Algorithms Job Trends in the East of England

Algorithms
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Algorithms in permanent job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Algorithms over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 108 106
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 -17
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 79 69 129
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.19% 1.99% 2.00%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.69% 5.26% 6.32%
Number of salaries quoted 54 45 97
10th Percentile £33,750 £34,020 £42,500
25th Percentile £34,063 £47,500 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £80,001
90th Percentile £78,750 £65,600 £98,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,847
% change year-on-year -7.14% +11.38% -16.20%

All Generic Skills
East of England

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 East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,686 1,311 2,042
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 25.33% 37.86% 31.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,087 514 1,479
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,533 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,600 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.61% +4.55% -15.38%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Algorithms job vacancy trend in the East of England

Algorithms
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Algorithms.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Algorithms

Algorithms
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Algorithms in the East of England over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Algorithms in the East of England

Algorithms
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Algorithms within the East of England region over the 6 months to 16 July 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
Cambridgeshire -20 39 £67,500 +22.73% 14
Hertfordshire -15 16 £37,500 -10.23% 14
Essex -14 14 £35,250 -44.71% 7
Norfolk -30 6 £77,500 +43.52% 1
Suffolk +23 3 £42,500 +25.00% 3
Bedfordshire - 1 - - 5
Algorithms
England

Algorithms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 4 (5.06%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 11 (13.92%) Google Analytics
2 9 (11.39%) Google Ads
3 5 (6.33%) AWS
4 3 (3.80%) Slack
5 2 (2.53%) GitHub
6 1 (1.27%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.06%) Broadband
2 3 (3.80%) Ethernet
2 3 (3.80%) Wireless
3 1 (1.27%) MQTT
3 1 (1.27%) RS-422
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (20.25%) Metadata
2 2 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (1.27%) GIS
3 1 (1.27%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (3.80%) PetaLinux
2 2 (2.53%) JIRA
2 2 (2.53%) Plastic SCM
2 2 (2.53%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.27%) MLflow
General
1 16 (20.25%) Marketing
2 8 (10.13%) Electronics
3 6 (7.59%) Advertising
4 5 (6.33%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.80%) Games
5 3 (3.80%) Social Skills
6 2 (2.53%) Automotive
7 1 (1.27%) Aviation
7 1 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.27%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (24.05%) Developer
2 11 (13.92%) Lead
3 10 (12.66%) Embedded Engineer
3 10 (12.66%) Senior
3 10 (12.66%) Software Engineer
4 9 (11.39%) SEO Specialist
5 8 (10.13%) SEO Executive
6 5 (6.33%) Embedded Linux Engineer
6 5 (6.33%) Linux Engineer
6 5 (6.33%) Robotics Developer
6 5 (6.33%) Software Developer
6 5 (6.33%) Wintel Engineer
7 4 (5.06%) Architect
7 4 (5.06%) C++ Software Engineer
7 4 (5.06%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 4 (5.06%) Senior Developer
7 4 (5.06%) Systems Architect
8 3 (3.80%) FPGA Engineer
8 3 (3.80%) Senior Front-End Developer
8 3 (3.80%) Senior Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (11.39%) CSS
1 9 (11.39%) HTML
2 7 (8.86%) Yocto
3 5 (6.33%) PyTorch
3 5 (6.33%) TensorFlow
4 3 (3.80%) TFX
5 2 (2.53%) OpenCV
5 2 (2.53%) STL
5 2 (2.53%) Unity (Game Engine)
6 1 (1.27%) Flask
6 1 (1.27%) Keras
6 1 (1.27%) Matplotlib
6 1 (1.27%) NumPy
6 1 (1.27%) Pandas
6 1 (1.27%) React
6 1 (1.27%) REST
6 1 (1.27%) scikit-learn
6 1 (1.27%) SciPy
6 1 (1.27%) Torch
Miscellaneous
1 14 (17.72%) Robotics
2 8 (10.13%) Embedded Systems
2 8 (10.13%) FPGA
3 6 (7.59%) Driving Licence
4 4 (5.06%) Device Driver
4 4 (5.06%) IoT
4 4 (5.06%) Video\Live Streaming
5 3 (3.80%) Over-the-Top Content
5 3 (3.80%) PCIe
6 2 (2.53%) Animation
6 2 (2.53%) Data Structures
6 2 (2.53%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.27%) GNSS
7 1 (1.27%) Low-Code
7 1 (1.27%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 9 (11.39%) Windows
2 7 (8.86%) Embedded Linux
2 7 (8.86%) Linux
3 5 (6.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (6.33%) Windows Server 2012
3 5 (6.33%) Windows Server 2016
3 5 (6.33%) Windows Server 2019
4 4 (5.06%) Robot Operating System
4 4 (5.06%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.27%) Android
5 1 (1.27%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (31.65%) Software Engineering
2 24 (30.38%) AI
3 18 (22.78%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (20.25%) Analytics
4 16 (20.25%) Link Building
4 16 (20.25%) SEO
5 15 (18.99%) Digital Marketing
6 13 (16.46%) Computer Science
7 10 (12.66%) Machine Learning
8 9 (11.39%) Paid Search
8 9 (11.39%) Pay per click
9 7 (8.86%) Copywriting
9 7 (8.86%) Mentoring
9 7 (8.86%) Online Marketing
9 7 (8.86%) Validation
10 6 (7.59%) Change Management
10 6 (7.59%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (7.59%) OOP
10 6 (7.59%) Robotic Control
10 6 (7.59%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 24 (30.38%) Python
2 19 (24.05%) C++
3 16 (20.25%) C
4 9 (11.39%) C#
5 7 (8.86%) MATLAB
6 4 (5.06%) Embedded C
6 4 (5.06%) Embedded C++
7 3 (3.80%) Rust
8 1 (1.27%) Go
8 1 (1.27%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 16 (20.25%) Degree
2 8 (10.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (7.59%) Security Cleared
4 5 (6.33%) DV Cleared
4 5 (6.33%) Master's Degree
5 4 (5.06%) PhD
6 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.27%) HND
7 1 (1.27%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.39%) GDPR
2 6 (7.59%) Automotive SPICE
2 6 (7.59%) ISO 26262
2 6 (7.59%) MISRA
2 6 (7.59%) MISRA C
3 3 (3.80%) QA
4 2 (2.53%) Accessibility
System Software
1 6 (7.59%) Firmware
2 5 (6.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.33%) Hyper-V
2 5 (6.33%) VMware ESXi
2 5 (6.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (6.33%) SCCM
1 5 (6.33%) SCOM
1 5 (6.33%) Tivoli Identity Manager
2 3 (3.80%) Kubeflow
3 1 (1.27%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 16 (20.25%) Google
2 6 (7.59%) Screaming Frog
3 5 (6.33%) Dell
3 5 (6.33%) HP
3 5 (6.33%) IBM
3 5 (6.33%) McAfee
3 5 (6.33%) VMware
4 3 (3.80%) Altera
4 3 (3.80%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.27%) Databricks
5 1 (1.27%) MathWorks