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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 301 211 177
Rank change year-on-year -90 -34 +17
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 518 650 1,470
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.62% 1.64% 1.54%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.47% 3.78% 4.67%
Number of salaries quoted 358 255 691
10th Percentile £33,750 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £44,625 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £90,000 £97,528 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,550 £125,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -14.38%

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 21,008 17,180 31,504
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.21% 43.32% 33.09%
Number of salaries quoted 13,816 8,252 21,315
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £38,500
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 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 18 June 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 18 June 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 -66 206 £95,000 -13.64% 92
South East -44 113 £67,500 +8.87% 62
North of England -17 68 £37,500 -56.01% 29
East of England -16 59 £65,000 +18.18% 47
South West -96 42 £60,000 +20.00% 37
Midlands -18 33 £37,500 -37.50% 20
North West +3 31 £37,500 -56.88% 14
West Midlands -5 26 £37,500 -37.50% 12
Yorkshire -22 21 £37,500 -47.91% 5
North East -34 16 £52,000 -54.78% 11
East Midlands -30 6 £57,500 -4.17% 8
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 (9.65%) Jupyter
2 8 (1.54%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (1.54%) Apache Spark
2 8 (1.54%) CMS
3 6 (1.16%) SAS
4 2 (0.39%) Apache Pulsar
4 2 (0.39%) Confluence
5 1 (0.19%) Apache
5 1 (0.19%) IIS
5 1 (0.19%) Kinematics
5 1 (0.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 49 (9.46%) Chatbot
2 13 (2.51%) Simulink
3 3 (0.58%) Blender
3 3 (0.58%) Maya
4 2 (0.39%) CATIA
4 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.39%) OrCAD
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (2.32%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 1 (0.19%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 119 (22.97%) AWS
2 56 (10.81%) Azure
3 55 (10.62%) Cloud Computing
4 34 (6.56%) GCP
5 18 (3.47%) GitHub
6 17 (3.28%) Google Analytics
7 15 (2.90%) SaaS
8 9 (1.74%) Slack
9 8 (1.54%) Power Platform
10 7 (1.35%) Amazon ECS
10 7 (1.35%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (1.16%) Azure Machine Learning
11 6 (1.16%) Google Ads
12 5 (0.97%) Prefect
12 5 (0.97%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 4 (0.77%) AWS Lambda
13 4 (0.77%) Serverless
14 3 (0.58%) Azure Data Factory
14 3 (0.58%) Vertex AI
15 2 (0.39%) Amazon SageMaker
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.44%) Broadband
2 17 (3.28%) Multicast
3 6 (1.16%) 5G
3 6 (1.16%) Ethernet
3 6 (1.16%) Software-Defined Radio
4 4 (0.77%) Internet
5 3 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.39%) Firewall
7 1 (0.19%) FIX Connectivity
7 1 (0.19%) IPsec
7 1 (0.19%) MQTT
7 1 (0.19%) Network Security
7 1 (0.19%) RS-422
7 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.19%) Wireless
7 1 (0.19%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.25%) BigQuery
2 21 (4.05%) Elasticsearch
2 21 (4.05%) Metadata
3 20 (3.86%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (2.51%) Big Data
5 11 (2.12%) MongoDB
6 7 (1.35%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (1.35%) NoSQL
7 6 (1.16%) GIS
7 6 (1.16%) Power BI
8 5 (0.97%) Amazon Athena
9 4 (0.77%) DynamoDB
9 4 (0.77%) MySQL
9 4 (0.77%) Redis
9 4 (0.77%) Tableau
10 3 (0.58%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.39%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.39%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.39%) Pinecone
11 2 (0.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 70 (13.51%) Visual Studio Code
2 69 (13.32%) Git
3 20 (3.86%) JIRA
4 19 (3.67%) Rational DOORS
5 17 (3.28%) GitLab
6 3 (0.58%) PetaLinux
7 2 (0.39%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.19%) CMake
8 1 (0.19%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.19%) MLflow
8 1 (0.19%) Plastic SCM
8 1 (0.19%) Valgrind
General
1 136 (26.25%) Finance
2 75 (14.48%) Analytical Skills
3 67 (12.93%) Social Skills
4 66 (12.74%) Retail
5 56 (10.81%) Manufacturing
6 28 (5.41%) Marketing
7 26 (5.02%) Electronics
8 22 (4.25%) Front Office
9 20 (3.86%) Automotive
9 20 (3.86%) Banking
10 19 (3.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 16 (3.09%) Aerospace
12 14 (2.70%) Games
13 9 (1.74%) Advertising
14 6 (1.16%) Financial Institution
14 6 (1.16%) Legal
14 6 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.77%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.58%) French Language
Job Titles
1 143 (27.61%) Software Engineer
2 126 (24.32%) Senior
3 103 (19.88%) Developer
4 54 (10.42%) Senior Software Engineer
5 50 (9.65%) Python Developer
6 46 (8.88%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
6 46 (8.88%) Programmer
7 45 (8.69%) Trainee
7 45 (8.69%) Trainee Programmer
8 43 (8.30%) Senior Developer
9 40 (7.72%) C++ Software Engineer
10 32 (6.18%) Lead
11 29 (5.60%) Python Engineer
12 27 (5.21%) Embedded Engineer
13 25 (4.83%) FPGA Engineer
14 24 (4.63%) Python Software Engineer
15 23 (4.44%) Senior Python Developer
16 21 (4.05%) C++ Developer
16 21 (4.05%) Quantitative Developer
16 21 (4.05%) Senior Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (14.09%) NumPy
1 73 (14.09%) Pandas
2 54 (10.42%) scikit-learn
2 54 (10.42%) Streamlit
3 51 (9.85%) Matplotlib
4 50 (9.65%) Hugging Face
5 46 (8.88%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 27 (5.21%) PyTorch
7 24 (4.63%) Django
7 24 (4.63%) TensorFlow
8 19 (3.67%) FIX Protocol
8 19 (3.67%) HTML
9 17 (3.28%) .NET
9 17 (3.28%) pytest
9 17 (3.28%) React
10 15 (2.90%) CSS
11 13 (2.51%) REST
12 10 (1.93%) RESTful
13 9 (1.74%) Flask
13 9 (1.74%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 89 (17.18%) Data Structures
2 48 (9.27%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (7.53%) Equities
4 32 (6.18%) FPGA
5 31 (5.98%) Embedded Systems
6 26 (5.02%) Management Information System
7 24 (4.63%) Hedge funds
8 22 (4.25%) Greenfield Project
8 22 (4.25%) PCIe
8 22 (4.25%) Product Ownership
8 22 (4.25%) VHDL
9 18 (3.47%) Fixed Income
10 17 (3.28%) Derivative
10 17 (3.28%) Video\Live Streaming
11 15 (2.90%) Robotics
12 12 (2.32%) NVMe
13 10 (1.93%) Over-the-Top Content
13 10 (1.93%) Public Cloud
14 8 (1.54%) Driving Licence
14 8 (1.54%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 64 (12.36%) Linux
2 8 (1.54%) Windows
3 7 (1.35%) Robot Operating System
4 5 (0.97%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (0.97%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (0.97%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (0.77%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.58%) Android
6 3 (0.58%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.39%) Unix
8 1 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (44.21%) Software Engineering
2 147 (28.38%) Computer Science
3 146 (28.19%) Machine Learning
4 144 (27.80%) AI
5 96 (18.53%) OOP
6 91 (17.57%) Agile
7 87 (16.80%) OO
8 85 (16.41%) Data Science
9 83 (16.02%) Visualisation
10 74 (14.29%) Analytics
10 74 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
11 70 (13.51%) Workflow
12 64 (12.36%) Continuous Improvement
13 59 (11.39%) Signal Processing
14 58 (11.20%) CI/CD
14 58 (11.20%) LLM
15 54 (10.42%) SDLC
16 52 (10.04%) Mathematics
16 52 (10.04%) Mentoring
17 51 (9.85%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 318 (61.39%) Python
2 153 (29.54%) C++
3 54 (10.42%) C
4 48 (9.27%) C#
5 44 (8.49%) SQL
6 23 (4.44%) MATLAB
7 22 (4.25%) Rust
8 20 (3.86%) TypeScript
9 19 (3.67%) Java
10 16 (3.09%) JavaScript
11 15 (2.90%) Go
12 14 (2.70%) Assembly Language
13 11 (2.12%) Embedded C
13 11 (2.12%) Embedded C++
14 8 (1.54%) R
15 4 (0.77%) Julia
16 3 (0.58%) VBA
17 2 (0.39%) Bash
18 1 (0.19%) Scala
18 1 (0.19%) VC++
Qualifications
1 118 (22.78%) Degree
2 57 (11.00%) AWS Certification
3 49 (9.46%) Security Cleared
4 48 (9.27%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 43 (8.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 35 (6.76%) Master's Degree
7 24 (4.63%) SC Cleared
8 19 (3.67%) DV Cleared
8 19 (3.67%) PhD
9 11 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.97%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (0.58%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.19%) HND
12 1 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.19%) MBA
12 1 (0.19%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.02%) QA
2 12 (2.32%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 7 (1.35%) GDPR
5 4 (0.77%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.77%) Automotive SPICE
5 4 (0.77%) ISO 26262
5 4 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 4 (0.77%) MISRA
5 4 (0.77%) MISRA C
6 2 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.19%) AUTOSAR
7 1 (0.19%) EMIR
7 1 (0.19%) MiFID
System Software
1 36 (6.95%) Docker
1 36 (6.95%) Firmware
2 14 (2.70%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (0.97%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.97%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.97%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.19%) IAG
Systems Management
1 17 (3.28%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.32%) Terraform
3 9 (1.74%) Kubeflow
4 5 (0.97%) SCCM
4 5 (0.97%) SCOM
4 5 (0.97%) Tivoli Identity Manager
5 1 (0.19%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 58 (11.20%) Microsoft
2 52 (10.04%) Google
3 16 (3.09%) Altera
4 13 (2.51%) Xilinx
5 12 (2.32%) IBM
6 10 (1.93%) Databricks
7 9 (1.74%) Screaming Frog
8 6 (1.16%) Botify
9 5 (0.97%) Dell
9 5 (0.97%) HP
9 5 (0.97%) McAfee
9 5 (0.97%) VMware
10 4 (0.77%) OpenAI
10 4 (0.77%) TikTok
11 3 (0.58%) Ahrefs
11 3 (0.58%) Rockwell
12 2 (0.39%) Foundry
13 1 (0.19%) Adobe
13 1 (0.19%) BT
13 1 (0.19%) MathWorks