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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 294 180 235
Rank change year-on-year -114 +55 -33
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 358 788 681
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.69% 1.64% 1.37%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.95% 4.38% 3.79%
Number of salaries quoted 185 393 370
10th Percentile £40,808 £45,200 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £55,163 £53,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -3.45% -
75th Percentile £113,750 £82,500 £104,750
90th Percentile £137,500 £105,000 £145,000
UK median annual salary £75,900 £65,000 £70,576
% change year-on-year +16.77% -7.90% -2.65%

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 18,351 17,991 17,966
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.13% 37.41% 36.18%
Number of salaries quoted 9,250 8,462 13,367
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £84,013 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £107,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

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 January 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 January 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 -2 207 £102,500 +24.24% 139
South East -106 48 £69,525 +6.96% 139
East of England -42 35 £55,000 -27.63% 72
South West -44 25 £49,250 -24.23% 65
Midlands -8 20 £75,000 +25.00% 42
North of England -25 15 £45,000 -12.20% 68
West Midlands +4 10 £63,750 +6.25% 9
North West +11 9 £45,000 -20.37% 28
East Midlands -18 8 £75,000 +25.00% 31
Yorkshire -21 6 £35,000 -22.22% 29
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 14 (3.91%) Kinematics
2 12 (3.35%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.68%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.40%) IIS
5 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.56%) Luigi
6 2 (0.56%) WordPress
7 1 (0.28%) Apache
7 1 (0.28%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (1.68%) Simulink
2 3 (0.84%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 3 (0.84%) Adobe Premiere
2 3 (0.84%) Final Cut Pro
3 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.12%) Distributed Ledger
2 2 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.56%) Shopify
3 1 (0.28%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (0.28%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.28%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 47 (13.13%) AWS
2 46 (12.85%) Azure
3 38 (10.61%) GCP
4 14 (3.91%) Power Platform
5 13 (3.63%) GitHub
6 11 (3.07%) Azure Machine Learning
7 9 (2.51%) Snowflake
8 6 (1.68%) Google Analytics
9 5 (1.40%) Google Workspace
10 4 (1.12%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.12%) dbt
10 4 (1.12%) Google Tag Manager
10 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (0.84%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (0.84%) Canva
11 3 (0.84%) Firebase
12 2 (0.56%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.56%) Google App Engine
12 2 (0.56%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.63%) Multicast
2 5 (1.40%) Software-Defined Radio
2 5 (1.40%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.12%) Broadband
3 4 (1.12%) Network Security
4 1 (0.28%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.28%) Internet
4 1 (0.28%) S/MIME
4 1 (0.28%) VPN
4 1 (0.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.03%) NoSQL
2 17 (4.75%) Big Data
2 17 (4.75%) Metadata
3 14 (3.91%) Power BI
4 13 (3.63%) BigQuery
4 13 (3.63%) Hadoop
5 12 (3.35%) Elasticsearch
5 12 (3.35%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (3.07%) Tableau
7 10 (2.79%) Data Lake
8 9 (2.51%) MongoDB
9 6 (1.68%) Relational Database
9 6 (1.68%) SQL Server
10 5 (1.40%) Data Mining
11 4 (1.12%) KDB
12 3 (0.84%) Looker
12 3 (0.84%) Redis
13 2 (0.56%) Apache Cassandra
13 2 (0.56%) ClickHouse
13 2 (0.56%) GIS
Development Applications
1 24 (6.70%) Rational DOORS
2 19 (5.31%) JIRA
3 15 (4.19%) Git
4 7 (1.96%) MLflow
5 3 (0.84%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.56%) JConsole
6 2 (0.56%) TestRail
6 2 (0.56%) VisualVM
General
1 115 (32.12%) Finance
2 87 (24.30%) Social Skills
3 50 (13.97%) Electronics
4 49 (13.69%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (13.41%) Front Office
6 35 (9.78%) Games
7 33 (9.22%) Marketing
8 31 (8.66%) Law
9 29 (8.10%) Banking
10 22 (6.15%) Presentation Skills
11 16 (4.47%) Financial Institution
12 13 (3.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 10 (2.79%) Legal
13 10 (2.79%) Public Sector
14 7 (1.96%) Telecoms
15 5 (1.40%) Aeronautics
15 5 (1.40%) Aerospace
15 5 (1.40%) Investment Banking
15 5 (1.40%) Manufacturing
15 5 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 72 (20.11%) Developer
2 70 (19.55%) Senior
3 58 (16.20%) Software Engineer
4 47 (13.13%) Lead
5 32 (8.94%) Quantitative Developer
6 28 (7.82%) Principal Engineer
7 27 (7.54%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 26 (7.26%) Systems Engineer
9 24 (6.70%) Senior Developer
10 21 (5.87%) Principal Systems Engineer
10 21 (5.87%) Senior Software Engineer
11 20 (5.59%) C++ Software Engineer
11 20 (5.59%) Python Developer
12 19 (5.31%) C++ Developer
12 19 (5.31%) Data Scientist
13 18 (5.03%) C++ Quantitative Developer
14 17 (4.75%) Linux Developer
14 17 (4.75%) Low Latency C++ Developer
14 17 (4.75%) Senior C++ Quantitative Developer
14 17 (4.75%) Senior Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (9.78%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 26 (7.26%) FIX Protocol
3 23 (6.42%) TensorFlow
4 22 (6.15%) Django
5 19 (5.31%) Kafka
6 17 (4.75%) PyTorch
7 15 (4.19%) Middleware
8 13 (3.63%) pytest
9 11 (3.07%) Flask
10 10 (2.79%) .NET
10 10 (2.79%) FastAPI
10 10 (2.79%) FHIR
10 10 (2.79%) REST
10 10 (2.79%) scikit-learn
11 9 (2.51%) Java Concurrency
12 8 (2.23%) React
13 7 (1.96%) HTML
13 7 (1.96%) Pandas
14 6 (1.68%) NumPy
14 6 (1.68%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 56 (15.64%) Data Structures
2 53 (14.80%) Equities
3 41 (11.45%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (6.70%) Derivative
4 24 (6.70%) Management Information System
5 23 (6.42%) Hedge funds
6 20 (5.59%) Cloud Native
7 16 (4.47%) Greenfield Project
8 15 (4.19%) Fixed Income
8 15 (4.19%) Robotics
9 12 (3.35%) Life Science
9 12 (3.35%) Product Ownership
10 11 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (3.07%) Social Media
11 10 (2.79%) 3D Graphics
11 10 (2.79%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (2.79%) Omics
12 9 (2.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 6 (1.68%) Embedded Systems
14 4 (1.12%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 44 (12.29%) Linux
2 4 (1.12%) Unix
3 1 (0.28%) Android
3 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.28%) Windows
3 1 (0.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (35.75%) AI
2 122 (34.08%) Software Engineering
3 121 (33.80%) Computer Science
4 112 (31.28%) Machine Learning
5 107 (29.89%) Analytics
6 81 (22.63%) Data Science
7 78 (21.79%) Mathematics
8 74 (20.67%) Problem-Solving
9 64 (17.88%) Low Latency
10 63 (17.60%) Agile
11 61 (17.04%) Statistics
12 47 (13.13%) Data Analytics
13 45 (12.57%) SDLC
14 44 (12.29%) Decision-Making
14 44 (12.29%) Technical Leadership
15 43 (12.01%) Data Analysis
16 39 (10.89%) DevOps
17 37 (10.34%) Business Strategy
17 37 (10.34%) OOP
17 37 (10.34%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 198 (55.31%) Python
2 93 (25.98%) C++
3 57 (15.92%) SQL
4 56 (15.64%) Java
5 40 (11.17%) C
6 31 (8.66%) C#
7 19 (5.31%) R
8 12 (3.35%) JavaScript
8 12 (3.35%) MATLAB
9 8 (2.23%) Scala
10 7 (1.96%) Go
11 6 (1.68%) Bash
12 5 (1.40%) Rust
13 4 (1.12%) Assembly Language
13 4 (1.12%) Fortran
13 4 (1.12%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.84%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.84%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.84%) Swift
14 3 (0.84%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 152 (42.46%) Degree
2 82 (22.91%) Master's Degree
3 78 (21.79%) PhD
4 36 (10.06%) BPSS Clearance
5 35 (9.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 26 (7.26%) Security Cleared
7 22 (6.15%) SC Cleared
8 8 (2.23%) CISM
8 8 (2.23%) CISSP
9 7 (1.96%) CISA
9 7 (1.96%) CRISC
10 6 (1.68%) DV Cleared
11 5 (1.40%) MBA
12 4 (1.12%) ISTQB
12 4 (1.12%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.28%) CEH
13 1 (0.28%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.28%) GIAC
13 1 (0.28%) MCP
13 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.98%) Data Quality
2 23 (6.42%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 14 (3.91%) QA
4 13 (3.63%) Accessibility
5 10 (2.79%) CDISC
5 10 (2.79%) GxP
5 10 (2.79%) HL7
6 7 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.68%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.56%) AUTOSAR
8 2 (0.56%) EMIR
8 2 (0.56%) ISO 26262
8 2 (0.56%) NIST
9 1 (0.28%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.28%) GDPR
9 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.28%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 17 (4.75%) Docker
2 5 (1.40%) Firmware
3 1 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 16 (4.47%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.12%) Terraform
3 3 (0.84%) Kubeflow
4 2 (0.56%) Ansible
4 2 (0.56%) Functional Safety
4 2 (0.56%) logstash
4 2 (0.56%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.56%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.56%) Puppet
5 1 (0.28%) Grafana
Vendors
1 32 (8.94%) Google
2 23 (6.42%) IBM
3 9 (2.51%) Databricks
4 8 (2.23%) Microsoft
4 8 (2.23%) Screaming Frog
5 7 (1.96%) Oracle
5 7 (1.96%) YouTube
6 5 (1.40%) Adobe
6 5 (1.40%) Ahrefs
6 5 (1.40%) BT
7 4 (1.12%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.84%) Facebook
8 3 (0.84%) Instagram
8 3 (0.84%) SAP
8 3 (0.84%) TikTok
9 2 (0.56%) Alteryx
9 2 (0.56%) Hotjar
10 1 (0.28%) AppDynamics
10 1 (0.28%) CyberArk
10 1 (0.28%) Thales