Algorithms Contracts in the South East

Algorithms
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Algorithms in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Algorithms over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 179 171 230
Rank change year-on-year -8 +59 -61
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 21 44 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.37% 0.78% 0.43%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.29% 2.28% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 27 20
10th Percentile £478 £146 £375
25th Percentile £500 £409 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £628 £581 £578
90th Percentile £761 £869 £680
England median daily rate £575 £583 £700
% change year-on-year -1.29% -16.79% +21.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 2
Median hourly rate £65.00 £19.49 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +233.50% -0.05% -68.80%
England median hourly rate £55.00 £22.00 £45.50
% change year-on-year +150.00% -51.65% +7.06%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,624 1,926 2,561
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 28.23% 34.01% 33.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 963 1,308 1,650
10th Percentile £210 £205 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% +0.10% +8.11%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £719 £675
England median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 93 117
10th Percentile £11.79 £17.82 £13.95
25th Percentile £18.35 £21.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £54.00 £54.37 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% +152.88% -40.45%
75th Percentile £61.30 £67.50 £49.18
90th Percentile £75.16 £75.00 £63.25
England median hourly rate £36.50 £22.49 £26.50
% change year-on-year +62.33% -15.15% +6.00%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Algorithms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Algorithms in the South East

Algorithms
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Algorithms in the South East

Algorithms
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Algorithms in the South East over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Algorithms in the South East

Algorithms
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Algorithms in the South East

Algorithms
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Algorithms within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Thames Valley +4 10 £500 -4.76% 48
Surrey +19 6 £600 +20.00% 12
Oxfordshire +5 6 £500 -13.04% 25
Berkshire -16 4 £369 -13.29% 17
Hampshire -25 4 £735 +72.94% 10
Kent +9 1 - - 2
Algorithms
England

Algorithms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (9.52%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 4 (19.05%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 8 (38.10%) Git
2 4 (19.05%) JIRA
2 4 (19.05%) Subversion
3 1 (4.76%) CMake
3 1 (4.76%) Rational DOORS
General
1 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Aerospace
2 4 (19.05%) Telecoms
3 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Electronics
5 1 (4.76%) Law
5 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) Software Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Embedded Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) FPGA Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Python Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Architect
3 3 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
3 3 (14.29%) Design Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) FPGA Design Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Security Architect
4 2 (9.52%) Android Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) C++ Android Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Computer Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Computer Vision Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Developer
4 2 (9.52%) DSP Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Graphics Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Machine Learning Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Python Developer
5 1 (4.76%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (28.57%) PyTorch
1 6 (28.57%) TensorFlow
2 4 (19.05%) DirectX
2 4 (19.05%) OpenGL
2 4 (19.05%) OpenGL ES
2 4 (19.05%) Vulkan
3 3 (14.29%) Google JAX
3 3 (14.29%) scikit-learn
4 2 (9.52%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 1 (4.76%) CNTK
5 1 (4.76%) OpenVINO
Miscellaneous
1 6 (28.57%) VHDL
2 5 (23.81%) FPGA
3 4 (19.05%) Device Driver
4 3 (14.29%) Augmented Reality
4 3 (14.29%) Security Posture
5 2 (9.52%) Animation
5 2 (9.52%) Mixed Reality
5 2 (9.52%) Photography
6 1 (4.76%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 5 (23.81%) Android
2 1 (4.76%) Linux
2 1 (4.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Computer Science
2 8 (38.10%) Machine Learning
2 8 (38.10%) Software Engineering
3 6 (28.57%) Artificial Intelligence
3 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (28.57%) Signal Processing
3 6 (28.57%) Validation
4 5 (23.81%) Deep Learning
4 5 (23.81%) FPGA Design
4 5 (23.81%) Mathematics
5 4 (19.05%) Data Science
5 4 (19.05%) Defect Tracking
5 4 (19.05%) Software Optimisation
6 3 (14.29%) CI/CD
6 3 (14.29%) Data Pipeline
6 3 (14.29%) DataOps
6 3 (14.29%) Incident Response
6 3 (14.29%) LLM
6 3 (14.29%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 3 (14.29%) MLOps
Programming Languages
1 18 (85.71%) C++
2 15 (71.43%) Python
3 13 (61.90%) C
4 7 (33.33%) Java
4 7 (33.33%) MATLAB
5 6 (28.57%) Embedded C
5 6 (28.57%) Embedded C++
6 4 (19.05%) Assembly Language
6 4 (19.05%) Shell Script
7 3 (14.29%) R
8 2 (9.52%) C#
8 2 (9.52%) GLSL
8 2 (9.52%) HLSL
8 2 (9.52%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 12 (57.14%) Degree
2 7 (33.33%) Master's Degree
3 6 (28.57%) PhD
4 4 (19.05%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
5 2 (9.52%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (9.52%) DV Cleared
5 2 (9.52%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) JTAG
2 3 (14.29%) GDPR
2 3 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (14.29%) NIST
3 1 (4.76%) DO-254
System Software
1 7 (33.33%) Firmware
2 5 (23.81%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Xilinx
2 1 (4.76%) Mentor Graphics