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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 307 174 204
Rank change year-on-year -133 +30 -44
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 372 779 992
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.62% 1.76% 1.50%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.89% 4.62% 4.17%
Number of salaries quoted 201 373 618
10th Percentile £33,750 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £55,163 £52,345
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -10.00%
75th Percentile £111,250 £85,000 £87,188
90th Percentile £132,500 £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 19,707 16,845 23,802
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 32.92% 38.04% 35.90%
Number of salaries quoted 10,135 7,898 17,934
10th Percentile £28,000 £34,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,000 £39,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,192
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.24% -15.09%
75th Percentile £78,790 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,173
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.28% -15.12%

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 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 18 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 -9 187 £100,000 +5.26% 116
South East -108 54 £67,500 +8.00% 81
East of England -41 37 £55,000 -27.63% 28
North of England -42 34 £37,500 -45.05% 39
South West -71 32 £40,792 -37.24% 38
North West -4 22 £37,500 -56.01% 21
Midlands -14 21 £70,500 +17.50% 33
West Midlands +2 12 £50,000 -16.67% 16
Yorkshire -39 9 £37,500 -16.67% 9
East Midlands -28 8 £75,000 +25.00% 17
North East -6 3 £37,500 -37.50% 9
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 26 (6.99%) Jupyter
2 11 (2.96%) Apache Spark
2 11 (2.96%) Kinematics
3 7 (1.88%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.34%) IIS
5 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.54%) WordPress
7 1 (0.27%) Apache
7 1 (0.27%) CMS
Applications
1 26 (6.99%) Chatbot
2 7 (1.88%) Simulink
3 6 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.81%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (0.81%) Adobe Premiere
4 3 (0.81%) Final Cut Pro
5 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.27%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.34%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 4 (1.08%) 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 74 (19.89%) AWS
2 46 (12.37%) Azure
3 38 (10.22%) GCP
4 30 (8.06%) Cloud Computing
5 16 (4.30%) GitHub
6 14 (3.76%) Google Analytics
7 13 (3.49%) Azure Machine Learning
7 13 (3.49%) Power Platform
8 9 (2.42%) Snowflake
9 5 (1.34%) Google Workspace
10 4 (1.08%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.08%) dbt
10 4 (1.08%) Google Tag Manager
10 4 (1.08%) LangSmith
11 3 (0.81%) Amazon SageMaker
11 3 (0.81%) Canva
11 3 (0.81%) Firebase
11 3 (0.81%) Slack
12 2 (0.54%) Google App Engine
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.23%) Multicast
2 6 (1.61%) Broadband
2 6 (1.61%) Software-Defined Radio
3 5 (1.34%) Ethernet
3 5 (1.34%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.08%) 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 19 (5.11%) BigQuery
1 19 (5.11%) Metadata
2 18 (4.84%) Big Data
2 18 (4.84%) Elasticsearch
3 13 (3.49%) Power BI
4 12 (3.23%) NoSQL
5 11 (2.96%) Hadoop
5 11 (2.96%) Tableau
6 8 (2.15%) Data Lake
6 8 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (1.61%) MongoDB
8 5 (1.34%) Data Mining
8 5 (1.34%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.34%) SQL Server
9 3 (0.81%) Looker
9 3 (0.81%) Redis
10 2 (0.54%) KDB
11 1 (0.27%) GIS
11 1 (0.27%) MySQL
11 1 (0.27%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 29 (7.80%) Visual Studio Code
2 22 (5.91%) Rational DOORS
3 20 (5.38%) Git
4 13 (3.49%) JIRA
5 6 (1.61%) MLflow
6 3 (0.81%) GitLab
6 3 (0.81%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.54%) JConsole
7 2 (0.54%) VisualVM
8 1 (0.27%) TestRail
General
1 129 (34.68%) Finance
2 87 (23.39%) Social Skills
3 65 (17.47%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (11.56%) Electronics
5 40 (10.75%) Front Office
6 39 (10.48%) Marketing
7 36 (9.68%) Retail
8 32 (8.60%) Manufacturing
9 23 (6.18%) Banking
9 23 (6.18%) Games
10 20 (5.38%) Law
11 18 (4.84%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (3.23%) Automotive
12 12 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 10 (2.69%) Financial Institution
13 10 (2.69%) Legal
13 10 (2.69%) Public Sector
14 7 (1.88%) Aerospace
14 7 (1.88%) Telecoms
15 6 (1.61%) Aeronautics
Job Titles
1 74 (19.89%) Senior
2 66 (17.74%) Software Engineer
3 63 (16.94%) Developer
4 38 (10.22%) Lead
5 29 (7.80%) Quantitative Developer
6 27 (7.26%) Senior Developer
7 26 (6.99%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
7 26 (6.99%) Programmer
7 26 (6.99%) Trainee
7 26 (6.99%) Trainee Programmer
8 24 (6.45%) C++ Software Engineer
8 24 (6.45%) Principal Engineer
8 24 (6.45%) Senior Software Engineer
9 21 (5.65%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 21 (5.65%) Python Developer
10 20 (5.38%) Systems Engineer
11 19 (5.11%) C++ Developer
11 19 (5.11%) C++ Quantitative Developer
12 18 (4.84%) Low Latency C++ Developer
12 18 (4.84%) Senior Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (9.41%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 35 (9.41%) scikit-learn
2 34 (9.14%) Pandas
3 33 (8.87%) NumPy
4 29 (7.80%) Matplotlib
5 28 (7.53%) Streamlit
6 27 (7.26%) Hugging Face
7 25 (6.72%) TensorFlow
8 24 (6.45%) Django
9 23 (6.18%) FIX Protocol
10 19 (5.11%) PyTorch
11 14 (3.76%) .NET
12 13 (3.49%) Kafka
13 12 (3.23%) pytest
14 11 (2.96%) Middleware
15 10 (2.69%) HTML
16 9 (2.42%) React
16 9 (2.42%) RESTful
17 8 (2.15%) CSS
17 8 (2.15%) Java Concurrency
Miscellaneous
1 64 (17.20%) Data Structures
2 43 (11.56%) Equities
3 42 (11.29%) Distributed Systems
4 26 (6.99%) Management Information System
5 23 (6.18%) Hedge funds
6 21 (5.65%) Derivative
6 21 (5.65%) Greenfield Project
7 20 (5.38%) Cloud Native
8 14 (3.76%) Robotics
9 13 (3.49%) Fixed Income
10 11 (2.96%) FPGA
10 11 (2.96%) Product Ownership
10 11 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (2.96%) Social Media
11 10 (2.69%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (2.69%) Embedded Systems
11 10 (2.69%) Life Science
12 9 (2.42%) PCIe
13 8 (2.15%) 3D Graphics
13 8 (2.15%) Omics
Operating Systems
1 45 (12.10%) Linux
2 4 (1.08%) Android
2 4 (1.08%) Apple iOS
2 4 (1.08%) Unix
3 3 (0.81%) Robot Operating System
4 1 (0.27%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (39.52%) AI
2 131 (35.22%) Machine Learning
3 125 (33.60%) Computer Science
3 125 (33.60%) Software Engineering
4 104 (27.96%) Analytics
5 78 (20.97%) Data Science
6 67 (18.01%) Mathematics
7 65 (17.47%) Problem-Solving
8 59 (15.86%) OOP
9 58 (15.59%) OO
10 57 (15.32%) Agile
10 57 (15.32%) Visualisation
11 53 (14.25%) Low Latency
12 49 (13.17%) Workflow
13 44 (11.83%) LLM
14 43 (11.56%) Continuous Improvement
14 43 (11.56%) Decision-Making
15 42 (11.29%) DevOps
16 41 (11.02%) Data Analysis
16 41 (11.02%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 222 (59.68%) Python
2 105 (28.23%) C++
3 52 (13.98%) SQL
4 45 (12.10%) C
5 41 (11.02%) Java
6 34 (9.14%) C#
7 17 (4.57%) R
8 14 (3.76%) JavaScript
8 14 (3.76%) MATLAB
9 11 (2.96%) Rust
10 8 (2.15%) Assembly Language
11 7 (1.88%) Go
12 6 (1.61%) Scala
13 4 (1.08%) Bash
13 4 (1.08%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.81%) Fortran
14 3 (0.81%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.81%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.81%) Tcl
14 3 (0.81%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 141 (37.90%) Degree
2 64 (17.20%) Master's Degree
3 63 (16.94%) PhD
4 37 (9.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (8.06%) BPSS Clearance
6 27 (7.26%) AWS Certification
6 27 (7.26%) Security Cleared
7 26 (6.99%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 23 (6.18%) SC Cleared
9 8 (2.15%) CISM
9 8 (2.15%) CISSP
10 7 (1.88%) CISA
10 7 (1.88%) CRISC
11 6 (1.61%) DV Cleared
12 5 (1.34%) MBA
13 4 (1.08%) DBS Check
13 4 (1.08%) 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 (7.26%) Data Quality
2 17 (4.57%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 12 (3.23%) QA
4 11 (2.96%) Accessibility
5 8 (2.15%) CDISC
5 8 (2.15%) GxP
5 8 (2.15%) HL7
6 7 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.61%) 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 (4.30%) Firmware
2 15 (4.03%) Docker
3 5 (1.34%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (3.49%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.34%) Terraform
3 3 (0.81%) Kubeflow
4 2 (0.54%) logstash
4 2 (0.54%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.27%) Grafana
Vendors
1 44 (11.83%) Google
2 33 (8.87%) Microsoft
3 17 (4.57%) IBM
4 11 (2.96%) Databricks
5 9 (2.42%) Altera
6 8 (2.15%) Screaming Frog
7 7 (1.88%) YouTube
8 6 (1.61%) Oracle
9 5 (1.34%) Ahrefs
9 5 (1.34%) BT
9 5 (1.34%) Xilinx
10 4 (1.08%) Adobe
11 3 (0.81%) Facebook
11 3 (0.81%) Instagram
11 3 (0.81%) 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