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 13 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 115 142
Rank change year-on-year +8 +27 +40
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 40 62 76
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 2.04% 1.91% 1.71%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.80% 5.48% 4.31%
Number of salaries quoted 20 36 73
10th Percentile £70,000 £53,750 £53,500
25th Percentile £114,063 £64,688 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £145,000 £87,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +65.71% +2.94% -5.56%
75th Percentile £164,063 £120,625 £107,500
90th Percentile £172,500 £142,500 £140,000
Central London median annual salary £145,000 £87,500 £87,500
% change year-on-year +65.71% - -2.78%

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 833 1,131 1,762
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 42.59% 34.83% 39.68%
Number of salaries quoted 635 853 1,452
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -6.45% -
75th Percentile £102,500 £97,500 £105,000
90th Percentile £145,000 £117,500 £122,500
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -9.68% +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 13 July 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (15.00%) Azure
1 6 (15.00%) Azure AI
1 6 (15.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 6 (15.00%) SaaS
2 3 (7.50%) AWS
3 2 (5.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 2 (5.00%) Amazon ECS
4 1 (2.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.50%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.50%) KDB
2 3 (7.50%) Tableau
3 2 (5.00%) Amazon Athena
3 2 (5.00%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.50%) Kdb+
4 1 (2.50%) Redis
4 1 (2.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (7.50%) Git
1 3 (7.50%) JIRA
General
1 6 (15.00%) Finance
1 6 (15.00%) Law
2 5 (12.50%) Front Office
3 4 (10.00%) Social Skills
4 3 (7.50%) Banking
5 2 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.00%) Financial Institution
5 2 (5.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 12 (30.00%) Developer
2 10 (25.00%) Release Manager
2 10 (25.00%) Senior
2 10 (25.00%) Software Engineer
3 6 (15.00%) Architect
3 6 (15.00%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
3 6 (15.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 6 (15.00%) Solutions Architect
4 5 (12.50%) Quantitative Developer
5 4 (10.00%) C++ Developer
5 4 (10.00%) Java Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) Java Software Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) Senior Developer
6 3 (7.50%) C++ Software Engineer
6 3 (7.50%) Data Scientist
6 3 (7.50%) Principal Data Scientist
6 3 (7.50%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
6 3 (7.50%) Senior Data Scientist
6 3 (7.50%) Senior Software Developer
6 3 (7.50%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 4 (10.00%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (7.50%) Pandas
2 3 (7.50%) PySpark
2 3 (7.50%) pytest
2 3 (7.50%) scikit-learn
2 3 (7.50%) TensorFlow
3 2 (5.00%) Kafka
3 2 (5.00%) Lambda Expressions
4 1 (2.50%) Ultra Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 15 (37.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 14 (35.00%) Distributed Systems
2 14 (35.00%) Fixed Income
3 12 (30.00%) Data Structures
4 9 (22.50%) Derivative
5 6 (15.00%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (15.00%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (10.00%) Equities
6 4 (10.00%) Equity Derivative
7 3 (7.50%) Credit Risk
8 1 (2.50%) Cloud Native
8 1 (2.50%) Life Science
8 1 (2.50%) TWAP
8 1 (2.50%) VWAP
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.00%) Linux
2 1 (2.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (42.50%) Low Latency
2 13 (32.50%) Computer Science
3 12 (30.00%) Data Science
3 12 (30.00%) Mathematics
4 11 (27.50%) Analytics
4 11 (27.50%) Machine Learning
4 11 (27.50%) Software Engineering
5 10 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
5 10 (25.00%) Design Patterns
5 10 (25.00%) Integration Testing
5 10 (25.00%) MLOps
5 10 (25.00%) Observability
5 10 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
5 10 (25.00%) Regression Testing
6 9 (22.50%) Generative AI
6 9 (22.50%) Natural Language Processing
7 8 (20.00%) Algorithmic Trading
7 8 (20.00%) Market Making
8 7 (17.50%) Data Privacy
8 7 (17.50%) Performance Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 15 (37.50%) Python
2 10 (25.00%) Java
3 9 (22.50%) C++
4 7 (17.50%) SQL
5 3 (7.50%) C#
6 1 (2.50%) Go
Qualifications
1 15 (37.50%) Degree
2 7 (17.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (15.00%) Azure Certification
4 5 (12.50%) Master's Degree
5 3 (7.50%) DBS Check
6 2 (5.00%) Numerate Degree
6 2 (5.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (32.50%) QA
2 6 (15.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 6 (15.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 6 (15.00%) Google
1 6 (15.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (15.00%) OpenAI
1 6 (15.00%) SAP
1 6 (15.00%) ServiceNow
1 6 (15.00%) Workday
2 3 (7.50%) Databricks
3 1 (2.50%) Solace
3 1 (2.50%) Sun