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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 299 217 176
Rank change year-on-year -82 -41 +13
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 547 642 1,448
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.64% 1.56% 1.57%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.50% 3.69% 4.70%
Number of salaries quoted 380 263 682
10th Percentile £33,750 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -13.79%
75th Percentile £90,000 £98,474 £82,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £129,000 £99,650
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -10.71%

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 21,881 17,393 30,806
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.57% 42.33% 33.30%
Number of salaries quoted 14,474 8,529 20,780
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,500 £38,750
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 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £59,527 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.53% +4.55% -14.18%

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 30 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 30 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 -58 208 £95,000 -13.64% 115
South East -45 123 £70,000 +12.90% 55
East of England -7 73 £65,000 +18.18% 36
North of England -34 68 £37,500 -56.01% 34
South West -94 45 £57,500 +15.00% 34
Midlands -28 33 £37,500 -37.50% 19
North West -6 31 £37,500 -56.01% 16
West Midlands -11 26 £37,500 -37.50% 11
Yorkshire -17 21 £37,500 -47.91% 7
North East -35 16 £52,000 -54.78% 13
East Midlands -32 6 £57,500 +32.18% 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 (9.14%) Jupyter
2 8 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (1.46%) CMS
3 7 (1.28%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.10%) SAS
5 2 (0.37%) Apache Pulsar
5 2 (0.37%) Confluence
6 1 (0.18%) Apache
6 1 (0.18%) Kinematics
6 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 50 (9.14%) Chatbot
2 13 (2.38%) Simulink
3 3 (0.55%) Blender
3 3 (0.55%) Maya
4 2 (0.37%) CATIA
4 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.37%) OrCAD
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (2.19%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 124 (22.67%) AWS
2 57 (10.42%) Azure
3 55 (10.05%) Cloud Computing
4 35 (6.40%) GCP
5 18 (3.29%) GitHub
5 18 (3.29%) Google Analytics
6 15 (2.74%) SaaS
7 9 (1.65%) Slack
8 8 (1.46%) Amazon EKS
8 8 (1.46%) Google Ads
9 7 (1.28%) Amazon ECS
10 6 (1.10%) Power Platform
11 5 (0.91%) Prefect
11 5 (0.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 4 (0.73%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (0.73%) Azure Machine Learning
12 4 (0.73%) Serverless
13 3 (0.55%) Amazon SageMaker
13 3 (0.55%) Azure Data Factory
13 3 (0.55%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.20%) Broadband
2 17 (3.11%) Multicast
3 6 (1.10%) 5G
3 6 (1.10%) Ethernet
3 6 (1.10%) Software-Defined Radio
4 4 (0.73%) Internet
5 3 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.55%) Wireless
6 2 (0.37%) 3GPP
6 2 (0.37%) Firewall
6 2 (0.37%) GSM
6 2 (0.37%) LTE
6 2 (0.37%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.37%) RANAP
6 2 (0.37%) SS7
6 2 (0.37%) UMTS
6 2 (0.37%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.18%) MQTT
7 1 (0.18%) RS-422
7 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.02%) BigQuery
1 22 (4.02%) Metadata
2 21 (3.84%) Elasticsearch
2 21 (3.84%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (2.01%) Big Data
3 11 (2.01%) MongoDB
4 7 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (1.10%) GIS
6 5 (0.91%) Amazon Athena
7 4 (0.73%) DynamoDB
7 4 (0.73%) MySQL
7 4 (0.73%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.73%) Power BI
7 4 (0.73%) Redis
8 2 (0.37%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.37%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.37%) Pinecone
8 2 (0.37%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.37%) Tableau
9 1 (0.18%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 70 (12.80%) Visual Studio Code
2 69 (12.61%) Git
3 21 (3.84%) JIRA
4 19 (3.47%) Rational DOORS
5 17 (3.11%) GitLab
6 3 (0.55%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.55%) MLflow
6 3 (0.55%) PetaLinux
7 2 (0.37%) GCC
7 2 (0.37%) GDB
7 2 (0.37%) Plastic SCM
7 2 (0.37%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.18%) CMake
8 1 (0.18%) Valgrind
8 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 136 (24.86%) Finance
2 73 (13.35%) Analytical Skills
3 69 (12.61%) Social Skills
4 66 (12.07%) Retail
5 56 (10.24%) Manufacturing
6 30 (5.48%) Marketing
7 27 (4.94%) Electronics
8 22 (4.02%) Banking
9 21 (3.84%) Front Office
9 21 (3.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 20 (3.66%) Automotive
11 16 (2.93%) Aerospace
12 15 (2.74%) Games
13 12 (2.19%) Advertising
14 8 (1.46%) Legal
15 6 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (1.10%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.73%) Financial Institution
17 3 (0.55%) French Language
Job Titles
1 146 (26.69%) Software Engineer
2 132 (24.13%) Senior
3 109 (19.93%) Developer
4 54 (9.87%) Senior Software Engineer
5 51 (9.32%) Python Developer
6 46 (8.41%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
6 46 (8.41%) Programmer
7 45 (8.23%) Trainee
7 45 (8.23%) Trainee Programmer
8 44 (8.04%) Senior Developer
9 41 (7.50%) C++ Software Engineer
10 39 (7.13%) Lead
11 32 (5.85%) Embedded Engineer
12 29 (5.30%) Python Engineer
13 25 (4.57%) FPGA Engineer
14 24 (4.39%) Python Software Engineer
15 22 (4.02%) Data Scientist
15 22 (4.02%) Senior Python Developer
16 20 (3.66%) C++ Developer
16 20 (3.66%) Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (13.16%) NumPy
1 72 (13.16%) Pandas
2 54 (9.87%) Streamlit
3 53 (9.69%) scikit-learn
4 50 (9.14%) Hugging Face
4 50 (9.14%) Matplotlib
5 44 (8.04%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 30 (5.48%) PyTorch
7 27 (4.94%) TensorFlow
8 24 (4.39%) Django
9 22 (4.02%) HTML
10 21 (3.84%) React
11 19 (3.47%) FIX Protocol
12 18 (3.29%) CSS
13 17 (3.11%) .NET
13 17 (3.11%) pytest
14 14 (2.56%) REST
15 11 (2.01%) RESTful
16 9 (1.65%) Node.js
16 9 (1.65%) OpenCV
Miscellaneous
1 90 (16.45%) Data Structures
2 48 (8.78%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (7.13%) Equities
4 36 (6.58%) Embedded Systems
5 33 (6.03%) FPGA
6 25 (4.57%) Management Information System
7 23 (4.20%) Hedge funds
8 22 (4.02%) Greenfield Project
8 22 (4.02%) PCIe
8 22 (4.02%) VHDL
9 20 (3.66%) Product Ownership
10 18 (3.29%) Fixed Income
11 17 (3.11%) Derivative
11 17 (3.11%) Robotics
11 17 (3.11%) Video\Live Streaming
12 12 (2.19%) NVMe
13 10 (1.83%) Driving Licence
13 10 (1.83%) Over-the-Top Content
13 10 (1.83%) Public Cloud
14 9 (1.65%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 66 (12.07%) Linux
2 9 (1.65%) Windows
3 7 (1.28%) Robot Operating System
4 6 (1.10%) Embedded Linux
5 5 (0.91%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (0.91%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.91%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (0.73%) Android
6 4 (0.73%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.73%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.37%) Unix
8 1 (0.18%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (44.24%) Software Engineering
2 151 (27.61%) AI
3 149 (27.24%) Computer Science
4 146 (26.69%) Machine Learning
5 97 (17.73%) OOP
6 94 (17.18%) Agile
7 89 (16.27%) OO
8 84 (15.36%) Data Science
9 80 (14.63%) Visualisation
10 79 (14.44%) Problem-Solving
11 72 (13.16%) Analytics
12 69 (12.61%) Continuous Improvement
12 69 (12.61%) Workflow
13 65 (11.88%) Signal Processing
14 59 (10.79%) CI/CD
15 58 (10.60%) LLM
16 56 (10.24%) Mentoring
17 54 (9.87%) SDLC
18 53 (9.69%) Mathematics
18 53 (9.69%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 327 (59.78%) Python
2 160 (29.25%) C++
3 60 (10.97%) C
4 50 (9.14%) C#
5 39 (7.13%) SQL
6 24 (4.39%) Rust
7 23 (4.20%) MATLAB
7 23 (4.20%) TypeScript
8 22 (4.02%) Java
9 19 (3.47%) JavaScript
10 14 (2.56%) Assembly Language
11 13 (2.38%) Go
12 12 (2.19%) Embedded C
12 12 (2.19%) Embedded C++
13 6 (1.10%) R
14 4 (0.73%) Julia
15 3 (0.55%) VBA
16 2 (0.37%) Bash
17 1 (0.18%) Shell Script
17 1 (0.18%) VC++
Qualifications
1 124 (22.67%) Degree
2 57 (10.42%) AWS Certification
3 50 (9.14%) Security Cleared
4 48 (8.78%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 46 (8.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 36 (6.58%) Master's Degree
7 24 (4.39%) SC Cleared
8 20 (3.66%) PhD
9 19 (3.47%) DV Cleared
10 12 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.91%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.55%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.18%) HND
13 1 (0.18%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.30%) QA
2 11 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 9 (1.65%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.46%) GDPR
5 5 (0.91%) Accessibility
5 5 (0.91%) Automotive SPICE
5 5 (0.91%) ISO 26262
5 5 (0.91%) MISRA
5 5 (0.91%) MISRA C
6 4 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.18%) AUTOSAR
7 1 (0.18%) EMIR
7 1 (0.18%) MiFID
System Software
1 45 (8.23%) Firmware
2 39 (7.13%) Docker
3 21 (3.84%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (0.91%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.91%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.18%) IAG
Systems Management
1 20 (3.66%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.19%) Terraform
3 9 (1.65%) Kubeflow
4 5 (0.91%) SCCM
4 5 (0.91%) SCOM
4 5 (0.91%) Tivoli Identity Manager
5 1 (0.18%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 59 (10.79%) Microsoft
2 55 (10.05%) Google
3 16 (2.93%) Altera
4 13 (2.38%) Xilinx
5 12 (2.19%) IBM
6 10 (1.83%) Databricks
7 9 (1.65%) Screaming Frog
8 6 (1.10%) Botify
9 5 (0.91%) Dell
9 5 (0.91%) HP
9 5 (0.91%) McAfee
9 5 (0.91%) OpenAI
9 5 (0.91%) VMware
10 4 (0.73%) TikTok
11 3 (0.55%) Ahrefs
11 3 (0.55%) Foundry
11 3 (0.55%) Rockwell
12 1 (0.18%) Adobe
12 1 (0.18%) MathWorks
12 1 (0.18%) Oracle