Algorithms Contracts in the UK excluding London

Algorithms
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Algorithms in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 291 285 384
Rank change year-on-year -6 +99 -42
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 111 146 120
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.52% 0.64% 0.39%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.83% 2.01% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 96 65
10th Percentile £349 £375 £379
25th Percentile £400 £425 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -6.98% +8.86%
75th Percentile £591 £575 £634
90th Percentile £656 £713 £725
UK median daily rate £563 £600 £675
% change year-on-year -6.25% -11.11% +20.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 19 8
10th Percentile £42.75 - £19.50
25th Percentile £52.50 £19.00 £19.81
Median hourly rate £55.00 £22.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -51.11% -
75th Percentile £58.75 £45.63 £48.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £58.80 £51.65
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £22.00 £45.25
% change year-on-year +150.00% -51.38% +6.47%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6,066 7,275 9,769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 28.45% 32.06% 32.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,573 4,875 6,837
10th Percentile £210 £220 £208
25th Percentile £375 £381 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +11.43%
75th Percentile £600 £602 £586
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 764 409 422
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.90
25th Percentile £14.36 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £35.25 £22.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +60.23% +2.33% -4.44%
75th Percentile £62.81 £62.50 £45.00
90th Percentile £70.13 £74.40 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £22.26 £27.00
% change year-on-year +60.15% -17.56% +8.00%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Algorithms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Algorithms in the UK excluding London

Algorithms
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Algorithms in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Algorithms in the UK excluding London

Algorithms
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Algorithms in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Algorithms in the UK excluding London

Algorithms
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Algorithms in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Algorithms in the UK excluding London

Algorithms
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Algorithms in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Algorithms in the UK excluding London

Algorithms
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London 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
North of England +17 27 £475 -12.76% 40
South East -8 21 £600 +20.00% 94
South West -7 19 £475 - 23
East of England +4 18 £375 -23.08% 39
Midlands +27 17 £425 -22.73% 37
West Midlands +28 16 £425 -24.44% 24
North West +12 15 £538 +2.87% 21
Yorkshire +19 12 £400 -30.43% 10
Scotland +38 8 £425 -43.33% 14
East Midlands +7 1 - - 13
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 6
Algorithms
UK

Algorithms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 5 (4.50%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.80%) Apache
3 1 (0.90%) OpenStack
Applications
1 26 (23.42%) Simulink
2 21 (18.92%) Stateflow
3 5 (4.50%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 11 (9.91%) AWS
2 5 (4.50%) Azure
3 4 (3.60%) Amazon EC2
3 4 (3.60%) Amazon S3
3 4 (3.60%) npm
3 4 (3.60%) Yarn
4 3 (2.70%) GCP
4 3 (2.70%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.90%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.90%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.41%) Wireless
2 3 (2.70%) Ethernet
2 3 (2.70%) Internet
2 3 (2.70%) RTSP
3 1 (0.90%) 5G
3 1 (0.90%) DHCP
3 1 (0.90%) DNS
3 1 (0.90%) LTE
3 1 (0.90%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.90%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.90%) VPN
3 1 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.31%) Relational Database
2 4 (3.60%) NoSQL
2 4 (3.60%) Redis
3 3 (2.70%) Power BI
4 2 (1.80%) Big Data
4 2 (1.80%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.80%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.90%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.90%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.90%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.90%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.90%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 21 (18.92%) Git
2 9 (8.11%) Subversion
3 6 (5.41%) JIRA
4 5 (4.50%) Bitbucket
5 4 (3.60%) Jasmine
5 4 (3.60%) Karma Test Runner
5 4 (3.60%) Mocha
5 4 (3.60%) webpack
6 3 (2.70%) JUnit
6 3 (2.70%) XCUITest
7 2 (1.80%) Jenkins
7 2 (1.80%) Selenium
7 2 (1.80%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.90%) ClearCase
8 1 (0.90%) CMake
8 1 (0.90%) Gradle
8 1 (0.90%) Maven
8 1 (0.90%) Mockito
8 1 (0.90%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.90%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 32 (28.83%) Social Skills
2 25 (22.52%) Automotive
3 13 (11.71%) Legal
4 11 (9.91%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (6.31%) Finance
6 6 (5.41%) Aerospace
7 4 (3.60%) Banking
7 4 (3.60%) Telecoms
8 3 (2.70%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.70%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.80%) Electronics
9 2 (1.80%) Marketing
9 2 (1.80%) Military
10 1 (0.90%) Billing
10 1 (0.90%) Games
10 1 (0.90%) Law
10 1 (0.90%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.90%) Police
10 1 (0.90%) Publishing
10 1 (0.90%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (28.83%) Developer
2 24 (21.62%) Software Engineer
3 11 (9.91%) Java Developer
3 11 (9.91%) Senior
3 11 (9.91%) Systems Engineer
4 9 (8.11%) Principal Engineer
4 9 (8.11%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 7 (6.31%) Embedded Engineer
5 7 (6.31%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 5 (4.50%) Control Systems Engineer
6 5 (4.50%) Data Engineer
6 5 (4.50%) FPGA Engineer
6 5 (4.50%) Senior Software Engineer
7 4 (3.60%) Analyst
7 4 (3.60%) Architect
7 4 (3.60%) Automation Developer
7 4 (3.60%) Computer Engineer
7 4 (3.60%) Computer Vision Engineer
7 4 (3.60%) Python Engineer
7 4 (3.60%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.01%) Spring
2 8 (7.21%) React
2 8 (7.21%) TensorFlow
3 7 (6.31%) Kafka
3 7 (6.31%) OpenGL
3 7 (6.31%) PyTorch
4 5 (4.50%) AngularJS
4 5 (4.50%) RESTful
5 4 (3.60%) .NET
5 4 (3.60%) .NET Framework
5 4 (3.60%) DirectX
5 4 (3.60%) OpenGL ES
5 4 (3.60%) scikit-learn
5 4 (3.60%) Vulkan
6 3 (2.70%) .NET Core
6 3 (2.70%) Blazor
6 3 (2.70%) Google JAX
6 3 (2.70%) Web Services
6 3 (2.70%) WebRTC
7 2 (1.80%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 20 (18.02%) Data Structures
2 9 (8.11%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (6.31%) VHDL
4 6 (5.41%) FPGA
5 5 (4.50%) Management Information System
6 4 (3.60%) Clustering
6 4 (3.60%) CUDA
6 4 (3.60%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (3.60%) Device Driver
6 4 (3.60%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.70%) Augmented Reality
7 3 (2.70%) Derivative
7 3 (2.70%) Security Posture
7 3 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.80%) Animation
8 2 (1.80%) Mixed Reality
8 2 (1.80%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.80%) Photography
9 1 (0.90%) GNSS
9 1 (0.90%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 14 (12.61%) Linux
2 10 (9.01%) Android
2 10 (9.01%) Unix
3 3 (2.70%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.80%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (37.84%) Software Engineering
2 39 (35.14%) Computer Science
3 28 (25.23%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (25.23%) Validation
4 23 (20.72%) Machine Learning
4 23 (20.72%) Test Automation
5 21 (18.92%) Verification and Validation
6 20 (18.02%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
7 19 (17.12%) Agile
7 19 (17.12%) Software Architecture
8 17 (15.32%) Artificial Intelligence
9 16 (14.41%) Project Management
10 15 (13.51%) Data Science
10 15 (13.51%) Mathematics
10 15 (13.51%) OO
11 13 (11.71%) Design Patterns
12 12 (10.81%) Signal Processing
13 11 (9.91%) Data Modelling
14 10 (9.01%) Scrum
15 9 (8.11%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 35 (31.53%) MATLAB
1 35 (31.53%) Python
2 29 (26.13%) Java
3 27 (24.32%) C++
4 21 (18.92%) C
5 17 (15.32%) JavaScript
6 12 (10.81%) C#
7 11 (9.91%) SQL
8 9 (8.11%) Embedded C++
8 9 (8.11%) R
9 8 (7.21%) Scala
10 7 (6.31%) Kotlin
11 6 (5.41%) Embedded C
11 6 (5.41%) TypeScript
12 5 (4.50%) Shell Script
13 4 (3.60%) Assembly Language
13 4 (3.60%) Perl
14 2 (1.80%) GLSL
14 2 (1.80%) HLSL
15 1 (0.90%) Swift
Qualifications
1 40 (36.04%) Degree
2 16 (14.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (12.61%) Master's Degree
4 11 (9.91%) Security Cleared
5 8 (7.21%) PhD
6 6 (5.41%) SC Cleared
7 3 (2.70%) DV Cleared
7 3 (2.70%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.80%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.41%) ISO 26262
2 5 (4.50%) AUTOSAR
2 5 (4.50%) MISRA
2 5 (4.50%) MISRA C
2 5 (4.50%) QA
3 4 (3.60%) GDPR
3 4 (3.60%) JTAG
4 3 (2.70%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.70%) NIST
5 1 (0.90%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.90%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.90%) DO-254
System Software
1 8 (7.21%) Firmware
2 5 (4.50%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (1.80%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (5.41%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.80%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.90%) Grafana
3 1 (0.90%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.90%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 5 (4.50%) NVIDIA
2 4 (3.60%) Xilinx
3 3 (2.70%) MathWorks
3 3 (2.70%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.80%) Google
5 1 (0.90%) Ariba
5 1 (0.90%) Databricks
5 1 (0.90%) Mentor Graphics
5 1 (0.90%) OpenAI
5 1 (0.90%) Oracle
5 1 (0.90%) SAP