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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 84 112
Rank change year-on-year +9 +28 +25
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 4 12 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.43% 0.79% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.50% 2.86% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 6
10th Percentile - - £400
25th Percentile £448 £463 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -17.27% +2.85% -0.51%
75th Percentile £566 £656 £574
90th Percentile £628 - £603
North West median daily rate £550 £525 £545
% change year-on-year +4.76% -3.58% -3.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
North West median hourly rate £25.43 £55.00 £66.69
% change year-on-year -53.76% -17.53% -

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 266 419 629
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 28.73% 27.62% 33.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 283 435
10th Percentile £203 £300 £320
25th Percentile £382 £404 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -2.44% +5.13%
75th Percentile £602 £588 £631
90th Percentile £700 £725 £686
North West median daily rate £473 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 32 31
10th Percentile £20.75 £13.08 £16.85
25th Percentile £24.25 £15.82 £20.74
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.71% -27.86% +141.38%
75th Percentile £56.25 £57.50 £65.50
90th Percentile £76.00 £62.50 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £29.52 £25.25 £27.98
% change year-on-year +16.89% -9.76% +51.24%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Algorithms in Manchester

Algorithms
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Algorithms in Manchester

Algorithms
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Algorithms in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Algorithms in Manchester

Algorithms
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Algorithms in Manchester

Algorithms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Amazon EKS
2 1 (25.00%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (25.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (25.00%) GitLab
2 1 (25.00%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Data Scientist
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) PyTorch
1 2 (50.00%) TensorFlow
2 1 (25.00%) FastAPI
2 1 (25.00%) LDAP
2 1 (25.00%) OAuth
2 1 (25.00%) OAuth2
2 1 (25.00%) OpenID
2 1 (25.00%) React
2 1 (25.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (25.00%) PKI
1 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Data Protection
1 3 (75.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Data Privacy
2 2 (50.00%) Data Science
2 2 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 2 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 2 (50.00%) MLOps
2 2 (50.00%) Natural Language Processing
2 2 (50.00%) Predictive Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Predictive Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Statistical Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Storytelling
2 2 (50.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Python
2 2 (50.00%) R
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (25.00%) NCSC
2 1 (25.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft