Optimization Problems Contract Job Trends in South London

Optimisation Problems
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South London requiring Optimization Problems skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Optimization Problems 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South London 0.34% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
London median daily rate £775 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
South London

Optimization Problems falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in South London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 254 177 240
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 86.10% 89.39% 91.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 120 163
10th Percentile £413 £320 £188
25th Percentile £476 £459 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £555 £600 £588
90th Percentile £691 £754 £648
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 8 19
10th Percentile £54.42 - £16.28
25th Percentile £54.55 £15.84 £19.25
Median hourly rate £61.22 £24.92 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year +145.66% +6.04% -46.72%
75th Percentile £66.50 £78.40 £66.57
90th Percentile £67.70 £79.84 £83.75
London median hourly rate £35.25 £35.25 £30.08
% change year-on-year - +17.19% -16.44%

Optimization Problems
Contract Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Optimization Problems within the South London region over the 6 months to 10 March 2026. 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
Croydon - 1 - - 2
Optimization Problems
London

Optimization Problems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Geospatial Data
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Scientist
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning