Algorithms Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Algorithms
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Algorithms in contract job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Algorithms over the 6 months leading up to 1 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 83 75
Rank change year-on-year -36 -8 +33
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 4 2 14
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.20% 0.20% 1.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.58% 0.58% 4.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 6
10th Percentile £412 - £444
25th Percentile £419 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.47% - -
75th Percentile £465 £488 £493
90th Percentile £486 - £598
North West median daily rate £398 £563 £483
% change year-on-year -29.24% +16.52% -0.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.25 - £52.50
Median hourly rate £45.50 - £55.00
75th Percentile £45.75 - £57.50
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £45.50 - £55.00

All Generic Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 693 344 326
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 34.72% 34.16% 27.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 232 188
10th Percentile £362 £313 £321
25th Percentile £425 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £694 £676 £833
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £496
% change year-on-year +11.11% -9.27% -0.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 17 23
10th Percentile £19.61 £18.72 £16.11
25th Percentile £28.88 £34.50 £21.25
Median hourly rate £50.25 £49.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.55% +8.89% +55.17%
75th Percentile £77.00 £65.00 £57.75
90th Percentile £87.50 £78.00 £86.90
North West median hourly rate £43.96 £43.86 £27.25
% change year-on-year +0.24% +60.94% -32.65%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Algorithms relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Algorithms job vacancy trend in Manchester

Algorithms
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Algorithms.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Algorithms

Algorithms
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Algorithms.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Algorithms

Algorithms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (25.00%) Confluence
1 1 (25.00%) SAS
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) MongoDB
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) Big Data
2 1 (25.00%) Data Mining
2 1 (25.00%) MySQL
2 1 (25.00%) Power BI
2 1 (25.00%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Git
1 2 (50.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (25.00%) GitLab
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Process Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Procurement Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Software Developer
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) JSON
1 2 (50.00%) Kafka
2 1 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) SDLC
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) AI
2 2 (50.00%) Change Control
2 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Application Security
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Cryptography
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) ERP
3 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven
3 1 (25.00%) Key Management
3 1 (25.00%) Platform Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C#
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) MATLAB
2 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Ariba
1 1 (25.00%) Infor
1 1 (25.00%) SAP