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 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 296 186 271
Rank change year-on-year -110 +85 -75
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 367 797 507
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.70% 1.61% 1.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.96% 4.31% 3.01%
Number of salaries quoted 191 414 324
10th Percentile £40,015 £46,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £55,163 £53,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -6.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £113,750 £84,813 £111,250
90th Percentile £137,500 £105,000 £145,000
UK median annual salary £75,900 £67,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +12.44% -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 18,680 18,488 16,826
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.85% 37.28% 37.00%
Number of salaries quoted 9,413 8,882 12,570
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,638 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 -2 209 £103,750 +27.69% 244
South East -98 51 £63,150 -2.85% 268
East of England -41 40 £55,000 -27.63% 159
South West -46 22 £40,792 -37.24% 125
Midlands -1 21 £75,000 +25.00% 148
North of England -15 16 £35,000 -31.71% 213
West Midlands +6 11 £60,000 +7.14% 68
North West +2 8 £38,250 -32.31% 100
Yorkshire -5 8 £35,000 -22.22% 92
East Midlands -23 8 £75,000 +25.00% 71
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 16 (4.36%) Kinematics
2 12 (3.27%) Apache Spark
3 7 (1.91%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.36%) IIS
5 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.82%) WordPress
6 2 (0.54%) CMS
6 2 (0.54%) Luigi
7 1 (0.27%) Apache
Applications
1 7 (1.91%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (1.91%) Simulink
2 3 (0.82%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 3 (0.82%) Adobe Premiere
2 3 (0.82%) Final Cut Pro
2 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.27%) Mathcad
3 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.09%) Distributed Ledger
2 2 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.54%) Shopify
3 1 (0.27%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (0.27%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 45 (12.26%) AWS
2 42 (11.44%) Azure
3 35 (9.54%) GCP
4 15 (4.09%) Power Platform
5 13 (3.54%) GitHub
6 11 (3.00%) Azure Machine Learning
7 10 (2.72%) Google Analytics
7 10 (2.72%) Snowflake
8 5 (1.36%) Google Workspace
9 4 (1.09%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.09%) dbt
9 4 (1.09%) Google Tag Manager
9 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (0.82%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (0.82%) Canva
10 3 (0.82%) Firebase
10 3 (0.82%) Google Docs
10 3 (0.82%) Google Sheets
11 2 (0.54%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.27%) Multicast
2 5 (1.36%) Software-Defined Radio
3 4 (1.09%) Network Security
3 4 (1.09%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.82%) Broadband
5 1 (0.27%) Bluetooth
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 20 (5.45%) NoSQL
2 18 (4.90%) Metadata
3 16 (4.36%) Big Data
4 15 (4.09%) Power BI
5 14 (3.81%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (3.27%) Hadoop
7 11 (3.00%) Data Lake
7 11 (3.00%) Tableau
8 10 (2.72%) MongoDB
9 9 (2.45%) BigQuery
10 8 (2.18%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (1.63%) Relational Database
11 6 (1.63%) SQL Server
12 5 (1.36%) Data Mining
13 4 (1.09%) KDB
14 3 (0.82%) Looker
14 3 (0.82%) Redis
15 2 (0.54%) Apache Cassandra
15 2 (0.54%) ClickHouse
15 2 (0.54%) GIS
Development Applications
1 27 (7.36%) Rational DOORS
2 18 (4.90%) JIRA
3 16 (4.36%) Git
4 8 (2.18%) MLflow
5 3 (0.82%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.54%) JConsole
6 2 (0.54%) TestRail
6 2 (0.54%) VisualVM
General
1 118 (32.15%) Finance
2 89 (24.25%) Social Skills
3 56 (15.26%) Electronics
4 50 (13.62%) Analytical Skills
5 49 (13.35%) Front Office
6 38 (10.35%) Games
7 37 (10.08%) Marketing
8 34 (9.26%) Law
9 29 (7.90%) Banking
10 23 (6.27%) Presentation Skills
11 17 (4.63%) Financial Institution
12 12 (3.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 10 (2.72%) Legal
13 10 (2.72%) Public Sector
14 7 (1.91%) Telecoms
15 6 (1.63%) Manufacturing
16 5 (1.36%) Investment Banking
16 5 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
17 4 (1.09%) Advertising
18 3 (0.82%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 73 (19.89%) Developer
2 72 (19.62%) Senior
3 49 (13.35%) Lead
3 49 (13.35%) Software Engineer
4 34 (9.26%) Quantitative Developer
5 30 (8.17%) Systems Engineer
6 29 (7.90%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 27 (7.36%) Principal Engineer
8 25 (6.81%) Senior Developer
9 22 (5.99%) Principal Systems Engineer
10 21 (5.72%) Python Developer
11 20 (5.45%) C++ Developer
11 20 (5.45%) Data Scientist
12 19 (5.18%) C++ Quantitative Developer
13 18 (4.90%) Linux Developer
13 18 (4.90%) Low Latency C++ Developer
13 18 (4.90%) Senior C++ Developer
13 18 (4.90%) Senior Python Developer
13 18 (4.90%) Senior Quantitative Developer
13 18 (4.90%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (8.99%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 24 (6.54%) FIX Protocol
3 23 (6.27%) TensorFlow
4 21 (5.72%) Kafka
5 19 (5.18%) Django
6 17 (4.63%) Middleware
6 17 (4.63%) PyTorch
7 12 (3.27%) Flask
7 12 (3.27%) pytest
7 12 (3.27%) scikit-learn
8 11 (3.00%) FastAPI
8 11 (3.00%) REST
9 10 (2.72%) .NET
9 10 (2.72%) FHIR
10 9 (2.45%) Java Concurrency
10 9 (2.45%) React
11 8 (2.18%) HTML
12 7 (1.91%) Pandas
13 6 (1.63%) CSS
14 5 (1.36%) Play Framework
Miscellaneous
1 55 (14.99%) Data Structures
1 55 (14.99%) Equities
2 42 (11.44%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (6.81%) Management Information System
4 24 (6.54%) Hedge funds
5 23 (6.27%) Derivative
6 21 (5.72%) Cloud Native
7 18 (4.90%) Robotics
8 14 (3.81%) Fixed Income
9 12 (3.27%) Greenfield Project
9 12 (3.27%) Life Science
9 12 (3.27%) Product Ownership
9 12 (3.27%) Social Media
10 11 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (2.72%) 3D Graphics
11 10 (2.72%) Omics
12 9 (2.45%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (2.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 6 (1.63%) Embedded Systems
14 4 (1.09%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 43 (11.72%) Linux
2 4 (1.09%) Unix
3 1 (0.27%) Android
3 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.27%) Windows
3 1 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (36.51%) AI
2 120 (32.70%) Software Engineering
3 116 (31.61%) Computer Science
4 115 (31.34%) Analytics
4 115 (31.34%) Machine Learning
5 81 (22.07%) Data Science
6 80 (21.80%) Mathematics
7 78 (21.25%) Problem-Solving
8 66 (17.98%) Low Latency
8 66 (17.98%) Statistics
9 62 (16.89%) Agile
10 50 (13.62%) Data Analytics
11 47 (12.81%) Technical Leadership
12 44 (11.99%) Data Analysis
12 44 (11.99%) SDLC
13 43 (11.72%) Decision-Making
14 42 (11.44%) Thought Leadership
15 41 (11.17%) Business Strategy
15 41 (11.17%) Signal Processing
16 39 (10.63%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 202 (55.04%) Python
2 88 (23.98%) C++
3 59 (16.08%) SQL
4 58 (15.80%) Java
5 40 (10.90%) C
6 32 (8.72%) C#
7 17 (4.63%) R
8 13 (3.54%) MATLAB
9 12 (3.27%) JavaScript
10 8 (2.18%) Scala
11 7 (1.91%) Go
12 6 (1.63%) Bash
13 5 (1.36%) Rust
14 4 (1.09%) Fortran
14 4 (1.09%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.82%) Assembly Language
15 3 (0.82%) Google Apps Script
15 3 (0.82%) Objective-C
15 3 (0.82%) Swift
15 3 (0.82%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 154 (41.96%) Degree
2 87 (23.71%) Master's Degree
3 83 (22.62%) PhD
4 41 (11.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 29 (7.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (6.81%) Security Cleared
7 22 (5.99%) SC Cleared
8 8 (2.18%) CISM
8 8 (2.18%) CISSP
9 7 (1.91%) CISA
9 7 (1.91%) CRISC
10 5 (1.36%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.36%) MBA
11 4 (1.09%) ISTQB
11 4 (1.09%) Postgraduate
12 1 (0.27%) A+ Certification
12 1 (0.27%) CEH
12 1 (0.27%) GIAC
12 1 (0.27%) MCP
12 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.63%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 24 (6.54%) Data Quality
3 13 (3.54%) Accessibility
3 13 (3.54%) QA
4 10 (2.72%) CDISC
4 10 (2.72%) GxP
4 10 (2.72%) HL7
5 8 (2.18%) Actionable Recommendations
6 7 (1.91%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.54%) AUTOSAR
7 2 (0.54%) EMIR
7 2 (0.54%) ISO 26262
7 2 (0.54%) NIST
8 1 (0.27%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.27%) GDPR
8 1 (0.27%) GMP
8 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.27%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 20 (5.45%) Docker
2 4 (1.09%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (5.18%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.36%) Terraform
3 3 (0.82%) Kubeflow
4 2 (0.54%) Ansible
4 2 (0.54%) Functional Safety
4 2 (0.54%) logstash
4 2 (0.54%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.54%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.54%) Puppet
5 1 (0.27%) Grafana
Vendors
1 32 (8.72%) Google
2 27 (7.36%) IBM
3 9 (2.45%) Databricks
3 9 (2.45%) Screaming Frog
4 8 (2.18%) Microsoft
5 7 (1.91%) Ahrefs
5 7 (1.91%) Oracle
5 7 (1.91%) YouTube
6 5 (1.36%) Adobe
6 5 (1.36%) BT
7 4 (1.09%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.82%) Alteryx
8 3 (0.82%) Facebook
8 3 (0.82%) Instagram
8 3 (0.82%) SAP
8 3 (0.82%) TikTok
9 2 (0.54%) Criteo
9 2 (0.54%) Hotjar
10 1 (0.27%) Intapp
10 1 (0.27%) Thales