Algorithms Contracts in the South East

Algorithms
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Algorithms in contract job vacancies in the South East. 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 135 189 164
Rank change year-on-year +54 -25 +59
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 24 16 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.80% 0.29% 1.00%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.38% 1.01% 2.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 11 33
10th Percentile £366 £475 £146
25th Percentile £420 £550 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% +12.82%
75th Percentile £538 £678 £631
90th Percentile £675 £775 £1,188
England median daily rate £625 £588 £600
% change year-on-year +6.38% -2.08% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.50 - £19.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £19.49
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +233.50% -7.19%
75th Percentile £57.50 - £39.12
90th Percentile - - £59.84
England median hourly rate £57.50 £55.00 £26.25
% change year-on-year +4.55% +109.52% -41.67%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,009 1,583 1,962
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 33.52% 28.48% 33.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 633 936 1,323
10th Percentile £211 £205 £213
25th Percentile £360 £363 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £638
90th Percentile £661 £688 £725
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 154 90
10th Percentile £16.95 £11.74 £18.23
25th Percentile £23.50 £18.35 £20.48
Median hourly rate £47.81 £47.19 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year +1.31% -7.93% +138.37%
75th Percentile £64.13 £61.30 £67.50
90th Percentile £85.50 £65.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Algorithms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Algorithms in the South East

Algorithms
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Algorithms in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Algorithms in the South East

Algorithms
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for Algorithms in the South East

Algorithms
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Algorithms in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Algorithms in the South East

Algorithms
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Algorithms within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 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
Thames Valley +51 13 £500 +35.69% 45
Berkshire +42 12 £500 +35.69% 16
Hampshire +32 10 £500 -31.97% 17
Surrey +11 1 £365 -39.17% 23
Buckinghamshire - 1 - - 12
Algorithms
England

Algorithms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (12.50%) Apache
1 3 (12.50%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 10 (41.67%) AWS
2 4 (16.67%) Azure
3 3 (12.50%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) Big Data
1 4 (16.67%) Hadoop
2 2 (8.33%) Relational Database
3 1 (4.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (25.00%) Selenium
2 3 (12.50%) Git
3 1 (4.17%) CMake
General
1 8 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (4.17%) Automotive
2 1 (4.17%) Electronics
2 1 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (25.00%) Architect
2 5 (20.83%) Senior
3 3 (12.50%) Data Scientist
3 3 (12.50%) Developer
3 3 (12.50%) FPGA Developer
3 3 (12.50%) FPGA Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Senior Architect
3 3 (12.50%) Senior Solutions Architect
3 3 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (8.33%) Software Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Consultant
5 1 (4.17%) Data Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Embedded Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Functional Consultant
5 1 (4.17%) Senior Data Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Systems Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Test Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) NumPy
1 2 (8.33%) Pandas
1 2 (8.33%) scikit-learn
1 2 (8.33%) TensorFlow
2 1 (4.17%) CNTK
2 1 (4.17%) OpenVINO
2 1 (4.17%) Prophet
2 1 (4.17%) PyTorch
2 1 (4.17%) React
2 1 (4.17%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Device Driver
1 6 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
1 6 (25.00%) IoT
2 5 (20.83%) Cloud Native
3 3 (12.50%) FPGA
3 3 (12.50%) Verilog
3 3 (12.50%) VHDL
4 2 (8.33%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (4.17%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 7 (29.17%) Linux
2 1 (4.17%) Android
2 1 (4.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (50.00%) Agile
2 10 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (37.50%) Data Modelling
3 9 (37.50%) Mathematics
3 9 (37.50%) Test Automation
4 8 (33.33%) Decision-Making
4 8 (33.33%) Exploratory Testing
4 8 (33.33%) Optimization Problems
4 8 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
4 8 (33.33%) Signal Processing
5 7 (29.17%) Artificial Intelligence
5 7 (29.17%) Data Collection
6 6 (25.00%) Architectural Design
6 6 (25.00%) Cloud Enablement
6 6 (25.00%) Device Driver Development
6 6 (25.00%) Functional Testing
6 6 (25.00%) Multithreading
6 6 (25.00%) Project Management
6 6 (25.00%) SDLC
7 5 (20.83%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 16 (66.67%) Python
2 10 (41.67%) Java
3 6 (25.00%) Embedded C
4 5 (20.83%) C
5 4 (16.67%) C++
6 3 (12.50%) SQL
7 1 (4.17%) Go
7 1 (4.17%) JavaScript
7 1 (4.17%) MATLAB
7 1 (4.17%) R
7 1 (4.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (33.33%) Degree
2 6 (25.00%) Master's Degree
3 5 (20.83%) Security Cleared
4 2 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
5 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 9 (37.50%) Firmware
2 1 (4.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (12.50%) Algorithmics
1 3 (12.50%) Intel
2 2 (8.33%) Google