Algorithms Contracts

Algorithms
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Algorithms in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Algorithms over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 262 277 273
Rank change year-on-year +15 -4 +67
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 310 367 524
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.99% 0.84% 0.94%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.85% 2.80% 2.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 229 341
10th Percentile £401 £400 £400
25th Percentile £492 £463 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £560 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% -6.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £717 £750 £788
90th Percentile £850 £851 £938
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 53 22
10th Percentile £22.23 £32.90 £19.00
25th Percentile £30.00 £46.75 £19.37
Median hourly rate £61.50 £55.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.82% +150.00% -51.11%
75th Percentile £75.00 £58.75 £51.56
90th Percentile £88.00 £71.00 £62.79
UK excluding London median hourly rate £72.50 £55.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +31.82% +150.00% -51.11%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 10,864 13,130 18,335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.68% 30.20% 32.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,734 8,341 12,606
10th Percentile £300 £281 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
75th Percentile £650 £663 £676
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 503 919 580
10th Percentile £15.50 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.87 £15.39 £11.87
Median hourly rate £30.50 £36.05 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +60.20% -16.60%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.25 £60.64
90th Percentile £78.46 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £35.65 £22.50
% change year-on-year -15.85% +58.44% +4.65%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Algorithms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Algorithms in the UK

Algorithms
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Algorithms in the UK

Algorithms
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Algorithms over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Algorithms in the UK

Algorithms
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Algorithms in the UK

Algorithms
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Algorithms over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Algorithms in the UK

Algorithms
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Algorithms within the UK over the 6 months to 3 July 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
England -7 244 £580 +0.87% 1,450
London -11 144 £625 +4.17% 900
UK excluding London +46 131 £525 +5.00% 635
Work from Home -20 81 £538 -20.66% 607
East of England +40 31 £550 - 128
South East +50 30 £525 -12.50% 187
Scotland +11 18 £425 - 73
North of England -5 18 £600 +26.32% 105
North West +5 15 £563 +12.90% 59
South West +23 14 £550 +10.00% 66
Wales +17 12 £575 +134.69% 19
Midlands +1 5 £284 -32.90% 59
East Midlands +5 4 £284 -31.27% 24
Northern Ireland -5 4 £500 - 15
Yorkshire -6 2 £600 +50.00% 29
West Midlands -7 1 - - 32
North East - 1 £625 - 17

Algorithms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 36 (11.61%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.61%) Apache
3 2 (0.65%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (0.65%) CMS
3 2 (0.65%) Confluence
4 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.32%) nginx
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.32%) SAS
4 1 (0.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (4.84%) Simulink
2 3 (0.97%) Stateflow
3 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.65%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.32%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.32%) CPLEX
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.32%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.32%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.65%) Temenos T24
2 1 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 69 (22.26%) Azure
2 63 (20.32%) AWS
3 28 (9.03%) GCP
4 12 (3.87%) GitHub
5 11 (3.55%) Power Platform
6 9 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (2.58%) Azure AI
7 8 (2.58%) BlazeMeter
8 7 (2.26%) GitHub Actions
8 7 (2.26%) Serverless
9 6 (1.94%) Anthropic Claude
9 6 (1.94%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (1.61%) Azure Machine Learning
11 4 (1.29%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (1.29%) Google Gemini
11 4 (1.29%) Snowflake
12 3 (0.97%) Amazon S3
12 3 (0.97%) Amazon SQS
12 3 (0.97%) AWS KMS
12 3 (0.97%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.90%) Ethernet
2 7 (2.26%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.61%) SSL
4 3 (0.97%) Firewall
4 3 (0.97%) HTTP
4 3 (0.97%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (0.97%) Multicast
5 2 (0.65%) MQTT
5 2 (0.65%) Network Security
5 2 (0.65%) VPN
5 2 (0.65%) Wireless
5 2 (0.65%) X.509
6 1 (0.32%) 4G
6 1 (0.32%) 5G
6 1 (0.32%) 5G NR
6 1 (0.32%) LTE
6 1 (0.32%) MIMO
6 1 (0.32%) Mobile Backhaul
6 1 (0.32%) Modbus
6 1 (0.32%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (10.00%) Hadoop
1 31 (10.00%) Tableau
2 26 (8.39%) Big Data
3 24 (7.74%) NoSQL
4 15 (4.84%) MongoDB
5 11 (3.55%) Power BI
6 9 (2.90%) Relational Database
7 8 (2.58%) Apache Cassandra
8 7 (2.26%) GIS
9 6 (1.94%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (1.94%) Geospatial Data
9 6 (1.94%) Metadata
10 5 (1.61%) Apache Hive
10 5 (1.61%) KDB
10 5 (1.61%) QGIS
10 5 (1.61%) Redis
11 4 (1.29%) DB2
11 4 (1.29%) Neo4j
11 4 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
12 3 (0.97%) Sybase IQ
Development Applications
1 47 (15.16%) Git
2 16 (5.16%) Cucumber
2 16 (5.16%) JUnit
3 11 (3.55%) Jenkins
4 9 (2.90%) Selenium
5 8 (2.58%) JIRA
6 6 (1.94%) Bitbucket
6 6 (1.94%) Cypress.io
7 4 (1.29%) GitLab
7 4 (1.29%) Rational Statemate
8 3 (0.97%) Bitbucket Server
8 3 (0.97%) Mocha
8 3 (0.97%) Mockito
8 3 (0.97%) Postman
8 3 (0.97%) TestNG
8 3 (0.97%) TestRail
8 3 (0.97%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (0.97%) WebDriver
8 3 (0.97%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.65%) Gradle
General
1 127 (40.97%) Social Skills
2 97 (31.29%) Analytical Skills
3 81 (26.13%) Finance
4 48 (15.48%) Banking
5 30 (9.68%) Investment Banking
6 25 (8.06%) Front Office
7 19 (6.13%) Financial Institution
8 17 (5.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (4.19%) Public Sector
10 10 (3.23%) Manufacturing
10 10 (3.23%) Telecoms
11 9 (2.90%) Games
11 9 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (2.58%) Electronics
12 8 (2.58%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (1.94%) Automotive
13 6 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.94%) Retail
14 5 (1.61%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 122 (39.35%) Developer
2 44 (14.19%) Senior
3 30 (9.68%) Data Scientist
4 29 (9.35%) Java Developer
5 25 (8.06%) Lead
6 23 (7.42%) Python Developer
6 23 (7.42%) Software Engineer
7 18 (5.81%) Senior Developer
8 17 (5.48%) Architect
9 16 (5.16%) Scala Developer
10 13 (4.19%) Data Science Developer
11 11 (3.55%) Data Engineer
11 11 (3.55%) Quantitative Developer
12 10 (3.23%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
12 10 (3.23%) Full-Stack Developer
13 9 (2.90%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 9 (2.90%) Principal Engineer
14 8 (2.58%) Analyst
14 8 (2.58%) Consultant
14 8 (2.58%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (14.84%) TensorFlow
2 36 (11.61%) PyTorch
3 34 (10.97%) scikit-learn
4 30 (9.68%) Pandas
5 22 (7.10%) CSS
6 19 (6.13%) NumPy
6 19 (6.13%) React
7 16 (5.16%) HTML
7 16 (5.16%) REST
8 15 (4.84%) Spring
9 14 (4.52%) Matplotlib
9 14 (4.52%) Seaborn
10 12 (3.87%) PySpark
11 11 (3.55%) AngularJS
12 10 (3.23%) Kafka
13 9 (2.90%) FIX Protocol
13 9 (2.90%) Node.js
14 8 (2.58%) RESTful
15 7 (2.26%) .NET
15 7 (2.26%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 71 (22.90%) Data Structures
2 16 (5.16%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (4.19%) Distributed Computing
4 11 (3.55%) Hedge funds
5 10 (3.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 9 (2.90%) Cloud Native
6 9 (2.90%) FPGA
6 9 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (2.90%) Verilog
7 8 (2.58%) Derivative
7 8 (2.58%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.58%) Fixed Income
7 8 (2.58%) Linux Command Line
7 8 (2.58%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.26%) PKI
9 6 (1.94%) Equities
9 6 (1.94%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.94%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.94%) PCIe
10 5 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 36 (11.61%) Linux
2 11 (3.55%) Unix
3 6 (1.94%) Android
4 4 (1.29%) Windows
5 1 (0.32%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (44.84%) Machine Learning
2 115 (37.10%) Artificial Intelligence
3 100 (32.26%) Agile
3 100 (32.26%) Problem-Solving
4 87 (28.06%) Software Engineering
5 82 (26.45%) Data Science
6 81 (26.13%) CI/CD
7 69 (22.26%) Computer Science
8 68 (21.94%) Analytics
9 63 (20.32%) Visualisation
10 54 (17.42%) LLM
11 47 (15.16%) Mathematics
12 46 (14.84%) Decision-Making
13 41 (13.23%) Generative AI
14 40 (12.90%) OO
15 38 (12.26%) DevOps
15 38 (12.26%) SDLC
16 37 (11.94%) Data Analysis
16 37 (11.94%) Design Patterns
17 36 (11.61%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 164 (52.90%) Python
2 78 (25.16%) SQL
3 76 (24.52%) Java
4 41 (13.23%) C++
5 39 (12.58%) JavaScript
6 34 (10.97%) R
7 30 (9.68%) Scala
8 18 (5.81%) MATLAB
9 17 (5.48%) TypeScript
10 16 (5.16%) C
11 14 (4.52%) C#
12 9 (2.90%) Rust
13 7 (2.26%) Haskell
13 7 (2.26%) Kotlin
14 6 (1.94%) Go
14 6 (1.94%) SystemVerilog
14 6 (1.94%) Tcl
15 5 (1.61%) OCaml
15 5 (1.61%) Shell Script
16 4 (1.29%) Bash
Qualifications
1 80 (25.81%) Degree
2 39 (12.58%) Master's Degree
3 37 (11.94%) Security Cleared
4 27 (8.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (7.74%) PhD
6 21 (6.77%) SC Cleared
7 6 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.94%) HNC
7 6 (1.94%) HND
8 5 (1.61%) CISM
8 5 (1.61%) CISSP
9 4 (1.29%) Postgraduate
10 3 (0.97%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.97%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.97%) GIAC
10 3 (0.97%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.65%) CREST Certified
11 2 (0.65%) SANS
12 1 (0.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (8.39%) QA
2 17 (5.48%) Data Quality
2 17 (5.48%) GDPR
3 12 (3.87%) NIST
4 11 (3.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.94%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.94%) DO-254
6 5 (1.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 4 (1.29%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (1.29%) EU AI Act
7 4 (1.29%) Software Quality Assurance
8 3 (0.97%) AUTOSAR
9 2 (0.65%) FIPS 140-2
9 2 (0.65%) MISRA
9 2 (0.65%) MISRA C
9 2 (0.65%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.65%) PMO
9 2 (0.65%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.32%) IEC 61508
10 1 (0.32%) NCSC
System Software
1 18 (5.81%) Docker
2 11 (3.55%) Firmware
3 2 (0.65%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 29 (9.35%) Kubernetes
2 17 (5.48%) Ansible
3 10 (3.23%) Grafana
4 4 (1.29%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.97%) Terraform
6 2 (0.65%) Kubeflow
6 2 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.32%) Kibana
7 1 (0.32%) logstash
Vendors
1 23 (7.42%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.52%) Databricks
3 12 (3.87%) Google
4 10 (3.23%) Splunk
5 9 (2.90%) Dynatrace
5 9 (2.90%) Intel
6 7 (2.26%) Oracle
7 6 (1.94%) Actel
7 6 (1.94%) Altera
7 6 (1.94%) Microsemi
7 6 (1.94%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.94%) Xilinx
8 5 (1.61%) OpenAI
9 4 (1.29%) Foundry
10 3 (0.97%) Algorithmics
10 3 (0.97%) Duck Creek
10 3 (0.97%) Guidewire
10 3 (0.97%) OutSystems
10 3 (0.97%) SAP
10 3 (0.97%) Sybase