Algorithms Job Trends in Devon

Algorithms
South West > Devon

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Algorithms in permanent job vacancies in Devon. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Algorithms over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 52 74
Rank change year-on-year -22 +22 -12
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 1 3 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Devon 0.10% 0.75% 0.35%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.52% 1.28% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £49,000
25th Percentile - - £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +57.51%
75th Percentile - - £63,750
90th Percentile - - £66,000
South West median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -5.88%

All Generic Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 194 234 270
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 19.88% 58.79% 31.84%
Number of salaries quoted 97 91 170
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,500 £21,002
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £28,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,750 £33,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.61% -16.25% +4.50%
75th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £54,131
90th Percentile £58,750 £65,272 £61,250
South West median annual salary £47,500 £51,058 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.97% +2.12% -8.41%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Algorithms job vacancy trend in Devon

Algorithms
Salary Trend in Devon

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Algorithms.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Algorithms

Algorithms
Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Algorithms within the Devon region over the 6 months to 4 May 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Exeter - 1 £55,000 - 1
Algorithms
South West

Algorithms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Spark
1 1 (100.00%) Jupyter
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio Code
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Computing
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VBA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks