5.20%) Product Ownership
8 8 (4.62%) Equities
9 7 (4.05%) Robotics
10 5 (2.89%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (2.89%) Fixed Income
11 4 (2.31%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (2.31%) Exotic Derivative
11 4 (2.31%) OTC Derivatives
12 3 (1.73%) Augmented Reality
12 3 (1.73%) Credit Risk
12 3 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (1.73%) Embedded Systems
12 3 (1.73%) IoT
12 3 (1.73%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.31%) Linux
1 4 (2.31%) Unix
2 2 (1.16%) Windows
3 1 (0.58%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (39.88%) AI
2 66 (38.15%) Machine Learning
3 49 (28.32%) Computer Science
4 43 (24.86%) Software Engineering
5 42 (24.28%) Data Science
6 36 (20.81%) Problem-Solving
7 34 (19.65%) CI/CD
8 33 (19.08%) Low Latency
9 30 (17.34%) Multithreading
10 27 (15.61%) Mathematics
10 27 (15.61%) Validation
11 26 (15.03%) Analytics
12 24 (13.87%) Observability
13 23 (13.29%) Agile
14 22 (12.72%) Full-Stack Development
15 19 (10.98%) Microservices
16 18 (10.40%) Code Quality
16 18 (10.40%) Data Pipeline
16 18 (10.40%) Performance Optimisation
17 17 (9.83%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 78 (45.09%) Python
2 61 (35.26%) Java
3 39 (22.54%) SQL
4 27 (15.61%) JavaScript
5 26 (15.03%) C++
6 19 (10.98%) TypeScript
7 14 (8.09%) C#
7 14 (8.09%) Rust
8 9 (5.20%) PowerShell
9 5 (2.89%) Scala
10 4 (2.31%) Kotlin
10 4 (2.31%) R
10 4 (2.31%) Shell Script
11 3 (1.73%) C
11 3 (1.73%) Embedded C++
11 3 (1.73%) SPARQL
12 2 (1.16%) Go
13 1 (0.58%) Bash
13 1 (0.58%) DAML
13 1 (0.58%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 45 (26.01%) Degree
2 18 (10.40%) Security Cleared
3 15 (8.67%) Master's Degree
3 15 (8.67%) SC Cleared
4 12 (6.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (6.36%) PhD
6 8 (4.62%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.73%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.16%) CISM
8 2 (1.16%) CISSP
9 1 (0.58%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.36%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.89%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.31%) GDPR
3 4 (2.31%) NIST
4 3 (1.73%) Automotive SPICE
4 3 (1.73%) Basel III
4 3 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.16%) HIPAA
5 2 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (1.16%) MISRA
5 2 (1.16%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (5.78%) Docker
2 2 (1.16%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 1 (0.58%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (7.51%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.73%) Functional Safety
2 3 (1.73%) Kubeflow
3 1 (0.58%) Istio
Vendors
1 15 (8.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.05%) Databricks
2 7 (4.05%) Google
2 7 (4.05%) OpenAI
3 6 (3.47%) SAP
3 6 (3.47%) Solace
4 4 (2.31%) IFS
5 3 (1.73%) F5
6 2 (1.16%) Duck Creek
6 2 (1.16%) Guidewire
6 2 (1.16%) IBM
6 2 (1.16%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.58%) Calypso
7 1 (0.58%) Hitachi
7 1 (0.58%) Murex
7 1 (0.58%) Oracle
7 1 (0.58%) Pegasus
7 1 (0.58%) Sitecore