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 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 113 163
Rank change year-on-year +9 +50 +32
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 41 63 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 2.03% 1.90% 1.58%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.93% 5.58% 3.85%
Number of salaries quoted 22 40 72
10th Percentile £70,000 £55,750 £53,000
25th Percentile £78,438 £66,250 £70,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £130,000 £97,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +21.88% -11.11%
75th Percentile £161,250 £122,500 £115,313
90th Percentile £172,500 £138,500 £130,000
Central London median annual salary £130,000 £97,500 £81,250
% change year-on-year +33.33% +20.00% -7.14%

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 832 1,130 1,897
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 41.21% 34.00% 40.99%
Number of salaries quoted 620 871 1,585
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,547 £43,065
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,143 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year - -6.45% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £105,000
90th Percentile £137,750 £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 21 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%) Kdb+
4 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Git
1 3 (7.32%) JIRA
General
1 6 (14.63%) Law
2 5 (12.20%) Finance
3 3 (7.32%) Banking
3 3 (7.32%) Games
3 3 (7.32%) Social Skills
4 2 (4.88%) Advertising
4 2 (4.88%) Front Office
5 1 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (29.27%) Developer
1 12 (29.27%) Senior
2 11 (26.83%) Software Engineer
3 8 (19.51%) Release Manager
4 7 (17.07%) Senior Software Engineer
5 6 (14.63%) Architect
5 6 (14.63%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
5 6 (14.63%) Quantitative Developer
5 6 (14.63%) Solutions Architect
6 5 (12.20%) C++ Developer
6 5 (12.20%) Senior Developer
7 4 (9.76%) Data Scientist
7 4 (9.76%) Java Engineer
7 4 (9.76%) Java Software Engineer
7 4 (9.76%) Senior C++ Developer
8 3 (7.32%) C++ Software Developer
8 3 (7.32%) C++ Software Engineer
8 3 (7.32%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
8 3 (7.32%) Senior Software Developer
8 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 14 (34.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 12 (29.27%) Fixed Income
3 11 (26.83%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (24.39%) Data Structures
5 7 (17.07%) Derivative
6 6 (14.63%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (14.63%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (7.32%) Credit Risk
7 3 (7.32%) Equity Derivative
8 2 (4.88%) Robotics
9 1 (2.44%) Cloud Native
9 1 (2.44%) Equities
9 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
2 14 (34.15%) Low Latency
2 14 (34.15%) Software Engineering
3 13 (31.71%) Machine Learning
3 13 (31.71%) Mathematics
4 12 (29.27%) Analytics
4 12 (29.27%) Artificial Intelligence
5 11 (26.83%) Computer Science
6 10 (24.39%) MLOps
6 10 (24.39%) Natural Language Processing
7 9 (21.95%) Generative AI
7 9 (21.95%) Regression Testing
8 8 (19.51%) Decision-Making
8 8 (19.51%) Design Patterns
8 8 (19.51%) Integration Testing
8 8 (19.51%) Observability
8 8 (19.51%) Performance Monitoring
8 8 (19.51%) Performance Tuning
9 7 (17.07%) Data Privacy
9 7 (17.07%) Market Making
Programming Languages
1 19 (46.34%) Python
2 11 (26.83%) C++
3 9 (21.95%) Java
3 9 (21.95%) SQL
4 4 (9.76%) C#
5 1 (2.44%) Go
5 1 (2.44%) MATLAB
5 1 (2.44%) R
Qualifications
1 15 (36.59%) Degree
2 6 (14.63%) Azure Certification
2 6 (14.63%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (12.20%) Master's Degree
4 3 (7.32%) DBS Check
4 3 (7.32%) Numerate Degree
5 2 (4.88%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (26.83%) 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