Algorithms Contracts 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 229 187 226
Rank change year-on-year -42 +39 +5
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 130 217 302
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.05% 1.24% 1.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.93% 3.73% 3.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 158 206
10th Percentile £438 £427 £425
25th Percentile £520 £513 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £651 £650 £700
Median % change year-on-year +0.08% -7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £800 £825 £863
90th Percentile £850 £950 £1,000
England median daily rate £650 £598 £600
% change year-on-year +8.79% -0.42% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 15 6
10th Percentile £32.23 £41.75 £24.38
25th Percentile £39.31 £46.50 £38.44
Median hourly rate £48.50 £55.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.82% -26.67% +81.82%
75th Percentile £55.00 £63.52 -
90th Percentile £57.25 £69.50 £82.50
England median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year - +120.00% -45.05%

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 4,441 5,814 9,312
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 35.80% 33.30% 35.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,008 4,118 6,707
10th Percentile £333 £313 £375
25th Percentile £454 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £588 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.13% -2.08% -
75th Percentile £738 £725 £743
90th Percentile £850 £850 £838
England median daily rate £538 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 148 114
10th Percentile £15.84 £15.48 £19.10
25th Percentile £23.42 £18.41 £21.88
Median hourly rate £34.50 £26.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.69% -25.71% -20.72%
75th Percentile £49.94 £49.13 £64.88
90th Percentile £78.64 £69.50 £84.63
England median hourly rate £33.91 £32.56 £22.49
% change year-on-year +4.15% +44.80% -16.72%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Algorithms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Algorithms in London

Algorithms
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Algorithms in London.

Daily rate trend for Algorithms in London

Algorithms
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Algorithms in London over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Algorithms in London

Algorithms
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Algorithms in London.

Hourly rate trend for Algorithms in London

Algorithms
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Algorithms in London over the 6 months to 16 May 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 16 May 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 -2 25 £575 -16.67% 23
East London +16 1 £665 -21.76% 3
Algorithms
England

Algorithms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 16 (12.31%) Apache Spark
2 3 (2.31%) BizTalk Server
2 3 (2.31%) Confluence
3 1 (0.77%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.77%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 1 (0.77%) Siemens NX
1 1 (0.77%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.77%) Oracle TCA
Cloud Services
1 26 (20.00%) Azure
2 22 (16.92%) AWS
3 11 (8.46%) GitHub
4 8 (6.15%) GCP
4 8 (6.15%) Power Platform
5 7 (5.38%) AWS Lambda
5 7 (5.38%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (5.38%) GitHub Actions
5 7 (5.38%) Serverless
6 4 (3.08%) Amazon S3
7 3 (2.31%) Amazon Cognito
7 3 (2.31%) Amazon SQS
7 3 (2.31%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 3 (2.31%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (2.31%) Snowflake
8 2 (1.54%) Azure Functions
8 2 (1.54%) Azure Storage
8 2 (1.54%) Matillion
9 1 (0.77%) Amazon SageMaker
9 1 (0.77%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.85%) TCP/IP
2 3 (2.31%) 802.11
2 3 (2.31%) Broadband
2 3 (2.31%) DHCP
2 3 (2.31%) DOCSIS
2 3 (2.31%) DSL
2 3 (2.31%) GPON
2 3 (2.31%) HTTP
2 3 (2.31%) IPv4
2 3 (2.31%) IPv6
2 3 (2.31%) Multicast
2 3 (2.31%) PPP
2 3 (2.31%) VoIP
2 3 (2.31%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.77%) DNS
3 1 (0.77%) Modbus
3 1 (0.77%) S/MIME
3 1 (0.77%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.69%) Tableau
2 8 (6.15%) Hadoop
2 8 (6.15%) KDB
2 8 (6.15%) Power BI
3 6 (4.62%) Big Data
4 4 (3.08%) Apache Hive
4 4 (3.08%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.08%) Geospatial Data
4 4 (3.08%) GIS
4 4 (3.08%) Kdb+
4 4 (3.08%) MongoDB
5 3 (2.31%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (2.31%) Data Mining
5 3 (2.31%) DynamoDB
5 3 (2.31%) QGIS
5 3 (2.31%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.54%) Data Vault
6 2 (1.54%) MySQL
6 2 (1.54%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 24 (18.46%) Git
2 6 (4.62%) Bitbucket
2 6 (4.62%) JIRA
3 5 (3.85%) Jenkins
4 3 (2.31%) Bitbucket Server
4 3 (2.31%) Cypress.io
4 3 (2.31%) JUnit
4 3 (2.31%) Mocha
4 3 (2.31%) Postman
4 3 (2.31%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (1.54%) GitLab
6 1 (0.77%) Gerrit
6 1 (0.77%) Gradle
6 1 (0.77%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.77%) Qt Creator
6 1 (0.77%) TeamCity
General
1 60 (46.15%) Finance
2 58 (44.62%) Social Skills
3 43 (33.08%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (21.54%) Banking
5 26 (20.00%) Front Office
6 15 (11.54%) Investment Banking
7 12 (9.23%) Financial Institution
8 6 (4.62%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (3.85%) Public Sector
9 5 (3.85%) Retail
9 5 (3.85%) Telecoms
10 4 (3.08%) Back Office
10 4 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (3.08%) Police
11 3 (2.31%) Marketing
11 3 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.54%) Law
12 2 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (33.08%) Developer
2 21 (16.15%) Data Scientist
3 20 (15.38%) Senior
4 18 (13.85%) Lead
4 18 (13.85%) Software Engineer
5 12 (9.23%) Senior Developer
6 11 (8.46%) Quantitative Developer
7 9 (6.92%) Python Developer
8 7 (5.38%) Senior Data Scientist
9 6 (4.62%) Architect
9 6 (4.62%) Java Developer
10 5 (3.85%) Algorithm Engineer
10 5 (3.85%) Analyst
10 5 (3.85%) C++ Developer
10 5 (3.85%) C++ Software Engineer
10 5 (3.85%) Data Engineer
10 5 (3.85%) Lead Data Scientist
10 5 (3.85%) Principal Engineer
10 5 (3.85%) Python Engineer
11 4 (3.08%) Python Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.23%) TensorFlow
2 11 (8.46%) scikit-learn
3 10 (7.69%) Pandas
4 9 (6.92%) .NET
5 8 (6.15%) REST
6 7 (5.38%) .NET Core
6 7 (5.38%) PySpark
6 7 (5.38%) React
7 6 (4.62%) CSS
7 6 (4.62%) HTML
7 6 (4.62%) Play Framework
8 4 (3.08%) AngularJS
8 4 (3.08%) AWS CDK
8 4 (3.08%) Blazor
8 4 (3.08%) FIX Protocol
8 4 (3.08%) PyTorch
9 3 (2.31%) GatsbyJS
9 3 (2.31%) GeoPandas
9 3 (2.31%) Jest
9 3 (2.31%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 36 (27.69%) Data Structures
2 12 (9.23%) Distributed Systems
2 12 (9.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 10 (7.69%) Hedge funds
4 7 (5.38%) TWAP
4 7 (5.38%) VWAP
5 6 (4.62%) Equities
5 6 (4.62%) Fixed Income
5 6 (4.62%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (4.62%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (3.85%) Distributed Computing
6 5 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (3.08%) Credit Risk
7 4 (3.08%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (2.31%) Cloud Native
8 3 (2.31%) Digital TV
8 3 (2.31%) Life Science
8 3 (2.31%) Mobile App
8 3 (2.31%) STB
8 3 (2.31%) Vector Graphics
Operating Systems
1 23 (17.69%) Linux
2 7 (5.38%) Unix
3 4 (3.08%) Android
4 3 (2.31%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (2.31%) Windows
5 2 (1.54%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (41.54%) Machine Learning
2 49 (37.69%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (31.54%) Data Science
4 38 (29.23%) Agile
4 38 (29.23%) Analytics
5 36 (27.69%) Artificial Intelligence
6 35 (26.92%) CI/CD
7 31 (23.85%) Computer Science
8 30 (23.08%) Software Engineering
9 25 (19.23%) Low Latency
10 20 (15.38%) OO
11 18 (13.85%) Algorithmic Trading
11 18 (13.85%) Mathematics
12 17 (13.08%) Business Intelligence
12 17 (13.08%) Data Analysis
12 17 (13.08%) LLM
13 16 (12.31%) Decision-Making
13 16 (12.31%) DevOps
13 16 (12.31%) Multithreading
14 15 (11.54%) Market Making
Programming Languages
1 79 (60.77%) Python
2 45 (34.62%) SQL
3 33 (25.38%) C++
4 29 (22.31%) Java
5 16 (12.31%) JavaScript
6 12 (9.23%) C#
6 12 (9.23%) R
7 11 (8.46%) Scala
8 10 (7.69%) C
9 9 (6.92%) Go
10 5 (3.85%) Kotlin
10 5 (3.85%) Rust
10 5 (3.85%) T-SQL
11 4 (3.08%) Haskell
11 4 (3.08%) MATLAB
11 4 (3.08%) TypeScript
12 3 (2.31%) PL/SQL
13 2 (1.54%) Bash
13 2 (1.54%) OCaml
14 1 (0.77%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 23 (17.69%) Degree
2 16 (12.31%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (10.00%) Master's Degree
4 11 (8.46%) Security Cleared
5 7 (5.38%) SC Cleared
6 4 (3.08%) CISM
6 4 (3.08%) CISSP
6 4 (3.08%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.08%) GDPR
1 4 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (3.08%) NIST
1 4 (3.08%) QA
2 3 (2.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 2 (1.54%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.77%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.77%) EU AI Act
4 1 (0.77%) MiFID
System Software
1 4 (3.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (5.38%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.54%) Ansible
2 2 (1.54%) Terraform
3 1 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (9.23%) Databricks
1 12 (9.23%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.15%) Oracle
3 3 (2.31%) MuleSoft
4 2 (1.54%) Atlassian
4 2 (1.54%) Foundry
4 2 (1.54%) ION Trading
4 2 (1.54%) OutSystems
4 2 (1.54%) Talend
4 2 (1.54%) TikTok
5 1 (0.77%) Google
5 1 (0.77%) Hitachi
5 1 (0.77%) Instagram
5 1 (0.77%) NVIDIA
5 1 (0.77%) Ping Identity
5 1 (0.77%) Rackspace
5 1 (0.77%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.77%) Splunk
5 1 (0.77%) Spotify
5 1 (0.77%) YouTube