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

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 302 223 189
Rank change year-on-year -79 -34 0
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 543 637 1,290
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.62% 1.47% 1.46%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.41% 3.54% 4.36%
Number of salaries quoted 378 268 648
10th Percentile £33,750 £38,200 £38,750
25th Percentile £42,593 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -14.38%
75th Percentile £86,875 £98,855 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £126,500 £98,556
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -10.71%

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 22,550 18,011 29,613
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.76% 41.50% 33.45%
Number of salaries quoted 14,928 8,993 19,785
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £38,918
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £58,750 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.17% +4.55% -14.10%

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 12 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 12 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 -61 198 £95,000 -13.64% 137
South East -46 126 £70,000 +12.90% 60
East of England -5 79 £65,000 +18.18% 45
North of England +1 67 £37,500 -49.66% 40
South West -89 43 £55,000 +10.00% 40
Midlands -21 33 £37,500 -34.78% 20
North West -19 29 £37,500 -56.01% 17
West Midlands -5 26 £37,500 -37.50% 7
Yorkshire -18 21 £37,500 -46.43% 13
North East -41 17 £52,000 -54.78% 12
East Midlands -32 6 £57,500 +112.96% 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 50 (9.21%) Jupyter
2 8 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (1.47%) CMS
3 6 (1.10%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.10%) SAS
4 2 (0.37%) Apache Pulsar
4 2 (0.37%) Confluence
5 1 (0.18%) Apache
5 1 (0.18%) Kinematics
5 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 50 (9.21%) Chatbot
2 13 (2.39%) 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 11 (2.03%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 121 (22.28%) AWS
2 55 (10.13%) Cloud Computing
3 52 (9.58%) Azure
4 31 (5.71%) GCP
5 20 (3.68%) Google Analytics
6 17 (3.13%) GitHub
7 15 (2.76%) SaaS
8 10 (1.84%) Google Ads
9 8 (1.47%) Amazon EKS
9 8 (1.47%) Slack
10 7 (1.29%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (0.92%) Power Platform
11 5 (0.92%) Prefect
11 5 (0.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 4 (0.74%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (0.74%) Serverless
13 3 (0.55%) Amazon SageMaker
13 3 (0.55%) Azure Data Factory
13 3 (0.55%) Azure Machine Learning
13 3 (0.55%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.05%) Broadband
2 17 (3.13%) Multicast
3 6 (1.10%) 5G
3 6 (1.10%) Ethernet
3 6 (1.10%) Software-Defined Radio
4 4 (0.74%) Internet
5 3 (0.55%) 3GPP
5 3 (0.55%) GSM
5 3 (0.55%) LTE
5 3 (0.55%) Radio Access Network
5 3 (0.55%) RANAP
5 3 (0.55%) SS7
5 3 (0.55%) UMTS
5 3 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.55%) Wireless
5 3 (0.55%) Wireshark
6 2 (0.37%) Firewall
7 1 (0.18%) IPsec
7 1 (0.18%) MQTT
7 1 (0.18%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (4.42%) Metadata
2 21 (3.87%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (3.31%) BigQuery
4 17 (3.13%) Elasticsearch
5 11 (2.03%) MongoDB
6 10 (1.84%) Big Data
7 7 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (1.10%) GIS
9 5 (0.92%) Amazon Athena
10 4 (0.74%) DynamoDB
10 4 (0.74%) MySQL
10 4 (0.74%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.74%) Redis
11 3 (0.55%) Power BI
12 2 (0.37%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (0.37%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.37%) Pinecone
12 2 (0.37%) SQL Server
13 1 (0.18%) Apache Iceberg
13 1 (0.18%) Trino
Development Applications
1 70 (12.89%) Git
1 70 (12.89%) Visual Studio Code
2 21 (3.87%) JIRA
3 17 (3.13%) GitLab
4 15 (2.76%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (0.74%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.55%) GCC
6 3 (0.55%) GDB
6 3 (0.55%) MLflow
6 3 (0.55%) PetaLinux
7 2 (0.37%) Plastic SCM
7 2 (0.37%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.37%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.18%) CMake
8 1 (0.18%) Valgrind
General
1 136 (25.05%) Finance
2 70 (12.89%) Analytical Skills
2 70 (12.89%) Social Skills
3 66 (12.15%) Retail
4 56 (10.31%) Manufacturing
5 33 (6.08%) Marketing
6 25 (4.60%) Electronics
7 22 (4.05%) Banking
8 21 (3.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (3.50%) Front Office
10 18 (3.31%) Automotive
11 15 (2.76%) Games
12 14 (2.58%) Aerospace
13 13 (2.39%) Advertising
14 9 (1.66%) Legal
15 7 (1.29%) Telecoms
16 6 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
17 5 (0.92%) Financial Institution
18 4 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
19 3 (0.55%) Humanities
Job Titles
1 141 (25.97%) Software Engineer
2 134 (24.68%) Senior
3 106 (19.52%) Developer
4 52 (9.58%) Senior Software Engineer
5 50 (9.21%) Python Developer
6 46 (8.47%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
6 46 (8.47%) Programmer
7 45 (8.29%) Trainee
7 45 (8.29%) Trainee Programmer
8 43 (7.92%) Senior Developer
9 41 (7.55%) Lead
10 40 (7.37%) C++ Software Engineer
11 36 (6.63%) Embedded Engineer
12 30 (5.52%) Python Engineer
13 24 (4.42%) Data Scientist
13 24 (4.42%) FPGA Engineer
13 24 (4.42%) Python Software Engineer
14 21 (3.87%) Senior Python Developer
15 19 (3.50%) C++ Developer
15 19 (3.50%) Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (13.08%) NumPy
1 71 (13.08%) Pandas
2 54 (9.94%) Streamlit
3 52 (9.58%) scikit-learn
4 50 (9.21%) Hugging Face
5 49 (9.02%) Matplotlib
6 41 (7.55%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 29 (5.34%) PyTorch
8 26 (4.79%) TensorFlow
9 24 (4.42%) HTML
10 21 (3.87%) React
11 20 (3.68%) CSS
11 20 (3.68%) Django
12 18 (3.31%) .NET
12 18 (3.31%) FIX Protocol
13 17 (3.13%) pytest
14 14 (2.58%) REST
15 9 (1.66%) Node.js
15 9 (1.66%) OpenCV
15 9 (1.66%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 86 (15.84%) Data Structures
2 46 (8.47%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (7.18%) Embedded Systems
4 38 (7.00%) Equities
5 33 (6.08%) FPGA
6 24 (4.42%) Management Information System
7 23 (4.24%) Hedge funds
8 21 (3.87%) PCIe
8 21 (3.87%) VHDL
9 20 (3.68%) Product Ownership
10 18 (3.31%) Fixed Income
10 18 (3.31%) Greenfield Project
10 18 (3.31%) Robotics
11 17 (3.13%) Derivative
12 16 (2.95%) Video\Live Streaming
13 11 (2.03%) Driving Licence
13 11 (2.03%) NVMe
14 10 (1.84%) Public Cloud
15 9 (1.66%) Over-the-Top Content
15 9 (1.66%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 66 (12.15%) Linux
2 10 (1.84%) Windows
3 7 (1.29%) Embedded Linux
3 7 (1.29%) Robot Operating System
4 5 (0.92%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (0.92%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (0.74%) Android
5 4 (0.74%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.74%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.37%) Unix
7 1 (0.18%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (44.01%) Software Engineering
2 153 (28.18%) AI
3 146 (26.89%) Computer Science
4 145 (26.70%) Machine Learning
5 98 (18.05%) OOP
6 93 (17.13%) Agile
7 89 (16.39%) OO
8 81 (14.92%) Data Science
8 81 (14.92%) Problem-Solving
9 78 (14.36%) Visualisation
10 73 (13.44%) Analytics
11 69 (12.71%) Workflow
12 65 (11.97%) Continuous Improvement
13 62 (11.42%) Signal Processing
14 60 (11.05%) CI/CD
15 58 (10.68%) LLM
16 54 (9.94%) Mentoring
16 54 (9.94%) Test Automation
17 53 (9.76%) Mathematics
17 53 (9.76%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 325 (59.85%) Python
2 156 (28.73%) C++
3 60 (11.05%) C
4 51 (9.39%) C#
5 37 (6.81%) SQL
6 24 (4.42%) Java
6 24 (4.42%) Rust
7 23 (4.24%) MATLAB
7 23 (4.24%) TypeScript
8 19 (3.50%) JavaScript
9 13 (2.39%) Assembly Language
9 13 (2.39%) Embedded C
9 13 (2.39%) Embedded C++
9 13 (2.39%) Go
10 4 (0.74%) Julia
10 4 (0.74%) R
11 3 (0.55%) VBA
12 2 (0.37%) Bash
13 1 (0.18%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.18%) VC++
Qualifications
1 124 (22.84%) Degree
2 57 (10.50%) AWS Certification
3 50 (9.21%) Security Cleared
4 48 (8.84%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 42 (7.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 37 (6.81%) Master's Degree
7 24 (4.42%) SC Cleared
8 20 (3.68%) PhD
9 18 (3.31%) DV Cleared
10 9 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.92%) 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 (5.52%) QA
2 10 (1.84%) GDPR
3 8 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 7 (1.29%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.10%) Automotive SPICE
5 6 (1.10%) ISO 26262
5 6 (1.10%) MISRA
5 6 (1.10%) MISRA C
6 5 (0.92%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.18%) AUTOSAR
8 1 (0.18%) EMIR
8 1 (0.18%) MiFID
System Software
1 46 (8.47%) Firmware
2 40 (7.37%) Docker
3 22 (4.05%) 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 21 (3.87%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.21%) 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 (11.05%) Microsoft
2 53 (9.76%) Google
3 15 (2.76%) Altera
4 12 (2.21%) Xilinx
5 10 (1.84%) Databricks
6 9 (1.66%) IBM
6 9 (1.66%) 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 (0.74%) 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