Algorithms Contracts in Northern Ireland

Algorithms
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Algorithms in contract job vacancies in Northern Ireland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Algorithms over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 2.37% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.48% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £483 - -
25th Percentile £494 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £531 - -
90th Percentile £543 - -
UK median daily rate £606 £590 £600
% change year-on-year +2.75% -1.67% -11.11%

All Generic Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 73 33 56
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 43.20% 23.08% 29.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 5 30
10th Percentile £148 £160 £165
25th Percentile £273 £185 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £373 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -17.22% +5.88% +18.06%
75th Percentile £525 £500 £559
90th Percentile £607 £523 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 18 2
10th Percentile - - £13.33
25th Percentile £14.78 £12.25 £13.46
Median hourly rate £24.18 £12.62 £13.84
Median % change year-on-year +91.60% -8.83% -27.14%
75th Percentile £78.47 £23.54 £14.15
90th Percentile £81.62 £31.88 £14.22
UK median hourly rate £31.76 £31.50 £22.26
% change year-on-year +0.83% +41.54% -19.07%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Algorithms in Northern Ireland

Algorithms
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Daily rate trend for Algorithms in Northern Ireland

Algorithms
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Algorithms within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 19 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
County Antrim - 4 £500 - 17
Algorithms
UK

Algorithms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (25.00%) DB2
2 1 (25.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (25.00%) Relational Database
General
1 2 (50.00%) Banking
1 2 (50.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
1 4 (100.00%) Java Developer
2 3 (75.00%) Core Java Developer
3 2 (50.00%) Senior
3 2 (50.00%) Senior Developer
3 2 (50.00%) Senior Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (25.00%) Derivative
2 1 (25.00%) Distributed Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Distributed Computing
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Low Latency
2 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Database Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Electronic Trading
2 1 (25.00%) High-Frequency Trading
2 1 (25.00%) Microservices
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (25.00%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) C++
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Sybase