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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 319 158 206
Rank change year-on-year -161 +48 -46
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 382 776 1,080
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.59% 1.98% 1.46%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.87% 5.07% 4.08%
Number of salaries quoted 220 384 628
10th Percentile - £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -13.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £115,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £61,875 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.81% - -13.33%

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 20,477 15,310 26,470
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 31.40% 39.07% 35.76%
Number of salaries quoted 10,556 7,976 19,617
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £28,274
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £61,110 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.91% +11.11% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.83% +9.09% -15.38%

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 13 March 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 13 March 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 -30 183 £100,000 -2.44% 120
South East -125 55 £67,000 +7.20% 87
North of England -55 47 £37,500 -47.18% 58
South West -90 31 £40,792 -37.24% 52
East of England -77 30 £48,750 -35.86% 47
Midlands -37 29 £52,500 -12.50% 52
North West -25 28 £37,500 -56.01% 30
West Midlands -9 17 £37,500 -37.50% 25
Yorkshire -61 13 £37,500 -28.57% 19
East Midlands -45 11 £75,000 +25.00% 27
North East -20 6 £37,500 -37.50% 10
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 48 (12.57%) Jupyter
2 10 (2.62%) Apache Spark
3 9 (2.36%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (2.36%) CMS
4 7 (1.83%) Kinematics
5 5 (1.31%) IIS
6 1 (0.26%) Apache
6 1 (0.26%) Confluence
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.26%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 48 (12.57%) Chatbot
2 5 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.31%) Simulink
3 3 (0.79%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (0.79%) Adobe Premiere
3 3 (0.79%) Final Cut Pro
4 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.52%) OrCAD
5 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.83%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 4 (1.05%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.26%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (0.26%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 99 (25.92%) AWS
2 52 (13.61%) Cloud Computing
3 46 (12.04%) Azure
4 36 (9.42%) GCP
5 16 (4.19%) GitHub
6 15 (3.93%) Power Platform
7 12 (3.14%) Google Analytics
8 11 (2.88%) Azure Machine Learning
9 7 (1.83%) Snowflake
10 5 (1.31%) Amazon EKS
11 4 (1.05%) Google Tag Manager
11 4 (1.05%) Prefect
11 4 (1.05%) Slack
12 3 (0.79%) Amazon SageMaker
12 3 (0.79%) Canva
12 3 (0.79%) Firebase
12 3 (0.79%) Google Workspace
12 3 (0.79%) SaaS
13 2 (0.52%) Google Docs
13 2 (0.52%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.40%) Multicast
2 8 (2.09%) Broadband
2 8 (2.09%) Software-Defined Radio
3 6 (1.57%) Ethernet
4 5 (1.31%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.05%) Network Security
6 2 (0.52%) Internet
7 1 (0.26%) IPsec
7 1 (0.26%) S/MIME
7 1 (0.26%) VPN
7 1 (0.26%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.02%) BigQuery
2 21 (5.50%) Elasticsearch
3 19 (4.97%) Metadata
4 15 (3.93%) Big Data
5 13 (3.40%) Power BI
6 12 (3.14%) NoSQL
7 10 (2.62%) Hadoop
7 10 (2.62%) Tableau
8 8 (2.09%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (1.57%) Data Lake
9 6 (1.57%) MongoDB
10 5 (1.31%) Data Mining
10 5 (1.31%) SQL Server
11 4 (1.05%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.79%) Amazon Athena
12 3 (0.79%) Looker
13 2 (0.52%) Redis
14 1 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
14 1 (0.26%) DynamoDB
14 1 (0.26%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 51 (13.35%) Visual Studio Code
2 27 (7.07%) Git
3 17 (4.45%) Rational DOORS
4 15 (3.93%) JIRA
5 4 (1.05%) MLflow
6 3 (0.79%) GitLab
7 2 (0.52%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.26%) JConsole
8 1 (0.26%) TestRail
8 1 (0.26%) VisualVM
General
1 150 (39.27%) Finance
2 80 (20.94%) Social Skills
3 73 (19.11%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (16.49%) Retail
5 54 (14.14%) Manufacturing
6 43 (11.26%) Marketing
7 37 (9.69%) Front Office
8 32 (8.38%) Electronics
9 23 (6.02%) Games
10 20 (5.24%) Banking
11 16 (4.19%) Legal
12 14 (3.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 14 (3.66%) Presentation Skills
13 13 (3.40%) Automotive
13 13 (3.40%) Law
14 10 (2.62%) Financial Institution
14 10 (2.62%) Public Sector
15 6 (1.57%) Aerospace
16 5 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (1.31%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 80 (20.94%) Senior
2 70 (18.32%) Software Engineer
3 64 (16.75%) Developer
4 45 (11.78%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
4 45 (11.78%) Programmer
4 45 (11.78%) Trainee
4 45 (11.78%) Trainee Programmer
5 33 (8.64%) Senior Developer
6 30 (7.85%) Lead
7 28 (7.33%) C++ Software Engineer
8 27 (7.07%) Python Developer
9 25 (6.54%) Quantitative Developer
10 24 (6.28%) Senior Software Engineer
11 21 (5.50%) Senior Python Developer
11 21 (5.50%) Senior Quantitative Developer
12 20 (5.24%) C++ Quantitative Developer
12 20 (5.24%) Linux Developer
12 20 (5.24%) Low Latency C++ Developer
12 20 (5.24%) Senior C++ Developer
12 20 (5.24%) Senior C++ Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (15.97%) Pandas
2 60 (15.71%) NumPy
3 57 (14.92%) scikit-learn
4 51 (13.35%) Matplotlib
5 50 (13.09%) Streamlit
6 49 (12.83%) Hugging Face
7 38 (9.95%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 30 (7.85%) TensorFlow
9 27 (7.07%) Django
10 24 (6.28%) PyTorch
11 23 (6.02%) FIX Protocol
12 15 (3.93%) .NET
13 13 (3.40%) pytest
14 11 (2.88%) React
14 11 (2.88%) RESTful
15 9 (2.36%) HTML
15 9 (2.36%) Kafka
16 7 (1.83%) Middleware
16 7 (1.83%) OpenCV
16 7 (1.83%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 73 (19.11%) Data Structures
2 44 (11.52%) Distributed Systems
3 41 (10.73%) Equities
4 31 (8.12%) Management Information System
5 23 (6.02%) Greenfield Project
5 23 (6.02%) Hedge funds
6 19 (4.97%) Derivative
7 17 (4.45%) Cloud Native
8 16 (4.19%) FPGA
9 14 (3.66%) Fixed Income
10 13 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (3.14%) Social Media
12 11 (2.88%) PCIe
12 11 (2.88%) Product Ownership
13 10 (2.62%) Analytical Mindset
13 10 (2.62%) Robotics
13 10 (2.62%) VHDL
14 9 (2.36%) Embedded Systems
15 8 (2.09%) 3D Graphics
15 8 (2.09%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 50 (13.09%) Linux
2 4 (1.05%) Android
2 4 (1.05%) Apple iOS
2 4 (1.05%) Unix
3 3 (0.79%) Robot Operating System
4 1 (0.26%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (40.58%) AI
2 146 (38.22%) Machine Learning
3 132 (34.55%) Software Engineering
4 116 (30.37%) Computer Science
5 90 (23.56%) Analytics
6 86 (22.51%) OOP
7 81 (21.20%) OO
8 78 (20.42%) Visualisation
9 74 (19.37%) Data Science
10 71 (18.59%) Workflow
11 67 (17.54%) LLM
12 59 (15.45%) Problem-Solving
13 58 (15.18%) Mathematics
14 57 (14.92%) Data Privacy
15 54 (14.14%) Agile
15 54 (14.14%) Neural Network
16 51 (13.35%) Customer Service
16 51 (13.35%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
17 50 (13.09%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
18 49 (12.83%) Prompt Engineering
Programming Languages
1 239 (62.57%) Python
2 108 (28.27%) C++
3 51 (13.35%) SQL
4 40 (10.47%) C
5 32 (8.38%) C#
6 26 (6.81%) Java
7 16 (4.19%) R
8 14 (3.66%) Rust
9 10 (2.62%) JavaScript
9 10 (2.62%) MATLAB
10 8 (2.09%) Assembly Language
11 7 (1.83%) Go
12 5 (1.31%) Bash
12 5 (1.31%) Scala
12 5 (1.31%) TypeScript
13 4 (1.05%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.79%) VBA
14 3 (0.79%) VC++
15 2 (0.52%) Embedded C
15 2 (0.52%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 119 (31.15%) Degree
2 51 (13.35%) AWS Certification
3 48 (12.57%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 45 (11.78%) Master's Degree
4 45 (11.78%) PhD
5 35 (9.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (4.97%) Security Cleared
7 15 (3.93%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (3.93%) SC Cleared
8 8 (2.09%) CISM
8 8 (2.09%) CISSP
9 7 (1.83%) CISA
9 7 (1.83%) CRISC
9 7 (1.83%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.31%) MBA
11 4 (1.05%) Postgraduate
12 3 (0.79%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.07%) Data Quality
2 14 (3.66%) QA
3 10 (2.62%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 9 (2.36%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.57%) CDISC
6 6 (1.57%) GxP
6 6 (1.57%) HL7
7 5 (1.31%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.79%) EMIR
9 2 (0.52%) GDPR
9 2 (0.52%) NIST
10 1 (0.26%) AUTOSAR
10 1 (0.26%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.26%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 18 (4.71%) Firmware
2 16 (4.19%) Docker
3 7 (1.83%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (2.88%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.31%) Terraform
3 4 (1.05%) Kubeflow
4 1 (0.26%) Grafana
4 1 (0.26%) logstash
4 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 55 (14.40%) Microsoft
2 48 (12.57%) Google
3 13 (3.40%) Databricks
4 11 (2.88%) Altera
5 10 (2.62%) IBM
6 9 (2.36%) Screaming Frog
7 8 (2.09%) Xilinx
7 8 (2.09%) YouTube
8 6 (1.57%) Botify
8 6 (1.57%) Oracle
9 5 (1.31%) BT
10 4 (1.05%) Ahrefs
11 3 (0.79%) Adobe
11 3 (0.79%) Facebook
11 3 (0.79%) Instagram
11 3 (0.79%) TikTok
12 2 (0.52%) Hotjar
12 2 (0.52%) SAP
12 2 (0.52%) Thales
13 1 (0.26%) NVIDIA