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 17 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 301 224 188
Rank change year-on-year -77 -36 +6
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 546 637 1,241
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.62% 1.47% 1.45%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.42% 3.53% 4.33%
Number of salaries quoted 381 270 605
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £42,593 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £100,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £127,750 £98,384
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -8.45%

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 22,517 18,039 28,630
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.67% 41.65% 33.37%
Number of salaries quoted 14,903 9,033 18,921
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £39,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,300 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £58,445 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.64% +4.55% -15.37%

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 17 July 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 17 July 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 -62 198 £95,000 -13.64% 167
South East -41 126 £70,000 +12.90% 67
East of England -2 80 £65,000 +18.18% 62
North of England -6 70 £37,500 -49.66% 76
South West -85 42 £55,000 +10.00% 40
Midlands -22 33 £37,500 -37.50% 39
North West -14 28 £37,500 -56.01% 38
West Midlands -8 26 £37,500 -37.50% 16
Yorkshire -19 25 £37,500 -46.43% 22
North East -43 17 £52,000 -54.78% 18
East Midlands -17 6 £57,500 +112.96% 23
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 50 (9.16%) Jupyter
2 8 (1.47%) CMS
3 7 (1.28%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.10%) SAS
5 5 (0.92%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.37%) Apache Pulsar
6 2 (0.37%) Confluence
7 1 (0.18%) Apache
7 1 (0.18%) Kinematics
7 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 50 (9.16%) Chatbot
2 12 (2.20%) Simulink
3 3 (0.55%) Blender
3 3 (0.55%) Maya
4 2 (0.37%) CATIA
4 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.37%) OrCAD
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (1.83%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 120 (21.98%) AWS
2 55 (10.07%) Cloud Computing
3 50 (9.16%) Azure
4 30 (5.49%) GCP
5 20 (3.66%) Google Analytics
6 16 (2.93%) GitHub
7 15 (2.75%) SaaS
8 10 (1.83%) Google Ads
9 8 (1.47%) Amazon EKS
9 8 (1.47%) Slack
10 7 (1.28%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (0.92%) Prefect
11 5 (0.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 4 (0.73%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (0.73%) Power Platform
12 4 (0.73%) Serverless
12 4 (0.73%) Vertex AI
13 3 (0.55%) Amazon SageMaker
13 3 (0.55%) Azure Data Factory
14 2 (0.37%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.03%) Broadband
2 16 (2.93%) Multicast
3 6 (1.10%) 5G
3 6 (1.10%) Software-Defined Radio
4 5 (0.92%) Ethernet
5 4 (0.73%) 3GPP
5 4 (0.73%) GSM
5 4 (0.73%) Internet
5 4 (0.73%) LTE
5 4 (0.73%) Radio Access Network
5 4 (0.73%) RANAP
5 4 (0.73%) SS7
5 4 (0.73%) UMTS
5 4 (0.73%) Wireshark
6 3 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.55%) Wireless
7 2 (0.37%) Firewall
8 1 (0.18%) IPsec
8 1 (0.18%) MQTT
8 1 (0.18%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (4.40%) Metadata
2 21 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (3.30%) BigQuery
4 17 (3.11%) Elasticsearch
5 11 (2.01%) MongoDB
6 10 (1.83%) Big Data
7 7 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (1.10%) GIS
9 5 (0.92%) Amazon Athena
10 4 (0.73%) DynamoDB
10 4 (0.73%) MySQL
10 4 (0.73%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.73%) Redis
11 2 (0.37%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.37%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.37%) Pinecone
11 2 (0.37%) Power BI
11 2 (0.37%) SQL Server
12 1 (0.18%) Apache Iceberg
12 1 (0.18%) Trino
Development Applications
1 71 (13.00%) Git
1 71 (13.00%) Visual Studio Code
2 20 (3.66%) JIRA
3 17 (3.11%) GitLab
4 14 (2.56%) Rational DOORS
5 6 (1.10%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.73%) GCC
6 4 (0.73%) GDB
7 3 (0.55%) MLflow
7 3 (0.55%) PetaLinux
8 2 (0.37%) CMake
8 2 (0.37%) Plastic SCM
8 2 (0.37%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.37%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.18%) Valgrind
General
1 138 (25.27%) Finance
2 70 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
2 70 (12.82%) Social Skills
3 66 (12.09%) Retail
4 56 (10.26%) Manufacturing
5 34 (6.23%) Marketing
6 25 (4.58%) Electronics
7 23 (4.21%) Banking
8 21 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 18 (3.30%) Front Office
10 17 (3.11%) Automotive
11 16 (2.93%) Games
12 13 (2.38%) Advertising
12 13 (2.38%) Aerospace
13 10 (1.83%) Legal
14 8 (1.47%) Telecoms
15 7 (1.28%) Financial Institution
15 7 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.73%) Law
17 3 (0.55%) French Language
Job Titles
1 145 (26.56%) Software Engineer
2 133 (24.36%) Senior
3 105 (19.23%) Developer
4 51 (9.34%) Senior Software Engineer
5 48 (8.79%) Python Developer
6 46 (8.42%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
6 46 (8.42%) Programmer
7 45 (8.24%) Trainee
7 45 (8.24%) Trainee Programmer
8 43 (7.88%) Senior Developer
9 41 (7.51%) C++ Software Engineer
9 41 (7.51%) Lead
10 37 (6.78%) Embedded Engineer
11 29 (5.31%) Python Engineer
12 26 (4.76%) Data Scientist
13 23 (4.21%) Python Software Engineer
14 22 (4.03%) FPGA Engineer
15 20 (3.66%) Senior Python Developer
16 19 (3.48%) Embedded Software Engineer
16 19 (3.48%) Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (13.00%) NumPy
1 71 (13.00%) Pandas
2 54 (9.89%) Streamlit
3 52 (9.52%) scikit-learn
4 50 (9.16%) Hugging Face
5 49 (8.97%) Matplotlib
6 39 (7.14%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 29 (5.31%) PyTorch
8 26 (4.76%) TensorFlow
9 24 (4.40%) HTML
10 21 (3.85%) React
11 20 (3.66%) CSS
11 20 (3.66%) Django
12 18 (3.30%) .NET
13 17 (3.11%) FIX Protocol
14 16 (2.93%) pytest
15 14 (2.56%) REST
16 9 (1.65%) Node.js
16 9 (1.65%) OpenCV
16 9 (1.65%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 87 (15.93%) Data Structures
2 47 (8.61%) Distributed Systems
3 40 (7.33%) Embedded Systems
4 37 (6.78%) Equities
5 31 (5.68%) FPGA
6 23 (4.21%) Management Information System
7 22 (4.03%) Hedge funds
8 21 (3.85%) Product Ownership
9 20 (3.66%) VHDL
10 19 (3.48%) PCIe
11 18 (3.30%) Greenfield Project
11 18 (3.30%) Robotics
12 17 (3.11%) Derivative
12 17 (3.11%) Fixed Income
13 16 (2.93%) Video\Live Streaming
14 11 (2.01%) Driving Licence
15 10 (1.83%) NVMe
15 10 (1.83%) Public Cloud
16 9 (1.65%) Cloud Native
16 9 (1.65%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 67 (12.27%) Linux
2 11 (2.01%) Windows
3 8 (1.47%) Embedded Linux
4 7 (1.28%) Robot Operating System
5 5 (0.92%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (0.92%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (0.73%) Android
6 4 (0.73%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.73%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.37%) Unix
8 1 (0.18%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (44.51%) Software Engineering
2 157 (28.75%) AI
3 150 (27.47%) Computer Science
4 146 (26.74%) Machine Learning
5 97 (17.77%) OOP
6 93 (17.03%) Agile
7 89 (16.30%) OO
8 84 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
9 83 (15.20%) Data Science
10 79 (14.47%) Visualisation
11 73 (13.37%) Analytics
12 68 (12.45%) Workflow
13 66 (12.09%) Continuous Improvement
14 62 (11.36%) CI/CD
15 60 (10.99%) Signal Processing
16 58 (10.62%) LLM
17 55 (10.07%) Test Automation
18 54 (9.89%) Mathematics
18 54 (9.89%) Mentoring
19 53 (9.71%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 326 (59.71%) Python
2 155 (28.39%) C++
3 58 (10.62%) C
4 51 (9.34%) C#
5 37 (6.78%) SQL
6 25 (4.58%) Java
7 24 (4.40%) Rust
8 23 (4.21%) TypeScript
9 22 (4.03%) MATLAB
10 19 (3.48%) JavaScript
11 14 (2.56%) Embedded C++
12 13 (2.38%) Embedded C
12 13 (2.38%) Go
13 12 (2.20%) Assembly Language
14 4 (0.73%) Julia
14 4 (0.73%) R
15 3 (0.55%) VBA
16 2 (0.37%) Bash
17 1 (0.18%) Shell Script
17 1 (0.18%) VC++
Qualifications
1 129 (23.63%) Degree
2 57 (10.44%) AWS Certification
3 51 (9.34%) Security Cleared
4 48 (8.79%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 43 (7.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 37 (6.78%) Master's Degree
7 25 (4.58%) SC Cleared
8 19 (3.48%) PhD
9 18 (3.30%) DV Cleared
10 9 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (1.28%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.55%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.18%) HND
14 1 (0.18%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (5.49%) QA
2 10 (1.83%) GDPR
3 8 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 6 (1.10%) Automotive SPICE
4 6 (1.10%) ISO 26262
4 6 (1.10%) MISRA
4 6 (1.10%) MISRA C
5 5 (0.92%) Accessibility
5 5 (0.92%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.18%) AUTOSAR
7 1 (0.18%) EMIR
7 1 (0.18%) MiFID
System Software
1 44 (8.06%) Firmware
2 43 (7.88%) Docker
3 21 (3.85%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (0.92%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.92%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.18%) IAG
Systems Management
1 22 (4.03%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.20%) Terraform
3 8 (1.47%) Kubeflow
4 5 (0.92%) SCCM
4 5 (0.92%) SCOM
4 5 (0.92%) Tivoli Identity Manager
5 1 (0.18%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 60 (10.99%) Microsoft
2 53 (9.71%) Google
3 13 (2.38%) Altera
4 11 (2.01%) Xilinx
5 10 (1.83%) Databricks
6 9 (1.65%) IBM
6 9 (1.65%) Screaming Frog
7 6 (1.10%) Botify
8 5 (0.92%) Dell
8 5 (0.92%) HP
8 5 (0.92%) McAfee
8 5 (0.92%) OpenAI
8 5 (0.92%) VMware
9 4 (0.73%) TikTok
10 3 (0.55%) Ahrefs
10 3 (0.55%) Foundry
10 3 (0.55%) Rockwell
11 1 (0.18%) Adobe
11 1 (0.18%) MathWorks
11 1 (0.18%) Oracle