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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 314 147 196
Rank change year-on-year -167 +49 -37
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 392 762 1,184
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.57% 2.10% 1.53%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.86% 5.37% 4.30%
Number of salaries quoted 231 384 639
10th Percentile £33,750 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £36,515 £54,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £85,313 £85,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £118,500 £115,000
UK median annual salary £64,750 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -0.38% - -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 21,078 14,188 27,562
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 30.66% 39.07% 35.57%
Number of salaries quoted 10,876 8,044 20,112
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,155 £28,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £38,397
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 27 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 27 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 -27 195 £100,000 -3.61% 126
South East -130 58 £63,500 +1.60% 101
North of England -61 46 £37,500 -47.91% 56
South West -102 32 £40,792 -37.24% 56
Midlands -43 30 £50,000 -16.67% 48
North West -28 27 £37,500 -57.70% 28
East of England -91 26 £42,500 -44.08% 48
West Midlands -10 18 £37,500 -37.50% 21
Yorkshire -64 13 £37,500 -28.57% 15
East Midlands -60 11 £75,000 +25.00% 27
North East -27 6 £37,500 -50.82% 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 48 (12.24%) Jupyter
2 10 (2.55%) Apache Spark
3 9 (2.30%) CMS
4 8 (2.04%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.28%) IIS
5 5 (1.28%) Kinematics
6 2 (0.51%) Confluence
7 1 (0.26%) Apache
7 1 (0.26%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 48 (12.24%) Chatbot
2 4 (1.02%) Simulink
3 3 (0.77%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (0.77%) Adobe Premiere
3 3 (0.77%) Final Cut Pro
3 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.51%) OrCAD
5 1 (0.26%) CATIA
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (2.04%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 4 (1.02%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.26%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (0.26%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 108 (27.55%) AWS
2 52 (13.27%) Cloud Computing
3 47 (11.99%) Azure
4 37 (9.44%) GCP
5 16 (4.08%) GitHub
6 14 (3.57%) Power Platform
7 12 (3.06%) Google Analytics
8 10 (2.55%) Azure Machine Learning
9 6 (1.53%) Snowflake
10 5 (1.28%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (1.28%) Slack
11 4 (1.02%) Prefect
11 4 (1.02%) SaaS
12 3 (0.77%) Canva
12 3 (0.77%) Firebase
12 3 (0.77%) Google Tag Manager
13 2 (0.51%) Amazon SageMaker
13 2 (0.51%) Google App Engine
13 2 (0.51%) Serverless
14 1 (0.26%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.83%) Broadband
2 14 (3.57%) Multicast
3 7 (1.79%) Software-Defined Radio
4 6 (1.53%) Ethernet
5 5 (1.28%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.02%) Network Security
7 2 (0.51%) Internet
8 1 (0.26%) IPsec
8 1 (0.26%) S/MIME
8 1 (0.26%) VPN
8 1 (0.26%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (6.38%) BigQuery
2 22 (5.61%) Elasticsearch
3 18 (4.59%) Metadata
4 14 (3.57%) Big Data
4 14 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (3.06%) MongoDB
5 12 (3.06%) NoSQL
5 12 (3.06%) Power BI
6 10 (2.55%) Hadoop
6 10 (2.55%) Tableau
7 6 (1.53%) Data Mining
8 5 (1.28%) SQL Server
9 4 (1.02%) Amazon Athena
9 4 (1.02%) Data Lake
9 4 (1.02%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.26%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.26%) GIS
10 1 (0.26%) MySQL
10 1 (0.26%) Redis
Development Applications
1 51 (13.01%) Visual Studio Code
2 30 (7.65%) Git
3 18 (4.59%) Rational DOORS
4 17 (4.34%) JIRA
5 3 (0.77%) GitLab
5 3 (0.77%) MLflow
6 2 (0.51%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.26%) TestRail
General
1 143 (36.48%) Finance
2 72 (18.37%) Analytical Skills
3 68 (17.35%) Social Skills
4 64 (16.33%) Retail
5 53 (13.52%) Manufacturing
6 42 (10.71%) Marketing
7 34 (8.67%) Front Office
8 27 (6.89%) Electronics
8 27 (6.89%) Games
9 20 (5.10%) Banking
10 13 (3.32%) Automotive
11 12 (3.06%) Legal
12 11 (2.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 11 (2.81%) Law
13 10 (2.55%) Financial Institution
13 10 (2.55%) Public Sector
14 9 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (1.53%) Aerospace
16 5 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 80 (20.41%) Senior
2 76 (19.39%) Software Engineer
3 71 (18.11%) Developer
4 46 (11.73%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
4 46 (11.73%) Programmer
5 45 (11.48%) Trainee
5 45 (11.48%) Trainee Programmer
6 35 (8.93%) Senior Developer
7 33 (8.42%) C++ Software Engineer
7 33 (8.42%) Python Developer
8 28 (7.14%) Lead
9 24 (6.12%) Senior Software Engineer
10 23 (5.87%) Quantitative Developer
11 21 (5.36%) Senior Python Developer
12 20 (5.10%) Senior Quantitative Developer
13 19 (4.85%) C++ Developer
13 19 (4.85%) C++ Quantitative Developer
13 19 (4.85%) Linux Developer
13 19 (4.85%) Python Engineer
13 19 (4.85%) Senior C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (16.84%) Pandas
2 65 (16.58%) NumPy
3 56 (14.29%) scikit-learn
4 51 (13.01%) Matplotlib
5 50 (12.76%) Streamlit
6 49 (12.50%) Hugging Face
7 40 (10.20%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 30 (7.65%) TensorFlow
9 29 (7.40%) Django
10 26 (6.63%) PyTorch
11 24 (6.12%) FIX Protocol
12 15 (3.83%) .NET
13 14 (3.57%) pytest
13 14 (3.57%) REST
14 13 (3.32%) React
15 12 (3.06%) RESTful
16 9 (2.30%) HTML
17 8 (2.04%) Kafka
18 7 (1.79%) Flask
18 7 (1.79%) OpenCV
Miscellaneous
1 77 (19.64%) Data Structures
2 47 (11.99%) Distributed Systems
3 41 (10.46%) Equities
4 26 (6.63%) Management Information System
5 25 (6.38%) Greenfield Project
6 21 (5.36%) Hedge funds
7 20 (5.10%) Derivative
8 17 (4.34%) Cloud Native
8 17 (4.34%) FPGA
9 16 (4.08%) Product Ownership
10 15 (3.83%) Fixed Income
11 12 (3.06%) PCIe
11 12 (3.06%) Social Media
11 12 (3.06%) Video\Live Streaming
12 11 (2.81%) VHDL
13 10 (2.55%) Analytical Mindset
14 9 (2.30%) Embedded Systems
14 9 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
15 8 (2.04%) 3D Graphics
15 8 (2.04%) NVMe
Operating Systems
1 47 (11.99%) Linux
2 4 (1.02%) Android
2 4 (1.02%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.77%) Robot Operating System
4 2 (0.51%) Unix
4 2 (0.51%) Windows
5 1 (0.26%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.26%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (38.27%) Machine Learning
2 149 (38.01%) AI
3 144 (36.73%) Software Engineering
4 118 (30.10%) Computer Science
5 87 (22.19%) OOP
6 81 (20.66%) Analytics
6 81 (20.66%) OO
7 79 (20.15%) Visualisation
8 74 (18.88%) Data Science
9 71 (18.11%) Workflow
10 66 (16.84%) LLM
11 56 (14.29%) Agile
11 56 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
12 55 (14.03%) Mathematics
13 54 (13.78%) Neural Network
14 53 (13.52%) Data Privacy
15 52 (13.27%) Continuous Improvement
16 51 (13.01%) Customer Service
16 51 (13.01%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
17 49 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
Programming Languages
1 250 (63.78%) Python
2 105 (26.79%) C++
3 51 (13.01%) SQL
4 33 (8.42%) C
5 32 (8.16%) C#
6 24 (6.12%) Java
7 15 (3.83%) R
8 13 (3.32%) Go
8 13 (3.32%) Rust
9 10 (2.55%) JavaScript
10 9 (2.30%) Assembly Language
11 8 (2.04%) MATLAB
12 7 (1.79%) TypeScript
13 5 (1.28%) Scala
14 4 (1.02%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.77%) Bash
15 3 (0.77%) VBA
15 3 (0.77%) VC++
16 2 (0.51%) Embedded C
16 2 (0.51%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 112 (28.57%) Degree
2 52 (13.27%) AWS Certification
3 48 (12.24%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 42 (10.71%) Master's Degree
5 40 (10.20%) PhD
6 39 (9.95%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (3.57%) Security Cleared
8 10 (2.55%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (2.04%) SC Cleared
10 7 (1.79%) DV Cleared
11 5 (1.28%) MBA
12 4 (1.02%) CISM
12 4 (1.02%) CISSP
12 4 (1.02%) Postgraduate
13 3 (0.77%) CISA
13 3 (0.77%) CRISC
13 3 (0.77%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.26%) CEH
14 1 (0.26%) GIAC
14 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.61%) Data Quality
2 21 (5.36%) QA
3 10 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 6 (1.53%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.28%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (1.02%) CDISC
6 4 (1.02%) GxP
6 4 (1.02%) HL7
7 3 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.77%) EMIR
7 3 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.51%) GDPR
8 2 (0.51%) NIST
9 1 (0.26%) AUTOSAR
9 1 (0.26%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.26%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 17 (4.34%) Firmware
2 15 (3.83%) Docker
3 8 (2.04%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.26%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.26%) IAG
4 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (3.06%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.28%) Kubeflow
2 5 (1.28%) Terraform
3 1 (0.26%) Grafana
3 1 (0.26%) SCCM
3 1 (0.26%) SCOM
3 1 (0.26%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 54 (13.78%) Microsoft
2 46 (11.73%) Google
3 12 (3.06%) Altera
3 12 (3.06%) Databricks
4 11 (2.81%) IBM
5 10 (2.55%) Screaming Frog
6 9 (2.30%) Xilinx
7 7 (1.79%) YouTube
8 6 (1.53%) Botify
8 6 (1.53%) Oracle
9 5 (1.28%) Ahrefs
9 5 (1.28%) BT
10 3 (0.77%) Adobe
10 3 (0.77%) Facebook
10 3 (0.77%) Instagram
10 3 (0.77%) TikTok
11 2 (0.51%) Hotjar
11 2 (0.51%) SAP
11 2 (0.51%) Thales
12 1 (0.26%) VMware