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 1 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 317 149 190
Rank change year-on-year -168 +41 -25
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 394 756 1,194
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.56% 2.07% 1.53%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.85% 5.34% 4.30%
Number of salaries quoted 236 377 639
10th Percentile - £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £54,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £86,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £120,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £64,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -0.77% - -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 21,347 14,157 27,779
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 30.31% 38.73% 35.53%
Number of salaries quoted 11,053 8,068 20,233
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 1 April 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 1 April 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 -38 196 £100,000 -2.44% 126
South East -135 56 £60,000 -3.61% 101
North of England -66 47 £37,500 -47.91% 56
South West -98 33 £40,792 -32.01% 56
Midlands -41 31 £52,500 -12.50% 48
North West -29 28 £37,500 -57.70% 28
East of England -98 27 £40,000 -47.37% 48
West Midlands -13 19 £37,500 -37.50% 21
Yorkshire -57 13 £37,500 -28.57% 15
East Midlands -55 11 £75,000 +25.00% 27
North East -25 6 £37,500 -59.46% 14
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 48 (12.18%) Jupyter
2 10 (2.54%) Apache Spark
3 9 (2.28%) CMS
4 8 (2.03%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.27%) IIS
6 4 (1.02%) Kinematics
7 2 (0.51%) Confluence
8 1 (0.25%) Apache
8 1 (0.25%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 48 (12.18%) Chatbot
2 4 (1.02%) Simulink
3 3 (0.76%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (0.76%) Adobe Premiere
3 3 (0.76%) Final Cut Pro
3 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.51%) OrCAD
5 1 (0.25%) CATIA
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (2.03%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 4 (1.02%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.25%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (0.25%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 110 (27.92%) AWS
2 52 (13.20%) Cloud Computing
3 49 (12.44%) Azure
4 39 (9.90%) GCP
5 16 (4.06%) GitHub
6 14 (3.55%) Google Analytics
6 14 (3.55%) Power Platform
7 10 (2.54%) Azure Machine Learning
8 6 (1.52%) Snowflake
9 5 (1.27%) Amazon EKS
9 5 (1.27%) Slack
10 4 (1.02%) Prefect
10 4 (1.02%) SaaS
11 3 (0.76%) Canva
11 3 (0.76%) Firebase
11 3 (0.76%) Google Tag Manager
12 2 (0.51%) Amazon SageMaker
12 2 (0.51%) Google App Engine
12 2 (0.51%) Serverless
13 1 (0.25%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.81%) Broadband
2 14 (3.55%) Multicast
3 7 (1.78%) Software-Defined Radio
4 6 (1.52%) Ethernet
5 4 (1.02%) Network Security
5 4 (1.02%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.51%) Internet
7 1 (0.25%) IPsec
7 1 (0.25%) S/MIME
7 1 (0.25%) VPN
7 1 (0.25%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (6.85%) BigQuery
2 24 (6.09%) Elasticsearch
3 19 (4.82%) Metadata
4 14 (3.55%) Big Data
4 14 (3.55%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (3.05%) MongoDB
5 12 (3.05%) NoSQL
5 12 (3.05%) Power BI
6 10 (2.54%) Hadoop
6 10 (2.54%) Tableau
7 6 (1.52%) Data Mining
8 5 (1.27%) SQL Server
9 4 (1.02%) Amazon Athena
9 4 (1.02%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.76%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.25%) Amazon Redshift
11 1 (0.25%) ClickHouse
11 1 (0.25%) Looker
11 1 (0.25%) Redis
11 1 (0.25%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 51 (12.94%) Visual Studio Code
2 30 (7.61%) Git
3 18 (4.57%) Rational DOORS
4 16 (4.06%) JIRA
5 3 (0.76%) GitLab
5 3 (0.76%) MLflow
6 1 (0.25%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.25%) Jenkins
General
1 142 (36.04%) Finance
2 73 (18.53%) Analytical Skills
3 68 (17.26%) Social Skills
4 64 (16.24%) Retail
5 53 (13.45%) Manufacturing
6 44 (11.17%) Marketing
7 32 (8.12%) Front Office
8 27 (6.85%) Electronics
9 24 (6.09%) Games
10 20 (5.08%) Banking
11 13 (3.30%) Automotive
12 12 (3.05%) Legal
13 11 (2.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (2.54%) Financial Institution
14 10 (2.54%) Public Sector
15 9 (2.28%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (2.03%) Law
17 6 (1.52%) Aerospace
18 5 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
18 5 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 82 (20.81%) Senior
2 78 (19.80%) Software Engineer
3 73 (18.53%) Developer
4 46 (11.68%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
4 46 (11.68%) Programmer
5 45 (11.42%) Trainee
5 45 (11.42%) Trainee Programmer
6 36 (9.14%) Senior Developer
7 34 (8.63%) Python Developer
8 31 (7.87%) C++ Software Engineer
9 25 (6.35%) Senior Software Engineer
10 24 (6.09%) Lead
11 23 (5.84%) Quantitative Developer
12 21 (5.33%) Senior Python Developer
13 20 (5.08%) Senior Quantitative Developer
14 19 (4.82%) C++ Quantitative Developer
14 19 (4.82%) Linux Developer
14 19 (4.82%) Low Latency C++ Developer
14 19 (4.82%) Senior C++ Developer
14 19 (4.82%) Senior C++ Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (17.01%) Pandas
2 66 (16.75%) NumPy
3 56 (14.21%) scikit-learn
4 51 (12.94%) Matplotlib
5 50 (12.69%) Streamlit
6 49 (12.44%) Hugging Face
7 40 (10.15%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 31 (7.87%) Django
9 30 (7.61%) TensorFlow
10 27 (6.85%) PyTorch
11 23 (5.84%) FIX Protocol
12 15 (3.81%) .NET
13 14 (3.55%) pytest
13 14 (3.55%) REST
14 13 (3.30%) React
14 13 (3.30%) RESTful
15 11 (2.79%) HTML
16 7 (1.78%) CSS
16 7 (1.78%) Flask
16 7 (1.78%) OpenCV
Miscellaneous
1 78 (19.80%) Data Structures
2 48 (12.18%) Distributed Systems
3 41 (10.41%) Equities
4 27 (6.85%) Greenfield Project
5 26 (6.60%) Management Information System
6 21 (5.33%) Hedge funds
7 19 (4.82%) Derivative
8 17 (4.31%) FPGA
9 16 (4.06%) Cloud Native
9 16 (4.06%) Product Ownership
10 15 (3.81%) Fixed Income
11 12 (3.05%) PCIe
11 12 (3.05%) Social Media
11 12 (3.05%) Video\Live Streaming
12 11 (2.79%) VHDL
13 10 (2.54%) Analytical Mindset
13 10 (2.54%) Embedded Systems
14 9 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
15 8 (2.03%) NVMe
16 7 (1.78%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 47 (11.93%) Linux
2 4 (1.02%) Android
2 4 (1.02%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.76%) Robot Operating System
4 2 (0.51%) Unix
4 2 (0.51%) Windows
5 1 (0.25%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.25%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (37.31%) Machine Learning
2 146 (37.06%) Software Engineering
3 145 (36.80%) AI
4 120 (30.46%) Computer Science
5 88 (22.34%) OOP
6 82 (20.81%) OO
7 79 (20.05%) Analytics
8 77 (19.54%) Visualisation
9 73 (18.53%) Data Science
10 71 (18.02%) Workflow
11 66 (16.75%) LLM
12 56 (14.21%) Problem-Solving
13 54 (13.71%) Agile
13 54 (13.71%) Continuous Improvement
13 54 (13.71%) Neural Network
14 53 (13.45%) Data Privacy
15 51 (12.94%) Customer Service
15 51 (12.94%) Mathematics
15 51 (12.94%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
16 49 (12.44%) Prompt Engineering
Programming Languages
1 253 (64.21%) Python
2 103 (26.14%) C++
3 52 (13.20%) SQL
4 33 (8.38%) C
5 31 (7.87%) C#
6 21 (5.33%) Java
7 15 (3.81%) R
8 13 (3.30%) Go
8 13 (3.30%) Rust
9 10 (2.54%) Assembly Language
9 10 (2.54%) JavaScript
10 8 (2.03%) MATLAB
11 7 (1.78%) TypeScript
12 5 (1.27%) Scala
13 4 (1.02%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.76%) VBA
14 3 (0.76%) VC++
15 2 (0.51%) Bash
15 2 (0.51%) Embedded C
15 2 (0.51%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 108 (27.41%) Degree
2 52 (13.20%) AWS Certification
3 48 (12.18%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 40 (10.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 38 (9.64%) Master's Degree
6 35 (8.88%) PhD
7 14 (3.55%) Security Cleared
8 10 (2.54%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (2.03%) SC Cleared
10 7 (1.78%) DV Cleared
11 5 (1.27%) MBA
12 4 (1.02%) CISM
12 4 (1.02%) CISSP
12 4 (1.02%) Postgraduate
13 3 (0.76%) CISA
13 3 (0.76%) CRISC
13 3 (0.76%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.25%) GIAC
14 1 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.58%) Data Quality
2 21 (5.33%) QA
3 10 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 5 (1.27%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.27%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (0.76%) CDISC
5 3 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.76%) EMIR
5 3 (0.76%) GDPR
5 3 (0.76%) GxP
5 3 (0.76%) HL7
5 3 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.51%) NIST
7 1 (0.25%) AUTOSAR
7 1 (0.25%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.25%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 17 (4.31%) Firmware
2 15 (3.81%) Docker
3 8 (2.03%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.25%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.25%) IAG
4 1 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (3.05%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.27%) Kubeflow
2 5 (1.27%) Terraform
3 1 (0.25%) Grafana
3 1 (0.25%) SCCM
3 1 (0.25%) SCOM
3 1 (0.25%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 54 (13.71%) Microsoft
2 50 (12.69%) Google
3 12 (3.05%) Altera
3 12 (3.05%) Databricks
4 11 (2.79%) IBM
4 11 (2.79%) Screaming Frog
5 9 (2.28%) Xilinx
6 7 (1.78%) YouTube
7 6 (1.52%) Botify
7 6 (1.52%) Oracle
8 5 (1.27%) Ahrefs
8 5 (1.27%) BT
9 3 (0.76%) Adobe
9 3 (0.76%) Facebook
9 3 (0.76%) Instagram
9 3 (0.76%) TikTok
10 2 (0.51%) Hotjar
10 2 (0.51%) SAP
10 2 (0.51%) Thales
11 1 (0.25%) NVIDIA