Algorithms Jobs in the City of London

Algorithms
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Algorithms in permanent job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Algorithms 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 104 120 160
Rank change year-on-year +16 +40 +23
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 41 56 76
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 1.97% 1.66% 1.60%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.80% 5.00% 3.92%
Number of salaries quoted 24 42 75
10th Percentile £68,250 £56,375 £62,500
25th Percentile £75,625 £66,563 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £130,000 £97,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +21.88% -15.79%
75th Percentile £161,250 £118,750 £109,375
90th Percentile £172,500 £128,125 £130,000
Central London median annual salary £130,000 £97,500 £81,250
% change year-on-year +33.33% +20.00% -9.72%

All Generic Skills
City of London

Algorithms falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 855 1,119 1,938
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 41.07% 33.26% 40.82%
Number of salaries quoted 635 885 1,622
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,728 £43,750
25th Percentile £52,000 £51,250 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £79,750
Median % change year-on-year - -5.96% +2.90%
75th Percentile £102,500 £97,500 £103,750
90th Percentile £131,250 £117,500 £120,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year - -6.45% +3.33%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Algorithms in the City of London

Algorithms
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Algorithms in the City of London.

Salary trend for Algorithms in the City of London

Algorithms
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Algorithms in the City of London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Algorithms in the City of London

Algorithms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 2 (4.88%) Kinematics
Cloud Services
1 6 (14.63%) Azure
1 6 (14.63%) Azure AI
1 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Copilot
1 6 (14.63%) SaaS
2 4 (9.76%) AWS
3 3 (7.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 3 (7.32%) Amazon ECS
4 1 (2.44%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.32%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.76%) KDB
2 3 (7.32%) Amazon Athena
2 3 (7.32%) Tableau
3 2 (4.88%) NoSQL
3 2 (4.88%) Redis
4 1 (2.44%) Big Data
4 1 (2.44%) Kdb+
4 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Git
1 3 (7.32%) JIRA
General
1 7 (17.07%) Finance
2 6 (14.63%) Law
3 3 (7.32%) Advertising
3 3 (7.32%) Banking
3 3 (7.32%) Games
3 3 (7.32%) Social Skills
4 2 (4.88%) Front Office
5 1 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (31.71%) Developer
1 13 (31.71%) Senior
2 12 (29.27%) Software Engineer
3 7 (17.07%) Quantitative Developer
3 7 (17.07%) Senior Software Engineer
4 6 (14.63%) Architect
4 6 (14.63%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
4 6 (14.63%) C++ Developer
4 6 (14.63%) Release Manager
4 6 (14.63%) Senior Developer
4 6 (14.63%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (12.20%) Senior C++ Developer
6 4 (9.76%) Data Scientist
6 4 (9.76%) Java Engineer
6 4 (9.76%) Java Software Engineer
7 3 (7.32%) C++ Software Developer
7 3 (7.32%) C++ Software Engineer
7 3 (7.32%) Developer/Software Engineer
7 3 (7.32%) Senior Software Developer
7 3 (7.32%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (12.20%) Pandas
2 4 (9.76%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 4 (9.76%) scikit-learn
2 4 (9.76%) TensorFlow
3 3 (7.32%) FIX Protocol
3 3 (7.32%) Lambda Expressions
3 3 (7.32%) PySpark
3 3 (7.32%) pytest
4 2 (4.88%) Kafka
4 2 (4.88%) NumPy
4 2 (4.88%) PyTorch
5 1 (2.44%) REST
5 1 (2.44%) SciPy
5 1 (2.44%) SpaCy
Miscellaneous
1 13 (31.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 10 (24.39%) Fixed Income
3 9 (21.95%) Data Structures
3 9 (21.95%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (17.07%) Derivative
5 6 (14.63%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (14.63%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (7.32%) Credit Risk
6 3 (7.32%) Equity Derivative
7 2 (4.88%) Robotics
8 1 (2.44%) Cloud Native
8 1 (2.44%) Equities
8 1 (2.44%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.32%) Linux
2 2 (4.88%) Robot Operating System
3 1 (2.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (36.59%) Data Science
1 15 (36.59%) Low Latency
1 15 (36.59%) Software Engineering
2 14 (34.15%) Mathematics
3 13 (31.71%) Machine Learning
4 12 (29.27%) Analytics
4 12 (29.27%) Artificial Intelligence
4 12 (29.27%) Computer Science
5 10 (24.39%) MLOps
5 10 (24.39%) Natural Language Processing
6 9 (21.95%) Generative AI
7 8 (19.51%) Decision-Making
7 8 (19.51%) Performance Monitoring
8 7 (17.07%) Data Privacy
8 7 (17.07%) Market Making
8 7 (17.07%) Physics
8 7 (17.07%) Regression Testing
8 7 (17.07%) Risk Management
9 6 (14.63%) Mentoring
9 6 (14.63%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 19 (46.34%) Python
2 12 (29.27%) C++
3 10 (24.39%) Java
4 9 (21.95%) SQL
5 4 (9.76%) C#
6 1 (2.44%) Go
6 1 (2.44%) Kotlin
6 1 (2.44%) MATLAB
6 1 (2.44%) R
Qualifications
1 17 (41.46%) Degree
2 7 (17.07%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (14.63%) Azure Certification
3 6 (14.63%) Master's Degree
4 3 (7.32%) DBS Check
4 3 (7.32%) Numerate Degree
4 3 (7.32%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (21.95%) QA
2 6 (14.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 6 (14.63%) GDPR
Vendors
1 6 (14.63%) Google
1 6 (14.63%) Microsoft
1 6 (14.63%) OpenAI
1 6 (14.63%) SAP
1 6 (14.63%) ServiceNow
1 6 (14.63%) Workday
2 3 (7.32%) Databricks