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 10 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 310 156 204
Rank change year-on-year -154 +48 -44
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 377 773 1,078
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.59% 1.96% 1.46%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.86% 5.02% 4.10%
Number of salaries quoted 209 379 638
10th Percentile £33,750 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £55,000 £51,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% +2.31% -13.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £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% - -11.86%

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 20,229 15,395 26,308
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 31.45% 39.03% 35.69%
Number of salaries quoted 10,360 7,978 19,580
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £28,286
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £61,572 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.61% +11.95% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,250 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +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 10 March 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 10 March 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 -38 178 £100,000 -2.44% 126
South East -123 51 £67,500 +8.00% 122
North of England -50 48 £37,500 -47.18% 57
East of England -60 35 £55,000 -27.63% 79
South West -92 33 £40,792 -37.24% 67
North West -20 28 £37,500 -56.01% 28
Midlands -35 25 £55,000 -8.33% 54
Yorkshire -55 15 £37,500 -28.57% 19
West Midlands -6 14 £37,500 -37.50% 23
East Midlands -41 10 £75,000 +25.00% 30
North East -20 5 £37,500 -37.50% 12
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 44 (11.67%) Jupyter
2 10 (2.65%) Apache Spark
3 9 (2.39%) CMS
4 8 (2.12%) Kinematics
5 5 (1.33%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.33%) IIS
6 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.27%) Apache
7 1 (0.27%) Confluence
7 1 (0.27%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 44 (11.67%) Chatbot
2 7 (1.86%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.86%) Simulink
3 3 (0.80%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (0.80%) Adobe Premiere
3 3 (0.80%) Final Cut Pro
4 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.53%) OrCAD
5 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.59%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 4 (1.06%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.27%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (0.27%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 95 (25.20%) AWS
2 48 (12.73%) Cloud Computing
3 46 (12.20%) Azure
4 36 (9.55%) GCP
5 15 (3.98%) GitHub
5 15 (3.98%) Power Platform
6 13 (3.45%) Google Analytics
7 11 (2.92%) Azure Machine Learning
8 7 (1.86%) Snowflake
9 6 (1.59%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (1.33%) Google Workspace
11 4 (1.06%) Google Tag Manager
11 4 (1.06%) Slack
12 3 (0.80%) Amazon SageMaker
12 3 (0.80%) Canva
12 3 (0.80%) Firebase
13 2 (0.53%) dbt
13 2 (0.53%) Google Docs
13 2 (0.53%) LangSmith
13 2 (0.53%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.92%) Multicast
2 8 (2.12%) Broadband
3 7 (1.86%) Software-Defined Radio
4 6 (1.59%) Ethernet
5 5 (1.33%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.06%) Network Security
7 2 (0.53%) Internet
8 1 (0.27%) IPsec
8 1 (0.27%) S/MIME
8 1 (0.27%) VPN
8 1 (0.27%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.10%) BigQuery
2 22 (5.84%) Elasticsearch
3 19 (5.04%) Metadata
4 17 (4.51%) Big Data
5 13 (3.45%) Power BI
6 12 (3.18%) NoSQL
7 10 (2.65%) Hadoop
7 10 (2.65%) Tableau
8 8 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (1.59%) Data Lake
9 6 (1.59%) MongoDB
10 5 (1.33%) Data Mining
10 5 (1.33%) SQL Server
11 4 (1.06%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.80%) Amazon Athena
12 3 (0.80%) Looker
12 3 (0.80%) Redis
13 1 (0.27%) ClickHouse
13 1 (0.27%) GIS
13 1 (0.27%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 47 (12.47%) Visual Studio Code
2 21 (5.57%) Git
3 18 (4.77%) Rational DOORS
4 13 (3.45%) JIRA
5 4 (1.06%) MLflow
6 3 (0.80%) GitLab
7 2 (0.53%) JConsole
7 2 (0.53%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.53%) VisualVM
8 1 (0.27%) TestRail
General
1 143 (37.93%) Finance
2 84 (22.28%) Social Skills
3 73 (19.36%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (15.92%) Retail
5 50 (13.26%) Manufacturing
6 44 (11.67%) Marketing
7 37 (9.81%) Front Office
8 35 (9.28%) Electronics
9 23 (6.10%) Games
10 19 (5.04%) Banking
11 16 (4.24%) Legal
11 16 (4.24%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (3.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 13 (3.45%) Automotive
13 13 (3.45%) Law
14 10 (2.65%) Financial Institution
14 10 (2.65%) Public Sector
15 8 (2.12%) Aerospace
16 7 (1.86%) Telecoms
17 6 (1.59%) Aeronautics
Job Titles
1 77 (20.42%) Senior
2 66 (17.51%) Software Engineer
3 56 (14.85%) Developer
4 44 (11.67%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
4 44 (11.67%) Programmer
4 44 (11.67%) Trainee
4 44 (11.67%) Trainee Programmer
5 31 (8.22%) Lead
5 31 (8.22%) Senior Developer
6 26 (6.90%) C++ Software Engineer
7 24 (6.37%) Quantitative Developer
8 23 (6.10%) Senior Software Engineer
9 22 (5.84%) Python Developer
10 20 (5.31%) Principal Engineer
10 20 (5.31%) Senior Python Developer
10 20 (5.31%) Senior Quantitative Developer
11 19 (5.04%) C++ Quantitative Developer
11 19 (5.04%) Low Latency C++ Developer
11 19 (5.04%) Senior C++ Developer
11 19 (5.04%) Senior C++ Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (14.06%) Pandas
1 53 (14.06%) scikit-learn
2 52 (13.79%) NumPy
3 47 (12.47%) Matplotlib
4 46 (12.20%) Streamlit
5 45 (11.94%) Hugging Face
6 35 (9.28%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 27 (7.16%) Django
8 26 (6.90%) TensorFlow
9 21 (5.57%) FIX Protocol
10 20 (5.31%) PyTorch
11 14 (3.71%) .NET
12 11 (2.92%) pytest
12 11 (2.92%) React
12 11 (2.92%) RESTful
13 10 (2.65%) Kafka
14 8 (2.12%) HTML
14 8 (2.12%) Middleware
15 7 (1.86%) Flask
15 7 (1.86%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 71 (18.83%) Data Structures
2 44 (11.67%) Distributed Systems
3 38 (10.08%) Equities
4 30 (7.96%) Management Information System
5 23 (6.10%) Greenfield Project
6 21 (5.57%) Hedge funds
7 17 (4.51%) Cloud Native
7 17 (4.51%) Derivative
8 14 (3.71%) FPGA
9 13 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (3.18%) Fixed Income
10 12 (3.18%) Product Ownership
10 12 (3.18%) Social Media
11 11 (2.92%) Robotics
12 10 (2.65%) Analytical Mindset
12 10 (2.65%) PCIe
13 9 (2.39%) Embedded Systems
14 8 (2.12%) 3D Graphics
14 8 (2.12%) Life Science
14 8 (2.12%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 45 (11.94%) Linux
2 4 (1.06%) Android
2 4 (1.06%) Apple iOS
2 4 (1.06%) Unix
3 3 (0.80%) Robot Operating System
4 1 (0.27%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (42.18%) AI
2 144 (38.20%) Machine Learning
3 126 (33.42%) Software Engineering
4 118 (31.30%) Computer Science
5 95 (25.20%) Analytics
6 77 (20.42%) OOP
7 76 (20.16%) Data Science
8 75 (19.89%) OO
9 74 (19.63%) Visualisation
10 66 (17.51%) Workflow
11 63 (16.71%) LLM
12 61 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
13 58 (15.38%) Mathematics
14 55 (14.59%) Agile
15 53 (14.06%) Data Privacy
16 50 (13.26%) Neural Network
17 48 (12.73%) Continuous Improvement
18 47 (12.47%) Customer Service
18 47 (12.47%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
19 46 (12.20%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
Programming Languages
1 233 (61.80%) Python
2 106 (28.12%) C++
3 51 (13.53%) SQL
4 45 (11.94%) C
5 32 (8.49%) C#
6 30 (7.96%) Java
7 16 (4.24%) R
8 14 (3.71%) MATLAB
8 14 (3.71%) Rust
9 12 (3.18%) JavaScript
10 9 (2.39%) Assembly Language
11 7 (1.86%) Go
12 5 (1.33%) Bash
12 5 (1.33%) Scala
12 5 (1.33%) TypeScript
13 4 (1.06%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.80%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.80%) Tcl
14 3 (0.80%) VBA
14 3 (0.80%) VC++
Qualifications
1 123 (32.63%) Degree
2 47 (12.47%) AWS Certification
3 45 (11.94%) Master's Degree
3 45 (11.94%) PhD
4 44 (11.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 35 (9.28%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (7.16%) Security Cleared
7 25 (6.63%) BPSS Clearance
8 23 (6.10%) SC Cleared
9 8 (2.12%) CISM
9 8 (2.12%) CISSP
10 7 (1.86%) CISA
10 7 (1.86%) CRISC
10 7 (1.86%) DV Cleared
11 5 (1.33%) MBA
12 4 (1.06%) Postgraduate
13 3 (0.80%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.27%) CEH
14 1 (0.27%) GIAC
14 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.16%) Data Quality
2 12 (3.18%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 12 (3.18%) QA
3 9 (2.39%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.59%) CDISC
5 6 (1.59%) GxP
5 6 (1.59%) HL7
6 5 (1.33%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.80%) EMIR
8 2 (0.53%) GDPR
8 2 (0.53%) NIST
9 1 (0.27%) AUTOSAR
9 1 (0.27%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.27%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 19 (5.04%) Firmware
2 13 (3.45%) Docker
3 6 (1.59%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (2.92%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.33%) Terraform
3 4 (1.06%) Kubeflow
4 2 (0.53%) logstash
4 2 (0.53%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.27%) Grafana
Vendors
1 53 (14.06%) Google
2 52 (13.79%) Microsoft
3 12 (3.18%) IBM
4 10 (2.65%) Altera
5 9 (2.39%) Databricks
5 9 (2.39%) Screaming Frog
6 8 (2.12%) YouTube
7 6 (1.59%) Botify
7 6 (1.59%) Oracle
7 6 (1.59%) Xilinx
8 5 (1.33%) BT
9 4 (1.06%) Ahrefs
10 3 (0.80%) Adobe
10 3 (0.80%) Facebook
10 3 (0.80%) Instagram
10 3 (0.80%) TikTok
11 2 (0.53%) Hotjar
11 2 (0.53%) SAP
11 2 (0.53%) Thales
12 1 (0.27%) Bloomberg