Algorithms Contract Job Trends in Wales

Algorithms
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Algorithms in contract job vacancies in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Algorithms over the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 41 57
Rank change year-on-year +2 +16 +10
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 3 7 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 0.84% 1.65% 0.41%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.46% 4.61% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £243 -
25th Percentile £638 £244 £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £248 £675
Median % change year-on-year +172.73% -63.33% -
75th Percentile £713 £249 £688
90th Percentile - £250 -
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £645
% change year-on-year -8.33% -6.98% -7.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £25.41 -
25th Percentile - £25.48 £16.98
Median hourly rate £22.84 £25.60 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year -10.78% +41.12% -
75th Percentile - - £19.31
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £67.00 £47.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +41.05% +35.71% -27.17%

All Generic Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 122 152 176
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 34.08% 35.76% 35.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 93 124
10th Percentile £193 £136 £169
25th Percentile £274 £210 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £331 £488 £425
Median % change year-on-year -32.07% +14.71% -12.82%
75th Percentile £461 £550 £588
90th Percentile £543 £629 £663
UK median daily rate £515 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -4.63% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 15 10
10th Percentile £13.08 £18.44 £15.93
25th Percentile £17.30 £21.88 £16.24
Median hourly rate £20.50 £25.60 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.92% +11.30% +39.39%
75th Percentile £21.50 £26.55 £52.06
90th Percentile - £47.16 £55.38
UK median hourly rate £29.50 £50.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.00% +12.36% +67.92%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Algorithms in Wales

Algorithms
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Algorithms.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Algorithms

Algorithms
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Algorithms.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Algorithms

Algorithms
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Algorithms within the Wales region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
South Wales +4 2 - - 2
Dyfed - 1 £675 -
Algorithms
UK

Algorithms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Azure AI
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Machine Learning
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Power BI
1 2 (66.67%) Spotfire
1 2 (66.67%) Tableau
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) LangChain
1 1 (33.33%) Pandas
1 1 (33.33%) PySpark
1 1 (33.33%) scikit-learn
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Science
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Data Visualisation
2 2 (66.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 2 (66.67%) Mathematics
2 2 (66.67%) Operations Research
2 2 (66.67%) Predictive Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Prescriptive Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Statistical Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Statistics
2 2 (66.67%) Supply Chain Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) MLOps
3 1 (33.33%) Probabilistic Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Time Series Forecasting
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) R
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) TIBCO
2 1 (33.33%) Databricks
2 1 (33.33%) Foundry