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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 297 221 189
Rank change year-on-year -76 -32 +12
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 563 648 1,098
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.62% 1.49% 1.43%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.44% 3.56% 4.31%
Number of salaries quoted 382 280 478
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £42,593 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,300 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -7.54% +10.27% -12.67%
75th Percentile £84,688 £105,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £127,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -7.14%

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 23,075 18,185 25,505
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.60% 41.88% 33.16%
Number of salaries quoted 15,206 9,178 16,255
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,773 £57,000 £56,421
Median % change year-on-year +4.86% +1.03% -13.20%
75th Percentile £80,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £58,589 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.79% +3.64% -13.61%

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 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 28 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 -77 208 £92,500 -15.91% 213
South East -30 128 £70,000 +12.90% 66
East of England -2 83 £65,000 +18.18% 48
North of England -13 71 £37,500 -48.28% 43
South West -83 46 £55,000 +19.89% 34
Midlands -32 30 £37,500 -37.50% 20
Yorkshire -20 29 £37,500 -37.50% 9
North West -6 25 £37,500 -56.01% 23
West Midlands -9 23 £37,500 -37.50% 7
North East -32 17 £52,000 -54.78% 13
East Midlands -27 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 49 (8.70%) Jupyter
2 9 (1.60%) CMS
3 7 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (1.24%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.07%) SAS
5 2 (0.36%) Apache Pulsar
5 2 (0.36%) Confluence
6 1 (0.18%) Apache
6 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 49 (8.70%) Chatbot
2 11 (1.95%) Simulink
3 3 (0.53%) Blender
3 3 (0.53%) Maya
4 2 (0.36%) CATIA
4 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.36%) OrCAD
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (1.95%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 124 (22.02%) AWS
2 53 (9.41%) Azure
3 51 (9.06%) Cloud Computing
4 31 (5.51%) GCP
5 21 (3.73%) Google Analytics
6 16 (2.84%) GitHub
7 15 (2.66%) SaaS
8 12 (2.13%) Google Ads
9 8 (1.42%) Amazon EKS
10 7 (1.24%) Amazon ECS
10 7 (1.24%) Power Platform
11 6 (1.07%) Slack
12 5 (0.89%) Prefect
12 5 (0.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 4 (0.71%) Amazon SageMaker
13 4 (0.71%) AWS Lambda
13 4 (0.71%) Serverless
13 4 (0.71%) Vertex AI
14 3 (0.53%) Azure Data Factory
14 3 (0.53%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.55%) Broadband
2 15 (2.66%) Multicast
3 7 (1.24%) 3GPP
3 7 (1.24%) GSM
3 7 (1.24%) LTE
3 7 (1.24%) Radio Access Network
3 7 (1.24%) RANAP
3 7 (1.24%) SS7
3 7 (1.24%) UMTS
3 7 (1.24%) Wireshark
4 6 (1.07%) 5G
5 5 (0.89%) Software-Defined Radio
6 4 (0.71%) Internet
7 3 (0.53%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.53%) Wireless
8 2 (0.36%) Firewall
9 1 (0.18%) IPsec
9 1 (0.18%) MQTT
9 1 (0.18%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (4.62%) Metadata
2 21 (3.73%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (2.84%) BigQuery
4 15 (2.66%) Elasticsearch
5 13 (2.31%) Big Data
6 11 (1.95%) MongoDB
7 7 (1.24%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (1.07%) GIS
9 5 (0.89%) Amazon Athena
9 5 (0.89%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.89%) Power BI
10 4 (0.71%) DynamoDB
10 4 (0.71%) MySQL
10 4 (0.71%) Redis
11 3 (0.53%) Tableau
12 2 (0.36%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (0.36%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.36%) Hadoop
12 2 (0.36%) Pinecone
12 2 (0.36%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 71 (12.61%) Git
2 68 (12.08%) Visual Studio Code
3 19 (3.37%) JIRA
4 18 (3.20%) Rational DOORS
5 15 (2.66%) GitLab
6 10 (1.78%) Jenkins
7 7 (1.24%) GCC
7 7 (1.24%) GDB
8 3 (0.53%) CMake
8 3 (0.53%) MLflow
8 3 (0.53%) PetaLinux
8 3 (0.53%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.36%) Plastic SCM
9 2 (0.36%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.18%) Rational Rhapsody
10 1 (0.18%) Valgrind
General
1 149 (26.47%) Finance
2 72 (12.79%) Analytical Skills
2 72 (12.79%) Social Skills
3 71 (12.61%) Retail
4 53 (9.41%) Manufacturing
5 39 (6.93%) Marketing
6 27 (4.80%) Banking
6 27 (4.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 25 (4.44%) Electronics
8 19 (3.37%) Front Office
9 18 (3.20%) Games
10 16 (2.84%) Aerospace
10 16 (2.84%) Automotive
11 14 (2.49%) Legal
12 13 (2.31%) Advertising
13 11 (1.95%) Telecoms
14 9 (1.60%) Financial Institution
14 9 (1.60%) Law
15 7 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.89%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 150 (26.64%) Software Engineer
2 132 (23.45%) Senior
3 107 (19.01%) Developer
4 48 (8.53%) Senior Software Engineer
5 47 (8.35%) Python Developer
6 45 (7.99%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
6 45 (7.99%) Programmer
7 44 (7.82%) Trainee
7 44 (7.82%) Trainee Programmer
8 43 (7.64%) Senior Developer
9 42 (7.46%) Lead
10 41 (7.28%) C++ Software Engineer
11 38 (6.75%) Embedded Engineer
12 29 (5.15%) Data Scientist
13 28 (4.97%) Python Engineer
14 22 (3.91%) FPGA Engineer
14 22 (3.91%) Python Software Engineer
15 19 (3.37%) Embedded Software Engineer
15 19 (3.37%) Quantitative Developer
15 19 (3.37%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (12.43%) NumPy
1 70 (12.43%) Pandas
2 53 (9.41%) Streamlit
3 52 (9.24%) scikit-learn
4 49 (8.70%) Hugging Face
5 48 (8.53%) Matplotlib
6 37 (6.57%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 26 (4.62%) PyTorch
8 23 (4.09%) HTML
8 23 (4.09%) React
8 23 (4.09%) TensorFlow
9 19 (3.37%) CSS
10 18 (3.20%) Django
11 17 (3.02%) FIX Protocol
12 16 (2.84%) .NET
13 15 (2.66%) pytest
13 15 (2.66%) REST
14 9 (1.60%) Flask
14 9 (1.60%) Node.js
14 9 (1.60%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 87 (15.45%) Data Structures
2 48 (8.53%) Distributed Systems
3 37 (6.57%) Embedded Systems
3 37 (6.57%) Equities
4 30 (5.33%) FPGA
5 22 (3.91%) Management Information System
6 21 (3.73%) Hedge funds
6 21 (3.73%) Product Ownership
6 21 (3.73%) VHDL
7 19 (3.37%) PCIe
8 16 (2.84%) Derivative
8 16 (2.84%) Fixed Income
8 16 (2.84%) Greenfield Project
8 16 (2.84%) Robotics
9 14 (2.49%) Video\Live Streaming
10 12 (2.13%) Driving Licence
11 11 (1.95%) NVMe
12 10 (1.78%) Public Cloud
12 10 (1.78%) Renewable Energy
13 8 (1.42%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 68 (12.08%) Linux
2 11 (1.95%) Windows
3 9 (1.60%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (0.89%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (0.89%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (0.71%) Robot Operating System
5 4 (0.71%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.53%) Unix
7 1 (0.18%) Android
7 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (43.34%) Software Engineering
2 169 (30.02%) AI
3 148 (26.29%) Computer Science
3 148 (26.29%) Machine Learning
4 97 (17.23%) Agile
5 94 (16.70%) OOP
6 91 (16.16%) Problem-Solving
7 90 (15.99%) Data Science
8 89 (15.81%) OO
9 79 (14.03%) Visualisation
10 78 (13.85%) Analytics
11 66 (11.72%) Workflow
12 63 (11.19%) CI/CD
13 62 (11.01%) Continuous Improvement
14 59 (10.48%) Signal Processing
15 57 (10.12%) LLM
16 56 (9.95%) Test Automation
17 54 (9.59%) Mathematics
18 52 (9.24%) SDLC
19 51 (9.06%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 330 (58.61%) Python
2 153 (27.18%) C++
3 57 (10.12%) C
4 49 (8.70%) C#
5 41 (7.28%) SQL
6 27 (4.80%) Java
7 24 (4.26%) Rust
7 24 (4.26%) TypeScript
8 21 (3.73%) MATLAB
9 18 (3.20%) JavaScript
10 15 (2.66%) Embedded C++
11 13 (2.31%) Assembly Language
11 13 (2.31%) Embedded C
11 13 (2.31%) Go
12 8 (1.42%) R
13 4 (0.71%) Julia
13 4 (0.71%) VBA
14 3 (0.53%) Bash
15 2 (0.36%) Fortran
15 2 (0.36%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 131 (23.27%) Degree
2 56 (9.95%) AWS Certification
3 53 (9.41%) Security Cleared
4 47 (8.35%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 47 (8.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 33 (5.86%) Master's Degree
6 26 (4.62%) SC Cleared
7 21 (3.73%) DV Cleared
8 17 (3.02%) PhD
9 12 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (1.24%) Numerate Degree
11 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.18%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.18%) HND
12 1 (0.18%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (5.68%) QA
2 12 (2.13%) GDPR
3 8 (1.42%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.42%) Data Quality
3 8 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 6 (1.07%) Automotive SPICE
4 6 (1.07%) ISO 26262
4 6 (1.07%) MISRA
4 6 (1.07%) MISRA C
5 4 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 2 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.18%) AUTOSAR
7 1 (0.18%) EMIR
7 1 (0.18%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.18%) MiFID
System Software
1 47 (8.35%) Docker
2 44 (7.82%) Firmware
3 23 (4.09%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (0.89%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.89%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.89%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (0.89%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.18%) IAG
5 1 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 28 (4.97%) Kubernetes
2 13 (2.31%) Terraform
3 6 (1.07%) Kubeflow
4 5 (0.89%) SCCM
4 5 (0.89%) SCOM
4 5 (0.89%) Tivoli Identity Manager
5 1 (0.18%) Ansible
5 1 (0.18%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 59 (10.48%) Microsoft
2 53 (9.41%) Google
3 13 (2.31%) Altera
4 12 (2.13%) Xilinx
5 10 (1.78%) Databricks
5 10 (1.78%) IBM
5 10 (1.78%) Screaming Frog
6 6 (1.07%) Botify
7 5 (0.89%) Dell
7 5 (0.89%) HP
7 5 (0.89%) McAfee
7 5 (0.89%) OpenAI
7 5 (0.89%) VMware
8 4 (0.71%) Ahrefs
8 4 (0.71%) TikTok
9 3 (0.53%) Foundry
9 3 (0.53%) Rockwell
10 1 (0.18%) Intel
10 1 (0.18%) MathWorks
10 1 (0.18%) MicroStrategy