Algorithmic Pricing Contract Job Trends

Algorithmic Pricing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Algorithmic Pricing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 623 - 585
Rank change year-on-year - - +142
Contract jobs citing Algorithmic Pricing 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.002% - 0.007%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.003% - 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £605 - £800
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 - £850
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.68%
75th Percentile £614 - £900
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Algorithmic Pricing 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 38,117 26,296 38,255
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.75% 90.49% 86.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,146 17,083 24,839
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £748
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -0.51% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,236 956 2,346
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.12 £12.84
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.47 £16.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -9.72%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.94 £57.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £77.35 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.25 £31.64 £31.80
% change year-on-year -1.23% -0.50% -11.67%

Algorithmic Pricing
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Algorithmic Pricing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Algorithmic Pricing job vacancy trend in the UK

Algorithmic Pricing
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Algorithmic Pricing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Algorithmic Pricing

Algorithmic Pricing
Top 2 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Algorithmic Pricing within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
London - 1 £610 -
England - 1 £610 -

Algorithmic Pricing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) Maven
1 1 (100.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Front Office
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Trading Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Java Concurrency
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Solace
1 1 (100.00%) Sybase