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 28 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 315 166 202
Rank change year-on-year -149 +36 -41
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 374 787 1,028
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.61% 1.85% 1.53%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.87% 4.86% 4.23%
Number of salaries quoted 210 377 623
10th Percentile £33,750 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £39,281 £55,000 £52,397
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,750 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.23% -3.70% -10.00%
75th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £113,875 £115,000 £120,000
UK median annual salary £67,250 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.46% -3.70% -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 requiring generic IT skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 20,047 16,184 24,306
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 32.43% 38.07% 36.20%
Number of salaries quoted 10,305 7,864 18,225
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,038 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £39,087
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £78,138
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +12.73% -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 28 February 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 28 February 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 -26 181 £100,000 - 96
South East -125 51 £67,500 +8.00% 80
North of England -21 45 £37,500 -43.61% 54
East of England -57 35 £55,000 -27.63% 42
South West -75 34 £40,792 -37.24% 37
North West -10 25 £37,500 -56.01% 25
Midlands -27 21 £55,000 -8.33% 44
Yorkshire -38 15 £37,500 -16.67% 18
West Midlands +2 13 £37,500 -37.50% 15
East Midlands -41 8 £75,000 +25.00% 28
North East -6 5 £37,500 -37.50% 13
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 43 (11.50%) Jupyter
2 10 (2.67%) Apache Spark
3 9 (2.41%) Kinematics
4 6 (1.60%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.34%) CMS
5 5 (1.34%) IIS
6 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.27%) Apache
7 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 43 (11.50%) Chatbot
2 7 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.87%) 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
5 1 (0.27%) OrCAD
5 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.34%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 4 (1.07%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.27%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (0.27%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 91 (24.33%) AWS
2 47 (12.57%) Cloud Computing
3 45 (12.03%) Azure
4 37 (9.89%) GCP
5 16 (4.28%) GitHub
6 13 (3.48%) Google Analytics
6 13 (3.48%) Power Platform
7 12 (3.21%) Azure Machine Learning
8 8 (2.14%) Snowflake
9 5 (1.34%) Amazon EKS
9 5 (1.34%) Google Workspace
10 4 (1.07%) Google Tag Manager
11 3 (0.80%) Amazon SageMaker
11 3 (0.80%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.80%) Canva
11 3 (0.80%) dbt
11 3 (0.80%) Firebase
11 3 (0.80%) LangSmith
11 3 (0.80%) Slack
12 2 (0.53%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.21%) Multicast
2 8 (2.14%) Software-Defined Radio
3 6 (1.60%) Broadband
4 5 (1.34%) Ethernet
4 5 (1.34%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.07%) Network Security
6 1 (0.27%) Internet
6 1 (0.27%) S/MIME
6 1 (0.27%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.61%) BigQuery
2 20 (5.35%) Elasticsearch
3 19 (5.08%) Metadata
4 17 (4.55%) Big Data
5 13 (3.48%) Power BI
6 12 (3.21%) NoSQL
7 10 (2.67%) Hadoop
7 10 (2.67%) Tableau
8 8 (2.14%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (1.87%) Data Lake
10 6 (1.60%) MongoDB
11 5 (1.34%) Data Mining
11 5 (1.34%) Relational Database
11 5 (1.34%) SQL Server
12 3 (0.80%) Looker
12 3 (0.80%) Redis
13 2 (0.53%) Amazon Athena
14 1 (0.27%) ClickHouse
14 1 (0.27%) Tick Data
14 1 (0.27%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 46 (12.30%) Visual Studio Code
2 21 (5.61%) Git
3 19 (5.08%) Rational DOORS
4 13 (3.48%) JIRA
5 5 (1.34%) 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
1 144 (38.50%) Finance
2 81 (21.66%) Social Skills
3 68 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (14.71%) Retail
5 49 (13.10%) Manufacturing
6 39 (10.43%) Marketing
7 38 (10.16%) Front Office
8 37 (9.89%) Electronics
9 21 (5.61%) Games
10 20 (5.35%) Banking
11 16 (4.28%) Law
11 16 (4.28%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (3.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 12 (3.21%) Automotive
13 12 (3.21%) Legal
14 10 (2.67%) Financial Institution
14 10 (2.67%) Public Sector
15 7 (1.87%) Aerospace
15 7 (1.87%) Telecoms
16 6 (1.60%) Aeronautics
Job Titles
1 74 (19.79%) Senior
2 66 (17.65%) Software Engineer
3 57 (15.24%) Developer
4 43 (11.50%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
4 43 (11.50%) Programmer
4 43 (11.50%) Trainee
4 43 (11.50%) Trainee Programmer
5 33 (8.82%) Lead
6 27 (7.22%) Senior Developer
7 26 (6.95%) C++ Software Engineer
8 24 (6.42%) Quantitative Developer
8 24 (6.42%) Senior Software Engineer
9 22 (5.88%) Principal Engineer
10 20 (5.35%) Python Developer
11 18 (4.81%) C++ Developer
11 18 (4.81%) Low Latency C++ Developer
11 18 (4.81%) Senior C++ Developer
11 18 (4.81%) Senior C++ Quantitative Developer
11 18 (4.81%) Senior Python Developer
11 18 (4.81%) Senior Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (13.90%) scikit-learn
2 51 (13.64%) Pandas
3 50 (13.37%) NumPy
4 46 (12.30%) Matplotlib
5 45 (12.03%) Streamlit
6 44 (11.76%) Hugging Face
7 35 (9.36%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 26 (6.95%) Django
9 25 (6.68%) TensorFlow
10 23 (6.15%) FIX Protocol
11 19 (5.08%) PyTorch
12 14 (3.74%) .NET
13 12 (3.21%) Kafka
13 12 (3.21%) pytest
14 10 (2.67%) React
14 10 (2.67%) RESTful
15 9 (2.41%) Middleware
16 8 (2.14%) Flask
16 8 (2.14%) HTML
17 7 (1.87%) Java Concurrency
Miscellaneous
1 68 (18.18%) Data Structures
2 43 (11.50%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (10.43%) Equities
4 26 (6.95%) Management Information System
5 22 (5.88%) Hedge funds
6 21 (5.61%) Greenfield Project
7 20 (5.35%) Derivative
8 19 (5.08%) Cloud Native
9 13 (3.48%) Fixed Income
10 12 (3.21%) FPGA
10 12 (3.21%) Robotics
10 12 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (3.21%) Social Media
11 11 (2.94%) Product Ownership
12 10 (2.67%) Analytical Mindset
13 9 (2.41%) Embedded Systems
13 9 (2.41%) Life Science
13 9 (2.41%) PCIe
14 8 (2.14%) 3D Graphics
15 7 (1.87%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 44 (11.76%) Linux
2 4 (1.07%) Android
2 4 (1.07%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.80%) Robot Operating System
3 3 (0.80%) Unix
4 1 (0.27%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (42.51%) AI
2 144 (38.50%) Machine Learning
3 125 (33.42%) Software Engineering
4 122 (32.62%) Computer Science
5 97 (25.94%) Analytics
6 76 (20.32%) Data Science
6 76 (20.32%) OOP
7 73 (19.52%) OO
7 73 (19.52%) Visualisation
8 66 (17.65%) Workflow
9 63 (16.84%) Mathematics
10 62 (16.58%) LLM
11 61 (16.31%) Problem-Solving
12 57 (15.24%) Agile
13 52 (13.90%) Data Privacy
14 49 (13.10%) Neural Network
15 47 (12.57%) Low Latency
16 46 (12.30%) Customer Service
16 46 (12.30%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
17 45 (12.03%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
Programming Languages
1 234 (62.57%) Python
2 105 (28.07%) C++
3 52 (13.90%) SQL
4 44 (11.76%) C
5 35 (9.36%) Java
6 33 (8.82%) C#
7 16 (4.28%) R
8 15 (4.01%) MATLAB
9 13 (3.48%) Rust
10 12 (3.21%) JavaScript
11 8 (2.14%) Assembly Language
12 7 (1.87%) Go
13 5 (1.34%) Scala
14 4 (1.07%) T-SQL
14 4 (1.07%) TypeScript
15 3 (0.80%) Google Apps Script
15 3 (0.80%) Objective-C
15 3 (0.80%) Tcl
15 3 (0.80%) VBA
15 3 (0.80%) VC++
Qualifications
1 132 (35.29%) Degree
2 55 (14.71%) Master's Degree
3 53 (14.17%) PhD
4 45 (12.03%) AWS Certification
5 43 (11.50%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 38 (10.16%) Computer Science Degree
7 28 (7.49%) Security Cleared
8 27 (7.22%) BPSS Clearance
9 23 (6.15%) SC Cleared
10 8 (2.14%) CISM
10 8 (2.14%) CISSP
11 7 (1.87%) CISA
11 7 (1.87%) CRISC
11 7 (1.87%) DV Cleared
12 5 (1.34%) MBA
13 4 (1.07%) DBS Check
13 4 (1.07%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.27%) A+ Certification
14 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.22%) Data Quality
2 14 (3.74%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 12 (3.21%) QA
4 10 (2.67%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.87%) CDISC
5 7 (1.87%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (1.87%) GxP
5 7 (1.87%) HL7
5 7 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.34%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.80%) EMIR
8 2 (0.53%) GDPR
8 2 (0.53%) NIST
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 16 (4.28%) Firmware
2 15 (4.01%) Docker
3 5 (1.34%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (3.48%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.34%) Terraform
3 3 (0.80%) Kubeflow
4 2 (0.53%) logstash
4 2 (0.53%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.27%) Grafana
Vendors
1 51 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 47 (12.57%) Google
3 14 (3.74%) IBM
4 10 (2.67%) Databricks
5 9 (2.41%) Altera
6 8 (2.14%) Screaming Frog
6 8 (2.14%) YouTube
7 6 (1.60%) Oracle
8 5 (1.34%) BT
8 5 (1.34%) Xilinx
9 4 (1.07%) 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%) Botify
11 2 (0.53%) Hotjar
11 2 (0.53%) SAP
12 1 (0.27%) Intapp
12 1 (0.27%) OpenAI