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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 202 208 239
Rank change year-on-year +6 +31 -14
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 177 182 195
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.27% 1.16% 0.96%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.27% 3.45% 2.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 134 135
10th Percentile £385 £400 £386
25th Percentile £451 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £583 £625 £700
Median % change year-on-year -6.80% -10.71% -3.78%
75th Percentile £784 £784 £825
90th Percentile £1,050 £923 £875
England median daily rate £550 £600 £650
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 5
10th Percentile £29.35 £47.25 -
25th Percentile £32.13 £48.75 £42.50
Median hourly rate £38.50 £52.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% -8.70% +130.00%
75th Percentile £44.13 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £46.45 - £64.30
England median hourly rate £67.00 £52.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +27.62% -8.70% +4.55%

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 5,421 5,281 6,993
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.97% 33.71% 34.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,456 3,374 5,013
10th Percentile £334 £325 £332
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £688 £725 £725
90th Percentile £825 £850 £825
England median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 63 102
10th Percentile £17.06 £17.30 £18.59
25th Percentile £20.41 £23.80 £19.99
Median hourly rate £26.30 £34.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.77% +15.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £44.38 £57.38 £49.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.75 £67.71
England median hourly rate £28.00 £46.71 £44.50
% change year-on-year -40.06% +4.97% +64.94%

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 8 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Algorithms in London over the 6 months to 8 November 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 8 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 0 27 £625 -10.71% 283
South London - 9 £775 -
West London - 3 £525 - 8
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 12 (6.78%) Apache Spark
2 9 (5.08%) Jupyter
3 2 (1.13%) Apache
3 2 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.13%) Confluence
3 2 (1.13%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.56%) Apache Pig
Applications
1 6 (3.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.56%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.69%) ProductWriter
2 2 (1.13%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.56%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 34 (19.21%) Azure
2 22 (12.43%) AWS
3 16 (9.04%) GCP
4 14 (7.91%) Power Platform
5 7 (3.95%) Cloud Computing
5 7 (3.95%) Vertex AI
6 5 (2.82%) Amazon SageMaker
6 5 (2.82%) Azure Machine Learning
7 4 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.26%) GitHub
8 3 (1.69%) PaaS
9 2 (1.13%) Azure AKS
9 2 (1.13%) Azure Functions
9 2 (1.13%) Copilot Studio
9 2 (1.13%) dbt
9 2 (1.13%) GitHub Copilot
9 2 (1.13%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.13%) Serverless
10 1 (0.56%) Amazon Bedrock
10 1 (0.56%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.82%) TCP/IP
2 4 (2.26%) SSL
3 2 (1.13%) SNMP
3 2 (1.13%) SSH
4 1 (0.56%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (11.30%) NoSQL
2 14 (7.91%) KDB
3 13 (7.34%) Kdb+
4 12 (6.78%) Power BI
5 11 (6.21%) Tableau
6 10 (5.65%) Hadoop
7 9 (5.08%) Big Data
8 7 (3.95%) Geospatial Data
9 6 (3.39%) DB2
9 6 (3.39%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (3.39%) MemSQL
9 6 (3.39%) MongoDB
9 6 (3.39%) Relational Database
9 6 (3.39%) Sybase IQ
10 4 (2.26%) BigQuery
10 4 (2.26%) GIS
10 4 (2.26%) QGIS
11 3 (1.69%) Spatial Data
12 2 (1.13%) Apache Hive
12 2 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 21 (11.86%) Git
2 10 (5.65%) Jenkins
3 8 (4.52%) JIRA
4 5 (2.82%) QUnit
5 4 (2.26%) Cypress.io
5 4 (2.26%) JUnit
6 3 (1.69%) GitLab
6 3 (1.69%) Selenium
6 3 (1.69%) TestNG
6 3 (1.69%) TestRail
6 3 (1.69%) WebDriver
6 3 (1.69%) Zephyr
7 2 (1.13%) GoCD
7 2 (1.13%) MLflow
7 2 (1.13%) SonarQube
7 2 (1.13%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (1.13%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.56%) EasyMock
8 1 (0.56%) JBehave
8 1 (0.56%) Maven
General
1 59 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 53 (29.94%) Finance
3 47 (26.55%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (22.60%) Front Office
5 20 (11.30%) Banking
6 9 (5.08%) Financial Institution
7 7 (3.95%) Public Sector
7 7 (3.95%) Retail
7 7 (3.95%) Telecoms
8 6 (3.39%) Investment Banking
9 5 (2.82%) Legal
9 5 (2.82%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.82%) Marketing
10 4 (2.26%) Publishing
11 3 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.13%) Back Office
12 2 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 81 (45.76%) Developer
2 22 (12.43%) Python Developer
3 20 (11.30%) Senior
4 19 (10.73%) Data Scientist
5 18 (10.17%) Java Developer
6 13 (7.34%) Quantitative Developer
7 12 (6.78%) Senior Developer
8 11 (6.21%) C++ Developer
8 11 (6.21%) Lead
9 10 (5.65%) Analyst
9 10 (5.65%) Machine Learning Engineer
10 8 (4.52%) Data Engineer
11 6 (3.39%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 6 (3.39%) Consultant
11 6 (3.39%) Electronic Trading Developer
11 6 (3.39%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
11 6 (3.39%) React Developer
11 6 (3.39%) Software Engineer
11 6 (3.39%) Tester
12 5 (2.82%) Quantitative Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (11.86%) FIX Protocol
1 21 (11.86%) scikit-learn
2 17 (9.60%) Pandas
3 16 (9.04%) TensorFlow
4 13 (7.34%) REST
5 12 (6.78%) PyTorch
6 10 (5.65%) NumPy
6 10 (5.65%) React
7 8 (4.52%) CSS
7 8 (4.52%) HTML
7 8 (4.52%) Matplotlib
8 7 (3.95%) XGBoost
9 6 (3.39%) FastAPI
9 6 (3.39%) XML
10 5 (2.82%) FpML
10 5 (2.82%) Middleware
10 5 (2.82%) PySpark
10 5 (2.82%) SQLAlchemy
10 5 (2.82%) Web Services
11 4 (2.26%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 59 (33.33%) Data Structures
2 23 (12.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 21 (11.86%) Fixed Income
4 16 (9.04%) Derivative
5 15 (8.47%) Product Ownership
6 11 (6.21%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (6.21%) Equities
7 9 (5.08%) Distributed Computing
8 8 (4.52%) Cloud Native
9 7 (3.95%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (2.82%) Equity Derivative
11 4 (2.26%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (2.26%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (2.26%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (2.26%) Operational Technology
11 4 (2.26%) PKI
11 4 (2.26%) Replication
11 4 (2.26%) SCADA
11 4 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (1.69%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 24 (13.56%) Linux
2 14 (7.91%) Unix
3 2 (1.13%) Windows
3 2 (1.13%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.56%) Android
4 1 (0.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (39.55%) Machine Learning
2 54 (30.51%) Computer Science
3 53 (29.94%) Problem-Solving
4 46 (25.99%) Data Science
5 41 (23.16%) Analytics
5 41 (23.16%) Mathematics
6 39 (22.03%) CI/CD
7 37 (20.90%) Agile
8 35 (19.77%) AI
9 29 (16.38%) Visualisation
10 27 (15.25%) Low Latency
11 26 (14.69%) Decision-Making
11 26 (14.69%) Software Engineering
12 23 (12.99%) Data Pipeline
12 23 (12.99%) Risk Management
13 22 (12.43%) Data Modelling
14 21 (11.86%) DevOps
14 21 (11.86%) Multithreading
14 21 (11.86%) Natural Language Processing
15 19 (10.73%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 109 (61.58%) Python
2 49 (27.68%) SQL
3 38 (21.47%) Java
4 23 (12.99%) C++
5 18 (10.17%) C#
6 13 (7.34%) JavaScript
7 11 (6.21%) PowerShell
8 6 (3.39%) Bash
8 6 (3.39%) R
8 6 (3.39%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.69%) Go
9 3 (1.69%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.13%) Haskell
10 2 (1.13%) OCaml
10 2 (1.13%) Rust
10 2 (1.13%) VBA
10 2 (1.13%) VC++
11 1 (0.56%) Cypher
11 1 (0.56%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.56%) Scala
Qualifications
1 39 (22.03%) Degree
2 19 (10.73%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (7.91%) Master's Degree
4 10 (5.65%) PhD
5 8 (4.52%) Security Cleared
6 5 (2.82%) Numerate Degree
7 4 (2.26%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.69%) GIAC
8 3 (1.69%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.69%) Postgraduate
9 2 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.13%) CEH
9 2 (1.13%) CISSP
9 2 (1.13%) CREST Certified
9 2 (1.13%) MCP
9 2 (1.13%) SANS
10 1 (0.56%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.78%) QA
2 4 (2.26%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.13%) EMIR
3 2 (1.13%) EU AI Act
3 2 (1.13%) FIPS 140-2
3 2 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 2 (1.13%) NIST
3 2 (1.13%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.13%) PMO
4 1 (0.56%) GDPR
System Software
1 10 (5.65%) Docker
2 1 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (9.60%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.95%) Terraform
3 4 (2.26%) ITRS Geneos
3 4 (2.26%) Kibana
3 4 (2.26%) logstash
4 3 (1.69%) Kubeflow
5 2 (1.13%) Ansible
5 2 (1.13%) rkt
6 1 (0.56%) Grafana
6 1 (0.56%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 21 (11.86%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.52%) Google
3 6 (3.39%) Splunk
4 4 (2.26%) Databricks
4 4 (2.26%) Solace
4 4 (2.26%) TIBCO
5 3 (1.69%) Duck Creek
5 3 (1.69%) Guidewire
6 2 (1.13%) Dataiku
6 2 (1.13%) Dynatrace
6 2 (1.13%) Foundry
6 2 (1.13%) Oracle
6 2 (1.13%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.13%) Temenos
6 2 (1.13%) Thales
7 1 (0.56%) Bloomberg
7 1 (0.56%) Cognos
7 1 (0.56%) IBM
7 1 (0.56%) Reuters
7 1 (0.56%) SAP