Algorithms Job Trends in England

Algorithms
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Algorithms in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Algorithms over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 299 214 176
Rank change year-on-year -85 -38 +16
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 488 629 1,406
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.59% 1.60% 1.66%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.22% 3.71% 4.75%
Number of salaries quoted 325 298 682
10th Percentile £33,750 £42,500 £38,775
25th Percentile £42,593 £52,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% - -13.33%
75th Percentile £91,250 £97,188 £85,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £123,250 £109,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -13.33%

All Generic Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 21,975 16,939 29,607
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.74% 43.00% 34.94%
Number of salaries quoted 12,610 8,290 20,856
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Algorithms job vacancy trend in England

Algorithms
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Algorithms.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Algorithms

Algorithms
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Algorithms in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Algorithms in England

Algorithms
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Algorithms within the England region over the 6 months to 20 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
London -28 209 £95,000 -11.63% 138
South East -52 106 £60,000 -3.23% 79
North of England -33 62 £37,500 -51.46% 39
South West -85 43 £60,000 -11.11% 42
East of England -33 40 £43,750 -19.72% 60
Midlands -40 30 £55,000 -8.33% 26
North West -8 29 £37,500 -57.70% 18
West Midlands -32 20 £46,500 -22.50% 9
Yorkshire -39 20 £37,500 -37.50% 15
North East -32 13 £37,500 -63.86% 6
East Midlands -40 9 £75,000 +25.00% 17
Algorithms
UK

Algorithms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 49 (10.04%) Jupyter
2 10 (2.05%) Apache Spark
3 9 (1.84%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (1.84%) CMS
4 6 (1.23%) SAS
5 5 (1.02%) IIS
6 2 (0.41%) Confluence
7 1 (0.20%) Apache
7 1 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.20%) Kinematics
7 1 (0.20%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 48 (9.84%) Chatbot
2 11 (2.25%) Simulink
3 2 (0.41%) CATIA
3 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.41%) OrCAD
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (2.46%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 4 (0.82%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 121 (24.80%) AWS
2 55 (11.27%) Azure
3 53 (10.86%) Cloud Computing
4 35 (7.17%) GCP
5 15 (3.07%) Google Analytics
5 15 (3.07%) SaaS
6 14 (2.87%) GitHub
7 11 (2.25%) Power Platform
8 10 (2.05%) Azure Machine Learning
9 7 (1.43%) Amazon EKS
9 7 (1.43%) Slack
10 6 (1.23%) Snowflake
11 5 (1.02%) Prefect
12 4 (0.82%) Amazon ECS
12 4 (0.82%) Google Ads
12 4 (0.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 2 (0.41%) Amazon SageMaker
13 2 (0.41%) AWS Lambda
13 2 (0.41%) Azure DevOps
13 2 (0.41%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.51%) Broadband
2 16 (3.28%) Multicast
3 6 (1.23%) 5G
3 6 (1.23%) Ethernet
3 6 (1.23%) Software-Defined Radio
4 4 (0.82%) Internet
4 4 (0.82%) Network Security
5 3 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.41%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.20%) Firewall
7 1 (0.20%) IPsec
7 1 (0.20%) MQTT
7 1 (0.20%) RS-422
7 1 (0.20%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (5.33%) BigQuery
2 25 (5.12%) Elasticsearch
3 20 (4.10%) Metadata
4 15 (3.07%) Big Data
4 15 (3.07%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (2.05%) Hadoop
5 10 (2.05%) NoSQL
6 9 (1.84%) MongoDB
6 9 (1.84%) Power BI
7 8 (1.64%) Tableau
8 6 (1.23%) Data Mining
9 5 (1.02%) Amazon Athena
9 5 (1.02%) GIS
10 4 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.61%) SQL Server
12 2 (0.41%) DynamoDB
13 1 (0.20%) Amazon Redshift
13 1 (0.20%) Parquet
13 1 (0.20%) Presto
13 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 68 (13.93%) Visual Studio Code
2 56 (11.48%) Git
3 20 (4.10%) Rational DOORS
4 18 (3.69%) JIRA
5 16 (3.28%) GitLab
6 3 (0.61%) PetaLinux
7 2 (0.41%) MLflow
8 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.20%) Jenkins
General
1 138 (28.28%) Finance
2 73 (14.96%) Analytical Skills
3 65 (13.32%) Retail
4 60 (12.30%) Social Skills
5 55 (11.27%) Manufacturing
6 32 (6.56%) Marketing
7 25 (5.12%) Front Office
8 22 (4.51%) Electronics
9 21 (4.30%) Games
10 19 (3.89%) Banking
11 16 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 13 (2.66%) Aerospace
12 13 (2.66%) Automotive
13 8 (1.64%) Financial Institution
14 6 (1.23%) Legal
15 5 (1.02%) Law
15 5 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (0.82%) Advertising
16 4 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 136 (27.87%) Software Engineer
2 117 (23.98%) Senior
3 91 (18.65%) Developer
4 49 (10.04%) Senior Software Engineer
5 48 (9.84%) Python Developer
6 46 (9.43%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
6 46 (9.43%) Programmer
7 45 (9.22%) Trainee
7 45 (9.22%) Trainee Programmer
8 42 (8.61%) Senior Developer
9 39 (7.99%) C++ Software Engineer
10 27 (5.53%) Python Engineer
11 23 (4.71%) Embedded Engineer
11 23 (4.71%) FPGA Engineer
11 23 (4.71%) Lead
12 22 (4.51%) Python Software Engineer
12 22 (4.51%) Quantitative Developer
12 22 (4.51%) Senior Python Developer
13 21 (4.30%) Linux Developer
13 21 (4.30%) Senior Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (15.16%) Pandas
2 73 (14.96%) NumPy
3 54 (11.07%) Streamlit
4 53 (10.86%) scikit-learn
5 51 (10.45%) Matplotlib
6 49 (10.04%) Hugging Face
7 46 (9.43%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 26 (5.33%) Django
9 25 (5.12%) PyTorch
9 25 (5.12%) TensorFlow
10 20 (4.10%) FIX Protocol
11 16 (3.28%) .NET
11 16 (3.28%) HTML
11 16 (3.28%) pytest
12 12 (2.46%) React
12 12 (2.46%) RESTful
13 11 (2.25%) CSS
14 10 (2.05%) REST
15 9 (1.84%) .NET Core
16 8 (1.64%) OpenCV
Miscellaneous
1 87 (17.83%) Data Structures
2 50 (10.25%) Distributed Systems
3 38 (7.79%) Equities
4 30 (6.15%) FPGA
5 26 (5.33%) Management Information System
6 25 (5.12%) Embedded Systems
6 25 (5.12%) Greenfield Project
7 24 (4.92%) Product Ownership
8 23 (4.71%) Hedge funds
9 20 (4.10%) PCIe
9 20 (4.10%) VHDL
10 18 (3.69%) Derivative
11 16 (3.28%) Fixed Income
12 15 (3.07%) Video\Live Streaming
13 12 (2.46%) NVMe
14 11 (2.25%) Robotics
15 10 (2.05%) Public Cloud
16 8 (1.64%) Cloud Native
16 8 (1.64%) Over-the-Top Content
17 7 (1.43%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 63 (12.91%) Linux
2 7 (1.43%) Windows
3 6 (1.23%) Robot Operating System
4 5 (1.02%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (1.02%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (0.82%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.61%) Android
6 3 (0.61%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.41%) Unix
8 1 (0.20%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (45.29%) Software Engineering
2 149 (30.53%) Machine Learning
3 148 (30.33%) Computer Science
4 141 (28.89%) AI
5 93 (19.06%) OOP
6 85 (17.42%) Visualisation
7 84 (17.21%) OO
8 82 (16.80%) Agile
8 82 (16.80%) Analytics
8 82 (16.80%) Data Science
9 71 (14.55%) Workflow
10 67 (13.73%) Problem-Solving
11 61 (12.50%) LLM
12 59 (12.09%) Continuous Improvement
13 57 (11.68%) SDLC
14 53 (10.86%) Mathematics
15 51 (10.45%) Signal Processing
16 50 (10.25%) DevOps
16 50 (10.25%) Neural Network
16 50 (10.25%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Programming Languages
1 314 (64.34%) Python
2 143 (29.30%) C++
3 51 (10.45%) SQL
4 47 (9.63%) C
5 46 (9.43%) C#
6 20 (4.10%) MATLAB
6 20 (4.10%) Rust
7 19 (3.89%) Java
8 14 (2.87%) Assembly Language
8 14 (2.87%) Go
9 11 (2.25%) R
9 11 (2.25%) TypeScript
10 9 (1.84%) Embedded C
10 9 (1.84%) Embedded C++
11 8 (1.64%) JavaScript
12 5 (1.02%) Scala
13 3 (0.61%) Julia
13 3 (0.61%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.61%) VBA
14 2 (0.41%) VC++
Qualifications
1 117 (23.98%) Degree
2 56 (11.48%) AWS Certification
3 48 (9.84%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 44 (9.02%) Security Cleared
5 42 (8.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 40 (8.20%) Master's Degree
7 27 (5.53%) PhD
8 22 (4.51%) SC Cleared
9 18 (3.69%) DV Cleared
10 12 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (1.02%) MBA
12 4 (0.82%) Postgraduate
13 3 (0.61%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.20%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.71%) QA
2 15 (3.07%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 6 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
5 5 (1.02%) GDPR
6 4 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 2 (0.41%) EMIR
8 1 (0.20%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 30 (6.15%) Firmware
2 29 (5.94%) Docker
3 12 (2.46%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (1.02%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.02%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.20%) IAG
Systems Management
1 16 (3.28%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.25%) Terraform
3 7 (1.43%) Kubeflow
4 5 (1.02%) SCCM
4 5 (1.02%) SCOM
4 5 (1.02%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 55 (11.27%) Microsoft
2 52 (10.66%) Google
3 16 (3.28%) Altera
4 14 (2.87%) Databricks
5 13 (2.66%) IBM
5 13 (2.66%) Xilinx
6 10 (2.05%) Screaming Frog
7 6 (1.23%) Botify
8 5 (1.02%) BT
8 5 (1.02%) Dell
8 5 (1.02%) HP
8 5 (1.02%) McAfee
8 5 (1.02%) VMware
9 4 (0.82%) Ahrefs
10 3 (0.61%) Rockwell
11 2 (0.41%) Oracle
12 1 (0.20%) Adobe
12 1 (0.20%) MathWorks
12 1 (0.20%) OpenAI
12 1 (0.20%) Thales