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

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 219 217 232
Rank change year-on-year -2 +15 -17
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 170 180 205
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.21% 1.15% 1.03%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.06% 3.38% 3.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 132 140
10th Percentile £379 £400 £376
25th Percentile £446 £463 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £700
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -10.71% -4.11%
75th Percentile £825 £775 £825
90th Percentile £1,050 £911 £889
England median daily rate £550 £600 £640
% change year-on-year -8.33% -6.25% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 7
10th Percentile - - £42.50
25th Percentile £46.00 £51.25 £45.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £52.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.48% -8.70% +27.78%
75th Percentile £48.00 £53.75 £60.63
90th Percentile - - £64.70
England median hourly rate £67.00 £55.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +21.82% -4.35% +2.81%

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 5,548 5,320 6,714
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 39.35% 33.87% 33.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,526 3,404 4,786
10th Percentile £335 £325 £325
25th Percentile £434 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £595
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -3.36% -0.83%
75th Percentile £688 £713 £725
90th Percentile £813 £850 £825
England median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 62 102
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.28 £18.80
25th Percentile £20.00 £24.72 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.65% +17.50% -1.64%
75th Percentile £43.00 £56.00 £49.68
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.75 £65.09
England median hourly rate £28.13 £44.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -36.08% -1.12% +27.14%

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 25 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
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 25 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 -1 27 £625 -10.71% 17
South London - 9 £775 -
West London - 3 £525 - 1
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 9 (5.29%) Apache Spark
1 9 (5.29%) Jupyter
2 2 (1.18%) Apache
2 2 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.18%) Confluence
2 2 (1.18%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.59%) Apache Pig
Applications
1 6 (3.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.18%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.76%) ProductWriter
2 2 (1.18%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.59%) Actimize
3 1 (0.59%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (0.59%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 31 (18.24%) Azure
2 24 (14.12%) AWS
3 16 (9.41%) GCP
4 13 (7.65%) Power Platform
5 8 (4.71%) Vertex AI
6 7 (4.12%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (3.53%) Azure Machine Learning
8 5 (2.94%) Amazon SageMaker
9 4 (2.35%) GitHub
10 3 (1.76%) PaaS
11 2 (1.18%) Amazon EKS
11 2 (1.18%) Azure AKS
11 2 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (1.18%) Azure Functions
11 2 (1.18%) Copilot Studio
11 2 (1.18%) GitHub Copilot
11 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (1.18%) Serverless
12 1 (0.59%) Amazon Bedrock
12 1 (0.59%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.94%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.76%) SSL
3 2 (1.18%) SNMP
3 2 (1.18%) SSH
4 1 (0.59%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (10.59%) NoSQL
2 14 (8.24%) KDB
3 13 (7.65%) Kdb+
4 11 (6.47%) Power BI
5 10 (5.88%) Big Data
5 10 (5.88%) Hadoop
5 10 (5.88%) Tableau
6 6 (3.53%) DB2
6 6 (3.53%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (3.53%) MemSQL
6 6 (3.53%) MongoDB
6 6 (3.53%) Relational Database
6 6 (3.53%) Sybase IQ
7 5 (2.94%) Geospatial Data
8 4 (2.35%) BigQuery
9 3 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (1.76%) Spatial Data
10 2 (1.18%) Apache Hive
10 2 (1.18%) GIS
10 2 (1.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (9.41%) Git
2 8 (4.71%) Jenkins
3 6 (3.53%) JIRA
4 5 (2.94%) QUnit
5 3 (1.76%) GitLab
6 2 (1.18%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.18%) GoCD
6 2 (1.18%) SonarQube
6 2 (1.18%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (1.18%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.59%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.59%) Gradle
7 1 (0.59%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.59%) JUnit
7 1 (0.59%) Maven
7 1 (0.59%) Selenium
7 1 (0.59%) TestNG
7 1 (0.59%) TestRail
7 1 (0.59%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.59%) Zephyr
General
1 56 (32.94%) Social Skills
2 52 (30.59%) Finance
3 46 (27.06%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (23.53%) Front Office
5 19 (11.18%) Banking
6 8 (4.71%) Financial Institution
7 7 (4.12%) Retail
8 5 (2.94%) Investment Banking
8 5 (2.94%) Legal
8 5 (2.94%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.94%) Marketing
8 5 (2.94%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.94%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.35%) Publishing
10 2 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.59%) Electronics
11 1 (0.59%) Law
Job Titles
1 78 (45.88%) Developer
2 22 (12.94%) Python Developer
3 20 (11.76%) Data Scientist
4 18 (10.59%) Senior
5 17 (10.00%) Java Developer
6 15 (8.82%) Quantitative Developer
7 13 (7.65%) C++ Developer
8 12 (7.06%) Senior Developer
9 9 (5.29%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 9 (5.29%) Lead
9 9 (5.29%) Machine Learning Engineer
10 8 (4.71%) Analyst
11 7 (4.12%) C++ Quantitative Developer
11 7 (4.12%) Data Engineer
11 7 (4.12%) Linux Developer
11 7 (4.12%) Low Latency C++ Developer
12 6 (3.53%) Electronic Trading Developer
12 6 (3.53%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
12 6 (3.53%) Software Engineer
13 5 (2.94%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (12.94%) FIX Protocol
2 21 (12.35%) scikit-learn
3 16 (9.41%) TensorFlow
4 14 (8.24%) Pandas
5 13 (7.65%) PyTorch
6 10 (5.88%) NumPy
7 9 (5.29%) Matplotlib
7 9 (5.29%) REST
8 8 (4.71%) React
8 8 (4.71%) XGBoost
9 6 (3.53%) Middleware
9 6 (3.53%) XML
10 5 (2.94%) CSS
10 5 (2.94%) FpML
10 5 (2.94%) HTML
10 5 (2.94%) PySpark
11 4 (2.35%) Elastic Stack
11 4 (2.35%) FastAPI
11 4 (2.35%) JSON
11 4 (2.35%) Ultra Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 53 (31.18%) Data Structures
2 23 (13.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 22 (12.94%) Fixed Income
4 17 (10.00%) Derivative
5 13 (7.65%) Equities
5 13 (7.65%) Product Ownership
6 11 (6.47%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (4.71%) Cloud Native
8 7 (4.12%) Distributed Computing
8 7 (4.12%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (2.94%) Equity Derivative
10 4 (2.35%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (2.35%) Operational Technology
10 4 (2.35%) Replication
10 4 (2.35%) SCADA
11 3 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.76%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (1.76%) Mobile App
11 3 (1.76%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 25 (14.71%) Linux
2 13 (7.65%) Unix
3 2 (1.18%) Windows
3 2 (1.18%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.59%) Android
4 1 (0.59%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (41.18%) Machine Learning
2 51 (30.00%) Computer Science
2 51 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (26.47%) Data Science
4 40 (23.53%) AI
5 39 (22.94%) Analytics
6 37 (21.76%) Agile
6 37 (21.76%) Mathematics
7 30 (17.65%) CI/CD
8 28 (16.47%) Low Latency
8 28 (16.47%) Visualisation
9 25 (14.71%) Decision-Making
10 24 (14.12%) Software Engineering
11 23 (13.53%) Data Engineering
11 23 (13.53%) Data Pipeline
12 22 (12.94%) Risk Management
13 21 (12.35%) Multithreading
13 21 (12.35%) Natural Language Processing
14 20 (11.76%) Data Modelling
15 19 (11.18%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 107 (62.94%) Python
2 43 (25.29%) SQL
3 37 (21.76%) Java
4 24 (14.12%) C++
5 19 (11.18%) C#
6 11 (6.47%) PowerShell
7 8 (4.71%) JavaScript
8 6 (3.53%) Bash
9 5 (2.94%) R
10 4 (2.35%) TypeScript
11 3 (1.76%) Go
12 2 (1.18%) Rust
12 2 (1.18%) Shell Script
12 2 (1.18%) VBA
12 2 (1.18%) VC++
13 1 (0.59%) C
13 1 (0.59%) Cypher
13 1 (0.59%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.59%) Scala
Qualifications
1 36 (21.18%) Degree
2 19 (11.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (7.65%) Master's Degree
4 8 (4.71%) PhD
5 7 (4.12%) Security Cleared
6 5 (2.94%) Numerate Degree
7 4 (2.35%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.76%) Postgraduate
9 2 (1.18%) CEH
9 2 (1.18%) CISSP
9 2 (1.18%) GIAC
9 2 (1.18%) MCP
10 1 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.59%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.59%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.59%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.59%) PMP
10 1 (0.59%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.71%) QA
2 4 (2.35%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.18%) EMIR
3 2 (1.18%) EU AI Act
3 2 (1.18%) FIPS 140-2
3 2 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 2 (1.18%) NIST
3 2 (1.18%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.18%) PMO
4 1 (0.59%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (4.12%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (10.00%) Kubernetes
2 8 (4.71%) Terraform
3 4 (2.35%) ITRS Geneos
3 4 (2.35%) Kibana
3 4 (2.35%) logstash
4 2 (1.18%) Ansible
4 2 (1.18%) rkt
5 1 (0.59%) Grafana
5 1 (0.59%) Kubeflow
5 1 (0.59%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 19 (11.18%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.71%) Google
3 6 (3.53%) Splunk
4 4 (2.35%) Solace
4 4 (2.35%) TIBCO
5 2 (1.18%) Bloomberg
5 2 (1.18%) Databricks
5 2 (1.18%) Dataiku
5 2 (1.18%) Dynatrace
5 2 (1.18%) Foundry
5 2 (1.18%) Oracle
5 2 (1.18%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.18%) Temenos
5 2 (1.18%) Thales
6 1 (0.59%) AppDynamics
6 1 (0.59%) Cognos
6 1 (0.59%) Guidewire
6 1 (0.59%) ION Trading
6 1 (0.59%) SAP
6 1 (0.59%) Screaming Frog