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

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 216 208
Rank change year-on-year +2 -8 +22
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 166 152 193
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.13% 1.09% 1.05%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.98% 3.20% 3.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 105 135
10th Percentile £383 £388 £419
25th Percentile £477 £463 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -11.26%
75th Percentile £1,050 £775 £819
90th Percentile £1,140 £875 £940
England median daily rate £565 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -9.60% +4.17% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 14
10th Percentile £41.73 - £42.50
25th Percentile £42.44 £51.25 £43.56
Median hourly rate £44.75 £52.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £46.94 £53.75 £61.56
90th Percentile £47.58 - £66.96
England median hourly rate £65.00 £52.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +23.81% -4.55% -3.27%

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 5,571 4,748 6,095
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.04% 34.08% 33.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,621 2,993 4,323
10th Percentile £350 £325 £305
25th Percentile £431 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -6.12%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £706
90th Percentile £800 £838 £809
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 59 150
10th Percentile £17.50 £21.97 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.82 £25.57 £19.99
Median hourly rate £27.50 £38.07 £28.88
Median % change year-on-year -27.76% +31.84% +1.32%
75th Percentile £51.25 £67.38 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £83.20 £65.18
England median hourly rate £30.00 £37.79 £35.00
% change year-on-year -20.60% +7.96% +55.66%

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 January 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 24 January 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 -4 27 £638 +2.00% 37
South London - 6 £750 - 17
West London - 4 £525 - 21
North London - 1 - - 3
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 9 (5.42%) Jupyter
2 7 (4.22%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.81%) Apache
3 3 (1.81%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.81%) Confluence
4 1 (0.60%) Apache Pig
4 1 (0.60%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (8.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.20%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.81%) ProductWriter
2 2 (1.20%) Bloomberg AIM
2 2 (1.20%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.60%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 32 (19.28%) AWS
2 26 (15.66%) Azure
3 15 (9.04%) GCP
3 15 (9.04%) Power Platform
4 10 (6.02%) Cloud Computing
5 9 (5.42%) Amazon SageMaker
6 7 (4.22%) Vertex AI
7 5 (3.01%) Amazon EKS
7 5 (3.01%) Azure Machine Learning
7 5 (3.01%) GitHub
8 4 (2.41%) Amazon ECS
8 4 (2.41%) Serverless
9 3 (1.81%) IBM Watson
9 3 (1.81%) PaaS
10 2 (1.20%) Azure AKS
10 2 (1.20%) Azure Functions
10 2 (1.20%) Copilot Studio
10 2 (1.20%) GitHub Copilot
10 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.81%) SSL
2 2 (1.20%) SNMP
2 2 (1.20%) SSH
3 1 (0.60%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.43%) KDB
1 14 (8.43%) Kdb+
2 13 (7.83%) Power BI
3 11 (6.63%) NoSQL
4 8 (4.82%) Big Data
5 7 (4.22%) Tableau
6 6 (3.61%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (3.01%) Relational Database
8 4 (2.41%) Hadoop
8 4 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (1.20%) BigQuery
9 2 (1.20%) DB2
9 2 (1.20%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (1.20%) MemSQL
9 2 (1.20%) MongoDB
9 2 (1.20%) Pinecone
9 2 (1.20%) Spatial Data
9 2 (1.20%) SQL Server
9 2 (1.20%) Sybase IQ
9 2 (1.20%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 12 (7.23%) Git
2 6 (3.61%) Jenkins
3 5 (3.01%) JIRA
3 5 (3.01%) QUnit
4 3 (1.81%) GitLab
4 3 (1.81%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.20%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.20%) Eclipse
5 2 (1.20%) GoCD
5 2 (1.20%) Gradle
5 2 (1.20%) IntelliJ
5 2 (1.20%) Maven
5 2 (1.20%) MLflow
5 2 (1.20%) SonarQube
5 2 (1.20%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (1.20%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.60%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.60%) JUnit
General
1 49 (29.52%) Finance
2 43 (25.90%) Social Skills
3 40 (24.10%) Front Office
4 35 (21.08%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (11.45%) Banking
6 7 (4.22%) Investment Banking
6 7 (4.22%) Public Sector
7 6 (3.61%) Retail
8 5 (3.01%) Legal
9 4 (2.41%) Publishing
10 3 (1.81%) Marketing
11 2 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.20%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.20%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.60%) Aviation
12 1 (0.60%) Electronics
12 1 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.60%) Police
Job Titles
1 81 (48.80%) Developer
2 22 (13.25%) Data Scientist
2 22 (13.25%) Senior
3 21 (12.65%) Python Developer
4 20 (12.05%) Quantitative Developer
5 19 (11.45%) C++ Developer
6 17 (10.24%) Java Developer
7 15 (9.04%) Senior Developer
8 11 (6.63%) C++ Quantitative Developer
8 11 (6.63%) Linux Developer
8 11 (6.63%) Low Latency C++ Developer
9 10 (6.02%) Machine Learning Engineer
10 8 (4.82%) Analyst
10 8 (4.82%) Lead
10 8 (4.82%) Senior C++ Developer
11 7 (4.22%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 6 (3.61%) Electronic Trading Developer
13 5 (3.01%) Data Engineer
13 5 (3.01%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
13 5 (3.01%) Low Latency Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (15.06%) scikit-learn
2 22 (13.25%) FIX Protocol
3 17 (10.24%) TensorFlow
4 16 (9.64%) Pandas
4 16 (9.64%) PyTorch
5 11 (6.63%) NumPy
6 10 (6.02%) Matplotlib
6 10 (6.02%) XGBoost
7 9 (5.42%) REST
8 8 (4.82%) React
9 7 (4.22%) HTML
10 6 (3.61%) XML
11 5 (3.01%) CSS
11 5 (3.01%) Seaborn
12 4 (2.41%) .NET
12 4 (2.41%) Elastic Stack
12 4 (2.41%) JSON
12 4 (2.41%) Kafka
12 4 (2.41%) LangChain
12 4 (2.41%) Ultra Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 43 (25.90%) Data Structures
2 26 (15.66%) Equities
3 22 (13.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 20 (12.05%) Derivative
5 19 (11.45%) Distributed Systems
5 19 (11.45%) Fixed Income
6 11 (6.63%) Equity Derivative
7 8 (4.82%) Cloud Native
7 8 (4.82%) Product Ownership
8 6 (3.61%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (3.01%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (2.41%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (2.41%) Replication
11 3 (1.81%) Distributed Computing
11 3 (1.81%) Mobile App
11 3 (1.81%) PKI
12 2 (1.20%) Educational Technology
12 2 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (1.20%) Onboarding
12 2 (1.20%) TWAP
Operating Systems
1 26 (15.66%) Linux
2 12 (7.23%) Unix
3 2 (1.20%) Windows
3 2 (1.20%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.60%) Android
4 1 (0.60%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.60%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (41.57%) Machine Learning
2 47 (28.31%) Data Science
3 42 (25.30%) Problem-Solving
4 41 (24.70%) AI
5 40 (24.10%) Computer Science
6 38 (22.89%) Analytics
6 38 (22.89%) Mathematics
7 33 (19.88%) Low Latency
8 30 (18.07%) Agile
8 30 (18.07%) CI/CD
9 29 (17.47%) Multithreading
9 29 (17.47%) Risk Management
10 27 (16.27%) Natural Language Processing
11 26 (15.66%) Data Pipeline
12 25 (15.06%) Data Analysis
13 23 (13.86%) Data Engineering
13 23 (13.86%) Quantitative Finance
14 21 (12.65%) Decision-Making
14 21 (12.65%) Deep Learning
15 20 (12.05%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 105 (63.25%) Python
2 41 (24.70%) SQL
3 32 (19.28%) Java
4 27 (16.27%) C++
5 15 (9.04%) C#
6 12 (7.23%) PowerShell
7 7 (4.22%) Bash
7 7 (4.22%) JavaScript
8 5 (3.01%) TypeScript
9 4 (2.41%) Go
10 3 (1.81%) R
11 2 (1.20%) Kotlin
11 2 (1.20%) Rust
11 2 (1.20%) Scala
11 2 (1.20%) VBA
11 2 (1.20%) VC++
12 1 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 34 (20.48%) Degree
2 12 (7.23%) Computer Science Degree
2 12 (7.23%) Numerate Degree
3 10 (6.02%) Master's Degree
4 9 (5.42%) Security Cleared
5 7 (4.22%) PhD
5 7 (4.22%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.81%) Postgraduate
7 2 (1.20%) CEH
7 2 (1.20%) CISSP
7 2 (1.20%) MCP
8 1 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.60%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.82%) QA
2 4 (2.41%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.81%) SLA
4 2 (1.20%) EMIR
4 2 (1.20%) EU AI Act
4 2 (1.20%) FIPS 140-2
4 2 (1.20%) NIST
4 2 (1.20%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 12 (7.23%) Docker
2 1 (0.60%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.60%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.60%) Squid
Systems Management
1 15 (9.04%) Kubernetes
2 9 (5.42%) Terraform
3 4 (2.41%) ITRS Geneos
3 4 (2.41%) Kibana
3 4 (2.41%) logstash
4 3 (1.81%) Grafana
5 2 (1.20%) rkt
6 1 (0.60%) Ansible
6 1 (0.60%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.60%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.60%) Oracle ZFS
6 1 (0.60%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.60%) Rundeck
6 1 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (9.64%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.22%) Google
2 7 (4.22%) Splunk
3 5 (3.01%) Oracle
3 5 (3.01%) Solace
4 4 (2.41%) TIBCO
5 3 (1.81%) Cognos
5 3 (1.81%) IBM
5 3 (1.81%) ION Trading
5 3 (1.81%) Sage
6 2 (1.20%) AppDynamics
6 2 (1.20%) Bloomberg
6 2 (1.20%) Charles River
6 2 (1.20%) Dataiku
6 2 (1.20%) Dynatrace
6 2 (1.20%) Foundry
6 2 (1.20%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.20%) Thales
7 1 (0.60%) Databricks
7 1 (0.60%) SAP