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 9 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 9 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	367	238	241
Rank change year-on-year	-129	+3	+37
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms	510	492	688
As % of all permanent jobs in England	0.47%	1.11%	1.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category	1.73%	2.89%	3.42%
Number of salaries quoted	294	227	343
10^th Percentile	£37,557	£37,470	£46,500
25^th Percentile	£50,000	£47,500	£55,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£67,500	£70,600	£67,500
Median % change year-on-year	-4.39%	+4.59%	-10.00%
75^th Percentile	£85,000	£113,125	£85,000
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£145,000	£107,000
UK median annual salary	£65,000	£70,600	£67,500
% change year-on-year	-7.93%	+4.59%	-6.90%

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 citing generic IT skills in England.

	6 months to 9 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing generic IT skills	29,457	17,013	20,108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England	27.28%	38.24%	33.19%
Number of salaries quoted	18,484	9,580	9,641
10^th Percentile	£31,000	£27,750	£33,750
25^th Percentile	£40,594	£36,188	£46,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£54,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+1.85%	-10.00%	-4.00%
75^th Percentile	£79,000	£77,500	£85,000
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£105,000	£112,500
UK median annual salary	£55,000	£53,500	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+2.80%	-10.83%	-4.00%

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 Salary Trend in England

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 9 November 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 9 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
South East	-24	144	£75,000	+15.38%	165
London	-151	137	£70,000	-36.36%	746
East of England	-6	126	£65,000	+18.18%	133
Midlands	-50	38	£65,000	-5.45%	59
North of England	-61	34	£50,000	+42.86%	81
South West	-94	32	£53,500	+31.15%	66
East Midlands	-39	21	£76,250	+0.46%	24
West Midlands	-50	17	£53,500	-10.83%	35
Yorkshire	-30	16	£42,991	+22.83%	28
North West	-55	9	£50,000	+19.76%	43
North East	-	9	£59,750	-	10
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Algorithms Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 9 November 2026, job vacancies citing Algorithms also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region citing Algorithms.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Python	50.4%	257
2	Software Engineering	36.5%	186
3	Degree	35.7%	182
4	AI	34.9%	178
5	C++	30.6%	156
6	Machine Learning	29.8%	152
7	Computer Science	27.1%	138
8	Problem-Solving	20.8%	106
9	Mathematics	19.2%	98
10	Agile	16.5%	84
11	Security Cleared	16.1%	82
12	Data Science	15.9%	81
13	C	13.7%	70
14	Analytics	13.1%	67
15	MATLAB	12.5%	64
16	Linux	12.2%	62
17	AWS	11.6%	59
17	CI/CD	11.6%	59
19	Signal Processing	10.8%	55
20	C#	10.0%	51
20	Master's Degree	10.0%	51
22	Git	9.8%	50
22	Mentoring	9.8%	50
22	Physics	9.8%	50
22	Roadmaps	9.8%	50
22	SQL	9.8%	50
27	SC Cleared	9.6%	49
28	Java	9.4%	48
28	Test Automation	9.4%	48
30	PhD	9.2%	47

Algorithms Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Miscellaneous

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Data Structures	12.7%	65
2	FPGA	10.0%	51
3	Embedded Systems	8.6%	44
4	Robotics	7.6%	39
5	VHDL	5.3%	27
6	Equities	4.9%	25
7	Distributed Systems	4.1%	21
7	PCIe	4.1%	21
9	ASIC	3.3%	17
10	Verilog	2.9%	15
11	Derivative	2.7%	14
11	Fixed Income	2.7%	14
11	Product Ownership	2.7%	14
14	CUDA	2.4%	12
15	Synthetic Data	2.2%	11
16	Acoustics	2.0%	10
16	Cloud Native	2.0%	10
16	Renewable Energy	2.0%	10
19	Device Driver	1.8%	9
19	IoT	1.8%	9