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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 251 208 208
Rank change year-on-year -43 0 +22
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 156 138 208
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.85% 1.13% 1.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.42% 3.14% 3.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 101 153
10th Percentile £453 £413 £429
25th Percentile £513 £520 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.14%
75th Percentile £796 £800 £825
90th Percentile £952 £850 £950
England median daily rate £550 £650 £590
% change year-on-year -15.38% +10.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 14
10th Percentile £47.55 £32.23 £41.63
25th Percentile £77.25 £39.31 £46.38
Median hourly rate £87.50 £48.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +80.41% -11.82% +7.32%
75th Percentile £88.75 £55.00 £62.77
90th Percentile - £57.25 £70.25
England median hourly rate £65.00 £56.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year +15.56% +2.27% +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 6,456 4,400 5,842
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 35.37% 36.02% 33.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,123 2,972 4,128
10th Percentile £350 £331 £313
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 £519 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -3.08% -2.73% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 82 148
10th Percentile £19.03 £15.84 £15.48
25th Percentile £23.16 £22.65 £18.41
Median hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% +32.69% -25.71%
75th Percentile £61.25 £48.44 £48.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £63.75 £69.50
England median hourly rate £42.71 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +23.78% -1.43% +56.18%

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 24 May 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 24 May 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 24 May 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 -25 15 £705 +22.61% 25
West London - 15 £650 - 3
South London - 2 £556 -
East London -6 1 £432 -35.04% 6
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 12 (7.69%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (3.21%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.92%) Jupyter
4 2 (1.28%) Apache
5 1 (0.64%) Confluence
5 1 (0.64%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.64%) Solana
Applications
1 11 (7.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.64%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.64%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 7 (4.49%) ProductWriter
2 6 (3.85%) SAP IBP
3 3 (1.92%) Bloomberg AIM
3 3 (1.92%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 33 (21.15%) AWS
2 18 (11.54%) Azure
3 13 (8.33%) GCP
4 9 (5.77%) Amazon SageMaker
5 8 (5.13%) Dagster
6 6 (3.85%) Amazon ECS
6 6 (3.85%) GitHub
6 6 (3.85%) GitHub Actions
6 6 (3.85%) Power Platform
7 5 (3.21%) Amazon EKS
7 5 (3.21%) Vertex AI
8 4 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (2.56%) Serverless
9 3 (1.92%) Amazon S3
9 3 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.92%) dbt
9 3 (1.92%) Google Gemini
10 2 (1.28%) Azure AI
10 2 (1.28%) Google Ads
10 2 (1.28%) IBM Watson
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.41%) HTTP
2 6 (3.85%) Multicast
3 4 (2.56%) SSL
4 3 (1.92%) BIG-IP
4 3 (1.92%) DNS
4 3 (1.92%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 3 (1.92%) Firewall
4 3 (1.92%) HTTPS
4 3 (1.92%) Network Security
4 3 (1.92%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.13%) KDB
2 6 (3.85%) Power BI
2 6 (3.85%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.56%) Big Data
3 4 (2.56%) Neo4j
3 4 (2.56%) NoSQL
3 4 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.92%) Kdb+
4 3 (1.92%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.92%) Tableau
4 3 (1.92%) TigerGraph
5 2 (1.28%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (1.28%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.28%) Hadoop
5 2 (1.28%) Pinecone
5 2 (1.28%) Weaviate
6 1 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.64%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.64%) Redis
6 1 (0.64%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 12 (7.69%) Git
2 6 (3.85%) MLflow
3 3 (1.92%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.28%) GitLab
4 2 (1.28%) Gradle
4 2 (1.28%) JUnit
4 2 (1.28%) Maven
4 2 (1.28%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.64%) Ant
5 1 (0.64%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.64%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.64%) Hardhat
5 1 (0.64%) IntelliJ
5 1 (0.64%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.64%) JIRA
5 1 (0.64%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.64%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.64%) Selenium
5 1 (0.64%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.64%) webpack
General
1 37 (23.72%) Finance
2 36 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (21.15%) Social Skills
4 32 (20.51%) Banking
5 23 (14.74%) Front Office
6 18 (11.54%) Investment Banking
7 7 (4.49%) Public Sector
8 6 (3.85%) Aviation
9 4 (2.56%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.92%) Retail
11 2 (1.28%) Advertising
11 2 (1.28%) Electronics
11 2 (1.28%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.28%) Marketing
11 2 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.28%) Police
12 1 (0.64%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 55 (35.26%) Developer
2 34 (21.79%) Senior
3 25 (16.03%) Data Scientist
4 17 (10.90%) Java Developer
5 12 (7.69%) Python Developer
6 11 (7.05%) C++ Developer
6 11 (7.05%) Quantitative Developer
6 11 (7.05%) Senior Developer
7 10 (6.41%) Lead
8 9 (5.77%) Architect
8 9 (5.77%) Consultant
9 8 (5.13%) Software Engineer
10 7 (4.49%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 7 (4.49%) Senior Data Scientist
11 6 (3.85%) C++ Software Engineer
11 6 (3.85%) Machine Learning Consultant
11 6 (3.85%) Machine Learning Engineer
11 6 (3.85%) SAP Consultant
11 6 (3.85%) SAP Integration Consultant
11 6 (3.85%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (14.74%) FIX Protocol
2 21 (13.46%) scikit-learn
3 16 (10.26%) PyTorch
4 14 (8.97%) TensorFlow
5 12 (7.69%) Pandas
6 9 (5.77%) NumPy
6 9 (5.77%) React
6 9 (5.77%) Spring
6 9 (5.77%) Spring Boot
7 8 (5.13%) Kafka
8 7 (4.49%) REST
8 7 (4.49%) WebSockets
9 6 (3.85%) LangChain
9 6 (3.85%) Seaborn
9 6 (3.85%) Ultra Messaging
10 5 (3.21%) Electron
10 5 (3.21%) Matplotlib
10 5 (3.21%) OpenFin
10 5 (3.21%) PySpark
10 5 (3.21%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 36 (23.08%) Data Structures
2 30 (19.23%) Distributed Systems
3 24 (15.38%) Equities
4 20 (12.82%) Derivative
4 20 (12.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 9 (5.77%) Product Ownership
6 7 (4.49%) AI Agents
6 7 (4.49%) Equity Derivative
7 6 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (3.85%) Fixed Income
8 4 (2.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 3 (1.92%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.28%) Augmented Reality
10 2 (1.28%) Exotic Derivative
10 2 (1.28%) IoT
10 2 (1.28%) Mobile App
10 2 (1.28%) OTC Derivatives
10 2 (1.28%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.77%) Linux
2 2 (1.28%) Unix
3 1 (0.64%) Android
3 1 (0.64%) Solaris
3 1 (0.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (40.38%) Machine Learning
2 51 (32.69%) AI
3 42 (26.92%) Data Science
4 39 (25.00%) CI/CD
5 35 (22.44%) Low Latency
6 34 (21.79%) Multithreading
7 33 (21.15%) Analytics
7 33 (21.15%) Computer Science
8 25 (16.03%) Problem-Solving
9 24 (15.38%) Data Pipeline
9 24 (15.38%) Electronic Trading
10 23 (14.74%) Mathematics
11 22 (14.10%) Test Automation
12 21 (13.46%) Full-Stack Development
13 19 (12.18%) Natural Language Processing
14 18 (11.54%) Containerisation
14 18 (11.54%) Microservices
14 18 (11.54%) Software Engineering
15 17 (10.90%) Data Engineering
15 17 (10.90%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 85 (54.49%) Python
2 40 (25.64%) SQL
3 39 (25.00%) Java
4 23 (14.74%) C++
5 16 (10.26%) TypeScript
6 14 (8.97%) C#
7 8 (5.13%) Rust
8 7 (4.49%) Kotlin
8 7 (4.49%) PowerShell
9 4 (2.56%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.92%) R
10 3 (1.92%) Scala
11 2 (1.28%) Bash
11 2 (1.28%) Go
11 2 (1.28%) SPARQL
12 1 (0.64%) DAML
12 1 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.64%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.64%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 31 (19.87%) Degree
2 11 (7.05%) Master's Degree
3 9 (5.77%) PhD
4 8 (5.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (4.49%) Numerate Degree
5 7 (4.49%) Security Cleared
6 6 (3.85%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.85%) Accessibility
1 6 (3.85%) QA
2 5 (3.21%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.92%) SLA
4 1 (0.64%) GDPR
System Software
1 13 (8.33%) Docker
2 1 (0.64%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.64%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.64%) Squid
Systems Management
1 9 (5.77%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.56%) Grafana
3 3 (1.92%) Kubeflow
3 3 (1.92%) Terraform
4 1 (0.64%) Data Guard
4 1 (0.64%) HP Fortify
4 1 (0.64%) Istio
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle ZFS
4 1 (0.64%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (5.77%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.49%) Databricks
3 6 (3.85%) Google
3 6 (3.85%) SAP
3 6 (3.85%) Solace
4 5 (3.21%) IFS
5 4 (2.56%) ION Trading
5 4 (2.56%) Oracle
6 3 (1.92%) AppDynamics
6 3 (1.92%) Bloomberg
6 3 (1.92%) Charles River
6 3 (1.92%) F5
6 3 (1.92%) IBM
6 3 (1.92%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.92%) Splunk
7 2 (1.28%) Cognos
7 2 (1.28%) Sage
8 1 (0.64%) Adobe
8 1 (0.64%) Guidewire
8 1 (0.64%) Pegasus