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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 306 225 185
Rank change year-on-year -81 -40 +4
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 554 649 1,163
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.62% 1.50% 1.46%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.43% 3.58% 4.39%
Number of salaries quoted 381 283 533
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,700 £39,000
25th Percentile £42,593 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £85,000 £102,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £127,000 £98,695
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £63,750
% change year-on-year -7.14% +9.80% -9.57%

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 22,787 18,129 26,498
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.57% 41.90% 33.27%
Number of salaries quoted 15,055 9,125 17,121
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £29,346
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,490 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.46% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £58,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.75% +3.64% -14.73%

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 24 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 24 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 -68 202 £95,000 -13.64% 236
South East -42 124 £70,000 +12.90% 60
East of England -1 82 £65,000 +18.18% 52
North of England -16 71 £37,500 -48.98% 44
South West -89 46 £55,000 +10.83% 39
Midlands -28 32 £37,500 -37.50% 21
Yorkshire -13 29 £37,500 -42.31% 9
North West -17 25 £37,500 -56.01% 23
West Midlands -24 25 £37,500 -37.50% 7
North East -33 17 £52,000 -54.78% 14
East Midlands -30 6 £57,500 +112.96% 14
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 (9.03%) Jupyter
2 8 (1.44%) CMS
3 7 (1.26%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (1.26%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.08%) SAS
5 2 (0.36%) Apache Pulsar
5 2 (0.36%) Confluence
6 1 (0.18%) Apache
6 1 (0.18%) Kinematics
6 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 50 (9.03%) Chatbot
2 11 (1.99%) Simulink
3 3 (0.54%) Blender
3 3 (0.54%) 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 10 (1.81%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 121 (21.84%) AWS
2 52 (9.39%) Cloud Computing
3 49 (8.84%) Azure
4 29 (5.23%) GCP
5 21 (3.79%) Google Analytics
6 16 (2.89%) GitHub
7 15 (2.71%) SaaS
8 11 (1.99%) Google Ads
9 8 (1.44%) Amazon EKS
10 7 (1.26%) Amazon ECS
10 7 (1.26%) Slack
11 5 (0.90%) Prefect
11 5 (0.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 4 (0.72%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (0.72%) Power Platform
12 4 (0.72%) Serverless
12 4 (0.72%) Vertex AI
13 3 (0.54%) Amazon SageMaker
13 3 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
14 2 (0.36%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.79%) Broadband
2 15 (2.71%) Multicast
3 7 (1.26%) 3GPP
3 7 (1.26%) GSM
3 7 (1.26%) LTE
3 7 (1.26%) Radio Access Network
3 7 (1.26%) RANAP
3 7 (1.26%) SS7
3 7 (1.26%) UMTS
3 7 (1.26%) Wireshark
4 6 (1.08%) 5G
5 5 (0.90%) Software-Defined Radio
6 4 (0.72%) Ethernet
6 4 (0.72%) Internet
7 3 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.54%) Wireless
8 2 (0.36%) Firewall
9 1 (0.18%) FIX Connectivity
9 1 (0.18%) IPsec
9 1 (0.18%) RS-422
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (4.51%) Metadata
2 21 (3.79%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (2.89%) BigQuery
4 15 (2.71%) Elasticsearch
5 13 (2.35%) Big Data
6 11 (1.99%) MongoDB
7 7 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (1.08%) GIS
9 5 (0.90%) Amazon Athena
9 5 (0.90%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.72%) DynamoDB
10 4 (0.72%) MySQL
10 4 (0.72%) Redis
11 2 (0.36%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.36%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.36%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.36%) Pinecone
11 2 (0.36%) Power BI
11 2 (0.36%) SQL Server
11 2 (0.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 72 (13.00%) Git
2 70 (12.64%) Visual Studio Code
3 19 (3.43%) JIRA
4 16 (2.89%) GitLab
4 16 (2.89%) Rational DOORS
5 9 (1.62%) Jenkins
6 7 (1.26%) GCC
6 7 (1.26%) GDB
7 3 (0.54%) MLflow
7 3 (0.54%) PetaLinux
7 3 (0.54%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.36%) CMake
8 2 (0.36%) Plastic SCM
8 2 (0.36%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.18%) Rational Rhapsody
9 1 (0.18%) Valgrind
General
1 145 (26.17%) Finance
2 71 (12.82%) Social Skills
3 69 (12.45%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (12.27%) Retail
5 55 (9.93%) Manufacturing
6 37 (6.68%) Marketing
7 25 (4.51%) Banking
8 23 (4.15%) Electronics
8 23 (4.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (3.43%) Front Office
10 18 (3.25%) Games
11 17 (3.07%) Automotive
12 15 (2.71%) Aerospace
13 14 (2.53%) Advertising
13 14 (2.53%) Legal
14 11 (1.99%) Telecoms
15 7 (1.26%) Financial Institution
15 7 (1.26%) Law
15 7 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 148 (26.71%) Software Engineer
2 132 (23.83%) Senior
3 107 (19.31%) Developer
4 49 (8.84%) Senior Software Engineer
5 48 (8.66%) Python Developer
6 46 (8.30%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
6 46 (8.30%) Programmer
7 45 (8.12%) Trainee
7 45 (8.12%) Trainee Programmer
8 44 (7.94%) Senior Developer
9 40 (7.22%) C++ Software Engineer
9 40 (7.22%) Lead
10 36 (6.50%) Embedded Engineer
11 28 (5.05%) Data Scientist
11 28 (5.05%) Python Engineer
12 22 (3.97%) Python Software Engineer
13 21 (3.79%) FPGA Engineer
14 20 (3.61%) Senior Python Developer
15 19 (3.43%) Quantitative Developer
15 19 (3.43%) Senior Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (12.82%) NumPy
1 71 (12.82%) Pandas
2 54 (9.75%) Streamlit
3 52 (9.39%) scikit-learn
4 50 (9.03%) Hugging Face
5 49 (8.84%) Matplotlib
6 38 (6.86%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 27 (4.87%) PyTorch
8 24 (4.33%) TensorFlow
9 22 (3.97%) HTML
9 22 (3.97%) React
10 18 (3.25%) CSS
10 18 (3.25%) Django
11 16 (2.89%) FIX Protocol
12 15 (2.71%) .NET
12 15 (2.71%) pytest
12 15 (2.71%) REST
13 9 (1.62%) Flask
13 9 (1.62%) Node.js
13 9 (1.62%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 87 (15.70%) Data Structures
2 48 (8.66%) Distributed Systems
3 38 (6.86%) Embedded Systems
4 37 (6.68%) Equities
5 29 (5.23%) FPGA
6 23 (4.15%) Management Information System
7 22 (3.97%) Hedge funds
8 21 (3.79%) Product Ownership
9 20 (3.61%) VHDL
10 18 (3.25%) PCIe
10 18 (3.25%) Robotics
11 16 (2.89%) Derivative
11 16 (2.89%) Fixed Income
11 16 (2.89%) Greenfield Project
12 15 (2.71%) Video\Live Streaming
13 11 (1.99%) Driving Licence
14 10 (1.81%) NVMe
14 10 (1.81%) Public Cloud
15 9 (1.62%) Renewable Energy
16 8 (1.44%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 69 (12.45%) Linux
2 11 (1.99%) Windows
3 8 (1.44%) Embedded Linux
4 6 (1.08%) Robot Operating System
5 5 (0.90%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (0.90%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (0.72%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.54%) Unix
8 1 (0.18%) Android
8 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.18%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (43.86%) Software Engineering
2 164 (29.60%) AI
3 147 (26.53%) Computer Science
4 146 (26.35%) Machine Learning
5 96 (17.33%) OOP
6 94 (16.97%) Agile
7 90 (16.25%) OO
8 87 (15.70%) Data Science
9 84 (15.16%) Problem-Solving
10 77 (13.90%) Visualisation
11 73 (13.18%) Analytics
12 66 (11.91%) Workflow
13 64 (11.55%) Continuous Improvement
14 63 (11.37%) CI/CD
15 59 (10.65%) Signal Processing
16 58 (10.47%) LLM
17 56 (10.11%) Test Automation
18 52 (9.39%) Low Latency
18 52 (9.39%) Mathematics
18 52 (9.39%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 327 (59.03%) Python
2 155 (27.98%) C++
3 57 (10.29%) C
4 49 (8.84%) C#
5 38 (6.86%) SQL
6 27 (4.87%) Java
7 25 (4.51%) Rust
8 24 (4.33%) TypeScript
9 20 (3.61%) MATLAB
10 17 (3.07%) JavaScript
11 14 (2.53%) Embedded C++
12 13 (2.35%) Embedded C
12 13 (2.35%) Go
13 12 (2.17%) Assembly Language
14 6 (1.08%) R
15 4 (0.72%) Julia
15 4 (0.72%) VBA
16 3 (0.54%) Bash
17 2 (0.36%) Fortran
17 2 (0.36%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 128 (23.10%) Degree
2 57 (10.29%) AWS Certification
3 53 (9.57%) Security Cleared
4 48 (8.66%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 46 (8.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 34 (6.14%) Master's Degree
7 26 (4.69%) SC Cleared
8 20 (3.61%) DV Cleared
9 17 (3.07%) PhD
10 11 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (1.26%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.18%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.18%) HND
13 1 (0.18%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (5.78%) QA
2 11 (1.99%) GDPR
3 8 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 7 (1.26%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.08%) Automotive SPICE
5 6 (1.08%) ISO 26262
5 6 (1.08%) MISRA
5 6 (1.08%) MISRA C
6 5 (0.90%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.18%) AUTOSAR
8 1 (0.18%) EMIR
8 1 (0.18%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.18%) MiFID
System Software
1 46 (8.30%) Docker
2 42 (7.58%) Firmware
3 21 (3.79%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (0.90%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.90%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.18%) IAG
5 1 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 27 (4.87%) Kubernetes
2 13 (2.35%) Terraform
3 7 (1.26%) Kubeflow
4 5 (0.90%) SCCM
4 5 (0.90%) SCOM
4 5 (0.90%) Tivoli Identity Manager
5 1 (0.18%) Ansible
5 1 (0.18%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 60 (10.83%) Microsoft
2 52 (9.39%) Google
3 12 (2.17%) Altera
4 11 (1.99%) Xilinx
5 10 (1.81%) Databricks
5 10 (1.81%) IBM
6 9 (1.62%) Screaming Frog
7 6 (1.08%) Botify
8 5 (0.90%) Dell
8 5 (0.90%) HP
8 5 (0.90%) McAfee
8 5 (0.90%) OpenAI
8 5 (0.90%) VMware
9 4 (0.72%) TikTok
10 3 (0.54%) Ahrefs
10 3 (0.54%) Foundry
10 3 (0.54%) Rockwell
11 1 (0.18%) NVIDIA
11 1 (0.18%) Thales
11 1 (0.18%) YouTube