Recommender Systems Contracts

Recommender System
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Recommender Systems skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Recommender Systems 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 519 580 -
Rank change year-on-year +61 - -
Contract jobs citing Recommender Systems 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% 0.005% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.004% 0.005% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £650 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Recommender Systems 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 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Recommender Systems
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Recommender Systems in the UK

Recommender Systems
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Recommender Systems in the UK

Recommender Systems
Top 1 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Recommender Systems within the UK 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
Work from Home +41 1 - - 8

Recommender Systems
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 1 (100.00%) IBM Domino
1 1 (100.00%) SAS
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Dutch Language
1 1 (100.00%) French Language
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Django
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) A/B Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Direct Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Predictive Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Predictive Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree