Algorithms Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Algorithms
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Algorithms in contract job vacancies in Sheffield. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Algorithms over the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 52 -
Rank change year-on-year -9 - -
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 10 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 1.70% 0.24% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.76% 0.76% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £483 - -
25th Percentile £514 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +68.75% - -
75th Percentile £688 - -
90th Percentile £697 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £685 £400 -
% change year-on-year +71.25% - -

All Generic Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 266 131 118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 45.16% 31.12% 28.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 80 73
10th Percentile £318 £219 £378
25th Percentile £381 £389 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £511 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.76% -7.05% -
75th Percentile £538 £600 £625
90th Percentile £638 £646 £700
South Yorkshire median daily rate £456 £511 £550
% change year-on-year -10.76% -7.05% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
Median hourly rate £15.00 £41.25 -
Median % change year-on-year -63.64% - -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £15.00 £41.25 -
% change year-on-year -63.64% - -

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Algorithms job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Algorithms
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Algorithms

Algorithms
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Algorithms in Sheffield over the 6 months to 4 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Algorithms in Sheffield

Algorithms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 5 (50.00%) Apache Pig
2 2 (20.00%) Apache
2 2 (20.00%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (20.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (70.00%) Data Mining
2 5 (50.00%) Apache Hive
2 5 (50.00%) Hadoop
2 5 (50.00%) Power BI
3 2 (20.00%) OLTP
General
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Data Engineer
2 5 (50.00%) Data Scientist
3 1 (10.00%) Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Developer/Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Lead Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Lead Software Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Lead Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) Middleware
1 2 (20.00%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Data Collection
1 7 (70.00%) Machine Learning
2 5 (50.00%) Data Munging
2 5 (50.00%) Data Science
2 5 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 5 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 5 (50.00%) Linear Algebra
2 5 (50.00%) Naive Bayes
2 5 (50.00%) Statistics
2 5 (50.00%) Support Vector Machines
2 5 (50.00%) Visualisation
3 2 (20.00%) Data Security
3 2 (20.00%) Data Sharing
4 1 (10.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (10.00%) Clean Code
4 1 (10.00%) ETL
4 1 (10.00%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (10.00%) SOLID
4 1 (10.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 9 (90.00%) Python
2 7 (70.00%) Java
2 7 (70.00%) Scala
3 5 (50.00%) SQL
4 1 (10.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Splunk
2 2 (20.00%) Delphix