Algorithms Job Trends 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 27 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 104 105
Rank change year-on-year -7 +1 +35
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 29 33 62
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.85% 1.84% 2.24%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.19% 4.39% 5.99%
Number of salaries quoted 22 20 31
10th Percentile £61,375 £109,125 £51,250
25th Percentile £73,750 £111,250 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £127,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +70.00% -14.29%
75th Percentile £100,000 £164,063 £97,500
90th Percentile - £172,500 £122,500
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £127,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -33.33% +70.00% -14.29%

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 910 752 1,035
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 26.58% 41.89% 37.36%
Number of salaries quoted 646 592 740
10th Percentile £46,000 £40,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £56,250 £54,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £119,375 £134,750 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -6.45%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Algorithms relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Algorithms job vacancy trend in the City of London

Algorithms
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Algorithms.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Algorithms

Algorithms
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Algorithms in the City of London over the 6 months to 27 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Algorithms in the City of London

Algorithms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 16 (55.17%) AWS
2 9 (31.03%) Azure
2 9 (31.03%) GCP
3 5 (17.24%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) Broadband
1 1 (3.45%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (31.03%) BigQuery
1 9 (31.03%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (6.90%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (3.45%) MongoDB
3 1 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
General
1 6 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (3.45%) Advertising
2 1 (3.45%) Banking
2 1 (3.45%) Finance
2 1 (3.45%) Front Office
2 1 (3.45%) Games
2 1 (3.45%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (44.83%) Software Engineer
2 7 (24.14%) C++ Software Engineer
2 7 (24.14%) Developer
3 6 (20.69%) Senior
4 4 (13.79%) Analytics Developer
5 3 (10.34%) Python Developer
6 2 (6.90%) Data Scientist
7 1 (3.45%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
7 1 (3.45%) Programmer
7 1 (3.45%) Python Programmer
7 1 (3.45%) Senior Programmer
7 1 (3.45%) Senior Python Programmer
7 1 (3.45%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (31.03%) Django
2 7 (24.14%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 6 (20.69%) React
4 5 (17.24%) Terraform
5 4 (13.79%) RESTful
6 2 (6.90%) NumPy
6 2 (6.90%) Pandas
6 2 (6.90%) REST
7 1 (3.45%) FIX Protocol
7 1 (3.45%) gRPC
7 1 (3.45%) Kafka
7 1 (3.45%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 10 (34.48%) Data Structures
2 9 (31.03%) Greenfield Project
3 5 (17.24%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (17.24%) Public Cloud
4 2 (6.90%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.45%) Distributed Applications
5 1 (3.45%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (3.45%) Equities
5 1 (3.45%) Fixed Income
5 1 (3.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (3.45%) Low-Code
5 1 (3.45%) Product Ownership
5 1 (3.45%) Video\Live Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (86.21%) Software Engineering
2 15 (51.72%) Computer Science
3 10 (34.48%) Agile
3 10 (34.48%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (31.03%) Microservices
4 9 (31.03%) SDLC
5 7 (24.14%) CI/CD
6 6 (20.69%) Data Science
6 6 (20.69%) DevOps
7 5 (17.24%) Analytics
7 5 (17.24%) Scrum
7 5 (17.24%) Software Architecture
8 4 (13.79%) Code Quality
8 4 (13.79%) Customer-Centricity
8 4 (13.79%) Mentoring
9 3 (10.34%) Machine Learning
10 2 (6.90%) Deep Learning
10 2 (6.90%) Multithreading
10 2 (6.90%) Signal Processing
10 2 (6.90%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 20 (68.97%) Python
2 7 (24.14%) C++
3 6 (20.69%) TypeScript
4 3 (10.34%) SQL
5 2 (6.90%) Java
6 1 (3.45%) Go
6 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
6 1 (3.45%) Julia
6 1 (3.45%) MATLAB
6 1 (3.45%) R
Qualifications
1 10 (34.48%) Computer Science Degree
1 10 (34.48%) Degree
2 5 (17.24%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (31.03%) Google