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

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 249 234 272
Rank change year-on-year -15 +38 -129
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 497 698 575
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.16% 1.14% 1.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.89% 3.45% 2.96%
Number of salaries quoted 224 343 396
10th Percentile £37,447 £46,250 £41,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,600 £67,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.59% -6.90% -3.33%
75th Percentile £112,500 £85,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £145,000 £105,000 £137,500
UK median annual salary £70,600 £65,000 £70,576
% change year-on-year +8.62% -7.90% -4.63%

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 17,168 20,247 19,394
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 39.97% 33.04% 39.26%
Number of salaries quoted 9,292 9,863 14,507
10th Percentile £28,000 £33,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.83% -4.00% -

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 26 October 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 26 October 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 +59 259 £110,000 +37.50% 362
South East -82 88 £64,075 -5.07% 259
East of England +29 61 £55,000 -10.20% 61
South West -2 40 £40,792 -32.01% 42
North of England +2 20 £35,000 -38.06% 61
Midlands +16 17 £67,500 +18.94% 36
North West -9 13 £41,750 -26.12% 36
West Midlands +27 10 £57,500 +5.99% 18
Yorkshire +13 7 £35,000 - 8
East Midlands -3 5 £75,900 +26.50% 17
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 24 (4.83%) Kinematics
2 16 (3.22%) Apache Spark
3 10 (2.01%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.41%) CMS
5 4 (0.80%) WordPress
6 3 (0.60%) Kentico
6 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.60%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.40%) Apache
7 2 (0.40%) Luigi
8 1 (0.20%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (1.41%) Simulink
2 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (0.60%) Adobe Premiere
4 3 (0.60%) Final Cut Pro
5 2 (0.40%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.20%) GNU Octave
6 1 (0.20%) Mathcad
6 1 (0.20%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.40%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 62 (12.47%) AWS
2 60 (12.07%) Azure
3 31 (6.24%) GCP
4 23 (4.63%) Google Analytics
5 16 (3.22%) Power Platform
6 15 (3.02%) Vertex AI
7 9 (1.81%) Amazon EKS
7 9 (1.81%) Azure Machine Learning
8 8 (1.61%) Google Sheets
8 8 (1.61%) Google Workspace
9 7 (1.41%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (1.41%) GitHub
10 6 (1.21%) Amazon SageMaker
10 6 (1.21%) Google Docs
11 5 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.01%) Snowflake
12 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Purview
13 3 (0.60%) Canva
13 3 (0.60%) dbt
13 3 (0.60%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.81%) Software-Defined Radio
2 7 (1.41%) Multicast
3 3 (0.60%) Internet
4 2 (0.40%) S/MIME
4 2 (0.40%) SSL
4 2 (0.40%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.40%) X.509
5 1 (0.20%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.20%) Broadband
5 1 (0.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (7.44%) NoSQL
2 25 (5.03%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (4.43%) Big Data
4 20 (4.02%) MongoDB
5 19 (3.82%) Metadata
6 16 (3.22%) Power BI
7 15 (3.02%) Data Lake
7 15 (3.02%) Data Mining
7 15 (3.02%) Relational Database
8 12 (2.41%) DB2
9 11 (2.21%) Looker
10 10 (2.01%) MySQL
11 7 (1.41%) Tableau
12 6 (1.21%) KDB
13 5 (1.01%) Redis
14 4 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.80%) Hadoop
14 4 (0.80%) Oracle Database
15 3 (0.60%) Apache Cassandra
15 3 (0.60%) GIS
Development Applications
1 34 (6.84%) Rational DOORS
2 17 (3.42%) Git
3 14 (2.82%) JIRA
4 8 (1.61%) MLflow
5 7 (1.41%) Vite
6 5 (1.01%) GitLab
7 4 (0.80%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.60%) TestRail
9 2 (0.40%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.40%) JConsole
9 2 (0.40%) Selenium
9 2 (0.40%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.40%) VisualVM
10 1 (0.20%) Bazaar
10 1 (0.20%) Cucumber
General
1 169 (34.00%) Finance
2 130 (26.16%) Social Skills
3 113 (22.74%) Law
4 83 (16.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 78 (15.69%) Electronics
6 73 (14.69%) Analytical Skills
7 68 (13.68%) Marketing
8 65 (13.08%) Banking
9 47 (9.46%) Front Office
10 41 (8.25%) Games
11 27 (5.43%) Presentation Skills
12 22 (4.43%) Public Sector
12 22 (4.43%) Retail
13 20 (4.02%) Investment Banking
14 17 (3.42%) Advertising
15 11 (2.21%) Legal
15 11 (2.21%) Manufacturing
16 10 (2.01%) Financial Institution
16 10 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
17 9 (1.81%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 97 (19.52%) Senior
2 94 (18.91%) Software Engineer
3 77 (15.49%) Developer
4 76 (15.29%) Lead
5 38 (7.65%) Quantitative Developer
6 35 (7.04%) Systems Engineer
7 31 (6.24%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 31 (6.24%) Principal Engineer
8 28 (5.63%) Java Engineer
9 27 (5.43%) Principal Systems Engineer
10 26 (5.23%) Java Software Engineer
10 26 (5.23%) Python Engineer
11 24 (4.83%) Python Software Engineer
11 24 (4.83%) Robotics Engineer
11 24 (4.83%) Senior Software Engineer
12 23 (4.63%) C++ Developer
13 22 (4.43%) Data Scientist
13 22 (4.43%) Python Developer
14 20 (4.02%) C++ Quantitative Developer
14 20 (4.02%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (8.05%) React
2 36 (7.24%) Kafka
3 26 (5.23%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 24 (4.83%) Middleware
5 21 (4.23%) REST
6 20 (4.02%) TensorFlow
7 18 (3.62%) PyTorch
7 18 (3.62%) Spring
8 16 (3.22%) AngularJS
8 16 (3.22%) HTML
9 15 (3.02%) CSS
9 15 (3.02%) FIX Protocol
10 14 (2.82%) scikit-learn
11 12 (2.41%) Backbone.js
11 12 (2.41%) Bootstrap
11 12 (2.41%) Ember.js
11 12 (2.41%) jQuery
12 10 (2.01%) FHIR
12 10 (2.01%) OAuth
12 10 (2.01%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 82 (16.50%) Data Structures
2 49 (9.86%) Equities
3 46 (9.26%) Distributed Systems
4 32 (6.44%) Robotics
5 26 (5.23%) Hedge funds
6 25 (5.03%) Management Information System
7 22 (4.43%) Cloud Native
7 22 (4.43%) Derivative
8 17 (3.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 17 (3.42%) Public Cloud
9 16 (3.22%) Product Ownership
9 16 (3.22%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (2.62%) Fixed Income
10 13 (2.62%) Social Media
11 12 (2.41%) Hybrid Cloud
11 12 (2.41%) Life Science
12 11 (2.21%) e-Learning
12 11 (2.21%) Greenfield Project
13 10 (2.01%) Omics
14 8 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 56 (11.27%) Linux
2 15 (3.02%) Windows
3 13 (2.62%) Android
3 13 (2.62%) Apple iOS
4 12 (2.41%) Unix
5 1 (0.20%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.20%) Robot Operating System
5 1 (0.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (40.24%) AI
2 171 (34.41%) Software Engineering
3 158 (31.79%) Machine Learning
4 155 (31.19%) Analytics
5 126 (25.35%) Agile
6 115 (23.14%) Computer Science
6 115 (23.14%) Problem-Solving
7 91 (18.31%) SDLC
8 88 (17.71%) Data Science
9 84 (16.90%) Mathematics
10 76 (15.29%) Visualisation
11 75 (15.09%) Statistics
12 68 (13.68%) Low Latency
13 64 (12.88%) CI/CD
14 62 (12.47%) OO
15 57 (11.47%) Data Analytics
16 56 (11.27%) Continuous Improvement
16 56 (11.27%) Signal Processing
17 54 (10.87%) DevOps
18 50 (10.06%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 229 (46.08%) Python
2 107 (21.53%) C++
3 95 (19.11%) Java
4 84 (16.90%) SQL
5 53 (10.66%) C
6 36 (7.24%) C#
7 22 (4.43%) TypeScript
8 18 (3.62%) JavaScript
9 15 (3.02%) MATLAB
10 10 (2.01%) R
11 8 (1.61%) Shell Script
12 7 (1.41%) Bash
12 7 (1.41%) Kotlin
12 7 (1.41%) Scala
13 6 (1.21%) Rust
14 5 (1.01%) Go
15 4 (0.80%) Fortran
16 3 (0.60%) Assembly Language
16 3 (0.60%) Objective-C
16 3 (0.60%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 168 (33.80%) Degree
2 100 (20.12%) Master's Degree
3 93 (18.71%) PhD
4 50 (10.06%) BPSS Clearance
5 32 (6.44%) Security Cleared
6 28 (5.63%) Computer Science Degree
7 25 (5.03%) SC Cleared
8 9 (1.81%) CISM
8 9 (1.81%) CISSP
9 8 (1.61%) DV Cleared
10 7 (1.41%) CISA
10 7 (1.41%) CRISC
11 4 (0.80%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.60%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.40%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.40%) AWS Certified Developer
13 2 (0.40%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.40%) Numerate Degree
14 1 (0.20%) A+ Certification
14 1 (0.20%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (7.44%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 21 (4.23%) Data Quality
3 14 (2.82%) QA
4 13 (2.62%) Accessibility
5 10 (2.01%) CDISC
5 10 (2.01%) GxP
5 10 (2.01%) HL7
6 7 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.80%) GDPR
8 3 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.60%) NIST
9 2 (0.40%) AUTOSAR
9 2 (0.40%) ISO 26262
10 1 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.20%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.20%) GMP
System Software
1 41 (8.25%) Docker
2 5 (1.01%) Firmware
3 2 (0.40%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 40 (8.05%) Kubernetes
2 15 (3.02%) Terraform
3 10 (2.01%) Ansible
4 5 (1.01%) Kubeflow
5 3 (0.60%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.40%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 2 (0.40%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.40%) logstash
6 2 (0.40%) Mesos
6 2 (0.40%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.40%) Puppet
7 1 (0.20%) Grafana
Vendors
1 72 (14.49%) Google
2 46 (9.26%) IBM
3 25 (5.03%) Microsoft
4 20 (4.02%) Screaming Frog
5 17 (3.42%) OpenAI
6 16 (3.22%) Ahrefs
7 15 (3.02%) Oracle
8 12 (2.41%) Red Hat
9 10 (2.01%) YouTube
10 8 (1.61%) Databricks
11 5 (1.01%) Adobe
12 4 (0.80%) Salesforce
13 3 (0.60%) Alteryx
13 3 (0.60%) Facebook
13 3 (0.60%) Instagram
13 3 (0.60%) SAP
13 3 (0.60%) TikTok
14 2 (0.40%) Criteo
14 2 (0.40%) Thales
14 2 (0.40%) Veritas