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

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 316 168 206
Rank change year-on-year -148 +38 -51
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 367 775 991
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.62% 1.76% 1.49%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.87% 4.61% 4.15%
Number of salaries quoted 197 370 617
10th Percentile £33,750 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £55,163 £52,293
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,000 £68,750 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.27% +1.85% -10.00%
75th Percentile £111,250 £85,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £133,500 £110,000 £120,000
UK median annual salary £71,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +9.23% -3.70% -6.90%

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 19,642 16,802 23,906
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.02% 38.07% 35.91%
Number of salaries quoted 10,066 7,848 18,013
10th Percentile £28,000 £34,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,440
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +12.73% -14.71%
75th Percentile £78,790 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,440
% change year-on-year -12.00% +12.73% -14.71%

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 17 February 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 17 February 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 -13 184 £100,000 +5.26% 126
South East -105 53 £67,500 +8.00% 83
East of England -35 37 £55,000 -27.63% 26
North of England -41 33 £37,500 -45.05% 37
South West -77 32 £40,792 -37.24% 40
North West -6 21 £37,500 -56.01% 19
Midlands -14 21 £70,500 +17.50% 31
West Midlands +5 12 £50,000 -16.67% 15
Yorkshire -51 9 £37,500 -16.67% 10
East Midlands -20 8 £75,000 +25.00% 16
North East -7 3 £37,500 -37.50% 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 25 (6.81%) Jupyter
2 11 (3.00%) Apache Spark
2 11 (3.00%) Kinematics
3 7 (1.91%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.36%) IIS
5 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.54%) WordPress
7 1 (0.27%) Apache
7 1 (0.27%) CMS
Applications
1 25 (6.81%) Chatbot
2 7 (1.91%) Simulink
3 6 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.82%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (0.82%) Adobe Premiere
4 3 (0.82%) Final Cut Pro
5 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.27%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.36%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 4 (1.09%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.27%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.27%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.27%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 70 (19.07%) AWS
2 44 (11.99%) Azure
3 36 (9.81%) GCP
4 29 (7.90%) Cloud Computing
5 16 (4.36%) GitHub
6 13 (3.54%) Azure Machine Learning
6 13 (3.54%) Google Analytics
6 13 (3.54%) Power Platform
7 9 (2.45%) Snowflake
8 5 (1.36%) Google Workspace
9 4 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.09%) dbt
9 4 (1.09%) Google Tag Manager
9 4 (1.09%) LangSmith
10 3 (0.82%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (0.82%) Amazon SageMaker
10 3 (0.82%) Canva
10 3 (0.82%) Firebase
10 3 (0.82%) Slack
11 2 (0.54%) Google App Engine
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.27%) Multicast
2 6 (1.63%) Broadband
2 6 (1.63%) Software-Defined Radio
3 5 (1.36%) Ethernet
3 5 (1.36%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.09%) Network Security
5 1 (0.27%) Internet
5 1 (0.27%) S/MIME
5 1 (0.27%) VPN
5 1 (0.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.90%) Big Data
1 18 (4.90%) Metadata
2 17 (4.63%) BigQuery
3 16 (4.36%) Elasticsearch
4 13 (3.54%) Power BI
5 12 (3.27%) NoSQL
6 11 (3.00%) Hadoop
6 11 (3.00%) Tableau
7 8 (2.18%) Data Lake
7 8 (2.18%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (1.63%) MongoDB
9 5 (1.36%) Data Mining
9 5 (1.36%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.36%) SQL Server
10 3 (0.82%) Looker
10 3 (0.82%) Redis
11 2 (0.54%) KDB
12 1 (0.27%) GIS
12 1 (0.27%) MySQL
12 1 (0.27%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 28 (7.63%) Visual Studio Code
2 22 (5.99%) Rational DOORS
3 20 (5.45%) Git
4 13 (3.54%) JIRA
5 6 (1.63%) MLflow
6 3 (0.82%) GitLab
6 3 (0.82%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.54%) JConsole
7 2 (0.54%) VisualVM
8 1 (0.27%) TestRail
General
1 128 (34.88%) Finance
2 86 (23.43%) Social Skills
3 63 (17.17%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (11.72%) Electronics
5 40 (10.90%) Front Office
6 38 (10.35%) Marketing
7 34 (9.26%) Retail
8 31 (8.45%) Manufacturing
9 24 (6.54%) Games
10 23 (6.27%) Banking
11 21 (5.72%) Law
12 18 (4.90%) Presentation Skills
13 12 (3.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 11 (3.00%) Automotive
15 10 (2.72%) Financial Institution
15 10 (2.72%) Legal
15 10 (2.72%) Public Sector
16 7 (1.91%) Aerospace
16 7 (1.91%) Telecoms
17 6 (1.63%) Aeronautics
Job Titles
1 72 (19.62%) Senior
2 66 (17.98%) Software Engineer
3 61 (16.62%) Developer
4 38 (10.35%) Lead
5 29 (7.90%) Quantitative Developer
6 26 (7.08%) Senior Developer
7 25 (6.81%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
7 25 (6.81%) Programmer
7 25 (6.81%) Trainee
7 25 (6.81%) Trainee Programmer
8 24 (6.54%) C++ Software Engineer
8 24 (6.54%) Senior Software Engineer
9 23 (6.27%) Principal Engineer
10 22 (5.99%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 21 (5.72%) Python Developer
12 20 (5.45%) Systems Engineer
13 19 (5.18%) C++ Developer
13 19 (5.18%) C++ Quantitative Developer
14 18 (4.90%) Low Latency C++ Developer
14 18 (4.90%) Senior Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (9.54%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 34 (9.26%) scikit-learn
3 33 (8.99%) Pandas
4 32 (8.72%) NumPy
5 28 (7.63%) Matplotlib
6 27 (7.36%) Streamlit
7 26 (7.08%) Hugging Face
8 25 (6.81%) TensorFlow
9 23 (6.27%) FIX Protocol
10 22 (5.99%) Django
11 19 (5.18%) PyTorch
12 14 (3.81%) .NET
13 13 (3.54%) Kafka
14 12 (3.27%) pytest
15 11 (3.00%) Middleware
16 10 (2.72%) HTML
17 8 (2.18%) CSS
17 8 (2.18%) Java Concurrency
17 8 (2.18%) React
17 8 (2.18%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 61 (16.62%) Data Structures
2 43 (11.72%) Equities
3 40 (10.90%) Distributed Systems
4 26 (7.08%) Management Information System
5 23 (6.27%) Hedge funds
6 21 (5.72%) Derivative
7 20 (5.45%) Cloud Native
8 19 (5.18%) Greenfield Project
9 14 (3.81%) Robotics
10 13 (3.54%) Fixed Income
11 11 (3.00%) FPGA
11 11 (3.00%) Product Ownership
11 11 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (3.00%) Social Media
12 10 (2.72%) Analytical Mindset
12 10 (2.72%) Embedded Systems
12 10 (2.72%) Life Science
13 9 (2.45%) PCIe
14 8 (2.18%) 3D Graphics
14 8 (2.18%) Omics
Operating Systems
1 45 (12.26%) Linux
2 4 (1.09%) Android
2 4 (1.09%) Apple iOS
2 4 (1.09%) Unix
3 3 (0.82%) Robot Operating System
4 1 (0.27%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (39.78%) AI
2 130 (35.42%) Machine Learning
3 122 (33.24%) Computer Science
3 122 (33.24%) Software Engineering
4 103 (28.07%) Analytics
5 77 (20.98%) Data Science
6 67 (18.26%) Mathematics
7 65 (17.71%) Problem-Solving
8 58 (15.80%) OOP
9 56 (15.26%) OO
9 56 (15.26%) Visualisation
10 55 (14.99%) Agile
11 53 (14.44%) Low Latency
12 48 (13.08%) Workflow
13 43 (11.72%) Decision-Making
13 43 (11.72%) LLM
14 41 (11.17%) DevOps
15 40 (10.90%) Continuous Improvement
15 40 (10.90%) Data Analysis
15 40 (10.90%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 218 (59.40%) Python
2 105 (28.61%) C++
3 52 (14.17%) SQL
4 45 (12.26%) C
5 41 (11.17%) Java
6 34 (9.26%) C#
7 17 (4.63%) R
8 14 (3.81%) JavaScript
8 14 (3.81%) MATLAB
9 11 (3.00%) Rust
10 8 (2.18%) Assembly Language
11 7 (1.91%) Go
12 6 (1.63%) Scala
13 4 (1.09%) Bash
13 4 (1.09%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.82%) Fortran
14 3 (0.82%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.82%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.82%) Swift
14 3 (0.82%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 140 (38.15%) Degree
2 65 (17.71%) Master's Degree
3 64 (17.44%) PhD
4 35 (9.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (8.17%) BPSS Clearance
6 27 (7.36%) Security Cleared
7 25 (6.81%) AWS Certification
7 25 (6.81%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 23 (6.27%) SC Cleared
9 8 (2.18%) CISM
9 8 (2.18%) CISSP
10 7 (1.91%) CISA
10 7 (1.91%) CRISC
11 6 (1.63%) DV Cleared
12 5 (1.36%) MBA
13 4 (1.09%) DBS Check
13 4 (1.09%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.27%) A+ Certification
14 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.36%) Data Quality
2 17 (4.63%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 12 (3.27%) QA
4 11 (3.00%) Accessibility
5 8 (2.18%) CDISC
5 8 (2.18%) GxP
5 8 (2.18%) HL7
6 7 (1.91%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.63%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.54%) EMIR
8 2 (0.54%) NIST
9 1 (0.27%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.27%) GDPR
9 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.27%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 16 (4.36%) Firmware
2 15 (4.09%) Docker
3 5 (1.36%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (3.54%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.09%) Terraform
3 3 (0.82%) Kubeflow
4 2 (0.54%) logstash
4 2 (0.54%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.27%) Grafana
Vendors
1 41 (11.17%) Google
2 32 (8.72%) Microsoft
3 17 (4.63%) IBM
4 11 (3.00%) Databricks
5 9 (2.45%) Altera
6 8 (2.18%) Screaming Frog
7 7 (1.91%) YouTube
8 6 (1.63%) Oracle
9 5 (1.36%) Ahrefs
9 5 (1.36%) BT
9 5 (1.36%) Xilinx
10 4 (1.09%) Adobe
11 3 (0.82%) Facebook
11 3 (0.82%) Instagram
11 3 (0.82%) TikTok
12 2 (0.54%) Hotjar
12 2 (0.54%) SAP
13 1 (0.27%) Bloomberg
13 1 (0.27%) Charles River
13 1 (0.27%) Salesforce