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 5 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 269 190 282
Rank change year-on-year -79 +92 -130
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 422 841 496
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.87% 1.48% 1.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.43% 4.18% 2.91%
Number of salaries quoted 205 439 332
10th Percentile £39,568 £45,800 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 £70,000 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -5.08% +2.43%
75th Percentile £113,750 £85,000 £107,500
90th Percentile £144,000 £105,000 £140,000
UK median annual salary £75,900 £68,750 £72,500
% change year-on-year +10.40% -5.17% +3.57%

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 17,394 20,125 17,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.90% 35.49% 38.06%
Number of salaries quoted 9,586 9,880 12,803
10th Percentile £27,707 £34,000 £33,037
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £45,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -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 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 5 December 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 5 December 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 +27 226 £107,500 +34.38% 73
South East -90 67 £75,900 +16.77% 97
East of England -29 48 £55,000 -27.63% 53
South West -39 30 £45,021 -30.74% 51
Midlands +19 23 £75,000 +25.00% 33
North of England +13 18 £35,000 -34.28% 41
West Midlands +17 13 £60,000 +10.60% 19
North West +25 10 £38,250 -32.31% 23
East Midlands -5 8 £75,000 +20.00% 12
Yorkshire -10 8 £35,000 -22.22% 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 19 (4.50%) Kinematics
2 12 (2.84%) Apache Spark
3 10 (2.37%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.42%) CMS
5 4 (0.95%) WordPress
6 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.47%) Kentico
7 2 (0.47%) Luigi
7 2 (0.47%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.24%) Apache
Applications
1 7 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (1.66%) Simulink
2 6 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (0.71%) Adobe Premiere
3 3 (0.71%) Final Cut Pro
3 3 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.24%) Mathcad
5 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.47%) Shopify
2 1 (0.24%) Bloomberg AIM
2 1 (0.24%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.24%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 49 (11.61%) AWS
2 45 (10.66%) Azure
3 38 (9.00%) GCP
4 17 (4.03%) Google Analytics
5 15 (3.55%) Power Platform
5 15 (3.55%) Vertex AI
6 11 (2.61%) Azure Machine Learning
6 11 (2.61%) GitHub
7 7 (1.66%) Amazon EKS
8 6 (1.42%) Google Docs
9 5 (1.18%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.18%) Google Sheets
9 5 (1.18%) Google Workspace
9 5 (1.18%) Snowflake
10 4 (0.95%) Amazon S3
10 4 (0.95%) Amazon SageMaker
10 4 (0.95%) dbt
10 4 (0.95%) Google Tag Manager
10 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.37%) Multicast
2 8 (1.90%) Software-Defined Radio
3 3 (0.71%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.47%) Broadband
4 2 (0.47%) S/MIME
5 1 (0.24%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.24%) Internet
5 1 (0.24%) Network Security
5 1 (0.24%) SSL
5 1 (0.24%) VPN
5 1 (0.24%) Wireless
5 1 (0.24%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.50%) Metadata
1 19 (4.50%) NoSQL
2 15 (3.55%) Data Mining
2 15 (3.55%) Power BI
3 13 (3.08%) Data Lake
3 13 (3.08%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (2.84%) Big Data
5 9 (2.13%) MongoDB
6 8 (1.90%) BigQuery
6 8 (1.90%) Looker
7 7 (1.66%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.42%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (1.42%) KDB
8 6 (1.42%) SQL Server
8 6 (1.42%) Tableau
9 4 (0.95%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.95%) Redis
10 3 (0.71%) GIS
10 3 (0.71%) MySQL
11 2 (0.47%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 26 (6.16%) Rational DOORS
2 17 (4.03%) JIRA
3 15 (3.55%) Git
4 10 (2.37%) MLflow
5 4 (0.95%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.71%) GitLab
6 3 (0.71%) TestRail
7 2 (0.47%) JConsole
7 2 (0.47%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.47%) VisualVM
8 1 (0.24%) Bazaar
8 1 (0.24%) Vite
General
1 134 (31.75%) Finance
2 120 (28.44%) Social Skills
3 74 (17.54%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (16.59%) Law
5 62 (14.69%) Electronics
6 51 (12.09%) Marketing
7 49 (11.61%) Front Office
8 43 (10.19%) Banking
8 43 (10.19%) Games
9 27 (6.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 27 (6.40%) Presentation Skills
10 19 (4.50%) Retail
11 13 (3.08%) Advertising
12 12 (2.84%) Investment Banking
13 11 (2.61%) Financial Institution
14 10 (2.37%) Legal
14 10 (2.37%) Manufacturing
14 10 (2.37%) Public Sector
15 7 (1.66%) Aerospace
15 7 (1.66%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 86 (20.38%) Senior
2 81 (19.19%) Developer
3 66 (15.64%) Lead
4 62 (14.69%) Software Engineer
5 38 (9.00%) Quantitative Developer
6 32 (7.58%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 29 (6.87%) Systems Engineer
8 27 (6.40%) Principal Engineer
9 26 (6.16%) Senior Developer
10 23 (5.45%) C++ Developer
10 23 (5.45%) Python Developer
11 22 (5.21%) Data Scientist
12 21 (4.98%) C++ Quantitative Developer
12 21 (4.98%) Principal Systems Engineer
13 19 (4.50%) C++ Software Engineer
13 19 (4.50%) Linux Developer
13 19 (4.50%) Senior C++ Developer
13 19 (4.50%) Senior Python Developer
13 19 (4.50%) Senior Quantitative Developer
13 19 (4.50%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (7.11%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 26 (6.16%) Kafka
3 22 (5.21%) TensorFlow
4 20 (4.74%) FIX Protocol
4 20 (4.74%) Middleware
5 19 (4.50%) PyTorch
6 16 (3.79%) Django
7 14 (3.32%) React
7 14 (3.32%) REST
7 14 (3.32%) scikit-learn
8 13 (3.08%) .NET
9 11 (2.61%) Flask
10 10 (2.37%) FastAPI
10 10 (2.37%) FHIR
10 10 (2.37%) pytest
11 9 (2.13%) HTML
12 8 (1.90%) CSS
12 8 (1.90%) Java Concurrency
13 6 (1.42%) Qt
13 6 (1.42%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 65 (15.40%) Data Structures
2 54 (12.80%) Equities
3 42 (9.95%) Distributed Systems
4 26 (6.16%) Hedge funds
4 26 (6.16%) Management Information System
5 25 (5.92%) Robotics
6 24 (5.69%) Cloud Native
6 24 (5.69%) Derivative
7 14 (3.32%) Greenfield Project
8 13 (3.08%) Fixed Income
8 13 (3.08%) Social Media
9 12 (2.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 12 (2.84%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (2.61%) 3D Graphics
10 11 (2.61%) Life Science
10 11 (2.61%) Product Ownership
11 10 (2.37%) Omics
12 9 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (1.42%) Embedded Systems
14 5 (1.18%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 44 (10.43%) Linux
2 6 (1.42%) Unix
3 3 (0.71%) Windows
4 1 (0.24%) Android
4 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.24%) Robot Operating System
4 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (38.86%) AI
2 141 (33.41%) Analytics
3 140 (33.18%) Software Engineering
4 131 (31.04%) Machine Learning
5 113 (26.78%) Computer Science
6 101 (23.93%) Problem-Solving
7 88 (20.85%) Data Science
8 87 (20.62%) Agile
9 84 (19.91%) Mathematics
10 74 (17.54%) Low Latency
11 68 (16.11%) Statistics
12 58 (13.74%) SDLC
13 53 (12.56%) Data Analytics
13 53 (12.56%) DevOps
14 51 (12.09%) Visualisation
15 49 (11.61%) Business Strategy
15 49 (11.61%) Data Analysis
15 49 (11.61%) Thought Leadership
16 48 (11.37%) OO
17 44 (10.43%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 208 (49.29%) Python
2 101 (23.93%) C++
3 67 (15.88%) Java
4 60 (14.22%) SQL
5 45 (10.66%) C
6 37 (8.77%) C#
7 14 (3.32%) MATLAB
8 13 (3.08%) JavaScript
8 13 (3.08%) R
9 7 (1.66%) Bash
9 7 (1.66%) TypeScript
10 5 (1.18%) Rust
11 4 (0.95%) Fortran
11 4 (0.95%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.95%) Scala
11 4 (0.95%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.71%) Assembly Language
12 3 (0.71%) Objective-C
12 3 (0.71%) Tcl
12 3 (0.71%) VC++
Qualifications
1 165 (39.10%) Degree
2 95 (22.51%) Master's Degree
3 90 (21.33%) PhD
4 40 (9.48%) BPSS Clearance
5 31 (7.35%) Security Cleared
6 28 (6.64%) Computer Science Degree
7 25 (5.92%) SC Cleared
8 9 (2.13%) CISM
8 9 (2.13%) CISSP
9 7 (1.66%) CISA
9 7 (1.66%) CRISC
10 6 (1.42%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.95%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.47%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.24%) A+ Certification
13 1 (0.24%) CEH
13 1 (0.24%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.24%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.24%) GIAC
13 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (6.40%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 22 (5.21%) Data Quality
3 13 (3.08%) Accessibility
3 13 (3.08%) QA
4 10 (2.37%) CDISC
4 10 (2.37%) GxP
4 10 (2.37%) HL7
5 7 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (0.71%) GDPR
6 3 (0.71%) NIST
7 2 (0.47%) AUTOSAR
7 2 (0.47%) ISO 26262
8 1 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.24%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.24%) GMP
8 1 (0.24%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 29 (6.87%) Docker
2 4 (0.95%) Firmware
3 1 (0.24%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 25 (5.92%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.90%) Terraform
3 5 (1.18%) Kubeflow
4 4 (0.95%) Ansible
5 2 (0.47%) Functional Safety
5 2 (0.47%) logstash
5 2 (0.47%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.47%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.47%) Puppet
6 1 (0.24%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.24%) Grafana
Vendors
1 58 (13.74%) Google
2 26 (6.16%) IBM
3 25 (5.92%) Microsoft
4 17 (4.03%) OpenAI
5 14 (3.32%) Screaming Frog
6 12 (2.84%) Ahrefs
7 8 (1.90%) Oracle
8 7 (1.66%) YouTube
9 5 (1.18%) Adobe
9 5 (1.18%) Databricks
10 4 (0.95%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.71%) Alteryx
11 3 (0.71%) Facebook
11 3 (0.71%) Instagram
11 3 (0.71%) SAP
11 3 (0.71%) TikTok
12 2 (0.47%) Criteo
12 2 (0.47%) Hotjar
12 2 (0.47%) Thales
13 1 (0.24%) Intapp