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 19 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 242 201 278
Rank change year-on-year -41 +77 -140
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 535 952 624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.24% 1.38% 1.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.96% 4.28% 2.80%
Number of salaries quoted 234 386 462
10th Percentile £37,447 £39,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,600 £62,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.96% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £111,250 £83,438 £95,000
90th Percentile £137,500 £100,625 £130,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -10.34% -3.33%

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 18,091 22,256 22,254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 41.87% 32.20% 41.12%
Number of salaries quoted 9,195 11,787 16,016
10th Percentile £28,742 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £43,742 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Algorithms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Algorithms 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 19 September 2025.

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 19 September 2025. 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 +49 276 £108,750 +35.94% 254
South East -70 116 £62,000 +3.33% 115
East of England +3 63 £55,000 -8.33% 59
South West +30 33 £62,575 +13.77% 45
North of England -52 23 £45,000 -20.37% 56
Midlands -51 17 £60,000 +4.35% 32
North West -74 13 £45,000 -20.37% 26
West Midlands +5 9 £55,000 -4.35% 20
Yorkshire +10 7 £35,000 +11.11% 23
East Midlands -36 6 £45,500 -17.65% 10
North East - 3 £115,000 - 7
Algorithms
UK

Algorithms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 24 (4.49%) Kinematics
2 15 (2.80%) Apache Spark
3 11 (2.06%) CMS
4 9 (1.68%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.75%) WordPress
6 3 (0.56%) Kentico
6 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.56%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.37%) Apache
7 2 (0.37%) Luigi
8 1 (0.19%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (1.87%) Simulink
2 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.56%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.56%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.37%) Mathcad
4 2 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.19%) GNU Octave
5 1 (0.19%) InDesign
5 1 (0.19%) OrCAD
5 1 (0.19%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.37%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 72 (13.46%) Azure
2 64 (11.96%) AWS
3 33 (6.17%) GCP
4 28 (5.23%) Google Analytics
5 24 (4.49%) Vertex AI
6 22 (4.11%) Power Platform
7 9 (1.68%) Amazon EKS
7 9 (1.68%) SaaS
8 8 (1.50%) Azure Data Factory
8 8 (1.50%) Azure Machine Learning
9 6 (1.12%) Azure AI
9 6 (1.12%) Google Sheets
9 6 (1.12%) Google Workspace
9 6 (1.12%) Microsoft Copilot
10 5 (0.93%) Amazon SageMaker
10 5 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (0.93%) GitHub
11 4 (0.75%) Amazon S3
11 4 (0.75%) Google Docs
11 4 (0.75%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.50%) Multicast
2 5 (0.93%) Software-Defined Radio
3 3 (0.56%) Internet
3 3 (0.56%) S/MIME
3 3 (0.56%) SSL
3 3 (0.56%) X.509
4 2 (0.37%) MQTT
4 2 (0.37%) WAN
4 2 (0.37%) Wireless
5 1 (0.19%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (6.73%) NoSQL
2 24 (4.49%) Data Mining
2 24 (4.49%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (4.11%) Big Data
3 22 (4.11%) Power BI
4 18 (3.36%) MongoDB
5 15 (2.80%) Relational Database
6 13 (2.43%) Metadata
7 12 (2.24%) Data Lake
7 12 (2.24%) DB2
8 10 (1.87%) MySQL
9 9 (1.68%) Looker
9 9 (1.68%) Tableau
10 8 (1.50%) KDB
11 4 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.75%) Hadoop
11 4 (0.75%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.75%) Redis
12 3 (0.56%) Apache Cassandra
12 3 (0.56%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 41 (7.66%) Rational DOORS
2 24 (4.49%) Git
3 16 (2.99%) JIRA
4 7 (1.31%) MLflow
4 7 (1.31%) Vite
5 6 (1.12%) GitLab
6 5 (0.93%) Bazaar
7 4 (0.75%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.37%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.37%) JConsole
8 2 (0.37%) Selenium
8 2 (0.37%) TestRail
8 2 (0.37%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.37%) VisualVM
9 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
General
1 175 (32.71%) Finance
2 137 (25.61%) Law
3 132 (24.67%) Social Skills
4 94 (17.57%) Analytical Skills
5 82 (15.33%) Electronics
6 79 (14.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 77 (14.39%) Marketing
8 73 (13.64%) Banking
9 45 (8.41%) Games
10 42 (7.85%) Front Office
11 34 (6.36%) Retail
12 22 (4.11%) Investment Banking
13 21 (3.93%) Presentation Skills
14 19 (3.55%) Advertising
15 16 (2.99%) Public Sector
16 15 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
17 11 (2.06%) Manufacturing
18 9 (1.68%) Aerospace
18 9 (1.68%) Financial Institution
18 9 (1.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 113 (21.12%) Senior
2 96 (17.94%) Software Engineer
3 80 (14.95%) Lead
4 75 (14.02%) Developer
5 42 (7.85%) Systems Engineer
6 36 (6.73%) Quantitative Developer
7 34 (6.36%) Principal Engineer
8 32 (5.98%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 30 (5.61%) Java Engineer
9 30 (5.61%) Senior Software Engineer
10 29 (5.42%) Java Software Engineer
10 29 (5.42%) Principal Systems Engineer
11 28 (5.23%) Data Scientist
11 28 (5.23%) Python Engineer
12 27 (5.05%) Python Software Engineer
13 25 (4.67%) Robotics Engineer
14 23 (4.30%) C++ Developer
14 23 (4.30%) Senior Developer
15 21 (3.93%) Python Developer
16 19 (3.55%) C++ Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (6.73%) React
2 35 (6.54%) Kafka
3 26 (4.86%) Middleware
4 25 (4.67%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 21 (3.93%) PyTorch
6 20 (3.74%) REST
7 18 (3.36%) Spring
8 17 (3.18%) scikit-learn
8 17 (3.18%) TensorFlow
9 15 (2.80%) AngularJS
9 15 (2.80%) CSS
10 13 (2.43%) FIX Protocol
10 13 (2.43%) HTML
11 12 (2.24%) Backbone.js
11 12 (2.24%) Bootstrap
11 12 (2.24%) Ember.js
11 12 (2.24%) jQuery
12 11 (2.06%) OAuth
12 11 (2.06%) OpenID
13 8 (1.50%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 87 (16.26%) Data Structures
2 47 (8.79%) Distributed Systems
3 46 (8.60%) Equities
4 36 (6.73%) Robotics
5 27 (5.05%) Hedge funds
6 22 (4.11%) Management Information System
7 21 (3.93%) Cloud Native
7 21 (3.93%) Derivative
8 19 (3.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 19 (3.55%) Public Cloud
9 17 (3.18%) Fixed Income
10 13 (2.43%) Product Ownership
11 12 (2.24%) Blog
11 12 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (2.06%) e-Learning
13 10 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
13 10 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
13 10 (1.87%) Social Media
14 9 (1.68%) Equity Derivative
15 8 (1.50%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 61 (11.40%) Linux
2 15 (2.80%) Windows
3 13 (2.43%) Android
4 12 (2.24%) Apple iOS
5 11 (2.06%) Unix
6 2 (0.37%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.37%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 206 (38.50%) Artificial Intelligence
2 176 (32.90%) Software Engineering
3 169 (31.59%) Analytics
4 166 (31.03%) Machine Learning
5 145 (27.10%) Problem-Solving
6 127 (23.74%) Agile
7 124 (23.18%) Computer Science
8 101 (18.88%) Data Science
9 100 (18.69%) SDLC
10 88 (16.45%) Visualisation
11 76 (14.21%) Mathematics
12 73 (13.64%) Statistics
13 69 (12.90%) CI/CD
14 66 (12.34%) Low Latency
15 62 (11.59%) Signal Processing
16 61 (11.40%) DevOps
17 60 (11.21%) OO
18 58 (10.84%) Business Strategy
19 55 (10.28%) Data Analytics
20 54 (10.09%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 255 (47.66%) Python
2 111 (20.75%) C++
3 102 (19.07%) Java
4 93 (17.38%) SQL
5 54 (10.09%) C
6 35 (6.54%) C#
7 22 (4.11%) TypeScript
8 18 (3.36%) JavaScript
8 18 (3.36%) MATLAB
9 14 (2.62%) R
10 8 (1.50%) Shell Script
11 7 (1.31%) Scala
12 6 (1.12%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.93%) Bash
13 5 (0.93%) Go
14 4 (0.75%) Rust
15 3 (0.56%) Fortran
15 3 (0.56%) Google Apps Script
15 3 (0.56%) Objective-C
15 3 (0.56%) Swift
Qualifications
1 166 (31.03%) Degree
2 95 (17.76%) Master's Degree
3 87 (16.26%) PhD
4 59 (11.03%) BPSS Clearance
5 36 (6.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 29 (5.42%) Security Cleared
7 22 (4.11%) SC Cleared
8 6 (1.12%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.93%) CISM
9 5 (0.93%) CISSP
10 4 (0.75%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.75%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.56%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (0.56%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.37%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.37%) AWS Certified Developer
12 2 (0.37%) CISA
12 2 (0.37%) CRISC
12 2 (0.37%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.19%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (8.60%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 18 (3.36%) QA
3 14 (2.62%) Data Quality
4 11 (2.06%) GDPR
5 7 (1.31%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (0.93%) CDISC
6 5 (0.93%) GxP
6 5 (0.93%) HL7
7 4 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.56%) NIST
9 2 (0.37%) AUTOSAR
9 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.37%) ISO 26262
10 1 (0.19%) GMP
System Software
1 44 (8.22%) Docker
2 7 (1.31%) Firmware
3 3 (0.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 41 (7.66%) Kubernetes
2 15 (2.80%) Terraform
3 11 (2.06%) Ansible
4 5 (0.93%) Kubeflow
5 4 (0.75%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.56%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (0.37%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.37%) logstash
7 2 (0.37%) Mesos
7 2 (0.37%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.37%) Puppet
8 1 (0.19%) Grafana
8 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 94 (17.57%) Google
2 53 (9.91%) IBM
3 44 (8.22%) Microsoft
4 35 (6.54%) OpenAI
5 19 (3.55%) Ahrefs
6 16 (2.99%) Screaming Frog
7 13 (2.43%) Oracle
8 12 (2.24%) Red Hat
9 9 (1.68%) SAP
9 9 (1.68%) ServiceNow
10 8 (1.50%) Databricks
11 6 (1.12%) Workday
12 4 (0.75%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.75%) YouTube
13 3 (0.56%) Adobe
13 3 (0.56%) Alteryx
13 3 (0.56%) Facebook
13 3 (0.56%) Remedy
13 3 (0.56%) Thales
14 2 (0.37%) Veritas