Algorithms Contract Job Trends in the South West

Algorithms
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Algorithms in contract job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Algorithms over the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 105 135
Rank change year-on-year -18 +30 +2
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 4 26 19
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.19% 1.07% 0.60%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.59% 3.96% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 16 13
10th Percentile £253 £456 £365
25th Percentile £416 £635 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £668 £550
Median % change year-on-year -20.41% +21.36% +4.76%
75th Percentile £556 £676 £675
90th Percentile £568 - £770
England median daily rate £550 £609 £650
% change year-on-year -9.69% -6.31% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - £75.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - +114.29% -38.45%
75th Percentile - - £47.50
90th Percentile - - £70.00
England median hourly rate £67.00 £52.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year +27.62% +16.67% -14.29%

All Generic Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 674 657 912
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 32.31% 27.08% 28.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 406 369 654
10th Percentile £224 £205 £278
25th Percentile £375 £440 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £673 £675
90th Percentile £715 £724 £729
England median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 60 60
10th Percentile £6.00 £15.50 £15.57
25th Percentile £15.48 £40.94 £34.01
Median hourly rate £23.17 £70.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.90% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £63.75 - £83.40
90th Percentile £72.75 £75.00 -
England median hourly rate £28.00 £50.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -44.00% +12.36% +67.92%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Algorithms job vacancy trend in the South West

Algorithms
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Algorithms.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Algorithms

Algorithms
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Algorithms in the South West over the 6 months to 30 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Algorithms in the South West

Algorithms
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Algorithms.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Algorithms

Algorithms
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 30 October 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
Devon +13 1 £160 -68.00% 2
Bristol -3 1 £550 -4.35% 18
Gloucestershire -7 1 £550 -17.60% 6
Algorithms
England

Algorithms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 2 (50.00%) Apache Spark
2 1 (25.00%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Big Data
1 1 (25.00%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (25.00%) Electronics
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Games
2 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Data Scientist
1 1 (25.00%) Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) CSS
1 1 (25.00%) HTML
1 1 (25.00%) NumPy
1 1 (25.00%) Pandas
1 1 (25.00%) PySpark
1 1 (25.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (25.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (25.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (25.00%) Hackathon
1 1 (25.00%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) AI
1 4 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Data Science
2 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (25.00%) Anomaly Detection
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Vision
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Data Development
3 1 (25.00%) Data Ingestion
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Edge Computing
3 1 (25.00%) Game Development
3 1 (25.00%) MLOps
3 1 (25.00%) Natural Language Processing
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Signal Processing
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Detection
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) R
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) SAP