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 have cited Algorithms over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 277 284 346
Rank change year-on-year +7 +62 -18
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 366 565 687
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.84% 0.95% 0.77%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.78% 2.86% 2.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 355 428
10th Percentile £400 £413 £429
25th Percentile £475 £500 £542
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £613 £675
Median % change year-on-year -5.10% -9.26% +22.73%
75th Percentile £738 £788 £788
90th Percentile £875 £950 £907
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £547 £538
% change year-on-year -8.63% +1.81% +13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 25 27
10th Percentile £33.56 £19.00 £19.50
25th Percentile £47.75 £20.47 £21.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £22.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -51.11% -
75th Percentile £58.75 £57.76 £52.06
90th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £58.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £22.00 £41.71
% change year-on-year +150.00% -47.26% -12.18%

All Generic Skills
UK

Algorithms is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,163 19,732 29,365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.34% 33.30% 33.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,459 13,566 20,480
10th Percentile £263 £308 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £680 £656
90th Percentile £788 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 907 640 723
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £30.16 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.13% -18.24% +4.05%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.05 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.50 £22.00 £20.07
% change year-on-year +29.55% +9.64% -16.40%

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 May 2024.

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 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Algorithms in the UK

Algorithms
Top 14 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 May 2024. 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 +31 333 £590 -1.67% 496
London +22 218 £650 -7.14% 236
Work from Home +66 138 £650 +8.33% 257
UK excluding London -15 107 £500 -8.63% 274
North of England +29 26 £475 -12.76% 34
Midlands +41 19 £550 - 35
West Midlands +37 18 £550 -2.22% 31
East of England +11 18 £388 -20.51% 62
South West +9 18 £450 -10.00% 30
South East -26 16 £600 +9.09% 92
North West +14 15 £525 - 23
Yorkshire +25 11 £400 -30.43% 10
Scotland +7 10 £413 -45.00% 24
East Midlands +21 1 - - 4

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 15 (4.10%) Apache Spark
2 8 (2.19%) Apache
2 8 (2.19%) SAS
3 5 (1.37%) IBM Notes
4 4 (1.09%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.82%) CMS
5 3 (0.82%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.82%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.55%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.27%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.27%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 38 (10.38%) Simulink
2 28 (7.65%) Stateflow
3 6 (1.64%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.37%) TargetLink
5 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (0.82%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.55%) Distributed Ledger
2 2 (0.55%) Orchestrade
3 1 (0.27%) RMDS
3 1 (0.27%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 56 (15.30%) AWS
2 37 (10.11%) Azure
3 26 (7.10%) GCP
4 11 (3.01%) Power Platform
5 8 (2.19%) Amazon S3
6 7 (1.91%) Amazon EC2
7 6 (1.64%) AWS Lambda
7 6 (1.64%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 6 (1.64%) npm
7 6 (1.64%) Serverless
7 6 (1.64%) Yarn
8 5 (1.37%) Azure Machine Learning
8 5 (1.37%) SaaS
9 4 (1.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 4 (1.09%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (1.09%) PaaS
10 3 (0.82%) Amazon Kinesis
10 3 (0.82%) Lucidchart
10 3 (0.82%) Snowflake
10 3 (0.82%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.64%) Internet
1 6 (1.64%) Wireless
2 5 (1.37%) DNS
2 5 (1.37%) Firewall
3 4 (1.09%) DHCP
3 4 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.82%) Ethernet
4 3 (0.82%) Network Security
4 3 (0.82%) RTSP
5 2 (0.55%) SSH
6 1 (0.27%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (8.47%) Big Data
2 27 (7.38%) Relational Database
3 20 (5.46%) Hadoop
4 17 (4.64%) NoSQL
5 14 (3.83%) Tableau
6 12 (3.28%) MongoDB
7 11 (3.01%) KDB
8 10 (2.73%) PostgreSQL
9 8 (2.19%) Power BI
10 7 (1.91%) BigQuery
11 6 (1.64%) Apache Hive
12 5 (1.37%) Data Lake
12 5 (1.37%) HBase
13 4 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (1.09%) RDBMS
13 4 (1.09%) Redis
14 3 (0.82%) Data Mining
14 3 (0.82%) Geospatial Data
15 2 (0.55%) HDInsight
15 2 (0.55%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 41 (11.20%) Git
2 23 (6.28%) JIRA
3 16 (4.37%) Jenkins
4 14 (3.83%) Subversion
5 9 (2.46%) GitLab
6 7 (1.91%) Bitbucket
6 7 (1.91%) Maven
6 7 (1.91%) TeamCity
6 7 (1.91%) webpack
7 6 (1.64%) JUnit
8 4 (1.09%) Cucumber
8 4 (1.09%) Gradle
8 4 (1.09%) Jasmine
8 4 (1.09%) Karma Test Runner
8 4 (1.09%) Mocha
8 4 (1.09%) Selenium
9 3 (0.82%) XCUITest
10 2 (0.55%) Babel
10 2 (0.55%) IntelliJ
10 2 (0.55%) Visual Studio
General
1 112 (30.60%) Social Skills
2 77 (21.04%) Analytical Skills
3 67 (18.31%) Finance
4 32 (8.74%) Front Office
5 31 (8.47%) Automotive
6 22 (6.01%) Banking
7 21 (5.74%) Legal
8 11 (3.01%) Public Sector
9 10 (2.73%) Investment Banking
9 10 (2.73%) Retail
10 8 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.19%) Telecoms
11 7 (1.91%) Marketing
12 6 (1.64%) Aerospace
13 5 (1.37%) Police
14 4 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.82%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.82%) Games
15 3 (0.82%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 121 (33.06%) Developer
2 53 (14.48%) Data Scientist
3 48 (13.11%) Senior
4 39 (10.66%) Software Engineer
5 23 (6.28%) Java Developer
6 21 (5.74%) Data Engineer
7 19 (5.19%) Analyst
7 19 (5.19%) Quantitative Developer
8 18 (4.92%) Senior Developer
9 17 (4.64%) Python Developer
10 16 (4.37%) Lead
10 16 (4.37%) Systems Engineer
11 13 (3.55%) C++ Developer
11 13 (3.55%) Senior Data Scientist
12 12 (3.28%) C# Developer
12 12 (3.28%) Python Engineer
13 11 (3.01%) Architect
14 10 (2.73%) C# Quant Developer
14 10 (2.73%) Machine Learning Engineer
14 10 (2.73%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (7.92%) React
2 25 (6.83%) TensorFlow
3 24 (6.56%) Pandas
4 23 (6.28%) Spring
5 22 (6.01%) Kafka
6 20 (5.46%) scikit-learn
7 16 (4.37%) Node.js
7 16 (4.37%) NumPy
7 16 (4.37%) RESTful
8 15 (4.10%) .NET
8 15 (4.10%) PyTorch
9 14 (3.83%) CSS
9 14 (3.83%) HTML
9 14 (3.83%) REST
10 11 (3.01%) AngularJS
11 9 (2.46%) Matplotlib
12 8 (2.19%) Django
12 8 (2.19%) JSON
12 8 (2.19%) RabbitMQ
13 7 (1.91%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 102 (27.87%) Data Structures
2 31 (8.47%) Distributed Systems
3 30 (8.20%) Derivative
4 21 (5.74%) Fixed Income
5 20 (5.46%) Enterprise Software
6 15 (4.10%) Hedge funds
7 14 (3.83%) Equity Derivative
8 12 (3.28%) Management Information System
9 11 (3.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 8 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (2.19%) Cloud Native
10 8 (2.19%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (1.91%) Clustering
11 7 (1.91%) Equities
12 6 (1.64%) Blockchain
12 6 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.64%) VHDL
13 5 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (1.37%) Low-Code
13 5 (1.37%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 41 (11.20%) Linux
2 22 (6.01%) Unix
3 13 (3.55%) Android
4 5 (1.37%) Windows
5 4 (1.09%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (33.88%) Computer Science
2 114 (31.15%) Machine Learning
3 88 (24.04%) Problem-Solving
4 85 (23.22%) Data Science
5 79 (21.58%) Agile
6 77 (21.04%) Software Engineering
7 59 (16.12%) Analytics
7 59 (16.12%) Artificial Intelligence
8 58 (15.85%) CI/CD
9 56 (15.30%) Mathematics
10 55 (15.03%) Data Modelling
11 50 (13.66%) Software Architecture
12 49 (13.39%) Test Automation
13 46 (12.57%) Data Analysis
14 44 (12.02%) Design Patterns
15 43 (11.75%) Validation
16 36 (9.84%) OO
17 32 (8.74%) Statistics
18 29 (7.92%) Data Pipeline
18 29 (7.92%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 165 (45.08%) Python
2 94 (25.68%) Java
3 71 (19.40%) SQL
4 70 (19.13%) C++
5 50 (13.66%) MATLAB
6 41 (11.20%) JavaScript
7 37 (10.11%) C#
8 29 (7.92%) C
9 25 (6.83%) R
10 21 (5.74%) Scala
11 19 (5.19%) Shell Script
12 17 (4.64%) Go
12 17 (4.64%) TypeScript
13 11 (3.01%) Perl
14 10 (2.73%) Kotlin
15 9 (2.46%) Embedded C++
16 6 (1.64%) Embedded C
17 4 (1.09%) Assembly Language
18 3 (0.82%) PHP
18 3 (0.82%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 111 (30.33%) Degree
2 54 (14.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 38 (10.38%) Master's Degree
4 27 (7.38%) Security Cleared
5 24 (6.56%) SC Cleared
6 14 (3.83%) PhD
7 9 (2.46%) Numerate Degree
8 5 (1.37%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.55%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.83%) QA
2 9 (2.46%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.64%) ISO 26262
4 5 (1.37%) AUTOSAR
4 5 (1.37%) MISRA
4 5 (1.37%) MISRA C
5 4 (1.09%) JTAG
5 4 (1.09%) MiFID
6 3 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 3 (0.82%) NCSC
7 2 (0.55%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.27%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.27%) GDPR
System Software
1 21 (5.74%) Docker
2 8 (2.19%) Apache ZooKeeper
2 8 (2.19%) Firmware
3 5 (1.37%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (1.37%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 34 (9.29%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.19%) Consul
2 8 (2.19%) Grafana
2 8 (2.19%) Prometheus
3 5 (1.37%) Hadoop YARN
3 5 (1.37%) Terraform
4 2 (0.55%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.27%) Istio
5 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 27 (7.38%) Microsoft
2 8 (2.19%) Google
2 8 (2.19%) SaltStack
3 7 (1.91%) Databricks
4 6 (1.64%) ION Trading
4 6 (1.64%) Oracle
5 5 (1.37%) Lotus
5 5 (1.37%) New Relic
5 5 (1.37%) NVIDIA
5 5 (1.37%) Splunk
6 4 (1.09%) SAP
6 4 (1.09%) Xilinx
7 3 (0.82%) Ariba
7 3 (0.82%) Genesys
7 3 (0.82%) MathWorks
7 3 (0.82%) Sparx
8 2 (0.55%) CA
8 2 (0.55%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.27%) IBM
9 1 (0.27%) OpenAI